CSE 301

Homework: 3

DOA: DOS:

PART-A

Question 1: Can we achieve 2NF without 1NF. Also differentiate 1NF and 2NF with
an example.
Question 2: How is the concept of functional dependency associated with the process
of normalization?
Question 3: A relation R (A, B, C, D, E, F) have the following set of dependency:
A->CD; B->C; F->DE ;F->A
Is the decomposition of R in R1 (A, B, C,), R2 (A, F, D) and R3 (E, F) dependency
reversing?

PART-B

Question 4: Draw the state diagram showing various states of a transaction. Also give
the working of this diagram.
Question 5: Make a comparison between conflict and view serializability with an
example.
Question 6: Are the ACID properties of a transaction essential to ensure the integrity
of data? Give an example of each property.