1. The following SQL statement uses a(n) ____.SELECT P_CODE, P_DESCRIPT, P_PRICE, V_NAMEFROM PRODUCT, VENDORWHERE PRODUCT.V_CODE = VENDOR.V_CODE;
a. set operator
b. natural join
c. “old-style” join
d. procedural statement
2. When using a(n) ____ join, only rows that meet the given criteria are returned.
a. full
b. inner
c. outer
d. set
3. The statement SELECT * FROM T1, T2 produces a(n) ____ join.
a. cross
b. natural
c. equi
d. full
4. How many rows would be returned from a cross join of tables A and B, if A contains 8 rows and B contains 18?
a. 8
b. 18
c. 26
d. 144
5. A(n) ____ join will select only the rows with common values in the common attribute(s).
a. natural
b. cross
c. full
d. outer
6. If you wish to create an inner join, but the two tables do not have a commonly named attribute, you can use a(n) ____ clause.
a. OF
b. USING
c. HAS
d. JOIN ON
7. The ANSI standard defines ____ type(s) of outer join(s)
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
8. A(n) ____ join returns not only the rows matching the join condition (that is, rows with matching values in the common columns) but also the rows with unmatched values.
a. outer
d. cross
9. The syntax for a left outer join is ____.
a. SELECT column-list FROM table1 OUTER JOIN table2 LEFTWHERE join-condition
b. SELECT column-list FROM table1 LEFT [OUTER] JOIN table2ON join-condition
c. SELECT column-list WHERE LEFT table1 = table 2
d. SELECT column-list FROM table1 LEFT table2 [JOIN] WHERE join-condition
10. A ____ join returns rows with matching values and includes all rows from both tables (T1 and T2) with unmatched values.
c. full outer
d. left outer
11. A ____ is a query (SELECT statement) inside a query.
a. subquery
b. range query
c. join
d. set query
12. In subquery terminology, the first query in the SQL statement is known as the ____ query.
b. left
c. inner
d. base
13. In a subquery, the ____ query is executed first
a. left
b. right
14.The ____ function returns the current system date in MS Access.
a. TO_DATE(
b. SYSDATE()
c. DATE()
d. TODAY()
15. When using the Oracle TO_DATE function, the code ____ represents a three-letter month name.
a. MON
b. MM3
c. MONTH
d. MM
16. The Oracle ____ function returns the current date
a. DATE
b. SYSDATE
c. CURRENT_DATE
d. TO_DATE
17. In Oracle, the ____ function converts a date to a character string.
a. CONVERT()
b. TO_DATE
c. TO_CHAR()
d. TO_STRING()
18. The Oracle string concatenation function is ____.
a. CONCAT
b. +
c. ||
d. &&
19. When using the Oracle TO_NUMBER function to convert a character string into a number, ____represents a digit.
a. 0
b. 9
c. $
d. #
20. ____ is a relational set operator.
a. MINUS
b. PLUS
c. ALL
d. EXISTS
21. “Union-compatible” means that the ____.
a. names of the relation attributes can be different, but the data types must be identical
b. names of the relation attributes must be the same, but the data types can be different
c. names of the relation attributes must be the same and their data types must be identical
d. number of attributes must be the same, but the names and data types can be different
22. The ____ data type is considered compatible with VARCHAR(35).
b. INT
c. TINYINT
d. CHAR(15)
23. The Oracle ____ function compares an attribute or expression with a series of values and returns an associated value or a default value if no match is found.
a. NVL
b. TO_CHAR
c. DECODE
d. CONVERT
24. The ____ data type is compatible with NUMBER.
a. VARCHAR(15)
b. SMALLINT
c. DATE
d. CHAR(10)
25. The ____ query combines rows from two queries and excludes duplicates.
a. UNION
b. UNION ALL
c. INTERSECT
d. MINUS
26. The syntax for the UNION query is ____.
a. query + query
b. UNION (query, query)
c. UNION: query query
d. query UNION query
27. Assume you are using the UNION operator to combine the results from two tables with identical structure,CUSTOMER and CUSTOMER_2. The CUSTOMER table contains 10 rows, while the CUS-TOMER_2 table contains 7 rows. Customers Dunne and Olowski are included in the CUSTOMER table as well as in the CUSTOMER_2 table. How many records are returned when using the UNION operator?
a. 7
b. 10
c. 15
d. 17
28. Assume you are using the UNION ALL operator to combine the results from two tables with identical structure, CUSTOMER and CUSTOMER_2. The CUSTOMER table contains 10 rows, while the CUSTOMER_2 table contains 7 rows. Customers Dunne and Olowski are included in the CUS-TOMER table as well as in the CUSTOMER_2 table. How many records are returned when using the UNION ALL operator?
29. Assume you are using the INTERSECT operator to combine the results from two tables with identical structure, CUSTOMER and CUSTOMER_2. The CUSTOMER table contains 10 rows, while the CUSTOMER_2 table contains 7 rows. Customers Dunne and Olowski are included in the CUS-TOMER table as well as in the CUSTOMER_2 table. How many records are returned when using the INTERSECT operator?
b. 2
c. 7
d. 10
30. The ____ statement in SQL combines rows from two queries and returns only the rows that appear in the first set but not in the second.
31. Assume you are using the MINUS operator to combine the results from two tables with identical structure, CUSTOMER and CUSTOMER_2. The CUSTOMER table contains 10 rows, while the CUSTOMER_2 table contains 7 rows. Customers Dunne and Olowski are included in the CUSTOMER table as well as in the CUSTOMER_2 table. How many records are returned when using the MINUS operator?
c. 8
32. The ____ operator could be used in place of INTERSECT if the RDBMS does not support it.
a. IN
b. OF
c. AND
d. UNION
33. The ____ operator could be used in place of MINUS if the RDBMS does not support it.
b. NOT IN
34. The Oracle equivalent to an MS Access AutoNumber is a(n) ____.
a. auto-number
b. sequence
c. TO_NUMBER function
d. Trigger
35. The ____ pseudo-column is used to select the next value from a sequence.
a. CURRVAL
b. NEXTVAL
c. NEXT
d. GET_NEXT
36. A(n) ____ is a block of code (containing standard SQL statements and procedural extensions) that is stored and executed at the DBMS server.
a. PSM
b. PLS
c. SQL Statement
d. PMR
37. In Oracle, ____ make(s) it possible to merge SQL and traditional programming constructs, such as variables, conditional processing (IF-THEN-ELSE), basic loops (FOR and WHILE loops,) and error trapping.
a. triggers
b. indexes
c. embedded SQL
d. procedural SQL
38. The PL/SQL block starts with the ____ clause.
a. IS
b. OPEN
c. DECLARE
d. BEGIN
39. Oracle recommends ____ for creating audit logs.
b. stored procedures
c. stored functions
d. tables
40. A stored function uses the ____ statement to return a value.
a. EXIT
b. END
c. RETURN
d. PROCESS