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This section includes 424 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Structured Query Language (SQL) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
351. |
Which server can join the indexes when only multiple indexes combined can cover the query ? |
A. | SQL |
B. | DBMS |
C. | RDBMS |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» B. DBMS | |
352. |
Select ID, GPA from student grades order by GPA ____________ Inorder to give only 10 rank on the whole we should use : |
A. | Limit 10 |
B. | Upto 10 |
C. | Only 10 |
D. | Max 10 |
Answer» B. Upto 10 | |
353. |
Select __________ from instructor where dept name= ’Comp. Sci.’; Which of the following should be used to find the mean of the salary ? |
A. | Mean(salary) |
B. | Avg(salary) |
C. | Sum(salary) |
D. | Count(salary) |
Answer» C. Sum(salary) | |
354. |
Which of the following function is used when you want all tied rows to have the same ranking ? |
A. | RANK |
B. | NTILE |
C. | ROW_NUMBER |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. NTILE | |
355. |
Which of the following functions are similar ? |
A. | RANK and NTILE |
B. | RANK and DENSE_RANK |
C. | DENSE_RANK and NTILE |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. DENSE_RANK and NTILE | |
356. |
LAST_VALUE comes in the category of : |
A. | Ranking window function |
B. | Associate window function |
C. | Analytic window functions |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
357. |
Which of the following function is a analytic window function ? |
A. | LAG |
B. | LEAD |
C. | FIRST_VALUE |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. FIRST_VALUE | |
358. |
Code for creating an HTML report that lists the name of each service along with its status is : |
A. | Get-Ser | ConvertTo-HTML -Property Name, Status > C:\services.htm |
B. | Get-Service | Property Name, Status > C:\services.htm |
C. | Get-Service | ConvertTo-HTML -Property Name, Status > C:\services.htm |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
359. |
Unrestricted execution policy can be set up in SQL Server can be done using : |
A. | Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted |
B. | Set-Policy Unrestricted |
C. | Set-Policy Unrestricted |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Set-Policy Unrestricted | |
360. |
_________ convert object properties into CSV objects. |
A. | ConvertFrom-CSV |
B. | Convert-CSV |
C. | ConvertFromCSV |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Convert-CSV | |
361. |
The phrase “greater than at least one” is represented in SQL by ____ |
A. | < all |
B. | < some |
C. | > all |
D. | > some |
Answer» E. | |
362. |
We can test for the nonexistence of tuples in a subquery by using the __________ construct. |
A. | Not exist |
B. | Not exists |
C. | Exists |
D. | Exist |
Answer» C. Exists | |
363. |
A Boolean data type that can take values true, false, and ___ |
A. | 1 |
B. | 0 |
C. | Null |
D. | Unknown |
Answer» E. | |
364. |
__________ is stored only in the Master database. |
A. | Database-scoped Dynamic Management View |
B. | Complex View |
C. | Catalog View |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
365. |
Which is not a type of join in T-SQL? |
A. | Equi-join |
B. | Natural join |
C. | Outer join |
D. | Cartesian join |
Answer» C. Outer join | |
366. |
The following SQL is which type of join: SELECT CUSTOMER_T. CUSTOMER_ID, ORDER_T. CUSTOMER_ID, NAME, ORDER_ID FROM CUSTOMER_T,ORDER_T? |
A. | Equi-join |
B. | Natural join |
C. | Outer join |
D. | Cartesian join |
Answer» E. | |
367. |
How many tables may be included with a join ? |
A. | One |
B. | Two |
C. | Three |
D. | All of the Mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
368. |
Which of the following is one of the basic approaches for joining tables ? |
A. | Subqueries |
B. | Union Join |
C. | Natural join |
D. | All of the Mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
369. |
What type of join is needed when you wish to return rows that do have matching values ? |
A. | Equi-join |
B. | Natural join |
C. | Outer join |
D. | All of the Mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
370. |
The command to remove rows from a table ‘CUSTOMER’ is |
A. | DROP FROM CUSTOMER |
B. | UPDATE FROM CUSTOMER |
C. | REMOVE FROM CUSTOMER |
D. | DELETE FROM CUSTOMER WHERE |
Answer» E. | |
371. |
Find all the cities with temperature, condition and humidity whose humidity is in the range of 63 to 79. |
A. | SELECT * FROM weather WHERE humidity IN (63 to 79) |
B. | SELECT * FROM weather WHERE humidity NOT IN (63 AND 79) |
C. | SELECT * FROM weather WHERE humidity BETWEEN 63 AND 79 |
D. | SELECT * FROM weather WHERE humidity NOT BETWEEN 63 AND 79 |
Answer» D. SELECT * FROM weather WHERE humidity NOT BETWEEN 63 AND 79 | |
372. |
Find all the tuples having temperature greater than ‘Paris’. |
A. | SELECT * FROM weather WHERE temperature > (SELECT temperature FROM weather WHERE city = ‘Paris’ |
B. | SELECT * FROM weather WHERE temperature > (SELECT * FROM weather WHERE city = ‘Paris’) |
C. | SELECT * FROM weather WHERE temperature > (SELECT city FROM weather WHERE city = ‘Paris’) |
D. | SELECT * FROM weather WHERE temperature > ‘Paris’ temperature |
Answer» B. SELECT * FROM weather WHERE temperature > (SELECT * FROM weather WHERE city = ‘Paris’) | |
373. |
Find the name of those cities with temperature and condition whose condition is either sunny or cloudy but temperature must be greater than 70 . |
A. | SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition = ‘sunny’ AND condition = ‘cloudy’ OR temperature > 70 |
B. | SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition = ‘sunny’ OR condition = ‘cloudy’ OR temperature > 70 |
C. | SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition = ‘sunny’ OR condition = ‘cloudy’ AND temperature > 70 |
D. | SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition = ‘sunny’ AND condition = ‘cloudy’ AND temperature > 70 |
Answer» D. SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition = ‘sunny’ AND condition = ‘cloudy’ AND temperature > 70 | |
374. |
What is the meaning of LIKE ‘%0%0%’ ? |
A. | Feature begins with two 0’s |
B. | Feature ends with two 0’s |
C. | Feature has more than two 0’s |
D. | Feature has two 0’s in it, at any position |
Answer» E. | |
375. |
How can you change “Hansen” into “Nilsen” in the “LastName” column in the Persons table? |
A. | UPDATE Persons SET LastName=’Hansen’ INTO LastName=’Nilsen’ |
B. | MODIFY Persons SET LastName=’Nilsen’ WHERE LastName=’Hansen’ |
C. | MODIFY Persons SET LastName=’Hansen’ INTO LastName=’Nilsen’ |
D. | UPDATE Persons SET LastName=’Nilsen’ WHERE LastName=’Hansen’ |
Answer» E. | |
376. |
Which of the following command makes the updates performed by the transaction permanent in the database ? |
A. | ROLLBACK |
B. | COMMIT |
C. | TRUNCATE |
D. | DELETE |
Answer» C. TRUNCATE | |
377. |
Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set ? |
A. | ORDER BY |
B. | SORT |
C. | ORDER |
D. | SORT BY |
Answer» B. SORT | |
378. |
With SQL, how can you return the number of not null records in the “Persons” table ? |
A. | SELECT COUNT() FROM Persons |
B. | SELECT COLUMNS() FROM Persons |
C. | SELECT COLUMNS(*) FROM Persons |
D. | SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons |
Answer» B. SELECT COLUMNS() FROM Persons | |
379. |
With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named “Persons” sorted descending by “FirstName” ? |
A. | SELECT * FROM Persons SORT BY ‘FirstName’ DESC |
B. | SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER FirstName DESC |
C. | SELECT * FROM Persons SORT ‘FirstName’ DESC |
D. | SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC |
Answer» E. | |
380. |
With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named “Persons” where the value of the column “FirstName” ends with an “a” ? |
A. | SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName=’a’ |
B. | SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE ‘a%’ |
C. | SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE ‘%a’ |
D. | SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName=’%a%’ |
Answer» D. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName=’%a%’ | |
381. |
What does DML stand for ? |
A. | Different Mode Level |
B. | Data Model Language |
C. | Data Mode Lane |
D. | Data Manipulation language |
Answer» E. | |
382. |
What is the purpose of the SQL AS clause ? |
A. | The AS SQL clause is used change the name of a column in the result set or to assign a name to a derived column |
B. | The AS clause is used with the JOIN clause only |
C. | The AS clause defines a search condition |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» B. The AS clause is used with the JOIN clause only | |
383. |
Which of the following statement is true ? |
A. | DELETE does not free the space containing the table and TRUNCATE free the space containing the table |
B. | Both DELETE and TRUNCATE free the space containing the table |
C. | Both DELETE and TRUNCATE does not free the space containing the table |
D. | DELETE free the space containing the table and TRUNCATE does not free the space containing the table |
Answer» B. Both DELETE and TRUNCATE free the space containing the table | |
384. |
If you don’t specify ASC or DESC after a SQL ORDER BY clause, the following is used by default |
A. | ASC |
B. | DESC |
C. | There is no default value |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. DESC | |
385. |
_______________ is not a category of SQL command . |
A. | TCL |
B. | SCL |
C. | DCL |
D. | DDL |
Answer» C. DCL | |
386. |
_______________ is not a category of SQL command. |
A. | TCL |
B. | SCL |
C. | DCL |
D. | DDL |
Answer» C. DCL | |
387. |
Built in Functions in SQL Server is categorized in to how many category ? |
A. | 4 |
B. | 5 |
C. | 6 |
D. | 7 |
Answer» B. 5 | |
388. |
______________ returns the rank of rows within the partition of a result set, without any gaps in the ranking |
A. | RANK |
B. | NTILE |
C. | DENSE_RANK |
D. | ROW_NUMBER |
Answer» D. ROW_NUMBER | |
389. |
Text and Image Functions are ______ |
A. | nondeterministic |
B. | deterministic |
C. | table valued |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» B. deterministic | |
390. |
__________ are used for supporting encryption, decryption, digital signing and their validation . |
A. | Cryptographic functions |
B. | Cursor functions |
C. | Configuration functions |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Cursor functions | |
391. |
_____________ function returns current date and time. |
A. | SET DATEFIRST |
B. | SYSDATETIME |
C. | Cert_ID |
D. | GETDATE |
Answer» E. | |
392. |
Which of the data type has storage size of 8 bytes ? |
A. | timestamp |
B. | uniqueidentifier |
C. | real |
D. | smallmoney |
Answer» B. uniqueidentifier | |
393. |
_____________ is monetary data type in SQL Server. |
A. | Smallmoney |
B. | sql_variant |
C. | Cursor |
D. | None of the Mentioned |
Answer» B. sql_variant | |
394. |
________ is a spatial data type . |
A. | geometry |
B. | sql_variant |
C. | cursor |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» C. cursor | |
395. |
________ is a spatial data type. |
A. | geometry |
B. | sql_variant |
C. | cursor |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» C. cursor | |
396. |
Exact Numeric data type is ______ |
A. | bigint |
B. | int |
C. | smallmoney |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
397. |
The _________ database is used by SQL Server Agent for scheduling alerts and jobs, and recording operators. |
A. | model |
B. | msdb |
C. | master |
D. | temp |
Answer» C. master | |
398. |
_____________ is schematic drawing used for representing relationships in database. |
A. | Trigger |
B. | Database Diagrams |
C. | Table designer |
D. | Query Editor |
Answer» C. Table designer | |
399. |
Which of the following is used to build sql statements without writing code ? |
A. | Registered Servers |
B. | Query Designer |
C. | Template Explorer |
D. | Context Explorer |
Answer» C. Template Explorer | |
400. |
__________menu allows user to set up some keyboard shortcuts. |
A. | Edit |
B. | File |
C. | Tools |
D. | None of the Mentioned |
Answer» D. None of the Mentioned | |