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SQL Quiz

This document contains 25 multiple choice questions about SQL statements and syntax. It tests knowledge of common statements like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and JOINs. It also covers data types, constraints and pattern matching operators like LIKE, BETWEEN and NULL. The questions cover basic and intermediate concepts for querying, manipulating and defining data in SQL databases.

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SQL Quiz

This document contains 25 multiple choice questions about SQL statements and syntax. It tests knowledge of common statements like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and JOINs. It also covers data types, constraints and pattern matching operators like LIKE, BETWEEN and NULL. The questions cover basic and intermediate concepts for querying, manipulating and defining data in SQL databases.

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Question 1:

What does SQL stand for?

Structured Query Language    Your answer  


Strong Question Language
Structured Question Language

Question 2:
Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database?

EXTRACT    Your answer  
OPEN
GET
SELECT    Correct answer  

Question 3:
Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database?

UPDATE    Your answer  
SAVE
MODIFY
SAVE AS

Question 4:
Which SQL statement is used to delete data from a database?

DELETE    Your answer  
REMOVE
COLLAPSE
Question 5:
Which SQL statement is used to insert new data in a database?

INSERT INTO    Your answer  


ADD NEW
ADD RECORD
INSERT NEW

Question 6:
With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a
table named "Persons"?

SELECT FirstName FROM Persons    Your answer  


EXTRACT FirstName FROM Persons
SELECT Persons.FirstName

Question 7:
With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named
"Persons"?

SELECT * FROM Persons    Your answer  


SELECT *.Persons
SELECT [all] FROM Persons
SELECT Persons

Question 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 * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'    Your answer  
SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'
SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter'
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName<>'Peter'

Question 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 FirstName LIKE 'a%'    Your answer  


SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a'
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='%a%'
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='a'

Question 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    Your answer  
False

Question 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'    Your answer  
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName<>'Peter' AND
LastName<>'Jackson'
SELECT FirstName='Peter', LastName='Jackson' FROM Persons

Question 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'    Your answer  
SELECT LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName<'Pettersen' FROM
Persons
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName>'Hansen' AND
LastName<'Pettersen'

Question 13:
Which SQL statement is used to return only different values?

SELECT DIFFERENT    Your answer  


SELECT DISTINCT    Correct answer  
SELECT UNIQUE

Question 14:
Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set?

SORT BY    Your answer  


ORDER BY    Correct answer  
ORDER
SORT
Question 15:
With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named
"Persons" sorted descending by "FirstName"?

SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC    Your answer  


SELECT * FROM Persons SORT 'FirstName' DESC
SELECT * FROM Persons SORT BY 'FirstName' DESC
SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER FirstName DESC

Question 16:
With SQL, how can you insert a new record into the "Persons" table?

INSERT VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons    Your answer  


INSERT ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons
INSERT INTO Persons VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson')    Correct answer  

Question 17:
With SQL, how can you insert "Olsen" as the "LastName" in the
"Persons" table?

INSERT ('Olsen') INTO Persons (LastName)    Your answer  


INSERT INTO Persons (LastName) VALUES ('Olsen')    Correct answer  
INSERT INTO Persons ('Olsen') INTO LastName

Question 18:
How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName"
column in the Persons table?
MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen
UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen'
UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE
LastName='Hansen'    Correct answer  
MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'

Question 19:
With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "FirstName" is
"Peter" in the Persons Table?

DELETE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter'    Your answer  


DELETE FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons
DELETE ROW FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons

Question 20:
With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Persons"
table?

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons    Your answer  


SELECT LEN(*) FROM Persons
SELECT NO(*) FROM Persons
SELECT COLUMNS(*) FROM Persons

Question 21:
What is the most common type of join?

INSIDE JOIN
JOINED
JOINED TABLE
INNER JOIN    Correct answer  
Question 22:
Which operator is used to select values within a range?

BETWEEN    Your answer  
WITHIN
RANGE

Question 23:
The NOT NULL constraint enforces a column to not accept null
values.

True    Your answer  
False

Question 24:
Which operator is used to search for a specified pattern in a column?

LIKE    Your answer  
GET
FROM

Question 25:
Which SQL statement is used to create a table in a database?

CREATE TABLE    Your answer  


CREATE DATABASE TAB
CREATE DB
CREATE DATABASE TABLE

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