Question 1

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

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True
False

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 2

With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named "Persons" sorted descending by "FirstName"?

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SELECT * FROM Persons SORT BY 'FirstName' DESC
SELECT * FROM Persons SORT 'FirstName' DESC
SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC
SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER FirstName DESC

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 3

Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database?

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OPEN
EXTRACT
SELECT
GET

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 4

Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database?

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UPDATE
MODIFY
SAVE
SAVE AS

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 5

Which SQL statement is used to insert new data in a database?

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ADD NEW
INSERT INTO
ADD RECORD
INSERT NEW

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 6

What does SQL stand for?

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Strong Question Language
Structured Query Language
Structured Question Language
Strong Query Language

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 7

With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named "Persons"?

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SELECT * FROM Persons
SELECT [all] FROM Persons
SELECT Persons
SELECT FROM Persons

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 8

Which SQL statement is used to return only different values?

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SELECT DIFFERENT
SELECT UNIQUE
SELECT DISTINCT
SELECT EXACT

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 9

With SQL, how can you insert a new record into the "Persons" table?

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INSERT INTO Persons VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson')
INSERT VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons
INSERT ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons
INSERT VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson')

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 10

With SQL, how can you insert "Olsen" as the "LastName" in the "Persons" table?

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INSERT INTO Persons (LastName) VALUES ('Olsen')
INSERT ('Olsen') INTO Persons (LastName)
INSERT INTO Persons ('Olsen') INTO LastName
INSERT INTO Persons ('Olsen')

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 11

With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "FirstName" is "Peter" in the Persons Table?

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DELETE ROW FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons
DELETE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter'
DELETE FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons
REMOVE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter'

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 12

Which SQL statement is used to delete data from a database?

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DELETE
COLLAPSE
REMOVE
ERASE

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 13

With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a table named "Persons"?

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EXTRACT FirstName FROM Persons
SELECT FirstName FROM Persons
SELECT Persons.FirstName
SELECT * FROM Persons

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 14

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "FirstName" is "Peter" and the "LastName" is "Jackson"?

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SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' AND LastName='Jackson'
SELECT FirstName='Peter', LastName='Jackson' FROM Persons
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName<>'Peter' AND LastName<>'Jackson'
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Jackson' AND LastName='Peter'

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 15

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"?

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SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen'
SELECT LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName
SELECT LastName<>'Hansen' AND LastName<>'Pettersen' FROM Persons

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 16

Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set?

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SORT BY
SORT
ORDER
ORDER BY

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 17

How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName" column in the Persons table?

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MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'
MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen
UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen'
UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 18

With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Persons" table?

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SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons
SELECT COLUMNS(*) FROM Persons
SELECT COLUMNS() FROM Persons
SELECT COUNT() FROM Persons

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 19

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" is "Peter"?

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SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter'
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName<>'Peter'
SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 20

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"?

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SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a'
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='%a%'
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='a'
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%'

Answer

Correct Option: D

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