Quiz Discussion

‘AS’ clause is used in SQL for

• 1]

  Selection operation

• 2]

  Rename operation

• 3]

  Join operation

• 4]

  Projection operation

Count function in SQL returns the number of

• 1]

  Values

• 2]

  Distinct values

• 3]

  Groups

• 4]

  Columns

To delete a particular column in a relation the command used is

• 1]

  UPDATE

• 2]

  DROP

• 3]

  ALTER

• 4]

  DELETE

The language which has recently become the defacto standard for interfacing application programs with relational database system is

• 1]

  Oracle

• 2]

  SQL

• 3]

  DBase

• 4]

  4GL

Which of the following is a valid SQL type?

• 1]

  CHARACTER

• 2]

  NUMERIC

• 3]

  FLOAT

• 4]

  All of the above

Which one of the following is not true for a view

• 1]

  View is derived from other tables

• 2]

  View is a virtual table

• 3]

  A view definition is permanently stored as part of the database

• 4]

  View never contains derived columns

A report generator is used to

• 1]

  update files

• 2]

  print files on paper

• 3]

  data entry

• 4]

  delete files

Which of the following is correct

• 1]

  a SQL query automatically eliminates duplicates

• 2]

  SQL permits attribute names to be repeated in the same relation

• 3]

  a SQL query will not work if there are no indexes on the relations

• 4]

  None of these

A reason for using an SQL view to hide columns is

• 1]

  to simplify a result only

• 2]

  to prevent the display of sensitive data only

• 3]

  to accomplish both of the above

• 4]

  None of the above

The statement in SQL which allows changing the definition of a table is

• 1]

  Alter

• 2]

  Update

• 3]

  Create

• 4]

  Select