Database Management System

This page collects 149 database management system questions taken from 6 BEU semester 5 papers, 2018 to 2025 — about 25 questions in a typical paper. They are sorted into the 6 modules of the syllabus, so you can revise a topic across every year at once instead of working through papers one at a time. 1 of them has a worked solution.

What these papers actually ask

Module 2: Relational Query Languages & Design is the heaviest module in this archive at 37% of every question recorded, and it has come up in all 6 papers. Together with Module 1: Database System Architecture, the two account for 63% of the archive.

3 modules have appeared in all 6 papers — Module 2: Relational Query Languages & Design, Module 1: Database System Architecture, Module 4: Transaction Processing. A module that turns up every year is a safer use of revision time than one with the same question count concentrated in a single paper.

How the marks are split

Questions in this archive carry 9 different mark values. The most common is the 7-mark question, with 72 of them recorded — worth knowing before you decide how much depth to practise at.