RDBMS Important Questions | Important questions of Relational Database Management System

Answer the following questions:

1. Define database.

2. Define Database Management System.

3. Define RDBMS.

4. Define 2NF.

5. What is an entity?

6. State two advantages of RDBMS.

7. Write down two disadvantages of File based system.

8. What is data modeling?

9. Define Second Normal Form (2NF).

10. What is metadata?

11. Define the terms Metadata and Schema.

12. Write two disadvantages of file system over DBMS.

13. Differentiate between Database and DBMS.

14. What is data redundancy and inconsistency?

15.  Define Functional Dependency.

16. What is partial Dependency?

17. What is primary key?

18. What is the use of primary key?

19. What is composite key? Give one example.

20. Define Natural join.

21. Define primary key.

22. What is a view?

23. What is a database?

24. What is Relational Algebra?

25. What is Cartesian product?

26. Define the term ‘Data Dictionary’.

27. Write two advantages of SQL.

28. Write the SQL command to delete all the rows in a table.

29. Write down the syntax for update and select command in SQL.

30. Give two examples of DDL command.

31. State two benefits of SQL.

32. Define the following term:

(i) Database  (ii) DBMS (iii) Relation 

(iv)  Tuple     (v) Domain (vi) Degree      

(vii)  Cardinality   

33. Explain the three-schema (3-schema) Architecture of database.

34. Explain the components of an ER diagram.

35. What is natural join? Give example.

36. Explain Primary, Foreign and Composite key.

37. Differentiate full functional dependency from Partial Dependency.

38. Explain select and project operation of Relational Algebra.

39. Describe the three-tier architecture of DBMS.

40. What are the benefits of having Foreign keys?

41. Define 1st Normal Form and 2nd Normal Form with example.

42. What are the components of E-R diagram? Explain with example.

43. Write down five advantages of RDBMS over File based system.

44. Explain the use of foreign keys with examples.

45. Describe the first three Normal Forms.

46. Define JOIN operation. What is EQUIJOIN and NATURAL JOIN.

47. Give examples of two aggregate functions.

48. What is RDBMS? Explain the concept of DOMAIN and TUPPLE with examples.

49. Explain the Aggregate function of SQL with example.

50. Explain the use of any five data types used in MySQL. Give example.

51. Explain the use of Natural Join with example.

52. Explain the set operators of relational algebra with example.

53. Explain the select and project operations in Relational Algebra.

54. Explain the elements of an ER diagram with examples.

55. Explain the concept of 1NF and 2NF.

56. Explain the differences between full functional dependency and partial dependency.

57. Describe all the set Theoretic operations of Relational Algebra.

58. Explain the advantages of VIEW.

59. Explain the concept of Relational DBMS.

60. Define Normalization. Explain the concept of the following:

        a. Unnormalized data

        b. 1NF

        c. 2NF

61. Briefly describe about different RDBMS terminologies.

62. Define First, Second and third Normal Form.

63. Explain the advantages of RDBMS.

64. Explain four different data types used in MySQl.

65. Differentiate 1NF from 2NF.

66. Briefly write about different components of an ER diagram.

67. Explain the procedure of creating views from two different relations.

68. Explain different data types used in MySQL.

69. Explain some constraints of MySQL.

70. Draw an ER diagram for Hospital Management System with your own assumption of relevant entities.

71. Draw an E-R diagram of company database with entity types employees, department, project, works-on with appropriate relationship.

72. Draw an ER diagram for Hospital Management System.

73. Draw an ER diagram for a Hospital with following entities: DOCTOR, PATIENT & TEST.

74. Draw an ER diagram for Hospital Management System with Entities Doctor, Patient and Test.

75. Draw an E.R. diagram for a company with following tables:

Employee (emp_id, f_name, m_name, l_name, salary, dno, phone_no)

Department (dep_id, d_name, hod)

Project (proj_id, proj_name).


“dno” in employee table is foreign key references “dep_id” primary key in department table.

“hod” in department table is foreign key references “emp_id” primary key in employee table.


76. Draw an E.R diagram for a hospital with entities Doctor, Patient and Test.

77. Prepare an ER diagram for a Bookstall management system.

78. Explain DDl, DML and DCL with examples.

79. Write SQL for creating a table having Primary key, Unique, NOT NULL, Default and Foreign key.

80. Define DDL, DML and DCL with examples.

81. Create a table using SQL where table name is Employee and the field names are emp-id, f-name, m-name, l-name, dob, salary, doj, phone. Write SQL for-

(i)  Retrieve all the employee name having salary less than 10000.

(ii) Retrieve all the employee name whose dob is befor 10-02-1990.

82. Discuss DDL, DML and DCL with examples.

83. Explain the use of VIEW statement in SQL. Give example.

84. Write SQL to create a table (department) with attributes (dep_id, dep_name, hod,            est_date). Write S.Q.L to find out the dep_id of “MATH” department.   



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