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II B.Tech– II Sem (MR 22)

I Mid Examination Objective Question Bank
(Common for CSE,CSE(CS,AIML,DS),CSIT & IT)

Subject: Database Management Systems

Objective Questions:

1 DBMS is a collection of ______that enables user to create and maintain a database. [ ]

a) Keys
b) Translators
c) Program
d) Language activity
2 In a relational schema, each tuple is divided into fields called [ ]
a) Relations
b) Domains
c) Queries
d) All the above
3 In an ER model, _______ is described in the database by storing its data [ ]
a) Entity
b) Attribute
c) Relation ship
d) Notation
4 Which of the following are the properties of entities? [ ]
a) Groups
b) Table
c) Attributes
d) schema
5 ______defines the structure of a relation which consists of a fixed set of attribute-domain pairs [ ]
a) Instance
b) Schema
c) Program
d) Super key
6 _______ is a full form of SQL [ ]
a) Standard query language
b) Sequential query language
c) Structured query language
d) Server query language
7 A relational database developer refers to a record as
a) A criteria
b) A relation
c) A tuple
d) An attribute
8 The collection of information stored in a database at a particular moment is called as______ [ ]
a) Schema
b) Instance of data base
c) Data domain
d) Independent
9 A ______ is used to define overall design of database [ ]
a) Schema
b) Application program
c) Data definition language
d) Code
10 DBMS helps achieve [ ]
a) Data independence
b) Centralized control of data
c) Neither A or B
d) Both A and B
11 A database Management System is [ ]
a) Collection of interrelated data
b) Collection of programs to access data
c) Collection of data describes one particular enterprise
d) All the above
12 Which of the following is not a level of data abstraction? [ ]
a) Physical level
b) Critical level
 c) Logical level
d) View level
13 Disadvantages of file system to store data is [ ]
a) Data redundancy and inconsistency
b) Difficulty in accessing data
c) Data Isolation
d) All the above
14 In an entity-relationship diagram rectangles represents [ ]
a) Entity sets
b) Attributes
c) Data base
d) Tables
15 Data manipulation language enables users to [ ]
a) Retrieval of information stored in data base
b) Insertion of new information into the database
c) Deletion of information form data base
d) All the above
16 Which of the following is not a schema? [ ]
a) Data base schema
b) Physical schema
c) Critical schema
d) Logical schema
17 Which of the following is data base language [ ]
a) Data definition language
b) Data manipulation language
c) Query language
d) All the above
18 Which of the following is a data model [ ]
a) Entity-relationship model
b) Relational data model
c) Object-based data model
d) All the above
19 The attribute that can be divided into other attributes is called [ ]
a) Simple attribute
b) Composite attribute
c) Multi-valued attribute
d) Derived attribute
20 In an Entity-relationship diagram “Ellipses” represents [ ]
a) Attributes
b) Weak entity set
c) Relationship sets
d) Multi-valued attributes
21 In an Entity-relationship diagram “diamonds” represents [ ]
a) Attributes
b) Multi-valued attributes
c) Weak entity set
d) Relationship sets
22 One of the following is a valid record-based data model [ ]
a) Object-oriented model
b) Relational model
c) Entity-relationship model
d) None of the above
23 The level of data abstraction which describes how the data is actually stored is [ ]
a) Conceptual level
b) Physical level
c) Logical level
d) External Level
24 A data model is : [ ]
a) Used to describe structure of a database
b) Set of basic operations on database
c) Both A and B
d) None of these
25 DBA stands for [ ]
a) Data Basic Access
b) Data Base Access
c) Data Bank Administration
d) Data Base Administrator
26 Which database level is closest to the users? [ ]
 a) External
b) Internal
c) Physical
d) Conceptual
27 A schema describes [ ]
a) Record relationship
b) Data elements
c) Record and files
d) All the above
28 An abstraction concept for building composite object from their component object is called: [ ]
a) Specialization
b) Normalization
c) Generalization
d) Aggregation
29 Manager’s salary details are hidden from the employee. This is [ ]
a) Conceptual level data hiding
b) Physical level data hiding
c) External level data hiding
d) None of these
30 Which one is lowest level data model? [ ]
a) Physical data model
b) Logical data model
c) External data model
d) None of these
31 Data items grouped together for storage purposes are called a [ ]
a) Record
b) Title
c) List
d) String
32 The conceptual model is [ ]
a) dependent on hardware.
b) dependent on software.
c) dependent on both hardware and software .
d) independent of both hardware and software.
33 An association between students and courses is: [ ]
a) 1:1 relationship
b) 1:M relationship
c) M:M relationship
d) None of these
34 A view of a database that appears to an application program is known as: [ ]
a) Schema
b) Subschema
c) Virtual table
d) None of these
35 The set of all possible values of data items is called: [ ]
a) Domain
b) Attribute
c) Tuples
d) None of these
36 ______ is a property that describes various characteristics of an entity [ ]
a) ER diagram
b) Column
c) Relationship
d) Attribute
37 ______ level describes what data is stored in the database and the relationships among the data [ ]
a) Physical level
b) Logical level
c) Conceptual level
d) None of the above
38 ______ denote derived attributes [ ]
a) Double ellipse
b) Dashed ellipse
c) Square ellipse
d) Ellipse with attribute name underlined
39 A ______is an association between entities [ ]
a) Relation
b) One to one
c) Generalization
 d) Specialization
40 In which of the following is a single-entity instance of one type related to many entity instance of another type [ ]
a) One to one relationship
b) One to many relationship
c) Many to many relationship
d) Composite relationship
41 An advantage of the data base management approach is [ ]
a) Data is dependent on programs
b) Data redundancy increases
c) Data is integrated and can be accessed by multiple programs
d) None of the above
42 A relational database developer refers to a record as [ ]
a) A criteria
b) A relation
c) A tuple
d) An attribute
43 Data independence means [ ]
a) Data is defined separately and not included in programs
b) Programs are not dependent on the physical attributes of data
c) Programs are not dependent on the logical attributes of data
d) Both B and C
44 ER –model uses this symbol to represent weak entity set [ ]
a) Dotted rectangle
b) Diamond
c) Doubly outlined rectangle
d) None of these
45 DBMS helps in achieving [ ]
a) Data independence
b) Centralized control of data
c) Neither A nor B
d) Both A or B
46 What is a relationship called when it is maintained between two entities [ ]
a) Unary
b) Binary
c) Ternary
d) Quaternary
47 A set of possible data values is called [ ]
a) Attribute
b) Degree
c) Tuple
d) Domain
48 Which are the two ways in which entities can participate in a relationship? [ ]
a) Passive and active
b) Total and partial
c) Simple and complex
d) All the above
49 In ER-diagram generalization is represented by [ ]
a) Ellipse
b) Dashed ellipse
c) Rectangle
d) Triangle
50 In the relational model, the number of attributes and number of types in a relation are termed as______ and
_______respectively [ ]
a) Cardinality , domain
b) Degree , cardinality
c) Domain , degree
d) Cardinality , degree
51 In________ the unmatched rows of second table are listed along with the common rows of both the tables. [ ]
a) Left outer join
b) Right outer join
c) Full outer join
d) Half outer join
52The keywords RESTRICT/CASCADE must always be used with____ [ ]
a) Create
b) Drop
c) Alter
d) Delete
53Cost of query processing is directly proportional to ____________ [ ]
 a) Number of disk access
b) Number of cpu access
c) Memory space
d) Total number of records
54Query inside a query is known as ___________ [ ]
a) Correlated query
b) Nested query
c) Interrelated query
d) Query optimizer
55______operators merge the result set of two different queries into a single result set [ ]
a) Set
b) Aggregate
c) Comparison
d) Collation
56_____ Operator returns a result set that doesn’t contain any duplicate rows [ ]
a) EXCEPT
b) INTERSECT
c) UNION ALL
d) UNION
57______ Operator returns a value if an element is in given set, otherwise returns a value false [ ]
a) EXISTS
b) ALL
c) IN
d) ANY
58______operator followed by a column name returns the average value of all the values in the specified column [ ]
a) COUNT
b) SUM
c) MAX
d) AVG
59__________ operator removes duplicate rows from the final result set [ ]
a) EXCEPT
b) EXCEPT ALL
c) INTERSECT
d) INTERSECT[DISTINC]
60____uses equity operator to join the two relations [ ]
a) Equi-join
b) Outer join
c) Natural join
d) Full join
61It is possible to define a schema completely using [ ]
a) VDL and DDL
b) DDL and DML
c) SDL and DDL
d) VDL and DML
62Cartesian product in relational algebra is [ ]
a) a Unary operator
b) a Binary operator
c) a Ternary operator
d) not defined
63DML is provided for [ ]
a) Description of logical structure of database.
b) Addition of new structures in the database system.
c) Manipulation & processing of database. system
d) Definition of physical structure of database
64‘AS’ clause is used in SQL for [ ]
a) Selection operation.
b) Rename operation
c) Join operation.
d) Projection operation.
65Architecture of the database can be viewed as [ ]
a) two levels
b) four levels
c) three levels
d) One level
66In a relational model, relations are termed as [ ]
a) Tuples
b) Attributes
c) Tables
 d) rows
67The database schema is written in [ ]
a) DCL
b) DDL
c) HLL
d) DML
68A primary key is combined with a foreign key creates [ ]
a) Parent-Child relationship between the tables that connect them
b) Many to many relationship between the tables that connect them
c) Network model between the tables that connect them
d) None of the above
69Count function in SQL returns the number of [ ]
a) Values
b) Distinct values
c) Groups
d) Columns
70The statement in SQL which allows to change the definition of a table is [ ]
a) Alter
b) Update
c) Create
d) select
71 ______ is a change to the database that activates the trigger [ ]
a) Event
b) Condition
c) Action
d) Assertion
72 ___ is a query or test that is run when the trigger is activated [ ]
a) Event
b) Condition
c) Action
d) Assertion
73Which of the following is not a part of a trigger description [ ]
a) Event
b) Condition
c) Action
d) Assertion
74 A trigger description contains ______ parts [ ]
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
75 A database that has a set of associated triggers is called an ________ [
]
a) Active database
b) Passive database
c) Data warehouse
d) Associated database
76 _____ clause is used for row-level triggers. [ ]
a) FOR EACH ROW
b) FOR ROW
c) EACH ROW
d) ROW
77 ___ is a procedure that is executed when the trigger is activated and it's condition is TRUE. [ ]
a) Event
b) Condition
c) Action
d) Assertion
78SQL is used for [ ]
a) Data processing in batch mode
b) Query for relational databases
c) Dtp work
d) Command line arguments
79 ____ , ______ keywords are used to refer to the values before and after modification [ ]
a) Before, After
b) Old, New
c) Older, Newer
d) Before, After
80 Which command is not used in DDL [ ]
 a) DROP
b) REVOKE
c) ROLLBACK
d) COMMENT
81 Which command is not used in DCL. [ ]
a) COMMIT
b) GRANT
c) ROLLBACK
d) SET TRANSACTION
82 ____ keyword is used to associate a default value with a domain [ ]
a) DEFAULT
b) ANY
c) UNKNOWN
d) ALL
83 CHECK clause is used for constraints over ______ [ ]
a) Two tables only
b) single table only
c) Three tables only
d) Four tables only
84I n SQL __________ command we can use to sort the table. [ ]
a) Group by clause
b) having clause
c) order by clause
d) where clause
85Constraints not associated with any one table are called as _____ [ ]
a) Associations
b) Assertions
c) Assistants
d) Associated conditions
86 SQL is relationally [ ]
a) Complete language
b) Incomplete language
c) Cant handle certain relations
d) Sound language
87 SQL provides ___ special comparison operator to test whether a column value is null. [ ]
a) ARE NULL
b) NULL
c) IS NULL
d) NOTNULL
88When a column value is unknown or inapplicable, then it is treated as ___ in SQL [ ]
a) Null
b) Zero
c) 1
d) Any value
89The number of unique values in the column A can be obtained by ___ [ ]
a) COUNT ( [A] )
b) COUNT ( A )
c) COUNT ( [UNIQUE] A)
d) COUNT( [DISTINCT] A)
90MAX ( A ) aggregate operator gives ________ [ ]
a) Maximum value in column A
b) Maximum value in row A
c) Maximum value in row A and column A
d) Maximum of table A
91We can disallow null values by specifying ___ as part of the field definition. [ ]
a) NO NULL
b) NOT NULL
c) ! NULL
d) != NULL
92 With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named ''Persons'' where the value of the column ''FirstName'' is
''Peter''? [ ]
a) SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'.
b) SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter'.
c) SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'.
d) SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter'.
93The ___________ statement is used to add or drop columns in an existing table. [ ]
a) DROP TABLE
b) DELETE TABLE
 c) INSERT TABLE
d) ALTER TABLE
94Which SQL statements used to update the data from databases? [ ]
a) Save
b) Update
c) Modify
d) Save as
95 I n SQL _________ command we can use to sort the table. [ ]
a) Group by clause
b) Having clause
c) Order by clause
d) Where clause
96A ____________ is a query that has another query embedded within it. [ ]
a) Nested query
b) Relational query
c) Multi dimensional query
d) Algebraic query
97 Employee (fname, minit, lname, ssn, bdate, address, sex, salary, superssn, dno) SQL query to retrieve the names of all
employees who do not have supervisors? [ ]
a) SELECT fname,lname FROM Employee WHERE superssn=0.
b) SELECT fname,lname FROM Employee WHERE superssn=NULL.
c) SELECT fname,lname FROM Employee WHERE ssn IS NULL.
d) SELECT fname,lname FROM Employee WHERE superssn IS NULL.
98Correlated sub query is a [ ]
a) Query evaluated once for the entire parent statement.
b) Evaluated once for every row processed by the parent statement.
c) Query evaluated once only.
d) The query will never be evaluated.
99_________ keyword is used to eliminate duplicates in the result of a query. [ ]
a) SELECT
b) FROM
c) WHERE
d) DISTINCT
100Which operator stands for zero or more arbitrary characters in SQL query [ ]
a) LIKE
b) %
c) _
d) ^
101Functional dependency is represented by which of the following symbol [ ]
a) →
b) ^
c) +
d) =>
102_________are a set of rules, that when applied repeatedly, generates a closure of functional dependencies [ ]
a) Armstrong's Axioms
b) Relational Expressions
c) quantifiers
d) Relationships
103_________ is a systematic approach of decomposing tables to eliminate data redundancy and undesirable characteristics like
Insertion, Update and Deletion anomalies [ ]
a) Normalization
b) Transaction
c) Atomicity
d) Durability
104 ________is a constraint between two sets of attributes from the database [ ]
a) Redundancy
b) Functional dependency
c) Decomposition
d) Recoverability
105The left hand side of the functional dependency is called [ ]
a) determinant
b) dependent
c) closure
d) None of the above
106The right hand side of the functional dependency is called [ ]
a) determinant
b) dependent
c) closure
 d) None of the above
107A functional dependency X→Y is a ____ relationship between two sets of attributes X and Y of a given table T []
a) one-to-one
b) many-to-many
c) many-to-one
d) None of the above
108If a functional dependency (FD) X → Y holds, where Y is a subset of X, then it is called [ ]
a) Trivial Functional Dependency
b) Non-Trivial Functional Dependency
c) Completely non-trivial Functional Dependency
d) None of the above
109If a functional dependency (FD) X → Y holds, where Y is not a subset of X, then it is called a [ ]
a) Trivial Functional Dependency
b) Non-Trivial Functional Dependency
c) Completely non-trivial Functional Dependency
d) None of the above
110If a functional dependency (FD) X → Y holds, where x intersect Y = Φ, it is said to be a [ ]
a) Trivial Functional Dependency
b) Non-Trivial Functional Dependency
c) Completely non-trivial Functional Dependency
d) None of the above
111_________ rule specifies if alpha is a set of attributes and beta is subset alpha, then alpha holds beta [ ]
a) Reflexive rule
b) Augmentation rule
c) Transitivity rule
d) Associative rule
112_________ rule specifies if a → b holds and b → c holds, then a → c also holds [ ]
a) Reflexive rule
b) Augmentation rule
c) Transitivity rule
d) Associative rule
113_________ rule specifies if a → b holds and y is attribute set, then ay → by also holds [ ]
a) Reflexive rule
b) Augmentation rule
c) Transitivity rule
d) Associative rule
114A Relation with redundancy can be refined by ________ using with smaller relations that contain the same information but
without redundancy [ ]
a) Decomposing it
b) Updating it
c) Inserting it
d) Deleting it
115Which of the following one is not an example of integrity constraints [ ]
a) Functional dependency
b) Multivalued dependency
c) Join dependency
d) Multilevel dependency
116Which of the following one is not caused by redundancy problems [ ]
a) Redundant storage
b) Update anomalies
c) Insertion anomalies
d) Multivalued dependency
117 It may not be possible to store certain information unless some other, unrelated information is stored as well is called[ ]
a) Redundant storage
b) Insertion anomalies
c) Deletion anomalies
d) Update anomalies
118 If X→ Y holds, where y is a set of attributes, and there is some subset V of X such that V→ Y holds then X is a __[ ]
a) Primary key
b) Candidate key
c) Super key
d) Not a key
119X→ Y means [ ]
a) X functionally determines Y
b) Y functionally determines X
c) X not functionally determines Y
d) X functionally determines X
120 It may not be possible to delete certain information without losing some other, unrelated information as well is called [ ]
 a) Redundant storage
b) Insertion anomalies
c) Update anomalies
d) Deletion anomalies
121The ________ of a set F of functional dependencies is the set of all functional dependencies logically implied by F[ ]
a) Closure
b) Associative
c) Normalization
d) None of the Above
122Which of the following one is an example of a integrity constraints [ ]
a) Multilevel dependency
b) Insertion dependency
c) Multivalued dependency
d) Deletion dependency
123Which one is a kind of integrity constraint that generalizes the concept of the key [ ]
a) Multilevel dependency
b) Multivalued dependency
c) Lossless join
d) Functional dependency
124If X→ YZ then X→ Y, and X→ Z are called _______ [ ]
a) Decomposition
b) Union
c) Augmentation
d) Transitivity
125Which of the following rule specifies, If X→ Y and X→ Z then X→ YZ [ ]
a) Union
b) Decomposition
c) Composition
d) None of the Above

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