Q. Which of the following is NOT a superkey in a relational schema with attributes V, W, X, Y, Z and primary key V Y ?

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Q. Let R (A, B, C, D, E, P, G) be a relational schema 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

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Q. Which option is true about the SQL query given below?

SELECT firstName, lastName
FROM Employee
WHERE lastName BETWEEN 'A%' AND 'D%';

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Q. Which of the given options define a transaction correctly?

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Q. Consider the following transactions with data items P and Q initialized to zero:

T1: read (P) ;
read (Q) ;
if P = 0 then Q : = Q + 1 ;
write (Q) ;
T2: read (Q) ;
read (P) ;
if Q = 0 then P : = P + 1 ;
write (P) ;

Any non-serial interleaving of T1 and T2 for concurrent execution leads to

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Q. Which of the following concurrency control protocols ensure both conflict serialzability and freedom from deadlock? I. 2-phase locking II. Time-stamp ordering

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Q. Consider the transactions T1, T2, and T3 and the schedules S1 and S2 given below.

T1: r1(X); r1(Z); w1(X); w1(Z)
T2: r2(Y); r2(Z); w2(Z)
T3: r3(Y); r3(X); w3(Y)
S1: r1(X); r3(Y); r3(X); r2(Y); r2(Z);
w3(Y); w2(Z); r1(Z); w1(X); w1(Z)
S2: r1(X); r3(Y); r2(Y); r3(X); r1(Z);
r2(Z); w3(Y); w1(X); w2(Z); w1(Z)

Which one of the following statements about the schedules is TRUE?

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Q. Consider the following log sequence of two transactions on a bank account, with initial balance 12000, that transfer 2000 to a mortgage payment and then apply a 5% interest.

1. T1 start
2. T1 B old=12000 new=10000
3. T1 M old=0 new=2000
4. T1 commit
5. T2 start
6. T2 B old=10000 new=10500
7. T2 commit

Suppose the database system crashes just before log record 7 is written. When the system is restarted, which one statement is true of the recovery procedure?

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Q. Which of the following scenarios may lead to an irrecoverable error in a database system ?

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Q. Consider the following transaction involving two bank accounts x and y.

read(x); x := x – 50; write(x); read(y); y := y + 50; write(y)

The constraint that the sum of the accounts x and y should remain constant is that of

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Q. Consider a simple checkpointing protocol and the following set of operations in the log.

(start, T4); (write, T4, y, 2, 3); (start, T1); (commit, T4); (write, T1, z, 5, 7);
(checkpoint);
(start, T2); (write, T2, x, 1, 9); (commit, T2); (start, T3); (write, T3, z, 7, 2);

If a crash happens now and the system tries to recover using both undo and redo operations, what are the contents of the undo list and the redo list

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Q. Which level of locking provides the highest degree of concurrency in a relational data base?

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Q. Which one of the following is NOT a part of the ACID properties of database transactions?

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Q. Consider the following two phase locking protocol. Suppose a transaction T accesses (for read or write operations), a certain set of objects {O1,...,Ok}. This is done in the following manner: Step 1. T acquires exclusive locks to O1, . . . , Ok in increasing order of their addresses. Step 2. The required operations are performed. Step 3. All locks are released. This protocol will

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Q. Suppose a database schedule S involves transactions T1, ....Tn. Construct the precedence graph of S with vertices representing the transactions and edges representing the conflicts. If S is serializable, which one of the following orderings of the vertices of the precedence graph is guaranteed to yield a serial schedule?

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Q. Consider the following database schedule with two transactions, T1 and T2.

S = r2(X); r1(X); r2(Y); w1(X); r1(Y); w2(X); a1; a2;

where ri(Z) denotes a read operation by transaction Ti on a variable Z, wi(Z) denotes a write operation by Ti on a variable Z and ai denotes an abort by transaction Ti . Which one of the following statements about the above schedule is TRUE?

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Q. Consider the following three schedules of transactions T1, T2 and T3. [Notation: In the following NYO represents the action Y (R for read, W for write) performed by transac­tion N on object O.]

(S1) 2RA 2WA 3RC 2WB 3WA 3WC 1RA 1RB 1WA 1WB
(S2) 3RC 2RA 2WA 2WB 3WA 1RA 1RB 1WA 1WB 3WC
(S3) 2RA 3RC 3WA 2WA 2WB 3WC 1RA 1RB 1WA 1WB

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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Q. Which of the following statement is/are incorrect?

A: A schedule following strict two phase locking protocol is conflict serializable as well as recoverable.
B: Checkpoint in schedules are inserted to ensure recoverability.

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Q. An index is clustered, if

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Q. A clustering index is defined on the fields which are of type

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