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The document contains examination papers for the B.C.A. Database Management System course from various years, detailing the structure of the exam, including sections with multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, and long answer questions. It covers key topics such as DBMS definitions, data models, SQL commands, normalization, and transaction management. Each section specifies the marks distribution and instructions for answering the questions.

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The document contains examination papers for the B.C.A. Database Management System course from various years, detailing the structure of the exam, including sections with multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, and long answer questions. It covers key topics such as DBMS definitions, data models, SQL commands, normalization, and transaction management. Each section specifies the marks distribution and instructions for answering the questions.

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SM-618 ll Semester B.C.A. Examination, May/June 2018 (CBCS) (F + R) (2014-15 and Onwards) COMPUTER SCIENCE BCA 204 : Database Management System Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 70 Instruction : Answer all Sections. SECTION ~A ‘Answer any ten of the following. Each question carries two marks: (10x2=20) 1. Define a) DBMS b) Data Model. 2. Define Data Independence. Mention the types. » Differentiate centralized database architecture and client server database architecture. ‘What is an entity ? Mention the types of entities. Define RAID. oon What are database anomalies ? Mention the types. 7. Define normalization. 8. Explain different data types in SQL. 9. Expand PL/SQL. Mention any two advantages. 10. What is a view ? Give the syntax for view creation 11. List different types of failures. 12. What is concurrency control ? Pro. SM-618, TTT SECTION ~B ‘Answer any 5 of the following. Each question carries 10 marks : (5x10=50) 19. a) Explain the advantages of DBMS. 5 ) Explain three schema architecture. 5 14. a) Define different types of keys. 5 ) Explain different Hashing Techniques. 5 15. Draw an ER diagram for STUDENT DATABASE SYSTEM. 10 16. a) Explain generalization and specialization with examples. ) Explain trivial dependency. 17. a) Explain Relational Algebra in detail b) Explain 1 NF, 2 NF, 3 NF. 18. a) Explain different aggregate functions in SQL with syntax and examples. b) What are JOINS ? Explain INNER JOIN and OUTER JOIN. 19. a) Explain different DDL commands with syntax and example, b) Create an EMPLOYEE Database using the following fields : Field name Data type EMPNO NUMBER ENAME CHAR Dos Date Dept String Salary Real a) Create the table ») Enter 5 tuples ©) Find sum of salaries of all employees 4) Find highest and least salaries of all employees. 20. a) Explain ACID properties of a Transaction. b) Explain different states of transaction. Ack Jaded ese ‘00 US - 639 Il Semester B.C.A. Exa n, May 2017 (F +R) (CBCS) (2014-15 and Onwards) ‘COMPUTER SCIENCE BCA 204 : Database Management System Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 70 Instruction : Answer all Sections. SECTION ~A ‘Answer any ten questions. Each question carries two marks. (10x2=20) 1. Define DBMS. Mention one application of DBMS. Define Query. Give an example Define Schema and an Instance. Define Entity and Relationship. Define Data Independence. What is RAID ? Explain Functional dependency. Explain Domain and Tuple. eoeneannaen Explain Commit and Rollback commands. 10. Explain database Triggers. 11. Explain ditty read related to transaction processing system. 12. What is concurrency control ? SECTION -B Answer any five questions. Each question carries ten marks. (6x10=50) 13. a) Explain the advantages of DBMS. 5 b) Explain different people behind DBMS. 5 Pr. Us ~ 639 14, 15, 16 17. 18, 19, a) ) a) b) a b a) ») a) ») a) b) a) b) Explain data model and its types. Explain database environment. Write an E-R diagram of employee salary database and also mention type of association between the entities, Explain one to one, one to many and many to many relationships with example. Explain the structure of Hard disk. Explain internal and extemal hashing, Explain design guidelines of relational schemas. Explain 2NF and 3NF with examples. Explain different characteristics of relations. Explain Cartesian product and selection operations. Write an SQL query for the following a) To create a table of Hospital database with minimum § fields ) To insert two records ©) To add new field d) To display all records, Explain different types of cursors. Explain serial and non serial schedules. Explain lock and unlock operations for binary locks. ea ao A001 US - 650 Il Semester B.C.A. Examination, May 2017 (Y2K8 Scheme) (Repeaters) COMPUTER SCIENCE BCA ~ 205 : Database Management Systems Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 70 SECTION-A ‘Answer any ten questions, Each question carries one mark. (10x1=10) 4. Define data. 2, Give any two examples of database. 8, Define schema. 4, Whats data model ? 5. What is ER-model ? 6. Define an entity 7. Howare storage devices classified ? 8. Define primary key. 9. Define a tuple. 10. Mention the purpose of DROP command. 11, Define PUSQL. 12, Define transaction. SECTION-B ‘Answer any five questions. Each question carries three marks, (6x3=15) 18. What are the functions of DBMS ? 14, Differentiate between centralized and distributed DBMS. 15. Write any three responsibilities of DBA, 16. Explain CREATE command with an example. 17. Define foreign key. Why is the concept used for ? Pro. us-650 (NR 18, Explain unary relational operation selection (<) with an example 49. Discuss the primary goals of normalization, 20, Define terms a) Track b) Sector ©) Cylinder SECTION-C Answer any five questions. Each question carries seven marks. (6«7=35) 21. Write a short note on users of DBMS. 22. Explain PL/SQL architecture. Explain different types of attributes. Define EQUIJOIN operation. Explain with an example. Define normal forms. Explain 1 NF, 2 NFand 3 NF with an example. Define DML. Explain INSERT and UPDATE statements with an example. Explain three-tier client-server architecture of DBMS. Explain ACID properties of transaction. SECTION-D Answerany one question. Each question carries ten marks. (110210) 29, Drawan ER-diagram for COLLEGE database by taking necessary enlities and attributes. 30. A LIBRARY database has a table with the following attributes LIBRARY (Bookld: Number, Tie text, Author: text, Publisher: text, Price : Number, Year: Number) a) Create the table LIBRARY ) Insert three tuples ) Dolete/remove a specific tuple 4) Display all tuples/records. ‘An a MS - 571 Il Semester B.C.A. Examination, May 2016 (CBCS) (2014-15 and Onwards) COMPUTER SCIENCE BCA - 204 : Database Management System Time ; 3 Hours Max. Marks : 70 Instruction : Answerall Sections. SECTION-A Answerany ten questions. Each question carties two marks (10%2=20) 1) Define DBMS. Mention any two advantages of DBMS. 2) What do you mean by DBMS catalog and metadata ? 3) Give any four functions of DBA. 4) Name any four types of attributes. 5) Whatdo you mean by generalization and specialization ? 6) Define Primary key and Foreign key, 7) Define Functional dependency. 8) How are storage devices classified ? 9) What are the applications of Relational algebra in RDBMS ? 10) Mention the different categories of SQL statements 11) What is an exception ? Mention major types of exceptions. 12) What are the desirable properties of transactions ? Pro. MS - 571 ‘00 SECTION-B II, Answer any five questions. Each question carries ten marks. (6x10=50) 13) a) Explain the functions of DBMS, 6 b) Whatis data independence ? Explain briefly the two types of data independence. : 14) a) Define relationship. Explain briefly cardinality ratio constraint of Relationships. 5 b) Explain the E-R notations used in database schema design. 5 16) a) Explain various methods of allocating file blocks on disks, 6 b) Explain briefly RAID technology. 4 16) a) Explain briefly insertion, updation and deletion anomalies in database. 3 'b) What is normalization ? Explain briefly the various types of Normal forms with examples. u 17) a) Explain brietly schema based constraints in relational data model. 5 b) Explain selection and projection operations in relational algebra with an example each. 5 18) a) Explain briefly DDL statements with syntax and examples, 4 ) What is JOIN operation ? Explain different types of joins with syntax and example, 6 19) a) What is a database trigger ? Explain any four types of trigger. 5 b) Explain While... Loop statementin PLISQL with an example. 5 20) a) Define transaction. Explain briefly cliferent states of transaction with a neat state transition diagram, 6 'b) Whatis time stamp ? Explain belly two methods of generating time stamps. 4 MS - 578 Il Semester B.C.A. Examination, May 2016 (v2K8 Scheme) (Repeaters) COMPUTER SCIENCE BCA — 205 : Database Management Systems, (70 Marks - 2011-12 & Onwards 60 Marks ~ Prior to 2011-12) Time : 8 Hours Max. Marks : 70/60 Instructions : 1) Section A, B, C are common to all. Section D is applicable to 2011-12 batch onwards. 2) 70 marks for students from 2011-12 batch onwards and. 60 marks for repeater students prior to 2011-12. SECTION=A ‘Answer any ten questions. Each question carries one mark. (10x1=10) 1. Define database. ‘What is multivalued attribute ? Define spanned record. What is relationship ? 2 3, 4 5. Define scheme diagram 6. Define primary key. 7. What is cursor ? 8. Whatis hashing ? 9. Write down any two DML commands. 10. Define a tuple. 11, Whats trigger ? 12, Whatis SQL? P10. ~ MS ~ 578 2 ‘Mr SECTION-B ‘Answer any five questions. Each question carries three marks. (5x3=15) 18, Whatis weak entity ? Give an example. 14, Whatare disadvantages of traditional database ? 15. Write any three responsibilities of DBA. 16. Write a note on buffering of blocks. 17. Explain UPDATE command with an example. 18. Differentiate between centralized and distributed databases. 19. Write a note on database languages, 20. Define the terms ‘) Cylinder ii) Sector il) Track. SECTION-C ‘Answer any five questions. Each question carries seven marks. (5x7=35) 21, Explain the advantages of DBMS. 22, Whatis an ER-diagram ? Mention different notations used in ER-diagram, 23, Explain different types of relationships in E-R Data model. 24. Explain three-schema architecture with a neat diagram. 26. Explain 1NF, 2NF and 3NF in brief. 26. Explain ACID properties of a transaction, 3 met MS - 578 27. Write a note on database users. 28. What is a data model ? Explain different data models, SECTION-D Answer any one question. Each question carries ten marks. (1x10=10) 29. a) Write a note on DBMS interfaces. b) Write any five applications of DBMS. (545) 30. Construct and explain ER-diagram for Company database by taking necessary entities and attributes. ‘OA SA-909 Il Semester B.C.A. Degree Examination, April/May 2015 (CBCS) (2014-15 and Onwards) COMPUTER SCIENCE BCA 204 : Database Management Systems Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 70 Instruction : Answerall Sections. SECTION-A |, Answerany ten questions, Each question carries two marks, (10x2=20) 41) Whatis DBMS ? Why do we need a DBMS ? 2) Write down any two responsibilities of data base administrator. 8) List the implicit properties of data base approach. 4) Differentiate between single value and multi valued attributes. 5) Define referential integrity constraints with example. 6) What is heap file? How pages organizedin a heap file ? 7) List out different types of Join operations. 8) What is group by clause ? Give example. 9) Mention the kind of constraints we can specify in the create command DDL. 410) What are the advantages of PLISQL ? 11) Define two-phase locking. 12) Whatis time stamp ? Explain. SECTION-B II. Answerany five questions. Each question carries ten marks. (6x10=50) 19) a) List and explain the main characteristics of database approach. 6 ) Explain the difference between logical and physical data independence. 4 14) a) Design E-R diagram for keeping track of information about company database taking into account of at least four entities. a b) What is a relationship ? Give an example of one-to-one and ‘many-to-many relationships. 3 p10. SA-909 ‘Mt 18) a) Discuss techniques for allocating file blocks on disks. ») Differentiate between primary and secondary storage with example. 16) a) Differentiate between prime and non-prime attributes. ) What is normalization ? Explain third normal form with example. ‘¢) Which normal form based on concept of functional dependencies ? Explain the same with neat diagram. 4 17) a) What is constraint ? Give the detailed explanation of key constraint and domain constraint. 5 ») Explain selection and projection operation in relational algebra with an ‘example. 5 18) a) Explain insert, delete and update statements in SQL with example. 5 b) Consider the following relation, Emp-salaty (Emp-no. Ename, DOB, DNo., Salary) Write the SQL for the followings : €) Display the number of employees working in each department. b) Find the sum of salaries of all employees ©) Find sum and average salaties of employee of ‘BCA’ department. 4) Find the highest salary that an employee draws. €) Find the least salary that an employee draws. 19) a) What is cursor ? What are the cursor attributes ? Explain. ») Explain for..loop statement in PL/SQL with an example. 20) a) Define transaction. Explain ACID properties of transaction. b) Disouss the types of locks in brief. aaaaa SA-913 ll Semester B.C.A. Degree Examination, April/May 2015 (Y2K8 Scheme) (2008-09 and Onwards) COMPUTER SCIENCE (70 Marks ~ 2011-12 and Onwards/60 Marks — Prior to 2011-12) BCA-205 : Database Management Systems Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 60/70 Instructions: 1) Section —A, B, C are common to all. Section ~ Dis applicable to201 1-12 batch onwards. 2) 70 marks for students trom 2011-12 batch onwards. {60 marks for repeater students prior to 2011-12. SECTION-A ‘Answer any ten questions. Each question carries one mar 1. Define DBMS. 2, Name different types of data model, 3. Whatis schema diagram? 4, Write down any four DDL commands. 5, Define primary key. 6 7. 8 8 Define entity Whats hashing ? What is a cursor ? |. Define transaction. 40. What is SOL ? 11. Whatis atomic attribute ? 12. Define Lock SECTION-B ‘Answer any five questions. Each question carries three marks, (63-15) 419. What are drawbacks of traditional DBMS ? 14, Define DBA. Write any two responsibilties of DBA. Pro. SA-913 415, Discuss the types of Locks in brief. 16. Explain aggregate functions in SQL. 17. Explain CREATE command with an example. 48. Differentiate centralized and distributed DBMS. 19. Explain database languages in brief. 20. Define the terms : i) Track it) Cylinder ii) Sector. SECTION-C ‘Answer any five questions. Each question carries seven marks. (6x7=35) 21. Explain advantages of DBMS. 22. Write a note on DEMS interfaces. 23. Explain client server architecture with a neat diagram, 24, Define functional dependency. What are its properties ? 25. Explain different database users. 26. Explain three schema architecture with a neat diagram. 27. Explain 18*NF, 2°@ NF and 3" NF with example. 28, Explain ACID properties of transaction. SECTION-D Note : Section — D should be answered by students of 2011-12 batch onwards only. ‘Answer any one question, Each question carries ten marks. (1x10=10) 29. a) Write a note on DBMS Languages. ) Write any five applications of DBMS. (545) 90, Drawand explain ER diagram for COMPANY database by taking necessary attributes. SA-913 Il Semester B.C.A. Degree Examination, April/May 2015 (¥2K8 Scheme) (2008-09 and Onwards) COMPUTER SCIENCE (70 Marks - 2011-12 and Onwards/60 Marks ~ Prior to 2011-12) BCA-205 : Database Management Systems Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 60/70 Instructions : 1) Section ~ A, B, C are common to all . Section ~ Dis applicable to 2011-12 batch onwards. 2) 70 marks for students from 2011-12 batch onwards. 60 marks for repeater students prior to 2011-12. SECTION-A ‘Answer any ten questions. Each question carries one mark. 1. Define DBMS. 2. Name different types of data model 3, Whatis schema diagram ? 4, Write down any four DDL commands. 5. Define primary key. 6. Define entity. 7. Whats hashing ? 8. Whatis a cursor? 9. Define transaction. 40. What is SOL? 411. What is atomic attribute ? 12, Define Lock SECTION-B ‘Answer any five questions. Each question carries three marks. 13. What are drawbacks of traditional DBMS ? 14, Define DBA. Write any two responsibilities of DBA. (10x1=10) (6x3=15) Pro. SA-913 (0 16. Discuss the types of Locks in brief. 16. Explain aggregate functions in SQL. 17. Explain CREATE command with an example. 48. Differentiate centralized and distributed DBMS. 49. Explain database languages in bret. 20. Define the terms ’) Track ii) Oylinder il) Sector. SECTION-C ‘Answer any five questions. Each question carries seven marks. (6x7=35) 21. Explain advantages of DBMS. 22, Write a note on DBMS interfaces. 23. Explain client server architecture with a neat diagram. 24. Define funotional dependency. What are its properties ? 25, Explain different database users. 26. Explain three schema architecture with a neat diagram. 27. Explain 1°'NF, 2"! NF and 3" NF with example, 28, Explain ACID properties of transaction. SECTION-D Note : Section - D should be answered by students of 2011-12 batch onwards only. ‘Answer any one question. Each question carrios ten marks. (1x10=10) 29, a) Write anote on DBMS Languages. b) Write any five applications of DBMS. +5) 30, Draw and explain ER diagram for COMPANY database by taking necessary attributes.

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