PL/SQL MOCK TEST

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PL/SQL MOCK TEST III

Q 1 - Which of the following is the correct syntax for creating an explicit cursor?

A - CURSOR cursor_name IS select_statement;

B - CREATE CURSOR cursor_name IS select_statement;

C - CREATE CURSOR cursor_name AS select_statement;

D - CURSOR cursor_name AS select_statement;

Q 2 - Which of the following code will open a cursor named cur_employee?

A - OPEN cur_employee;

B - OPEN CURSOR cur_employee;

C - FETCH cur_employee;

D - FETCH CURSOR cur_employee;

Q 3 - The following code tries to fetch some information from all the rows in a table
named customers for use in a PL/SQL block. What is wrong in the following code?

DECLARE
c_id customers.id%type;
c_name customers.name%type;
c_addr customers.address%type;
CURSOR c_customers is
SELECT id, name, address FROM customers;
BEGIN
LOOP
FETCH c_customers into c_id, c_name, c_addr;
EXIT WHEN c_customers%notfound;
dbms_output.put_line(c_id || ' ' || c_name || ' ' || c_addr);
END LOOP;
CLOSE c_customers;
END;
A - It need not use a cursor.

B - The cursor is not opened.

C - It will not print information from all the rows.

D - There is nothing wrong in the code.

Q 4 - Which of the following is not true about PL/SQL records?

A - A PL/SQL record is a data structure that can hold data items of different kinds.

B - Records consist of different fields, similar to a row of a database table.

C - You can create table-based and cursor-based records by using the %ROWTYPE attribute.

D - None of the above.

Q 5 - Which of the following is not among the types of PL/SQL records?

A - Table-based

B - View-based

C - Cursor-based records

D - User-defined records

Q 6 - Which of the following code correctly create a record named book with two field
title and author?

A - TYPE book IS RECORD

(title varchar(50),
author varchar(50),
);

B - RECORD book

(title varchar(50),
author varchar(50),
);

C - CREATE RECORD book

(title varchar(50),
author varchar(50),
);

D - CREATE TYPE book

(title varchar(50),
author varchar(50),
);

Q 7 - Which of the following code will successfully declare an exception named

emp_exception1 in a PL/SQL block?
A - EXCEPTION emp_exception1;

B - emp_exception1 EXCEPTION;

C - CREATE EXCEPTION emp_exception1;

D - CREATE emp_exception1 AS EXCEPTION;

Q 8 - Consider the exception declared as −

emp_exception1 EXCEPTION;

Which of the following statement will correctly call the exception in a PL/SQL block?

A - IF c_id <= 0 THEN ex_invalid_id;

B - IF c_id <= 0 THEN CALL ex_invalid_id;

C - IF c_id <= 0 THEN RAISE ex_invalid_id;

D - IF c_id <= 0 THEN EXCEPTION ex_invalid_id;

Q 9 - The pre-defined exception CASE_NOT_FOUND is raised when

A - None of the choices in the WHEN clauses of a CASE statement is selected, and there is no
ELSE clause.

B - PL/SQL has an internal problem.

C - A cursor fetches value in a variable having incompatible data type.

D - None of the above.

Q 10 - The pre-defined exception NO_DATA_FOUND is raised when

A - A null object is automatically assigned a value.

B - A SELECT INTO statement returns no rows.

C - PL/SQL has an internal problem.

D - PL/SQL ran out of memory or memory was corrupted.

Q 11 - The pre-defined exception TOO_MANY_ROWS is raised when

A - PL/SQL ran out of memory or memory was corrupted.

B - A cursor fetches value in a variable having incompatible data type.

C - SELECT INTO statement returns more than one row.

D - None of the above.

Q 12 - Which of the following is not true about PL/SQL triggers?

A - Triggers are stored programs.

B - They are automatically executed or fired when some events occur.

C - Triggers could be defined on the table, view, schema, or database with which the event is
associated.

D - None of the above.

Q 13 - Triggers are written to be executed in response to any of the following events

−

A - A database manipulation DML statement DELETE, INSERT, orUPDATE.

B - A database definition DDL statement CREATE, ALTER, orDROP.

C - A database operation SERVERERROR, LOGON, LOGOFF, STARTUP, orSHUTDOWN.

D - All of the above.

Q 14 - Which of the following is not a benefit of a database trigger?

A - Enforcing referential integrity

B - Event logging and storing information on table access

C - Allowing invalid transactions

D - Generating some derived column values automatically

Q 15 - Observe the syntax given below −

CREATE [OR REPLACE ] TRIGGER trigger_name

{BEFORE | AFTER | INSTEAD OF }
{INSERT [OR] | UPDATE [OR] | DELETE}
[OF col_name]
ON table_name
[REFERENCING OLD AS o NEW AS n]
[FOR EACH ROW]
WHEN (condition)
DECLARE
Declaration-statements
BEGIN
Executable-statements
EXCEPTION
Exception-handling-statements
END;

The INSTEAD OF clause is used for creating trigger on a −

A - View

B - Cursor

C - Table

D - Index

Q 16 - Observe the syntax given below −

CREATE [OR REPLACE ] TRIGGER trigger_name

{BEFORE | AFTER | INSTEAD OF }
{INSERT [OR] | UPDATE [OR] | DELETE}
[OF col_name]
ON table_name
[REFERENCING OLD AS o NEW AS n]
[FOR EACH ROW]
WHEN (condition)
DECLARE
Declaration-statements
BEGIN
Executable-statements
EXCEPTION
Exception-handling-statements
END;

The {INSERT [OR] | UPDATE [OR] | DELETE} clause specifies a

A - DDL operation.

B - DML operation.

C - None of the above.

D - Both of the above.

Q 17 - Observe the syntax given below −

CREATE [OR REPLACE ] TRIGGER trigger_name

{BEFORE | AFTER | INSTEAD OF }
{INSERT [OR] | UPDATE [OR] | DELETE}
[OF col_name]
ON table_name
[REFERENCING OLD AS o NEW AS n]
[FOR EACH ROW]
WHEN (condition)
DECLARE
Declaration-statements
BEGIN
Executable-statements
EXCEPTION
Exception-handling-statements
END;

The optional [FOR EACH ROW] clause specifies

A - A table with index.

B - A table with primary key.

C - A row level trigger.

D - A table with a unique key.

Q 18 - Observe the syntax given below −

CREATE [OR REPLACE ] TRIGGER trigger_name

{BEFORE | AFTER | INSTEAD OF }
{INSERT [OR] | UPDATE [OR] | DELETE}
[OF col_name]
ON table_name
[REFERENCING OLD AS o NEW AS n]
[FOR EACH ROW]
WHEN (condition)
DECLARE
Declaration-statements
BEGIN
Executable-statements
EXCEPTION
Exception-handling-statements
END;

Which of the following holds true for the WHEN clause?

A - This provides a condition for rows for which the trigger would fire and this clause is valid only
for row level triggers.

B - This provides a condition for rows for which the trigger would fire and this clause is valid only
for table level triggers.

C - This provides a condition for rows for which the trigger would fire and this clause is valid only
for view based triggers.

D - All of the above.

Q 19 - Observe the syntax given below −

CREATE [OR REPLACE ] TRIGGER trigger_name

{BEFORE | AFTER | INSTEAD OF }
{INSERT [OR] | UPDATE [OR] | DELETE}
[OF col_name]
ON table_name
[REFERENCING OLD AS o NEW AS n]
[FOR EACH ROW]
WHEN (condition)
DECLARE
Declaration-statements
BEGIN
Executable-statements
EXCEPTION
Exception-handling-statements
END;

Which of the following holds true for the [REFERENCING OLD AS o NEW AS n] clause?

A - This allows you to refer new and old values for various DML statements, like INSERT, UPDATE,
and DELETE.

B - OLD and NEW references are not available for table level triggers.

C - You can use them for record level triggers.

D - All of the above.

Q 20 - Which of the following is true for querying a table in the same trigger?

A - The AFTER keyword should be used, because triggers can query the table or change it again
only after the initial changes are applied and the table is back in a consistent state.

B - The BEFORE keyword should be used, because triggers can query the table or change it again
only after the initial changes are applied and the table is back in a consistent state.

C - None of the points in a. and b.

D - Both of the points in a. and b.

Q 21 - All objects placed in a package specification are called

A - Public objects.

B - Private objects.

C - None of the above.

D - Both of the above.

Q 22 - Any subprogram not in the package specification but coded in the package body
is called a

A - Public object.

B - Private object.

C - None of the above.

D - Both of the above.

Q 23 - Which of the following is not true about PL/SQL packages?

A - PL/SQL packages are schema objects that groups logically related PL/SQL types, variables and
subprograms.

B - A package has two parts: Package specification and Package body or definition.

C - Both the parts are mandatory.

D - None of the above.

Q 24 - Which of the following is not true about PL/SQL package specifications?

A - The specification is the interface to the package.

B - It declares the types, variables, constants, exceptions, cursors, and subprograms that can be
referenced from outside the package.

C - It contains all information about the content of the package and the code for the
subprograms.

D - None of the above.

Q 25 - Which of the following is true about PL/SQL package body?

A - The package body has the codes for various methods declared in the package specification
and other private declarations.

B - It is created using the CREATE PACKAGE Statement.

C - The codes, methods and types declared in package body are not hidden from code outside
the package.

D - All of the above.

ANSWER SHEET

Question Number Answer Key

1 A

2 A

3 B

4 D

5 B

6 A

7 B

8 C

9 A

10 B

11 C

12 D

13 D

14 C

15 A

16 B

17 C

18 A

19 D

20 A

21 A

22 B

23 D

24 C

25 A

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