SQL Fundamentals

Question 1 True/False

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

True
False

Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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

Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

OPEN
EXTRACT
SELECT
GET

Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

UPDATE
MODIFY
SAVE
SAVE AS

Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

ADD NEW
INSERT INTO
ADD RECORD
INSERT NEW

Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does SQL stand for?

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

Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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

Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which SQL statement is used to return only different values?

SELECT DIFFERENT
SELECT UNIQUE
SELECT DISTINCT
SELECT EXACT

Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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

Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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

Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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

Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

DELETE
COLLAPSE
REMOVE
ERASE

Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
SELECT * FROM Persons

Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

SORT BY
SORT
ORDER
ORDER BY

Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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'

Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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'

Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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