1. What does SQL stand for? |
Strong Question Language |
Structured Query Language |
Structured Question Language |
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2. Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database? |
OPEN |
SELECT |
GET |
EXTRACT
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3. Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database? |
SAVE AS |
SAVE |
MODIFY |
UPDATE
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4. Which SQL statement is used to delete data from a database? |
COLLAPSE |
REMOVE |
DELETE |
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5. Which SQL statement is used to insert new data in a database? |
ADD RECORD |
INSERT INTO |
ADD NEW |
INSERT NEW
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6. With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a table named "Persons"? |
EXTRACT FirstName FROM Persons |
SELECT FirstName FROM Persons |
SELECT Persons.FirstName |
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7. With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named "Persons"? |
SELECT *.Persons |
SELECT Persons |
SELECT * FROM Persons |
SELECT [all] FROM Persons
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8. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" is "Peter"? |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter' |
SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter' |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' |
SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'
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9. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" starts with an "a"? |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='%a%' |
SELECT * FROmPersons WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a' |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='a' |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%'
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10. The OR operator displays a record if ANY conditions listed are true. The AND operator displays a record if ALL of the conditions listed are true |
False |
true |
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11. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "FirstName" is "Peter" and the "LastName" is "Jackson"? |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' AND LastName='Jackson' |
SELECT FirstName='Peter', LastName='Jackson' FROM Persons |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter' AND LastName LIKE 'Jackson' |
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12. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "LastName" is alphabetically between (and including) "Hansen" and "Pettersen"? |
SELECT LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName<'Pettersen' FROM Persons |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName<'Pettersen' |
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen' |
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13. Which SQL statement is used to return only different values? |
SELECT UNIQUE |
SELECT DIFFERENT |
SELECT DISTINCT |
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14. With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Persons" table? |
SELECT COUNT() FROM Persons |
SELECT COLUMNS() FROM Persons |
SELECT COLUMNS(*) FROM Persons |
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons
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15. With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "FirstName" is "Peter" in the Persons Table? |
DELETE ROW FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons |
DELETE FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons |
DELETE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter' |
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16. How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName" column in the Persons table? |
UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen' |
MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen |
UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen |
MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'
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17. With SQL, how can you insert "Olsen" as the "LastName" in the "Persons" table? |
INSERT ('Olsen') INTO Persons (LastName) |
INSERT INTO Persons ('Olsen') INTO LastName |
INSERT INTO Persons (LastName) VALUES ('Olsen') |
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18. With SQL, how can you insert a new record into the "Persons" table? |
INSERT ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons |
INSERT INTO Persons VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') |
INSERT VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons |
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19. With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named "Persons" sorted descending by "FirstName"? |
SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC |
SELECT * FROM Persons SORT 'FirstName' DESC |
SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER FirstName DESC |
SELECT * FROM Persons SORT BY 'FirstName' DESC
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20. Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set? |
ORDER BY |
ORDER |
SORT |
SORT BY
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