Some important DBMS questions.

Q.1 In the relational modes, cardinality is termed as:
 (A) Number of tuples. (B) Number of attributes.
 (C) Number of tables. (D) Number of constraints.
 Ans: A

Q.2 Relational calculus is a
(A) Procedural language. (B) Non- Procedural language.
 (C) Data definition language. (D) High level language.
 Ans: B

Q.3 The view of total database content is
(A) Conceptual view. (B) Internal view.
 (C) External view. (D) Physical View.
 Ans: A

Q.4 Cartesian product in relational algebra is
 (A) a Unary operator. (B) a Binary operator.
 (C) a Ternary operator. (D) not defined.
 Ans: B Cartesian product in relational algebra is a binary operator.
 (It requires two operands. e.g., P X Q)

Q.5 DML is provided for
(A) Description of logical structure of database.
(B) Addition of new structures in the database system.
(C) Manipulation & processing of database.
(D) Definition of physical structure of database system.
 Ans: C DML is provided for manipulation & processing of database.
 (Data stored in the database is processed or manipulated using data manipulation
language commands as its name)
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Q.6 ‘AS’ clause is used in SQL for
 (A) Selection operation. (B) Rename operation.
 (C) Join operation. (D) Projection operation.
 Ans: B ‘AS’ clause is used in SQL for rename operation.
 (e.g., SELECT ENO AS EMPLOYEE_NO FROM EMP)

Q.7 ODBC stands for
 (A) Object Database Connectivity.
 (B) Oral Database Connectivity.
 (C) Oracle Database Connectivity.
 (D) Open Database Connectivity.

 Ans: D


Q.8 Architecture of the database can be viewed as
 (A) two levels. (B) four levels.
 (C) three levels. (D) one level.
 Ans: C


Q.9 In a relational model, relations are termed as
 (A) Tuples. (B) Attributes
 (C) Tables. (D) Rows.
 Ans:

Q.10 The database schema is written in
(A) HLL (B) DML
 (C) DDL (D) DCL
 Ans: C

Q.11 In the architecture of a database system external level is the
(A) physical level. (B) logical level.
(C) conceptual level (D) view level.
 Ans: D

Q.12 An entity set that does not have sufficient attributes to form a primary key is a
(A) strong entity set. (B) weak entity set.
(C) simple entity set. (D) primary entity set.
 Ans: B

Q.13 In a Hierarchical model records are organized as
 (A) Graph. (B) List.
 (C) Links. (D) Tree.
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 Ans: D

Q.14 In an E-R diagram attributes are represented by
 (A) rectangle. (B) square.
 (C) ellipse. (D) triangle.
 Ans: C

Q.15 In case of entity integrity, the primary key may be
 (A) not Null (B) Null
 (C) both Null & not Null. (D) any value.

 Ans: A

Q.16 In tuple relational calculus P1 → P2
 is equivalent to
 (A) ¬P1 ∨ P2
 (B) P1 ∨ P2
 (C) P1 ∧ P2
 (D) P1 ∧ ¬P2
 Ans: A In tuple relational calculus P1 P2 is equivalent to ¬P1 ∨ P2.
 (The logical implication expression A B, meaning if A then B,is equivalent to ¬A ∨ B)

Q.17 The language used in application programs to request data from the DBMS is referred
to as the
 (A) DML (B) DDL
 (C) VDL (D) SDL
 Ans: A

Q.18 A logical schema
 (A) is the entire database.
(B) is a standard way of organizing information into accessible parts.
 (C) describes how data is actually stored on disk.
(D) both (A) and (C)
 Ans: A

Q.19 Related fields in a database are grouped to form a
 (A) data file. (B) data record.
 (C) menu. (D) bank.
 Ans: B Related data fields in a database are grouped to form a data record.
 (A record is a collection of related fields)

Q.20 The database environment has all of the following components except:
 (A) users. (B) separate files.
 (C) database. (D) database administrator.
 Ans: B


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