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1251.

A Boolean data type that can take values true, false, and

A. 1
B. 0
C. null
D. unknown
Answer» E.
1252.

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
1253.

The result of           unknown is unknown.

A. xor
B. or
C. and
D. not
Answer» E.
1254.

Using the              clause retains only one copy of such identical tuples.

A. null
B. unique
C. not null
D. distinct
Answer» E.
1255.

The primary key must be

A. unique
B. not null
C. both unique and not null
D. either unique or not null
Answer» D. either unique or not null
1256.

The predicate in a where clause can involve Boolean operations such as and. The result of true and unknown is               false and unknown is            while unknown and unknown is

A. unknown, unknown, false
B. true, false, unknown
C. true, unknown, unknown
D. unknown, false, unknown
Answer» E.
1257.

If the attribute phone number is included in the relation all the values need not be entered into the phone number column. This type of entry is given as

A. 0
B. –
C. null
D. empty space
Answer» D. empty space
1258.

The                            is essentially used to search for patterns in target string.

A. like predicate
B. null predicate
C. in predicate
D. out predicate
Answer» B. null predicate
1259.

A            indicates an absent value that may exist but be unknown or that may not exist at all.

A. empty tuple
B. new value
C. null value
D. old value
Answer» D. old value
1260.

                   joins are SQL server default

A. outer
B. inner
C. equi
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. equi
1261.

           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
1262.

The number of attributes in relation is called as its

A. cardinality
B. degree
C. tuples
D. entity
Answer» C. tuples
1263.

If we want to retain all duplicates, we must write                  in place of union.

A. union all
B. union some
C. intersect all
D. intersect some
Answer» B. union some
1264.

The intersection operator is used to get the            tuples.

A. different
B. common
C. all
D. repeating
Answer» C. all
1265.

The union operation is represented by

A. ∩
B. u
C. –
D. *
Answer» C. –
1266.

           operator is used for appending two strings.

A. &
B. %
C. _
Answer» D.
1267.

In SQL the spaces at the end of the string are removed by                function.

A. upper
B. string
C. trim
D. lower
Answer» D. lower
1268.

Which of the following statements contains an error?

A. select * from emp where empid = 10003;
B. select empid from emp where empid = 10006;
C. select empid from emp;
D. select empid where empid = 1009 and lastname = ‘geller’;
Answer» E.
1269.

The                  clause is used to list the attributes desired in the result of a query.

A. where
B. select
C. from
D. distinct
Answer» C. from
1270.

The              clause allows us to select only those rows in the result relation of the           clause that satisfy a specified predicate.

A. where, from
B. from, select
C. select, from
D. from, where
Answer» B. from, select
1271.

Updates that violate                      are disallowed.

A. integrity constraints
B. transaction control
C. authorization
D. ddl constraints
Answer» B. transaction control
1272.

To remove a relation from an SQL database, we use the              command.

A. delete
B. purge
C. remove
D. drop table
Answer» E.
1273.

Which one of the following provides the ability to query information from the database and to insert tuples into, delete tuples from, and modify tuples in the database?

A. dml(data manipulation langauge)
B. ddl(data definition langauge)
C. query
D. relational schema
Answer» B. ddl(data definition langauge)
1274.

The                    provides a set of operations that take one or more relations as input and return a relation as an output.

A. schematic representation
B. relational algebra
C. scheme diagram
D. relation flow
Answer» C. scheme diagram
1275.

A                  is a pictorial depiction of the schema of a database that shows the relations in the database, their attributes, and primary keys and foreign keys.

A. schema diagram
B. relational algebra
C. database diagram
D. schema flow
Answer» B. relational algebra
1276.

The                operator takes the results of two queries and returns only rows that appear in both result sets.

A. union
B. intersect
C. difference
D. projection
Answer» C. difference
1277.

The most commonly used operation in relational algebra for projecting a set of tuple from a relation is

A. join
B. projection
C. select
D. union
Answer» D. union
1278.

The               operation performs a set union of two “similarly structured” tables

A. union
B. join
C. product
D. intersect
Answer» B. join
1279.

The result which operation contains all pairs of tuples from the two relations, regardless of whether their attribute values match.

A. join
B. cartesian product
C. intersection
D. set difference
Answer» C. intersection
1280.

The           operation allows the combining of two relations by merging pairs of tuples, one from each relation, into a single tuple.

A. select
B. join
C. union
D. intersection
Answer» C. union
1281.

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» D. referred relation
1282.

A                    integrity constraint requires that the values appearing in specified attributes of any tuple in the referencing relation also appear in specified attributes of at least one tuple in the referenced relation.

A. referential
B. referencing
C. specific
D. primary
Answer» B. referencing
1283.

The relation with the attribute which is the primary key is referenced in another relation. The relation which has the attribute as a primary key is called

A. referential relation
B. referencing relation
C. referenced relation
D. referred relation
Answer» D. referred relation
1284.

An attribute in a relation is a foreign key if the                key from one relation is used as an attribute in that relation.

A. candidate
B. primary
C. super
D. sub
Answer» C. super
1285.

Which one of the following cannot be taken as a primary key?

A. id
B. register number
C. dept_id
D. street
Answer» E.
1286.

Which one of the following attribute can be taken as a primary key?

A. name
B. street
C. id
D. department
Answer» D. department
1287.

A            is a property of the entire relation, rather than of the individual tuples in which each tuple is unique.

A. rows
B. key
C. attribute
D. fields
Answer» C. attribute
1288.

The subset of a super key is a candidate key under what condition?

A. no proper subset is a super key
B. all subsets are super keys
C. subset is a super key
D. each subset is a super key
Answer» B. all subsets are super keys
1289.

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
1290.

Which one of the following is a set of one or more attributes taken collectively to uniquely identify a record?

A. candidate key
B. sub key
C. super key
D. foreign key
Answer» D. foreign key
1291.

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
1292.

The term                is used to refer to a row.

A. attribute
B. tuple
C. field
D. instance
Answer» C. field
1293.

A                  in a table represents a relationship among a set of values.

A. column
B. key
C. row
D. entry
Answer» D. entry
1294.

For each attribute of a relation, there is a set of permitted values, called the                   of that attribute.

A. domain
B. relation
C. set
D. schema
Answer» B. relation