DBMS Viva Questions 1. What is Database? 2. What is DBMS? 3. What are the advantages of DBMS? 4. What is RDBMS? 5.

What are the disadvantages in File pro essing S!ste"? #. Des ribe the three levels of data abstra tion? $. What is Data %ndependen e? &. What is a vie'? (o' it is related to data independen e? ). What are a tors related to DBMS? 1*. Who are the different +sers for DBMS? 11. What are different Database S!ste" ,tilities? 12. What do !o+ +nderstand b! -entrali.ed DBMSs /r hite t+re? 13. What is Data Model? 14. What are the different t!pes of data "odels? 15. What is 01R Model? 1#. What is an 0ntit!? 1$. What is an 0ntit! t!pe? 1&. What is an 0ntit! Set? 1). What is an 02tension of entit! t!pe? 2*. What is Wea3 0ntit! 4!pe? 21. What is e2tension and intension? 22. What is an /ttrib+te5 o"posite attrib+te5 "+ltival+ed attrib+te? 23. What are stored and derived attrib+tes? 24. What is do"ain of attrib+tes? 25. What is a relation s he"a? 2#. Define the 6%ntegrit! r+les7. 2$. What is a database relation s he"a? 2&. What is degree of relation? 2). What is ardinalit! of a relation? 3*. What is relationship? 31. What is a Relationship t!pe? 32. What is Relationship Set? 33. What is degree of Relationship t!pe?

34. What is an identif!ing entit! t!pe and identif!ing relationship? 35. What are binar! and ternar! relationships? 3#. What is on ept+al s he"a? 3$. (o' a "8n relationship an be "apped into on ept+al s he"a? 3&. What is DD9 :Data Definition 9ang+age;? 3). What is DM9 :Data Manip+lation 9ang+age;? 4*. What is relational "odel? 41. What <,99 represents in a relation? 42. 02plain the follo'ing8 =ri"ar! 3e! Foreign 3e! -andidate 3e! S+per 3e! Mini"al s+per 3e! -o"posite pri"ar! 3e! /lternate 3e! S+rrogate 3e!

43. What is Relational /lgebra? 44. 02plain different ,pdate ano"alies. 45. Define follo'ing in /lgebra8 a; =ro>e t5 Sele tion b; ,nion5 %nterse tion ; Min+s5 Rena"e d; -ross1=rod+ t e; -artesian =rod+ t f; Division g; %nner1?oins8 4heta ?oin5 0@+i ?oin5 <at+ral ?oin h; A+ter ?oins8 9eft A+ter ?oin5 Right A+ter ?oin. F+ll1A+ter ?oin i; >; /ggregate f+n tion Bro+ping attrib+te

4#. Define SC9. 4$. (o' !o+ reate ,ser / o+nt in Ara le? 4&. Whi h is the s+bset of SC9 o""ands +sed to "anip+late Ara le Database?

4). What Aperator perfor"s pattern "at hing? 5*. What operator tests ol+"n for the absen e of data? 51. What is the para"eter s+bstit+tion s!"bol +sed 'ith %<S0R4 %<4A o""ands 52. 02plain the Follo'ing8 a; /ttrib+te onstraints b; /ttrib+tes defa+lts ; De! onstraints d; 0ntit! %ntegrit! onstraint e; Referential integrit! onstraints 53. What is a referen ing and referen ed relation? 54. What is single blo 3 @+er!? 55. What is s+b1@+er!? 5#. What is nested s+b1@+er!? 5$. What is orrelated nested s+b1@+er!? 5&. What do the follo'ing o""ands do8 a; -reate5 /lter5 Drop b; %nsert5 ,pdate5 Delete ; Sele t 5). 02plain the follo'ing8 a; Bro+p b! b; (aving ; Arder b! d; 02ists5 <ot e2ists e; Distin t #*. What do the follo'ing o""ands do8 a; 4r+n ate b; Rollba 3 ; -o""it #1. 02plain the follo'ing8 a; A< D09040 S04 <,99 b; A< D09040 -/S-/D0 ; A< D09040 S04 D0F/,94 d; A< ,=D/40 -/S-/D0 #2. What is e"bedded SC95 d!na"i SC9?

#3. What do !o+ +nderstand b! database stored pro ed+re? #4. What is Eie'? #5. -an all vie' be +pdated? ##. What is sp+rio+s t+ple? #$. What is nor"ali.ation? #&. What is f+n tional dependen !? #). What is f+ll f+n tional dependen !? $*. What transitive dependen !? $1. What is lossless >oin propert!? $2. What is dependen ! preservation propert!? $3. What is 1<F? $4. What is 2<F? $5. What is 3<F? $#. What is B-<F? $$. What is S!ste" -atalog? $&. 02plain / id properties of 4ransa tion? $). What is D+rabilit! in DBMS? &*. What is /to"i it!? &1. What is -onsisten !? &2. What is %solation? &3. What is Seriali.abilit!? &4. What is lo 3ing proto ol? &5. What are the different t!pes of lo 3s? &#. What is stri t 21phase lo 3ing proto ol? &$. What is 21phase lo 3ing proto ol? &&. What is log file transa tion "anage"ent? &). Define rash Re over!? )*. Define /R%0S?