Quiz Discussion

A relational database consists of a collection of

• 1]

  Tables

• 2]

  Fields

• 3]

  Records

• 4]

  Keys

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

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

• 1]

  Query

• 2]

  Relational

• 3]

  Structural

• 4]

  Compiler

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

_____ operator is used for appending two strings.

• 1]

  &

• 2]

  %

• 3]

  ||

• 4]

  _

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

• 1]

  Where

• 2]

  Select

• 3]

  From

• 4]

  Distinct

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

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;

   

The ______ clause allows us to select only those rows in the result relation of the ____ clause that satisfy a specified predicate.

• 1]

  Where, from

• 2]

  From, select

• 3]

  Select, from

• 4]

  From, where

Department (dept name, building, budget) and Employee (employee_id, name, dept name, salary)
Here the dept_name attribute appears in both the relations. Here using common attributes in relation schema is one way of relating ___________ relations.

• 1]

  Attributes of common

• 2]

  Tuple of common

• 3]

  Tuple of distinct

• 4]

  Attributes of distinct