Multiple choice technology databases

The ORDER BY keyword sort the records in descending order by default.

  1. True

  2. False
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B Correct answer
Explanation

ORDER BY sorts records in ascending order by default, not descending. To sort in descending order, you must explicitly use the DESC keyword (e.g., ORDER BY column_name DESC). This is standard SQL behavior across all major database systems.

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