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SQL CH 04

The document contains questions and answers about SQL joins and set operators. Joins combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column between them. The main types are inner, outer, cross and self joins. Set operators combine result sets from multiple queries, including union, intersect and except.

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SQL CH 04

The document contains questions and answers about SQL joins and set operators. Joins combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column between them. The main types are inner, outer, cross and self joins. Set operators combine result sets from multiple queries, including union, intersect and except.

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Q1. Which one correctly defines a join?

A. It merges two databases into a single one


B. It merges two tables into one
C. It combines columns from two or more tables into a single result set
D. It combines result sets of two different queries into a single result set
Answer: C
[Ref. Page: 126]
Q2. _____________ JOIN returns only those rows that satisfy the join condition.
Pick the correct one for the blank space?
A. An INNER JOIN
B. An OUTER JOIN
C. A CROSS JOIN
D. A FULL OUTER JOIN
Answer: A
[Ref. Page: 127]
Q3. In which case you must use the qualified name for a column in join query?
A. For all columns
B. For the column names that appear in two tables
C. For the columns that participate in join condition
D. All of the above
Answer: B
Q4. You the following Query
SELECT Products.*, SupplierID
FROM Products
INNER JOIN Suppliers
ON Products.SupplierID = Suppliers.SupplierID
Should the Query Work?
A. Yes
B. No
Answer: B [SupplerID is present in both Products and Suppliers table. You should
use Products.SupplierID or Suppliers.SupplierID in column list]
Q5. _____________are temporary table names assigned in the FROM clause in a
SELECT statement.
A. Virtual names
B. Correlation names
C. Dummy names
D. Short names
Answer: B
[Also called table alias, Ref. Page: 129]
Q6. When you must use fully qualified names for database objects?
A. If you want to access to objects reside in different schema
B. If you have limited rights on objects
C. If objects reside in different database
D. All of the above
Answer: C
[Ref. Page: 130]
Q7. Which one is the correct form of fully-qualified name of database objects?
A. database.object
B. schema.object
C. database.schema.object
D. server.database.schema.object
Answer: D
[Ref. Page: 131]
Q8. _______________is a virtual instance of remote server linked to the current
existing server.
A. A linked server
B. A server instance
C. A virtual server
D. A paired server
Answer: A
Q9. SQL Server lets you join data from up ______tables.
A. 32
B. 64
C. 128
D. 256
Answer: D
[Ref. Page: 153]
Q10. _________ allow all rows from one or more tables to be included in the result
set. Select the correct one for the blank.
A. Inner joins
B. Outer joins
C. Cross joins
D. Distributed queries
Answer: B
Q11. _____________retrieves all rows that satisfies the join condition, plus unmatched
rows from one or both tables.
A. An inner join
B. An outer join
C. A cross join
D. A self-join
Answer: B
Q12. A CROSS JOIN does not require an ON operator?
Is it true?
A. Yes
B. No
Answer: A
Q13. Which type of JOIN returns a Cartesian product of all the records on both sides
of the JOIN?
A. INNER JOIN
B. OUTER JOIN
C. CROSS JOIN
D. SELF JOIN
Answer: C

Q14. Which one is an alternative of LEFT JOIN?


A. *=
B. =*
C. *=*
D. ==
Answer: A
Q15. Which one is an alternative of RIGHT OUTER JOIN?
A. *=
B. =*
C. *=*
D. ==
Answer: B
Q6. Which one is the old left outer join operators?
A. *=
B. =*
C. ! =
D. #=
Answer: A
Q17. You have the following query
SELECT v.VendorName, a.Address
FROM Vendors v
CROSS JOIN Address a
Which one will return the same result set as the above?
A. SELECT v.VendorName, a.Address FROM Vendors v, Address a
B. SELECT v.VendorName, a.Address FROM Vendors v SELF JOIN Address a hi
C. SELECT v.VendorName, a.Address FROM Vendors v JOIN Address a
D. SELECT v.VendorName, a.Address FROM Vendors v FULL OUTER JOIN
Address a
Answer: A
Q18. You want to combine the rows from result sets of two select statements into
one result. What would you use?
A. Inner Join
B. Outer Join
C. Cross Join
D. Union
Answer: D
Q19. By default, a union does not remove duplicates.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
Q20. If you want to include duplicates in a union, what should you do?
A. Add ALL keyword after UNION
B. Add ANY keyword after UNION
C. Add * symbol after UNION
D. You need not do anything, unions include duplicates by default
Answer: A
Q21. Which of the following is or are set operators?
A. EXCEPT, INTERSECT
B. FETCH, NEXT
C. GROUP BY, HAVING
D. =*, *=
Answer: A
[Ref. Page: 171]
Q22. _________operator excludes rows from first query those occur in the second
query.
A. EXCEPT
B. INTERSECT
C. UNION
D. IN
Answer: A
Q23. _________ returns distinct rows that are output by both the left and right input
queries operator.
A. EXCEPT
B. INTERSECT
C. UNION
D. IN
Answer: B

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