Database Administration Questions


Q:

Which of the following statements is true concerning subqueries?

A) Does not start with the word SELECT. B) Involves the use of an inner and outer query.
C) Cannot return the same result as a query that is not a subquery. D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Involves the use of an inner and outer query.

Explanation:
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Q:

A search engine is a program to search

A) files in the www B) documents in the www
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

A search engine is a set of programs which enables users to search documents and files ihe world wide web.

 

Common search engines are Google, Yahoo, Bing,...

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Q:

Which planet is known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star?

A) Jupiter B) Venus
C) Mercury D) Saturn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Venus

Explanation:

Venus planet is known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star.

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Q:

Candidate Key in DBMS?

Answer

A candidate key is a column, or set of columns, in a table that can uniquely identify any database record without referring to any other data. Each table may have one or more candidate keys, but one candidate key is unique, and it is called the primary key.

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Q:

You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, But the future can never taint me.

What am I?

Answer

I am History.


 


Yes, history refers to all the past, but we can create history in the presentand it cannot be polluted in the future.

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Q:

Which three amendments were passed shortly after the civil war?

Answer

The three major amendments that were passed shortly after the Civil War are the reconstruction amendments that were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.


 


The 13th Amendment abolished slavery,


The 14th granted African American citizenship and equal protection before the law, (and)


The 15th Amendment attempted to secure the right to vote for newly freed slaves. 

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Q:

Difference between Union and Union all?

Answer

The difference between Union and Union all is that Union all will not eliminate duplicate rows, instead it just pulls all rows from all tables fitting your query specifics and combines them into a table. A UNION statement effectively does a SELECT DISTINCT on the results set.

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Q:

Foreign key in DBMS is

Answer

Foreign keys are the columns of a table that points to the primary key of another table. They act as a cross-reference between tables.


 


In detail : A Foreign key is a field (or collection of fields) in one table that uniquely identifies a row of another table or the same table. In simpler words, the foreign key is defined in a second table, but it refers to the primary key or a unique key in the first table.

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