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Advance DBMS MCQ Solved Paper for FCI Recruitment

Thursday 9th of March 2023

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1. DBMS helps achieve
A. Data independence
B. Centralized control of data
C. Neither A) nor B)
D. both A) and B)
Answer : D
2. UML is stands for
A. Universal Modeling Language
B. Unified Modeling Language
C. United Modeling Language
D. Uni Modeling Language
Answer : B
3. A lock that allows concurrent transactions to access different rows of the same table is known as a
A. Field-level lock
B. Row-level lock
C. Table-level lock
D. Database-level lock
Answer : A
4. In an object oriented model, one object can access data of another object by passing?
A. Instance variable
B. Variable
C. Message
D. Function
Answer : C
5. What does a field or a combination of fields that has a unique value called ?
A. Foreign key
B. Secondary key
C. Primary key
D. Alternate key
Answer : C
6. Count function in SQL returns the number of
A. values.
B. distinct values.
C. groups.
D. columns.
Answer : A
7. The physical location of a record is determined by a mathematical formula that transforms
a file key into a record location is :

A. B-Tree File
B. Hashed File
C. Indexed File
D. Sequential file.
Answer : B
8. The minimal set of super key is called
A. Primary key
B. Secondary key
C. Candidate key
D. Foreign key
Answer : C
9. Size of source and destination address in IP header
A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 12 bits
D. 32 bits
Answer : D
10. In E-R diagram Generalization is represented by
A. Circle
B. Rectangle
C. Hyperbola
D. Triangle
Answer : D
11. Radio frequencies below ............. are more suitable for omnidirectional applications.
A. 300MHz
B. 1GHz
C. 5GHz
D. 10 GHz
Answer : B
12. Triggers are also called
A. active rules
B. passive rules
C. inferences
D. none of the above
Answer : A
13. Which of the following is also known as Offline storage ?
A. primary storage
B. secondary storage
C. tertiary storage
D. none of the above
Answer : C
14. The class based addressing is known as
A. Classless addressing
B. Classful addressing
C. Classified addressing
D. Classical addressing
Answer : B
15. An operation that will increase the length of a list is
A. insert
B. modify
C. lookup
D. none of the above
Answer : A
16. A table that displays data redundancies yields ____________ anomalies
A. Insertion
B. Deletion
C. Update
D. All of the above
Answer : D
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
Answer : A
18. Authorization command in SQL
A. Allow
B. Access
C. Grant
D. none of the above
Answer : C
19. Multivalued dependency is removed in
A. 4 NF
B. 3 NF
C. 2 NF
D. 1 NF
Answer : A
20. In which of the following transmissions, we can send data by grouping n bits at a time instead of a single bit?
A. parallel
B. serial
C. analog
D. digital
Answer : A
21. Transaction access data using two operations
A. read(), print()
B. read(), write()
C. scan(), write()
D. none of the above
Answer : B
22. A transaction is said to have terminated if it has
A. either committed or aborted
B. either partially committed or aborted
C. either committed or failed
D. none of these
Answer : D
23. A relation that has no partial dependencies is in which normal form
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. BCNF
Answer : B
24. The command used to delete a particular column in a relation
A. UPDATE
B. DROP
C. ALTER
D. DELETE
Answer : C
25. Attenuation can be also expressed in decibel dB) and commonly used because.
i) Signal strengths often fall off logarithmically
ii) Cascade losses and gains can be calculated with simple additions and subtractions

A. i only
B. ii only
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
Answer : C
26. The control of concurrent execution is left with the
A. operating system
B. controller unit of the kernel
C. concurrency control component of the database system
D. none
Answer : C
27. Data Manipulation Language DML) is not to
A. Create information table in the Database
B. Insertion of new information into the Database
C. Deletion of information in the Database
D. Modification of information in the Database
Answer : A
28. Usenet is also known as
A. Newsgroups
B. 10Km to 1Km
C. 10^3Km to 100Km
D. 100M to 10M
Answer : A
29. The left outer join takes all tuples
A. in the left relation which didnt match with any tuple in right relation
B. in the left relation which matched with a tuple in right relation
C. in the right relation which didnt match with any tuple in left relation
D. in the right relation which matched with a tuple in left relation
Answer : A
30. A …………… is a memory area where data are processed.
A. view
B. trigger
C. cursor
D. none of the above
Answer : C
31. Which of the following statements is not true about two tier client server database architecture?
A. SQL statements are processed on tier server
B. SQL statements may be processed on some of the clients
C. Business logic is mostly processed on clients
D. Business logic may be processed on the server
Answer : C
32. File organization that provides fast access to any arbitrary record
A. Hashed file
B. B-tree
C. Ordered file
D. Unordered file
Answer : A
33. The collection of information stored in a database at a particular moment is?
A. View
B. Instance
C. Scheme
D. None of these
Answer : B
34. The attribute that can be divided into other attributes is called
A. Simple Attribute
B. Composite Attribute
C. Multi-valued Attribute
D. Derived Attribute
Answer : B
35. FDDI protocol operates in
i) Transport layer
ii) Network layer
iii) Datalink layer
iv) Physical layer

A. i and ii only
B. ii and iii only
C. i and iii only
D. iii and iv only
Answer : D
36. In defining the notion of the tuple variable, which one of the clause is useful?
A. as
B. by
C. from
D. none of the above
Answer : A
37. A ………… clause permits a view definition to be used in multiple places within a query.
A. where
B. exist
C. with
D. select
Answer : C
38. A logical description of some portion of database that is required by a user to perform task is called as
A. System View
B. User View
C. Logical View
D. Data View
Answer : B
39. Which of the following is the unit of signaling speed or modulation rate or the rate of symbol transmission?
A. Data rate
B. Bit rate
C. Signal to Noise Ratio
D. Baud rate
Answer : D
40. A fragmentation is categorized in
A. 1 part
B. 2 part
C. 3 part
D. 4 part
Answer : C
41. .................. means sending a digital signal over a channel without changing the digital signal to an analog signal.
A. Baseband transmission
B. Broadband transmission
C. Digital transmission
D. Analog transmission
Answer : A
42. Which of the following is not an Aggregate function?
A. Min
B. Max
C. Select
D. Avg
Answer : C
43. .................. is the loss of energy as the signal propagates outward, where the amount of energy depends on the frequency.
A. Noise
B. Delay distortion
C. Attenuation distortion
D. Dispersion
Answer : C
44. 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)
Answer : A
45. In which of the random-access method, stations do not sense the medium?
A. ALOHA
B. ETHERNET
C. CSMA/CA
D. CSMA/CD
Answer : A
46. The union of primary keys of a related entity becomes …………. Of a relation.
A. primarykey
B. superkey
C. candidatekey
D. foreignkey
Answer : B
47. Technique used in log based recovery
A. Immediate database modification
B. Graph-based recovery
C. key dependencies
D. none of the above
Answer : A
48. A DBMS query language is designed to
A. support end users who use English-like commands.
B. support in the development of complex applictions software.
C. specify the structure of a database.
D. all of the above.
Answer : D
49. The degree of the table with 500 rows and 7 columns is
A. 500
B. 7
C. 3500
D. none of these
Answer : B
50. An advantage of the database management approach is
A. data is dependent on programs.
B. data redundancy increases.
C. data is integrated and can be accessed by multiple programs.
D. none of the above.
Answer : C

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