Question 1
Question
If the following command is executed: CREATE DATABASE test What is the page size (in kilobytes) of
the database?
Question 2
Question
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?
Answer
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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);
Question 3
Question
Which DB2 object can be used to improve the execution performance of qualified SELECT statements?
Answer
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Trigger
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SQL Procedure
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Sequence Object
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Materialized Query Table
Question 4
Question
When is it appropriate to use a sequence?
Answer
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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.
Question 5
Question
5.Which clause should be included in a ALTER TABLE statement to update a table definition with a new
column?
Answer
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ADD COLUMN
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ALTER COLUMN
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APPEND COLUMN
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RENAME COLUMN
Question 6
Question
Which object is a stored procedure defined into?
Answer
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Table
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Schema
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Package
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Database
Question 7
Question
Which action needs to be performed in order to complete the definition of an application-period temporal
table?
Answer
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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.
Question 8
Question
What functionality allows users to perform a UNION operation between a DB2 table and an Oracle
view?
Answer
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Oracle connect
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Trusted context
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Oracle federation
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Distributed request
Question 9
Question
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?
Question 10
Question
Which DB2 object is used to provide a logical grouping of other database objects?
Answer
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Alias
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Index
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Schema
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Collection
Question 11
Question
What are two valid objects that can be created in DB2? (Choose two.)
Answer
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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
Question 12
Question
Which type of temporal table can be used to store only time-sensitive data?
Answer
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Bitemporal
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Time-period
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System-period
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Application-period
Question 13
Question
When an index is created for a table, where is the metadata for that index stored?
Question 14
Question
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?
Question 15
Question
What type of mechanism is a simple token value that is used to refer to a much bigger large object
(LOB)?
Answer
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locator
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pointer
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address
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reference
Question 16
Question
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?
Answer
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inline
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binary
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internal
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partitioned
Question 17
Question
What is the purpose of the Query Tuner?
Answer
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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.
Question 18
Question
Which tool allows users to connect to a DB2 database using a wizard?
Question 19
Question
Which two activities indicate the need for a data warehouse? (Choose two.)
Answer
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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.
Question 20
Question
What is the primary function of an Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workload?
Answer
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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.
Question 21
Question
Which isolation level offers the greatest protection of data but provides the least amount of
concurrency?
Answer
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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)
Question 22
Question
What factor influences lock escalation?
Answer
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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
Question 23
Question
Which type of lock allows the lock owner and all concurrent applications to read, but not update, the
locked data?
Answer
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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)
Question 24
Question
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?
Answer
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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)
Question 25
Question
Which statement will prevent concurrent application processes from performing anything other than
read-only operations against a table named TAB1?
Answer
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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
Question 26
Question
When is an INTENT EXCLUSIVE (IX) lock required?
Answer
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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.
Question 27
Question
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?
Question 28
Question
What isolation level prevents dirty reads, nonrepeatable reads, and phantoms?
Answer
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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)
Question 29
Question
Which operation normally does NOT require an exclusive lock?
Question 30
Question
When a COMMIT statement is executed, what happens?
Answer
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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.
Question 31
Question
Which command is used to back out a subset of database changes that have been made within a unit
of work?
Answer
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COMMIT
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ROLLBACK
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COMMIT TO SAVEPOINT
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ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT
Question 32
Question
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?
Answer
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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;
Question 33
Question
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?
Answer
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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.
Question 34
Question
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?
Answer
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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
Question 35
Question
Which two operations are allowed in the body of an SQL scalar user-defined function? (Choose two.)
Answer
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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.
Question 36
Question
Which command will delete all rows from a table without generating log records?
Answer
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TRIM
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DROP
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DELETE
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TRUNCATE
Question 37
Question
Which function can be used to obtain values from XML documents that are to be inserted into one or
more tables?
Answer
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XMLTABLE
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XMLPARSE
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XMLEXISTS
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XMLATTRIBUTES
Question 38
Question
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?
Answer
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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')
Question 39
Question
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?
Answer
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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
Question 40
Question
If the following result set is desired:
Which SQL statement must be executed?
Answer
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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
Question 41
Question
Which statement about INSERT operations is true?
Answer
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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.
Question 42
Question
Which statement about application-period temporal tables is true?
Answer
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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.
Question 43
Question
Which SQL statement should be used to select the minimum and maximum salaries (SALARY), by job
code (JOB), from a table EMPLOYEE?
Answer
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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);
Question 44
Question
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?
Answer
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Locked
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Waiting
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Pending
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Unconnected
Question 45
Question
If a user has been granted SYSCTRL authority, which activities can they perform?
Question 46
Question
What is the purpose of a role?
Answer
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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.
Question 47
Question
Which SQL statement will give user USER1 the ability to assign a comment to a sequence named
MYSEQ?
Answer
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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
Question 48
Question
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?
Answer
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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.
Question 49
Question
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?
Answer
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DBADM
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DBCTRL
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SECADM
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DBMAINT
Question 50
Question
A table named EMPLOYEE was created as follows:
Which action will prevent unauthorized users from accessing SSN data?
Answer
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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.
Question 51
Question
Which SQL statement will allow user USER1 to create a view on a table named EMPLOYEE?
Answer
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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
Question 52
Question
A new user named USER1 needs to retrieve information from a database named MYDB. What
authority must be granted to user USER1?
Answer
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DBCTRL authority
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SQLADM authority
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DATAACCESS authority
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ACCESSCTRL authority
Question 53
Question
Which privilege is required to invoke a user defined function?
Answer
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CALL
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USAGE
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EXECUTE
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REFERENCES
Question 54
Question
Which statement is true about an index that is used to support a UNIQUE constraint?
Answer
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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.
Question 55
Question
Which statement regarding triggers is true?
Answer
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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.
Question 56
Question
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?
Answer
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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.
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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.
Question 57
Question
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?
Answer
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The data in the table is deleted and the table persists.
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The data in the table is deleted and the table is implicitly dropped.
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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.
Question 58
Question
When a user-defined function (UDF) is created and no schema is specified, what schema is used to
store the UDF?
Question 59
Question
Which statement about triggers is true?
Answer
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A trigger is designed to return specific types of values and contains executable code.
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A trigger is designed to return specific types of values but contains no executable code.
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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.
Question 60
Question
Which two statements are true about foreign key constraints? (Choose two.)
Answer
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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.
Question 61
Question
What is the primary purpose of a view?
Answer
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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.
Question 62
Question
By default, a column defined as a TIMESTAMP includes which attributes?
Answer
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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.
Question 63
Question
Which is NOT a valid reason for creating an index?
Answer
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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.
-
To order the rows of a table in ascending or descending sequence according to the values in a column.
Question 64
Question
To order the rows of a table in ascending or descending sequence according to the values in a column.
Question 65
Question
Which statement is true regarding constraints?
Answer
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A table can only have one unique key constraint.
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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.
Question 66
Question
By default, where is the data stored for a column defined with an XML data type?
Answer
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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.
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In line with the rest of the data for the table, for XML columns less than 32KB.
Question 67
Question
Which statement about BEFORE triggers is FALSE?
Answer
-
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.
Question 68
Question
What is used in conjunction with a foreign key to define a relationship between two tables?
Answer
-
Primary key
-
Partitioning key
-
Check constraint
-
Unique constraint
Question 69
Question
Which case will require a sequence to be dropped and recreated instead of being modified by the
ALTER SEQUENCE statement?
Answer
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Change the data type of the sequence.
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Reset the sequence to its starting value.
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Establish new minimum or maximum values.
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Change the increment between future values.
Question 70
Question
Given the following statement:
GRANT DELETE ON TABLE sales TO User1 WITH GRANT OPTION;
Which statement is correct?
Answer
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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.
Question 71
Question
Which method for restricting data access relies on a SQL search condition that describes what set of
rows a user has access to?
Answer
-
Authentication
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Authorities and privileges
-
Label-based access control
-
Row and column access control
Question 72
Question
Which SQL statement will take the ability to create tables in a table space named MYTBSP away from
user USER1?
Answer
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REVOKE USE OF TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
-
REVOKE ALTER ON TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
-
REVOKE UPDATE OF TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
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REVOKE CREATETAB ON TABLESPACE mytbsp FROM user1
Question 73
Question
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?
Answer
-
Locked
-
Waiting
-
Pending
-
Unconnected
Question 74
Question
When is a mask used to limit access to data in a table?
Answer
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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.
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When row and column access control (RCAC) is used to protect the table.
Question 75
Question
What privilege is required to create a view on a table that you are not the owner of?
Answer
-
INSERT
-
SELECT
-
CREATE
-
TRIGGER
Question 76
Question
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?
Answer
-
BIND
-
REBIND
-
BINDADD
-
BIND_REBIND
Question 77
Question
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?
Answer
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GRANT EXECUTE ON APPLICATION benefits TO user1
-
GRANT EXECUTE ON PACKAGE corpdata.pkga TO user1
-
GRANT EXECUTE ON APPLICATION PACKAGE corpdata.pkga TO user1
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GRANT EXECUTE ON APPLICATION benefits USING PACKAGE corpdata.pkga TO user1
Question 78
Question
Which of the following privileges allow a user to update the comment on a sequence?
Answer
-
ALTER
-
USAGE
-
UPDATE
-
COMMENT
Question 79
Question
Which statement is valid about the Row and Column Access Control (RCAC) feature?
Answer
-
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.
Question 80
Question
Which type of table should you use if you want to define specific time periods when data is valid?
Answer
-
Materialized query table
-
System-period temporal table
-
Declared global temporary table
-
Application-period temporal table
Question 81
Question
Which SQL statement will create a DB2 object that can be used to store numerical data as Canadian
currency?
Answer
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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
Question 82
Question
Which object can be enabled for compression?
Answer
-
View
-
Buffer pool
-
Storage group
-
Temporary table
Question 83
Question
What is the minimum product required for DB2 connectivity across all platforms?
Question 84
Question
Given the SQL statement: CREATE ALIAS total_sales FOR sales Which statement is valid?
Answer
-
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.
Question 85
Question
Which DB2 object limits the user's ability to retrieve data from a table by defining a SQL statement in
the object?
Answer
-
View
-
Index
-
Trigger
-
Check constraint
Question 86
Question
A table named EMPLOYEES was created as follows, What will be the results?
Question 87
Question
Which two DB2 objects can a view be derived from? (Choose two.)
Answer
-
View
-
Index
-
Table
-
Trigger
-
Procedure
Question 88
Question
Which protocol provides applications the ability to connect to and update multiple DB2 databases
within the same transaction?
Answer
-
Type-1 connect
-
Type-2 connect
-
Type-3 connect
-
Type-4 connect
Question 89
Question
Which statement about bitemporal tables is valid?
Answer
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Bitemporal tables are system tables and can only be queried by the schema owner.
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Creating a bitemporal table is similar to creating a regular table except users must specify a system
time period column.
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When data in a bitemporal table is updated, a row is added to it's associated history table.
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Querying a bitemporal table will produce results for a complete timeline; a view must be created to
obtain results for a specific time period.
Question 90
Question
Which object can a buffer pool be assigned to?
Answer
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Schema
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Table space
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Storage group
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Stored procedure
Question 91
Question
Which DB2 object is associated with PREVIOUS VALUE and NEXT VALUE expressions?
Answer
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View
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Table
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Sequence
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Identity Column
Question 92
Question
What needs to be defined in order to track changes made to a system-period temporal table over
time?
Answer
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Once the row-begin, row-end, and transaction-start-id columns are created, all changes are tracked.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Question 93
Question
Which object is used to cache table and index data as it is read from disk?
Answer
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Database
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Buffer pool
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Table space
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Package cache
Question 94
Question
Which statement about large object (LOB) locators is true?
Answer
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A LOB locator is a data type that is used to store LOB data in binary files.
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A LOB locator is a data type that is used to store LOB data in a database.
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A LOB locator represents a value for a LOB resource that is stored in a database.
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A LOB locator represents a value for a LOB resource that is stored in a binary file.
Question 95
Question
Which DB2 product is a database cluster solution for non-mainframe platforms and is best suited for
Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workloads?
Question 96
Question
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?
Answer
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inline
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binary
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internal
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partitioned
Question 97
Question
Which product replaced the Control Center used in versions prior to DB2 v10?
Answer
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IBM Data Studio
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IBM Administrator
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IBM Data Manager
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IBM Command Center
Question 98
Question
Which DB2 product is NOT suitable for very large data warehouse applications?
Answer
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DB2 for i
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DB2 for AIX
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DB2 for z/OS
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DB2 for Linux
Question 99
Question
Which platform supports DB2 pureScale environments?
Question 100
Question
Which tool allows users to connect to a DB2 database using a wizard?
Question 101
Question
A table named SALES contains a record for every sales transaction a company processes. A user
wishes to see the number of transactions that are made by each salesman. Which SQL statement will
produce the desired results?
Answer
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SELECT name, COUNT(*) AS transactions FROM sales
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SELECT name, COUNT(DISTINCT name) AS transactions FROM sales
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SELECT name, COUNT(*) AS transactions FROM sales GROUP BY name
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SELECT DISTINCT name, COUNT(*) AS transactions FROM sales GROUP BY transactions
Question 102
Question
Which statement about roll back operations is correct?
Answer
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When a ROLLBACK statement is executed, all locks held by the terminating transaction are released.
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When a ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT statement is executed, all locks acquired up to the savepoint are
released.
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When a ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT statement is executed, all locks acquired after the savepoint are
released.
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When a ROLLBACK statement is executed, all locks acquired for open cursors that were declared
WITH HOLD, are held.
Question 103
Question
When a COMMIT statement is executed, what happens?
Answer
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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.
Question 104
Question
Which SQL statement would be used to retrieve only salaries that are greater than $100,000.00 from
a table named EMPLOYEE?
Answer
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SELECT * FROM employee WHERE salary < 100000
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SELECT salary FROM employee WHERE salary > 100000
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SELECT salary FROM employee WHERE salary > 100,000.00
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SELECT * FROM employee WHERE salary GREATER THAN 100000
Question 105
Question
Which SQL statement should be used to retrieve the minimum and maximum salaries (SALARY) for
each job code (JOB), sorted by job code, from a table named EMPLOYEE?
Answer
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SELECT job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee GROUP BY job ORDER 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 SALARY ORDER BY job;
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SELECT job, MIN(salary), MAX(salary) FROM employee GROUP BY MIN(salary), MAX(salary) ORDER BY job;
Question 106
Question
If a table named MY_TAB contains 100 rows and the following statement is executed:
Question 107
Question
An SQL function named DEPT_INFO was created as follows:
What is the correct way to use this function in a query?
Answer
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SELECT dept_info(dept_id, dept_name)
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SELECT dept_id, dept_name FROM dept_info()
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SELECT TABLE dept_id, dept_name FROM dept_info()
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SELECT dept_id, dept_name FROM TABLE(dept_info()) AS results
Question 108
Question
Which type of stored procedure is not associated with an external application program?
Question 109
Question
Which SQL statement will retrieve the department number (WORKDEPT) and average departmental
salary (SALARY) for all departments in a table named EMPLOYEE and arrange the result set in
ascending order by average departmental salary?
Answer
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SELECT workdept, AVG(salary) FROM employee ORDER BY workdept GROUP BY 2
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SELECT workdept, AVG(salary) FROM employee ORDER BY workdept ARRANGE BY 2
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SELECT workdept, AVERAGE(salary) FROM employee GROUP BY workdept ORDER BY 2
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SELECT workdept, AVG(salary) FROM employee GROUP BY workdept ORDER BY 2
Question 110
Question
Which statement about system-period temporal tables is true?
Answer
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They store user-based period information.
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They do not have a separate history table.
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They can be queried without a time period specification.
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They manage data based on time criteria specified by users or applications.
Question 111
Question
A table named DEPARTMENT contains the following data:
What will happen?
Answer
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The statement will fail because a subquery cannot be used in an UPDATE statement.
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The statement will fail because the result set produced by the subquery will contain more than one row.
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The statement will succeed; the last record retrieved by the subquery will be used to provide a WORKDEPT value for the update operation.
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The statement will succeed; the first record retrieved by the subquery will be used to provide a WORKDEPT value for the update operation
Question 112
Question
Which statement about UPDATE processing is FALSE?
Answer
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The UPDATE statement logs the before and after value of every column it modifies.
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A searched UPDATE is used to update one or more rows and a positioned UPDATE is used to update exactly one row.
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When the UPDATE statement modifies parent key columns, the value of corresponding foreign key columns are also modified.
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The UPDATE statement modifies the values of specified columns in the rows of a table, view, or underlying table(s) of a specified fullselect.
Question 113
Question
Given the following statements:
What will be the result?
Question 114
Question
A table named STATES has the following columns: STATE_CD, REGION_CD, and STATE_NAME.
Which SQL statement will return the number of states in each region, ordered by number of states?
Answer
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SELECT state_cd, COUNT(*) FROM states ORDER BY COUNT(*);
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SELECT state_cd, COUNT(*) FROM states GROUP BY state_cd ORDER BY state_cd;
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SELECT region_cd, COUNT(*) FROM states GROUP BY state_cd ORDER BY COUNT(*);
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SELECT region_cd, COUNT(*) FROM states GROUP BY region_cd ORDER BY COUNT(*);
Question 115
Question
When a user-defined function (UDF) is created and no schema is specified, what schema is used to
store the UDF?