1
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Consider the following relations A, B and C:
A
ID Name Age
12 Arun 60
15 Shreya 24
99 Rohit 11

B
ID Name Age
15 Shreya 24
25 Hari 40
98 Rohit 20
99 Rohit 11

C
ID Phone Area
10 2200 02
99 2100 01

How many tuples does the result of the following SQL query contain?

SELECT A.Id 
FROM A 
WHERE A.Age > ALL (SELECT B.Age 
                   FROM B 
                   WHERE B.Name = 'Arun')
A
4
B
3
C
0
D
1
2
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Consider the following relations A, B and C:
A
ID Name Age
12 Arun 60
15 Shreya 24
99 Rohit 11

B
ID Name Age
15 Shreya 24
25 Hari 40
98 Rohit 20
99 Rohit 11

C
ID Phone Area
10 2200 02
99 2100 01

How many tuples does the result of the following relational algebra expression contain? Assume that the schema of A ∪ B is the same as that of A. $$(A\cup B)\bowtie _{A.Id > 40 \vee C.Id < 15} C$$

A
7
B
4
C
5
D
9
3
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
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
A
a serializable schedule
B
a schedule that is not conflict serializable
C
a conflict serializable schedule
D
a schedule for which precedence graph cannot be drawn
4
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
Given the basic $$ER$$ and relational models, which of the following is INCORRECT?
A
An attribute of an entity can have more than one value
B
An attribute of an entity can be composite
C
In a row of a relational table, an attribute can have more than one value
D
In a row of a relational table, an attribute can have exactly one value or a NULL value
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