If the following command is executed: CREATE DATABASE test What is the page size (in kilobytes) of the database?
4
8
16
32
Given the following DDL statement: CREATE TABLE sales (item CHAR(20)); If a DBA wishes to increase the size of the ITEM column, which SQL statement needs to be used?
ALTER TABLE sales ADD COLUMN item CHAR(40);
ALTER TABLE sales ALTER COLUMN item CHAR(40);
ALTER TABLE sales MODIFY COLUMN item CHAR(40);
ALTER TABLE sales ALTER COLUMN item SET DATA TYPE CHAR(40);
Which DB2 object can be used to improve the execution performance of qualified SELECT statements?
Trigger
SQL Procedure
Sequence Object
Materialized Query Table
When is it appropriate to use a sequence?
When you want to control the order in which triggers are fired.
When you want to control the order in which stored procedures can be invoked.
When you want to automatically generate a numeric value that is not tied to any specific column or table.
When you want to automatically generate a numeric value for each row that is added to a specific table.
5.Which clause should be included in a ALTER TABLE statement to update a table definition with a new column?
ADD COLUMN
ALTER COLUMN
APPEND COLUMN
RENAME COLUMN
Which object is a stored procedure defined into?
Table
Schema
Package
Database
Which action needs to be performed in order to complete the definition of an application-period temporal table?
A transaction-start-id column must be defined for the table.
A history table must be defined and associated with the base table.
A BUSINESS_TIME period must be specified in a CREATE or ALTER of the table.
A unique index must be created that prevents overlapping of the BUSINESS_TIME period of the table.
What functionality allows users to perform a UNION operation between a DB2 table and an Oracle view?
Oracle connect
Trusted context
Oracle federation
Distributed request
You have a business need to query DB2 10 and DB2 9 databases and you want to write an application that can run on most platforms unchanged. Which interface would you use to achieve your goal?
CLI
XML
JDBC
RUBY
Which DB2 object is used to provide a logical grouping of other database objects?
Alias
Index
Collection
What are two valid objects that can be created in DB2? (Choose two.)
Tree
Node
Contexts
Sequence
Which type of temporal table can be used to store only time-sensitive data?
Bitemporal
Time-period
System-period
Application-period
When an index is created for a table, where is the metadata for that index stored?
In the table definition
In the system catalog.
In the schema that the index resides in.
In the metadata of the table the index was created for.
Which product is used to customize execution environments for the purpose of controlling system resources so that one department or service class does not overwhelm the system?
pureScale
Workload manager
Data partitioning feature
Self-tuning memory manager
What type of mechanism is a simple token value that is used to refer to a much bigger large object (LOB)?
locator
pointer
address
reference
What type of large object (LOB) is used to store LOB data together with the formatted rows on data pages, instead of in a separate LOB storage object?
inline
binary
internal
partitioned
What is the purpose of the Query Tuner?
To automatically capture and stop rogue queries.
To provide recommendations and analysis for tuning a single query.
To provide recommendations and analysis for tuning up to 100 queries.
To recommend indexes and to guide DBAs through the process of creating new indexes.
Which tool allows users to connect to a DB2 database using a wizard?
Control Center
IBM Data Studio
Universal Connection Expert
DB2 Connection Pool Manager
Which two activities indicate the need for a data warehouse? (Choose two.)
Confirm product inventory.
Monitor product availability.
Summarize sales by region.
Identify patterns for products sold in the last five years.
Associate one or more products with a purchase order.
What is the primary function of an Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workload?
To combine data from multiple sources.
To discover hidden relationships in data.
To analyze large amounts of data to find patterns.
To make changes to a small number of records within a single transaction.
Which isolation level offers the greatest protection of data but provides the least amount of concurrency?
Read Stability (RS)
Cursor Stability (CS)
Repeatable Read (RR)
Uncommitted Read (UR)
What factor influences lock escalation?
Table size
Buffer space
Number of locks
Available real storage
Which type of lock allows the lock owner and all concurrent applications to read, but not update, the locked data?
Share (S)
Update (U)
Exclusive (X)
Intent Exclusive (IX)
Application APP_A is performing updates to table TAB1 using the cursor stability (CS) isolation level. If application APP_B wants to retrieve all rows from table TAB1 without waiting for application APP_A to finish making updates, what isolation level must application APP_B use?
Which statement will prevent concurrent application processes from performing anything other than read-only operations against a table named TAB1?
LOCK TABLE tab1 IN READ MODE
LOCK TABLE tab1 IN SHARE MODE
LOCK TABLE tab1 IN EXCLUSIVE MODE
LOCK TABLE tab1 IN READ-ONLY MODE
When is an INTENT EXCLUSIVE (IX) lock required?
When a transaction intends to read or change data.
When a transaction intends to change but not read data.
When a transaction intends to read but not change data.
When a transaction intends to change the system catalog.
What is the act of exchanging one lock an application holds on a resource for a more restrictive lock on the same resource known as?
Lock escalation
Lock substitution
Lock switch/exchange
Lock conversion/promotion
What isolation level prevents dirty reads, nonrepeatable reads, and phantoms?
Read stability (RS)
Cursor stability (CS)
Repeatable read (RR)
Uncommitted read (UR)
Which operation normally does NOT require an exclusive lock?
BIND
DROP
GRANT
SELECT
When a COMMIT statement is executed, what happens?
All locks held on the database are automatically released.
Data stored in global temporary tables is automatically deleted.
Open cursors defined WITH HOLD are closed, but their data is retained.
The current transaction is terminated and a new transaction boundary is started.
Which command is used to back out a subset of database changes that have been made within a unit of work?
COMMIT
ROLLBACK
COMMIT TO SAVEPOINT
ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT
An SQL function designed to convert temperatures from Fahrenheit to Celsius was created as follows: CREATE FUNCTION conv_temp (IN temp_f FLOAT RETURNS INTEGER NO EXTERNALACTION SPECIFIC convert_ftoc RETURN INT ((temp_f -32)/1.8) How can this function be used to convert average temperature (AVG_TEMP) data stored in a table called CLIMATE_INFO?
CALL conv_temp(climate_info.avg_temp);
CALL convert_ftoc(climate_info.avg_temp);
SELECT conv_temp(avg_temp) FROM climate_info;
SELECT convert_ftoc(avg_temp) FROM climate_info;
If a table named MY_TAB contains 100 rows and the following statement is executed: DELETE FROM (SELECT * FROM my_tab ORDER BY col1 DESC FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS ONLY) AS tmp;
What will happen?
The last 5 rows in the table will be deleted.
The first 5 rows in the table will be deleted.
The statement will fail because a subquery cannot be used with a DELETE statement.
The statement will fail because a table name was not specified with the DELETE statement.
Given an EMPLOYEES table and a SALES table, a user wants to produce a list of all employees and their associated revenue, even if no revenue exists. Which SQL statement will produce the desired list?
SELECT employees.name, sales.revenue FROM employees INNER JOIN sales ON employees.id = sales.emp_id
SELECT employees.name, sales.revenue FROM employees INNER JOIN sales ON sales.emp_id = employees.id
SELECT employees.name, sales.revenue FROM sales LEFT OUTER JOIN employees ON employees.id = sales.emp_id
SELECT employees.name, sales.revenue FROM sales RIGHT OUTER JOIN employees ON employees.id = sales.emp_id
Which two operations are allowed in the body of an SQL scalar user-defined function? (Choose two.)
CALL statements.
External file access.
Use of a scratch pad.
COMMIT statements.
SQL control statements.
Which command will delete all rows from a table without generating log records?
TRIM
DELETE
TRUNCATE
Which function can be used to obtain values from XML documents that are to be inserted into one or more tables?
XMLTABLE
XMLPARSE
XMLEXISTS
XMLATTRIBUTES
User USER1 wants to retrieve records from a table named EMPLOYEE that satisfy at least one of the following criteria: -The employee's hire date (HIREDATE) is before 1999 and the employee's salary (SALARY) is less than $40,000.00 a year. -The employee has attended university Which SQL statement will accomplish this?
SELECT * FROM employee WHERE (hiredate < '1999-01-01' AND salary < 40000) OR (education ='University')
SELECT * FROM employee WHERE (hiredate < '1999-01-01') OR (salary < 40000) OR (education ='University')
SELECT * FROM employee WHERE (hiredate < '1999-01-01' OR (salary < 40000 AND (education ='University')
SELECT * FROM employee WHERE (hiredate < '1999-01-01' AND salary < 40000 AND (education ='University')
Which SQL statement will retrieve the employee number (EMPNO), hire date (HIREDATE), and salary (SALARY) for each employee from a table named EMPLOYEE who was hired before 1998 and earns a salary of less than $35,000.00 per year?
SELECT empno, hiredate, salary FROM employee FOR hiredate < '1998-01-01' AND salary < 35000
SELECT empno, hiredate, salary FROM employee WHERE hiredate < '1998-01-01' AND salary < 35000
SELECT empno, hiredate, salary FROM employee WHERE hiredate < '1998-01-01' OR salary < 35000
SELECT empno, hiredate, salary FROM employee FOR hiredate < '1998-01-01' OR salary < 35000
If the following result set is desired:
Which SQL statement must be executed?
SELECT lastname, firstnme, salary, job FROM employee ORDER BY 3 FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS ONLY
SELECT lastname, firstnme, salary, job FROM employee ORDER BY 3 DESC FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS ONLY
SELECT lastname, firstnme, salary, job FROM employee ORDER BY 3 FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS
SELECT lastname, firstnme, salary, job FROM employee ORDER BY 3 DESC FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS
Which statement about INSERT operations is true?
The INSERT statement is used to insert rows into a table, view, or table function.
Inserted values must satisfy the conditions of any check constraints defined on the table.
If an INSERT statement omits any column from the inserted row that is defined as NULL or NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT, the statement will fail.
If the underlying table of a view being referenced by an INSERT statement has one or more unique indexes, each row inserted does not have to conform to the constraints imposed by those indexes.
Which statement about application-period temporal tables is true?
Consists of explicitly-supplied timestamps and a separate associated history table.
Is based on explicitly-supplied timestamps that define the time periods during which data is valid.
Is useful when one wants to keep both user-based period information and system-based historical information.
Consists of a pair of columns with database-manager maintained values that indicate the period when a row is current.
Which SQL statement should be used to select the minimum and maximum salaries (SALARY), by job code (JOB), from a table EMPLOYEE?
SELECT job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee GROUP BY job;
SELECT job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee ORDER BY job;
SELECT job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee GROUP BY job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary);
SELECT JOB, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee ORDER BY job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary);
In a trusted context environment, if a switch request is made with an authorization ID that is not allowed on a trusted connection, what state is the connection placed in?
Locked
Waiting
Pending
Unconnected
If a user has been granted SYSCTRL authority, which activities can they perform?
Load operations
Backup/copy table spaces
Create and drop databases
Monitor database performance
What is the purpose of a role?
To define exactly what a specific user can do within a particular database once they have been authenticated.
To group a collection of privileges together so that they can be simultaneously granted to and revoked from multiple users.
To establish a credible relationship between DB2 and an external entity, such as a database administrator or a middleware server.
To group a collection of users together so that they can be simultaneously granted and revoked specific authorities and privileges.
Which SQL statement will give user USER1 the ability to assign a comment to a sequence named MYSEQ?
GRANT ALTER ON SEQUENCE myseq TO user1
GRANT USAGE ON SEQUENCE myseq TO user1
GRANT SELECT ON SEQUENCE myseq TO user1
GRANT COMMENT ON SEQUENCE myseq TO user1
A column mask that is to be used for row and column access control (RCAC) was created with the DISABLE option specified. What must be done if this mask is to be used to restrict access to data stored in a table named EMPLOYEE?
The column mask must be enabled; the EMPLOYEE table must be altered to activate column access control.
The column mask must be enabled (column access control for the EMPLOYEE table will be activated automatically).
The EMPLOYEE table must be altered to activate column access control (the column mask will be enabled automatically).
The EMPLOYEE table must be altered to activate column access control; row permission must be granted to everyone who needs to use thecolumn mask.
User USER1 holds both DBADM and SECADM authority and you want to separate database administration activities from security administration tasks. What authority must you have in order to revoke SECADM authority from user USER1 and assign it to someone else?
DBADM
DBCTRL
SECADM
DBMAINT
A table named EMPLOYEE was created as follows:
Which action will prevent unauthorized users from accessing SSN data?
Assign the SSN column to a restricted role that only authorized users can access.
Only grant ACCESSCTRL authority for the SSN column to users who need to access SSN data.
Alter the table definition so that SSN data is stored in a separate schema that only authorized users can access.
Create a view for the EMPLOYEE table that does not contain the SSN column and require unauthorized users to use the view.
Which SQL statement will allow user USER1 to create a view on a table named EMPLOYEE?
GRANT CREATETAB ON DATABASE TO user1
GRANT SELECT ON TABLE employee TO user1
GRANT CREATEVIEW ON DATABASE TO user1
GRANT REFERENCES ON TABLE employee TO user1
A new user named USER1 needs to retrieve information from a database named MYDB. What authority must be granted to user USER1?
DBCTRL authority
SQLADM authority
DATAACCESS authority
ACCESSCTRL authority
Which privilege is required to invoke a user defined function?
CALL
USAGE
EXECUTE
REFERENCES
Which statement is true about an index that is used to support a UNIQUE constraint?
It must not contain more than one column.
It cannot be used in a referential constraint.
It must be defined with the UNIQUE attribute.
It must be defined as UNIQUE WHERE NOT NULL.
Which statement regarding triggers is true?
Only one INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE trigger can be defined per table.
Triggers cannot be modified, they must be dropped and recreated with new definitions.
Adding a trigger to a table that already has rows in it will cause triggered actions to be fired.
Triggers can only be fired one time per statement irrespective of the number of rows affected.
A table named STATES was created as follows:
CREATE TABLE states (state_cd CHAR(2) NOT NULL, state_desc CHAR(20)); CREATE UNIQUE INDEX indx1 ON states (state_cd);
if the following ALTER statement is executed:
ALTER TABLE states ADD PRIMARY KEY (state_cd);
An error will be returned and the operation will fail.
A warning will be returned and the unique index INDX1 will become the index for the primary key.
The primary key will be successfully added and the unique index INDX1 will be dropped and recreated as the primary key index.
The primary key will be successfully added, the unique index INDX1 will be dropped, and a new index will be created for the primary key.
When an application using a temporary table terminates or disconnects from the database unexpectedly, what happens to the temporary table and any data stored in it?
The data in the table is deleted and the table persists.
The data in the table is deleted and the table is implicitly dropped.
The temporary table is converted to a base table and the data is deleted.
The temporary table is converted to a base table and the data is persistent.
When a user-defined function (UDF) is created and no schema is specified, what schema is used to store the UDF?
The SYSIBM schema.
The SYSFUN schema.
A schema with the name of the UDF.
A schema with the userid of the UDF definer.
Which statement about triggers is true?
A trigger is designed to return specific types of values and contains executable code.
A trigger is designed to return specific types of values but contains no executable code.
A trigger performs actions to capture details about an activity like a join operation against multiple tables.
A trigger performs actions in response to an event like an INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE operation on a table.
Which two statements are true about foreign key constraints? (Choose two.)
The foreign key constraint columns must be supported by an index.
The foreign key constraint columns must be defined as NOT NULL.
The number and data types of foreign key constraint columns must match the parent key.
The columns of one foreign key constraint cannot be used in another foreign key constraint.
To define a foreign key constraint there must be an associated primary key or unique key in the same or different table.
What is the primary purpose of a view?
To enable uniqueness.
To ensure data clustering.
To combine data from multiple tables.
To optimize queries ran against multiple tables.
By default, a column defined as a TIMESTAMP includes which attributes?
No fractional digits or time zone.
6 fractional digits and no time zone.
12 fractional digits plus a time zone.
12 fractional digits and no time zone.
Which is NOT a valid reason for creating an index?
To allow queries to run more efficiently.
To enforce constraints such as uniqueness on index keys.
To order the columns of a table in ascending or descending sequence according to values in a row.
To order the rows of a table in ascending or descending sequence according to the values in a column.
Unique constraint
Primary key constraint
Informational constraint
Column default constraint
Which statement is true regarding constraints?
A table can only have one unique key constraint.
A table can have multiple primary key constraints.
Informational constraints tell DB2 what rules the data conforms to, but the rules are not enforced.
Foreign key constraints are enforced on the values within the rows of a table, or between the rows of two tables, by a unique index on a foreignkey.
By default, where is the data stored for a column defined with an XML data type?
In an XML index.
In line with the rest of the data for the table.
In an XML storage object that is separate from the table.
In line with the rest of the data for the table, for XML columns less than 32KB.
Which statement about BEFORE triggers is FALSE?
A BEFORE trigger can be used to perform validation of input data.
A BEFORE trigger can be used to automatically generate values for newly inserted rows.
A BEFORE trigger is fired for each row in the set of affected rows before the trigger event executes.
A BEFORE trigger is fired for each row in the set of affected rows instead of executing the trigger event.
What is used in conjunction with a foreign key to define a relationship between two tables?
Primary key
Partitioning key
Check constraint
Which case will require a sequence to be dropped and recreated instead of being modified by the ALTER SEQUENCE statement?
Change the data type of the sequence.
Reset the sequence to its starting value.
Establish new minimum or maximum values.
Change the increment between future values.
Given the following statement: GRANT DELETE ON TABLE sales TO User1 WITH GRANT OPTION; Which statement is correct?
USER1 can only remove the SALES table.
USER1 can only remove records from the SALES table.
USER1 can remove the SALES table and grant the privilege to remove the SALES table to other users.
USER1 can remove records from the SALES table and grant the privilege to remove records from the SALES table to other users.
Which method for restricting data access relies on a SQL search condition that describes what set of rows a user has access to?
Authentication
Authorities and privileges
Label-based access control
Row and column access control
Which SQL statement will take the ability to create tables in a table space named MYTBSP away from user USER1?
REVOKE USE OF TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
REVOKE ALTER ON TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
REVOKE UPDATE OF TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
REVOKE CREATETAB ON TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
When is a mask used to limit access to data in a table?
When mandatory access control (MAC) is used to protect the table.
When discretionary access control (DAC) is used to protect the table.
When label-based access control (LBAC) is used to protect the table.
When row and column access control (RCAC) is used to protect the table.
What privilege is required to create a view on a table that you are not the owner of?
INSERT
CREATE
TRIGGER
After creating several new indexes and executing RUNSTATS, user USER1 wants to re-create a package that is stored in the database so it will take advantage of the new indexes. Which authority/privilege must user USER1 be granted in order to re-create the package?
REBIND
BINDADD
BIND_REBIND
Which SQL statement will give a user named USER1 the ability to run an embedded SQL application named BENEFITS that calls a package named CORPDATA.PKGA?
GRANT EXECUTE ON APPLICATION benefits TO user1
GRANT EXECUTE ON PACKAGE corpdata.pkga TO user1
GRANT EXECUTE ON APPLICATION PACKAGE corpdata.pkga TO user1
GRANT EXECUTE ON APPLICATION benefits USING PACKAGE corpdata.pkga TO user1
Which of the following privileges allow a user to update the comment on a sequence?
ALTER
UPDATE
COMMENT
Which statement is valid about the Row and Column Access Control (RCAC) feature?
A row mask's access control rule is defined by an SQL CASE expression; a column permission's access control rule is defined by an SQLsearch condition.
A row permission's access control rule is defined by an SQL CASE expression; a column mask's access control rule is defined by an SQLsearch condition.
A row mask's access control rule is defined by an SQL search condition; a column permission's access control rule is defined by an SQL CASEexpression.
A row permission's access control rule is defined by an SQL search condition; a column mask's access control rule is defined by an SQL CASEexpression.
Which type of table should you use if you want to define specific time periods when data is valid?
Materialized query table
System-period temporal table
Declared global temporary table
Application-period temporal table
Which SQL statement will create a DB2 object that can be used to store numerical data as Canadian currency?
CREATE DISTINCT ALIAS canadian_dollar AS DECIMAL (9,3) WITH COMPARISONS
CREATE DISTINCT TYPE canadian_dollar AS DECIMAL (9,3) WITH COMPARISONS
CREATE DISTINCT PROCEDURE canadian_dollar AS DECIMAL (9,3) WITH COMPARISONS
CREATE DISTINCT FUNCTION canadian_dollar AS DECIMAL (9,3) WITH COMPARISONS
Which object can be enabled for compression?
View
Buffer pool
Storage group
Temporary table
What is the minimum product required for DB2 connectivity across all platforms?
DB2 Personal Edition
DB2 Development Edition
DB2 Connect Personal Edition
DB2 Development Unlimited Edition
Given the SQL statement: CREATE ALIAS total_sales FOR sales Which statement is valid?
SALES can be the name of a schema.
SALES can be the name of a package.
SALES can be the name of an existing alias.
SALES can be the name of a declared global temporary table.
Which DB2 object limits the user's ability to retrieve data from a table by defining a SQL statement in the object?
A table named EMPLOYEES was created as follows, What will be the results?
0
1
2
3
Which two DB2 objects can a view be derived from? (Choose two.)
Procedure
Which protocol provides applications the ability to connect to and update multiple DB2 databases within the same transaction?
Type-1 connect
Type-2 connect
Type-3 connect
Type-4 connect
Which statement about bitemporal tables is valid?
Bitemporal tables are system tables and can only be queried by the schema owner.
Creating a bitemporal table is similar to creating a regular table except users must specify a system time period column.
When data in a bitemporal table is updated, a row is added to it's associated history table.
Querying a bitemporal table will produce results for a complete timeline; a view must be created to obtain results for a specific time period.
Which object can a buffer pool be assigned to?
Table space
Stored procedure
Which DB2 object is associated with PREVIOUS VALUE and NEXT VALUE expressions?
Identity Column
What needs to be defined in order to track changes made to a system-period temporal table over time?
Once the row-begin, row-end, and transaction-start-id columns are created, all changes are tracked.
A history table must be created with identical columns to the base table and a unique index must be defined on the transaction-start-id column.
A history table must be created as a clone table of the base table after the row-begin, row-end, and transaction-start-id columns have beendefined.
A history table must be created with identical columns to the base table and then the base table altered with the ADD VERSIONING clause torelate it to the history table.
Which object is used to cache table and index data as it is read from disk?
Package cache
Which statement about large object (LOB) locators is true?
A LOB locator is a data type that is used to store LOB data in binary files.
A LOB locator is a data type that is used to store LOB data in a database.
A LOB locator represents a value for a LOB resource that is stored in a database.
A LOB locator represents a value for a LOB resource that is stored in a binary file.
Which DB2 product is a database cluster solution for non-mainframe platforms and is best suited for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workloads?
DB2 Connect
DB2 pureScale
Workload Manager
High Availability Disaster Recovery