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This section includes 1294 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Computer Science Engineering (CSE) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
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 | |
| 102. |
Which CREATE TABLE statement is valid? |
| A. | CREATE TABLE ord_details (ord_no NUMBER(2) PRIMARY KEY, item_no NUMBER(3) PRIMARY KEY, ord_date date NOT NULL); 50 |
| B. | CREATE TABLE ord_details (ord_no NUMBER(2) UNIQUE, NOT NULL, item_no NUMBER(3), ord_date date DEFAULT SYSDATE NOT NULL); |
| C. | CREATE TABLE ord_details (ord_no NUMBER(2) , item_no NUMBER(3), ord_date date DEFAULT NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT ord_uq UNIQUE (ord_no), CONSTRAINT ord_pk PRIMARY KEY (ord_no)); |
| D. | CREATE TABLE ord_details (ord_no NUMBER(2), item_no NUMBER(3), ord_date date DEFAULT SYSDATE NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT ord_pk PRIMARY KEY (ord_no, item_no)); |
| Answer» E. | |
| 103. |
In which of the following cases will the RDBMS specify a default value for the columnif 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 | |
| 104. |
allows individual row operation to be performed on a given result set or on the generated by a selected by a selected statement. |
| A. | procedure |
| B. | trigger |
| C. | curser |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 105. |
In the SQL Cursor, which attribute is TRUE when a cursor has some remaining rows to fetch, and FALSE when a cursor has no rows left to fetch? |
| A. | %ROWCOUNT |
| B. | %FOUND |
| C. | %NOTFOUND |
| D. | %ISOPEN |
| Answer» C. %NOTFOUND | |
| 106. |
The requires that each transaction Ti executes in two or three different phases in its lifetime, depending on whether it is a read-only or an update transaction. |
| A. | validation protocol |
| B. | validation-based protocol |
| C. | timestamp protocol |
| D. | timestamp-ordering protocol |
| Answer» B. validation-based protocol | |
| 107. |
using a log record sets the data item specified in the log record to the old value. |
| A. | deferred-modification |
| B. | late-modification |
| C. | immediate-modification |
| D. | undo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 108. |
The application program typically communicates with a database server, through or other protocols, in order to get or store data. |
| A. | jdbc |
| B. | odbc |
| C. | all of the mentioned |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 109. |
…………….. is the complex search criteria in the where clause. |
| A. | Substring |
| B. | Drop Table |
| C. | Predict |
| D. | Predicate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 110. |
Consider attributes ID, CITY and NAME. Which one of this can be considered as a superkey? |
| A. | NAME |
| B. | ID |
| C. | CITY |
| D. | CITY, ID |
| Answer» C. CITY | |
| 111. |
4NF is designed to cope with: |
| A. | Transitive dependency |
| B. | Join dependency |
| C. | Multi valued dependency |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 112. |
The normal form which satisfies multivalued dependencies and which is in BCNF is |
| A. | 4 NF |
| B. | 3 NF |
| C. | 2 NF |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. 3 NF | |
| 113. |
What does a COMMIT statement do to a CURSOR? |
| A. | Open the Cursor |
| B. | Fetch the Cursor |
| C. | Close the Cursor |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 114. |
Which of the following is TRUE? (1) Host variables are declared anywhere in the program (2) Host variables are declared in the DECLARE section |
| A. | Only 1 is TRUE |
| B. | Only 2 is TRUE |
| C. | Both 1 & 2are TRUE |
| D. | Both are FALSE |
| Answer» C. Both 1 & 2are TRUE | |
| 115. |
Drop Table cannot be used to drop a table referenced by a …………… constraint. |
| A. | Local Key |
| B. | Primary Key |
| C. | Composite Key |
| D. | Foreign Key |
| Answer» E. | |
| 116. |
An abstraction concept for building composite object from their component object is called: |
| A. | Specialization |
| B. | Normalization |
| C. | Generalization |
| D. | Aggregation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 117. |
Aggregate functions are functions that take a as input and return a single value. |
| A. | collection of values |
| B. | single value |
| C. | aggregate value |
| D. | both collection of values & single value |
| Answer» B. single value | |
| 118. |
……………… clause is an additional filter that is applied to the result. |
| A. | Select |
| B. | Group-by |
| C. | Having |
| D. | Order by |
| Answer» D. Order by | |
| 119. |
System catalog is a system-created database that describes: |
| A. | Database objects |
| B. | Data dictionary information |
| C. | User access information |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 120. |
Which property ensures that each functional dependency is represented in some individual relations resulting after decomposition? |
| A. | Dependency preservation property |
| B. | Fully Functional dependency |
| C. | Lossless Join |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Fully Functional dependency | |
| 121. |
In which ways two tables may be related: |
| A. | One-one |
| B. | One-many |
| C. | Many-many |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 122. |
What is refined data? |
| A. | Knowledge |
| B. | Information |
| C. | Statistics |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Statistics | |
| 123. |
Incase the indices values are larger, index is created for these values of the index. Thisis called |
| A. | Pointed index |
| B. | Sequential index |
| C. | Multilevel index |
| D. | Multiple index |
| Answer» D. Multiple index | |
| 124. |
In a relational database a referential integrity constraint can be specified with the helpof |
| A. | primary key |
| B. | foreign key |
| C. | secondary key |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. secondary key | |
| 125. |
Which forms simplifies and ensures that there is minimal data aggregates and repetitive groups: |
| A. | 1NF |
| B. | 2NF |
| C. | 3NF |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. 2NF | |
| 126. |
The function that an entity plays in a relationship is called that entity’s _____________ |
| A. | Participation |
| B. | Position |
| C. | Role |
| D. | Instance |
| Answer» D. Instance | |
| 127. |
Dedicated server configuration is |
| A. | One server process – Many user processes |
| B. | Many server processes – One user process |
| C. | One server process – One user process |
| D. | Many server processes – Many user processes |
| Answer» D. Many server processes – Many user processes | |
| 128. |
In index instead of storing all the columns for a record together, each column is stored separately with all other rows in an index. |
| A. | clustered |
| B. | column store |
| C. | non clustered |
| D. | row store |
| Answer» C. non clustered | |
| 129. |
Find the names of these cities with temperature and condition whose condition is neithersunny nor cloudy. |
| A. | SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition NOT IN (‘sunny’, ‘cloudy’) |
| B. | SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition NOT BETWEEN (‘sunny’, ‘cloudy’) |
| C. | SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition IN (‘sunny’, ‘cloudy’) |
| D. | SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition BETWEEN (‘sunny’, ‘cloudy’); |
| Answer» B. SELECT city, temperature, condition FROM weather WHERE condition NOT BETWEEN (‘sunny’, ‘cloudy’) | |
| 130. |
Which of the following command makes the updates performed by the transactionpermanent in the database? |
| A. | ROLLBACK |
| B. | COMMIT |
| C. | TRUNCATE |
| D. | DELETE |
| Answer» C. TRUNCATE | |
| 131. |
…………..defines the structure of a relation which consists of a fixed set of attribute-domain pairs. |
| A. | Instance |
| B. | Schema |
| C. | Program |
| D. | Super Key |
| Answer» C. Program | |
| 132. |
In the phase, the system replays updates of all transactions by scanning the log forward from the last checkpoint. |
| A. | repeating |
| B. | redo |
| C. | replay |
| D. | undo |
| Answer» C. replay | |
| 133. |
If a transaction does not modify the database until it has committed, it is said to use the technique. |
| A. | deferred-modification |
| B. | late-modification |
| C. | immediate-modification |
| D. | undo |
| Answer» B. late-modification | |
| 134. |
combines the data manipulating power of SQL with the data processing power of Procedural languages. |
| A. | pl/sql |
| B. | sql |
| C. | advanced sql |
| D. | pql |
| Answer» B. sql | |
| 135. |
The CREATE TRIGGER statement is used to create the trigger. THE _____ clause specifies the table name on which the trigger is to be attached. The ______ specifies that this is an AFTERINSERT trigger. |
| A. | for insert, on |
| B. | On, for insert |
| C. | For, insert |
| D. | Both a and c |
| Answer» C. For, insert | |
| 136. |
A(n) can be used to preserve the integrity of a document or a message. |
| A. | message digest |
| B. | message summary |
| C. | encrypted message |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| 137. |
Which of the following is not Armstrong’s Axiom? |
| A. | Reflexivity rule |
| B. | Transitivity rule |
| C. | Pseudotransitivity rule |
| D. | Augmentation rule |
| Answer» D. Augmentation rule | |
| 138. |
If an entity appears in only one relationship then it is |
| A. | a 1:1 relationship |
| B. | a 1:N relationship |
| C. | a N:1 relationship |
| D. | a N:M relationship |
| Answer» B. a 1:N relationship | |
| 139. |
A database is divided into logical storage units called as |
| A. | Tables |
| B. | Records |
| C. | Tablespaces |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 140. |
Which of the information is not redundant. |
| A. | name |
| B. | mobile |
| C. | account-no |
| D. | address |
| Answer» D. address | |
| 141. |
Which of the following has each related entity set has its own schema and there is anadditional schema for the relationship set. |
| A. | A many-to-many relationship set |
| B. | A multivalued attribute of an entity set |
| C. | A one-to-many relationship set |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. A multivalued attribute of an entity set | |
| 142. |
In query processing, the is the lowest-level operator to access data. |
| A. | index search |
| B. | linear search |
| C. | file scan |
| D. | access paths |
| Answer» D. access paths | |
| 143. |
A search key containing more than one attribute is referred to as a _________ searchkey. |
| A. | Simple |
| B. | Composite |
| C. | Compound |
| D. | Secondary |
| Answer» C. Compound | |
| 144. |
In an ER model, ……………. is described in the database by storing its data. |
| A. | Entity |
| B. | Attribute |
| C. | Relationship |
| D. | Notation |
| Answer» B. Attribute | |
| 145. |
The space factor when determining the efficiency of an algorithm is measured by |
| A. | counting the maximum memory needed by the algorithm |
| B. | counting the minimum memory needed by the algorithm |
| C. | counting the average memory needed by the algorithm |
| D. | counting the maximum disk space needed by the algorithm |
| Answer» B. counting the minimum memory needed by the algorithm | |
| 146. |
All transactions are controlled and executed by the DBMS (subject to somelimitations) to guarantee database ____. |
| A. | integrity |
| B. | uniqueness |
| C. | consistency |
| D. | Design |
| Answer» B. uniqueness | |
| 147. |
Which forms has a relation that possesses data about an individual entity: |
| A. | 2NF |
| B. | 3NF |
| C. | 4NF |
| D. | 5NF |
| Answer» D. 5NF | |
| 148. |
is popular for applications such as storage of log files in a database system since it offers the best write performance. |
| A. | raid level 1 |
| B. | raid level 2 |
| C. | raid level 0 |
| D. | raid level 3 |
| Answer» B. raid level 2 | |
| 149. |
The operation performs a set union of two “similarly structured” tables |
| A. | union |
| B. | join |
| C. | product |
| D. | intersect |
| Answer» B. join | |
| 150. |
Which is incorporated to create an appropriate physical database that is transformed by a logical datamodel: |
| A. | SDL |
| B. | VDL |
| C. | Both |
| D. | None |
| Answer» E. | |