Test: Mid Term Exam Semester 2 Part 1 Review your answers, feedback, and question scores below.

An asterisk (*) indicates a correct answer. Section 1 (Answer all questions in this section) 1. (1) Points Which comparison operator retrieves a list of values? Mark for Review

IN (*)

LIKE

BETWEEN ... IN ...

IS NULL

Correct

Correct

2. You issue this SQL statement: SELECT TRUNC(751.367,-1) FROM dual; Which value does this statement display? Mark for Review (1) Points

700

750 (*)

751

751.3

Correct

Correct

3. Which two functions can be used to manipulate number or date column values, but NOT character column values? (Choose two.) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

RPAD

TRUNC (*)

ROUND (*)

INSTR

CONCAT

Correct

Correct

4. SELECT SYSDATE + 30 FROM dual;

Evaluate this SELECT statement:

Which value is returned by the query? Mark for Review (1) Points

The current date plus 30 hours.

The current date plus 30 days. (*)

The current date plus 30 months.

No value is returned because the SELECT statement generates an error.

Correct

Correct

5. You need to display the current year as a character value (for example: Two Thousand and One). Which element would you use? Mark for Review (1) Points

RR

YY

YYYY

YEAR (*)

Correct

Correct

6. (1) Points

Which SELECT statement will return a numeric value?

Mark for Review

SELECT SYSDATE + 600 / 24 FROM employees;

SELECT ROUND(hire_date, DAY) FROM employees;

SELECT (SYSDATE - hire_date) / 7 FROM employees; (*)

SELECT SYSDATE - 7 FROM employees;

Correct

Correct

7. Mark for Review (1) Points

Which of the following Date Functions will add calendar months to a date?

Months + Calendar (Month)

ADD_MONTHS (*)

MONTHS + Date

NEXT_MONTH

Correct

Correct

8. You need to display the number of months between today's date and each employee's hiredate. Which function should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points

ROUND

BETWEEN

ADD_MONTHS

MONTHS_BETWEEN (*)

Correct

Correct

PRODUCT_ID 86950 59604

9. The PRICE table contains this data: MANUFACTURER_ID

You query the database and return the value 95. Which script did you use? Mark for Review (1) Points

SELECT SUBSTR(product_id, 3, 2) FROM price WHERE manufacturer_id = 59604; (*)

SELECT LENGTH(product_id, 3, 2) FROM price WHERE manufacturer_id = 59604;

SELECT SUBSTR(product_id, -1, 3) FROM price WHERE manufacturer_id = 59604;

SELECT TRIM(product_id, -3, 2)

FROM price WHERE manufacturer_id = 59604;

Correct

Correct

10. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT LENGTH(email) FROM employee; What will this SELECT statement display? Mark for Review (1) Points

The longest e-mail address in the EMPLOYEE table

The email address of each employee in the EMPLOYEE table

The number of characters for each value in the EMAIL column in the employees table (*)

The maximum number of characters allowed in the EMAIL column

Correct

Correct

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Test: Mid Term Exam Semester 2 Part 1 Review your answers, feedback, and question scores below. An asterisk (*) indicates a correct answer. Section 1 (Answer all questions in this section) 11. You query the database with this SQL statement:

SELECT LOWER(SUBSTR(CONCAT(last_name, first_name)), 1, 5) "ID" FROM employee; In which order are the functions evaluated? Mark for Review (1) Points

LOWER, SUBSTR, CONCAT

LOWER, CONCAT, SUBSTR

SUBSTR, CONCAT, LOWER

CONCAT, SUBSTR, LOWER (*)

Correct

Correct

12. Which functions can be used to manipulate character, number, and date column values? Mark for Review (1) Points

CONCAT, RPAD, and TRIM (*)

UPPER, LOWER, and INITCAP

ROUND, TRUNC, and MOD

ROUND, TRUNC, and ADD_MONTHS

Correct

Correct

13. You issue this SQL statement: SELECT INSTR ('organizational sales', 'al') FROM dual; Which value is returned by this command? Mark for Review (1) Points

13 (*)

17

Correct

Correct

14. You need to display each employee's name in all uppercase letters. Which function should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points

CASE

UCASE

UPPER (*)

TOUPPER

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 1 Lesson 1.

15. What will the following SQL statemtent display? SELECT last_name, LPAD(salary, 15, '$')SALARY FROM employees; Mark for Review (1) Points

The last name of employees that have a salary that includes a $ in the value, size of 15 and the column labeled SALARY.

The last name and the format of the salary limited to 15 digits to the left of the decimal and the column labeled SALARY.

The last name and salary for all employees with the format of the salary 15 characters long, leftpadded with the $ and the column labeled SALARY. (*)

The query will result in an error: "ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected."

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 1 Lesson 1.

16. Which SQL function can be used to remove heading or trailing characters (or both) from a character string? Mark for Review (1) Points

LPAD

CUT

NVL2

TRIM (*)

Correct

Correct

Section 2 (Answer all questions in this section) 17. Which of the following General Functions will return the first non-null expression in the expression list? Mark for Review (1) Points

NVL

NVL2

NULLIF

COALESCE (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 2.

18. You need to replace null values in the DEPT_ID column with the text "N/A". Which functions should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points

TO_CHAR and NVL (*)

TO_CHAR and NULL

TO_CHAR and NULLIF

TO_NUMBER and NULLIF

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 2.

19. The PRODUCT table contains this column: PRICE NUMBER(7,2) Evaluate this statement: SELECT NVL(10 / price, '0') FROM PRODUCT; What would happen if the PRICE column contains null values? Mark for Review (1) Points

The statement would fail because values cannot be divided by 0.

A value of 0 would be displayed. (*)

A value of 10 would be displayed.

The statement would fail because values cannot be divided by null.

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 2.

20. The STYLES table contains this data: STYLE_ID STYLE_NAME CATEGORY COST 895840 SANDAL 85940 12.00 968950 SANDAL 85909 10.00 869506 SANDAL 89690 15.00

809090 LOAFER 89098 10.00 890890 LOAFER 89789 14.00 857689 HEEL 85940 11.00 758960 SANDAL 86979 Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT style_id, style_name, category, cost FROM styles WHERE style_name LIKE 'SANDAL' AND NVL(cost, 0) < 15.00 ORDER BY category, cost; Which result will the query provide? Mark for Review (1) Points

STYLE_ID STYLE_NAME CATEGORY 895840 SANDAL 85940 12.00 968950 SANDAL 85909 10.00 758960 SANDAL 86979

COST

STYLE_ID STYLE_NAME 895840 SANDAL 85909 968950 SANDAL 85909 869506 SANDAL 89690 758960 SANDAL 86979

CATEGORY 12.00 10.00 15.00

COST

STYLE_ID STYLE_NAME 895840 SANDAL 85909 968950 SANDAL 85909 758960 SANDAL 86979 869506 SANDAL 89690

CATEGORY 12.00 10.00 15.00

COST

STYLE_ID STYLE_NAME CATEGORY 968950 SANDAL 85909 10.00 895840 SANDAL 85940 12.00

COST

758960 SANDAL (*)

86979

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 2.

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Test: Mid Term Exam Semester 2 Part 1 Review your answers, feedback, and question scores below. An asterisk (*) indicates a correct answer. Section 2 (Answer all questions in this section) 21. Review (1) Points Which statement concerning single row functions is true? Mark for

Single row functions can accept only one argument, but can return multiple values.

Single row functions cannot modify a data type.

Single row functions can be nested. (*)

Single row functions return one or more results per row.

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 1.

"$00.30"? (1) Points

22. Which SQL Statement should you use to display the prices in this format: Mark for Review

SELECT TO_CHAR(price, '$99,900.99') FROM product; (*)

SELECT TO_CHAR(price, "$99,900.99") FROM product;

SELECT TO_CHAR(price, '$99,990.99') FROM product;

SELECT TO_NUMBER(price, '$99,900.99') FROM product;

Correct

Correct

23. Review (1) Points

Which arithmetic operation will return a numeric value?

Mark for

TO_DATE('01-JUN-2004') - TO_DATE('01-OCT-2004') (*)

NEXT_DAY(hire_date) + 5

SYSDATE - 6

SYSDATE + 30 / 24

Correct

Correct

24. If you use the RR format when writing a query using the date 27-OCT-17 and the year is 2001, what year would be the result? Mark for Review (1) Points

2001

1901

2017 (*)

1917

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 1.

25. for Review (1) Points

Which functions allow you to perform explicit data type conversions?

Mark

ROUND, TRUNC, ADD_MONTHS

LENGTH, SUBSTR, LPAD, TRIM

TO_CHAR, TO_DATE, TO_NUMBER (*)

NVL, NVL2, NULLIF

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 1.

26. All Human Resources data is stored in a table named EMPLOYEES. You have been asked to create a report that displays each employee's name and salary. Each employee's salary

must be displayed in the following format: $000,000.00. Which function should you include in a SELECT statement to achieve the desired result? Mark for Review (1) Points

TO_CHAR (*)

TO_DATE

TO_NUMBER

CHARTOROWID

Correct

Correct

Section 3 (Answer all questions in this section) 27. Review (1) Points Which query represents the correct syntax for a left outer join? Mark for

SELECT companyname, orderdate, total FROM customers c LEFT JOIN orders o ON c.cust_id = o.cust_id;

SELECT companyname, orderdate, total FROM customers c OUTER JOIN orders o ON c.cust_id = o.cust_id;

SELECT companyname, orderdate, total

FROM customers c LEFT OUTER JOIN orders o ON c.cust_id = o.cust_id; (*)

SELECT companyname, orderdate, total FROM customers c LEFT OUTER orders o ON c.cust_id = o.cust_id;

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 3.

28. What types of joins will return the unmatched values from both tables in the join? Mark for Review (1) Points

Natural joins

Left outer joins

Full outer joins (*)

Right outer joins

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 3.

29. You need to join the EMPLOYEE_HIST and EMPLOYEES tables. The EMPLOYEE_HIST table will be the first table in the FROM clause. All the matched and unmatched rows in the EMPLOYEES table need to be displayed. Which type of join will you use? Mark for Review (1) Points

A cross join

An inner join

A left outer join

A right outer join (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 3.

30. (1) Points

Which SELECT statement implements a self join?

Mark for Review

SELECT p.part_id, t.product_id FROM part p, part t WHERE p.part_id = t.product_id; (*)

SELECT p.part_id, t.product_id FROM part p, product t WHERE p.part_id = t.product_id;

SELECT p.part_id, t.product_id FROM part p, product t WHERE p.part_id = t.product_id (+);

SELECT p.part_id, t.product_id FROM part p, product t WHERE p.part_id =! t.product_id;

Correct

Correct

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Test: Mid Term Exam Semester 2 Part 1 Review your answers, feedback, and question scores below. An asterisk (*) indicates a correct answer. Section 3 (Answer all questions in this section) 31. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM employee e, employee m WHERE e.mgr_id = m.emp_id; Which type of join is created by this SELECT statement? Mark for Review (1) Points

a self join (*)

a cross join

a left outer join

a full outer join

Correct

Correct

32. (1) Points

Which statement about a self join is true?

Mark for Review

The NATURAL JOIN clause must be used.

Table aliases must be used to qualify table names. (*)

Table aliases cannot be used to qualify table names.

A self join must be implemented by defining a view.

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 4.

33. Mark for Review (1) Points

For which condition would you use an equijoin query with the USING keyword?

You need to perform a join of the CUSTOMER and ORDER tables but limit the number of columns in the join condition. (*)

The ORDER table contains a column that has a referential constraint to a column in the PRODUCT table.

The CUSTOMER and ORDER tables have no columns with identical names.

The CUSTOMER and ORDER tables have a corresponding column, CUST_ID. The CUST_ID column in the ORDER table contains null values that need to be displayed.

Correct

Correct

34. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT a.lname || ', ' || a.fname as "Patient", b.lname || ', ' || b.fname as "Physician", c.admission FROM patient a JOIN physician b ON (b.physician_id = c.physician_id) JOIN admission c

ON (a.patient_id = c.patient_id); Which clause generates an error? Mark for Review (1) Points

JOIN physician b

ON (b.physician_id = c.physician_id); (*)

JOIN admission c

ON (a.patient_id = c.patient_id)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 2.

35. Which keyword in a SELECT statement creates an equijoin by specifying a column name common to both tables? Mark for Review (1) Points

A HAVING clause

The FROM clause

The SELECT clause

A USING clause (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 2.

36. Below find the structures of the PRODUCTS and VENDORS tables: PRODUCTS PRODUCT_ID NUMBER PRODUCT_NAME VARCHAR2 (25) VENDOR_ID NUMBER CATEGORY_ID NUMBER VENDORS VENDOR_ID NUMBER VENDOR_NAME VARCHAR2 (25) ADDRESS VARCHAR2 (30) CITY VARCHAR2 (25) REGION VARCHAR2 (10) POSTAL_CODE VARCHAR2 (11) You want to create a query that will return an alphabetical list of products, including the product name and associated vendor name, for all products that have a vendor assigned. Which two queries could you use? Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p LEFT OUTER JOIN vendors v ON p.vendor_id = v.vendor_id ORDER BY p.product_name;

SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p JOIN vendors v ON (vendor_id) ORDER BY p.product_name;

SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p NATURAL JOIN vendors v

ORDER BY p.product_name; (*)

SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p JOIN vendors v USING (p.vendor_id) ORDER BY p.product_name;

SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p JOIN vendors v USING (vendor_id) ORDER BY p.product_name; (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 2.

37. Review (1) Points

The primary advantages of using JOIN ON is: (Select two)

Mark for

(Choose all correct answers)

The join happens automatically based on matching column names and data types.

It will display rows that do not meet the join condition.

It permits columns with different names to be joined. (*)

It permits columns that don?t have matching data types to be joined. (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 2.

38. Mark for Review (1) Points

Which of the following statements is the simplest description of a nonequijoin?

A join condition containing something other than an equality operator (*)

A join condition that is not equal to other joins

A join condition that includes the (+) on the left hand side

A join that joins a table to itself

Correct

Correct

39. You created the CUSTOMERS and ORDERS tables by issuing these CREATE TABLE statements in sequence: CREATE TABLE customers (custid varchar2(5), companyname varchar2(30), contactname varchar2(30), address varchar2(30), city varchar2(20), state varchar2(30), phone varchar2(20), constraint pk_customers_01 primary key (custid)); CREATE TABLE orders (orderid varchar2(5) constraint pk_orders_01 primary key, orderdate date, total number(15), custid varchar2(5) references customers (custid));

You have been instructed to compile a report to present the information about orders placed by customers who reside in Nashville. Which query should you issue to achieve the desired results? Mark for Review (1) Points

SELECT custid, companyname FROM customers WHERE city = 'Nashville';

SELECT orderid, orderdate, total FROM orders o NATURAL JOIN customers c ON o.custid = c.custid WHERE city = 'Nashville';

SELECT orderid, orderdate, total FROM orders o JOIN customers c ON o.custid = c.custid WHERE city = 'Nashville'; (*)

SELECT orderid, orderdate, total FROM orders WHERE city = 'Nashville';

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 2.

Section 4 (Answer all questions in this section) 40. Which group functions below act on character, number, and date data types? (Choose all that are correct.) Mark for Review (1) Points

(Choose all correct answers)

SUM

MAX (*)

MIN (*)

AVG

COUNT (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 2.

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Test: Mid Term Exam Semester 2 Part 1 Review your answers, feedback, and question scores below. An asterisk (*) indicates a correct answer. Section 4 (Answer all questions in this section) 41. You need to calculate the standard deviation for the cost of products produced in the Birmingham facility. Which group function will you use? Mark for Review (1) Points

STDEV

STDDEV (*)

VAR_SAMP

VARIANCE

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 2.

42. Which group function would you use to display the lowest value in the SALES_AMOUNT column? Mark for Review (1) Points

AVG

COUNT

MAX

MIN (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 2.

43. The VENDORS table contains these columns: VENDOR_ID NUMBER Primary Key NAME VARCHAR2(30) LOCATION_ID NUMBER ORDER_DT DATE ORDER_AMOUNT NUMBER(8,2) Which two clauses represent valid uses of aggregate functions for this table? Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

FROM MAX(order_dt)

SELECT SUM(order_dt)

SELECT SUM(order_amount) (*)

WHERE MAX(order_dt) = order_dt

SELECT MIN(AVG(order_amount)) (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 2.

44. EMPLOYEES table? (1) Points

Which group function would you use to display the highest salary value in the Mark for Review

AVG

COUNT

MAX (*)

MIN

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 2.

PAYMENT_ID 86590586

45. Examine the data in the PAYMENT table: CUSTOMER_ID PAYMENT_DATE PAYMENT_TYPEPAYMENT_AMOUNT 8908090 10-JUN-2003 BASIC 859.00

89453485 8549038 15-FEB-2003 INTEREST 596.00 85490345 5489304 20-MAR-2003 BASIC 568.00 You need to determine the average payment amount made by each customer in January, February, and March of 2003. Which SELECT statement should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points

SELECT AVG(payment_amount) FROM payment WHERE payment_date BETWEEN '01-JAN-2003' AND '31-MAR-2003'; (*)

SELECT AVG(payment_amount) FROM payment;

SELECT SUM(payment_amount) FROM payment WHERE payment_date BETWEEN '01-JAN-2003' and '31-MAR-2003';

SELECT AVG(payment_amount) FROM payment WHERE TO_CHAR(payment_date) IN (JAN, FEB, MAR);

Correct

Correct

46. You need to compute the total salary amount for all employees in department 10. Which group function will you use? Mark for Review (1) Points

MAX

SUM (*)

VARIANCE

COUNT

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 2.

47. (1) Points

Which statement about the COUNT function is true?

Mark for Review

The COUNT function ignores duplicates by default.

The COUNT function always ignores null values by default. (*)

The COUNT function can be used to find the maximum value in each column.

The COUNT function can be used to determine the number of unique, non-null values in a column.

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 3.

48. The EMPLOYEES table contains these columns: EMPLOYEE_ID NUMBER(9) LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(20) FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(20) SALARY NUMBER(7,2) DEPARTMENT_ID NUMBER(9) You need to display the number of employees whose salary is greater than $50,000? Which SELECT would you use?

Mark for Review (1) Points

SELECT * FROM employees WHERE salary > 50000;

SELECT * FROM employees WHERE salary < 50000;

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employees WHERE salary < 50000;

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employees WHERE salary > 50000; (*)

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employees WHERE salary > 50000 GROUP BY employee_id, last_name, first_name, salary, department_id;

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 3.

49. Which SELECT statement will calculate the number of rows in the PRODUCTS table? Mark for Review (1) Points

SELECT COUNT(products);

SELECT COUNT FROM products;

SELECT COUNT (*) FROM products; (*)

SELECT ROWCOUNT FROM products;

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 3.

50. which keyword? (1) Points

Group functions can avoid computations involving duplicate values by including Mark for Review

NULL

DISTINCT (*)

SELECT

UNLIKE

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 3.

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