Database Management System 2073

Tribhuwan University
Institute of Science and Technology
2073
Bachelor Level / Fourth Semester / Science
Computer Science and Information Technology ( CSC-253 )
( Database Management System )
Full Marks: 60
Pass Marks: 24
Time: 3 hours
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Attempt all the questions :

1. Answer the following questions in short:(5 x 2 = 10)

    (a) Differentiate between Database Manager and database Administrator.

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    (b) Relational database

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    (c) Data encryption

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    (d) Lock base protocols

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    (e) Deadlock handling

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2. (a) What do you mean by Entity-relationship model? Explain strong and weak entity set.(6)

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    (b) What is composite attributes? Explain.(4)

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3.(a) Which part of the RDBMS taken care of the data dictionary? Explain.(4)

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    (b) What do you mean by Hierarchical model? Explain.(6)

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4.(a) Explain the functional dependency and Trivial functional dependency with examples.(5)

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    (b) Differentiate between distributed DBMS and client-server DBMS.(5)

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5. Comparision between 1NF, 2NF, 3NF and BCNF with example.(10)

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6.(a) Explain the concurrences control mechanism in detail with example.(6)

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    (b) What are the methods used to prevent the system from dead lock?(4)

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