Description : The number of tuples in a relation is called its …………. While the number of attributes in a relation is called it’s ……………….. A) Degree, Cardinality B) Cardinality, Degree C) Rows, Columns
Last Answer : B) Cardinality, Degree
Description : In the relational modes, cardinality is termed as: (A) Number of tuples. (B) Number of attributes. (C) Number of tables. (D) Number of constraints
Last Answer : (A) Number of tuples
Description : Which of the following statements is FALSE about weak entity set ? (A) Weak entities can be deleted automatically when their strong entity is deleted. (B) Weak entity set avoids the data ... weak entity set are not partitioned according to their relationship with tuples in a strong entity set.
Last Answer : (D) Tuples in a weak entity set are not partitioned according to their relationship with tuples in a strong entity set.
Description : Based on the cardinality ratio and participation ............... associated with a relationship type, choose either the Foreign Key Design, the Cross Referencing Design or Mutual Referencing Design. (A) Entity (B) Constraints (C) Rules (D) Keys
Last Answer : (B) Constraints
Description : In a relational model, relations are termed as (A) Tuples. (B) Attributes (C) Tables. (D) Rows.
Last Answer : (C) Tables
Description : An instance of a relation is a time varying set of …………………. A) Tuples B) Rows C) Both of them D) None of them
Last Answer : C) Both of them
Description : Suppose ORACLE relation R(A, B) currently has tuples {(1, 2), (1, 3), (3, 4)} and relation S(B, C) currently has {(2, 5), (4, 6), (7, 8)}. Consider the following two SQL queries SQ1 and SQ2 ... (A) 2 and 6 respectively (B) 6 and 2 respectively (C) 2 and 4 respectively (D) 4 and 2 respectively
Last Answer : (D) 4 and 2 respectively
Description : Consider the following two commands C1 and C2 on the relation R from an SQL database: C1: drop table R; C2: delete from R; Which of the following statements is TRUE? I. Both C1 and C2 delete the schema for R. II. C2 ... R. (A) I only (B) I and II only (C) II and III only (D) I, II and III
Last Answer : (C) II and III only
Description : A ………………. Does not have a distinguishing attribute if its own and mostly are dependent entities, which are part of some another entity. A) Weak entity B) Strong entity C) Non attributes entity D) Dependent entity
Last Answer : A) Weak entity
Description : The one guideline to be followed while designing the database is A) A database design may be ambiguous. B) Unrelated data should be in the same table so that updating the data will be easy. C) It should avoid/reduce the redundancy. D) An entity should not have attributes.
Last Answer : C) It should avoid/reduce the redundancy.
Description : An ER Model includes I. An ER diagram portraying entity types. II. Attributes for each entity type III. Relationships among entity types. IV. Semantic integrity constraints that reflects the business rules about data not ... ; IV (B) I&IV (C) I, II & IV (D) I & III
Last Answer : (A) I, II, III & IV
Description : What kind of mechanism is to be taken into account for converting a weak entity set into strong entity set in entity-relationship diagram ? (A) Generalization (B) Aggregation (C) Specialization (D) Adding suitable attributes
Last Answer : (D) Adding suitable attributes
Description : ………………….. operator is basically a join followed by a project on the attributes of first relation. A) Join B) Semi-Join C) Full Join D) Inner Join
Last Answer : B) Semi-Join
Description : Select operator is not a unary operator. ii) Project operator chooses subset of attributes or columns of a relation. A) i-True, ii-False B) i-True, ii-True C) i-False, ii-True D) i-False, ii-False
Last Answer : C) i-False, ii-True
Description : A .................. normal form normalization will be needed where all attributes in a relation tuple are not functionally dependent only on the key attribute. A) First B) Second C) Third D) Fourth
Last Answer : C) Third
Description : _____ produces the relation that has attributes of R1 and R2 (A) Cartesian product (B) Difference (C) Intersection (D) Product
Last Answer : A) Cartesian product
Description : Select the ‘False’ statement from the following statements about Normal Forms: (A) Lossless preserving decomposition into 3NF is always possible (B) Lossless preserving decomposition into BCNF is always possible (C) Any relation with two attributes is in BCNF (D) BCNF is stronger than 3NF
Last Answer : (B) Lossless preserving decomposition into BCNF is always possible
Description : Consider the following ORACLE relations: R(A,B,C) = {, , , , ,< 3,1,4>} S(B,C,D) = {, , , , } Consider the following two SQL queries SQ1 and SQ2: SQ1: SELECT R.B, AVG(S.B) FROM R, S WHERE R.A = S.C AND S.D ... tuples returned by SQ2 then (A) M=4, N=2 (B) M=5, N=3 (C) M=2, N=2 (D) M=3, N=3
Last Answer : (A) M=4, N=2
Description : What type of data is: a=[(1,1),(2,4),(3,9)]? a) Array of tuples b) List of tuples c) Tuples of lists d) Invalid type
Last Answer : b) List of tuples
Description : What is the output of the following code? >>> a=(2,3,4) >>> sum(a,3) a) Too many arguments for sum() method b) The method sum() doesn’t exist for tuples c) 12 d) 9
Last Answer : c) 12
Description : What is the output of the following piece of code when executed in Python shell? >>> a=("Check")*3 >>> a a) (‘Check’,’Check’,’Check’) b) * Operator not valid for tuples c) (‘CheckCheckCheck’) d) Syntax erro
Last Answer : c) (‘CheckCheckCheck’)
Description : What is the output of the following code? >>> a=(1,2,(4,5)) >>> b=(1,2,(3,4)) >>> a
Last Answer : a) False
Description : Consider the following database table : Create table test( one integer, two integer, primary key(one), unique(two), check(one≥1 and ≤10), check(two≥1 and ≤5) ); How many data records/tuples atmost can this table contain ? (A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 50
Last Answer : (A) 5
Description : In a relational database model, NULL values can be used for all but which one of the following? (A) To allow duplicate tuples in the table by filling the primary key column(s) with NULL. (B) To ... D) To fill a column in a tuple when that column does not really exist for that particular tuple.
Last Answer : (A) To allow duplicate tuples in the table by filling the primary key column(s) with NULL.
Description : What is the degree and cardinality of the above given table named ‘Training’. -Technology
Last Answer : Degree: 6Cardinality: 5
Description : (i) Write the degree and cardinality of the above table. -Technology
Last Answer : (i) The degree is 6 and cardinality is 5.(ii)+------------+|max(DOJ)|+------------+|1998-02-21|+------------+(iii) Delete from Customer_Details where Accumlt_Amt is NULL;
Description : How many rows and column will be there in the Cartesian product of the above given tables. Also mention the degree and cardinality -Technology
Last Answer : Cartesian Product:Number of Rows: 20Number of Columns: 9Degree: 9Cardinality: 20
Description : The RDBMS terminology for a row is (A) tuple. (B) relation. (C) attribute. (D) degree.
Last Answer : (A) tuple
Description : In mapping of ERD to DFD a) entities in ERD should correspond to an existing entity/store in DFD b) entity in DFD is converted to attributes of an entity in ERD c) relations in ERD has 1 to 1 correspondence to processes in DFD d) relationships in ERD has 1 to 1 correspondence to flows in DFD
Last Answer : a) entities in ERD should correspond to an existing entity/store in DFD
Description : Let E1 and E2 be two entities in E-R diagram with simple single valued attributes. R1 and R2 are two relationships between E1 and E2 where R1 is one-many and R2 is many-many. R1 and R2 do not have any ... are required to represent this situation in the Relational Model? (A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1
Last Answer : (B) 3
Description : Let M and N be two entities in an E-R diagram with simple single vale attributes. R1 and R2 are two relationship between M and N, whereas R1 is one-to-many and R2 is many-to-many. The minimum number of tables required to ... and R2 in the relational model are .......... (1) 4 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 3
Last Answer : Answer: 4
Description : For a weak entity set to be meaningful, it must be associated with another entity set in combination with some of their attribute values, is called as : (A) Neighbour Set (B) Strong Entity Set (C) Owner entity set (D) Weak Set
Last Answer : (C) Owner entity set
Description : In an ER model, ……………. is described in the database by storing its data. A) Entity B) Attribute C) Relationship D) Notation
Last Answer : A) Entity
Description : Process is ........................ A) A program in execution B) An instance of a program running on a computer. C) The entity that can be assigned to and executed D) All of the above.
Last Answer : D) All of the above.
Description : A data cannot flow between a store and i) a store ii) a process iii) an external entity A) i and iii B) i and ii C) ii and iii D) ii
Last Answer : A) i and iii
Description : By an external entity we mean a A) Unit outside the system being designed which can be controlled by an analyst. B) Unit outside the system whose behavior is independent of the system being designed C) A unit external to the system being designed D) A unit which is not part of a DFD
Last Answer : C) A unit external to the system being designed
Description : A rectangle in a DFD represents A) a process B) a data store C) an external entity D) an input unit
Last Answer : C) an external entity
Description : A data flow can A) Only emanate from an external entity B) Only terminate in an external entity C) May emanate and terminate in an external entity D) May either emanate or terminate in an external entity but not both
Last Answer : C) May emanate and terminate in an external entity
Description : . ………………… is a special type of integrity constraint that relates two relations & maintains consistency across the relations. A) Entity Integrity Constraints B) Referential Integrity Constraints
Last Answer : B) Referential Integrity
Description : Which if the following is not the type of data integrity. A) Key integrity B) Domain integrity C) Entity integrity D) Referential integrity
Last Answer : A) Key integrity
Description : Specialization Lattice stands for (A) An entity type can participate as a subclass in only one specialization. (B) An entity type can participate as a subclass in more than one specialization. ... can participate in one specialization. (D) An entity type that can participate in one generalization.
Last Answer : (B) An entity type can participate as a subclass in more than one specialization.
Description : Which of the following provides the best description of an entity type? (A) A specific concrete object with a defined set of processes (e.g. Jatin with diabetes) (B) A value given to a ... template for a group of things with the same set of characteristics that may exist in the real world
Last Answer : Answer: D
Description : In RDBMS, the constraint that no key attribute (column) may be NULL is referred to as: (A) Referential integrity (B) Multi-valued dependency (C) Entity Integrity (D) Functional dependency
Last Answer : (C) Entity Integrity
Description : Consider the following Entity-Relationship (E-R) diagram and three possible relationship sets (I, II and III) for this E-R diagram: If different symbols stand for different values (e.g., t1 is definitely not equal to t2 ... diagram ? (A) I only (B) I and II only (C) II only (D) I, II and III
Last Answer : (A) I only
Description : Which of the following commands is used to display the directory attributes rather than its contents? A. ls -l -d B. ls -l C. ls -x D. ls -F E. None of the above
Last Answer : A. ls -l -d
Description : Consider the following database table having A, B, C and D as its four attributes and four possible candidate keys (I, II, III and IV) for this table: I: {B} II: {B, C} III: {A, D} IV: {C, D} If ... the database table? (A) I and III only (B) III and IV only (C) II only (D) I only
Last Answer : (C) II only
Description : ............. is a combination of two of more attributes used as a primary key A) Composite Key B) Alternate Key C) Candidate Key D) Foreign Key
Last Answer : A) Composite Key
Description : Identify the criteria for designing database from the point of view of user A) No redundancy B) No inapplicable attributes C) Uniformity in naming & definitions of the data items D) All of the above
Last Answer : D) All of the above
Description : In RDBMS, Data is presented as a collection of ............ A) Table B) Attributes C) Relations D) Entities
Last Answer : C) Relations