SQL | Structured Query Language Test

1.

The result of a SQL SELECT statement is a ______.

File
Report
Table
Form

2.

Which of the following is not a database object?

Stored Procedure
Index
Database Diagram
Powershell

3.

Which of the following database cannot be dropped?

TEMPDB
Master
Msdb
All of the Mentioned

4.

In SQL, which command is used to change a table's storage characteristics?

Alter Table
Modify Table
Change Table
None of these

5.

Which file type is used for database backup?

BAK
TXT
XML
XLSX

6.

What is the significance of the statement “GROUP BY d.name” in the following MySQL statement?

SELECT d.name, COUNT (emp_id) emp_no

FROM department d INNER JOIN Employee e

ON d.dept_id=e.emp_id

GROUP BY d.name

Aggregation of the field “name” of both table
Aggregation of the field “name” of table “department”
Sorting of the field “name”
None of the mentioned

7.

Find all the cities whose humidity is 89

Select city where humidity = 89;
Select city from weather where humidity = 89;
Select humidity = 89 from weather;
Select city from Weather;

8.

Select two options which do not belong to the Purpose of Delete

It is used to delete a table.
You cannot rollback data.
It is a DML command.
It is used to delete a row in a table.

9.

How to create index idx_pname for multiple columns (Lastname, Firstname) in a Person table?

CREATE INDEX idx_pname ON Person (LastName, FirstName);
CREATE INDEX idx_pname ON Person;
CREATE INDEX idx_pname ON Person (FirstName, LastName);
CREATE INDEX idx_pname Using (LastName, FirstName) ON Persons

10.

The SQL WHERE clause used for

limits the column data that are returned.
limits the row data are returned.
Both A and B are correct.
Neither A nor B are correct.

11.

Find the name of these cities with temperature and condition whose condition is neither sunny nor cloudy

Select city, temperature, condition FROM weather Where condition NOT IN ('sunny', 'cloudy');
Select city, temperature, condition FROM weather Where condition NOT between ('sunny', 'cloudy');
Select city, temperature, condition FROM weather Where condition IN ('sunny', 'cloudy');
Select city, temperature, condition FROM weather Where condition between ('sunny', 'cloudy');

12.

What is the meaning of the “ORDER BY” clause in MySQL?

Sorting your result
Aggregation of fields
Conditions in SQL
None of the mentioned

13.

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 SORT "FirstName" DESC;
Select * from Persons ORDER BY "FirstName" DESC;
Select * from Persons ORDER "FirstName" DESC;

14.

If emp_id contains the following set {-1, -2, 2, 3, -3, 1}, what will be the output on the execution of the following MySQL statement?

SELECT emp_id

FROM person

ORDER BY emp_id;

{-3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3}
{-1, 1, -2, 2, -3, 3}
{1, 2, 3, -1, -2, -3}
None of the mentioned

15.

You can delete a view with _____________ Command.

DROP VIEW
DELETE VIEW
REMOVE VIEW
TRUNCATE VIEW

16.

What is the significance of “ORDER BY” in the following MySQL statement?

SELECT emp_id, fname, lname

FROM person

ORDER BY emp_id;

Data of lname will be sorted
Data of emp_id will be sorted in descending order
Data of emp_id will be sorted in ascending order
All of the mentioned

17.

Which of the following query is correct for selecting the name of the staff from ''staffinfo'' table where salary is 10000 or 25000?

Select name from staffinfo where salary BETWEEN 10000 AND 25000;
Select name from staffinfo where salary IN 10000 AND 25000;
Both A and B
None of the above

18.

We can use one table to create another table using the below query. True or False ?

CREATE TABLE TestTable AS

SELECT customername, contactname

FROM customers;

TRUE
FALSE

19.

Analyse the following Query and Mark the answer whether it's the correct query or not?

SELECT Name, Age, Firstname, Lastname

FROM EMPLOYEE

GROUP BY NAME, SALARY;

TRUE
FALSE

20.

You need to find out the names of all employees who belong to the same department as the employee 'Jessica Butcher' who is in department 100 and has an employee ID 40. Which of the following queries will be correct?

SELECT first_name, last_name FROM employees WHERE last_name = 'Butcher' And first_name = 'Jessica';
SELECT first_name, last_name FROM employees WHERE department =100;
SELECT first_name, last_name FROM employees WHERE department = (SELECT department FROM employees WHERE first_name = 'Jessica' AND last_name = 'Butcher');
SELECT first_name, last_name FROM employees WHERE department = (SELECT department FROM employees WHERE first_name = 'Jessica' AND last_name = 'Butcher' AND department = 100 AND employee_id = 40);

21.

Select ________ dept_name from instructor;

Here which of the following displays the unique values of the column?

All
From
Distinct
Name

22.

What is the significance of the statement “HAVING COUNT (emp_id)>2” in the following MySQL statement?

SELECT d.name, COUNT (emp_id) emp_no

FROM department d INNER JOIN Employee e

ON d.dept_id=e.emp_id

GROUP BY d.name

HAVING COUNT (emp_id)>2

Filter out all rows whose total emp_id below 2
Delete the rows whose total emp_id>2
Filter out or select all rows whose total emp_id below 2
None of the mentioned

23.

Select ID, name, dept name, salary * 1.1 where instructor;

The query given below will not give an error. Which one of the following has to be replaced to get the desired output?

Salary*1.1
ID
Where
Instructor

24.

Analyze the following Query and Mark the answer whether it's the correct query or not ?

select deptName

from Employee

having avg (salary)

group by deptName

where sex = 'M'

TRUE
FALSE

25.

What can be the condition in the "WHERE" clause in a SQL query?

Condition that is to be met for the rows to be returned from result.
Boolean Condition only
Text condition only
None of the above

26.

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

Select * from Persons where Firstname='a'
Select * from Persons where Firstname Like 'a%'
Select * from Persons where Firstname like '%a'
Select * from Persons where Firstname='%a%'

27.

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

ORDER BY
SORT
ORDER
SORT BY

28.

The HAVING clause does which of the following?

Acts like a WHERE clause but is used for groups rather than rows.
Acts like a WHERE clause but is used for rows rather than columns.
Acts like a WHERE clause but is used for columns rather than groups.
Acts EXACTLY like a WHERE clause.

29.

Which one is not used in SQL?

Create Table
Create Index
Create Unique Index
Create Table Column

30.

What is the meaning of the “HAVING” clause in MySQL?

To filter out the row values
To filter out the column values
To filter out the row and column values
None of the mentioned

31.

Can you validate the statement?

An ORDER BY can be used in a subquery.

True or False?

TRUE
FALSE

32.

Which of the following statements are TRUE regarding subqueries?

A subquery can retrieve zero or more rows
A subquery can appear on either side of a comparison operator
There is no limit on the number of subquery levels in the WHERE clause of a SELECT statement
Both A and B

33.

Where subqueries can not be used?

Field names in the SELECT statement
The WHERE clause only in the SELECT statement
The WHERE clause in SELECT as well as all DML statements
The FROM clause in the SELECT statement

34.

Which of the following operators cannot be used in a sub-query?

AND, OR
< , > >, <>

35.

Which of the following multi-row operators can be used with a sub-query?

IN
ANY
ALL
All of the above

36.

Does an Index help to speed up?

SELECT queries
WHERE clauses
Both A and B
UPDATE Query

37.

Which of the following is not a Key in SQL Server?

Primary
Foreign
Alternate
Power

38.

Which one of the following can be taken as a Primary Key?

Order Number
Order Date
Order Location
Order Name

39.

Which one of the following is a set of one or more attributes taken collectively to uniquely identify a record?

Candidate Key
Sub Key
Super Key
Foreign Key

40.

Can you validate the statement?

A column with a Primary key has a Null value.

True or False?

TRUE
FALSE

41.

Can you validate the statement?

Alias is used in Joins.

True or False?

TRUE
FALSE

42.

Choose the correct query for the below scenario.

SELECT * FROM employees RIGHT departments ON employees.department_id = departments.department_id;
SELECT * FROM employees LEFT departments ON employees.department_id = departments.department_id;
SELECT * FROM employees JOIN departments ON employees.department_id = departments.department_id;
SELECT * FROM employee JOIN department ON employee.department_id = department.department_id;

43.

Which type of join is not desirable for retrieval?

Inner
Left
Right
Outer

44.

Can you validate the statement?

Join is different from Inner join.

True or False?

TRUE
FALSE

45.

Analyze the following tables and output and choose the correct query to achieve the output.

SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderDate FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID;
SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderDate FROM Orders FULLY OUTER Customers ON Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID;
SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderDate FROM Orders RIGHT OUTER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID;
SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderDate FROM Orders SELF JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID;

46.

What is the function of Full Outer Join in SQL?

Matches rows from two tables based on the values in common columns from each table
It includes all rows from the joined tables whether or not the other table has the matching row.Includes unmatched rows from one table and match rows from two tables based on the values in common columns from each table .
Includes unmatched rows from one table and match rows from two tables based on the values in common columns from each table
None of the above

47.

In the absence of WHERE condition this JOIN will function like a _______.

Inner
Cartesian
Outer
Left

48.

What are the joins available in SQL?

Inner, Outer, Self
Left,Middle, Half
None of above
Both A and B

49.

Below image depicts:

SELF JOIN
INNER JOIN
FULL OUTER JOIN
None of the above

50.

Evaluate this SQL statement:

SELECT employee_id, e.department_id, department_name, salary

FROM employees e, departments d

WHERE e.department_id = d.department_id;

Which SQL statement is equivalent to the above SQL statement?

SELECT employee_id, department_id, department_name, salary FROM employees WHERE department_id IN (SELECT department_id FROM departments);
SELECT employee_id, department_id, department_name, salary FROM employees NATURAL JOIN departments;
SELECT employee_id, d.department_id, department_name, salary FROM employees e JOIN departments d ON e.department_id = d.department_id;
SELECT employee_id, department_id, department_name, salary FROM employees JOIN departments USING (e.department_id, d.department_id);

51.

Which among the following belongs to an “aggregate function”?

COUNT
UPPER
LOWER
All of the mentioned

52.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT MIN(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Employee_ID % 2 != 0 ;

50
500
200
100

53.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT Max(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Gender = 'Male';

1000
1500
500
200

54.

The SQL Statement

SELECT ROUND(45.926, -1) FROM DUAL;

Is illegal
Prints Garbage
Prints 045.925
Prints 50

55.

Which of the following set of operations is a valid set of Aggregate operations in SQL?

COUNT, MAX, AVG, SUM
MAX, AVG, SUM, SELECT
UNION, COUNT, MIN, DESC
AVG, MIN, MAX, ASC

56.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT MAX(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Employee_ID % 2 = 0 ;

5400
9400
2000
2500

57.

Which SQL keyword is used to retrieve the highest value?

MOST
TOP
MAX
UPPER

58.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT MAX(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Salary >=2500 and Dept = 'Sales' ;

8
1
2
4

59.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query?

SELECT MIN(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Gender = 'Female';

200
700
2000
2500

60.

Which SQL keyword is used to retrieve a maximum value?

MOST
TOP
MAX
UPPER

SELECT d.name, COUNT (emp_id) emp_no
FROM department d INNER JOIN Employee e
ON d.dept_id=e.emp_id
GROUP BY d.name

SELECT Name, Age, Firstname, Lastname
FROM EMPLOYEE
GROUP BY NAME, SALARY;

SELECT employee_id, e.department_id, department_name, salary
FROM employees e, departments d
WHERE e.department_id = d.department_id;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question
What is the output of following query ?
SELECT MIN(Salary) from Salesemployee
WHERE Employee_ID % 2 != 0 ;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question
What is the output of following query ?
SELECT Max(Salary) from Salesemployee
WHERE Gender = 'Male';

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question
What is the output of following query?
SELECT MIN(Salary) from Salesemployee
WHERE Gender = 'Female';

STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE TEST

The result of a SQL SELECT statement is a ______.

Which of the following is not a database object?

Which of the following database cannot be dropped?

In SQL, which command is used to change a table's storage characteristics?

Which file type is used for database backup?

What is the significance of the statement “GROUP BY d.name” in the following MySQL statement? SELECT d.name, COUNT (emp_id) emp_no FROM department d INNER JOIN Employee e ON d.dept_id=e.emp_id GROUP BY d.name

Find all the cities whose humidity is 89

Select two options which do not belong to the Purpose of Delete

How to create index idx_pname for multiple columns (Lastname, Firstname) in a Person table?

The SQL WHERE clause used for

Find the name of these cities with temperature and condition whose condition is neither sunny nor cloudy

What is the meaning of the “ORDER BY” clause in MySQL?

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

If emp_id contains the following set {-1, -2, 2, 3, -3, 1}, what will be the output on the execution of the following MySQL statement? SELECT emp_id FROM person ORDER BY emp_id;

You can delete a view with _____________ Command.

What is the significance of “ORDER BY” in the following MySQL statement? SELECT emp_id, fname, lname FROM person ORDER BY emp_id;

Which of the following query is correct for selecting the name of the staff from ''staffinfo'' table where salary is 10000 or 25000?

We can use one table to create another table using the below query. True or False ? CREATE TABLE TestTable AS SELECT customername, contactname FROM customers;

Analyse the following Query and Mark the answer whether it's the correct query or not? SELECT Name, Age, Firstname, Lastname FROM EMPLOYEE GROUP BY NAME, SALARY;

You need to find out the names of all employees who belong to the same department as the employee 'Jessica Butcher' who is in department 100 and has an employee ID 40. Which of the following queries will be correct?

Select ________ dept_name from instructor; Here which of the following displays the unique values of the column?

What is the significance of the statement “HAVING COUNT (emp_id)>2” in the following MySQL statement? SELECT d.name, COUNT (emp_id) emp_no FROM department d INNER JOIN Employee e ON d.dept_id=e.emp_id GROUP BY d.name HAVING COUNT (emp_id)>2

Select ID, name, dept name, salary * 1.1 where instructor; The query given below will not give an error. Which one of the following has to be replaced to get the desired output?

Analyze the following Query and Mark the answer whether it's the correct query or not ? select deptName from Employee having avg (salary) group by deptName where sex = 'M'

What can be the condition in the "WHERE" clause in a SQL query?

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

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

The HAVING clause does which of the following?

Which one is not used in SQL?

What is the meaning of the “HAVING” clause in MySQL?

Can you validate the statement? An ORDER BY can be used in a subquery. True or False?

Which of the following statements are TRUE regarding subqueries?

Where subqueries can not be used?

Which of the following operators cannot be used in a sub-query?

Which of the following multi-row operators can be used with a sub-query?

Does an Index help to speed up?

Which of the following is not a Key in SQL Server?

Which one of the following can be taken as a Primary Key?

Which one of the following is a set of one or more attributes taken collectively to uniquely identify a record?

Can you validate the statement? A column with a Primary key has a Null value. True or False?

Can you validate the statement? Alias is used in Joins. True or False?

Choose the correct query for the below scenario.

Which type of join is not desirable for retrieval?

Can you validate the statement? Join is different from Inner join. True or False?

Analyze the following tables and output and choose the correct query to achieve the output.

What is the function of Full Outer Join in SQL?

In the absence of WHERE condition this JOIN will function like a _______.

What are the joins available in SQL?

Below image depicts:

Evaluate this SQL statement: SELECT employee_id, e.department_id, department_name, salary FROM employees e, departments d WHERE e.department_id = d.department_id; Which SQL statement is equivalent to the above SQL statement?

Which among the following belongs to an “aggregate function”?

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question What is the output of following query ? SELECT MIN(Salary) from Salesemployee WHERE Employee_ID % 2 != 0 ;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question What is the output of following query ? SELECT Max(Salary) from Salesemployee WHERE Gender = 'Male';

The SQL Statement SELECT ROUND(45.926, -1) FROM DUAL;

Which of the following set of operations is a valid set of Aggregate operations in SQL?

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question What is the output of following query ? SELECT MAX(Salary) from Salesemployee WHERE Employee_ID % 2 = 0 ;

Which SQL keyword is used to retrieve the highest value?

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question What is the output of following query ? SELECT MAX(Salary) from Salesemployee WHERE Salary >=2500 and Dept = 'Sales' ;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question What is the output of following query? SELECT MIN(Salary) from Salesemployee WHERE Gender = 'Female';

Which SQL keyword is used to retrieve a maximum value?

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What is the significance of the statement “GROUP BY d.name” in the following MySQL statement?

SELECT d.name, COUNT (emp_id) emp_no

FROM department d INNER JOIN Employee e

ON d.dept_id=e.emp_id

GROUP BY d.name

If emp_id contains the following set {-1, -2, 2, 3, -3, 1}, what will be the output on the execution of the following MySQL statement?

SELECT emp_id

FROM person

ORDER BY emp_id;

What is the significance of “ORDER BY” in the following MySQL statement?

SELECT emp_id, fname, lname

FROM person

ORDER BY emp_id;

We can use one table to create another table using the below query. True or False ?

CREATE TABLE TestTable AS

SELECT customername, contactname

FROM customers;

Analyse the following Query and Mark the answer whether it's the correct query or not?

SELECT Name, Age, Firstname, Lastname

FROM EMPLOYEE

GROUP BY NAME, SALARY;

Select ________ dept_name from instructor;

Here which of the following displays the unique values of the column?

What is the significance of the statement “HAVING COUNT (emp_id)>2” in the following MySQL statement?

SELECT d.name, COUNT (emp_id) emp_no

FROM department d INNER JOIN Employee e

ON d.dept_id=e.emp_id

GROUP BY d.name

HAVING COUNT (emp_id)>2

Select ID, name, dept name, salary * 1.1 where instructor;

The query given below will not give an error. Which one of the following has to be replaced to get the desired output?

Analyze the following Query and Mark the answer whether it's the correct query or not ?

select deptName

from Employee

having avg (salary)

group by deptName

where sex = 'M'

Can you validate the statement?

An ORDER BY can be used in a subquery.

True or False?

Can you validate the statement?

A column with a Primary key has a Null value.

True or False?

Can you validate the statement?

Alias is used in Joins.

True or False?

Can you validate the statement?

Join is different from Inner join.

True or False?

Evaluate this SQL statement:

SELECT employee_id, e.department_id, department_name, salary

FROM employees e, departments d

WHERE e.department_id = d.department_id;

Which SQL statement is equivalent to the above SQL statement?

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT MIN(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Employee_ID % 2 != 0 ;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT Max(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Gender = 'Male';

The SQL Statement

SELECT ROUND(45.926, -1) FROM DUAL;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT MAX(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Employee_ID % 2 = 0 ;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT MAX(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Salary >=2500 and Dept = 'Sales' ;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query?

SELECT MIN(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Gender = 'Female';

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