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(ADVANCE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM-MCQ)

1) Which of the following is generally used for performing tasks like creating
the structure of the relations, deleting relation?
a. DML(Data Manipulation Language)
b. Query
c. Relational Schema
d. DDL(Data Definition Language)
2) 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
3) The given Query can also be replaced with_______:
SELECT name, course_id FROM instructor, teaches WHERE instructor_ID= te
aches_ID;

a. Select name,course_id from teaches,instructor where


instructor_id=course_id;
b. Select name, course_id from instructor natural join teaches;
c. Select name, course_id from instructor;
d. Select course_id from instructor join teaches;
4) Which of the following is generally used for performing tasks like creating
the structure of the relations, deleting relation?
a. DML(Data Manipulation Language)
b. Query
c. Relational Schema
d. DDL(Data Definition Language)
Answer: D
5) 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
Answer: A
6) The given Query can also be replaced with_______:
1. SELECT name, course_id
2. FROM instructor, teaches
3. WHERE instructor_ID= teaches_ID;
a. Select name,course_id from teaches,instructor where
instructor_id=course_id;
b. Select name, course_id from instructor natural join teaches;
c. Select name, course_id from instructor;
d. Select course_id from instructor join teaches;
Answer: B
7) Which one of the following given statements possibly contains the 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';

8) Ready the Query carefully:


1. SELECT emp_name
2. FROM department
3. WHERE dept_name LIKE ' _____ Computer Science';
In the above-given Query, which of the following can be placed in the Query's
blank portion to select the "dept_name" that also contains Computer Science
as its ending string?
a. &
b. _
c. %
d. $
10) Rows of a relation are known as the _______.
e. Degree
f. Tuples
g. Entity
h. All of the above
11) Which one of the following is a type of Data Manipulation Command? a)
Create
b) Alter
c) Delete
d) All of the above
12). In case of any shut down during transaction before commit which of the
following statement is done automatically ?
A. View
B. Commit
C. Rollback
D. Flashback
13) The term "TCL" stands for_____.
a) Ternary Control Language
b) Transmission Control Language
c) Transaction Central Language
d) Transaction Control Language
14) Which one of the following commands is used for removing (or deleting) a
relation forms the SQL database?
a. Delete
b. Drop
c. Remove
d. All of the above
15). Which of the following makes the transaction permanent in the database ?
A. View
B. Commit
C. Rollback
D. Flashback

16). A system is in a ______ state if there exists a set of transactions such that
every transaction in the set is waiting for another transaction in the set.
A. Idle
B. Waiting
C. Deadlock
D. Ready

17). In order to undo the work of transaction after last commit which one
should be used ?
A. View
B. Commit
C. Rollback
D. Flashback

18). In order to maintain the consistency during transactions database provides


A. Commit
B. Atomic
C. Flashback
D. Retain
19). When transaction Ti requests a data item currently held by Tj , Ti is allowed
to wait only if it has a timestamp larger than that of Tj (that is, Ti is younger
than Tj ). Otherwise, Tj is rolled back (Tj is wounded by Ti ). This is
A. Wait-die
B. Wait-wound
C. Wound-wait
D. Wait

20). The deadlock state can be changed back to stable state by using
_____________ statement.
A. Commit
B. Rollback
C. Savepoint
D. Deadlock

21). When transaction Ti requests a data item currently held by Tj , Ti is allowed


to wait only if it has a timestamp smaller than that of Tj (that is, Ti is older than
Tj ). Otherwise, Ti is rolled back (dies). This is
A. Wait-die
B. Wait-wound
C. Wound-wait
D. Wait

22). A deadlock exists in the system if and only if the wait-for graph contains a
___________.
A. Cycle
B. Direction
C. Bi-direction
D. Rotation

23). Which refers to a property of computer to run several operation


simultaneously and possible as computers await response of each other
a) Concurrency
b) Deadlock
c) Backup
d) Recovery

24). Which of the following is a procedure for acquiring the necessary locks for
a transaction where all necessary locks are acquired before any are released? a)
Record controller
b) Exclusive lock
c) Authorization rule
d) Two phase lock

25). Which one of the following is a failure to a system a)


Boot crash
b) Read failure
c) Transaction failure
d) All of the mentioned

26). 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
27). The ____________ scheme uses a page table containing pointers to all
pages; the page table itself and all updated pages are copied to a new location.
a) Shadow copy
b) Shadow Paging
c) Update log records
d) All of the mentioned
28). A __________ is a special kind of a store procedure that executes in
response to certain action on the table like insertion, deletion or updation of
data.
a) Procedures
b) Triggers
c) Functions
d) None of the mentioned
29). What are the after triggers?
a) Triggers generated after a particular operation
b) These triggers run after an insert, update or delete on a table
c) These triggers run after an insert, views, update or delete on a table
d) All of the mentioned
30). Triggers ________ enabled or disabled
a) Can be
b) Cannot be
c) Ought to be
d) Always

31). Which of the following deletes all tuples in the instructor relation for those
instructors associated with a department located in the Watson building which is
in department relation.
a)
DELETE FROM instructor
WHERE dept_name IN 'Watson' ;
b)
DELETE FROM department
WHERE building='Watson';
c)
DELETE FROM instructor
WHERE dept_name IN (SELECT dept name
FROM department
WHERE building = ’Watson’);
d) None of the mentioned
answer(C)

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