Quiz Discussion

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

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

Which one of the following is procedural language?

• 1]

  Domain relational calculus

• 2]

  Tuple relational calculus

• 3]

  Relational algebra

• 4]

  Query language

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

• 1]

  Where

• 2]

  Select

• 3]

  From

• 4]

  Distinct

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

• 1]

  Different

• 2]

  Indivisbile

• 3]

  Constant

• 4]

  Divisible

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

A relational database consists of a collection of

• 1]

  Tables

• 2]

  Fields

• 3]

  Records

• 4]

  Keys

The result which the operation contains all pairs of tuples from the two relations, regardless of whether their attribute values match.

• 1]

  Join

• 2]

  Cartesian product

• 3]

  Intersection

• 4]

  Set difference

SELECT name ____ instructor name, course id
FROM instructor, teaches
WHERE instructor.ID= teaches.ID;

Which keyword must be used here to rename the field name?

• 1]

  From

• 2]

  Rename

• 3]

  As

• 4]

  Join

The _______operation performs a set union of two “similarly structured” tables

• 1]

  Union

• 2]

  Join

• 3]

  Product

• 4]

  Intersect