Practice Quizes #4

Question 1 2.5 out of 2.5 points A(n) ____ is a mechanism to trap an error that occurs in processing. Answer Selected Answer: c. Exception handler Question 2 2.5 out of 2.5 points

The ____ is an Oracle built-in procedure that allows developers to associate their own error number and message to an error. Answer Selected Answer: c. RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR Question 3 2.5 out of 2.5 points

____ is used to trap errors not specifically addressed in one of the exception handlers. Answer Selected Answer: c. WHEN OTHERS Question 4 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Analyze the cursor declaration below. Which of the followings is the correct answer to explain the purpose of this cursor? CURSOR c_dept_cursor IS SELECT department_id,department_name FROM departments WHERE department_id < 100 ORDER BY department_id; Answer Selected Answer: c. To retrieve department_id, and department_name for those departments with department_id less than 100 and process the records in the order by the department_id. Question 5 2.5 out of 2.5 points

A(n) ____ represents a work area or section of memory in which an SQL statement is being processed in the Oracle server. Answer Selected Answer: c. cursor Question 6 2.5 out of 2.5 points

The ____ action used in an explicit cursor processes the query and creates an active set of rows available in the cursor. Answer Selected Answer: b. OPEN Question 7 2.5 out of 2.5 points

____ is required in a PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT statement. Answer

Selected Answer: b. Exception name Question 8 2.5 out of 2.5 points

____ is an acceptable error number for the RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR function. Answer Selected Answer: c. -20002 Question 9 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Which of the following functions returns the Oracle error message in exception handling? Answer Selected Answer: b. SQLERRM Question 10 2.5 out of 2.5 points

____ refers to a condition where there is no WHEN clause in the CASE statement. Answer Selected Answer: a. CASE_NOT_FOUND

Practice Quiz #5
Question 1 2.5 out of 2.5 points

To reference a host variable in PL/SQL, a preceding ____ must be used with the host variable name. Answer Selected Answer: a. colon Question 2 2.5 out of 2.5 points

If no mode is indicated in a parameter, the default value of ______________ is applied. Answer Selected Answer: c. IN Question 3 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Which of the following statements is true? Answer Selected Answer: a. If an exception is raised in procedure B that has been called from procedure A, the control initially moves to the exception handler section of procedure B. Question 4 2.5 out of 2.5 points

_____________ indicate which way the value provided for the parameter flows: into the procedure, out of the procedure, or both. Answer Selected Answer: c. Modes Question 5 2.5 out of 2.5 points

____ a program unit or PL/SQL block of code allows the storage and reuse of the code.

Answer Selected Answer: a. Naming Question 6 2.5 out of 2.5 points

A parameter with a(n) ____ only mode can receive a value, but this value cannot be changed in the procedure. Answer Selected Answer: b. IN Question 7 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Examine the following procedure. CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE INSERT_TEAM (V_ID in NUMBER, V_CITY in VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'AUSTIN', V_NAME in VARCHAR2) IS BEGIN INSERT INTO TEAM (id, city, name) VALUES (v_id, v_city, v_name); COMMIT; END; / Which of the following statements will successfully invoke this procedure in SQL*Plus? Answer Selected Answer: b. EXECUTE INSERT_TEAM(3,'AUSTIN','LONGHORNS'); Question 8 2.5 out of 2.5 points

If values are calculated or retrieved from the database within the procedure, ____ parameters are used to return these values to the calling environment. Answer Selected Answer: b. OUT Question 9 2.5 out of 2.5 points

____ can accept and return none, one, or many parameters. Answer Selected Answer: b. Stored procedures Question 10 2.5 out of 2.5 points

The following example is for _______________. EXECUTE add_department (p_loc=>1500, p_name=>'INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY'); Answer Selected Answer: b. passing parameters using the named notation

Practice Quiz #6
Question 1 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Based on the package specification below, which of the following code fragments correctly creates a package body? CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE ordering_pkg

IS pv_total_num NUMBER(3,2); PROCEDURE order_total_pp (p_bsktid IN NUMBER, p_sub OUT NUMBER); FUNCTION ship_calc_pf (p_qty IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER; END; Answer Selected Answer: a. CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY ordering_pkg IS FUNCTION ship_calc_pf (p_qty IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER IS lv_ship_num NUMBER(5,2); BEGIN ... code detail ... END ship_calc_pf; PROCEDURE order_total_pp (p_bsktid IN NUMBER, p_sub OUT NUMBER) IS BEGIN ... code detail ... END order_total_pp; END; Question 2 2.5 out of 2.5 points

In the code below, which of the following is the parameter variable? CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fct_test1_sf (p_num IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER IS BEGIN UPDATE bb_test1 SET col1 = p_num; RETURN p_num; END; / Answer Selected Answer: c. p_num Question 3 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Using the same name on multiple program units within the same package is referred to as ____. Answer Selected Answer: a. overloading Question 4 2.5 out of 2.5 points

The following code is an example of a(n) ____. DECLARE lv_name_txt VARCHAR2(35); lv_id_num NUMBER(4) := 25; lv_first_txt VARCHAR2(15) := 'Scott'; lv_last_txt VARCHAR2(20) := 'David'; BEGIN

lv_name_txt := memfmt1_sf(lv_id_num,lv_first_txt, lv_last_txt); DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(lv_name_txt); END; / Answer Selected Answer: d. anonymous block Question 5 2.5 out of 2.5 points

A good method to handle the size issue when declaring variables that hold values from a database table is to use the ____ attribute to use the size of the database column. Answer Selected Answer: b. %TYPE Question 6 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Which of the following code fragments would NOT raise an error? Answer Selected Answer: b. DECLARE v_amt1 number(5,2); v_amt2 number(3,0); BEGIN v_amt1 := 32.50; v_amt2 := ROUND(v_amt1,1); DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_amt2); END; / Question 7 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Analyze the following code. The code fragment below is an example of a(n) ____. CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE ordering_pkg IS pv_total_num NUMBER(3,2); PROCEDURE order_total_pp (p_bsktid IN NUMBER, p_sub OUT NUMBER); FUNCTION ship_calc_pf (p_qty IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER; END; Answer Selected Answer: c. package specification Question 8 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Analyze the following code that invokes a package procedure. Which of the following statements is true? EXECUTE emma.hr_package.new_emp(:p_emp_id); Answer Selected Answer: c. This codes invokes a procedure called new_emp from the package called hr_package in the emma schema. Question 9 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Which of the followings is incorrect for a PL/SQL function? Answer Selected Answer: d. A PL/SQL function does not contain a RETURN clause in the header. Question 10 2.5 out of 2.5 points

Which data dictionary can be used to display a list of functions you created in your schema? Answer Selected Answer: c. USER_OBJECTS