SQL Trivia

What is the name of the study where SQL was inspired from?

• "Design and Analysis of a Relational Database for Behavioral Experiments Data Processing" by R. Kraleva

• "Artificial Intelligence Research: The Utility and Design of a Relational Database System" by T. Dilling

• "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks" by E. Codd

Answer explanation

The programming language was created following Edgar Frank Codd's paper, “A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks,” in 1970.

Who are the two founders of SQL?

• Raymond Boyce

• Edgar Frank Codd

• Donald Chamberlin

• Malcolm Coxall

Answer explanation

The SQL programming language was developed in the 1970s by IBM researchers Raymond Boyce and Donald Chamberlin.

Which prize did Edgar Codd, the forefather of SQL, receive in 1981?

• Gordon Bell Prize

• Nobel Peace Prize

• Paris Kanellakis Award

• Turing Award

Answer explanation

The top computer science award is the ACM Turing Award, generally regarded as the Nobel Prize equivalent for Computer Science.

In 1981, Codd received the Turing Award, the highest distinction in computer science that’s sometimes called the "Nobel Prize of computing”.

Which year did SQL become a standard of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)?

• 1985

• 1986

• 1987

• 1988

Answer explanation

SQL became a standard of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1986 and of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1987.

SEQUEL was later on changed to SQL because of a trademark dispute with which company?

• Microsoft

• Voltech Engineers

• Hawker Siddeley Dynamics

• INEOS Industries

Answer explanation

The original name SEQUEL, which is widely regarded as a pun on QUEL, the query language of Ingres,^[14] was later changed to SQL (dropping the vowels) because "SEQUEL" was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Engineering Limited company.