ITEC4144 - Database Administration

MCQ’s

 What is Oracle?
a) Oracle is a programming language
b) Oracle is a database
c) Oracle is a scripting language
d) Oracle is an operating system

 Which of the following is correct about Oracle?

a) Oracle is a relational database management system
b) Oracle was built in 1977
c) OracleDB is another name for it
d) All of the mentioned

 Which of the following database was designed first for enterprise grid
computing?
a) Oracle database
b) SQL
c) MongoDB
d) Google database
 Which of the following is not a Oracle Database feature?
a) Scalability
b) Availability
c) Analytics
d) None of the mentioned

 Which of the following is an advantage of Oracle database?

a) Portability
b) Flashback Technology
c) Performance
d) All of the mentioned

 Which of the following is a disadvantage of Oracle database?

a) Difficult to manage
b) Cost
c) Complexity
d) All of the mentioned

 What is Oracle database used for?

a) Creating backup for data
b) Accessing database servers
c) Store and retrieve relevant data
d) Both a & c
 Which of the following components comprise an Oracle architecture?
a) Tablespaces
b) Datafiles
c) Database related background processes
d) All of the Mentioned

 Which of the following area of PGA stores binding variables and run-time
buffers information?
a) Stack space
b) SQL area
c) Session area
d) Private SQL area

 Which of the following is the smallest unit of storage in an Oracle database?

a) Segment
b) Extent
c) Data File
d) Data Block

 Which of the following is another name of Oracle database’s design?

a) Database Instance
b) Database Schema
c) Database Abstraction
d) None of the Mentioned
 Which of the following is used to logically group data together?
a) Tablespace
b) Datafiles
c) Object
d) Database

 Which of the following package procedure is UNRESTRICTED in Oracle?

a) CLEAR_BLOCK
b) USER_EXIT
c) CALL_INPUT
d) EXECUTE_QUERY

 Oracle server configuration is dedicated for

a) One server process – One user process
b) Many server processes – Many user processes
c) Many server processes – One user process
d) One server process – Many user processes

 Which schema object instructs Oracle to connect to remotely access an

object of a database?
a) Database Link
b) Sequence
c) Data Link
d) Remote Link
 When a transaction modifies the database, Oracle copies the original data
before modifying it. What is the original copy of the modified data called?
a) Redo Data
b) Undone Data
c) Undo Data
d) Archive Data

 Which of the following is referred to as the language used application

programs to request data from the DBMS?
a) DDL
b) Query language
c) DML
d) All of the Mentioned

 Which of the following RDBMS supports full-fledged client server

application development?
a) FoxPro 2.1
b) Ingress
c) Oracle 7.1
d) dBase V

 Which of the following is the subset of SQL commands used to manipulate

Oracle Database structures, including tables?
a) Data Manipulation Language (DML)
b) Data Definition Language (DDL)
c) DDL and DML
d) None of the Mentioned
 Which of the following is not included in DML (Data Manipulation
Language)?
a) UPDATE
b) CREATE
c) INSERT
d) DELETE

 Which of the following keyword is used with Data Control Language (DCL)
statements?
a) INSERT
b) SELECT
c) GRANT
d) DELETE

 Which of the following command is used to obtain the structure of an Oracle

table?
a) DESC TABLE [TableName].
b) STRUCTURE [TableName].
c) DESCRIBE [TableName].
d) DESCRIBE STRUCTURE [TableName].

 Which of the following is not a type of SQL statement?

a) Data Definition Language (DDL)
b) Data Control Language (DCL)
c) Data Communication Language (DCL)
d) Data Manipulation Language (DML)
 Which is command is used for removing a table and all its data from the
database?
a) Alter table command
b) Create command
c) Drop table command
d) All of the Mentioned

 Which of the following is/are the DDL statements?

a) Drop
b) Alter
c) Create
d) All of the Mentioned

 The SQL statement

SELECT SUBSTR(‘123456789’, INSTR(‘abcabcabc’, ‘b’), 4) FROM
DUAL;
a) 2345
b) 456789
c) 6789
d) 1234
 Which of the following command is used to SELECT only one copy of each
set of duplicable rows in SQL?
a) SELECT UNIQUE
b) SELECT DIFFERENT
c) SELECT DISTINCT
d) All of the Mentioned

 Which of the following is record based logical model?

a) E-R Model
b) Network Model
c) Object oriented model
d) None of the Mentioned

 Which of the following is not a Key in SQL Server?

a) Alternate
b) Secondary
c) Foreign
d) Primary

 Which of the following is not a component of a data warehouse?

a) Data metadata
b) Data extraction/cleaning/preparation programs
c) Data warehouse data
d) None of the Mentioned
 Which of the following is the oldest database model?
a) Deductive
b) Physical
c) Network
d) Relational

 Which of the following object types below cannot be replicated?

a) Sequence
b) Data
c) Trigger
d) View

 What is the result of the following ‘ORA’NULL’CLE’?

a) ORA CLE
b) Error
c) NULL
d) ORACLE

 The redo log buffer and Shared pool are elements of?
a) SGA
b) PGA and Buffer cache
c) Buffer cache
d) PGA
 Which processes is an instance made of Oracle?
a) Data processes
b) Oracle background processes
c) Memory processes
d) All of the Mentioned

 Poor data administration can lead to which of the following?

a) A single definition of the same data entity
b) Familiarity with existing data
c) Missing data elements
d) All of the above.

 A traditional data administrator performs which of the following roles?

a) Tune database performance
b) Establish backup and recovery procedures
c) Resolve data ownership issues
d) Protect the security of the database.

 If both data and database administration exist in an organization, the

database administrator is responsible for which of the following?
a) Data modeling
b) Database design
c) Metadata
d) All of the above.
 Which of the following is part of an administrative policy to secure a
database?
a) Authentication policies
b) Limiting particular areas within a building to only authorized people
c) Ensure appropriate responses rates are in external maintenance agreements
d) All of the above.

 Backward recovery is which of the following?

a) Where the before-images are applied to the database
b) Where the after-images are applied to the database
c) Where the after-images and before-images are applied to the database
d) Switching to an existing copy of the database

 The transaction log includes which of the following?

The before-image of a record
The after-image of a record
The before and after-image of a record
The essential data of the record

 Which of the following could cause data to be unavailable?

a) Data becoming lost or inaccurate
b) The database server
c) Planned database maintenance activities
d) All of the above.
 A shared lock allows which of the following types of transactions to occur?
a) Delete
b) Insert
c) Read
d) Update

 Locking may cause which of the following problems?

a) Erroneous updates
b) Deadlock
c) Versioning
d) All of the above.

 Performance analysis and tuning is which of the following?

a) Undertaken one time at the time of a DBMS installation
b) Undertaken one time at the time of the implementation of a new application
c) Undertaken as an ongoing part of the backup of a database
d) Undertaken as an ongoing part of managing a database

 Which of the following is the preferred way to recover a database after a

transaction in progress terminates abnormally?
a) Rollback
b) Rollforward
c) Switch to duplicate database
d) Reprocess transactions
 Which of the following is true concerning open-source DBMS?
a) Is free or nearly free database software whose source code is publicly available
b) Is free or nearly free database software whose source code is not publicly
available
c) Is not competitive against PC-oriented packages and is fully SQL compliant
d) Is competitive against PC-oriented packages and is not fully SQL compliant

 Concurrency control is important for which of the following reasons?

a) To ensure data integrity when updates occur to the database in a multiuser
environment
b) To ensure data integrity when updates occur to the database in a single-user
environment
c) To ensure data integrity while reading data occurs to the database in a multiuser
environment
d) To ensure data integrity while reading data occurs to the database in a single-user
environment

 Which of the following is the preferred way to recover a database after a

system failure?
a) Rollback
b) Rollforward
c) Switch to duplicate database
d) Reprocess transactions
 A data warehouse administrator is concerned with which of the following?
a) The time to make a decision but not the typical roles of a database administrator
b) The time to make a decision and the typical roles of a database administrator
c) The typical roles of a data administrator and redesigning existing applications
d) The typical roles of a database administrator and redesigning existing
applications

 What is the full form of DBMS?

a) Data of Binary Management System
b) Database Management System
c) Database Management Service
d) Data Backup Management System

 What is a database?
a) Organized collection of information that cannot be accessed, updated, and
managed
b) Collection of data or information without organizing
c) Organized collection of data or information that can be accessed, updated, and
managed
d) Organized collection of data that cannot be updated

 What is DBMS?
a) DBMS is a collection of queries
b) DBMS is a high-level language
c) DBMS is a programming language
d) DBMS stores, modifies and retrieves data
 Who created the first DBMS?
a) Edgar Frank Codd
b) Charles Bachman
c) Charles Babbage
d) Sharon B. Codd
Note: Charles Bachman along with his team invented the first DBMS known as
Integrated Data Store (IDS).

 Which type of data can be stored in the database?

a) Image oriented data
b) Text, files containing data
c) Data in the form of audio or video
d) All of the above

 In which of the following formats data is stored in the database management

system?
a) Image
b) Text
c) Table
d) Graph

 Which of the following is not a type of database?

a) Hierarchical
b) Network
c) Distributed
d) Decentralized
 Which of the following is not an example of DBMS?
a) MySQL
b) Microsoft Access
c) IBM DB2
d) Google

 Which of the following is not a feature of DBMS?

a) Minimum Duplication and Redundancy of Data
b) High Level of Security
c) Single-user Access only
d) Support ACID Property

 Which of the following is a feature of the database?

a) No-backup for the data stored
b) User interface provided
c) Lack of Authentication
d) Store data in multiple locations

 Which of the following is not a function of the database?

a) Managing stored data
b) Manipulating data
c) Security for stored data
d) Analyzing code
 Which of the following is a function of the DBMS?
a) Storing data
b) Providing multi-users access control
c) Data Integrity
d) All of the above

 DCL stands for ___________

a) Data Control Language
b) Data Console Language
c) Data Control Level
d) Data Console Level

 A ……… is used to define overall design of the database.

a) Schema
b) Application program
c) Data definition language
d) None of the above

 A …………… database is used as template for all databases created.

a) Master
b) Model
c) Temp DB
d) None of the above
 Which of the following is/are the DDL statements?
a) Create
b) Drop
c) Alter
d) All of the above

 The database environment has all of the following components except.

a) Users
b) Database
c) Database Administration
d) Separate files

 Related fields in a database are grouped to form a _______

a) Data file
b) Data record
c) Menu
d) None of the above

 The way a particular application views the data from the database that the
application uses is _______
a) Module
b) Relational model
c) Schema
d) Sub Schema
 A shared collection of logically related data.
a) Data Base
b) Mark Sheet
c) Result
d) Record

 The Description of the Data is known as ______

a) System Catalog
b) File
c) Dictionary
d) Tech

 A software system that enables users to define, create, maintain, and control
access to the database _________
a) Database Management System
b) Data Management
c) Filing system
d) Record