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SQL Quiz Sample - B

This document contains sample SQL questions and answers to test database fundamentals knowledge. It includes 10 multiple choice questions using tables to store basket, ingredient, and reading preference data. The questions test skills like selecting data, aggregating results, updating records, and performing joins across multiple tables. Sample queries are provided to find basket costs, highest priced basket, average basket price, and to filter data based on conditions.

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SQL Quiz Sample - B

This document contains sample SQL questions and answers to test database fundamentals knowledge. It includes 10 multiple choice questions using tables to store basket, ingredient, and reading preference data. The questions test skills like selecting data, aggregating results, updating records, and performing joins across multiple tables. Sample queries are provided to find basket costs, highest priced basket, average basket price, and to filter data based on conditions.

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SQL Quiz B – Sample

Database Fundamentals

Write SQL statements

For Questions 1 to 5, use the tables

Baskets ( basket, saleprice, numberofbaskets )


e.g. Special basket sells for $20, and there are 35 in stock.

Ingredients ( ingredient, costprice)


e.g. banana costs $2 each

Contents ( basket, ingredient, howmany )


e.g. Special baskets have 5 bananas ( and other ingredients ).

Q1. Find the number of different ingredients in a ‘Special’ basket.


Select count(ingredient)
From contents
Where basket = “Special”;

Q2. Find the total cost price of a “Special’ basket.


Select sum(costprice*howmany), basket
From ingredients I , contents c
Where basket = “special”
And i.ingredient = c.ingredient;
Group by basket;

Q3. Which basket has the highest sale price, and what is this price ?
Select basket, saleprice
From baskets
Where saleprice >= all (select max(saleprice) from baskets)

Q4. What is the average saleprice of a basket ?


Select avg(saleprice)
From baskets

Q5. Change the data in the baskets table so that the sale price is
increased by $1 for all baskets which are below the average
saleprice.

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Update baskets
Set saleprice = saleprice + 1
Where saleprice < (select avg(saleprice) from baskets);

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For Questions 6 to 10, use the tables

likessport ( person, sport)


e.g. Kevin likes tennis ( and other sports )

likesreading( person, magazine )


e.g. Jimmy likes reading Who ( and other magazines ).

Q6. Find the number of people who like each magazine. Display with
the largest number first.
Select count(person), magazine
From likesreading
Group by magazine
Order by 1 desc, 2;

Q7. Display the people who like both football and reading Time
magazine.
Select ls.person
From likesport ls, likesreading lr
Where ls.person = lr.person
And sport = “football”
And magazine = “time”;

Q8. Find the person, and the number of sports liked, by the person
who likes the largest number of sports.
Select person, count(sport)
From likessport
Group by person
Having count(sport) >= all (select count(sport) from likessport group by
person);

Q9. People who read Time magazine are not allowed to like football.
Change the tables.
Delete from likessport
Where sport = “football”

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And person in (select person from likesreading
Where magazine = “time”);

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