1. Final Review Topics Chapter 4 SQL,
Chapter 7 Relational-Database Design,
Chapter 11 Storage and File Structure,
Chapter 12 Indexing and Hashing,
Chapter 15 Transactions,
Chapter 16 Concurrency Control

2. SQL
Emphasis on Aggregate Functions, Nested Subqueries, DB Modifications, and DDL

3. Relational Database Design
First Normal Form and Preliminaries
Why we need normalization?
Functional Dependencies
BCNF and 3NF Decompositions
Desirable Properties of Decomposition
Lossless Join Property
Dependency Preserving Property

4. Storage, Indexing and Hashing
Storage Considerations, why is that important?
Ordered Indices
B+-Tree
B-Tree (Basic Concepts)
Hashing, static & dynamic
Index Definition in SQL

5. Transactions Meaning of a Transaction ACID Property
Concurrent Execution
Serializability & Conflict Serializability
Testing for Serializability
Recoverability (Basics)

6. Concurrency Control Lock-based Protocols Two-Phase Locking
Tree Protocol
Timestamp-based Protocol
Deadlock Handling