SQL -Structured Query Language - SQL Table - Drop Table Quiz

What is not an advantage of stored procedures?

• 1]

  Greater security

• 2]

  SQL can be optimized

• 3]

  Code sharing

• 4]

  Increased network traffic

A reason for using an SQL view to hide columns is

• 1]

  to simplify a result only

• 2]

  to prevent the display of sensitive data only

• 3]

  to accomplish both of the above

• 4]

  None of the above

Which of the following is an SQL trigger supported by Oracle?

• 1]

  BEFORE

• 2]

  AFTER

• 3]

  INSTEAD OF

• 4]

  All of the above

The SQL ALTER statement can be used to

• 1]

  Change the table structure

• 2]

  Change the table data

• 3]

  Add rows to the table

• 4]

  Delete rows from the table

What SQL structure is used to limit column values of a table?

• 1]

  The LIMIT constraint

• 2]

  The CHECK constraint

• 3]

  The VALUE constraint

• 4]

  None of the above

Which is NOT one of the most common types of SQL CHECK constraints?

• 1]

  System date

• 2]

  Range checks

• 3]

  Lists of values

• 4]

  Comparing one column value to another within the same table

What is an advantage of placing computations in SQL views

• 1]

  To save users from having to write an expression

• 2]

  To ensure that the results are consistent

• 3]

  To accomplish both of the above

• 4]

  None of the above

Views constructed from SQL SELECT statements that conform to the SQL-92 standard may not contain

• 1]

  GROUP BY

• 2]

  WHERE

• 3]

  ORDER BY

• 4]

  FROM

‘AS’ clause is used in SQL for

• 1]

  Selection operation

• 2]

  Rename operation

• 3]

  Join operation

• 4]

  Projection operation

The language which has recently become the defacto standard for interfacing application programs with relational database system is

• 1]

  Oracle

• 2]

  SQL

• 3]

  DBase

• 4]

  4GL

A report generator is used to

• 1]

  update files

• 2]

  print files on paper

• 3]

  data entry

• 4]

  delete files

Count function in SQL returns the number of

• 1]

  Values

• 2]

  Distinct values

• 3]

  Groups

• 4]

  Columns

The statement in SQL which allows changing the definition of a table is

• 1]

  Alter

• 2]

  Update

• 3]

  Create

• 4]

  Select

Which of the following is correct

• 1]

  a SQL query automatically eliminates duplicates

• 2]

  SQL permits attribute names to be repeated in the same relation

• 3]

  a SQL query will not work if there are no indexes on the relations

• 4]

  None of these

Which of the following is a valid SQL type?

• 1]

  CHARACTER

• 2]

  NUMERIC

• 3]

  FLOAT

• 4]

  All of the above

Which of the following is an advantage of view?

• 1]

  Data security

• 2]

  Derived columns

• 3]

  Hiding of complex queries

• 4]

  All of the above

Which of the following is a legal expression in SQL?

• 1]

  SELECT NULL FROM EMPLOYEE;

   

• 2]

  SELECT NAME FROM EMPLOYEE;

   

• 3]

  SELECT NAME FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE SALARY = NULL;

   

• 4]

  None of the above

   

Which of the following is a comparison operator in SQL?

• 1]

  =

• 2]

  LIKE

• 3]

  BETWEEN

• 4]

  All of the above

Which one of the following is not true for a view

• 1]

  View is derived from other tables

• 2]

  View is a virtual table

• 3]

  A view definition is permanently stored as part of the database

• 4]

  View never contains derived columns

To delete a particular column in a relation the command used is

• 1]

  UPDATE

• 2]

  DROP

• 3]

  ALTER

• 4]

  DELETE