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Q1. You need to list the employees in DEPARTMENT_ID 30 in a single row, ordered by HIRE_DATE.
Examine the sample output:
Which query will provide the required output?
A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D
Answer: B
Reference: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e10592/functions089.htm
Q2. Evaluate the following SQL statement:
Which statement is true regarding the above query if one of the values generated by the subquery is null?
A. It produces an error.
B. It executes but returns no rows.
C. It generates output for null as well as the other values produced by the subquery.
D. It ignores the null value and generates output for the other values produced by the subquery.
Answer: C
Q3. View the Exhibit for the structure of the student and faculty tables.
You need to display the faculty name followed by the number of students handled by the faculty at the base location.
Examine the following two SQL statements: Which statement is true regarding the outcome?
A. Only statement 1 executes successfully and gives the required result.
B. Only statement 2 executes successfully and gives the required result.
C. Both statements 1 and 2 execute successfully and give different results.
D. Both statements 1 and 2 execute successfully and give the same required result.
Answer: D
Q4. View the Exhibits and examine the structures of the products and sales tables.
Which two SQL statements would give the same output? A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D
Answer: A,C
Q5. Which three SQL statements would display the value 1890.55 as $1, 890.55?
A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D
E. Option E
Answer: A,D,E
Q6. Which three tasks can be performed using SQL functions built into Oracle Database?
A. Displaying a date in a nondefault format
B. Finding the number of characters in an expression
C. Substituting a character string in a text expression with a specified string
D. Combining more than two columns or expressions into a single column in the output
Answer: A,B,C
Q7. Which two statements are true regarding the count function?
A. The count function can be used only for CHAR, VARCHAR2, and NUMBER data types.
B. Count (*) returns the number of rows including duplicate rows and rows containing null value in any of the columns.
C. Count (cust_id) returns the number of rows including rows with duplicate customer IDs and NULL value in the CUST_ID column.
D. Count (distinct inv_amt) returns the number of rows excluding rows containing duplicates and NULL values in the INV_AMT column.
E. A select statement using the COUNT function with a DISTINCT keyword cannot have a where clause.
Answer: B,D
Explanation:
Using the COUNT Function
The COUNT function has three formats:
COUNT(*)
COUNT(expr)
COUNT(DISTINCT expr)
COUNT(*) returns the number of rows in a table that satisfy the criteria of the SELECT
statement, including duplicate rows and rows containing null values in any of the columns.
If a WHERE clause is included in the SELECT statement, COUNT(*) returns the number of rows that satisfy the condition in the WHERE clause.
In contrast,
COUNT(expr) returns the number of non-null values that are in the column identified by expr.
COUNT(DISTINCT expr) returns the number of unique, non-null values that are in the column identified by expr.
Q8. View the Exhibit and evaluate the structure and data in the CUST_STATUS table. You issue the following SQL statement:
Which statement is true regarding the execution of the above query?
A. It produces an error because the AMT_SPENT column contains a null value.
B. It displays a bonus of 1000 for all customers whose AMT_SPENT is less than CREDIT_LIMIT.
C. It displays a bonus of 1000 for all customers whose AMT_SPENT equals CREDIT_LIMIT, or AMT_SPENT is null.
D. It produces an error because the TO_NUMBER function must be used to convert the result of the NULLIF function before it can be used by the NVL2 function.
Answer: C
Explanation:
The NULLIF Function The NULLIF function tests two terms for equality. If they are equal the function returns a null, else it returns the first of the two terms tested. The NULLIF function takes two mandatory parameters of any data type. The syntax is NULLIF(ifunequal, comparison_term), where the parameters ifunequal and comparison_term are compared. If they are identical, then NULL is returned. If they differ, the ifunequal parameter is returned.
Q9. Which two statements are true regarding constraints?
A. A foreign key cannot contain null values.
B. A column with the unique constraint can contain null values.
C. A constraint is enforced only for the insert operation on a table.
D. A constraint can be disabled even if the constraint column contains data.
E. All constraints can be defined at the column level as well as the table level.
Answer: B,D
Q10. You need to display the first names of all customers from the customers table that contain the character 'e' and have the character 'a' in the second last position.
Which query would give the required output?
A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D
Answer: A
Explanation:
The SUBSTR(string, start position, number of characters) function accepts three parameters and returns a string consisting of the number of characters extracted from the source string, beginning at the specified start position:
substr('http://www.domain.com', 12, 6) = domain
The position at which the first character of the returned string begins.
When position is 0 (zero), then it is treated as 1.
When position is positive, then the function counts from the beginning of string to find the first character.
When position is negative, then the function counts backward from the end of string. substring_length
The length of the returned string. SUBSTR calculates lengths using characters as defined by the input character set. SUBSTRB uses bytes instead of characters. SUBSTRC uses
Unicode complete characters.
SUBSTR2 uses UCS2 code points. SUBSTR4 uses UCS4 code points.
When you do not specify a value for this argument, then the function
The INSTR(source string, search item, [start position], [nth occurrence of search item]) function returns a number that represents the position in the source string, beginning from the given start position, where the nth occurrence of the search item begins:
instr('http://www.domain.com', '.', 1, 2) = 18
Q11. View the Exhibit and examine the structure of the products table.
Using the products table, you issue the following query to generate the names, current list price, and discounted list price for all those products whose list price falls below $10 after a discount of 25% is applied on it.
The query generates an error. What is the reason for the error?
A. The parenthesis should be added to enclose the entire expression.
B. The double quotation marks should be removed from the column alias.
C. The column alias should be replaced with the expression in the where clause.
D. The column alias should be put in uppercase and enclosed within double quotation marks in the where clause.
Answer: C
Q12. Which statement is true regarding the default behavior of the order by clause?
A. In a character sort, the values are case-sensitive.
B. NULL values are not considered at all by the sort operation.
C. Only those columns that are specified in the select list can be used in the order by clause.
D. Numeric values are displayed from the maximum to the minimum value if they have decimal positions.
Answer: A
Explanation:
Character Strings and Dates
Character strings and date values are enclosed with single quotation marks.
Character values are case-sensitive and date values are format-sensitive.
The default date display format is DD-MON-RR.
Q13. CORRECT TEXT
View the Exhibit and examine the structure of the promotions table.
You need to generate a report of all promos from the promotions table based on the following conditions:
1. The promo name should not begin with 'T' or 'N'.
2. The promo should cost more than $20000.
3. The promo should have ended after 1st January 2001.
Which where clause would give the required result?
Answer: WHERE promo_name NOT LIKE ‘T%’ AND promo_name NOT LIKE ‘N%’ AND promo_cost > 20000 AND promo_end_date > ‘1-JAN-01'
Q14. View the Exhibit and examine the data in the promotions table.
PROMO_BEGIN_DATE is stored in the default date format, dd-mon-rr.
You need to produce a report that provides the name, cost, and start date of all promos in the post category that were launched before January 1, 2000.
Which SQL statement would you use?
A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D
Answer: D
Q15. View the Exhibit and examine the structures of the employees and departments tables.
You want to update the employees table as follows:
-Update only those employees who work in Boston or Seattle (locations 2900 and 2700).
-Set department_id for these employees to the department_id corresponding to London (location_id 2100).
-Set the employees' salary in iocation_id 2100 to 1.1 times the average salary of their department.
-Set the employees' commission in iocation_id 2100 to 1.5 times the average commission of their department.
You issue the following command:
What is the outcome?
A. It executes successfully and gives the correct result.
B. It executes successfully but does not give the correct result.
C. It generates an error because a subquery cannot have a join condition in an update statement.
D. It generates an error because multiple columns (SALARY, COMMISSION) cannot be specified together in an update statement.
Answer: B