Subject: Database Systems – DBI202

Number of questions: 60
Multiple choice question:

QN=1 Which of following feature is NOT responsibility of Database

Management System?
a. Allow users to create new databases and specify their schemas
b. Give users the ability to query the data
c. Support the storage of very large amounts of data
d. Manage user accounts of computer on which DBMS is running
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=2 Which of following statement is correct?

a. Every relation must have only one primary key
b. Primary key has only one attribute
c. Two tuples can have the same values on primary key's components
d. Super key is a special primary key
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=3 The database language that is used to query and modify the database
is called______:
a. Data Definition Language
b. Data Manipulation Language
c. Data Control Language
d. All of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=4 A rule that states that each foreign key value must match a primary
key value in other relation is called the __________
a. Referential integrity constraint
b. Key match rule
c. Foreign/primary match rule
d. Entity key group rule
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=5 A constraint between two attribute sets in a relation is called

__________
a. Functional relation
b. Attribute dependency
c. Functional dependency
d. Functional relation constraint
e.
f.
ANSWER: C
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QN=6 Given relations
[file:F01.jpg]

How many rows in R U S

a. 5
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=7 [file:F04.jpg]

How many rows are there in re result of

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=8 Given relations

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How many rows in R - S

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e.
f.
ANSWER: C
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QN=9 Which of the following may be used to describe the relationship

between two relations?
a. Super key
b. Alternate Key
c. Compose key
d. Foreign key
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=10 The number of entity sets that participate in a relationship is called the
_________
a. Identifying characteristic
b. Degree
c. Entity
d. Entity set
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=11 Suppose relation R(ABCD) with functional dependencies set

F={AB, BC, BCD}. Which of followings is a key of R?
a. A
b. B
c. AB
d. BC
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=12 Suppose relation R(ABCD) with functional dependencies set

F={AB, BC, BCD}. Which of the highest Normal form of R?
a. 1NF
b. 2NF
c. 3NF
d. BCNF
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=13 Given relation R(ABCDE) with functional dependencies set

F={AB, BC, BCD, CE}. Compute {B}+
a. {ABCDE}
b. {BCDE}
c. {AB}
d. {CDE}
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=14 A _______is a set of attributes of a relation whose values can be

used to uniquely identify a row
a. Foreign key
b. Super key
c. Alternate Key
d. Compose key
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=15 A relationship Writes from Authors to Books should be

a. An one – one relationship
b. A many – one relationship
c. An ISA relationship
d. A many – many relationship
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=16 The normal form which is required every non-key attribute is fully
dependent on the primary key is called
a. 1NF
b. 2NF
c. 3NF
d. BCNF
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=17 Every employee can work in one or more projects and every project has a
lot of worked employees. This relationship is
a. Many to many
b. Many to one
c. One to one
d. One to many
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=18 Suppose there are two relations R(A,B,C) and S(E,F), and a
referential integrity constraint from attribute F of S to attribute A of
R, where A is a primary key of R. Which of the followings can
violate this constraint?
a. Insert a new tuple to the relation R
b. Insert a new tuple to the relation S
c. Delete an exist tuple from the relation S
d. All of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=19 Select the right statement

a. Referential integrity constraint is also called foreign key constraint
b. A foreign key in one table points to a PRIMARY KEY in another table
c. A foreign key constraint can be added or deleted using the 'Alter Table'
command
d. All of the answers
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=20 Which of the following terms is NOT a property of a transaction?

a. Security
b. Atomicity
c. Consistency
d. Isolation
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=21 Select the correct statement

a. The projection operation eliminates duplicated tuples
b. The selection operation always returns a relation has number of tuples
equal zero
c. The projection operation always returns a relation has the same schema
with the relation projected
d. All of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=22 In ERD using Chen notation, the diamond symbol is used to

represent an
a. Entity
b. Attribute
c. Key
d. Relationship
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=23 In the referential integrity constraints, referenced attribute(s) must be

_____and referencing attribute(s) are called_____
a. Primary key, Foreign key
b. Foreign key, Primary key
c. Foreign key, Foreign key
d. Primary key, Primary key
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=24 The ER Diagram uses three principle element types:

a. Entity sets, Constraints, and Relationships
b. Attributes, Constraints, and Relationships
c. Entity sets, Attributes and Constraints
d. Entity sets, Attributes, and Relationships
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=25 Database users can connect to database management system as

a. Database administrator
b. Database designer
c. Database end-user
d. All of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=26 Data Definition language (DDL) is used to

a. Query database and modify the database
b. Connect to database and query database
c. Create database schemas
d. All of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: C
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QN=27 Choose the WRONG statement.

a. Null means 'nothing' or without value or consequence
b. SQL not allows attributes to have a NULL value.
c. Certain operations on Null can return values if the value of Null is not
relevant to the outcome of the operation
d. The NULL constraint determines whether or not data has to be entered
into a column.
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=28 Select right order of using clauses in SQL is

a. SELECT, WHERE, FROM, GROUP, HAVING, ORDER
b. SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP, HAVING, ORDER
c. SELECT, WHERE, FROM, GROUP, ORDER, HAVING
d. SELECT, FROM, GROUP, WHERE, HAVING, ORDER
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=29 Which of following statements is correct?

a. INSERT INTO <table_name> VALUES (<list_of_values>)
b. INSERT INTO <table_name>(<list_of_attributes>) <sub_query>
c. INSERT INTO <table_name>(<list_of_attributes>) VALUES
(<list_of_values>
d. All of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=30 Choose the WRONG statement

a. A database is a collection of information that exists over a long period of
time
b. A DBMS is a software to facilitate the creation and maintenance of a
computerized database
c. A DBMS is expected to control access to data from many users at once
d. None of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=31 Choose the WRONG statement

a. An attribute is a row of the table
b. A relation schema is a list of attributes of the relation
c. Relations are sets of tuples, not lists of tuples.
d. Each component of each tuple must be of some elementary type such
as integer or string
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=32 Choose the CORRECT statement

a. A relation has at least one primary key
b. Attributes of a key are not allowed to have NULL value
c. Two tuples in all relation instance do not have the same values in all
attributes of the key
d. All of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=33 A relationship is when both participants in the relationship are the

same entity set is called
a. Ternary
b. Binary
c. Unary
d. Primary
e.
f.
ANSWER: C
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QN=34 Choose the WRONG statement

a. Relationships are connections among at least two distinct entity sets
b. A collection of similar entities forms an entity set
c. We can define relationships involving more than two entity sets
d. An E/R diagram is a graph representing entity sets, attributes, and
relationships
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=35 Which of the following is NOT a standard aggregation operator?

a. SUM
b. COUNT
c. AVG
d. GROUP
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=36 Suppose relation R including 8 tuples, relation S including 5 tuples. How

many tuples in RxS (where x is Cross product)
a. 13
b. 40
c. 8
d. 5
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=37 Suppose the relation Employee(SSN, Fullname, Salary) including

100 tuples. Evaluate the following query: Select Top 3 * from
Employee Order by Salary DESC
a. There are some errors on this query
b. This query executes successfully but no rows are returned
c. This query executes successfully, and return all those employees whose
salary are maximum
d. This query executes successfully, and return 3 employees whose salary are
the highest
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=38 Suppose there is relation PRODUCT(ProductID, ProductName,

UnitPrice, Description). Which of the following commands will
delete all of products
a. Delete From PRODUCT
b. Delete * From PRODUCT
c. Truncate table PRODUCT
d. A and C are correct
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=39 Suppose two relations R(A:int, B:varchar(10) and S(C:int,

D:varchar(10)). Which of the following is valid in SQL ?
a. ALTER TABLE R ADD CONSTRAINT RCHK CHECK (A IN
(1,2,3,4,5))
b. ALTER TABLE R ADD CONSTRAINT RCHK CHECK (A IN
(SELECT D FROM S))
c. ALTER TABLE R ADD CONSTRAINT RCHK CHECK (A IN
(SELECT * FROM S))
d. ALTER TABLE R ADD CONSTRAINT RCHK CHECK (A, B IN
(SELECT C FROM S))
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=40 Four characteristics of transactions are

a. Atomicity, Isolation, Consistency, Durability
b. Atomicity, Isolation, Concurrency, Durability
c. Read uncommitted, Read committed, Repeatable read, Serializable
d. Atomicity, Isolation, rollback, commit
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=41 Creating database schema, declaring primary keys as well as referential

constraints and so on , are responsibilities of the
a. database administrator
b. database designer
c. database programmer
d. database user
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=42 The join, which connects two tuples with the same values on their
same attributes, is called as
a. theta join
b. equal join
c. natural join
d. outer join
e.
f.
ANSWER: C
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QN=43 Which of the following may be used to describe the relationship between
two relations
a. Super key
b. Alternate Key
c. Compose key
d. Foreign key
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=44 Choose the correct statement.

a. You can remove a trigger by dropping it or by dropping the trigger table.
b. The syntax to remove a trigger is: DROP TRIGGER < trigger_name >
c. Use ALTER TRIGGER to change the definition of a trigger
d. All of the others.
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=45 A thing or object, which must be stored in database, best describes

a. data
b. entity
c. attribute
d. relationship
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=46 A ____ is a collections of tables, views, triggers, and so on

a. Schema
b. Cluster
c. Catalog
d. None of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=47 What is a stored procedure in database?

a. A system relation
b. A temporary relation
c. A temporary object
d. None of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=48 Database management systems support following languages,

EXCEPT
a. data definition language
b. data manipulation language
c. data controlling language
d. data securing language
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=49 Authorizing access to database, coordinating, monitoring its use,

acquiring software, and hardware resources, ___________ are
responsibilities of
a. database administrator
b. database designer
c. database programmer
d. database user
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=50 All of followings are correct, EXCEPT

a. Super key is a key
b. Key is a super key
c. If X is a key, then any set of attributes consists of X is super key
d. Every relation has at least one key
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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QN=51 The description of data model consists of all followings, EXCEPT
a. structure of data
b. operations on data
c. constraints on data
d. privileges on data
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=52 A set of (current) tuples for a given relation best describes

a. relation's schema
b. relation's instance
c. relation's content
d. relation's table
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=53 Which SQL keyword is used to retrieve only unique values?

a. DIFFERENT
b. DISTINCT
c. UNIQUE
d. UNION
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=54 A trigger is...

a. a special type of view
b. a special type of table
c. a special type of store procedure, executed when certain event occurs
d. Non of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: C
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QN=55 Functional dependency is

a. a constraint on two different relations
b. a constraint on a set of attributes of a relation
c. a constraint on two sets of attributes of a relation
d. a constraint on two sets of attributes of two different relations
e.
f.
ANSWER: C
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QN=56 Subquery cannot be used in

a. FROM clause
b. WHERE clause
c. GROUP BY clause
d. HAVING clause
e.
f.
ANSWER: C
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QN=57 Given relation R(A,B), which of followings is valid?
a. SELECT A, B, COUNT(*) FROM R GROUP BY A
b. SELECT A, B, COUNT(*) FROM R GROUP BY A, B
c. SELECT A, COUNT(*) FROM R GROUP BY B
d. SELECT A, B, COUNT(*) FROM R GROUP BY B
e.
f.
ANSWER: B
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QN=58 Given relation R(A, B) with attribute A (nullable) and B (not null),
following queries are used to count the tuples of R
a. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM R
b. SELECT COUNT(A) FROM R
c. SELECT COUNT(B) FROM R
d. A and C
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=59 SQL triggers may be awakened by some events, EXCEPT

a. INSERT
b. UPDATE
c. DELETE
d. ALTER
e.
f.
ANSWER: D
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QN=60 A trigger belongs to
a. a single table in the database
b. all tables in the database
c. more than one table in the database
d. none of the others
e.
f.
ANSWER: A
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