Part 4 Database Systems
- Introduction to Database Systems
- The Relational model, ER diagrams, Relational algebra
- Database Design
- Normal Forms
- Study of Several Real-world Database Management Systems (DBMS's)
- SQL
- Query and Transaction Processing
- Concurrency, Recovery
- Distributed, Parallel, Client-server, and Object-oriented Databases
Textbooks
- Rob, Peter, et al. Database Systems, Cengage Learning, 2013.
- Date Addison-Wesley, Introduction to Database Systems (Eighth Edition), 2003.
- Korth, Silberschatz, Sudrashan, Database System Concepts (Fifth Edition), McGraw-Hill, 2005.
- Ricardo, Jones and Bartlett, Databases Illuminated, 2004.
Note
Although some books may not cover all of the topics listed above, a good knowledge of any one of the books, plus material on individual DBMS's, should be sufficient to pass the exam.