UNIT- I

1. To include integrity constraint in a existing relation use :

A. Create table B. Modify table C. Alter table

Ans: C

2. Which of the following is not a integrity constraint ?

A. Not null B. Positive C. Unique D. Check ‘predicate’

Ans: B

3. Foreign key is the one in which the ________ of one relation is referenced in another
relation.

A. Foreign key B. Primary key C. References D. Check constrain

Ans: B

4. Domain constraints, functional dependency and referential integrity are special forms
of _________.

A. Foreign key B. Primary key C. Assertion D. Referential constraint

Ans: C

5. Which of the following closely resembles Create view ?

A. Create table . . .like B. Create table . . . as C. With data D. Create view as

Ans: B

6. Which one of the following is a set of one or more attributes taken collectively to
uniquely identify a record?

A. Candidate key B. Sub key C. Super key D. Foreign key

Ans: C

7. Consider attributes ID , CITY and NAME . Which one of this can be considered as a
Primary key ?

A. NAME B. ID C. CITY D. CITY , ID

Ans: B
 8. The subset of super key is a candidate key under what condition ?

A. No proper subset is a super key B. All subsets are super keys

C. Subset is a super key D. Each subset is a super key

Ans: A

9. A _____ is a property of the entire relation, rather than of the individual tuples in
which each tuple is unique.

A. Rows B. Key C. Attribute D. Fields

Ans: B

10.In a relational database a referential integrity constraint can be specified with the help of
a. primary key b. foreign key c. secondary key d. none of the above

11. Which command is used to add a column to an existing table?

a. Create b. Update c. Alter d. None of these

12. Architecture of the database can be viewed as

a. two levels. b. four levels. c. three levels. d. one level

13. In an E-R diagram attributes are represented by

a. rectangle. b. square. c. ellipse. d. triangle.

14.A relational database developer refers to a record as

a. a criteria. b. a relation. c. a tuple. d. an attribute

1. In ER model the details of the entities are hidden from the user. This process is called

A. Generalization b. Specialization c. Abstraction

d. none of these above
2. In a relational database a referential integrity constraint can be specified with the help
of

a. primary key b. foreign key c. secondary key d. none of the

above

3. Which command is used to remove all rows from a table?

 a. Delete b. Remove c. Truncate d. Both [A] and
[B]

4. ER model is used in _______ phase

a) conceptual database b) schema refinement
c) physical refinement d) applications and security
5. An instance is ___________

a) a set of relationships b) set of attributes

c) set of entites d) schema

6. The language used application programs to request data from the DBMS is referred to
as the

a) DML b) DDL

c) query language d) none

7. A collection of operations that performs a single logic function is called

a) schedule b) transaction c) DBA d) none of the above

8. Large collection of files are called

a) fields b) records

c) database d) sectors

9. What is not a feature of Hierarchical model

a) Child having a parent b) Parent having parent

c) Parent may have any number of Childs d) Child having more than one parent

10. The relational database environment has all of the following components except

a) users b) separate files

c) database d) query languages

11. The language associated with a database management system that is employed by end
users and programmers to manipulate data in the database is the:

a) data definition language. b) data presentation language.

c) Data manipulation language. d) data translation language.

UNIT2

This set of Database Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Join
Operations”.

1. A_____ is a query that retrieves rows from more than one table or view:
a)Start
b)End
c)Join
d) All of the mentioned

2.A condition is referred to as __________

a)Join in SQL
b)Join condition
c)Join in SQL & Condition
d) None of the mentioned
3. Which oracle is the join condition is specified using the WHERE clause:

a) Oracle 9i
b) Oracle 8i
c) Pre-oracle 9i
d) Pre-oracle 8i

4.How many join types in join condition:

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

5. Which are the join types in join condition:

a) Cross join
b) Natural join
c) Join with USING clause
d) All of the mentioned

6.Which product is returned in a join query have no join condition:

a) Equijoins
b) Cartesian
c) Both Equijoins and Cartesian
d) None of the mentioned

7. Which is a join condition contains an equality operator:

a) Equijoins
b) Cartesian
c) Both Equijoins and Cartesian
d) None of the mentioned

8.Prevention of access to the database by unauthorized users is referred to as

a. Integrity b. Productivity c. Security d. Reliability

9. Cartesian product in relational algebra is

a. Unary operator. b. Binary operator. c. Ternary operator. d. not defined

10.It is possible to define a schema completely using

a. VDL and DDL. b. DDL and DML. c. SDL and DDL. d. VDL and DML.

Unit 3
1. In the __________ normal form, a composite attribute is converted to individual attributes.
a)First
b)Second
c)Third
d)Fourth

Explanation: The first normal form is used to eliminate the duplicate information.
2. A table on the many side of a one to many or many to many relationship must:
a)Be in Second Normal Form (2NF)
b)Be in Third Normal Form (3NF)
c)Have a single attribute key
d)Have a composite key

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3. Tables in second normal form (2NF):
a)Eliminate all hidden dependencies
b)Eliminate the possibility of a insertion anomalies
c)Have a composite key
d)Have all non key fields depend on the whole primary key
4. Which-one ofthe following statements about normal forms is FALSE?
a)BCNF is stricter than 3 NF
b) Lossless, dependency -preserving decomposition into 3 NF is always possible
c) Loss less, dependency – preserving decomposition into BCNF is always possible
d)Any relation with two attributes is BCNF

5. Functional Dependencies are the types of constraints that are based on______
a)Key
b)Key revisited
c)Superset key
d)None of the mentioned

6. Which is a bottom-up approach to database design that design by examining the

relationship between attributes:
a)Functionaldependency
b)Databasemodeling
c)Normalization
d)Decomposition
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Answer: c
Explanation: Normalisation is the process of removing redundancy and unwanted data.
7. Which forms simplifies and ensures that there are minimal data aggregates and repetitive
groups:
a)1NF
b)2NF
c)3NF
d)All of the mentioned

8. Which forms has a relation that possesses data about an individual entity:
a)2NF
b)3NF
c)4NF
d)5NF

9. In the __________ normal form, a composite attribute is converted to individual attributes.

a.1NF b.2NF c.3NF d.4NF

10.What are the desirable properties of a decomposition

a) Partition constraint b) Dependency preservation
c) Redundancy d) Security