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48) A catalog is the structure that contains object descriptions created by a user.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.1: Define key terms.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

49) DCL is used to update the database with new records.

Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.1: Define key terms.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

50) A database table is defined using the data definition language (DDL).
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.1: Define key terms.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

51) A database is maintained and queried using the data mapping language (DML).
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.1: Define key terms.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

52) The content of dynamic views is generated when they are referenced.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.1: Define key terms.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

53) The views are created by executing a CREATE VIEW SQL command.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.1: Define key terms.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

54) When the SELECT clause in the create view statement contains the keyword DISTINCT, the
view can be used to update data.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.1: Define key terms.

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Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

55) The CREATE SCHEMA DDL command is used to create a table.

Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.1: Define key terms.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

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56) SQL is both an American and international standard for database access.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.2: Interpret the history and role of SQL in database development.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

57) SQL has been implemented only in the mainframe and midrange environments.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.2: Interpret the history and role of SQL in database development.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

58) SQL originated from a project called System-S.

Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.2: Interpret the history and role of SQL in database development.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

59) One of the original purposes of the SQL standard was to provide a vehicle for portability of
database definition and application modules between conforming DBMSs.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.2: Interpret the history and role of SQL in database development.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

60) A major benefit of SQL as a standard is reduced training costs.

Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.2: Interpret the history and role of SQL in database development.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

61) Implementation of a standard can never stifle creativity and innovation.

Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.2: Interpret the history and role of SQL in database development.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

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62) Applications can be moved from one machine to another when each machine uses SQL.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.2: Interpret the history and role of SQL in database development.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

63) Some DBMS can handle graphic data types as well as text and numbers.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.2: Interpret the history and role of SQL in database development.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

64) When creating tables, it's important to decide which columns will allow null values before
the table is created.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

65) In databases, null values are equivalent to zero.

Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

66) The DELETE TABLE DDL command is used to remove a table from the database.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

67) The ALTER TABLE command is used to change a table definition.

Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

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68) The SQL command used to populate tables is the INSERT command.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

69) An INSERT command does not need to have the fields listed.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

70) The following INSERT command would work fine:

INSERT INTO budget values 121,222,111;

Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

71) The DROP command deletes rows from a table individually or in groups.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

72) In order to update data in SQL, one must inform the DBMS which relation, columns, and
rows are involved.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

73) Indexes generally slow down access speed in most RDMS.

Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

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74) Expressions are mathematical manipulations of data in a table that may be included as part of
the SELECT statement.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

75) COUNT(*) tallies only those rows that contain a value, while COUNT counts all rows.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

76) The asterisk (*) wildcard designator can be used to select all fields from a table as well as in
WHERE clauses when an exact match is not possible.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

77) The comparison operators = and != are used to establish a range of values.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

78) If multiple Boolean operators are used in an SQL statement, NOT is evaluated first, then
AND, then OR.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

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79) The following two SQL statements will produce the same results.

SELECT last_name, first_name

FROM customer
WHERE credit_limit > 99 AND credit_limit < 10001;

SELECT last_name, first_name

FROM customer
WHERE credit_limit BETWEEN 100 and 10000;
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

80) Adding the DISTINCT keyword to a query eliminates duplicates.

Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

81) The following two SQL statements will produce different results.

SELECT last_name, first_name

FROM customer
WHERE state = 'MA' OR state = 'NY' OR state = 'NJ' OR state = 'NH' OR state = 'CT';

SELECT last_name, first_name

FROM customer
WHERE state in ('MA','NY','NJ','NH','CT');
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

82) The ORDER BY clause sorts the final results rows in ascending or descending order.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

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83) A single value returned from an SQL query that includes an aggregate function is called a
vector aggregate.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

84) When a GROUP BY clause is included in an SQL statement, only those columns with a
single value for each group can be included.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

85) The HAVING clause and the WHERE clause perform the same operation.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

86) The following query totals sales for each salesperson.

SELECT salesperson_id, sum(sales)

FROM salesperson
GROUP BY salesperson_id;
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

87) The following query totals sales in state= 'MA' for each salesperson.

SELECT salesperson_id, sum(sales)

FROM salesperson
GROUP BY salesperson_id
HAVING state = 'MA';
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Difficult
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

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88) The ORDER BY clause is the first statement processed in an SQL command.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

89) The WHERE clause is always processed before the GROUP BY clause when both occur in a
SELECT statement.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

90) The FROM clause is the first statement processed in an SQL command.
Answer: TRUE
LO: 5.3: Define a database using the SQL data definition language.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

91) When creating a table, it is not important to consider foreign key–primary key mates.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.5: Establish referential integrity using SQL.
Difficulty: Easy
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

92) A referential integrity constraint specifies that the existence of an attribute in one table
depends upon the existence of a foreign key in the same or another table.
Answer: FALSE
LO: 5.5: Establish referential integrity using SQL.
Difficulty: Moderate
Classification: Concept
AACSB: Information Technology

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