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101.

Which of the following retains duplicate rows in the result of a query or in an Aggregate expression?

A. ALL
B. DISTINCT
C. PRIOR
D. None of the above
Answer» B. DISTINCT
102.

Which, if any, of the two queries above will correctly (in SQL2) get the desired set of employee ID s?

A. Both I and II
B. I only
C. II only
D. Neither I nor I
Answer» B. I only
103.

Which of the following is the operation that is used if we are interested in only certain attributes or columns of a table?

A. SELECT
B. PROJECT
C. UNION
D. JOIN
Answer» C. UNION
104.

Which collection types is also known as index-by tables, lets you look up elements Using arbitrary numbers and strings for subscript values?

A. Associative arrays
B. Nested tables
C. Varrays
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Nested tables
105.

Which of the following is the formal process for deciding which attributes should be grouped together in a relation?

A. Normalization
B. Performance Tuning
C. Optimization
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Performance Tuning
106.

Which is the central component of the DBMS software that can also be termed as the database control system?

A. Data consistency
B. Data integration
C. Data sharing
D. Data manager
Answer» E.
107.

The three basic techniques to control deadlocks are: deadlock ____, deadlock detection, and deadlock avoidance.

A. prevention
B. prohibition
C. rollback
D. Commits
Answer» B. prohibition
108.

Large collection of les are called

A. fields
B. records
C. database
D. sectors
Answer» D. sectors
109.

Some of the utilities of DBMS are ............. i) Transaction ii) Backup iii) File organization iv) Process Organization

A. i, ii, and iv only
B. i, ii and iii only
C. ii, iii and iv only
D. All i, ii, iii, and iv
Answer» D. All i, ii, iii, and iv
110.

For like predicate which of the following is true. i) % matches zero of more characters. ii) _ matches exactly one character.

A. i-only
B. ii-only
C. Both of them
D. None of them
Answer» D. None of them
111.

Which of the following specifies a boolean expression that must be true for the trigger to fire?

A. Trigger Action
B. Triggering Event
C. Trigger Restriction
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
112.

Which is incorporated to create an appropriate physical database that is transformed by a logical data model:

A. SDL
B. VDL
C. Both
D. None
Answer» E.
113.

Which of the following is not a relational algebraic operation that is developed specifically for the relational databases?

A. SELECT
B. UNION
C. JOIN
D. PROJECT
Answer» C. JOIN
114.

What separates the physical aspects of data storage from the logical aspects of data representation?

A. Data
B. Schema
C. Constraints
D. Relationships
Answer» E.
115.

Which rules are defined in relational models they from as an essential part of any relation database:

A. Integrity rules
B. Database
C. Record
D. Memory
Answer» B. Database
116.

Which of the following products was an early implementation of the relational model developed by E.F. Codd of IBM?

A. IDMS
B. DB2
C. dBase-II
D. R:base
Answer» C. dBase-II
117.

The different classes of relations created by the technique for preventing modification anomalies are called:

A. Normal forms.
B. Referential integrity constraints.
C. Functional dependencies.
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Referential integrity constraints.
118.

Which is a duplicate copy of a file program that is stored on a different storage media than the original location:

A. Concurrency
B. Deadlock
C. Backup
D. Recovery
Answer» D. Recovery
119.

The different classes of relations created by the technique for preventing modification anomalies are called:

A. normal forms.
B. referential integrity constraints.
C. functional dependencies.
D. None of the above is correct.
Answer» B. referential integrity constraints.
120.

Which of the following trigger will be executed before modifying each row affected by the triggering statement?

A. Before Statement Trigger
B. After Row Trigger
C. Before Row Trigger
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
121.

Thus a _______ of course data gives the values of all attributes, such as title and department, of all courses at a particular point in time.

A. Instance
B. Snapshot
C. Both Instance and Snapshot
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. Both Instance and Snapshot
122.

The ______ is the one in which the primary key of one relation is used as a normal Attribute in another relation .

A. Referential relation
B. Referencing relation
C. Referenced relation
D. Referred relation
Answer» C. Referenced relation
123.

Which forms simplifies and ensures that there are minimal data aggregates and repetitive groups:

A. 1NF
B. 2NF
C. 3NF
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
124.

A domain is atomic if elements of the domain are considered to be ____________ units.

A. Different
B. Indivisbile
C. Constant
D. Divisible
Answer» C. Constant
125.

The main task carried out in the __________ is to remove repeating attributes to separate tables.

A. First Normal Form
B. Second Normal Form
C. Third Normal Form
D. Fourth Normal Form
Answer» B. Second Normal Form
126.

A relation Schema R is in .. if it is in 3NF and satisfies an additional constant thatfor every FD X->A. X must be a candidate key.

A. 1 NF
B. 2 NF
C. 3 NF
D. BCNF
Answer» E.
127.

PL/SQL has two types of subprograms, procedures and functions. Which subprogram isused to compute a value?

A. Procedure
B. Function
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Both A & B
128.

In which of the following cases will the RDBMS specify a default value for the column if there are no values for it?

A. NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT
B. COLUMN DEFAULT
C. NOT NULL UNIUE
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
129.

Consider attributes ID , CITY and NAME . Which one of this can be considered as a super key ?

A. NAME
B. ID
C. CITY
D. CITY , ID
Answer» C. CITY
130.

Consequently R.Boyce-Codd jointly launched powerful definition for the third normal form called______:

A. Boyce-Codd normal form
B. First normal form
C. Second normal form
D. All of these
Answer» B. First normal form
131.

A lock that allows concurrent transactions to access di erent rows of the same table is known as a

A. database-level lock
B. table-level lock
C. page-level lock
D. row-level lock
Answer» E.
132.

Which of the following hardware component is the most important to the operation of a database management system?

A. High resolution video display
B. Printer
C. High speed, large capacity disk
D. Mouse
Answer» D. Mouse
133.

An application where only one user accesses the database at a given time is an example of a(n) ________ .

A. single-user database application
B. multiuser database application
C. e-commerce database application
D. data mining database application
Answer» B. multiuser database application
134.

Suppose the user finds the usage of room number and phone number in a relational schema there is confusion.This is reduced by

A. Unique-role assumption
B. Unique-key assignment
C. Role intergral assignment
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Unique-key assignment
135.

A (n) .. is an attribute in a relation that serves as a primary key of another relation in the same.

A. Composite key
B. Foreign key
C. Identifier key
D. Primary key
Answer» D. Primary key
136.

____ ensures that once transaction changes are done, they cannot be undone or lost, even in the event of a system failure.

A. Atomicity
B. Consistency
C. Durability
D. Isolation
Answer» D. Isolation
137.

What is the type of Oracle backup in which all uncommitted changes have been removed from the datafiles?

A. Full backup
B. Consistent backup
C. Inconsistent backup
D. Differential backup
Answer» C. Inconsistent backup
138.

What term is used to refer to a specific record in your music database; for instance; information stored about a specific album?

A. Relation
B. Instance
C. Table
D. Column
Answer» C. Table
139.

Although the ____ locking approach improves the availability of data, its management requires high overhead.

A. database-level
B. table-level
C. page-level
D. row-level
Answer» E.
140.

If you were collecting and storing information about your music collection, an album would be considered a(n) _____

A. Relation
B. Entity
C. Instance
D. Attribute
Answer» C. Instance
141.

.. contains information that defines valid values that are stored in a column or data type.

A. View
B. Rule
C. Index
D. Default
Answer» D. Default
142.

In a(n) ____ backup of the database, only the last modifications to the database are copied.

A. full
B. incomplete
C. differential
D. transaction log
Answer» D. transaction log
143.

Which of the following is not a relational algebraic operation that is not form the set theory?

A. UNION
B. INTERSECTION
C. CARTESIAN PRODUCT
D. SELECT
Answer» E.
144.

Which of the following is the default trigger that is created using the CREATE TRIGGER command?

A. Row level Trigger
B. Statement level Trigger
C. BEFORE Trigger
D. AFTER Trigger
Answer» C. BEFORE Trigger
145.

Which of the following constitutes a basic set of operations for manipulating relational data?

A. Predicate calculus
B. Relational algebra
C. Relational calculus
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Relational calculus
146.

Empdt1(empcode, name, street, city, state, pincode). For any pincode, there is only one city and state. Also, for given street, city and state, there is just one pincode. In normalization terms, empdt1 is a relation in

A. 1 NF only
B. 2 NF and hence also in 1 NF
C. 3NF and hence also in 2NF and 1NF
D. BCNF and hence also in 3NF, 2NF and 1NF
Answer» C. 3NF and hence also in 2NF and 1NF
147.

Which of the following schemas defines the stored data structures in terms of the database model used?

A. External
B. Conceptual
C. Internal
D. None of these
Answer» C. Internal
148.

Which of the following clause specifies the table or tables from where the data has to be retrieved?

A. Where
B. Table
C. From
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
149.

The relational model is based on the concept that data is organized and stored in two-dimensional tables called .

A. Fields
B. Records
C. Relations
D. Keys
Answer» D. Keys
150.

Which of the following is the clause that makes a singleton SELECT different from the normal SELECT?

A. WHERE
B. INTO
C. IN
D. None of the above
Answer» C. IN