MCQ Question

Sub: Database Fundamentals

Chapter (1-7)
Chapter-1

1. Which statement is (are) true for relational database model?

A. Each child table has a single parent table
B. Each parent can have multiple child tables
C. None of the above
D. All of the above
2. Which statement is (are) not true for Network database model?
A. It allows one-to-one relationship
B. It allows many-to-one relationship
C. It allows many-to-many relationship
D. None of the above
3. Relational database model is that any table can be linked together, regardless of their
Hierarchical position.
E. True
F. False

Chapter 2, 3,4

1. Which is the best describe for database type

A. Transactional ,DSS, Hybrid
B. DSE, Hybrid ,Transactional
C. OLTP, Client-Sever, DSS
D. OLAP,OLTP, DSS

2. Data mart is a kind of DSS database

A. True
B. False

3. The correct form of data is called:

A. Data
B. Information
C. Data integrity
D. Above all

4. Which of the following is/are the example of constraint?

E. Keys
F. NOT NULL
G. Validation check
H. Above all

5. Student enrolled many courses at a university. It is example of which relationship?

I. One to one
J. One to many
K. Many to many
L. Above all

6. Which key have null and unique value?

 M. primary Key
N. Foreign key
O. Unique key
P. Above all

7. Views are not same thing as materialized view.

A. True
B. False
7. A determinant is inversion or opposite of
A) Transitive dependency
B) Functional dependency
C) Multi-valued dependency
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
8. When X determinates Y and Y determinates Z, what type of dependency is there?
A. Transitive dependency
B. Functional dependency
C. Multi-valued dependency
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
9. Which NF eliminates transitive dependencies?
A. 1NF
B. 2NF
C. 3NF
D. 4NF
E. 5NF
10. Which NF eliminates cyclic dependencies?
A. 1NF
B. 2NF
C. 3NF
D. 4NF
E. 5NF
11. Which NF eliminates Multi-valued dependencies?
A. 1NF
B. 2NF
C. 3NF
D. 4NF
E. 5NF
12. _____ removes repeating fields by creating a new table where the original and the new table are linked
together with a master-detail, one-to-many relationship.
A. 1NF
B. 2NF
C. 3NF
D. 4NF
E. 5NF
13. ____ creates a new table where repeating values (rather than repeating fields) are removed to a new table. The
result is many-to-one relationship.
A. 1NF
B. 2NF
C. 3NF
D. 4NF
E. 5NF
14. __ creates one-to-one relationship.
A. 1NF
B. 2NF
 C. Beyond 3NF
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
15. __ does not only apply to many-to-many but also one-to-many relationship.
A. 1NF
B. 2NF
C. 3NF
D. 4NF
E. 5NF
16. __ is an ideal form and ultimate or final form of relational database normalization.
A. 1NF
B. 3NF
C. 4NF
D. 5NF
E. BCNF
F. DKNF

17. Values in a database are made up of

A. Data b. Metadata c. raw data d. None
18. “Row and tuple mean the same thing” the statement is
a. true b. false
19. Simple data type applying a value
a. string b. number c. date & time d. all
20. Which data type show blank space?
a. string b. variable string c. fixed length string d. none
21. Which values can have any number of digits both before and after decimal point?
a. fixed length decimals b. integers c. floating point d. a + c
22. Which key support duplicate data
a. foreign key b. unique key c. both d. none
23. ERD displays tables and relationship between those tables
a. true b. false
24. A cross foot is used to describe
a. one to many relationship
b. one to one relationship
c. many to many relationship
d. a+c
25. One to one relationship are often created to remove frequently
a. null value fields from a table
b. Fixed value from a table
c. Duplicate from a table
d. none
26. one to one relationship are typical of
a. 4th normal form
b. 6th normal form
c. 1st normal form
d. 3rd normal form
27. SQL code with more tables in joins can case
a. bad database performance
b. Serious performance issues
c. normal performance issues
d. none
28. Which relationship we should avoid?
a) one to one
b) one to many
c) many to many
d) none
29. Which relationships are extremely common –
a. one to one relationship
b. One to many relationship
c. many to many relationship
d. self relation ship
30. In identifying relationship which sentence is true –
a. The child table is partially identified by the parent table
b. The child table is partially dependent on the parent table
c. The parent table primary key is included in the primary key of the child table.
d. a + c
31. Which sentence is true –
a. An index is likes an index in a book
b. An index in a relational database is a copy of a part of a file
c. An index can be created an any field
d. A key is also an index
e. a + c + d
32. How many type of keys –
a. 2 types b. 3 types
c. 4 types d. 5 types
33. Which are true –
a. A primary key is used to uniquely identified a record in a table
b. Primary keys are known as surrogate keys
c. A primary key is also used to define relationships between tables
d. a + c
34. Which keys are not used to define relationships between tables –
a. Primary keys b. foreign keys
c. Unique keys d. Personal keys
35. Which key is like primary key, actually not same-
a. Primary keys b. foreign keys
 c. Unique keys d. Personal keys
36. Which are true about foreign key-
a. Foreign keys are the copies of primary keys
b. It can be duplicated
c. It is unique d. b + c
37. Most relational database engines use what are often called –
a. Constraint b. Index
c. Keys d. None
38. Which are true –
a. Only primary keys are constraint
b. Foreign keys are not constraint
c. primary and foreign keys are both constraints
d. a + c
39. Record means…..

a. Row b. fields c. Tuple d. data

40. Which example is fixed length strings 3-character?
a.DM b. GERMANY c. GHANA d. GYD

41. which is correct ?

a. integer contains decimal digits

b. fixed-length decimal include decimal point

c. integer contains no decimal digits

42. complex data types are

a. binary objects

b. user-defined types

c. number

d. date and times

43. A crow’s foot is used to describe “many”.

a. yes

b. no

44. which is/are correct ?

a. primary key is used to define relation key

b .unique key also is used to create relation

c. foreign keys are the copied of primary key

d. bitmap is a type of index

e. a + c + d

45. The table IOT indexed order could be seriously problematic for performance ……….
i. True
ii. False

46. Indexes can be built on more than a single field and are known as
i. composite field indexes
ii. Unique index
iii. reverse index.

47. A materialized view materializes underlying physical data ---------

i. By making a physical copy of data from tables.
ii. Filtering against the view.

48. Materialized views are often used to aggregate large data sets down to smaller sized data sets in …...
i. Data ware house
ii. data mart
iii. Reporting data
iv.None

49. Which are called Anomalies?

a) Insert Anomalies
b) Delete Anomalies
c) Select Anomalies
d) Update Anomalies
50. In 2nd Normal form we remove repetitive value?
a. True
b. False
51. In which normal for we separate transitive dependency?
a. 1st NF
b. 2nd NF
c. 3rd NF
d. 4th NF
e. 5th NF
52. In which NF we eliminate Cyclic Dependency?
a. 1st NF
b. 2nd NF
c. 3rd NF
d. 4th NF
e. 5th NF
53. In BCNF a table can have only one Candidate Key?
a. True
b. False
54. Which NF is the last stage or Normalization?
a. 1st NF
b. 2nd NF
c. 3rd NF
d. BCNF
e. 4th NF
f. 5th NF
55. If a Field Contain Comma-delimited list then what kind of dependency it is called?
a. Full Functional Dependency
b. Multi-Valued Dependency
c. Transitive Dependency
d. Functional Dependency
Chapter 5, 6 ,7

56. SQL is a ____________ ?

a. Procedural Language
b. Non Query Language
c. Non Procedural Language
d. Unstructured Language
57. Create, Alter, Drop is ________?
a. Query Command
b. Filter Command
c. Data Change Command
d. Database Structured Command
58. Select * author? Is this statement is correct?
a. Yes
b. NO
59. Which are an Aggregating Clause
a. Where
b. Group by
c. Having
d. AVG
60. Cluster keep physical copy of data?
a. True
b. False
61. Temporary Table’s Data can be used for future purpose?
a. True
b. Flase
62. What is true about METHOD?
a. A method is equivalent to Table
b. A method is equivalent to object
c. A method is equivalent to stored procedure
d. A method is equivalent to column
63. Which model is too granular?
a. Data warehouse
b. Object model
c. Relational model
64. Which command change data of a table?
a. Alter
b. Insert
c. Update
d. Drop
65. Which command sorted data of a table?
a. Where
b. Insert
c. Order by
d. join
66. Sarogate key is also know as ….
 a. Foreign key
b. Replacement Key
c. Unique Key
d. Null
67. Snowflake Schema is a normalized star Schema?
a. True
b. False
68. Fact table, Dimension Table is used in
a. Data warehouse
b. Relational database model
c. Data mart
d. Object model
69. Dimension tables contain detailed description about ______ values?
a. Fact
b. Primary key value
c. Foreign key value
d. None
70. Which one is the most effective approach of a data warehouse model?
a. Snowflake Schema
b. Relational Schema
c. Star Schema
d. A and C