1. Fundamentals Of Database
Management Syllabus

2. Fundamentals Of Database Management
Syllabus
 Unit 1 Fundamentals of DBMS
Introduction, DBMS & Approaches to Data Management,
Advantages of Database Systems, Functions of a DBMS,
Role of the Database Administrator, Types of Database
Systems
 Unit 2 Physical Storage Structure of Databases
Introduction, Physical Storage Structure, Clustering,
Indexing, Self Assessment Questions, Hashing, Linear
Search, Collision Chain
 Unit 3 Introduction to Relational Model
Introduction, The Relational Model , Properties of
Relations, Integrity Rules Relational Algebra Operators

3. Fundamentals Of Database Management
Syllabus
 Unit 4 Database Processing
Introduction, Database Architecture, Application Logic,
One Tier Architectures, Two Tier Client/Server
Architectures, Advantages of Database Processing,
Economy of Scale, Efficient extraction of relevant
Information, Sharing of Data, Balancing Conflicting
Requirements, Environment of Standards, Controlled
Redundancy, Consistency , Integrity , Security ,
Flexibility and Responsiveness, Data Independence,
Three Level Architecture of a Database, Services of a
Database System, Functions of Database Management
Systems

4. Fundamentals Of Database Management
Syllabus
 Unit 5 Relational Operators & Standards
Introduction, Relational Model – a
Review, Relation, Formal definition of a relation SQL –
The Relational database standard, Database
Creation, Sorting, Built-in Functions, Joining
Tables, Union, Relational Algebra
 Unit 6 Database Design
Introduction, Introduction to Database Design, E-R
Modeling, Basic Constructs of E-R Modeling , Degree of a
Relationship , ER Notation , Normalization, Functional
Dependence, First Normal Form, Second Normal
Form, Third Normal Form, Boyce-Codd Normal
Form, Multi-valued Dependencies and Fourth Normal
Form Database Design Goals

5. Fundamentals Of Database Management
Syllabus
 Unit 7 Database Security and Authorization
Introduction, Introduction to Database Security Issues , Types of
Security, Threats to Databases, Database Security and the
DBA, Access Protection, User Accounts, and Database
Audits, Discretionary Access Control Based on Granting and
Revoking Privileges, Types of Discretionary Privileges, Specifying
Privileges Using Views, Revoking Privileges, Propagation of
Privileges Using the grant option, Mandatory Access Control and
Role-based Access Control or Multilevel Security, Comparing
Discretionary Access Control and Mandatory Access, Control, Role-
Based Access Control, Access Control Policies for E-Commerce and
the Web, Introduction to Statistical Database Security, Introduction
to Flow Control, Covert Channels, Encryption and Public Key
Infrastructures, The Data and Advanced Encryption
Standards, Public Key Encryption, Digital Signatures

6. Fundamentals Of Database Management
Syllabus
 Unit 8 ORDBMS and Concepts of Data Mining and Data
Warehousing
Introduction, The Evolution of Database Systems Technology, The
Informix Universal Server, Categories of INFORMIX Universal
Server, Overview of Data Mining Technology, Goals of Data Mining
and Knowledge Discovery. Association Rules, Market-Basket Model,
Support, and Confidence, Additional Considerations for Association
Rules, Classification, Clustering, Approaches to Other Data Mining
Problems , Discovery of Sequential Patterns, Discovery of Patterns
in Time Series, Regression, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms,
Applications of Data Mining, Commercial Data Mining Tools, Data
Warehousing, Introduction, Definitions, and Terminology,
Characteristics of Data Warehouses, Data Modeling for Data
Warehouses, Building a Data Warehouse, Typical Functionality of a
Data Warehouse, Data Warehouse versus Views, Problems and
Open Issues in Data Warehouses , Difficulties of Implementing Data
Warehouses, Open Issues in Data Warehousing

7. Fundamentals Of Database Management
Syllabus
 Unit 9 SQL
Introduction, SQL - An Overview, Data Manipulation Language, Data
Definition Language , Data Control Language, Implementation of DML
Statements, Basics of the SELECT Statement , Conditional Selection
, Relational Operators, More Complex Conditions: Compound Conditions /
Logical Operators In & Between ,SQL Order of Logical Operations (each
operates from left to right) , Using LIKE , Joins , Keys, Performing a Join
, DISTINCT and Eliminating Duplicates , Aliases & In /
Subqueries, Miscellaneous SQL Statements - Aggregate Functions , Views
, Creating New Tables, Altering Tables, Adding Data , Deleting Data
, Updating Data , Miscellaneous Topics - Indexes , Group By & Having
, More Subqueries, Exists & All , UNION & Outer Joins, Cartesian product
 Unit 10 Transaction Processing, Recovery and Concurrency
Introduction, Transactions, Read And Write Operations, Transaction and
System Concepts, Transaction and System Concepts, Recovery from System
Failures, Concurrency Control Mechanism, Locking, Deadlocks