Pregunta 1
Pregunta
If the following command is executed: CREATE DATABASE test What is the page size (in kilobytes) of
the database?
Pregunta 2
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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ALTER TABLE sales ADD COLUMN item CHAR(40);
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ALTER TABLE sales ALTER COLUMN item CHAR(40);
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ALTER TABLE sales MODIFY COLUMN item CHAR(40);
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ALTER TABLE sales ALTER COLUMN item SET DATA TYPE CHAR(40);
Pregunta 3
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Which DB2 object can be used to improve the execution performance of qualified SELECT statements?
Respuesta
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Trigger
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SQL Procedure
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Sequence Object
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Materialized Query Table
Pregunta 4
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When is it appropriate to use a sequence?
Respuesta
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When you want to control the order in which triggers are fired.
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When you want to control the order in which stored procedures can be invoked.
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When you want to automatically generate a numeric value that is not tied to any specific column or table.
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When you want to automatically generate a numeric value for each row that is added to a specific table.
Pregunta 5
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5.Which clause should be included in a ALTER TABLE statement to update a table definition with a new
column?
Respuesta
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ADD COLUMN
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ALTER COLUMN
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APPEND COLUMN
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RENAME COLUMN
Pregunta 6
Pregunta
Which object is a stored procedure defined into?
Respuesta
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Table
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Schema
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Package
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Database
Pregunta 7
Pregunta
Which action needs to be performed in order to complete the definition of an application-period temporal
table?
Respuesta
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A transaction-start-id column must be defined for the table.
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A history table must be defined and associated with the base table.
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A BUSINESS_TIME period must be specified in a CREATE or ALTER of the table.
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A unique index must be created that prevents overlapping of the BUSINESS_TIME period of the table.
Pregunta 8
Pregunta
What functionality allows users to perform a UNION operation between a DB2 table and an Oracle
view?
Respuesta
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Oracle connect
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Trusted context
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Oracle federation
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Distributed request
Pregunta 9
Pregunta
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?
Pregunta 10
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Which DB2 object is used to provide a logical grouping of other database objects?
Respuesta
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Alias
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Index
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Schema
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Collection
Pregunta 11
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What are two valid objects that can be created in DB2? (Choose two.)
Respuesta
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Tree
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Node
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Trigger
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Contexts
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Sequence
Pregunta 12
Pregunta
Which type of temporal table can be used to store only time-sensitive data?
Respuesta
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Bitemporal
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Time-period
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System-period
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Application-period
Pregunta 13
Pregunta
When an index is created for a table, where is the metadata for that index stored?
Pregunta 14
Pregunta
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?
Pregunta 15
Pregunta
What type of mechanism is a simple token value that is used to refer to a much bigger large object
(LOB)?
Respuesta
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locator
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pointer
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address
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reference
Pregunta 16
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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inline
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binary
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internal
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partitioned
Pregunta 17
Pregunta
What is the purpose of the Query Tuner?
Respuesta
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To automatically capture and stop rogue queries.
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To provide recommendations and analysis for tuning a single query.
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To provide recommendations and analysis for tuning up to 100 queries.
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To recommend indexes and to guide DBAs through the process of creating new indexes.
Pregunta 18
Pregunta
Which tool allows users to connect to a DB2 database using a wizard?
Pregunta 19
Pregunta
Which two activities indicate the need for a data warehouse? (Choose two.)
Respuesta
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Confirm product inventory.
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Monitor product availability.
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Summarize sales by region.
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Identify patterns for products sold in the last five years.
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Associate one or more products with a purchase order.
Pregunta 20
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What is the primary function of an Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workload?
Respuesta
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To combine data from multiple sources.
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To discover hidden relationships in data.
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To analyze large amounts of data to find patterns.
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To make changes to a small number of records within a single transaction.
Pregunta 21
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Which isolation level offers the greatest protection of data but provides the least amount of
concurrency?
Respuesta
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Read Stability (RS)
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Cursor Stability (CS)
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Repeatable Read (RR)
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Uncommitted Read (UR)
Pregunta 22
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What factor influences lock escalation?
Respuesta
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Table size
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Buffer space
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Number of locks
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Available real storage
Pregunta 23
Pregunta
Which type of lock allows the lock owner and all concurrent applications to read, but not update, the
locked data?
Respuesta
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Share (S)
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Update (U)
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Exclusive (X)
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Intent Exclusive (IX)
Pregunta 24
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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?
Respuesta
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Read Stability (RS)
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Repeatable Read (RR)
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Uncommitted Read (UR)
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Cursor Stability (CS)
Pregunta 25
Pregunta
Which statement will prevent concurrent application processes from performing anything other than
read-only operations against a table named TAB1?
Respuesta
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LOCK TABLE tab1 IN READ MODE
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LOCK TABLE tab1 IN SHARE MODE
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LOCK TABLE tab1 IN EXCLUSIVE MODE
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LOCK TABLE tab1 IN READ-ONLY MODE
Pregunta 26
Pregunta
When is an INTENT EXCLUSIVE (IX) lock required?
Respuesta
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When a transaction intends to read or change data.
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When a transaction intends to change but not read data.
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When a transaction intends to read but not change data.
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When a transaction intends to change the system catalog.
Pregunta 27
Pregunta
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?
Pregunta 28
Pregunta
What isolation level prevents dirty reads, nonrepeatable reads, and phantoms?
Respuesta
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Read stability (RS)
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Cursor stability (CS)
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Repeatable read (RR)
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Uncommitted read (UR)
Pregunta 29
Pregunta
Which operation normally does NOT require an exclusive lock?
Pregunta 30
Pregunta
When a COMMIT statement is executed, what happens?
Respuesta
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All locks held on the database are automatically released.
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Data stored in global temporary tables is automatically deleted.
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Open cursors defined WITH HOLD are closed, but their data is retained.
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The current transaction is terminated and a new transaction boundary is started.
Pregunta 31
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Which command is used to back out a subset of database changes that have been made within a unit
of work?
Respuesta
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COMMIT
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ROLLBACK
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COMMIT TO SAVEPOINT
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ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT
Pregunta 32
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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CALL conv_temp(climate_info.avg_temp);
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CALL convert_ftoc(climate_info.avg_temp);
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SELECT conv_temp(avg_temp) FROM climate_info;
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SELECT convert_ftoc(avg_temp) FROM climate_info;
Pregunta 33
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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The last 5 rows in the table will be deleted.
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The first 5 rows in the table will be deleted.
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The statement will fail because a subquery cannot be used with a DELETE statement.
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The statement will fail because a table name was not specified with the DELETE statement.
Pregunta 34
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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SELECT employees.name, sales.revenue FROM employees INNER JOIN sales ON employees.id =
sales.emp_id
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SELECT employees.name, sales.revenue FROM employees INNER JOIN sales ON sales.emp_id =
employees.id
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SELECT employees.name, sales.revenue FROM sales LEFT OUTER JOIN employees ON
employees.id = sales.emp_id
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SELECT employees.name, sales.revenue FROM sales RIGHT OUTER JOIN employees ON
employees.id = sales.emp_id
Pregunta 35
Pregunta
Which two operations are allowed in the body of an SQL scalar user-defined function? (Choose two.)
Respuesta
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CALL statements.
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External file access.
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Use of a scratch pad.
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COMMIT statements.
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SQL control statements.
Pregunta 36
Pregunta
Which command will delete all rows from a table without generating log records?
Respuesta
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TRIM
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DROP
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DELETE
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TRUNCATE
Pregunta 37
Pregunta
Which function can be used to obtain values from XML documents that are to be inserted into one or
more tables?
Respuesta
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XMLTABLE
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XMLPARSE
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XMLEXISTS
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XMLATTRIBUTES
Pregunta 38
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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SELECT * FROM employee WHERE (hiredate < '1999-01-01' AND salary < 40000) OR (education ='University')
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SELECT * FROM employee WHERE (hiredate < '1999-01-01') OR (salary < 40000) OR (education ='University')
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SELECT * FROM employee WHERE (hiredate < '1999-01-01' OR (salary < 40000 AND (education ='University')
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SELECT * FROM employee WHERE (hiredate < '1999-01-01' AND salary < 40000 AND (education ='University')
Pregunta 39
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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SELECT empno, hiredate, salary FROM employee FOR hiredate < '1998-01-01' AND salary < 35000
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SELECT empno, hiredate, salary FROM employee WHERE hiredate < '1998-01-01' AND salary <
35000
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SELECT empno, hiredate, salary FROM employee WHERE hiredate < '1998-01-01' OR salary <
35000
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SELECT empno, hiredate, salary FROM employee FOR hiredate < '1998-01-01' OR salary < 35000
Pregunta 40
Pregunta
If the following result set is desired:
Which SQL statement must be executed?
Respuesta
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SELECT lastname, firstnme, salary, job FROM employee ORDER BY 3 FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS
ONLY
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SELECT lastname, firstnme, salary, job FROM employee ORDER BY 3 DESC FETCH FIRST 5
ROWS ONLY
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SELECT lastname, firstnme, salary, job FROM employee ORDER BY 3 FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS
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SELECT lastname, firstnme, salary, job FROM employee ORDER BY 3 DESC FETCH FIRST 5
ROWS
Pregunta 41
Pregunta
Which statement about INSERT operations is true?
Respuesta
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The INSERT statement is used to insert rows into a table, view, or table function.
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Inserted values must satisfy the conditions of any check constraints defined on the table.
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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.
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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.
Pregunta 42
Pregunta
Which statement about application-period temporal tables is true?
Respuesta
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Consists of explicitly-supplied timestamps and a separate associated history table.
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Is based on explicitly-supplied timestamps that define the time periods during which data is valid.
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Is useful when one wants to keep both user-based period information and system-based historical
information.
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Consists of a pair of columns with database-manager maintained values that indicate the period when
a row is current.
Pregunta 43
Pregunta
Which SQL statement should be used to select the minimum and maximum salaries (SALARY), by job
code (JOB), from a table EMPLOYEE?
Respuesta
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SELECT job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee GROUP BY job;
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SELECT job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee ORDER BY job;
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SELECT job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee GROUP BY job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary);
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SELECT JOB, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee ORDER BY job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary);
Pregunta 44
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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Locked
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Waiting
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Pending
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Unconnected
Pregunta 45
Pregunta
If a user has been granted SYSCTRL authority, which activities can they perform?
Pregunta 46
Pregunta
What is the purpose of a role?
Respuesta
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To define exactly what a specific user can do within a particular database once they have been
authenticated.
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To group a collection of privileges together so that they can be simultaneously granted to and revoked
from multiple users.
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To establish a credible relationship between DB2 and an external entity, such as a database
administrator or a middleware server.
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To group a collection of users together so that they can be simultaneously granted and revoked
specific authorities and privileges.
Pregunta 47
Pregunta
Which SQL statement will give user USER1 the ability to assign a comment to a sequence named
MYSEQ?
Respuesta
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GRANT ALTER ON SEQUENCE myseq TO user1
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GRANT USAGE ON SEQUENCE myseq TO user1
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GRANT SELECT ON SEQUENCE myseq TO user1
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GRANT COMMENT ON SEQUENCE myseq TO user1
Pregunta 48
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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The column mask must be enabled; the EMPLOYEE table must be altered to activate column access
control.
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The column mask must be enabled (column access control for the EMPLOYEE table will be activated
automatically).
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The EMPLOYEE table must be altered to activate column access control (the column mask will be
enabled automatically).
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The EMPLOYEE table must be altered to activate column access control; row permission must be
granted to everyone who needs to use thecolumn mask.
Pregunta 49
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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DBADM
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DBCTRL
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SECADM
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DBMAINT
Pregunta 50
Pregunta
A table named EMPLOYEE was created as follows:
Which action will prevent unauthorized users from accessing SSN data?
Respuesta
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Assign the SSN column to a restricted role that only authorized users can access.
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Only grant ACCESSCTRL authority for the SSN column to users who need to access SSN data.
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Alter the table definition so that SSN data is stored in a separate schema that only authorized users
can access.
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Create a view for the EMPLOYEE table that does not contain the SSN column and require
unauthorized users to use the view.
Pregunta 51
Pregunta
Which SQL statement will allow user USER1 to create a view on a table named EMPLOYEE?
Respuesta
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GRANT CREATETAB ON DATABASE TO user1
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GRANT SELECT ON TABLE employee TO user1
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GRANT CREATEVIEW ON DATABASE TO user1
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GRANT REFERENCES ON TABLE employee TO user1
Pregunta 52
Pregunta
A new user named USER1 needs to retrieve information from a database named MYDB. What
authority must be granted to user USER1?
Respuesta
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DBCTRL authority
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SQLADM authority
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DATAACCESS authority
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ACCESSCTRL authority
Pregunta 53
Pregunta
Which privilege is required to invoke a user defined function?
Respuesta
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CALL
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USAGE
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EXECUTE
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REFERENCES
Pregunta 54
Pregunta
Which statement is true about an index that is used to support a UNIQUE constraint?
Respuesta
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It must not contain more than one column.
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It cannot be used in a referential constraint.
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It must be defined with the UNIQUE attribute.
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It must be defined as UNIQUE WHERE NOT NULL.
Pregunta 55
Pregunta
Which statement regarding triggers is true?
Respuesta
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Only one INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE trigger can be defined per table.
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Triggers cannot be modified, they must be dropped and recreated with new definitions.
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Adding a trigger to a table that already has rows in it will cause triggered actions to be fired.
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Triggers can only be fired one time per statement irrespective of the number of rows affected.
Pregunta 56
Pregunta
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);
What will happen?
Respuesta
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An error will be returned and the operation will fail.
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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.
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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.
Pregunta 57
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
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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.
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The temporary table is converted to a base table and the data is persistent.
Pregunta 58
Pregunta
When a user-defined function (UDF) is created and no schema is specified, what schema is used to
store the UDF?
Pregunta 59
Pregunta
Which statement about triggers is true?
Respuesta
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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.
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A trigger performs actions in response to an event like an INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE operation on
a table.
Pregunta 60
Pregunta
Which two statements are true about foreign key constraints? (Choose two.)
Respuesta
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The foreign key constraint columns must be supported by an index.
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The foreign key constraint columns must be defined as NOT NULL.
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The number and data types of foreign key constraint columns must match the parent key.
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The columns of one foreign key constraint cannot be used in another foreign key constraint.
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To define a foreign key constraint there must be an associated primary key or unique key in the same
or different table.
Pregunta 61
Pregunta
What is the primary purpose of a view?
Respuesta
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To enable uniqueness.
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To ensure data clustering.
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To combine data from multiple tables.
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To optimize queries ran against multiple tables.
Pregunta 62
Pregunta
By default, a column defined as a TIMESTAMP includes which attributes?
Respuesta
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No fractional digits or time zone.
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6 fractional digits and no time zone.
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12 fractional digits plus a time zone.
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12 fractional digits and no time zone.
Pregunta 63
Pregunta
Which is NOT a valid reason for creating an index?
Respuesta
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To allow queries to run more efficiently.
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To enforce constraints such as uniqueness on index keys.
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To order the columns of a table in ascending or descending sequence according to values in a row.
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To order the rows of a table in ascending or descending sequence according to the values in a column.
Pregunta 64
Pregunta
To order the rows of a table in ascending or descending sequence according to the values in a column.
Pregunta 65
Pregunta
Which statement is true regarding constraints?
Respuesta
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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.
Pregunta 66
Pregunta
By default, where is the data stored for a column defined with an XML data type?
Respuesta
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In an XML index.
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In line with the rest of the data for the table.
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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.
Pregunta 67
Pregunta
Which statement about BEFORE triggers is FALSE?
Respuesta
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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.
Pregunta 68
Pregunta
What is used in conjunction with a foreign key to define a relationship between two tables?
Respuesta
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Primary key
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Partitioning key
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Check constraint
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Unique constraint
Pregunta 69
Pregunta
Which case will require a sequence to be dropped and recreated instead of being modified by the
ALTER SEQUENCE statement?
Respuesta
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Change the data type of the sequence.
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Reset the sequence to its starting value.
-
Establish new minimum or maximum values.
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Change the increment between future values.
Pregunta 70
Pregunta
Given the following statement:
GRANT DELETE ON TABLE sales TO User1 WITH GRANT OPTION;
Which statement is correct?
Respuesta
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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.
Pregunta 71
Pregunta
Which method for restricting data access relies on a SQL search condition that describes what set of
rows a user has access to?
Respuesta
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Authentication
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Authorities and privileges
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Label-based access control
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Row and column access control
Pregunta 72
Pregunta
Which SQL statement will take the ability to create tables in a table space named MYTBSP away from
user USER1?
Respuesta
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REVOKE USE OF TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
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REVOKE ALTER ON TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
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REVOKE UPDATE OF TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
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REVOKE CREATETAB ON TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
Pregunta 73
Pregunta
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?
Respuesta
-
Locked
-
Waiting
-
Pending
-
Unconnected
Pregunta 74
Pregunta
When is a mask used to limit access to data in a table?
Respuesta
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When mandatory access control (MAC) is used to protect the table.
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When discretionary access control (DAC) is used to protect the table.
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When label-based access control (LBAC) is used to protect the table.
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When row and column access control (RCAC) is used to protect the table.
Pregunta 75
Pregunta
What privilege is required to create a view on a table that you are not the owner of?
Respuesta
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INSERT
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SELECT
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CREATE
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TRIGGER