Database summary examination

1. ________is not a programming language designed for managing data in relational database management
systems (RDBMS) except.
A. Microsoft Access
B. C++
C. SQL
D. Oracle
2. A _______is the software that enables users to define, create, and maintain the database and also provides
controlled access to this database.
A. database management system
B. database
C. database system
D. none
3. Which one of the following is not data manipulation language?
A. Drop
B. Select
C. Update
D. insert

4. Which one of the following is data definition language?

A. Create
B. modify
C. Select
D. Update
5. Which one of the following feature is not SQL Server component?
A. Database Engine
B. Analysis Services
C. Reporting Services
D. Integration Services
E. none
6. which one of the following is correct syntax to drop database name TVET College
A. drop tvet college
B. delete database tvet college
C. drop databasetvet college
D. alter database tvet college
7. Which one of the following is correct syntax to addcolumn name is dept?
A. ALTER TABLE <table_name>DROP COLUMN <dept>
B. ALTER TABLE <table_name>DROP <dept>
C. ALTER TABLE <table_name> ADD <dept><data type><field size>
D. ALTER TABLE <table_name> ADD <dept>

8. Which one of the following is physical database Architecture?

A. Transaction log file
B. Database file
C. Triggers
D. Procedures
E. A and B
F. C and D
9. Which one of the following is database information security control mechanism are used?
A. backup
B. encryption
 C. Authentication
D. Data integrity control
E. all

10. Which one of the following are not database failures?

A. System crashes, resulting in loss of main memory.
B. Application software errors.
C. Natural physical disasters.
D. Carelessness or unintentional destruction of data or facilities.
E. none
11. __________refers to the various strategies and procedures involved in protecting your database
against data loss and reconstructing the database after any kind of data loss.
A. Backup
B. Recovery
C. Undo
D. All except c
12. Which one of the following is a Database Recovery technique?
A. Full database backup
B. Differential backup
C. Transaction log backup
D. None
13. _________technique for providing atomicity and durability in database system.
A. Shadow paging
B. Extent
C. index
D. none
14. .This can be in the form of fire, flood, or any naturally occurring storm. It can also happen
through electrical outage, a virus, or the deliberate hacking of your data. Which types of failures
can be categorized?
A. User failure
B. Media failures
C. Disastrous failure
D. Catastrophic failures
E. A and B
F. C and D
15. Which one of the following can be category under Conceptual database Model?
A. Entity
B. Attribute
C. Key attribute
D. Value set
E. Relationship type
F. All
16. ____is a constraintthatspecifies the possible value for each field in the table.
A. Data Type
B. Field size
C. Values set
D. Key attribute
17. _______is a process that involves dividing large tables (complex data structures) into smaller
(simple and stable data structures)that do not accept redundant values and defining
relationships between them.
A. Normalization
B. 3rd normal form
C. 2nd normal form
D. 1st normal form
18. _____is a constraint between two sets of attributes in a table that occurs when one attributes in a
table uniquely determines another attribute.
A. Relationship
B. Functional dependency
C. None
19. A _______is a column which uniquely identifies the records in a table
A. primary key
B. foreign key
C. all
20. _________is a group of instructions or a set of steps applied to solve a particular problem.
A. Algorithm
B. Pseudo code
C. Flowchart
21. _________is very large and integrated collection of data
A. Database
B. Database system
C. Database management system
D. All

22. _________is a description of a particular collection of data, using a given data model.

A. Schema
B. Entity
C. Attribute
D. Relationship

23. Every relation has a schema, which describes the columns, or fields.

A. True
B. False

24. ________is a collection of entities that share common properties or characteristics.

A. Entity
B. Entity instance
C. Entity type
D. None

25. Which one of the following is composite attribute?

A. Phone No
B. Address
 C. Name
D. Year

26. Which one of the following is multivalued attribute?

A. Name
B. Address
C. Year
D. Skill
E. A and B
F. B and D

Matching
A B
27. Transitivity dependency A A.functional dependency between non-primary-key
28. 1st normal form C B. has no partial dependencies
29. 2nd normal form B C. Each cell is single-valued.
30. 3 normal form D
rd D.no transitivity dependencies
31. 4th normal form E E. no non-trivial functional dependencies of attributes
32. entityH F. functional dependency between primary key
33. AttributeG G. characteristics of entities
34. Identifiers I H. the name of things that can be represented
35. Composite attribute K I.Underlined in the ERD
36. simple attribute J J.the attribute that cannot decompose into subparts
37. Single-value attributeM k. the attribute that can decompose into subparts
38. Multivalued attributes L l.PhoneNo
39. Derived Attribute O M.Sex
40. Stored Attribute N N.Birthdate
41. Unary relationship R O. Age
42. Binary relationship Q P.Three entities are associated
43. Ternary relationship P Q.Two entities are associated
44. Relationship can exist between occurrences of the same entity set S R. Association is
maintained within single entity
45. Cardinalities T S. Recursive Relationship.
46. Entity instance W T. Min and max number of relationship

W. a single occurrence of an entity type

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