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Section A: Long Answer Questions

Attempt any TWO questions.

3 questions·10 marks each
1long10 marks

Explain the Entity-Relationship (ER) model. Draw an ER diagram for a university database and explain different types of entities, attributes, and relationships.

er-modeldata-modeling
2long10 marks

How are the different types of entities and relationships of an ER diagram reduced into tables? Explain with examples for each type of entity and relationship.

er-to-relationalmapping
3long10 marks

What is normalization? Explain 1NF, 2NF, and 3NF with suitable examples, and discuss why normalization is necessary.

normalizationfunctional-dependency
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Section B: Short Answer Questions

Attempt any EIGHT questions.

9 questions·5 marks each
4short5 marks

What is data redundancy? How does normalization reduce it?

normalization
5short5 marks

Explain the multivalued dependency and 4NF in brief.

normalization4nf
6short5 marks

What is a join? Explain inner join and outer join.

sqljoin
7short5 marks

Explain the difference between a strong and a weak entity.

er-model
8short5 marks

Differentiate between a file system and a DBMS.

dbms
9short5 marks

Explain the roles of a Database Administrator (DBA).

dbmsdba
10short5 marks

What are the different types of database users?

dbms
11short5 marks

Differentiate between primary key, candidate key, and foreign key.

keysrelational-model
12short5 marks

Explain the concept of a weak entity set with an example.

er-model