A To Z Exams

How much storage space does DATETIME require?

4 bytes

2 bytes

8 bytes

1 byte

How do I find out all databases starting with ‘test to which I have access to?

SHOW DATABASES LIKE ‘%test%’;

SHOW DATABASES LIKE ‘%test;

SHOW DATABASES LIKE ‘'test'%’;

SHOW DATABASES LIKE ‘test%’;

Use the .............. to delete the data inside the table, and not the table itself?

DROP TABLE

DELETE TABLE

TRUNCATE TABLE

REMOVE TABLE

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" is "Peter"?

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'

SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter'

SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName'Peter'

What MySQL property is used to create a surrogate key in MySQL?

UNIQUE

SEQUENCE

AUTO_INCREMENT

None of the above

Mysql command line tool is used to show “how many rows are returned and how long SQL command took to execute”

True

False

Undetermined

Depend

Which of the following DBMSs do not have a native PHP extension?

MySQL

IBM DB/2

PostgreSQL

Microsoft SQL Server

None of the above

Which of the following is not a character manipulation function?

concat

substr

instr

coalesce

What is Column?

A column defines multiple piece of data stored in all rows of the table.

A column defines one piece of data stored in all rows of the table.

A column defines one piece of data stored in one rows of the table.

A column defines multiple piece of data stored in one row of the table.

If you want to undo a GRANT, you should use

REVOKE

UNDO

UNGRANT

DELETE

ROLLBACK

Which one will delete the table data as well as table structure?

TRUNCATE

DROP

BLOB data type can have default column value.

True

False

Which command is used on Mysql command line tool to return to window command shell?

exit

exit;

exit()

exit();

What is Table?

A table is a data storage structure with rows .

A table is a data storage structure with columns.

A table is a data storage structure with rows and columns.

None

Which command is used for showing current date and time in Mysql command line tool?

select now()

SELECT now();

SELECT now()

None of these

How to view all Triggers in MySQL?

Show triggers;

Display triggers;

select triggers;

view triggers;

With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "FirstName" is "Peter" in the Persons Table?

DELETE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter'

DELETE ROW FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons

DELETE FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons

Given an employees table as follows: emp_id emp_name 1 Brush 2 Jerrin what value will be return by below query ? Select count(*) from employees

none of the above

With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Persons" table?

SELECT COLUMNS() FROM Persons

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons

SELECT COLUMNS(*) FROM Persons

SELECT COUNT() FROM Persons

To remove duplicate rows from the result set of a SELECT use the following keyword:

NO DUPLICATE

UNIQUE

DISTINCT

None of the above

SQL is not case sensitive. SELECT is the same as select.

True

False

The “Mysql command line tool” format the results in which of the following format:

Rectangle

Square

Sphere

None of these

What kind of replication is supported by the MySQL server?

Multiple-master replication

Master to slave replication

Single file based clustering

MySQL doesn't support replication

Which of these is not a valid name for a column

From

Far

Near

Which of the following commands should be used to create a database named “student”?

CREATE ?I student

CREATE DATABASE student

DATABASE /student

DATABSE student

In a SELECT with a GROUP BY clause, a WHERE clause, and a HAVING clause, the WHERE conditions are applied before the HAVING conditions.

True

Fasle

Either True or False

None of the above

Which SQL statement is used to delete data from a database?

COLLAPSE

DELETE

MODIFY

REMOVE

The result of a SELECT statement can contain duplicate rows.

False

True

None of the above

How many TRIGGERS are allowed in MySql table?

You are required to buy a license for MySQL if

If you use it for longer than 30 days

You use MySQL in a live application and not just for evaluation

You incorporate it into a product that you sell

You use it on a publicly accessible site

You are never required to buy a license

Which is the default order of sort in ORDER BY clause?

Ascending

Descending

With SQL, how can you insert "Olsen" as the "LastName" in the "Persons" table?

INSERT INTO Persons (LastName) VALUES ('Olsen')

INSERT ('Olsen') INTO Persons (LastName)

INSERT INTO Persons ('Olsen') INTO LastName

MySQL Access security is controlled through?

The ID that the user logged into the server through, and priveliges set up for that account.

MySQL login accounts, and priveliges set for each account

The normal login security is sufficient for MySQL, and it does not have any extra controls of its own.

A table of valid IP addresses, and priveliges set up for each IP address

Can I define multiple unique constraints on a table?

Yes

Which command is used for taking “server side help” in Mysql command line tool

None of these

Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set?

SORT

ORDER BY

ORDER

SORT BY

Which of the following is the correct SQL statement to use to remove rows from a table?

DROP

REMOVE ROW

DELETE

DELETE ROW

The program called mysql is

There isn't a program just called mysql

A wrapper through which Java clients must connect to the databases

A client program that lets you send SQL commands to the database engine

The database engine

A program that starts up and shuts down the database engine

Which of these commands will delete a table called XXX if you have appropriate authority:

DROP TABLE XXX

DROP XXX WHERE confirm = "YES"

DELETE XXX WHERE confirm = "YES"

DROP XXX

What type of lock will deny users any access to a table?

EXPLICIT

IMPLICIT

EXCLUSIVE

Shared

READ ONLY

If you're writing a client using the C language API, your source code should include the following line at the top:

use mysql;

include ("mysql.h");

#include

import com.mysql.*;

Sometimes the expression "select count(*)" will return fewer rows than the expression "select count(value)".

True

False

Which of the following is NOT available in MySQL?

FETCH

REVOKE

JOIN

MySQL runs on which operating systems?

Linux and Mac OS-X only

Any operating system at all

Unix, Linux, Windows and others

Unix and Linux only

The "father" of MySQL is

Michael Widenius

Stephanie Wall

Sigmund Velin

Bill Joy

Which of the following is not an SQL aggregate function?

AVG

SUM

MIN

MAX

CURRENT_DATE

What is a candidate key?

Used to uniquely identify a row

Alias for primary key

Used to identify a column

Alias for foreign key

What SQL clause is used to restrict the rows returned by a query?

AND

WHERE

HAVING

FROM

What does the DESC keyword do in the following query? SELECT * FROM MY_TABLE WHERE ID > 0 ORDER BY ID, NAME DESC

It causes the dataset returned by the query to be sorted in descending order

It causes rows with the same ID to be sorted by NAME in ascending order

It causes rows with the same ID to be sorted by NAME in descending order

It causes rows to be sorted by NAME first and then by ID

It causes the result set to include a description of the NAME field

Which authentications are required for login into Mysql command line tool?

Username

Password

Only Username

Both a) and b)

User() fucntion returns the current users user name and ___________

password

host name

both a and b above

database name associated with the user

In a LIKE clause, you can ask for any 6 letter value by writing?

LIKE ??????

LIKE .{6} Answer 5: LIKE ^.{6}$

LIKE ...... (that's six dots)

LIKE ______ (that's six underscore characters)

In a LIKE clause, you can could ask for any value ending in "qpt" by writing

LIKE %qpt

LIKE *ton

LIKE ton$

LIKE ^.*ton$

On executing DELETE command, if you get an error "foreign key constraint" what does it imply?

Foreign key not defined

Table is empty

Connectivity issue

Data is present in the other table

A SELECT command without a WHERE clause returns?

All the records from a table that match the previous WHERE clause

All the records from a table, or information about all the records

SELECT is invalid without a WHERE clause

Nothing

Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database?

GET

Open

Extract

Select

Query

mysql_pconnect() is used to make a persistent connection to the database which means a SQL link that do not close when the execution of your script ends.

True

False

A NULL value is treated as a blank or 0.

True

Fasle

None of the above

To use MySQL on your computer, you'll need?

FTP and Telnet

Some sort of client program to access the databases

A Browser

Perl, PHP or Java

A user with RELOAD priveliges can

Can reset passwords for any mysql user account

Perform certain "admin type" operations such as flush table and logs from memory to disc, but can't normally do anything "dangerous"

Can repopulate the databases and tables from a backup

Can restart the MySQL daemon in addition to any other priveliges he might also have

Transactions are used to treat sets of SQL statements atomically.

True

False

USE keyword is used to select a ___________

Table

Column

Database

All of above

Where is metadata stored in MySQL?

In the MySQL database metadata

In the MySQL database metasql

In the MySQL database mysql

None of the above is correct.

With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named "Persons" sorted descending by "FirstName"?

SELECT * FROM Persons SORT BY 'FirstName' DESC

SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC

SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER FirstName DESC

SELECT * FROM Persons SORT 'FirstName' DESC

Which of these is a valid call to a function (watch the spaces carefully!)

CONCAT( A , B )

CONCAT ( A , B )

CONCAT( "A" , "B" )

CONCAT ( "A" , "B" )

What does SQL stand for?

Structured Query Language

Structured Question Language

Strong Question Language

None of the above

Which SQL statement is used to return only different values?

SELECT DISTINCT

SELECT UNIQUE

SELECT DIFFERENT

SELECT DIFF

Can joins be nested?

True

False

What MySQL property is used to create a surrogate key in MySQL?

UNIQUE

SEQUENCE

Surrogate keys are not implemented in MySQL.

AUTO_INCREMENT

Which of these field types would be best to hold a .jpg image?

blob

text

nchar binary

char binary

Which SQL statement is used to insert a new data in a database?

INSERT INTO

UPDATE

ADD

INSERT NEW

Enum values are stored according to their index numbers

True

False

Which of the following is not an SQL aggregate function?

AVG

SUM

MIN

MAX

CURRENT_DATE()

Which of the following can add a row to a table?

Add

Insert

Update

Alter

With SQL, how can you insert a new record into the "Persons" table?

INSERT INTO Persons VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson')

INSERT ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons

INSERT VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons

Which of the following is used to delete an entire MYSQL database?

mysql_drop_database

mysql_drop_entiredb

mysql_drop_db

mysql_drop_dbase

Which of the following is not a MySQL Operator?

Between..and..,

Like,

IN,

Is NULL

MySQL comes with as standard with client libraries for:

C only

Java only

Java and C

Perl, PHP and C

Which of these field types would be best to hold a film title?

longblob

tinytext

mediumtext

longtext

If an ENUM column is declared NOT NULL, its default value is the first element of the list of allowed values.

True

False, ENUM column cannot be null

False, its default value is the last element of the list of allowed values

Both b and c

Which of the following is not a valid aggregate function?

COUNT

MIN

MAX

COMPUTE

How much character are allowed to create database name?

MySql | Which of the following is available in MySQL:

CREATE TRIGGER

CREATE SCHEMA

CREATE FAIRYLIGHTS

CREATE DATABASE

CREATE VIEW

With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a table named "Persons"?

EXTRACT FirstName FROM Persons

SELECT FirstName FROM Persons

SELECT Persons.FirstName

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "LastName" is alphabetically between (and including) "Hansen" and "Pettersen"?

SELECT LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName

Which command is used in Mysql command line tool to return to window command shell?

exit;

quit;

both a) and b)

only a)

In PHP in order to access MySQL database you will use:

mysqlconnect() function

mysql-connect() function

mysql_connect() function

sql_connect() function

MySQL supports the complete SQL99 standard

false

true

What is Row?

A row is a unit of data with related data items stored as one item in multiple columns in a table

A row is a unit of data with related data items stored as multiple item in one column in a table

A row is a unit of data with related data items stored as one item in two columns in a table

A row is a unit of data with related data items stored as one item in one column in a table

What is an open source DBMS product that runs on UNIX, Linux and Windows

MySQL

JSP/SQL

JDBC/SQL

Sun ACCESS

Which of the following is NOT supported by MySQL

Temporary (Hash) Tables

Table Joining

Stored Procedures

Regular Expression Matching

Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database?

MODIFY

UPDATE

SAVE AS

SAVE

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "FirstName" is "Aru" and the "LastName" is "Sum"?

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName'Aru' AND LastName'Sum'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Aru' AND LastName='Sum'

SELECT FirstName='Aru', LastName='Sum' FROM Persons

None of the above

The ............. statement is used to delete a table.

DROP TABLE

DELETE TABLE

DEL TABLE

REMOVE TABLE

A view is nothing but a ________ table or a stored query

Dymanic

Real

Virtual

Static

How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName" column in the Persons table?

UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen'

UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'

MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen

MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'

Which of the following ways below are the correct way to get the current date?

SELECT CURTIME();

SELECT CURDATE();

SELECT CURRENT_TIME();

All of above

Which of the following file extension is a valid MyISAM file extension?

.ism

.myd

.my

.mys

Can I call a trigger directly called from an application?

Yes

A table may be joined to itself.

True

false

No joing concepts in the table.

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