Quiz Discussion

What is an advantage of placing computations in SQL views

• 1]

  To save users from having to write an expression

• 2]

  To ensure that the results are consistent

• 3]

  To accomplish both of the above

• 4]

  None of the above

Which of the following is a legal expression in SQL?

• 1]

  SELECT NULL FROM EMPLOYEE;

   

• 2]

  SELECT NAME FROM EMPLOYEE;

   

• 3]

  SELECT NAME FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE SALARY = NULL;

   

• 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

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

• 1]

  UPDATE

• 2]

  DROP

• 3]

  ALTER

• 4]

  DELETE

What is not an advantage of stored procedures?

• 1]

  Greater security

• 2]

  SQL can be optimized

• 3]

  Code sharing

• 4]

  Increased network traffic

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

Which of the following is an advantage of view?

• 1]

  Data security

• 2]

  Derived columns

• 3]

  Hiding of complex queries

• 4]

  All of the above

Which of the following is a valid SQL type?

• 1]

  CHARACTER

• 2]

  NUMERIC

• 3]

  FLOAT

• 4]

  All of the above

Count function in SQL returns the number of

• 1]

  Values

• 2]

  Distinct values

• 3]

  Groups

• 4]

  Columns

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]

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