SQL | Structured Query Language Test

1.

Which of the following is the original purpose of SQL?

To specify the syntax and semantics of SQL data definition language
To specify the syntax and semantics of SQL manipulation language
To define the data structures
All of the above

2.

Which file type is used for database backup?

BAK
TXT
XML
XLSX

3.

SQL can be used to

Create database structures only
Query database data only
Modify database data only
All of the above can be done by SQL

4.

The result of a SQL SELECT statement is a ______.

File
Report
Table
Form

5.

To Create a new database __________ Command is used

New database_name
Create database database_name
First Database database_name
New database database_name

6.

Which of the SQL statement is correct?

Select Username AND Password FROM Users;
Select Username, Password FROM Users;
Select Username, Password Where Username = 'user1';
None of these

7.

Select ID, GPA from student grades order by GPA ____________.

In order to give only 10 ranks, on the whole, we should use.

Limit 10
Up to 10
Only 10
Max 10

8.

Select ________ dept_name from instructor;

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

All
From
Distinct
Name

9.

How to delete the Customer name of Alfreds Futterkiste (CustomerID is 1) from the Customers table?

DELETE FROM Customers where CustomerName = Alfreds Futterkiste AND CustomerID = 1
Delete Customers Where ContactName = 'Alfred Schmidt' WHERE CustomerID = 1;
Delete Customers Where ContactName = 'Alfred Schmidt'
Delete Customers SET CustomerName =

10.

The ___ clause allows us to select only those rows in the result relation of the clause that satisfy a specified predicate.

Where, from
From, select
Select, from
From, where

11.

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

12.

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.

13.

If you don't specify ASC or DESC after a SQL ORDER BY clause, the following is used by default

ASC
DESC
Order by Randomly
No output

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

You can delete a view with _____________ Command.

DROP VIEW
DELETE VIEW
REMOVE VIEW
TRUNCATE VIEW

20.

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;

21.

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.

22.

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

23.

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

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

24.

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

25.

Identify the average salary of the jobs 'MANAGER' and 'ANALYST'. Display job, average salary if the identified average salary is more than 1500.

select job, avg(sal) "Average Salary" from emp where job in('MANAGER','ANALYST') group by job having avg(sal)>=1500;
select job, avg(sal) "Average Salary" from emp where job in('MANAGER','ANALYST') group by job having avg(sal)>1500;
select job, avg(sal) "Average Salary" from emp where job in('MANAGER') group by job having avg(sal)>1500;
select job, sum(sal) "Average Salary" from emp where job in('MANAGER','ANALYST') order by job having avg(sal)>1500;

26.

Syntax for create a views is _______

CREATE VIEW View_name AS SELECT
CREATE VIEW View_name AS UPDATE
CREATE NEW VIEW View_name
CREATE VIEW View_name AS UPDATE

27.

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

Select OrderID, Shipdate

From Orders

Where CustomerID=20

Order by Shipdate;

TRUE
FALSE

28.

Can you validate the statement?

"ORDER BY" can only be used by WHERE Clause.

True or False?

TRUE
FALSE

29.

Which command is used to change the definition of a table in SQL ?

CREATE
UPDATE
ALTER
SELECT

30.

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');

31.

Which of the following statement(s) is TRUE regarding subqueries?

Outer query and inner query can get data from different tables
Outer query and inner query must get data from the same table

32.

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

AND, OR
< , > >, <>

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.

Can you validate the statement?

An ORDER BY can be used in a subquery.

True or False?

TRUE
FALSE

35.

Which of the following is true about sub-queries?

They execute after the main query executes
They execute in parallel to the main query
The user can execute the main query and then, if wanted, execute the sub-query
They execute before the main query executes

36.

How many Primary Keys can have in a table?

1 only
2 only
Depends on no of Columns
Depends on DBA

37.

Can you validate the statement?

A column with a Unique key has duplicate values.

True or False?

TRUE
FALSE

38.

Which of the following do you need to consider when you make a table in SQL?

Data types
Primary keys
Default values
All of the above

39.

By default, which key creates Clustered index?

Foreign Key constraint
Unique Key constraint
Primary Key constraint
None of the above

40.

Can you validate the statement?

A table contains more than one foreign key

True or False?

TRUE
FALSE

41.

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

SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderDate FROM Orders LEFT OUTER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID;
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 RIGHT OUTER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID;
SELECT Orders.OrderID, Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderDate FROM Orders ADD Customers ON Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID;

42.

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

Inner
Cartesian
Outer
Left

43.

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 LEFT OUTER JOIN 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 FULLY OUTER Customers ON Orders.CustomerID=Customers.CustomerID;

44.

Choose the query that matches the above image.

Select [List] from [Table A] A inner join [Table B] B on A.value=B.value
Select [List] from [Table A] A full outer join [Table B] B on A.value=B.value where A.value is null or B.value is null
Select [List] from [Table A] A right join [Table B] B on A.value=B.value where A.value is null
Select [List] from [Table A] A full outer join [Table B] B on A.value=B.value

45.

Can you validate the statement?

Join is different from Inner join.

True or False?

TRUE
FALSE

46.

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);

47.

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;

48.

Where are Joins used?

To combine records from two or more tables in a database
Joins used in Data Definition Language
Joins used in aggregate function
SQL combines the result-set of two or more SELECT statements.

49.

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;

50.

What is the syntax for joining two tables? Pick Two

SELECT Column Names FROM Table 1 JOIN Table 2 ON Condition JOIN Table 3 ON Condition
SELECT * FROM Table 1 JOIN Table 2 ON Condition JOIN Table 3 ON Condition
SELECT Column from Table 1 Join Table 2, Table 3 ON Condition
SELECT Column from Table 1 AND SELECT Column from Table 2

51.

Which of the following do you need to consider when you make a table in SQL?

Data types
Primary keys
Default values
All of the above

52.

Which SQL keyword is used to retrieve the highest value?

MOST
TOP
MAX
UPPER

53.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT Count(Salary) from Salesemployee

where name Like 'S%';

3
5
8
4

54.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT Count(Salary) from Salesemployee

where name Like 'S%' and Dept ='HR';

3
1
8
4

55.

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

56.

The SQL Statement

SELECT ROUND(45.926, -1) FROM DUAL;

Is illegal
Prints Garbage
Prints 045.925
Prints 50

57.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of the following query?

SELECT SUM(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Gender = 'Male';

9400
4000
5400
2500

58.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT SUM(Salary) from Salesemployee ;

5000
2500
4500
9400

59.

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT Count(*) from Salesemployee

WHERE Salary >=500 and Dept = 'Sales';

8
6
3
4

60.

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

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 Count(Salary) from Salesemployee
where name Like 'S%';

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 SUM(Salary) from Salesemployee ;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question
What is the output of following query ?
SELECT Count(*) from Salesemployee
WHERE Salary >=500 and Dept = 'Sales';

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

STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE TEST

Which of the following is the original purpose of SQL?

Which file type is used for database backup?

SQL can be used to

The result of a SQL SELECT statement is a ______.

To Create a new database __________ Command is used

Which of the SQL statement is correct?

Select ID, GPA from student grades order by GPA ____________. In order to give only 10 ranks, on the whole, we should use.

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

How to delete the Customer name of Alfreds Futterkiste (CustomerID is 1) from the Customers table?

The _______ clause allows us to select only those rows in the result relation of the ____ clause that satisfy a specified predicate.

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

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

If you don't specify ASC or DESC after a SQL ORDER BY clause, the following is used by default

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

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;

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?

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;

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'

You can delete a view with _____________ Command.

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

The HAVING clause does which of the following?

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

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

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

Identify the average salary of the jobs 'MANAGER' and 'ANALYST'. Display job, average salary if the identified average salary is more than 1500.

Syntax for create a views is _______

Analyze the following Query and Mark the answer whether it's a correct query or not? Select OrderID, Shipdate From Orders Where CustomerID=20 Order by Shipdate;

Can you validate the statement? "ORDER BY" can only be used by WHERE Clause. True or False?

Which command is used to change the definition of a table in SQL ?

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

Which of the following statement(s) is TRUE regarding subqueries?

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

Where subqueries can not be used?

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

Which of the following is true about sub-queries?

How many Primary Keys can have in a table?

Can you validate the statement? A column with a Unique key has duplicate values. True or False?

Which of the following do you need to consider when you make a table in SQL?

By default, which key creates Clustered index?

Can you validate the statement? A table contains more than one foreign key True or False?

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

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

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

Choose the query that matches the above image.

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?

Choose the correct query for the below scenario.

Where are Joins used?

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

What is the syntax for joining two tables? Pick Two

Which of the following do you need to consider when you make a table in SQL?

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 Count(Salary) from Salesemployee where name Like 'S%';

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question What is the output of following query ? SELECT Count(Salary) from Salesemployee where name Like 'S%' and Dept ='HR';

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 ;

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

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

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question What is the output of following query ? SELECT SUM(Salary) from Salesemployee ;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question What is the output of following query ? SELECT Count(*) from Salesemployee WHERE Salary >=500 and Dept = 'Sales';

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

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Select ID, GPA from student grades order by GPA ____________.

In order to give only 10 ranks, on the whole, we should use.

Select ________ dept_name from instructor;

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

The ___ clause allows us to select only those rows in the result relation of the clause that satisfy a specified predicate.

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;

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?

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;

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

SELECT emp_id, fname, lname

FROM person

ORDER BY emp_id;

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

Select OrderID, Shipdate

From Orders

Where CustomerID=20

Order by Shipdate;

Can you validate the statement?

"ORDER BY" can only be used by WHERE Clause.

True or False?

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 Unique key has duplicate values.

True or False?

Can you validate the statement?

A table contains more than one foreign key

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 Count(Salary) from Salesemployee

where name Like 'S%';

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT Count(Salary) from Salesemployee

where name Like 'S%' and Dept ='HR';

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 ;

The SQL Statement

SELECT ROUND(45.926, -1) FROM DUAL;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of the following query?

SELECT SUM(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Gender = 'Male';

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT SUM(Salary) from Salesemployee ;

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT Count(*) from Salesemployee

WHERE Salary >=500 and Dept = 'Sales';

Use below table (Salesemployee) and answer the following question

What is the output of following query ?

SELECT Max(Salary) from Salesemployee

WHERE Gender = 'Male';

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