DBMS DPP PART - 3 BY-SUNIL YADAV SIR 1

DBMS DPP PART - 3

1. Whish one of the following Data_of_Birth Age

statements is NOT correct about Age Eligibility
the B+ tree data structure used for Name Roll_number
creating an index of a relational Roll_number Name
database table? Course_number Course_name
(a) Each leaf node has a pointer to Course_number Instructor
the next leaf node (Roll_nuber, Course_number)
(b) Non-leaf nodes have pointers to Grade
data records The relation (Roll_number, Name,
(c) B+ Tree is height-balanced tree Date_of_birth, Age) is:
(d) Key values in each node are kept (a) In second normal form but not in
in sorted order third normal form
2. Relation R is decomposed using a (b) In third normal form but not in
set of functional depencies, F, and BCNF
relation S is decomposed using (c) in BCNF
another set of functional (d) In none of the above
dependencies, G. One 5. Which one of the following
decomposition is definitely BCNF, statements is FALSE?
the other is definitely 3NF, but it (a) Any relation with two attributes is
is not known which is which. To in BCNF
make a quaranteed identification, (b) A relation in which every key has
which one of the following tests only one attribute is in 2NF
should be used on the (c) A prime attribute can be
decompositions? (Assume that the transitively dependent on a key in
closures of F and G are available). a 3NF relation
(a) Dependency-preservation (d) A prime attribute can be
(b) Lossless-join transitively dependent on a key in
(c) BCNF definition a BCNF relation
(d) 3NF definition 6. Which one of the following
3. The relation scheme Student statements about normal forms is
Performance (name, courseNo,
FALSE?
rollNo, grade) has the following
functional dependencies: (a) BCNF is stricter than 3NF
Name, courseNo grade (b) Lossless, dependency-preserving
rollNo, courseNo grade decomposition into 3NF is always
name roll No possible
rollNo name (c) Lossless, dependency-preserving
The highest normal form of this decomposition into BCNF is
relation scheme is
always possible
(a) 2NF
(d) Any relation with two attributes is
(b) 3NF
in BCNF
(c) BCNF
7. Suppose R1(A, B) and R2(C, D) are
(d) 4NF
two relation schemas. Let r1 and r2
4. Consider the following functional
be the corresponding relation
dependencies in a database:
instances. B is foreign key that
refers to C in R2. If data in r1 and r2

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satisfy referential integrity 12. There are 5 records in a database

constraints, which of the following
is ALWAYS TRUE?
(a) ( ) ( )
(b) ( ) ( )
(c) ( ) ( )
(d) ( ) ( )
8. A clustering index is defined on
the fields which are of type
(a) non-key and ordering There is an index file associated
(b) non-key and non-ordering with this and it contain the values
(c) key and ordering 1, 3, 2, 5 and 4. Which one the
(d) key and non-ordering fields is the index built form?
9. Relation R has eight attributes (a) Age (b) Name
ABCDEFGH Fields of R contain (c) Occupation (d) Category
only atomic values. 13. Which normal form is considered
F = {CH G, A BC, B CFG, E A, adequate for normal relational
F EG}, is a set of functional database design?
dependencies (FDs) so that F+ is (a) 2NF (b) 5NF
exactly the set of FDs that host for (c) 4NF (d) 3NF
R. The relation R is 14. For a database relation R(a, b, c, d),
(a) in 1NF, but not in 2NF. where the domains a, b, c, d
(b) in 2NF, but not in 3NF. include only atomic values, only
(c) in 3NF, but not in BCNF the following functional
(d) in BCNF dependencies and those that can
10. An index is clustered, if be inferred from them hold
(a) It is on a set fields that form a a c
candidate key. b d
(b) It is on a set of fields that include (a) In first normal form but not in
the primary key. second normal form
(c) The data records of the file are (b) In second normal form but not in
organized in the same order as third normal form
the data entries of the index. (c) In third normal form
(d) The data records of the file are (d) None of the above
organized not in the same order 15. In a relational data model; which
as the data entries of the index. one of the following statements is
11. Which of the following is TRUE? TRUE?
(a) Every relation in 3NF is also in (a) A relation with only two attributes
BCNF is always in BCNF.
(b) A relation R is in 3NF if every not- (b) if all attributes of a relation are
prime attribute of R is fully prime attributes, then the
functionally dependent on every relation is in BCNF.
key R (c) Every relation has at least one
(c) Every relation in BCNF is also in nonprime attribute
3NF (d) BCNF decomposition preserve
(d) No relation can be in both BCNF functional dependencies.
and 3NF

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16. Which of the following is a dense

index?
(a) Primary index
(b) Clusters index
(c) Secondary index
(d) secondary non-key index
17. Let R (A, B, C, D) be a relational
schema with the following
functional dependencies: A B,
B C, C D and D B.
(a) Gives a lossless join, and is
dependency preserving
(b) Gives a lossless join, but is not
dependency preserving
(c) Does not give a lossless join,
but is dependency preserving
(d) Does not give a lossless join and is
not dependency preserving
18. Let R (A, B, C, D, E, P, G) be a
relational scheme in which the
following functional dependencies
are known to hold:
AB CD, DE P, C E, P C and
B G.
The relational schema R is
(a) In BCNF
(b) In 3NF, but not in BCNF
(c) In 2NF, but not in 3NF
(d) Not in 2NF
19. A table has fields F1, F2, F3, F4,
F5 with the following functional
dependencies
F1 F3, F2 F4, (F1.F2) F5
In terms of Normalization, this
table is in
(a) 1 NF (b) 2 NF
(c) 3 NF (d) None
20. What does the data dictionary
identify?
(a) Field names
(b) Field Formats
(c) Field Types
(d) All of these

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