Summer 2013

Master of Computer Application (MCA) Semester 4 MC0077 Advanced Database Systems 4 Credits
(Book ID: B0882)

(60 Marks)
Answer all Questions Each Question carries TEN Marks

1. List and explain various Normal Forms. How BCNF differs from the Third Normal Form and 4th Normal forms? 2. Describe the concepts of Structural Semantic Data Model(SSM).

3. Describe the following with respect to Object Oriented Databases: a. Query Processing in Object-Oriented Database Systems b. Query Processing Architecture

4. Describe the Differences between Distributed & Centralized Databases. 5. Explain the following: a. Query Optimization b. Text Retrieval Using SQL3/Text Retrieval

6. Describe the following: o o Data Mining Functions Data Mining Techniques