Quiz Discussion

Using which language can a user request information from a database?

• 1]

  Query

• 2]

  Relational

• 3]

  Structural

• 4]

  Compiler

Which one of the following is procedural language?

• 1]

  Domain relational calculus

• 2]

  Tuple relational calculus

• 3]

  Relational algebra

• 4]

  Query language

SELECT name
FROM instructor
WHERE dept name = ’Physics’
ORDER BY name;

By default, the order by clause lists items in ______ order.

• 1]

  Descending

• 2]

  Any

• 3]

  Same

• 4]

  Ascending

The most commonly used operation in relational algebra for projecting a set of tuple from a relation is

• 1]

  Join

• 2]

  Projection

• 3]

  Select

• 4]

  Union

Database __________ which is the logical design of the database, and the database _______ which is a snapshot of the data in the database at a given instant in time.

• 1]

  Instance, Schema

• 2]

  Relation, Schema

• 3]

  Relation, Domain

• 4]

  Schema, Instance

Student(ID, name, dept name, tot_cred)
In this query which attributes form the primary key?

• 1]

  Name

• 2]

  Dept

• 3]

  Tot_cred

• 4]

  ID

SELECT emp_name
FROM department
WHERE dept_name LIKE ’ _____ Computer Science’;

Which one of the following has to be added into the blank to select the dept_name which has Computer Science as its ending string?

• 1]

  %

• 2]

  _

• 3]

  ||

• 4]

  $

SELECT name
FROM instructor
WHERE salary <= 100000 AND salary >= 90000;

This query can be replaced by which of the following ?

• 1]

  SELECT name
  FROM instructor
  WHERE salary BETWEEN 90000 AND 100000;

   

• 2]

  SELECT name
  FROM employee
  WHERE salary <= 90000 AND salary>=100000;

   

• 3]

  SELECT name
  FROM employee
  WHERE salary BETWEEN 90000 AND 100000;

   

• 4]

  SELECT name
  FROM instructor
  WHERE salary BETWEEN 100000 AND 90000;

   

A domain is atomic if elements of the domain are considered to be ____________ units.

• 1]

  Different

• 2]

  Indivisbile

• 3]

  Constant

• 4]

  Divisible

The _______ operator takes the results of two queries and returns only rows that appear in both result sets.

• 1]

  Union

• 2]

  Intersect

• 3]

  Difference

• 4]

  Projection