Quiz Discussion

The database administrator who authorizes all the new users, modifies the database and takes grants privilege is

• 1]

  Operator of operating system

• 2]

  Administrator

• 3]

  Super user

• 4]

  All of the mentioned

SELECT * FROM employee

What type of statement is this?

• 1]

  DML

• 2]

  DDL

• 3]

  View

• 4]

  Integrity constraint

The basic datatype char (n) is a _______ length character string and varchar (n) is _______ length character.

• 1]

  Fixed, equal

• 2]

  Equal, variable

• 3]

  Fixed, variable

• 4]

  Variable, equal

CREATE TABLE employee (name VARCHAR, id INTEGER)

What type of statement is this?

• 1]

  DML

• 2]

  DDL

• 3]

  View

• 4]

  Integrity constraint

Which of the following is true regarding views?

• 1]

  The user who creates a view cannot be given update authorization on a view without having update authorization on the relations used to define the view

• 2]

  The user who creates a view cannot be given update authorization on a view without having update authorization on the relations used to define the view

• 3]

  If a user creates a view on which no authorization can be granted, the system will allow the view creation request

• 4]

  A user who creates a view receives all privileges on that view

Which one of the following provides the ability to query information from the database and to insert tuples into, delete tuples from, and modify tuples in the database?

• 1]

  DML(Data Manipulation Langauge)

• 2]

  DDL(Data Definition Langauge)

• 3]

  Query

• 4]

  Relational Schema

DELETE FROM r;   /* r - relation  */

This command performs which of the following action?

• 1]

  Remove relation

• 2]

  Clear relation entries

• 3]

  Delete fields

• 4]

  Delete rows

Updates that violate __________ are disallowed.

• 1]

  Integrity constraints

• 2]

  Transaction control

• 3]

  Authorization

• 4]

  DDL constraints

Which of the following statement is used to remove the privilege from the user Amir?

• 1]

  Remove update on department from Amir

• 2]

  Revoke update on employee from Amir

• 3]

  Delete select on department from Raj

• 4]

  Grant update on employee from Amir

In the authorization graph, if DBA provides authorization to u1 which in turn gives to u2 which of the following is correct?

• 1]

  If DBA revokes authorization from u1 then u2 authorization is also revoked

• 2]

  If u1 revokes authorization from u2 then u2 authorization is revoked

• 3]

  If DBA & u1 revokes authorization from u1 then u2 authorization is also revoked

• 4]

  If u2 revokes authorization then u1 authorization is revoked