Database Normalization and Efficient SQL Design Quiz

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Which of the following is true about SQL?

  • SQL is a programming language.
  • SQL is a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases. (correct)
  • SQL is a type of database.
  • SQL is only used in web development.

What does RDBMS stand for?

  • Relational Data Manipulation System
  • Remote Data Manipulation System
  • Relational Database Management System (correct)
  • Remote Database Management System

What is a record in a database table?

  • A collection of related data entries
  • A field in a table
  • A column in a table
  • A row in a table (correct)

Which type of SQL command is used to define data tables?

<p>Data Definition Language (DDL) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which SQL command is used to narrow down the amount of data selected from a table?

<p>SELECT (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the CREATE command do in SQL?

<p>Creates a new SQL database (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which SQL command is used to remove rows from a named table?

<p>DELETE (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a use of SQL?

<p>Retrieving subsets of information from a database (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most basic unit of a database?

<p>Table (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a logical representation of data assembled from one or more database tables?

<p>View (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which organization adopted the official SQL standard in 1986?

<p>American National Standards Institute (ANSI) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about aggregation functions in SQL?

<p>Aggregation functions can be used to compute average values (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when an attribute is not part of the GROUP BY clause in a SQL query?

<p>It results in an error (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which category does SQL fall under?

<p>Data manipulation language (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which two organizations have approved SQL as a standard for decades?

<p>ANSI and ISO (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which two companies rely largely on solutions revolving around the SQL language?

<p>Oracle and Microsoft (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the four components of the LAMP stack?

<p>Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the acronym for the style of applications that involve Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations?

<p>CRUD (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement accurately describes the UPDATE command in SQL?

<p>The UPDATE command is used to make changes to rows or records in a specific table. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of SQL-on-Hadoop tools?

<p>To enable organizations to use SQL as a querying language and develop batch processing applications. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main security vulnerability associated with SQL servers?

<p>SQL injection (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following roles can benefit from SQL experience?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about SQL?

<p>SQL is a programming language for relational databases (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of normalization in SQL database design?

<p>To reduce duplication of data (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a relational database?

<p>Data is stored in a hierarchical structure (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the ORDER BY clause in SQL?

<p>To sort the result set in ascending or descending order (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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