CODE No.

:14BT40502 SVEC-14 (RA)

SREE VIDYANIKETHAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to JNTUA, Anantapur)
III B.Tech I Semester (SVEC14) Regular Examinations November - 2016
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
[ Information Technology, Computer Science and Systems Engineering ]
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Answer One Question from each Unit
All questions carry equal marks

1 a) Discuss the advantages of a Database System over Traditional file System. 7 Marks
b) Explain three schema architecture, the Logical and Physical data independence. 7 Marks
(OR)
2 a) Define E-R diagram. List various notations used in E-R diagram. 6 Marks
b) Explain the Conceptual Design with E-R Model. 8 Marks

3 a) Explain the procedure for converting ER to Relational with an example. 8 Marks

b) What is a view? What is Materialized View? Create a view on EMP Table and 6 Marks
finally drop it.
(OR)
4 a) Consider the following relations 6 Marks
lives(person-name,street,city)
works(person-name, company-name,salary)
located-in(company-name,city)
manages(person-name,manager-name)
Write relational algebra expressions for the following queries
i. Find the name of all employees who work for the CITY Bank Company.
ii. Find all employees who live in the same city as the company they work for.
iii. Find all persons who do not work for CITY Bank.
b) Explain the division and set-difference operations with an example. 8 Marks

5 a) What do you mean by NULL values? How NULL values can be compared? 6 Marks
Explain with suitable examples.
b) What are Nested Queries? Write about Correlated Nested Queries. 8 Marks
(OR)
6 What is the need for normalization? Explain first, second and third normal 14 Marks
forms with an example.

7 a) Explain the ACID Properties of a Transaction with suitable example. 8 Marks

b) Explain 2PL Protocol in detail. 6 Marks
(OR)
8 a) Explain View Serializabilty. 6 Marks
b) Explain validation Based Protocol in detail. 8 Marks

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9 a) Define the following terms with examples. 8 Marks
i) Search key
ii) Dense Index
iii) Spare Index
iv) Multilevel Index
b) What is meant by transaction rollback? Why is it necessary to check for 6 Marks
cascading rollback by giving an example?
(OR)
10 a) Discuss any two basic file organizations. 8 Marks
b) Explain the procedure for searching and inserting records in B+Tree. 6 Marks

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