What are the differences between OLTP and OLP?

(2) ************************************************************************************* Textbook 2 List the goals of Data Warehouse. Explain atleast 2 in detail. (3) What are the Dimensional Modeling Myths? (Open Book) (2) Explain the steps for Dimensional Design Process. (3) For a Retail Sales Case Study, what could be Facts and Dimensions and their attributes. (5) What are Surrogate Keys? Explain benefits of the same. (3) For an Inventory Case Study, what could be Facts and Dimensions and their attributes. Explain with the help of steps for Dimensional Design Process. (5) ************************************************************************************* What are the desired features of Data Warehouse environment? (3) What are the features of Data in Data Warehouse? (2) Explain MetaData of Data Warehouse. (3) List Issues which can encounter in Data Warehousing. (2) ************************************************************************************* Which are the major processes that constitute a Data Warehouse? Explain in brief. (5) Write major processes that constitute Data Warehouse, their function and their mapping in Data Warehouse. (2)

Explain Data Staging Area of Data Warehouse. (3) Explain Data Presentation Area of Data Warehouse. (3) Explain Extract and Load Process for Data Warehouse. (2) Explain why When to initiate the Extract is very important during Extract and Load Process. (3) Explain Cleaning and Transform Process for Data Warehouse. (3) Explain ETL process of Data Warehouse with examples. (with Diagram). (5) Explain the Backup and Archival Process. (2) Explain Query Management Process. (2) Explain Directing Queries of Query Management Process. (2) Explain briefly the various sources of Data. (2) What is Data Consistency Check? (2) ********************************************************************************* What is the architecture of Load Manager? (with Diagram). Explain operations performed by Load Manager? (5) What is the architecture of Warehouse Manager? (with Diagram). Explain operations performed by Warehouse Manager. (10) What are the operations performed by Warehouse Manager? Which tools support them? (3) What is the architecture of Query Manager? (with Diagram). Explain operations performed by Query Manager. Which tools support them? (5)

Explain Star Schema. (2) Explain differences between Fact and Dimension Data. (3) Why should we Partition Data? (3) What is Summary Information? How it is used to improve Query Performance? (2) What is a Data Mart? (Explain with Diagram). (Open Book). (5) ************************************************************************************* Detail steps and guidelines we should follow in determining Facts from Dimensions? (5) A Dimension table is wide but a Fact table is deep. Explain. (2) List the options for designing Fact tables. (2) Explain atleast 3 options for designing Fact tables. (3) Should we use intelligent or non-intelligent keys in fact table? Justify your answer by proper explanation. (3) Explain the different techniques for storing Date in Fact table. (3) Exolain when should we store date range in dimension table? (2) Explain Snowflake Schema. (2) Explain Starflake Schema. (2) ************************************************************************************* Textbook 1 Appendix B

Explain the rules related to Access tools. (2) Explain the different types of Access Tools (3) Explain OLAP, MOLAP and ROLAP. (2) Explain the method of analyzing the User Query Requirements. (3)