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SQL MIDTERM EXAM

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does SQL stand for?

a)

Structured Query Language

b)

Structured Question Language

c)

Strong Question Language

d)

Standard Query Language

2.

Which SQL statement is used to create a database table called 'Customers'?

a)

CREATE DB Customers

b)

CREATE DATABASE TAB Customers

c)

CREATE DATABASE TABLE Customers

d)

CREATE TABLE Customers

3.

Which operator is used to search for a specified pattern in a column?

a)

GET

b)

LIKE

c)

FROM

d)

ILIKE

4.

The NOT NULL constraint enforces a column to not accept NULL values.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Which operator is used to select values within a range?

a)

RANGE

b)

ORDER BY

c)

BETWEEN

d)

WITHIN

6.

What is the most common type of join?

a)

INNER JOIN

b)

INSIDE JOIN

c)

JOINED

d)

JOINED TABLE

7.

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

a)

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons

b)

SELECT NO(*) FROM Persons

c)

SELECT COLUMNS(*) FROM Persons

d)

SELECT LEN(*) FROM Persons

8.

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

a)

DELETE ROW FirstName = 'Peter' FROM Persons

b)

DELETE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter'

c)

DELETE FirstName = 'Peter' FROM Persons

9.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

10.

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

a)

INSERT INTO Persons ('Olsen') INTO LastName

b)

INSERT ('Olsen') INTO Persons (LastName)

c)

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

11.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

12.

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

a)

SELECT * FROM Persons SORT 'FirstName' DESC

b)

SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC

c)

SELECT * FROM Persons SORT BY 'FirstName' DESC

d)

SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER FirstName DESC

13.

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

a)

SORT BY

b)

ORDER

c)

ORDER BY

d)

SORT

14.

Which SQL statement is used to return only different values?

a)

SELECT DIFFERENT

b)

SELECT DISTINCT

c)

SELECT UNIQUE

15.

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"?

a)

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

b)

SELECT LastName > 'Hansen' AND LastName < 'Pettersen' FROM Persons

c)

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

16.

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

a)

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName <> 'Peter' AND LastName <> 'Jackson'

b)

SELECT FirstName = 'Peter', LastName = 'Jackson' FROM Persons

c)

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter' AND LastName = 'Jackson'

17.

The OR operator displays a record if ANY conditions listed are true. The AND operator displays a record if ALL of the conditions listed are true

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

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

a)

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%'

b)

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a'

c)

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='%a%'

d)

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='a'

19.

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

a)

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

b)

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName<>'Peter'

c)

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

d)

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'

20.

With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named "Persons"?

a)

SELECT * FROM Persons

b)

SELECT Persons

c)

SELECT [all] FROM Persons

d)

SELECT *.Persons

21.

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

a)

SELECT Persons.FirstName

b)

SELECT FirstName FROM Persons

c)

EXTRACT FirstName FROM Persons

d)

INSERT INTO FirstName FROM Persons

22.

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

a)

INSERT NEW

b)

MODIFY

c)

UPDATE

d)

INSERT INTO

23.

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

a)

DELETE

b)

INSERT INTO

c)

UPDATE

d)

SELECT

24.

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

a)

SELECT

b)

INSERT INTO

c)

UPDATE

d)

DELETE

25.

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

a)

COLLAPSE

b)

REMOVE

c)

DELETE

d)

UPDATE