1
GATE CSE 2005
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3

Let r be a relation instance with schema R = (A, B, C, D).

We define $${r_1} = {\pi _{A,B,C}}\left( r \right)$$ and $${r_1} = {\pi _{A,D}}\left( r \right)$$. Let $$s = {r_1}*{r_2}$$ where * denotes natural join. Given that the decomposition of r into r1 and r2 is lossy, which one of the following is TRUE?
A
$$s \subset r$$
B
$$r \cup s =r$$
C
$$r \subset s$$
D
$$r * s = s$$
2
GATE CSE 2005
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
The relation book (title, price) contains the titles and prices of different books. Assuming that no two books have the same price, what does the following SQL query list?
Select title
 From book as B
 Where (select count(*)
   From book as T
   Where T.price > B.price) < 5;
A
Titles of the four most expensive books
B
Title of the fifth most inexpensive book
C
Title of the fifth most expensive book
D
Titles of the five most expensive books
3
GATE CSE 2005
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
In an inventory management system implemented at a trading corporation, there are several tables designed to hold all the information. Amongst these, the following two tables hold information on which items are supplied by which suppliers, and which warehouse keeps which items along with the stock-level of these items.

Supply = (supplierid, itemcode)
Inventory = (itemcode, warehouse, stocklevel)

For a specific information required by the management, following SQL query has been written

Select distinct STMP.supplierid 
From Supply as STMP 
Where not unique (Select ITMP.supplierid 
    From Inventory, Supply as ITMP 
    Where STMP.supplierid = ITMP.supplierid 
    And ITMP.itemcode = Inventory.itemcode 
    And Inventory.warehouse = 'Nagpur');
For the warehouse at Nagpur, this query will find all suppliers who
A
do not supply any item
B
supply exactly one item
C
supply one or more items
D
supply two or more items
4
GATE CSE 2005
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
A table has fields, $$F1, F2, F3, F4, F5,$$ with the following functional dependencies:
$$F1 \to F3.\,F2 \to F4.\,\,\,\left( {F1\,.\,F2} \right) \to F5$$ in terms of Normalization, this table is in
A
$$1NF$$
B
$$2NF$$
C
$$3NF$$
D
None of these