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The document is an examination paper for the MCA program, specifically for the course MCS-043: Advanced Database Management Systems. It includes various questions covering topics such as relational algebra, join dependencies, ETL processes, OLAP, and database design concepts. Students are required to answer one compulsory question and three additional questions from a selection provided.

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MCS-043 (7)

The document is an examination paper for the MCA program, specifically for the course MCS-043: Advanced Database Management Systems. It includes various questions covering topics such as relational algebra, join dependencies, ETL processes, OLAP, and database design concepts. Students are required to answer one compulsory question and three additional questions from a selection provided.

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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination
cji June, 2017

MCS-043 : ADVANCED DATABASE MANAGEMENT


SYSTEMS
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Answer any


three questions from the rest.

. (a) Consider the following relations :

Customer (c_id, cust_name, cust_phone)


Purchase (c_id, item_code, quantity)
Consider the query "List the c_id,
cust_name, cust_phone, item_code and
quantity of all the items pruchased by the
customer whose c_id = "C001"."
Perform the following tasks for the above :
(0 Write the above query using
relational algebra and draw the
query tree for the same. 3
(ii) Transform the query tree to an
equivalent query tree such that the
query evaluation cost may be
reduced. 2
MCS-043 1 P.T.O.
(b) What is join dependency ? When is join
dependency considered as trivial ? Explain
with suitable example. 5

(c) How does embedded SQL differ from


dynamic SQL ? Give an example for each.

(d) Discuss the term "ETL". List the


transformations required to perform the
ETL process. 5

(e) What. is OLAP ? How does OLAP support


query processing in a data warehouse ? 5

(f) Differentiate between XML schema and


Document type • definition. Give suitable
examples for each.

(g) Construct an EER diagram for the


following description :
"A University maintains records of its
students and the programmes in which
they have enrolled. It stores student id,
name, address, and phone number of a
student and programme code, programme
name and duration of a programme. A
student is either a full time student or a
part time student (only one of the types). A
student can register for many programmes
and a programme can have many
students."
MCS-043
(h) Write the SQL commands for giving
permission to a user named "DBM" for
creating new tables. Also write the
command if the above permission is to be
removed.

2. (a) What are Multivalued dependencies ?


When can we say that multivalued
dependency is trivial ? Discuss with a
suitable example.

(b) List the various UML diagrams. How do


UML class diagrams contribute to
Database Design ? 5
(c) What is a system catalogue ? Discuss the
role of system catalogues in Database
Administration.

3. (a) What is semi-structured data ? Explain


with an example. How does a valid XML
document differ from a well-formed XML
document ?
(b) What is Data Warehousing ? Discuss the
various characteristics of Data
Warehousing.
(c) What is query optimization ? Why is a
query expressed in relational algebra
preferred over a query expressed in SQL ?
What are the factors that contribute to the
cost of a query ?

MCS-043 3 P.T.O.
4. (a) Differentiate between the following :

(i) Spatial Databases and Temporal


Databases
(ii) 2-phase commit and 3-phase commit

(b) What is a datagrid ? What is the utility of a


datagrid ? Draw a block diagram to
describe the structure of a datagrid. 5

(c) How do clustering and classification


differ ? Describe Bayesian classification,
with suitable example. 8

Explain any five of the following : 5x4=20

(a) K-mean Clustering

(b) SQLJ and its requirements

(c) Statistical Database Security

(d) Buffer Management

(e) Data Marks

(0 GNOME Databases

(g) JDBC

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