1. Using Oracle Application Express, you can create Web applications that include PL/SQL. True or False?

 TRUE (*)
 FALSE

2. You can create a Web site application written entirely in PL/SQL. True or False?
 True
 False (*)

3. Which of the following statements is true?

 You can embed PL/SQL statements within SQL code.
 You can embed procedural constructs within SQL code.
 You can embed SQL statements within PL/SQL code. (*)
 None of these are correct.

4. In which three ways does PL/SQL extend the SQL programming language? (Choose three)
 By adding procedural constructs. (*)
 By adding conditional control. (*)
 By adding iterative control. (*)
 By adding compound constructs.

5. In which part of the PL/SQL block are declarations of variables defined?

 Definition
 Declarative (*)
 Executable
 Exception

6. This PL/SQL anonymous block will execute successfully. True or False?

DECLARE
v_date DATE := SYSDATE;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_date);
END;
 True
 False (*)

7. Which of the following is a PL/SQL programming environment?

 PL/SQL Express
 Oracle Cdeveloper
 SQL*Workshop in Application Express (*)
 Java*Plus

8. In a PL/SQL block, which of the following should not be followed by a semicolon?

 END
 DECLARE (*)
 All PL/SQL statements
 All SQL statements

9. Which of the following is an example of using a case convention for good programming practice?
 Assign variables by using functions.
 Declare data types in uppercase. (*)
 Declare variables in the DECLARE section.
 Include an exception handler in every PL/SQL block.
10. Which good programming practice guideline would make this code easier to read?
DECLARE
v_sal NUMBER(8,2);
BEGIN
SELECT salary INTO v_sal
FROM employees WHERE employee_id = 100;
UPDATE employees SET salary = v_sal;
END;
 Declaring variables using %TYPE
 Indenting each level of code (*)
 Using a consistent naming convention for variables
 Avoiding implicit data type conversions

11. What are the data types of the variables in the following declaration?
DECLARE
fname VARCHAR2(25);
lname VARCHAR2(25) DEFAULT 'fernandez';
BEGIN …
 Composite
 Scalar (*)
 LOB
 PLS_INTEGER

12. Type of a variable determines the range of values the variable can have and the set of operations that are defined for
values of the type.
 True (*)
 False

13. Which of the following variable declarations does NOT use a number data type?
 v_count BINARY_INTEGER;
 v_count PLS_INTEGER := 0;
 v_students LONG; (*)
 v_median_age NUMBER(6,2);

14. If you use the %TYPE attribute, you can avoid hard-coding the column name. True or False?
 True
 False (*)

15. What is wrong with this code?

DECLARE
v_a NUMBER;
BEGIN
v_a := 27;
<<inner_block>>
BEGIN
v_a := 15;
END;
 Nothing is wrong, the code will execute successfully.
 Variable v_a is out of scope within the inner block and therefore cannot be referenced.
 The inner block has no END; statement. (*)
 The outer block has no label.
16. If a variable is defined with the same name in both an inner and outer block, and referenced in the outer block, it will
reference the ___________ block value of the variable.
 Inner
 Neither - can't define a variable with the same name in both blocks
 Outer (*)

17. PL/SQL does not look _________ in the child blocks.

 Downward (*)
 Inward
 Upward
 Outward

18. Which of the following are PL/SQL lexical units? (Choose two.)
 SQL Workshop
 Anonymous Blocks
 Reserved Words (*)
 Table Columns
 Identifiers (*)

19. What is a lexical unit?

 A type of variable
 A building block of a PL/SQL block (*)
 A data type for a column

20. When a variable is defined using the NOT NULL keywords, the variable must contain a value. True or False?
 True (*)
 False

21. Is the following variable declaration correct or not?

DECLARE
maxsalary NUMBER(7) = 5000;
 Correct.
 Not correct. (*)

22. Which of the following are required when declaring a variable? (Choose two.)
 Identifier name (*)
 CONSTANT
 NOT NULL
 Data type (*)

23. Explicit conversions can be slower than implicit conversions. True or False?
 True
 False (*)

24. The DECODE function is available in PL/SQL procedural statements. True or False?
 True
 False (*)

25. PL/SQL can implicitly convert a CHAR to a NUMBER, provided the CHAR contains a numeric value, for example '123'.
True or False?
 True (*)
 False
26. Which of the following are disadvantages of implicit data type conversions? (Choose two.)
 Oracle cannot implicitly convert a number value to a character string
 If Oracle changes the conversion rules in the future, your code may not work any more (*)
 You cannot store alphabetic characters in a variable of data type NUMBER
 The code is harder to read and understand (*)

27. A variable is declared as:

DECLARE
v_holdit employees.last_name%TYPE;
BEGIN ...
Which of the following is a correct use of the INTO clause?

SELECT *
INTO v_holdit
FROM employees;

SELECT last_name
INTO v_holdit
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id=100; (*)

SELECT last_name
INTO v_holdit
FROM employees;

SELECT salary
INTO v_holdit
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id=100;

28. What will happen when the following block is executed?

DECLARE
v_last employees.last_name%TYPE;
v_first employees.first_name%TYPE;
v_salary employees.salary%TYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT first_name, last_name
INTO v_first, v_last, v_salary
FROM employees WHERE employee_id=100;
END;
 The block will fail because V_LAST was declared before V_FIRST.
 The block will fail because the SELECT statement returns more than one row.
 The block will fail because the SELECT is trying to read two columns into three PL/SQL variables. (*)

 The block will execute successfully, and the V_SALARY variable will be set to NULL.

29. Which rows will be deleted from the EMPLOYEES table when the following code is executed?
DECLARE
salary employees.salary%TYPE := 12000;
BEGIN
DELETE FROM employees
WHERE salary > salary;
END;
 All rows in the table.
 No rows. (*)
 All rows whose SALARY column value is greater than 12000.
 All rows whose SALARY column value is equal to 12000.

30. How many DML statements can be included in a single transaction?

 As many as needed (*)
 Only one
 A maximum of four DML statements
 None. A transaction cannot include DML statements.

31. The following anonymous block of code is run:

BEGIN
INSERT INTO countries (id, name)
VALUES ('XA', 'Xanadu');
SAVEPOINT XA;
INSERT INTO countries (id, name)
VALUES ('NV','Neverland');
COMMIT;
ROLLBACK TO XA;
END;
What happens when the block of code finishes?
 No data is inserted and an error occurs.
 Two rows are inserted. (*)
 No data is inserted.
 One record of data is inserted.

32. There are three employees in department 90. What will be displayed when the following code is executed?
DECLARE
v_open CHAR(3) := 'NO';
BEGIN
UPDATE employees SET job_id = 'ST_CLERK'
WHERE department_id = 90;
IF SQL%FOUND THEN
v_open := 'YES';
END IF;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_open || ' ' || SQL%ROWCOUNT);
END;
 Nothing will be displayed. The block will fail because you cannot use implicit cursor attributes directly in
a call to DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE.
 NO 3
 YES 1
 YES 3 (*)

33. Employee_id 999 does not exist. What will happen when the following code is executed?
DECLARE
employee_id employees.employee_id%TYPE := 999;
BEGIN
UPDATE employees SET salary = salary * 1.1
WHERE employee_id = employee_id;
END;
  An exception is raised because you cannot give a variable the same name as a table column.
 An exception is raised because the UPDATE statement did not modify any rows.
 No rows are updated but the block completes successfully.
 Every employee row is updated. (*)

34. Assume there are 5 employees in Department 10. What happens when the following statement is executed?
UPDATE employees
SET salary=salary*1.1;
 No rows are modified because you did not specify "WHERE department_id=10"
 A TOO_MANY_ROWS exception is raised.
 All employees get a 10% salary increase. (*)
 An error message is displayed because you must use the INTO clause to hold the new salary.

35. Is it possible to insert more than one row at a time using an INSERT statement with a VALUES clause?
 No, there is no such thing as INSERT ... VALUES.
 No, you can only create one row at a time when using the VALUES clause. (*)
 Yes, you can list as many rows as you want, just remember to separate the rows with commas.

36. The MERGE statement will INSERT or DELETE rows in a target table based on matching values in a source table. True
or False?
 True
 False (*)

37. What type of loop statement would you write for Point A?
BEGIN
FOR v_outerloop IN 1..3 LOOP
-- Point A
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Outer loop is:'||v_outerloop||
' and inner loop is: '||v_innerloop);
END LOOP;
END LOOP;
END;
 WHILE v_outerloop
 FOR v_innerloop IN 1..5 LOOP (*)
 LOOP
 WHILE v_innerloop <=5 LOOP

38. Examine the following code:

BEGIN
FOR i IN 1..5 LOOP
FOR j IN 1..8 LOOP
EXIT WHEN j = 7;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(i || j);
END LOOP;
END LOOP;
END;
How many lines of output will be displayed when this code is executed?
 30 (*)
 35
 6
 40
39. Examine the following code:
DECLARE
v_score NUMBER(3);
v_grade CHAR(1);
BEGIN
CASE v_score
-- Line A
....
The CASE statement must convert a numeric score to a letter grade: 90 -> A, 80 -> B, 70 -> C and so on. What should be
coded at Line A?
 WHEN 90 THEN v_grade = 'A'
 WHEN 90 THEN v_grade := 'A'; (*)
 WHEN 90 THEN 'A'
 WHEN 90 THEN 'A';

40. Look at the following code:

DECLARE
x BOOLEAN := FALSE;
y BOOLEAN := FALSE;
z BOOLEAN ;
BEGIN
z := (x OR NOT y);
-- Line A ....
END;
What is the value of Z at Line A?
 False
 An error will occur because you cannot combine two Boolean variables using "NOT".
 True (*)
 NULL

41. What type of control structures are repetition statements that enable you to execute statements in a PLSQL block
repeatedly?
 IF statements
 CASE expressions
 Loops (*)
 CASE statements

42. Examine the following code:

DECLARE
a BOOLEAN := TRUE;
b BOOLEAN := FALSE;
c BOOLEAN := TRUE;
d BOOLEAN := FALSE;
game char(4) := 'lost';
BEGIN
IF ((a AND b) AND (c OR d))
THEN game := 'won'; END IF;
What is the value of GAME at the end of this block?
 won
 NULL
 lost (*)
 False
43. Name three types of control structures in PL/SQL. (Choose three)
 SELECT statements
 EXCEPTIONS
 LOOP statements (*)
 CASE statements (*)
 IF statements (*)

44. What will be displayed when this block is executed?

DECLARE
v_bool1 BOOLEAN := TRUE;
v_bool2 BOOLEAN;
v_char VARCHAR(4) := 'up';
BEGIN
IF (v_bool1 AND v_bool2) THEN
v_char:='down';
ELSE v_char:='left';
END IF;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_char);
END;
 null
 up
 down
 left (*)

45. When using a counter to control a FOR loop, which of the following is true ?
 You must have exactly one counter but it is implicitly declared. (*)
 You can have multiple counters, but you need at least one.
 You must have exactly one counter and you must explicitly declare it.
 You don't need a counter; you can test for anything (for example, whether a BOOLEAN is TRUE or FALSE).

46. In a WHILE loop, the controlling condition is checked at the start of each iteration. True or False?
 True (*)
 False

47. Which statement best describes when a FOR loop should be used?
 When the number of iterations is known (*)
 When testing the value in a Boolean variable
 When the controlling condition must be evaluated at the start of each iteration

48. How many EXIT statements can be coded inside a basic loop?
 One only
 None
 Two
 As many as you need, there is no limit (*)

49. A PL/SQL block contains the following code:

v_counter := 1;
LOOP
EXIT WHEN v_counter=5;
END LOOP;
v_counter := v_counter + 1;
What is the value of V_COUNTER after the loop is finished?
 6
 5
 This is an infinite loop; the loop will never finish. (*)
 1

50. Look at this code:

DECLARE
v_bool BOOLEAN := TRUE;
v_date DATE;
BEGIN
LOOP
EXIT WHEN v_bool;
SELECT SYSDATE INTO v_date FROM dual;
END LOOP;
END;
How many times will the SELECT statement execute?
 An infinite number of times because the EXIT condition will never be true
 Twice
 Once
 Never (the SELECT will not execute at all) (*)