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Database Management Systems (DBMS) form the core framework for data storage, retrieval, and security in modern software applications. Concepts such as the E-R model, backup planning, SQL integration, and big data architecture are essential for computer knowledge sections. This hub offers a comprehensive set of practice questions to master DBMS fundamentals and advanced database operations.

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Database Management Systems Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Stream pool

  2. Library cache

  3. SQL work area

  4. Instance creation

  5. pfile

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This memory component of the system global area is responsible for storing and reusing frequently used SQL statements, their execution plans and stored procedures.

Multiple choice
  1. Real Database Management System

  2. Relational Database Management System

  3. Relational Database Manipulation System

  4. Relative Data Management System

  5. Relational Disk Management System

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct alternative.

Multiple choice
  1. This command is used to mark the current point in the transaction when the transaction is in the process.

  2. This command is used to make the database changes permanent during the transaction.

  3. This command is used to undo the database changes in the transaction.

  4. This command can be used to rollback the part of the transaction.

  5. Both (1) and (4) are true

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, both the statements determines the properties of the 'savepoint' command.

Multiple choice
  1. Composite entity set

  2. Weak entity set

  3. Strong entity set

  4. Derived entity set

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. The entity set that doesn’t have sufficient attributes to form a primary key and relies on another for its identification is called a weak entity set. It doesn’t have a primary key.So this is correct answer.

Multiple choice
  1. Subordinate entity

  2. Dominant entity

  3. Compound entity

  4. Derived entity

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. There is no particular reason to explain this answer, because there is a name convention in DBMS. The members of weak entity set are called subordinate entity set.So this is the correct answer.

Multiple choice
  1. 6

  2. 5

  3. 4

  4. 3

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

There are five types of attributes in database. These are :-1.) Simple attribute2.) Composite attribute 3.) Single-valued attribute4.) Multivalued attribute5.) Derived attribute So this is the correct answer .

Multiple choice
  1. 5

  2. 4

  3. 3

  4. 2

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the incorrect answer. there are 3 types of data models present in DBMS. These are :-1.) Object based data model2.) Record based data model3.) Physical data modelSo this is the incorrect answer.

Multiple choice
  1. 9

  2. 7

  3. 8

  4. 6

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. There are seven types of keys in relational database. These are :-1.) Primary key2.) Candidate key3.) Super key4.) Foreign key5.) Alternate key6.) Artificial key7.) Composite keySo this is the correct answer.