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DBMS → Introduction to DBMS 3

Database __________ , which is the logical design of the database, and the database _______,which is a snapshot of the data in the database at a given instant in time.
Schema, Instance
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The number of entities to which another entity can be associated via a relationship set is expressed as:
Cardinality
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What will be the number of columns of CARTESIAN PRODCUT if the participating relations have 5 and 7 columns respectively?
12
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DBMS → Database Architecture 3

Course(course_id,sec_id,semester) Here the course_id,sec_id and semester are __________ and course is a _________ .
Attributes, Relation
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The view of total database content is
Conceptual view.
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What will be the number of columns of CARTESIAN PRODCUT if the participating relations have 5 and 20 rows respectively?
100
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DBMS → Data Models 3

Department (dept name, building, budget) and Employee (employee_id , name, deptname,salary) Here the dept_name attribute appears in both the relations .Here using common attributes in relation schema is one way of relating ___________ relations.
Tuple of distinct
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The file organization that provides very fast access to any arbitrary record of a file is:
Hashed file
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Which of the following is the operation that is used if we are interested in only certain attributes or columns of a table?
PROJECT
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DBMS → ER Model 3

Which of the following products was an early implementation of the relational model developed by E.F. Codd of IBM?
DB2
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What is not true about a view?
It is always updatable like any other table
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Which of the following is not a procedural language?
Relational calculus
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DBMS → Relational Model 2

The following are components of a database except ________
Reports
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The database schema is written in
DDL
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DBMS → Normalization 2

An application where only one user accesses the database at a given time is an example of a(n) ________ .
single-user database application
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Who developed SEQUEL?
Chamberlain
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DBMS → Functional Dependency 2

An on-line commercial site such as Amazon.com is an example of a(n) ________ .
e-commerce database application
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Which of the following is used to get all the columns of a table?
*
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DBMS → SQL Basics 2

SQL stands for ________ .
Structured Query Language
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The first commercial RDBMS is:
INGRESS
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DBMS → DDL Commands 2

Because it contains a description of its own structure, a database is considered to be ________
self-describing
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Which of the following is not a DCL statement?
Rollback
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DBMS → DML Commands 2

The following are functions of a DBMS except ________ .
creating and processing forms
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Which of the following is the result of a select statement?
Table
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DBMS → Joins 2

Helping people keep track of things is the purpose of a(n) ________ .
Database
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Which of the following clause specifies the table or tables from where the data has to be retrieved?
From
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DBMS → Views 2

A DBMS that combines a DBMS and an application generator is ________ .
Microsoft's Access
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How many tables can be joined to create a view?
1
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DBMS → Indexes 2

Let us consider phone_number ,which can take single or several values . Treating phone_numberasan _________ permits instructors to have several phone numbers (including zero) associated with them.
Relation
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Which of the following can be used to get those items that fall within a range?
DISTINCT
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DBMS → Transactions 2

In an object-oriented model, one object can access data of another object by passing:
Message
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Which of the following constitutes a basic set of operations for manipulating relational data?
Relational algebra
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DBMS → Concurrency Control 2

A view of database that appears to an application program is known as:
Subschema
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Which of the following is not a relational algebraic operation that is not form the set theory?
SELECT
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DBMS → Deadlock 2

An abstraction concept for building composite object from their component object is called:
Aggregation
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Which of the following is not a relational algebraic operation that is developed specifically for the relational databases?
UNION
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DBMS → Database Security 2

A set of objects that share a common structure and a common behavior is called:
Class
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Which is the symbol used to denote the SELECT operation?
Sigma
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DBMS → PL/SQL 2

Every weak entity set can be converted into a strong entity set by:
adding appropriate attributes
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Which of the following operations need the participating relations to be union compatible?
All of the above
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