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GMAT - DBMS 1000+ MCQ [Solved] PDF Download

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1. Given the following relation S(SNO,SNAME,CITY) write a query to update the value of CITY to KANPUR for the supplier S1.
A. UPDATE S CITY = KANPUR WHERE SNO=S1
B. UPDATE S SET CITY = KANPUR FOR SNO=S1
C. UPDATE S SET CITY = KANPUR WHERE SNO=S1
D. UPDATE S RENAME CITY = KANPUR WHERE SNO=S1
Answer : C
2. Which one is true statement :
A. With finer degree of granularity of locking a high degree of concurrency is possible.
B. Locking prevents non-serializable schedules.
C. Locking cannot take place at field level.
D. An exclusive lock on data item X is granted even if a shared lock is already held on X.
Answer : A
3. Dependency preservation is not guaranteed in
A. BCNF
B. 3NF
C. PJNF
D. DKNF
Answer : A
4. Which of the following ensures the atomicity of the transaction?
A. Transaction management component of DBMS
B. Application Programmer
C. Concurrency control component of DBMS
D. Recovery management component of DBMS
Answer : A
5. A _____ is a logical unit of database processing that includes one or more data access operations that can include insertion, deletion, modification or retrieval operations.
A. Database
B. Data
C. Transaction
D. Record
Answer : C
6. In multiple granularity of locks SIX lock is compatible with
A. IX
B. IS
C. S
D. SIX
Answer : B
7. SQL server stores index information in the _____system table
A. system indexes
B. syst indexes
C. sys indexes
D. sysind
Answer : C
8. _____ First proposed the process of normalization.
A. Edgar. W
B. Edward Stephen
C. Edgar F. Codd
D. Edward Codd
Answer : C
9. A _____ is used to define overall design of the database
A. code
B. data definition language
C. application program
D. schema
Answer : D
10. An advantage of views is
A. Data security
B. Derived columns
C. Hiding of complex queries
D. All of the above
Answer : A
11. Which is the best file organization when data is frequently added or deleted from a file?
A. Sequential
B. Direct
C. Index sequential
D. None of the above
Answer : B
12. _______ product was acquired by Informix, integrated into its RDBMS and introduced as the Informix Universal Server an ORDBMS.
A. Star
B. llustar
C. SQL
D. Cygnus
Answer : B
13. Which of the following addressing modes permits relocation without any change over in the code?
A. Indirect addressing
B. Indexed addressing
C. PC relative addressing
D. Base register addressing
Answer : B
14. An outstanding functionality of SQL is its support for automatic_____ to the target data.
A. programming
B. navigation
C. functioning
D. notification
Answer : B
15. The division operator divides a dividend A of degree m+n by a divisor relation B of degree n and produces a result of degree
A. m - 1
B. m + 1
C. m * m
D. m
Answer : D
16. What are the desirable properties of a decomposition
A. Partition constraint.
B. Dependency preservation.
C. Redundancy.
D. Security.
Answer : B
17. In an E-R, Y is the dominant entity and X is a subordinate entity. Then which of the following is incorrect :
A. Operationally, if Y is deleted, so is X
B. existence is dependent on Y.
C. Operationally, if X is deleted, so is Y.
D. Operationally, if X is deleted, & remains the same.
Answer : C
18. _____ is a utility to capture a continuous record of server activity and provide auditing capability.
A. SQL server Profile
B. SQL server wizard.
C. SQL server service manager
D. SQL server setup
Answer : C
19. The collection of information stored in a database at a particular moment is called as ......
A. schema
B. instance of the database
C. data domain
D. independence
Answer : B
20. Assume transaction A holds a shared lock R. If transaction B also requests for a shared lock on R.
A. It will result in a deadlock situation.
B. It will immediately be rejected.
C. It will immediately be granted.
D. It will be granted as soon as it is released by A .
Answer : C
21. The ______ indexes are forced to store only record IDs in the data structure and require at least one additional I/O Operation to retrieve the actual record.
A. Clustered
B. Hashed
C. Un-clustered
D. Collision
Answer : C
22. The clause alter table in SQL can be used to
A. add an attribute
B. delete an attribute
C. alter the default values of an attribute
D. all of the above
Answer : D
23. Which two files are used during operation of the DBMS?
A. Query languages and utilities
B. DML and query language
C. Data dictionary and transaction log
D. Data dictionary and query language
Answer : C
24. The drawback of shadow paging technique are
A. Commit overhead
B. Data fragmentation
C. Garbage collection
D. All of these
Answer : D
25. Which of the following is not a consequence of non-normalized database?
A. Update Anomaly
B. Insertion Anomaly
C. Redundancy
D. Lost update problem
Answer : D
26. Which of the following is true for network structure?
A. It is a physical representation of the data.
B. It allows many to many relationship.
C. It is conceptually simple.
D. It will be the dominant database of the future.
Answer : A
27. In SQL, testing whether a subquery is empty is done using
A. DISTINCT
B. UNIQUE
C. NULL
D. EXISTS
Answer : D
28. Union operator is a :
A. Unary Operator
B. Ternary Operator
C. Binary Operator
D. Not an operator
Answer : C
29. In SQL the word natural can be used with
A. inner join
B. full outer join
C. right outer join
D. all of the above
Answer : A
30. The data models defined by ANSI/SPARC architecture are
A. Conceptual, physical and internal
B. Conceptual, view and external
C. Logical, physical and internal
D. Logical, physical and view
Answer : D
31. ………………… approach reduces time and effort required for design and lesser risk in database management.
A. Single global database
B. Multiple databases
C. Top-down approach
D. None of the above
Answer : B
32. Which of the following is not comparison operator?
A. <>
B. <
C. =<
D. >=
Answer : C
33. If a transaction T has obtained an exclusive lock on item Q, then T can
A. read Q
B. write Q
C. both read and write Q
D. write Q but not read Q
Answer : C
34. Relational Algebra is
A. Data Definition Language .
B. Meta Language
C. Procedural query Language
D. None of the above
Answer : C
35. The transactions like adding an employee, enrolling a student in a course are examples of _______
A. Logical
B. Physical
C. None
D. Theoretical
Answer : A
36. Relations produced from an E-R model will always be
A. First normal form.
B. Second normal form.
C. Third normal form.
D. Fourth normal form.
Answer : A
37. The normalization was first proposed by .
A. Code
B. Codd
C. Boyce Codd
D. Boyce
Answer : B
38. ______ keyword is used to find the number of values in a column.
A. TOTAL
B. ADD
C. COUNT
D. SUM
Answer : C
39. A list consists of last names, first names, addresses and pin codes. If all people in the list have the same last name and same pin code a useful key would be
A. the pin code
B. the last name
C. the compound key first name and last name
D. Tr from next page
Answer : C
40. A data type or format is specified for each _________
A. Relation
B. Tuple
C. Database
D. Domain
Answer : B
41. Which of the following constitutes a basic set of operations for manipulating relational data?
A. Predicate calculus
B. Relational calculus
C. Relational algebra
D. SQL
Answer : C
42. A weak entity has an ______ dependency on its owner entity, which can be used for both ON UPDATE and ON DELETE.
A. Direct
B. Indirect
C. Existence
D. No
Answer : C
43. The fact that information in the data warehouse changes far less often and may be regarded as non-real-time with periodic updating; This implies that data warehouses are _______
A. Volatile
B. Non - Volatile
C. Logical
D. Physical
Answer : B
44. Precedence graphs help to find a
A. Serializable schedule.
B. Recoverable schedule.
C. Deadlock free schedule.
D. Cascadeless schedule.
Answer : A
45. A ______ module is typically designed so that it will run on a user workstation or personal computer.
A. Software
B. Server
C. Program
D. Client
Answer : D
46. _____ database is used to provide statistical information or summaries of values based on various criteria.
A. Statistical
B. Mathematical
C. Normalized
D. Un normalized
Answer : A
47. What is data integrity?
A. It is the data contained in database that is non redundant.
B. It is the data contained in database that is accurate and consistent.
C. It is the data contained in database that is secured.
D. It is the data contained in database that is shared.
Answer : B
48. If two relations R and S are joined, then the non matching tuples of both R and S are ignored in
A. left outer join
B. right outer join
C. full outer join
D. inner join
Answer : D
49. ______is a preferred method for enforcing data integrity
A. Constraints
B. Triggers
C. Stored procedure
D. Cursors
Answer : A
50. In an ER diagram the ___shape specifies the Attibute and a ____ shape specifies the primary key attribute.
A. Oval; An oval with an underlined attribute
B. Circle; A circle with bolded attribute inside it
C. Diamond; A bolded attribute
D. Square; An attribute within the square
Answer : A

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