CENTURION UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
ANDHRA PRADESH
EXAMINATION CELL
SUBJECT NAME: Database Creation and Maintenance
SUBJECT CODE: CUTM1033
MODULE NO: 1
S. MCQ Image if any
NO
1 What is a database?
A Organized collection of information
that cannot be accessed, updated, and
managed
B Collection of data or information
without organizing
C Organized collection of data or YES
information that can be accessed,
updated, and managed
D Organized collection of data that
cannot be updated
2 Who created the first DBMS?
A Edgar Frank Codd
B Charles Bachman YES
C Charles Babbage
D Sharon B. Codd
3 Which of the following is not an
example of DBMS?
A MySQL
B Microsoft Acess
C IBM DB2
D Google YES
4 Which of the following is a feature of
the database?
A No-backup for the data stored
B User interface provided YES
C Lack of Authentication
D Store data in multiple locations
5 Which of the following is known as a
set of entities of the same type that
share same properties, or attributes?
A Relation set
B Tuples
C Entity set YES
D Entity Relation model
6 The values appearing in given
attributes of any tuple in the
referencing relation must likewise
occur in specified attributes of at least
one tuple in the referenced relation,
according to _____________________
integrity constraint.
A Referential YES
B Primary
C Referencing
D Specific
7 _____________ is a hardware
component that is most important for
the operation of a database
management system.
A Microphone
B High speed, large capacity disk to store YES
data
C High-resolution video display
D Printer
8 Which command is used to remove a
relation from an SQL?
A Drop table YES
B Delete
C Purge
D Remove
9 Which is primarily the result of a
thorough understanding of information
about an enterprise:
A Data
B Database
C Database design
D Data modeling YES
10 How many types of insertion
anomalies:
A 1
B 2 YES
C 3
D 4
11 Which is a bottom-up approach to
database design that design by
examining the relationship between
attributes:
A Functional dependency
B Database modeling
C Normalization YES
D Decomposition
12 Which of the following relationship
uses references to describe documents
between connected data?
A One-to-One Relationships with
Embedded Documents
B One-to-Many Relationships with YES
Embedded Documents
C One-to-Many Relationships with
Document References
D None of the mentioned
13 __________ define what records to
select for read, update, and delete
operations.
A Query optimizer
B Query selector YES
C Update definitions
D All of the mentioned
14 What is a relation in RDBMS?
A Key
B Table YES
C Row
D Data Types
15 Which of the following is the correct
output for the given query?
(SELECT databaseid
FROM RDBMS
WHERE SECTION = 'c')
EXCEPT
(SELECT databaseid
FROM RDBMS
WHERE id < 10);
A All the values of the databaseid for YES
which section is c and id > 10
B All the values of the databaseid for
which section not c and id > 10
C All the values of the databaseid for
which section is c and id < 10
D All the values of the databaseid for
which section not c and id < 10
16 If RDBMS1, RDBMS2, RDBMS3 are
attributes in a relation and S is another
relation, which of the following is an
incorrect specification of an integrity
constraint?
A foreign key(RDBMS1, RDBMS2) YES
B foreign key(RDBMS1, RDBMS2)
references S
C primary key(RDBMS1, RDBMS2,
RDBMS3)
D primary key(RDBMS1)
17 ________ deletes a data item from a
database.
A Insert(RDBMS)
B Drop(RDBMS)
C Delete(RDBMS) YES
D None of the mentioned
18 What is an Instance of a Database?
A The state of the database system at any YES
given point of time
B The entire set of attributes of the
Database put together in a single
relation
C The initial values inserted into the
Database immediately after its creation
D The logical design of the database
system
19 What is the format of entering date
into a database while inserting data
into it?
A “YYYY-MM-DD”
B YYYY-MM-DD
C “DD-MM-YYYY”
D ‘YYYY-MM-DD’ YES
20 Which statements are correct regarding
indexes?
A When a table is dropped, the
corresponding indexes are
automatically dropped
B For each DML operation performed,
the corresponding indexes are
automatically updated
C non-deferrable PRIMARY KEY or
UNIQUE KEY constraint in a table
automatically creates a unique index
D All of the mentioned YES
21 Which statement is true regarding
synonyms?
A Synonyms can be created for tables but
not views
B Synonyms are used to reference only
those tables that are owned by another
user
C A public synonym and a private YES
synonym can exist with the same name
for the same table
D The DROP SYNONYM statement
removes the synonym, and the status
of the table on which the synonym has
been created becomes invalid
22 DBMS is a set of __________ to
access the data.
A Codes
B Programs YES
C Information
D Metadata
23 The ______level helps application
programs hide the details of data types.
A physical
B logical
C user
D view YES
24 The actual content in the database at a
particular point.
A Schema
B Attribute
C Parameter
D Instance YES
25 SQL is _______
A Relational YES
B Network
C IMS
D Hierarchical
26 Which of the following is not a type of
database?
A Hierarchical
B Network
C Distributed
D Decentralized YES
27 Which of the following is a feature of
DBMS?
A Minimum Duplication and
Redundancy of Data
B High Level of Security
C Single-user Access only YES
D Support ACID Property
28 What is information about data called?
A Hyper data
B Tera data
C Meta data YES
D Relations
29 What does an RDBMS consist of?
A Collection of Records
B Collection of Keys
C Collection of Tables YES
D Collection of Fields
30 _______ indicates the maximum
number of entities that can be involved
in a relationship.
A Greater Entity Count
B Minimum cardinality
C Maximum cardinality YES
D ERD
31 The user IDs can be added or removed
using which of the following fixed
roles?
A db_sysadmin
B db_accessadmin YES
C db_securityadmin
D db_setupadmin
32 MFD stands for?
A Main File Directory
B Memory File Directory YES
C Master File Directory
D Master Format Directory
33 Files in which users store information?
A Info files
B Ordinary files YES
C Special files
D Complex files
34 The files that appear as entries in the
directories.
A Ordinary files
B Special files YES
C Duplicate files
D Sub directories
35 Which of the following is correct
about Oracle?
A Oracle is a relational database YES
management system
B Oracle was built in 1977
C OracleDB is another name for it
D All of the mentioned
36 What is Oracle database used for?
A Creating backup for data
B Accessing database servers
C Store and retrieve relevant data YES
D Both a & c
37 A new user on the database is created
by executing the following command:
SQL> CREATE USER user01
IDENTIFIED BY user01
DEFAULT TABLESPACE users
TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp;
Then you granted the following
privileges to user01 by executing the
following command:
SQL> GRANT CREATE SESSION,
CREATE TABLE TO user01;
Which of the following is correct in
this scenario?
A The user cannot query any tables
B The user can not create tables
C The user can create tables YES
D None of the Mentioned
38 Which of the following RDBMS
supports full fledged client server
application development?
A FoxPro 2.1
B Ingress
C Oracle 7.1 YES
D dBase V
39 Which of the following command is
used to obtain the structure of an
Oracle table?
A DESC TABLE [TableName].
B STRUCTURE [TableName].
C DESCRIBE [TableName]. YES
D DESCRIBE STRUCTURE
[TableName].
40 OLAP stands for
A Online analytical processing YES
B Online analysis processing
C Online transaction processing
D Online aggregate processing
41 Data that can be modeled as dimension
attributes and measure attributes are
called _______ data.
A Multidimensional YES
B Singledimensional
C Measured
D Dimensional
42 The operation of moving from finer-
granularity data to a coarser
granularity (by means of aggregation)
is called a ________
A Rollup YES
B Drill down
C Dicing
D Pivoting
43 SELECT item name, color, clothes
SIZE, SUM(quantity)
FROM sales
GROUP BY rollup(item name, color,
clothes SIZE);
How many grouping is possible in this
rollup?
A 8
B 4 YES
C 2
D 1
44 If we wish to grant a privilege and to
allow the recipient to pass the privilege
on to other users, we append the
__________ clause to the appropriate
grant command.
A With grant
B Grant user
C Grant pass privelege
D With grant option YES
45 In authorization graph, if DBA
provides authorization to u1 which
inturn gives to u2 which of the
following is correct?
A If DBA revokes authorization from u1
then u2 authorization is also revoked
B If u1 revokes authorization from u2
then u2 authorization is revoked
C If DBA & u1 revokes authorization YES
from u1 then u2 authorization is also
revoked
D If u2 revokes authorization then u1
authorization is revoked
46 If we wish to grant a privilege and to
allow the recipient to pass the privilege
on to other users, we append the
__________ clause to the appropriate
grant command.
A With grant
B Grant user
C Grant pass privelege
D With grant option YES
47 The database administrator who
authorizes all the new users, modifies
the database and takes grants privilege
is
A Super user
B Administrator
C Operator of operating system
D All of the mentioned YES
48 What represents a ‘tuple’ in a
relational database?
A Table
B Row YES
C Column
D Object
49 Which is the MySQL instance
responsible for data processing?
A MySQL client
B MySQL server YES
C SQL
D Server daemon program
50 To execute the contents of a query file
‘exec.sql’ by feeding it to mysql,
which command is used?
A mysql exec.sql > sampdb
B mysql sampdb < exec.sql YES
C mysql exec.sql
D mysql exec
