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RDBMS General Question Bank

This document contains a question bank covering 5 units related to database management systems (DBMS) and relational database management systems (RDBMS). It includes questions about database system environments, the differences between data and information and between DBMS and RDBMS, database administrators and their responsibilities, metadata and system catalogs, data types, SQL commands, keys, constraints, schemas, instances, transactions, database architecture, joins, functions, grouping and aggregation, constraints, indexes, views, sequences, synonyms, packages, procedures, functions, exceptions, control structures, and normalization up to the third normal form.

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RDBMS General Question Bank

This document contains a question bank covering 5 units related to database management systems (DBMS) and relational database management systems (RDBMS). It includes questions about database system environments, the differences between data and information and between DBMS and RDBMS, database administrators and their responsibilities, metadata and system catalogs, data types, SQL commands, keys, constraints, schemas, instances, transactions, database architecture, joins, functions, grouping and aggregation, constraints, indexes, views, sequences, synonyms, packages, procedures, functions, exceptions, control structures, and normalization up to the third normal form.

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RDBMS General Question Bank

UNIT-1
1. Explain database system environment.
2. Write the difference between DATA and INFORMATION.
3. Write a difference between DBMS and RDBMS.
4. Explain role of DBAand its responsibility.
5. What is metadata, systemcatalog?
6. Explain components of data dictionary:
(a) Active data dictionary (b) passive data dictionary
7. Explain data types of DBMS.
8. Explain following SQL commands with example
(1) SELECT (2) DELETE (3) UPDATE
9. Difference between primary key and unique key.
10. Explain DROP and TRUNCATE commands of SQL
11. What is constrains? Explain FOREIGN KEY constrain with example.

13. Explain schema and its type.


14. What is instance in DBMS with example?
15. Explain COMMIT and ROLLBACK and SAVEPOINT commands with
example.
16. Explain three schema architecture of DBMS.
17. Write the difference between DROP & TRUNC
18. Define following: 1. Database 2. Data items 3. Records
UNIT-2
1. Explain SQL cross join and self-join with syntax and example.
2. Explain SQL inner join and outer join with syntax and example.
3. Write SQL Set operations and explain with example.
4. Explain Date functions with syntax and example. (ADD-MONTHS, MONTHS-
BETWEEN, ROUND, TRUNCATE).
5. Explain Numeric Functions with syntax and example.(ABS, POWER, MOD,
ROUND, TRUNC, SQRT)
6. Explain Character Functions with syntax and example. (INITCAP , LOWER,
UPPER, LTRIM , RTRIM, REPLACE,SUBSTRING, INSTR )
7. Explain Conversion Functions. (TO_CHAR, TO_DATE, TO_NUMBER)
8. Explain Groupby, having and Order by clause.
9. Explain Arithmetic operators with syntax and example.
10. Explain Comparison operators with syntax and example.
11. Explain Logical operators with syntax and example.
12. Explain sub queries in DBMS.

UNIT-3
1. Explain NOT NULL and Check constraints.
2. What is a constraint? Explain primary key constraints.
3. Explain unique integrity constraints.
4. What is Index? Explain different types of index with example (W2019)
5. What is view? Explain create view, alter view and destroy view.
6. What is sequence? How can we create, alter andDrop a sequence?
7. Whatis a synonym? How can we create and drop synonyms?
8. What are referential integrity constraints?
9. Explain foreign key constrains with example.

UNIT-4

1. List advantages of PL/SQL.


2. Write Structure of PL/SQL block.
3. Describe Anchored data type.
4. List out Cursor attributes.
5. Explain WHILE loop in PL/SQL.
6. Explain FOR loop in PL/SQL.
7. Write PL/SQL code block to find out the maximum value using
procedure and function.
8. Define Trigger. Explain triggers in PL/SQL with example.
9. Explain structure of a package.
10. Differentiate Procedure and Function.
11. List out various types of Database Objects.
12. What is Cursor? List out the types of Cursors.
13. What is Exception? Explain Pre-Defined and User-Defined Exception.
14. Explain different control structures used with PL/SQL.
15. What is Package? Explain the Package with example.
16. Write a PL/SQL code block to find out the factorial value of given number using
functions.
17. Write a PL/SQL code block to find out largest number out of three numbers.
18. Explain GOTO statement.
19. Explain WHILE loop with syntax and example.
20. Differentiate: SQL vs. PL/SQL.
21. Explain attributes of implicit cursor.
22. Differentiate before and after trigger.
23. Explain variables in PL/SQL.
24. Explain if else statement in PL/SQL.

UNIT-5
1. Discuss the concept of normalization and explain each anomaly.
2. Discuss first normal form (1NF) and second normal form (2NF).
3. WhatisNormalization?Discuss third normal form of normalization (3NF).
4. Write the advantages and disadvantages of normalization.
5. What is Normalization? Why it is needed?

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