BSCIT-301: Last-Minute RDBMS Exam Preparation

Since today is March 3, 2025, and your exam is on March 7, we need to adjust our approach for this 4-day timeline. Let's focus on a high-impact crash course strategy.

⚠️ Emergency 4-Day Study Plan

4-Day RDBMS Crash Course (March 3-6, 2025)

🎯 Focus on These Critical Topics Only

Given the extremely limited time, focus exclusively on these high-impact topics:

1. DBMS Architecture & Components (Section A - 10/10 importance)
   • Three-tier architecture
   • Advantages/disadvantages
   • Client-server model
2. Normalization & Functional Dependencies (Section A - 9/10 importance)
   • Normal forms (1NF to BCNF)
   • Identifying violations
   • Basic transformation examples
3. PL/SQL Core Components (Section A - 9/10 importance)
   • Triggers (syntax and types)
   • Stored procedures vs. functions
   • Exception handling
4. Cursors (Section A/B - 8/10 importance)
   • Implicit vs. explicit
   • Attributes (%FOUND, %NOTFOUND, %ROWCOUNT)
   • Basic implementation
5. Transaction Processing (Section B - 7/10 importance)
   • ACID properties
   • Basic commands (COMMIT, ROLLBACK, SAVEPOINT)

🚨 Last-Minute Study Strategies

Last-Minute RDBMS Study Techniques

📝 Critical Practice Questions

I've selected the 10 most critical questions you should practice before the exam:

10 Most Critical Questions to Practice

📊 MCQ Pattern Analysis

I've analyzed the MCQs across all papers and found these patterns:

1. Architecture Questions (2-3 in each paper)
   • Focus on tiers and their relationships
   • Question format usually asks "which is simplest" or "which communicates with what"
2. Data Model Questions (1-2 in each paper)
   • Often about relationships between entities
   • Questions on components of relational model