Quiz Discussion

The term attribute refers to a ___________ of a table.

• 1]

  Record

• 2]

  Column

• 3]

  Tuple

• 4]

  Key

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

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

The tuples of the relations can be of ________ order.

• 1]

  Any

• 2]

  Same

• 3]

  Sorted

• 4]

  Constant

_____ operator is used for appending two strings.

• 1]

  &

• 2]

  %

• 3]

  ||

• 4]

  _

SELECT * FROM employee WHERE dept_name="Comp Sci";

In the SQL given above there is an error . Identify the error.

• 1]

  Dept_name

• 2]

  Employee

• 3]

  “Comp Sci”

• 4]

  From

SELECT *
FROM instructor
ORDER BY salary ____, name ___;

To display the salary from greater to smaller and name in ascending order which of the following options should be used?

• 1]

  Ascending, Descending

• 2]

  Asc, Desc

• 3]

  Desc, Asc

• 4]

  Descending, Ascending

The term _______ is used to refer to a row.

• 1]

  Attribute

• 2]

  Tuple

• 3]

  Field

• 4]

  Instance

The _________ provides a set of operations that take one or more relations as input and return a relation as an output.

• 1]

  Schematic representation

• 2]

  Relational algebra

• 3]

  Scheme diagram

• 4]

  Relation flow

The ________ clause is used to list the attributes desired in the result of a query.

• 1]

  Where

• 2]

  Select

• 3]

  From

• 4]

  Distinct