Quiz Discussion

Which of the following is not an integrity constraint?

• 1]

  Not null

• 2]

  Positive

• 3]

  Unique

• 4]

  Check ‘predicate’

Which of the following is used to delete the entries in the referenced table when the tuple is deleted in the course table?

CREATE TABLE course
( ...
FOREIGN KEY (dept name) REFERENCES department
... );

• 1]

  Delete

• 2]

  Delete cascade

• 3]

  Set null

• 4]

  All of the mentioned

In order to ensure that the value of the budget is non-negative which of the following should be used? 

CREATE TABLE Manager(ID NUMERIC,Name VARCHAR(20),budget NUMERIC,Details VARCHAR(30));

• 1]

  Check(budget>0)

• 2]

  Check(budget<0)

• 3]

  Alter(budget>0)

• 4]

  Alter(budget<0)

Drop Table cannot be used to drop a table referenced by a _________ constraint.

• 1]

  Local Key

• 2]

  Primary Key

• 3]

  Composite Key

• 4]

  Foreign Key

Domain constraints, functional dependency and referential integrity are special forms of  _______

• 1]

  Foreign key

• 2]

  Primary key

• 3]

  Assertion

• 4]

  Referential constraint

Which of the following can be addressed by enforcing a referential integrity constraint?

• 1]

  All phone numbers must include the area code

• 2]

  Certain fields are required (such as the email address, or phone number) before the record is accepted

• 3]

  Information on the customer must be known before anything can be sold to that custome

• 4]

  When entering an order quantity, the user must input a number and not some text (i.e., 12 rather than ‘a dozen’)

Data integrity constraints are used to

• 1]

  Control who is allowed access to the data

• 2]

  Ensure that duplicate records are not entered into the table

• 3]

  Improve the quality of data entered for a specific property (i.e., table column)

• 4]

  Prevent users from changing the values stored in the table

A foreign key is the one in which the ________ of one relation is referenced in another relation.

• 1]

  Foreign key

• 2]

  Primary key

• 3]

  References

• 4]

  Check constraint

Which of the following is the right syntax for assertion?

• 1]

  Create assertion 'assertion-name' check 'predicate';

• 2]

  Create assertion check 'predicate' 'assertion-name';

• 3]

  Create assertions 'predicates';

• 4]

  All of the mentioned

____________ is preferred method for enforcing data integrity.

• 1]

  Constraints

• 2]

  Stored Procedure

• 3]

  Triggers

• 4]

  Cursors