DataBase Management System (DBMS) (Chapter - Relational Modal) Solved MCQs (Set-1)
DataBase Management System (DBMS) (Chapter - Relational Modal) Solved MCQs (Set-1)
MCQs [set-1]
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B. Relation, Predicates
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C. Operation, Predicates
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D. Relation, Operation
Answer: A
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3. The ___________ operation, denoted by ?, allows us to find tuples that are in one
relation but are not in another.
A. Union
B. Set-difference
C. Difference
D. Intersection
Answer: B
5. Which one of the following is a set of one or more attributes taken collectively to
uniquely identify a record?
A. Candidate key
B. Sub key
C. Super key
D. Foreign key
Answer: C
6. Consider attributes ID, CITY and NAME. Which one of this can be considered
as a super key?
A. NAME
B. ID
C. CITY
D. CITY, ID
Answer: B
7. A _____ is a property of the entire relation, rather than of the individual tuples
in which each tuple is unique.
A. Rows
B. Key
C. Attribute
D. Fields
Answer: B
8. An attribute in a relation is a foreign key if the _______ key from one relation is
used as an attribute in that relation.
A. Candidate
B. Primary
C. Super
D. Sub
Answer: B
9. The relation with the attribute which is the primary key is referenced in another
relation. The relation which has the attribute as a primary key is called
______________
A. Referential relation
10. The ______ is the one in which the primary key of one relation is used as a
normal attribute in another relation.
A. Referential relation
B. Referencing relation
C. Referenced relation
D. Referred relation
Answer: C
11. A _________ integrity constraint requires that the values appearing in specified
attributes
of any tuple in the referencing relation also appear in specified attributes of at least
one tuple in
the referenced relation.
A. Referential
B. Referencing
C. Specific
D. Primary
Answer: A
16. For each attribute of a relation, there is a set of permitted values, called the
________ of that attribute.
A. Domain
B. Relation
C. Set
D. Schema
Answer: A
17. 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.
A. Instance, Schema
B. Relation, Schema
C. Relation, Domain
D. Schema, Instance
Answer: D
19. Department (dept name, building, budget) and Employee (employee_id, name,
dept name, salary) Here the dept_name attribute appears in both the relations.
Here using common attributes in relation schema is one way of relating
___________ relations.
A. Attributes of common
B. Tuple of common
C. Tuple of distinct
D. Attributes of distinct
Answer: C