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DBMS MCQ

1. Which of the following best defines a database?


A A collection of programs
B A type of software
C A collection of data
D A type of computer

2. What is the primary function of a Database Management System (DBMS)?


A Managing software installation
B Data processing
C Data storage and retrieval
D Computer networking

3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a DBMS?


A Data redundancy
B Data integrity
C Data security
D Data independence

4. The process of organising data into tables and establishing relationships between
them is known as:
A Data mining
B Data modelling
C Data warehousing
D Database design

5. Which of the following SQL statements is used to insert a new record into a
table?
A SELECT
B UPDATE
C INSERT INTO
D DELETE

6. In the context of database security, what does the term 'authentication' refer to?
A Ensuring data is not corrupted
B Verifying user identity
C Encrypting data
D Backing up data

7. Which of the following is correct syntax to select all columns from a table named
"Customers"?
A SELECT * FROM Customers
B SELECT Customers
C SELECT all FROM Customers
D GET * FROM Customers

8. What does the following SQL query do? SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Orders;
A Counts the number of orders in the Orders table
B Updates the number of orders
C Deletes the Orders table
D Creates a new Orders table

9. A database query returns unexpected duplicates of some records. What is the


most likely reason for this occurrence?
A The SELECT statement includes a JOIN without proper conditions
B Incorrect use of DISTINCT
C The database has been corrupted
D A WHERE clause is missing

10. What is the purpose of an Entity-Relationship (ER) diagram?


A To document the syntax of SQL
B To model physical database storage
C To illustrate database relationships
D To monitor database performance

11. In an ER diagram, what do entities represent?


A Relationships between tables
B Physical storage locations
C Real-world objects or concepts
D Database queries

12. Which of the following best describes an attribute in an ER model?


A A link between entities
B A primary key
C A characteristic or property of an entity
D A type of relationship

13. The uniqueness of each row in a database table is ensured by:


A The primary key
B The foreign key
C An index
D A trigger
14. A relationship in an ER model that involves more than two entity types is known
as:
A A binary relationship
B A ternary relationship
C A primary relationship
D An associative relationship

15. Which of the following is NOT a type of integrity constraint in a relational


database?
A Referential integrity
B Semantic integrity
C Structural integrity
D Domain integrity

16 . In E-R model, Y is the dominant entity and X is subordinate entity

A.None of the above

B. If Y is deleted, then X is also deleted

C. If Y is deleted, then X is not deleted

D. If X is deleted, then Y is also deleted

17. Let R1 (a, b, c) and R2 (x, y, z) be two relations in which a is the foreign key of R1 that
refers to the primary key of R2 . Consider the following four options. (a)Insert into R 1
(b)Insert into R 2 (c)Delete from R 1 (d)Delete from R 2 Which of the following is correct
about the referential integrity constraint with respect to above?

A. Operations (a) and (b) will cause violation.

B. Operations (b) and (c) will cause violation.

C. Operations (c) and (d) will cause violation.

D. Operations (d) and (a) will cause violation.

18. A view of database that appears to an application program is known as

A. Schema
B. Subschema
C. Virtual table
D. Index Table

19. Which operation is used to extract specified columns from a table?


A. Project
B. Join
C. Extract
D. Substitute

20. In functional dependency Armstrong inference rules refers to

A. Reflexivity, Augmentation and Decomposition


B. Transitivity, Augmentation and Reflexivity
C. Augmentation, Transitivity, Reflexivity and Decomposition
D. Reflexivity, Transitivity and Decomposition

21. In RDBMS, different classes of relations are created using __________ technique to
prevent modification anomalies.

A. Functional Dependencies
B. Data integrity
C. Referential integrity
D. Normal Forms

22. Which of the following is generally used for performing tasks like creating the
structure of the relations, deleting relations?

A. DML(Data Manipulation Language)


B. Query
C. Relational Schema
D. DDL(Data Definition Language)

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

A. DML(Data Manipulation Language)


B. DDL(Data Definition Language)
C. Query
D. Relational Schema

24. The term "FAT" is stands for_____

A. File Allocation Tree


B. File Allocation Table
C. File Allocation Graph
D. All of the above

25. The term "NTFS" refers to which one of the following?


A. New Technology File System
B. New Tree File System
C. New Table type File System
D. Both A and C

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