Scribd
Upload
249 views

SQLquiz

The document defines various SQL statements and their uses: - SELECT is used to extract data from a database. - UPDATE is used to modify data within a database. - DELETE removes data from a database. - INSERT inserts new data into a database. - WHERE filters records by specified criteria. - BETWEEN selects values within a specified range. - DISTINCT returns only unique/different values. - ORDER BY sorts result sets in ascending or descending order.

Uploaded by

pdfdork
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
249 views

SQLquiz

The document defines various SQL statements and their uses: - SELECT is used to extract data from a database. - UPDATE is used to modify data within a database. - DELETE removes data from a database. - INSERT inserts new data into a database. - WHERE filters records by specified criteria. - BETWEEN selects values within a specified range. - DISTINCT returns only unique/different values. - ORDER BY sorts result sets in ascending or descending order.

Uploaded by

pdfdork
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

1.

What does SQL stand for? Strong Question Language *Structured Query Language Structured Question Language

2.

Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database? GET EXTRACT *SELECT OPEN

3.

Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database? MODIFY *UPDATE SAVE SAVE AS

4.

Which SQL statement is used to delete data from a database? *DELETE COLLAPSE REMOVE

5.

Which SQL statement is used to insert new data in a database? INSERT NEW ADD NEW *INSERT INTO ADD RECORD

6. With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a table named "Persons"? SELECT Persons.FirstName EXTRACT FirstName FROM Persons *SELECT FirstName FROM Persons 7. With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named "Persons"? SELECT *.Persons SELECT [all] FROM Persons SELECT Persons *--> SELECT * FROM Persons 8. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" is "Peter"? SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter' *--> SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName<>'Peter'

SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' 9. 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"? SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE *--> SELECT * FROM Persons FirstName LIKE '%a' FirstName='%a%' FirstName='a' WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%'

10. 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 *True False 11. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "FirstName" is "Peter" and the "LastName" is "Jackson"? *--> SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' AND LastName='Jackson' SELECT FirstName='Peter', LastName='Jackson' FROM Persons SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName<>'Peter' AND LastName<>'Jackson' 12. 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"? *--> SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen' SELECT LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName<'Pettersen' FROM Persons SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName<'Pettersen' 13. Which SQL statement is used to return only different values? SELECT UNIQUE SELECT DIFFERENT *SELECT DISTINCT 14. Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set? SORT BY *ORDER BY ORDER SORT

15. With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named "Persons" sorted descending by "FirstName"? SELECT * FROM Persons SORT 'FirstName' DESC SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER FirstName DESC SELECT * FROM Persons SORT BY 'FirstName' DESC *--> SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC 16. With SQL, how can you insert a new record into the "Persons" table? *INSERT INTO Persons VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INSERT VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons INSERT ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons 17. With SQL, how can you insert "Olsen" as the "LastName" in the "Persons" table? INSERT INTO Persons ('Olsen') INTO LastName *INSERT INTO Persons (LastName) VALUES ('Olsen') INSERT ('Olsen') INTO Persons (LastName) 18. How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName" column in the Persons table? UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen' MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen *UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen' MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen' 19. With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "FirstName" is "Peter" in the Persons Table? DELETE FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons *DELETE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter' DELETE ROW FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons 20. With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Persons" table? SELECT COLUMNS() FROM Persons SELECT COUNT() FROM Persons *--> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons SELECT COLUMNS(*) FROM Persons

You might also like