Mid Term Exam Sem2 Part2
Mid Term Exam Sem2 Part2
Mid Term Exam Sem2 Part2
GROUPING SETS is another extension to the GROUP BY clause and is used to s pecify multiple groupings of data but provide a single result set. True or False ? Mark for Review (1) Points True (*) False Correct 2. CUBE can be applied to all aggregate functions including AVG, SUM, MIN, MA X, and COUNT. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True (*) False Correct 3. You use ROLLUP to: Mark for Review (1) Points produce subtotal values (*) cross-tabulate values produce a single result set Correct 4. CUBE will cross-reference the columns listed in the ______ clause to creat e a superset of groups. Mark for Review (1) Points GROUP BY (*) WHERE SELECT Correct 5. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT SUM(salary), department_id, department_name FROM employees WHERE department_id = 1 GROUP BY department;
Which clause of the SELECT statement contains a syntax error? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT FROM WHERE GROUP BY (*) Correct 6. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT MAX(salary), department_id FROM employees GROUP BY department_id; Which values are displayed? Mark for Review (1) Points The highest salary for all employees. The highest salary in each department. (*) The employees with the highest salaries. The employee with the highest salary for each department. Correct 7. What will the following SQL Statement do? SELECT job_id, COUNT(*) FROM employees GROUP BY job_id; Mark for Review (1) Points Displays all the employees and groups them by job. Displays each job id and the number of people assigned to that job id. (*) Displays only the number of job_ids. Displays all the jobs with as many people as there are jobs. Correct 8. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT COUNT(emp_id), mgr_id, dept_id FROM employees WHERE status = 'I'
GROUP BY dept_id HAVING salary > 30000 ORDER BY 2; Why does this statement return a syntax error? Mark for Review (1) Points MGR_ID must be included in the GROUP BY clause. (*) The HAVING clause must specify an aggregate function. A single query cannot contain a WHERE clause and a HAVING clause. The ORDER BY clause must specify a column name in the EMPLOYEE table. Correct 9. If a select list contains both a column as well as a group function then w hat clause is required? Mark for Review (1) Points HAVING clause JOIN clause ORDER BY clause GROUP BY clause (*) Correct 10. What is the correct order of clauses in a SELECT statement? Mark for Rev iew (1) Points SELECT FROM WHERE ORDER BY GROUP BY HAVING SELECT FROM HAVING GROUP BY WHERE ORDER BY SELECT FROM WHERE GROUP BY
11. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT COUNT(employee_id), department_id FROM employees GROUP BY department_id; You only want to include employees who earn more than 15000. Which clause should you include in the SELECT statement? Mark for Review (1) Points WHERE salary > 15000 (*) HAVING salary > 15000 WHERE SUM(salary) > 15000 HAVING SUM(salary) > 15000 Correct 12. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT MIN(hire_date), deptartment_id FROM employees GROUP BY department_id; Which values are displayed? Mark for Review (1) Points The earliest hire date in each department. (*) The the earliest hire date in the EMPLOYEES table. The latest hire date in the EMPLOYEES table. The hire dates in the EMPLOYEES table that contain NULL values. Correct 13. The PLAYERS and TEAMS tables contain these columns: PLAYERS
PLAYER_ID NUMBER NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY LAST_NAME VARCHAR2 (30) NOT NULL FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2 (25) NOT NULL TEAM_ID NUMBER POSITION VARCHAR2 (25) TEAMS TEAM_ID NUMBER NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY TEAM_NAME VARCHAR2 (25) You need to create a report that lists the names of each team with more than thr ee goal keepers. Which SELECT statement will produce the desired result? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT t.team_name, COUNT(p.player_id) FROM players p, teams t ON (p.team_id = t.team_id) WHERE UPPER(p.position) = 'GOAL KEEPER' GROUP BY t.team_name; SELECT t.team_name, COUNT(p.player_id) FROM players JOIN teams t ON (p.team_id = t.team_id) WHERE UPPER(p.position) = 'GOAL KEEPER' HAVING COUNT(p.player_id) > 3; SELECT t.team_name, COUNT(p.player_id) FROM players p, teams t ON (p.team_id = t.team_id) WHERE UPPER(p.position) = 'GOAL KEEPER' GROUP BY t.team_name HAVING COUNT(p.player_id) > 3; SELECT t.team_name, COUNT(p.player_id) FROM players p JOIN teams t ON (p.team_id = t.team_id) WHERE UPPER(p.position) = 'GOAL KEEPER' GROUP BY t.team_name HAVING COUNT(p.player_id) > 3; (*)
Correct 14. The EMPLOYEES table contains the following columns: EMPLOYEE_ID NUMBER(10) PRIMARY KEY LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(20) FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(20) DEPARTMENT VARCHAR2(20) HIRE_DATE DATE SALARY NUMBER(10) You want to create a report that includes each employee's last name, employee id
entification number, date of hire and salary. The report should include only tho se employees who have been with the company for more than one year and whose sal ary exceeds $40,000. Which of the following SELECT statements will accomplish this task? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT employee_id, last_name, salary FROM employees WHERE salary > 40000 AND hire_date = (SELECT hire_date FROM employees WHERE (sysdate-hire_date) / 365 > 1); SELECT employee_id, last_name, hire_date, salary FROM employees WHERE salary > 40000 AND hire_date = (SELECT hire_date FROM employees WHERE (sysdate-hire_date) / 365 > 1); SELECT employee_id, last_name, hire_date, salary FROM employees WHERE salary > 40000 AND (sysdate-hire_date) / 365 > 1; (*) SELECT employee_id, last_name, salary FROM employees WHERE salary > 40000 AND hire_date IN (sysdate-hire_date) / 365 > 1);
Incorrect. Refer to Section 5 Lesson 1. 15. The PRODUCTS table contains these columns: PRODUCT_ID NUMBER(9) PK CATEGORY_ID VARCHAR2(10) LOCATION_ID NUMBER(9) DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(30) COST NUMBER(7,2) PRICE NUMBER(7,2) QUANTITY NUMBER You display the total of the extended costs for each product category by locatio n. You need to include only the products that have a price less than $25.00. The extended cost of each item equals the quantity value multiplied by the cost value. Which SQL statement will display the desired result? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT category_id, SUM(cost * quantity) TOTAL,location_id
FROM products WHERE price > 25.00 GROUP BY category_id, location_id; SELECT SUM(cost * quantity) TOTAL, location_id FROM products WHERE price < 25.00 <br /> GROUP BY location_id; SELECT category_id, SUM(cost * quantity) TOTAL, location_id FROM products WHERE price < 25.00 <br /> GROUP BY category_id, location_id; (*) SELECT SUM(cost * quantity) TOTAL FROM products WHERE price < 25.00;
Correct 16. The EMPLOYEES table contains these columns: ID_NUMBER NUMBER Primary Key NAME VARCHAR2 (30) DEPARTMENT_ID NUMBER SALARY NUMBER (7,2) HIRE_DATE DATE Evaluate this SQL statement: SELECT id_number, name, department_id, SUM(salary) FROM employees WHERE salary > 25000 GROUP BY department_id, id_number, name ORDER BY hire_date; Why will this statement cause an error? Mark for Review (1) Points The HAVING clause is missing. The WHERE clause contains a syntax error. The SALARY column is NOT included in the GROUP BY clause. The HIRE_DATE column is NOT included in the GROUP BY clause. (*) Correct 17. Which statement about the GROUP BY clause is true? Mark for Review (1) Points To exclude rows before dividing them into groups using the GROUP BY clause,
you should use a WHERE clause. (*) You can use a column alias in a GROUP BY clause. By default, rows are not sorted when a GROUP BY clause is used. You must use the HAVING clause with the GROUP BY clause. Correct 18. The ___________ operator returns all rows from both tables, after elimina ting duplicates. Mark for Review (1) Points UNION (*) UNION ALL INTERSECT MINUS Correct 19. To control the order of rows returned using SET operators, the ORDER BY c lause is used ______ and is placed in the _____ SELECT statement of the query. Mark for Review (1) Points ONCE; FIRST TWICE; FIRST ONCE; LAST (*) IN ALL; LAST Correct
Section 6 (Answer all questions in this section) 20. The TEACHERS and CLASS_ASSIGNMENTS tables contain these columns: TEACHERS TEACHER_ID NUMBER(5) Primary Key NAME VARCHAR2 (25) SUBJECT_ID NUMBER(5) CLASS_ASSIGNMENTS CLASS_ID NUMBER (5) Primary Key TEACHER_ID NUMBER (5) DATE
MAX_CAPACITY NUMBER (3) All MAX_CAPACITY values are greater than 10. Which two SQL statements correctly use subqueries? (Choose two.) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers) SELECT * FROM class_assignments WHERE max_capacity = (SELECT AVG(max_capacity) FROM class_assignments); (*) SELECT * FROM teachers WHERE teacher_id = (SELECT teacher_id FROM teachers WHERE class_id = 45963); (*) SELECT * FROM teachers WHERE teacher_id = (SELECT teacher_id, class_assignments WHERE max_capacity > 0) ; SELECT * FROM teachers WHERE teacher_id LIKE (SELECT teacher_id FROM class_assignments WHERE max_capaci ty > 1000); SELECT * FROM class_assignments max_capacity = (SELECT AVG(max_capacity) FROM class_assignments GROUP BY teacher _id);
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The EMPLOYEES and ORDERS tables contain these columns: EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEE_ID NUMBER(10) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(30) LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(30) ADDRESS VARCHAR2(25) CITY VARCHAR2(20) STATE VARCHAR2(2) ZIP NUMBER(9) TELEPHONE NUMBER(10) ORDERS ORDER_ID NUMBER(10) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY EMPLOYEE_ID NUMBER(10) NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY ORDER_DATE DATE
TOTAL NUMBER(10) Which SELECT statement will return all orders generated by a sales representativ e named Franklin during the year 2001? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT order_id, total FROM ORDERS (SELECT employee_id FROM employees WHERE last_name = 'Franklin') WHERE order_date BETWEEN '01-jan-01' AND '31-dec-01'; SELECT (SELECT employee_id FROM employees WHERE last_name = 'Franklin') AND order_id, total FROM ORDERS WHERE order_date BETWEEN '01-jan-01' AND '31-dec-01'; SELECT order_id, employee_id, total FROM ORDERS WHERE order_date BETWEEN '01-jan-01' AND '31-dec-01' AND emp_id = 'Franklin'; SELECT order_id, total FROM ORDERS WHERE employee_id = (SELECT employee_id FROM employees WHERE last_name = 'Frankl in') AND order_date BETWEEN '01-jan-01' AND '31-dec-01'; (*)
Correct 22. You need to display all the players whose salaries are greater than or eq ual to John Brown's salary. Which comparison operator should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points = > <= >= (*) Correct 23. Which operator can be used with a multiple-row subquery? Mark for Review (1) Points IN (*)
<> = LIKE Correct 24. Using a subquery in which clause will return a syntax error? Mark for Re view (1) Points WHERE FROM HAVING You can use subqueries in all of the above clauses. (*) Correct 25. Which statement about subqueries is true? Mark for Review (1) Points Subqueries should be enclosed in double quotation marks. Subqueries cannot contain group functions. Subqueries are often used in a WHERE clause to return values for an unknown conditional value. (*) Subqueries generally execute last, after the main or outer query executes. Correct 26. Examine the structures of the CUSTOMER and ORDER_HISTORY tables: CUSTOMER CUSTOMER_ID NUMBER(5) NAME VARCHAR2(25) CREDIT_LIMIT NUMBER(8,2) OPEN_DATE DATE ORDER_HISTORY ORDER_ID NUMBER(5) CUSTOMER_ID NUMBER(5) ORDER_DATE DATE TOTAL NUMBER(8,2) Which of the following scenarios would require a subquery to return the desired results? Mark for Review (1) Points
You need to display the date each customer account was opened. You need to display each date that a customer placed an order. You need to display all the orders that were placed on a certain date. You need to display all the orders that were placed on the same day as order number 25950. (*) Correct 27. You need to create a report to display the names of products with a cost value greater than the average cost of all products. Which SELECT statement shou ld you use? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT product_name FROM products WHERE cost > (SELECT AVG(cost) FROM product); (*) SELECT product_name FROM products WHERE cost > AVG(cost); SELECT AVG(cost), product_name FROM products WHERE cost > AVG(cost) GROUP by product_name; SELECT product_name FROM (SELECT AVG(cost) FROM product) WHERE cost > AVG(cost);
Correct 28. Which comparison operator would you use to compare a value to every value returned by a subquery? Mark for Review (1) Points SOME ANY ALL (*) IN Correct
29. Which of the following best describes the meaning of the ANY operator? M ark for Review (1) Points Equal to any member in the list Compare value to each value returned by the subquery (*) Compare value to the first value returned by the subquery Equal to each value in the list Correct 30. Which of the following statements contains a comparison operator that is used to restrict rows based on a list of values returned from an inner query? M ark for Review (1) Points SELECT description FROM d_types WHERE code IN (SELECT type_code FROM d_songs); SELECT description FROM d_types WHERE code = ANY (SELECT type_code FROM d_songs); SELECT description FROM d_types WHERE code <> ALL (SELECT type_code FROM d_songs); All of the above. (*) Correct
31. If a single-row subquery returns a null value and uses the equality compari son operator, what will the outer query return? Mark for Review (1) Points No rows (*) All the rows in the table A null value An error Correct
32. Which statement about the <> operator is true? Mark for Review (1) Points The <> operator is NOT a valid SQL operator. The <> operator CANNOT be used in a single-row subquery. The <> operator returns the same result as the ANY operator in a subquery. The <> operator can be used when a single-row subquery returns only one row. (*) Correct 33. Which statement is false? Mark for Review (1) Points The WITH clause retrieves the results of one or more query blocks The WITH clause decreases performance (*) The WITH clause makes the query simple to read The WITH clause stores the results for the user who runs the query Correct 34. The WITH clause enables a SELECT statement to define the subquery block a t the start of the query, process the block just once, label the results, and th en refer to the results multiple times. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points True (*) False Correct 35. A correlated subquery is evaluated _____ for each row processed by the pa rent statement. Mark for Review (1) Points EVERY TIME ONCE (*) COMPLETELY Correct 36. The Oracle server performs a correlated subquery when the subquery refere
nces a column from a table referred to in the parent. True or False? Mark for R eview (1) Points True (*) False Correct
Section 7 (Answer all questions in this section) 37. You need to copy rows from the EMPLOYEE table to the EMPLOYEE_HIST table. What could you use in the INSERT statement to accomplish this task? Mark for R eview (1) Points An ON clause A SET clause A subquery (*) A function Correct 38. Which statement about the VALUES clause of an INSERT statement is true? Mark for Review (1) Points If no column list is specified, then the values must be in the order the col umns are specified in the table. (*) The VALUES clause in an INSERT statement is optional. Character, date, and numeric data must be enclosed within single quotes in t he VALUES clause. To specify a null value in the VALUES clause, use an empty string (" "). Correct 39. You have been instructed to add a new customer to the CUSTOMERS table. Be cause the new customer has not had a credit check, you should not add an amount to the CREDIT column. The CUSTOMERS table contains these columns: CUST_ID NUMBER(10) COMPANY VARCHAR2(30) CREDIT NUMBER(10) POC VARCHAR2(30)
LOCATION VARCHAR2(30) Which two INSERT statements will accomplish your objective? Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers) INSERT INTO customers (cust_id, company, poc, location) VALUES (200, 'InterCargo', 'tflanders', 'samerica'); (*) INSERT INTO customers VALUES (200, 'InterCargo', null, 'tflanders', 'samerica'); (*) INSERT INTO customers VALUES (cust_id, company, credit, poc, location) (200, 'InterCargo', 0, 'tflande rs', 'samerica'); INSERT INTO customers VALUES (200, InterCargo, 0, tflanders, samerica);
Correct 40. You need to add a row to an existing table. Which DML statement should yo u use? Mark for Review (1) Points UPDATE INSERT (*) DELETE CREATE Correct
41. Evaluate this statement: DELETE FROM customer; Which statement is true? Mark for Review (1) Points The statement deletes all the rows from the CUSTOMER table. (*) The statement deletes the CUSTOMER column.
The statement deletes the first row in the CUSTOMERS table. The statement removes the structure of the CUSTOMER table from the database.
Correct 42. What would happen if you issued a DELETE statement without a WHERE clause ? Mark for Review (1) Points All the rows in the table would be deleted. (*) An error message would be returned. No rows would be deleted. Only one row would be deleted. Correct 43. You need to update both the DEPARTMENT_ID and LOCATION_ID columns in the EMPLOYEES table using one UPDATE statement. Which clause should you include in t he UPDATE statement to update multiple columns? Mark for Review (1) Points The USING clause The ON clause The WHERE clause The SET clause (*) Correct 44. The EMPLOYEES table contains the following columns: EMPLOYEE_ID NUMBER(10) PRIMARY KEY LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(20) FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(20) DEPTARTMENT_ID VARCHAR2(20) HIRE_DATE DATE SALARY NUMBER(9,2) BONUS NUMBER(9,2) You need to increase the salary for all employees in department 10 by 10 percent . You also need to increase the bonus for all employees in department 10 by 15 p ercent. Which statement should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points UPDATE employees SET salary = salary * 1.10, bonus = bonus * 1.15 WHERE department_id = 10;
(*) UPDATE employees SET salary = salary * 1.10 AND bonus = bonus * 1.15 WHERE department_id = 10; UPDATE employees SET (salary = salary * 1.10) SET (bonus = bonus * 1.15) WHERE department_id = 10; UPDATE employees SET salary = salary * .10, bonus = bonus * .15 WHERE department_id = 10;
Correct 45. Examine the structures of the PRODUCTS and SUPPLIERS tables: SUPPLIERS SUPPLIER_ID NUMBER NOT NULL, Primary Key SUPPLIER_NAME VARCHAR2 (25) ADDRESS VARCHAR2 (30) CITY VARCHAR2 (25) REGION VARCHAR2 (10) POSTAL_CODE VARCHAR2 (11) PRODUCTS PRODUCT_ID NUMBER NOT NULL, Primary Key PRODUCT_NAME VARCHAR2 (25) SUPPLIER_ID NUMBER Foreign key to SUPPLIER_ID of the SUPPLIERS table CATEGORY_ID NUMBER QTY_PER_UNIT NUMBER UNIT_PRICE NUMBER (7,2) QTY_IN_STOCK NUMBER QTY_ON_ORDER NUMBER REORDER_LEVEL NUMBER You want to delete any products supplied by the five suppliers located in Atlant a. Which script should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points DELETE FROM products WHERE supplier_id IN (SELECT supplier_id FROM suppliers WHERE UPPER(city) = 'ATLANTA'); (*) DELETE FROM products WHERE UPPER(city) = 'ATLANTA'; DELETE FROM products WHERE supplier_id = (SELECT supplier_id FROM suppliers WHERE UPPER(city) = 'ATLANTA');
DELETE FROM suppliers WHERE supplier_id IN (SELECT supplier_id FROM suppliers WHERE UPPER(city) = 'ALANTA');
Correct 46. One of your employees was recently married. Her employee ID is still 189, however, her last name is now Rockefeller. Which SQL statement will allow you t o reflect this change? Mark for Review (1) Points INSERT INTO my_employees SET last_name = 'Rockefeller' WHERE employee_ID = 1 89; INSERT my_employees SET last_name = 'Rockefeller' WHERE employee_ID = 189; UPDATE INTO my_employees SET last_name = 'Rockefeller' WHERE employee_ID = 1 89; UPDATE my_employees SET last_name = 'Rockefeller' WHERE employee_ID = 189; ( *) Correct 47. Which two commands can be used to modify existing data in a database row? Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers) DELETE MERGE (*) SELECT UPDATE (*) Correct 48. You need to delete a record in the EMPLOYEES table for Tim Jones, whose u nique employee identification number is 348. The EMPLOYEES table contains these columns: EMPLOYEE_ID NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(20) FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(20) ADDRESS VARCHAR2(30) PHONE NUMBER(10) Which DELETE statement will delete the appropriate record without deleting any a dditional records?
Mark for Review (1) Points DELETE FROM employees WHERE employee_id = 348; (*) DELETE FROM employees WHERE last_name = jones; DELETE * FROM employees WHERE employee_id = 348; DELETE 'jones' FROM employees;
Correct 49. Aliases can be used with MERGE statements. True or False? Mark for Revie w (1) Points True (*) False Correct 50. Multi-table inserts are used when the same source data should be inserted into _____________ target table. Mark for Review (1) Points Ten A very large More than one (*) A data warehouse Correct