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351. |
Which of the following is a subset of {b, c, d}? |
A. | { } |
B. | {a} |
C. | {1 , 2 , 3} |
D. | {a, b, c} |
Answer» B. {a} | |
352. |
The expansion of (x - 2)2 is |
A. | x2 - 4 |
B. | x2 + 4 |
C. | x2 + 4x - 4 |
D. | x2 - 4x + 4 |
Answer» E. | |
353. |
Given f : x -> 3x - 1, and g : x -> x2, then fg(-2) = |
A. | -28 |
B. | -3 |
C. | 11 |
D. | 49 |
Answer» D. 49 | |
354. |
The number 0.0417 in standard form is |
A. | 4.17 x 10-4 |
B. | 4.17 x 10-3 |
C. | 4.17 x 10-2 |
D. | 4.17 x 10-1 |
Answer» D. 4.17 x 10-1 | |
355. |
The expression a2 + b2 is equivalent to |
A. | (a + b)(a + b) |
B. | (a + b)(a - b) |
C. | (a + b)(a + b) - 2ab |
D. | (a + b)(a - b) - 2ab |
Answer» D. (a + b)(a - b) - 2ab | |
356. |
The benefits of a standard relational language include which of the following? |
A. | Reduced training costs |
B. | Increased dependence on a single vendor |
C. | Applications are not needed. |
D. | All of the above. |
Answer» B. Increased dependence on a single vendor | |
357. |
To remove duplicate rows from the results of an SQL SELECT statement, the ________ qualifier specified must be included. |
A. | ONLY |
B. | UNIQUE |
C. | DISTINCT |
D. | SINGLE |
Answer» D. SINGLE | |
358. |
The SQL -92 wildcards are ____ and ____ . |
A. | asterisk (*); percent sign (%) |
B. | percent sign (%); underscore (_) |
C. | underscore(_); question mark (?) |
D. | question mark (?); asterisk (*) |
Answer» C. underscore(_); question mark (?) | |
359. |
The HAVING clause does which of the following? |
A. | Acts like a WHERE clause but is used for groups rather than rows. |
B. | Acts like a WHERE clause but is used for rows rather than columns. |
C. | Acts like a WHERE clause but is used for columns rather than groups. |
D. | Acts EXACTLY like a WHERE clause |
Answer» B. Acts like a WHERE clause but is used for rows rather than columns. | |
360. |
In an SQL SELECT statement querying a single table, according to the SQL-92 standard the asterisk (*) means that: |
A. | all columns of the table are to be returned. |
B. | all records meeting the full criteria are to be returned. |
C. | all records with even partial criteria met are to be returned. |
D. | None of the above is correct. |
Answer» B. all records meeting the full criteria are to be returned. | |
361. |
Which of the following are the five built-in functions provided by SQL? |
A. | COUNT, SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN |
B. | SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, MULT |
C. | SUM, AVG, MULT, DIV, MIN |
D. | SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, NAME |
Answer» B. SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, MULT | |
362. |
The result of a SQL SELECT statement is a(n) ________ . |
A. | report |
B. | form |
C. | file |
D. | table |
Answer» E. | |
363. |
A subquery in an SQL SELECT statement is enclosed in: |
A. | braces -- {...}. |
B. | CAPITAL LETTERS. |
C. | parenthesis -- (...) . |
D. | brackets -- [...]. |
Answer» D. brackets -- [...]. | |
364. |
Which of the following is the correct order of keywords for SQL SELECT statements? |
A. | SELECT, FROM, WHERE |
B. | FROM, WHERE, SELECT |
C. | WHERE, FROM,SELECT |
D. | SELECT,WHERE,FROM |
Answer» B. FROM, WHERE, SELECT | |
365. |
The SQL keyword(s) ________ is used with wildcards. |
A. | LIKE only |
B. | IN only |
C. | NOT IN only |
D. | IN and NOT IN |
Answer» B. IN only | |
366. |
Which of the following is valid SQL for an Index? |
A. | CREATE INDEX ID; |
B. | CHANGE INDEX ID; |
C. | ADD INDEX ID; |
D. | REMOVE INDEX ID; |
Answer» B. CHANGE INDEX ID; | |
367. |
SQL data definition commands make up a(n) ________ . |
A. | DDL |
B. | DML |
C. | HTML |
D. | XML |
Answer» B. DML | |
368. |
ON UPDATE CASCADE ensures which of the following? |
A. | Normalization |
B. | Data Integrity |
C. | Materialized Views |
D. | All of the above. |
Answer» C. Materialized Views | |
369. |
The command to eliminate a table from a database is: |
A. | REMOVE TABLE CUSTOMER; |
B. | DROP TABLE CUSTOMER; |
C. | DELETE TABLE CUSTOMER; |
D. | UPDATE TABLE CUSTOMER; |
Answer» C. DELETE TABLE CUSTOMER; | |
370. |
A view is which of the following? |
A. | A virtual table that can be accessed via SQL commands |
B. | A virtual table that cannot be accessed via SQL commands |
C. | A base table that can be accessed via SQL commands |
D. | A base table that cannot be accessed via SQL commands |
Answer» B. A virtual table that cannot be accessed via SQL commands | |
371. |
The wildcard in a WHERE clause is useful when? |
A. | An exact match is necessary in a SELECT statement. |
B. | An exact match is not possible in a SELECT statement. |
C. | An exact match is necessary in a CREATE statement |
D. | An exact match is not possible in a CREATE statement. |
Answer» C. An exact match is necessary in a CREATE statement | |
372. |
Which of the following is the original purpose of SQL? |
A. | To specify the syntax and semantics of SQL data definition language |
B. | To specify the syntax and semantics of SQL manipulation language |
C. | To define the data structures |
D. | All of the above. |
Answer» E. | |
373. |
The SQL WHERE clause: |
A. | limits the column data that are returned. |
B. | limits the row data are returned. |
C. | Both A and B are correct. |
D. | Neither A nor B are correct. |
Answer» C. Both A and B are correct. | |
374. |
The command to remove rows from a table 'CUSTOMER' is: |
A. | REMOVE FROM CUSTOMER ... |
B. | DROP FROM CUSTOMER ... |
C. | DELETE FROM CUSTOMER WHERE .. |
D. | UPDATE FROM CUSTOMER ... |
Answer» D. UPDATE FROM CUSTOMER ... | |
375. |
You can add a row using SQL in a database with which of the following? |
A. | ADD |
B. | CREATE |
C. | INSERT |
D. | MAKE |
Answer» D. MAKE | |
376. |
out of the following, which is not emitted by radioactive substance? |
A. | Electrons |
B. | Electromagnetic radiations |
C. | Alpha particles |
D. | Neutrons |
Answer» E. | |
377. |
Rectifiers are used to convert |
A. | Direct current to Alternating current |
B. | Alternating current to Direct current |
C. | high voltage to low voltage |
D. | low voltage to high voltage |
Answer» C. high voltage to low voltage | |
378. |
Pick out the scalar quantity |
A. | force |
B. | pressure |
C. | velocity |
D. | acceleration |
Answer» C. velocity | |
379. |
If two bodies of different masses, initially at rest, are acted upon by the same force for the same time, then the both bodies acquire the same |
A. | velocity |
B. | momentum |
C. | acceleration |
D. | kinetic energy |
Answer» C. acceleration | |
380. |
Out of the following pairs, choose the pair in which the physical quantities do not have identical dimension? |
A. | Pressure and Young's modules |
B. | Planck's constant and Angular momentum |
C. | Impulse and moment of force |
D. | Force and rate of change of linear momentum |
Answer» D. Force and rate of change of linear momentum | |
381. |
Let a thin capillary tube be replaced with another tube of insufficient length then, we find water |
A. | will overflow |
B. | will not rise |
C. | depressed |
D. | change its meniscus |
Answer» C. depressed | |
382. |
Pa(Pascal) is the unit for |
A. | thrust |
B. | pressure |
C. | frequency |
D. | conductivity |
Answer» C. frequency | |
383. |
Stars appears to move from east to west because |
A. | all stars move from east to west |
B. | the earth rotates from west to east |
C. | the earth rotates from east to west |
D. | the background of the stars moves from west to east |
Answer» C. the earth rotates from east to west | |
384. |
Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly |
A. | 2 minutes |
B. | 4 minutes |
C. | 8 minutes |
D. | 16 minutes |
Answer» D. 16 minutes | |
385. |
Mirage is due to |
A. | unequal heating of different parts of the atmosphere |
B. | magnetic disturbances in the atmosphere |
C. | depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere |
D. | equal heating of different parts of the atmosphere |
Answer» B. magnetic disturbances in the atmosphere | |
386. |
Light year is a unit of |
A. | time |
B. | distance |
C. | light |
D. | intensity of light |
Answer» C. light | |
387. |
Siphon will fail to work if |
A. | the densities of the liquid in the two vessels are equal |
B. | the level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height |
C. | both its limbs are of unequal length |
D. | the temperature of the liquids in the two vessels are the same |
Answer» C. both its limbs are of unequal length | |
388. |
The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves |
A. | viscosity of ink |
B. | capillary action phenomenon |
C. | diffusion of ink through the blotting |
D. | siphon action |
Answer» C. diffusion of ink through the blotting | |
389. |
Sound waves in air are |
A. | transverse |
B. | longitudinal |
C. | electromagnetic |
D. | polarised |
Answer» C. electromagnetic | |
390. |
Metals are good conductors of electricity because |
A. | they contain free electrons |
B. | the atoms are lightly packed |
C. | they have high melting point |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» B. the atoms are lightly packed | |
391. |
Planets do not twinkle because |
A. | they emit light of a constant intensity |
B. | their distance from the earth does not change with time |
C. | they are very far away from the earth resulting in decrease in intensity of light |
D. | they are nearer to earth and hence we receive a greater amount of light and, therefore minor variations in the intensity are not noticeable |
Answer» E. | |
392. |
Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit named |
A. | Fermi |
B. | angstrom |
C. | newton |
D. | tesla |
Answer» B. angstrom | |
393. |
Large transformers, when used for some time, become very hot and are cooled by circulating oil. The heating of the transformer is due to |
A. | the heating effect of current alone |
B. | hysteresis loss alone |
C. | both the heating effect of current and hysteresis loss |
D. | intense sunlight at noon |
Answer» D. intense sunlight at noon | |
394. |
It is easier to roll a stone up a sloping road than to lift it vertical upwards because |
A. | work done in rolling is more than in lifting |
B. | work done in lifting the stone is equal to rolling it |
C. | work done in both is same but the rate of doing work is less in rolling |
D. | work done in rolling a stone is less than in lifting it |
Answer» E. | |
395. |
Radiocarbon is produced in the atmosphere as a result of |
A. | collision between fast neutrons and nitrogen nuclei present in the atmosphere |
B. | action of ultraviolet light from the sun on atmospheric oxygen |
C. | action of solar radiations particularly cosmic rays on carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere |
D. | lightning discharge in atmosphere |
Answer» B. action of ultraviolet light from the sun on atmospheric oxygen | |
396. |
Which is the correct way to write a JavaScript array? |
A. | var txt = new Array(1:"tim",2:"kim",3:"jim") |
B. | var txt = new Array:1=("tim")2=("kim")3=("jim") |
C. | var txt = new Array("tim","kim","jim") |
D. | var txt = new Array="tim","kim","jim" |
Answer» D. var txt = new Array="tim","kim","jim" | |
397. |
Which of the following navigator object properties is the same in both Netscape and IE? |
A. | navigator.appCodeName |
B. | navigator.appName |
C. | navigator.appVersion |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. navigator.appName | |
398. |
Which types of image maps can be used with JavaScript? |
A. | Server-side image maps |
B. | Client-side image maps |
C. | Server-side image maps and Client-side image maps |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Server-side image maps and Client-side image maps | |
399. |
What is the correct syntax for referring to an external script called " abc.js"? |
A. | <script href=" abc.js"> |
B. | <script name=" abc.js"> |
C. | <script src=" abc.js"> |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
400. |
Inside which HTML element do we put the JavaScript? |
A. | <js> |
B. | <scripting> |
C. | <script> |
D. | <javascript> |
Answer» D. <javascript> | |