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Database Management System (BCS501) AKTU syllabus – unit-wise topics

The complete Database Management System syllabus for AKTU, unit by unit. Next to each topic you can see how often it has appeared in past papers, so you know where the marks are.

Unit 1: Introduction and ER Model

  • Database System Overview – asked 8 times
  • Data Model Schema Instances – asked 9 times
  • Entity Relationship Model – asked 8 times

Unit 2: Relational Model and SQL

  • Relational Data Model – asked 9 times
  • SQL Basics and Commands – asked 4 times
  • SQL Queries and Operations – asked 9 times
  • Cursors Triggers Procedures – asked 4 times

Unit 3: Database Design and Normalization

  • Functional Dependencies – asked 9 times
  • Normal Forms – asked 7 times
  • Lossless Join Decomposition – asked 3 times
  • Normalization Using FD MVD JD – asked 4 times

Unit 4: Transaction Processing and Distributed DB

  • Transaction Processing Concepts – asked 21 times
  • Log Based Recovery Checkpoints – asked 2 times
  • Deadlock Handling – asked 3 times
  • Distributed Database

Unit 5: Concurrency Control Techniques

  • Locking Techniques Concurrency – asked 5 times
  • Timestamp Protocols Concurrency – asked 5 times
  • Validation Based Protocol – asked 3 times
  • Multiple Granularity Multi Version – asked 2 times
  • Recovery with Concurrent Transactions – asked 3 times
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