which valid identifier?

• today

• last_name

• today's date

• Number_of_days_in_February_this_year

• Isleap$year

Which valid variable declaration and initialization?

• number_of_copies PLS_INTEGER;

• PRINTER_NAME constant VARCHAR2(10);

• deliver_to VARCHAR2(10):=Johnson;

• by_when DATE:= CURRENT_DATE+1;

The %TYPE attribute:

• Is used to declare a variable according to a database column definition

• Is used to declare a variable according to a collection of columns in a database table or view

• Is used to declare a variable according to the definition of another declared variable

• Is prefixed with the database table and column name or the name of the declared variable

You can use most SQL single-row functions such as number, character, conversion, and date single-row functions in PL/SQL expressions.

• True

• False

When using the SELECT statement in PL/SQL, the INTO clause is required and queries can return one or more row.

• True

• False

There are three types of loops: basic, FOR, and WHILE.

• True

• False

Identify situations in which you can use the %ROWTYPE attribute

• When you are not sure about the structure of the underlying database table

• When you want to retrieve an entire row from a table

• When you want to declare a variable according to another previously declared variable or database column

You can trap any error by including a corresponding handler within the exception-handling section of the PL/SQL block

• True

• False

Subprograms:

• Are named PL/SQL blocks and can be invoked by other applications

• Are compiled only once

• Are stored in the database

• Do not have to return values if they are functions

• Can take parameters

Formal parameters are literal values, variables, and

expressions used in the parameter list of the calling

subprogram

• True

• False