MU Information Technology (Semester 6)
Database Technologies
December 2014
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Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


Write a short note on the following:
1 (a) Object ID and type constructor.
5 M
1 (b) Weak entity set in ER diagram.
5 M
1 (c) Data mart and data warehouse.
5 M
1 (d) Trigger in SQL.
5 M

2 (a) R=(A, B, C, D, E)
This relation R is decomposed into
R1={A, B, C}
R2={A, D, E}
Show that the decomposition if following functional dependencies hold
FD={A ?BC, CD?E, B?D, E?E}
10 M
2 (b) Explain parallel database with advantages and dis-advantages.
10 M

3 (a) Write a short note on constraints on database.
10 M
3 (b) Define primary key, super key, candidate key and functional dependencies.
10 M

4 (a) Describe design and implementation issues in mobile database.
10 M
4 (b) Explain fragmentation in distributed database with proper example.
10 M

5 (a) Differentiate between OLTP and OLAP.
10 M
5 (b) Explain rules of mapping ER diagram to relational model.
10 M

6 (a) Nested relations in ORDBMS.
10 M
6 (b) Differentiate RDBMS, ORDBMS, CODBMS.
10 M

Write short notes on the following:
7 (a) Temporal Database.
5 M
7 (b) Specialization and generalization
5 M
7 (c) Replication in distributed database.
5 M
7 (d) BCNF.
5 M



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