Register Number :

Name of the Candidate :

3009
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2008
( BIO - INFORMATICS )

( FOURTH SEMESTER )

( PAPER - XXII )

840. DATA WAREHOUSING AND MINING

( New Regulations )

May ] [ Time : 3 Hours

Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.

All questions carry equal marks.
(5 × 20 = 100)

1. (a) S t a t e a n d e x p l a i n data mining

functionalities.

(b) Explain on-line analytical processing

(OLAP) in detail.

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2. (a) Illustrate the KDD process. (b) Discuss the operational design of data
ware-houses.
(b) Explain the importance of genetic
algorithms in data mining. 8. Explain the following :

3. (a) What is data processing ? Explain data (a) Data mart. (6)
cleaning.
(b) Association rules. (8)
(b) What are the typical requirements of
(c) Hardware Architecture. (6)
clustering ? - Explain.

4. (a) Discuss the features of data ware-house.

(b) Explain various access tools in the data

ware-housing.

5. (a) What is a metadata repository ? Explain

its content.

(b) Explain the concept of data partitioning.

6. (a) Explain backup and recovery processes

in data ware-house.

(b) What is meant by tuning the data

ware-house ? - Explain.

7. (a) How do the testing improve the data

ware-housing ? - Discuss.