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The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about SQL statements and syntax. The questions cover topics such as what SQL stands for, which statements are used to select, insert, update and delete data, how to filter records using criteria, how to sort result sets, and how to count records in a table. The answers provided indicate that SQL is used to communicate with databases, the SELECT statement is used to retrieve data, and operators like WHERE, AND, OR, BETWEEN can be used to filter query results based on conditions.

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SQL

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about SQL statements and syntax. The questions cover topics such as what SQL stands for, which statements are used to select, insert, update and delete data, how to filter records using criteria, how to sort result sets, and how to count records in a table. The answers provided indicate that SQL is used to communicate with databases, the SELECT statement is used to retrieve data, and operators like WHERE, AND, OR, BETWEEN can be used to filter query results based on conditions.

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1. What does SQL stand for?

Structured Query Language

Strong Question Language

Structured Question Language

2. Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database?

SELECT

GET

OPEN

EXTRACT

3. Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database?

SAVE

MODIFY

UPDATE

SAVE AS

4. Which SQL statement is used to delete data from a database?

DELETE

TRUNCATE

REMOVE

5. Which SQL statement is used to insert new data in a database?


ADD RECORD

ADD NEW

INSERT

INSERT NEW

6. With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a table named
"Persons"?

SELECT Persons.FirstName

EXTRACT FirstName FROM Persons

SELECT FirstName FROM Persons

7. With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named "Persons"?

SELECT [all] FROM Persons

SELECT Persons

SELECT *.Persons

SELECT * FROM Persons

8. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value
of the column "FirstName" is "Peter"?

SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter'

SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter'

9. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value
of the column "FirstName" starts with an "a"?

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='a'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='%a%'

10. The OR operator displays a record if ANY conditions listed are true. The AND operator
displays a record if ALL of the conditions listed are true

False

True

11. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the
"FirstName" is "Peter" and the "LastName" is "Jackson"?

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' AND LastName='Jackson'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter' AND LastName LIKE 'Jackson'

SELECT FirstName='Peter', LastName='Jackson' FROM Persons

12. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the
"LastName" is alphabetically between (and including) "Hansen" and "Pettersen"?

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName<'Pettersen'

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen'

SELECT LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName<'Pettersen' FROM Persons

13. Which SQL statement is used to return only different values?


SELECT DIFFERENT

SELECT DISTINCT

SELECT UNIQUE

14. Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set?

ORDER

SORT

SORT BY

ORDER BY

15. With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named "Persons" sorted
descending by "FirstName"?

SELECT * FROM Persons SORT 'FirstName' DESC

SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC

SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER FirstName DESC

SELECT * FROM Persons SORT BY 'FirstName' DESC

16. With SQL, how can you insert a new record into the "Persons" table?

INSERT ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons

INSERT VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons

INSERT INTO Persons VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson')

17. With SQL, how can you insert "Olsen" as the "LastName" in the "Persons" table?
INSERT INTO Persons ('Olsen') INTO LastName

INSERT INTO Persons (LastName) VALUES ('Olsen')

INSERT ('Olsen') INTO Persons (LastName)

18. How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName" column in the Persons
table?

UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'

MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen

UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen'

MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'

19. With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "FirstName" is "Peter" in the
Persons Table?

DELETE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter'

DELETE FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons

DELETE ROW FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons

20. With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Persons" table?

SELECT COLUMNS(*) FROM Persons

SELECT COUNT() FROM Persons

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons

SELECT COLUMNS() FROM Persons

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