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Which object privileges can be granted on a view?

  1. none

  2. DELETE, INSERT, SELECT

  3. ALTER, DELETE, INSERT, SELECT

  4. DELETE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE


Correct Option: D

AI Explanation

To answer this question, we need to understand the concept of object privileges and views.

Object privileges are permissions that can be granted to users on database objects such as tables, views, or procedures. These privileges determine the actions that a user can perform on the object, such as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE.

A view is a virtual table created from the result of a query. It does not contain any data itself but presents data from one or more underlying tables. Users can interact with views as if they were regular tables, but the underlying data is not directly modified.

In the given options, the correct answer is D. DELETE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE. This means that users can be granted the privilege to perform DELETE, INSERT, SELECT, and UPDATE operations on the view. With these privileges, users can modify and retrieve data from the view, just as they would with a regular table.

Let's go through each option to understand why it is correct or incorrect:

Option A) none - This option is incorrect because users can be granted object privileges on views. Option B) DELETE, INSERT, SELECT - This option is incorrect because it does not include the UPDATE privilege, which allows users to modify data in the view. Option C) ALTER, DELETE, INSERT, SELECT - This option is incorrect because it includes the ALTER privilege, which is not applicable to views. The ALTER privilege is used for modifying the structure or properties of database objects, such as tables or procedures. Option D) DELETE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE - This option is correct because it includes all the necessary privileges (DELETE, INSERT, SELECT, and UPDATE) that can be granted on a view.

Therefore, the correct answer is D. DELETE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE. This option is correct because it includes all the privileges that can be granted on a view.

Which command will delete all data from a table and will not write to the rollback segment?

  1. DROP

  2. DELETE

  3. CASCADE

  4. TRUNCATE


Correct Option: D

Which Oracle access method is the fastest way for Oracle to retrieve a single row?

  1. Primary key access

  2. Access via unique index

  3. Table access by ROWID

  4. Full table scan


Correct Option: C

Which character function can be used to return a specified portion of a character string?

  1. INSTR

  2. SUBSTR

  3. SUBSTRING

  4. POS


Correct Option: B

When a user creates an object without a TABLESPACE clause, where will Oracle store the segment?

  1. System tablespace

  2. Users tablespace

  3. Default tablespace for the user

  4. Oracle will give an error

  5. Undefined


Correct Option: C

Which character is used to continue a statement in SQL*Plus?

  1. *

  2. #

  3. /

  4. -

  5. @


Correct Option: D

AI Explanation

To answer this question, you need to understand how SQL*Plus works and how statements are executed.

SQL*Plus is a command-line interface provided by Oracle for executing SQL and PL/SQL statements. In SQL*Plus, a statement can be continued onto the next line using the character "-".

Option A) * - This option is incorrect because the "*" character is not used to continue a statement in SQL*Plus. Option B) # - This option is incorrect because the "#" character is not used to continue a statement in SQL*Plus. Option C) / - This option is incorrect because the "/" character is used to execute a statement in SQL*Plus, not to continue a statement. Option D) - - This option is correct because the "-" character is used to continue a statement onto the next line in SQL*Plus. Option E) @ - This option is incorrect because the "@" character is used in SQL*Plus to execute a script or a file, not to continue a statement.

The correct answer is Option D) "-". This option is correct because the "-" character is used to continue a statement in SQL*Plus.

Assuming today is Friday, 28 August 2009, what is returned by this statement: SELECT to_char(NEXT_DAY(sysdate, 'FRIDAY'), 'DD-MON-RR') FROM dual;

  1. 21-AUG-09

  2. 28-AUG-09

  3. 04-SEP-09

  4. 29-AUG-09

  5. 27-AUG-09


Correct Option: C

To produce a meaningful result set without any cartesian products, what is the minimum number of conditions that should appear in the WHERE clause of a four-table join?

  1. 8

  2. 3

  3. 5

  4. There is no such criteria


Correct Option: B

Which of the following can be a valid column name?

  1. Column

  2. 1966_Invoices

  3. Catch_#22

  4. #Invoices

  5. None of the above


Correct Option: C

Normalization is…

  1. the process of arranging information stored in a database in a way, which removes redundancy and ambiguity.

  2. a special way of selecting data

  3. the process of adding primary key to a table

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D