Prof. Arvind D.

Bagale Relational Database Management System

RDBMS MCQ Questions and Answer

1. Database __________ , which is the logical design of the database, and the database
_______,which is a snapshot of the data in the database at a given instant in time.
1. Schema, Instance
2. Relation, Domain
3. Instance, Schema
4. Relation, Schema
Answer: Schema, Instance
2. For each attribute of a relation, there is a set of permitted values, called the ________ of
that attribute
1. Schema
2. Domain
3. Set
4. Relation
Answer: Domain
3. A domain is atomic if elements of the domain are considered to be ____________ units
1. Divisible
2. Different
3. Constant
4. Indivisible
Answer: Indivisible
4. A ________ in a table represents a relationship among a set of values.
1. Row
2. Key
3. Column
4. Entry
Answer: Row
5. The term attribute refers to a ___________ of a table.
1. Key
2. Record
3. Tuple
4. Column
Answer: Column
6. The tuples of the relations can be of ________ order.
1. Same
2. Sorted
3. Any
4. Constant
Answer: Any
7. A relational database consists of a collection of____________
1. Keys
2. Fields
3. Tables

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4. Records
Answer: Tables
8. Using which language can a user request information from a database ?
1. Compiler
2. Structural
3. Query
4. Relational
Answer: Query
9. The term _______ is used to refer to a row.
1. Tuple
2. Instance
3. Attribute
4. Field
Answer: Tuple
10. The full form of RDBMS is?
1. Relation Data Base Management Service
2. Relation Data Base Management System
3. Relation Data Base Managerial Service
4. None of the above
Answer: Relation Data Base Management System
11. The result which operation contains all pairs of tuples from the two relations,
regardless of whether their attribute values match.
1. Set difference
2. Intersection
3. Join
4. Cartesian product
Answer: Cartesian product
12. The most commonly used operation in relational algebra for projecting a set of tuple
from a relation is___________
1. Select
2. Join
3. Projection
4. Union
Answer: Select
13. . The _______operation performs a set union of two “similarly structured tables.
1. Product
2. Union
3. Join
4. Intersect
Answer: Union
14. The_____ operation allows the combining of two relations by merging pairs of tuples,
one from each relation, into a single tuple.
1. Intersection
2. Select

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3. Join
4. Union
Answer: Join
15. A relational database developer refers to a record as?
1. Tuple
2. Relation
3. Data
4. All of above
Answer: Tuple
16. The _______ operator takes the results of two queries and returns only rows that appear
in both result sets
1. Intersect
2. Union
3. Projection
4. Difference
Answer: Intersect
17. The _________ provides a set of operations that take one or more relations as input and
return a relation as an output.
1. Relation flow
2. Schematic representation
3. Relational algebra
4. Scheme diagram
Answer: Relational algebra
18. Which one of the following is a procedural language ?
1. Query language
2. Domain relational calculus
3. Relational algebra
4. Tuple relational calculus
Answer: Relational algebra
19. A ________ is a pictorial depiction of the schema of a database that shows the relations
in the database, their attributes, and primary keys and foreign keys.
1. Schema flow
2. Relational algebra
3. Schema diagram
4. Database diagram
Answer: Schema diagram
20. Student(ID, name, dept name, tot_cred) In this query which attribute form the primary
key?
1. ID
2. Name
3. Tot_cred
4. Dept
Answer: ID

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21. During transaction before commit which of the following statement is done
automatically in case of shutdown?
1. View
2. Commit
3. Rollback
4. Flashback
Answer: Rollback
22. Modify operation is done after which operation?
1. Delete
2. Insert
3. Look Up
4. None of the above
Answer: Look Up
23. “RDBMS has ACID properties”-Which of the following options is true about this
statement?
1. False
2. True
3. Depends on data in the RDBMS
4. None of above
Answer: Depends on data in the RDBMS
24. Date when inserted into a database should be of the format?
1. “YYYY-MM-DD”
2. DD-MM-YYYY
3. „YYYY-MM-DD‟
4. YYYY-MM-DD
Answer: ‘YYYY-MM-DD’
25. What is a relation in RDBMS?
1. Row
2. Table
3. Data Types
4. Key
Answer: Table
26. What is the name of the query that is placed within a WHERE or HAVING clause of
another query?
1. Sub Query
2. Multi Query
3. Super Query
4. None of the above
Answer: Sub Query
27. Which of the following is preserved in the execution of transactions in isolation?
1. Atomicity
2. Durability
3. Consistency
4. Isolation

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Answer: Consistency
28. How can we delete entries in an RDBMS?
1. Assign
2. Insert
3. Delete
4. None of the above
Answer: Delete
29. Which is the lowest level of abstraction that describes how the data are actually
stored?
1. View
2. Abstract
3. Physical
4. User
Answer: Physical
30. Which of the following is the property of transaction that protects data from system
failure?
1. Durability
2. Isolation
3. Atomicity
4. Consistency
Answer: Durability
31. Select the correct foreign key constraint?
1. Domain Integrity
2. Referential Integrity
3. Entity Integrity
4. None of the above
Answer: Referential Integrity
32. Which of the following are applications of dynamic hashing?
1. Allows modification of the hash function.
2. Accommodates growth and shrinkage of the database.
3. All of above
4. None of the above
Answer: All of above
33. The relational model of RDBMS is concerned with?
1. Data Structure
2. Data Integrity
3. Data Manipulation
4. All of the above
Answer: All of the above
34. Minimal Super keys are also called?
1. Foreign Key
2. Primary Key
3. Candidate Key
4. None of above

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Answer: Candidate key

35. The local variables that hold write operations are copied to the database work in which
phase?
1. Write Phase
2. Read Phase
3. Validation Phase
4. None of above
Answer: write Phase
36. The part of database design linked to the logical design is?
1. Data base Entry
2. Data base Relation
3. Data base Schema
4. None of above
Answer: Data base Schema
37. The database system catalog stores what kind of information?
1. Size of tuples
2. Number of tuples
3. Number of blocks
4. All of above
Answer: All of above
38. The referential integrity constraint of a relational database can be specified with the
help of?
1. Secondary Key
2. Primary Key
3. Foreign Key
4. None of the above
Answer: Foreign Key
39. The attribute which is the primary key should have its values never?
1. Independent
2. Dependent
3. Changed
4. None of the above
Answer: Changed
40. The database is always expected to satisfy which predicate?
1. Tuple
2. Verify
3. Mandate
4. Assertion
Answer: Assertion

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