SDP 6 (2)

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Question 1

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The ___________ R S keeps tuple in the first {left} relation R; if no matching tuple found in S, then the attribute of S in the join are filled with NULL values
Answer
  • o LEFT OUTER JOIN
  • o RIGHT OUTER JOIN
  • o FULL OUTER JOIN
  • o LEFT INNER JOIN

Question 2

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If a relation schema has more than one key, each is called a _______ key.
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  • o Candidate
  • o Primary
  • o Public
  • o Foreign

Question 3

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A _________conflict arises when an attribute may have different domains in two schemas, e.g. pounds vs kilograms
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  • o Domain
  • o Type
  • o Norming
  • o Constraints

Question 4

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UML _________ diagrams describe the dynamic relationships among components
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  • o Behavioral
  • o Structural
  • o Class
  • o Direct

Question 5

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Objects in an object-oriented programming language exist only during program execution, therefore they are called transient objects; an object-oriented database can extend the existence of objects so that they are stored permanently, therefore they are called
Answer
  • o persistent object
  • o instance variable
  • o attribute
  • o object structure

Question 6

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_____ is the term used to refer to the problems that occur because of difference between the database model and the programming language model.
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  • o Independence mismatch
  • o Denormalisation
  • o Redundancy
  • o Duplication

Question 7

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A __________________ is typically used to loop over the tuples in a query result
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  • o Cursor {iterator variable}
  • o Shared variable
  • o Communication variables
  • o fetch

Question 8

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NULL values may mean value unknown, value exists but isn't available, and attribute does not apply to this tuple (value undefined)
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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A THETA JOIN uses any of the comparison operators =,<,> or (not equal)
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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For structured data, the schema information is mixed in with the data values, so it is sometimes referred to as self-describing data
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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The main advantage of using a function call interface is that it makes it easier to access multiple databases within the same application program
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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In PHP, Interpolating variables may occur within double-quoted or single-quoted strings
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

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In PHP, the $d->query function takes an SQL command as its string argument and sends it to the database server for execution.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 14

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The ________________ property ensures that either all the database operations in a transaction are executed or none are
Answer
  • o Atomicity
  • o Transaction
  • o Isolation
  • o Concurrency

Question 15

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_______occurs when the same data is stored multiple times
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  • o Redundancy
  • o Normalisation
  • o Denormalization
  • o Persistent

Question 16

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Creating a database design that only stores each logical data item in only one place is the database is called______
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  • o Redundancy
  • o Normalization
  • o Denormalization
  • o Persistent

Question 17

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The ________________ property allows several users to update the same data in a controlled manner so that result of the updates is correct
Answer
  • o Atomicity
  • o Transaction
  • o Isolation
  • o Concurrency

Question 18

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An entity cannot exist in a database merely by being a member of a subclass, it must also be a member of the superclass
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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An entity that is a member of a subclass may inherit one, some, or all the attributes of the entity as a member of the superclass.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 20

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The theoretical basis of the relational data model is set theory and first-order predicate logic
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Semantic integrity constraints may be enforced using mechanisms called triggers and assertions.
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  • True
  • False

Question 22

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When mapping a binary M:N relationship type R, create a new relation S to represent R, including as foreign key attributes in S the primary keys of the relations that are the participating entity types (their combination in S is the composite primary key of S).
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  • True
  • False

Question 23

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$_SESSION − An associative array containing session variables available to the current script
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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PHP makes use of mail() function to send an email. This function requires three mandatory arguments that specify the recipient's email address, the subject of the the message and the actual message additionally there are other two optional parameters
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  • True
  • False

Question 25

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The interpreter identifies variable names within double-quoted strings by their initial character $ and replaces them with the value in the variable. This is known as interpolating variables within strings. Interpolation does not occur in single-quoted strings
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 26

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SQLJ was developed after JDBC, which is used for accessing SQL data- bases from Java using function calls
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 27

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Most NoSQL databases support automatic __________, meaning that you get high availability and disaster recovery
Answer
  • processing
  • scalability
  • replication
  • All of the mentioned

Question 28

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The Web Services Architecture supports interaction between a service provider, service requestor, and service registry
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 29

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Multi-line PHP comments start with // and end with #.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 30

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Define types of abstractions by the relations as "A is made of/composed of B,C,D"
Answer
  • Classification
  • Aggregation
  • Generalization
  • Specialization

Question 31

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FETCH commands are issued in the program; each FETCH moves the cursor to the next row in the result of the query, making it the cur- rent row and copying its attribute values into the C (host language) program variables specified in the FETCH command by an INTO clause.</text>
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 32

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Define types of abstractions by the relations as "B,C,D are special cases of A"
Answer
  • Classification
  • Aggregation
  • Generalization
  • Specialization

Question 33

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A JDBC driver is basically an implementation of the function calls specified in the JDBC application programming interface (API) for a particular vendor's RDBMS
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 34

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In PHP, a numeric array associates a numeric index with each element in the array.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 35

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Before being able to process JDBC function calls with Java, it is necessary to import the JDBC class libraries, which are called java.sql.*.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 36

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How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName" column in the Persons table?
Answer
  • UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Hansen' WHERE LastName='Nilsen'
  • UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'
  • MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Hansen' WHERE LastName='Nilsen'
  • UPDATE FROM Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'

Question 37

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Publisher table contains id and name columns. Id is auto incremented and name is of varchar(40) type. Which of the following queries will execute NOT correctly?
Answer
  • INSERT INTO Publisher (name) values ('O'Reilly');
  • INSERT INTO Publisher (name) values ('O Reilly');
  • INSERT INTO Publisher (name) values ('OReilly');
  • INSERT INTO Publisher (name) values ('O-Reilly');

Question 38

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What is the correct order of clauses for a proper SQL query?
Answer
  • SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY
  • SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, HAVING
  • SELECT, FROM, GROUP BY, WHERE, HAVING, ORDER BY
  • SELECT, FROM, WHERE, HAVING, GROUP BY, ORDER BY
  • SELECT, FROM, ORDER BY, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING

Question 39

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Which clause indicates the table(s) from which data is to be retrieved?
Answer
  • FROM
  • SELECT
  • WHERE
  • GROUP BY
  • HAVING

Question 40

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Which clause is executed first in a SQL query?
Answer
  • • WHERE
  • • SELECT
  • • ON
  • • TOP
  • • FROM

Question 41

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Which of the following DROP statements is INCORRECT?
Answer
  • • DROP TABLE
  • • DROP DATABASE
  • • DROP ROW
  • • DROP INDEX

Question 42

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Which of the following is NOT a language element of SQL?
Answer
  • Expression
  • Data mining
  • Query
  • Statement
  • Clause

Question 43

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Which operator is used to search for a specified pattern in a column?
Answer
  • WHERE
  • LIKE
  • ALIASE
  • PATTERN

Question 44

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Which operator is used to select values within a range?
Answer
  • RANGE
  • AND
  • BETWEEN
  • OR

Question 45

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Which term is used to describe data organized in rows and columns?
Answer
  • Query
  • Program
  • Index
  • Table

Question 46

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With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "Address" is "Almaty" in the Student Table?
Answer
  • DROP ROW Student ='Almaty' FROM Address
  • DELETE FROM Student ROW Address ='Almaty'
  • DROP ROW Address ='Almaty' FROM Student
  • DELETE ROW Address ='Almaty' FROM Student

Question 47

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With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named "Persons" sorted descending by "FirstName"?
Answer
  • SELECT * FROM Persons GROUP BY FirstName DESC
  • SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName DESC
  • SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName
  • SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC

Question 48

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With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Employee" table?
Answer
  • SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employee
  • SELECT * FROM Employee GROUP BY
  • SELECT NUM(*) FROM Employee
  • RETURN COUNT(*) FROM Employee

Question 49

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With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" starts with an "a"?
Answer
  • SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%';
  • SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a%';
  • SELECT All FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE='a';
  • SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a*';

Question 50

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With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "FirstName" is "Alma" and the "LastName" is "Alimova"?
Answer
  • SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName=' Alma ' AND LastName=' Alimova'
  • SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName=' Alma ' OR LastName=' Alimova'
  • SELECT FROM Persons WHERE FirstName=' Alma ' AND LastName=' Alimova'
  • SELECT * FROM Persons HAVING FirstName=' Alma ' AND LastName=' Alimova'

Question 51

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Which of the following is not a NoSQL database ?
Answer
  • SQL Server
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • None of the mentioned

Question 52

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Which of the following is a NoSQL Database Type ?
Answer
  • SQL
  • Document databases
  • JSON
  • All of the mentioned

Question 53

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Which of the following is a wide-column store ?
Answer
  • Cassandra
  • Riak
  • MongoDB
  • Redis

Question 54

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An ODMS provides a unique identity to each independent object stored in the database via a unique, system-generated ________
Answer
  • object identifier (OID)
  • literals
  • indirect pointer
  • constructor

Question 55

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Define types of abstractions by the relations as "A is a member of class B
Answer
  • Classification
  • Aggregation
  • Generalization
  • Specialization

Question 56

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Define types of abstractions by the relations as "B is-an A, C is-an A, D is-an A"
Answer
  • Classification
  • Aggregation
  • Generalization
  • Specialization

Question 57

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How will you close a MySql database using PHP?
Answer
  • mysql_destroy
  • mysql_exit
  • mysql_end
  • mysql_close

Question 58

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How will you concatenate two strings?
Answer
  • Using . operator
  • Using + operator
  • Using add() function
  • Using append() function

Question 59

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How will you connect a MySql database using PHP?
Answer
  • mysql_connection
  • mysql_query
  • mysql_fetch_array
  • mysql_connect

Question 60

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How will you destroy a session in PHP?
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  • session_destroy()
  • destroy_session()
  • $_SESSION['destroy']
  • $_SESSION['']

Question 61

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How will you start a session in PHP?
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  • session_start()
  • start_session()
  • $_SESSION['start']
  • $_SESSION['']

Question 62

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How will you unset a single session variable?
Answer
  • ![CDATA[<?phpunset($_SESSION['counter']);?>]]
  • ![CDATA[<?phpisset($_SESSION['counter']); ?>]]
  • $_SESSION['unset']
  • $_SESSION['']

Question 63

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Identify factors to consider in choosing one DBMS over another. I. Organization-wide adoption of a certain philosophy (data model, vendor, methodology, tools). II. Familiarity of personnel with the system. III. Availability of vendor services.
Answer
  • I,II
  • I,II,III
  • II,III
  • I,III

Question 64

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In which type of PHP arrays the element values can be strings or integers?
Answer
  • numeric
  • associative
  • indexed
  • none

Question 65

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In XML schema, the tag ________________ is used to specify foreign keys
Answer
  • xsd:keyref
  • xsd:element
  • xsd: unique
  • xsd:foreignkey

Question 66

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NoSQL databases is used mainly for handling large volumes of ______________ data
Answer
  • unstructured
  • structured
  • semi-structured
  • all of the mentioned

Question 67

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Point out the wrong statement
Answer
  • Non Relational databases require that schemas be defined before you can add data
  • NoSQL databases are built to allow the insertion of data without a predefined schema
  • NewSQL databases are built to allow the insertion of data without a predefined schema
  • All of the mentioned

Question 68

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The ___ notation applies to user-defined subclasses of a specialization that must be ________, as illustrated by the specialization "every STUDENT must be either an GRADUATE_STUDENT, or a UNDERGRADUATE_STUDENT"
Answer
  • d, disjoint
  • j, joint
  • o, overlapping
  • u, union

Question 69

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The case of specialization what the same (real-world) entity may be a member of more than one subclass of the specialization for example, an alumnus may also be an employee and may also be a student pursuing an advanced degree (PERSON entity type, which is specialized into the subclasses {EMPLOYEE, ALUMNUS, STUDENT})
Answer
  • disjoint
  • joint
  • overlapping
  • union

Question 70

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This auto-global built-in array variable which provides the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the client user computer that is accessing the server, for example 129.107.61.8.
Answer
  • $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']
  • $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDRESS']
  • $_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST']
  • $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']
  • $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']

Question 71

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This auto-global built-in array variable which provides the part of the URL address that comes after a backslash (/) at the end of the URL.
Answer
  • $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']
  • $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDRESS']
  • $_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST']
  • $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']
  • $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']

Question 72

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This auto-global built-in array variable which provides the string that holds parameters in a URL after a question mark (?) at the end of the URL. This can hold search parameters, for example
Answer
  • $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']
  • $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDRESS']
  • $_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST']
  • $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']
  • $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']

Question 73

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This auto-global built-in array variablewhich provides the Web site name of the server computer where the PHP interpreter is running.
Answer
  • $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']
  • $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDRESS']
  • $_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST']
  • $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']
  • $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']

Question 74

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What does PHP stands for
Answer
  • Personal Hypertext Processor
  • PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
  • Private Home Page
  • Private Hypertext Preprocessor

Question 75

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What does S in BASE refers to?
Answer
  • System Consistence
  • System Availability
  • Changing System
  • System Stability

Question 76

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[What does the term "I" expands to in the term "ACID"?
Answer
  • Isolated
  • Inseparable
  • Indispensable
  • Insulted

Question 77

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What does XML stand for?
Answer
  • eXtensible Markup Language
  • Example Markup Language
  • X-Markup Language
  • eXtra Modern Link

Question 78

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What does XSL stand for?
Answer
  • eXtensible Stylesheet Language
  • eXtra Style Language
  • eXpandable Style Language
  • eXtensible Style Listing

Question 79

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What is the correct syntax of the declaration which defines the XML version?
Answer
  • <?xml version="1.0" />
  • <?xml version="1.0"?>
  • <xml version="1.0" />

Question 80

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Which company did Cassandra was primarily developed in?
Answer
  • Apache
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Amazon

Question 81

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Which feature of CAP refers to load balancing
Answer
  • None of these
  • С
  • А
  • Р

Question 82

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Which of the following are the simplest NoSQL databases
Answer
  • Key-value
  • Wide-column
  • Document
  • All of the mentioned

Question 83

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Which of the following is correct about PHP
Answer
  • PHP is a recursive acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor".]
  • PHP is a server side scripting language that is embedded in HTML
  • It is used to manage dynamic content, databases, session tracking, even build entire e-commerce sites
  • All of these statement

Question 84

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Which of the following is correct about variable naming rules?
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  • Variable names must begin with a letter or underscore character.
  • A variable name can consist of numbers, letters, underscores.
  • you cannot use characters like + , - , % , ( , ) . &amp; , etc in a variable name.
  • All of these statement

Question 85

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Which of the following is not a NoSQL database?
Answer
  • SQL Server
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • None of the mentioned

Question 86

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Which of the following method can be used to create a MySql database using PHP?
Answer
  • mysql_connect()
  • mysql_query()
  • mysql_close()
  • None of the above

Question 87

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Which of them could not be applied to techniques for looping through arrays in PHP
Answer
  • $courses = ('Database', 'OS', 'Graphics', 'Data Mining');
  • $courses = array('Database', 'OS', 'Graphics', 'Data Mining');
  • $teaching = array('Database' => 'Smith', 'OS' => 'Carrick', 'Graphics' => 'Kam');
  • $teaching['Graphics'] = 'Benson';
  • $alt_row_color = array('blue', 'yellow');

Question 88

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A key difference between structured and semistructured data concerns how the schema constructs (such as the names of attributes, relationships, and entity types) are handled.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 89

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A large database typically has large transaction volumes and rates, is used in service sector industries, and runs 24/7
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 90

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A library of functions, also known as an application programming interface (API), is used to access the database
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 91

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A safer way to do inserts and other queries is through the use of placeholders (specified by the ? symbol) in PHP
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 92

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Associative array − An array with strings as index. This stores element values in association with key values rather than in a strict linear index order.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 93

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In SQLJ, an iterator is a type of object associated with a collection (set or multiset) of records in a query result.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 94

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In SQLJ, embedded SQL commands are preceded by #sql.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 95

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In XML schema, it is possible to specify constraints that correspond to unique and primary key constraints in a relational database, as well as foreign keys constraints.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 96

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Interfaces are defined to provide a common function names to the implementers. Different implementers can implement those interfaces according to their requirements. You can say, interfaces are skeletons which are implemented by developers.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 97

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Numeric array − An array with a numeric index. Values are stored and accessed in linear fashion.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 98

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OPEN CURSOR command is issued to indicate that we are done with processing the result of the query associated with that cursor.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 99

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PHP is written in C and usually comes installed with Unix; for other operating systems, the PHP interpreter can be downloaded from http://www.php.net.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 100

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The cursor is declared when the SQL query command is declared in the program. Later in the program, an OPEN CURSOR command fetches the query result from the database and sets the cursor to a position before the first row in the result of the query
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 101

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The typical mechanisms for making an object persistent are naming and reachability
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 102

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XML attribute values must always be enclosed in quotes
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 103

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XML elements cannot be empty
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 104

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XML's goal is to replace HTML
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 105

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XQuery is the language for querying XML data
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 106

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The case represents a single superclass/subclass relationship with more than one superclass, where the superclasses represent different entity types
Answer
  • disjoint
  • joint
  • overlapping
  • union

Question 107

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When a database design is in ____________, each value in a tuple is in atomic value.
Answer
  • First normal form
  • Second normal form
  • Third normal form
  • Forth normal form

Question 108

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Redundancy leads to three potential problems. Briefly describe each of the three.
Answer
  • Duplication of effort
  • Storage space is wasted
  • Multiple occurrences of data may become inconsistent

Question 109

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What two things does minimizing redundancy imply
Answer
  • Minimizing redundant storage of the same information.
  • Reducing the need for multiple updates to maintain consistency across multiple copies of the same information.

Question 110

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What are the four informal guidelines that may be used to measure the quality of a relation schema design?
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  • Making sure the semantics of the attributes is clear in the schema.
  • Reducing the redundant information in tuples.
  • Reducing the NULL values in tuples.
  • Disallowing the possibility of generating spurious tuples.

Question 111

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What are the three goals of database design?
Answer
  • Satisfy the information content requirements of the specified users and applications.
  • Provide a natural and easy-to-understand structuring of the information.
  • Support processing requirements and any performance objectives

Question 112

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Identify two of the three factors to consider in choosing one DBMS over another
Answer
  • Organization-wide adoption of a certain philosophy (data model, vendor, methodology, tools).
  • Familiarity of personnel with the system
  • Availability of vendor services

Question 113

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Identify the three criteria to guide the choice of physical database design options
Answer
  • Response time.
  • Space utilization
  • Transaction throughput.

Question 114

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A join operation joins _____ tables into _____.
Answer
  • three, two
  • three, one
  • four, two
  • two, one

Question 115

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A primary key should be defined as: I. NULL II. NOT NULL III. Optional
Answer
  • I, II
  • I, III
  • II only
  • I, II, III

Question 116

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A subquery in an SQL SELECT statement is enclosed in:
Answer
  • braces -- {...}.
  • CAPITAL LETTERS
  • parenthesis -- (...)
  • brackets -- [...].

Question 117

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SQL query and modification commands make up a(n) ________ .
Answer
  • DML
  • DDL
  • HTML
  • XML

Question 118

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The command to eliminate a table from a database is:
Answer
  • • REMOVE TABLE TableName
  • • DROP TABLE TableName
  • • DELETE TABLE TableName
  • • UPDATE TABLE TableName

Question 119

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________ stores are used to store information about networks, such as social connections.
Answer
  • • Key-value
  • • Wide-column
  • • Graph

Question 120

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A ___________ is an indirect functional dependency, one in which X->Z only by virtue of X->Y and Y->Z
Answer
  • • Multivalued Dependencies
  • • Join Dependency
  • • Trivial Functional Dependency
  • • Transitive Dependencies

Question 121

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A table is in 3NF if it is in 2NF and if it has no ____________
Answer
  • • Functional Dependencies
  • • Transitive Dependencies
  • • Trivial Functional Dependency
  • • Multivalued Dependencies

Question 122

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A table is in BCNF if it is in 3NF and if every determinant is a ___________ key.
Answer
  • • Dependent
  • • Normal
  • • Candidate
  • Both Normal and Candidate

Question 123

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Anomalies are avoided by splitting the offending relation into multiple relations, is also known as
Answer
  • • Accupressure
  • • Decomposition
  • • Both Decomposition and Precomposition
  • • Precomposition

Question 124

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Every time attribute A appears, it is matched with the same value of attribute B, but not the same value of attribute C. Therefore, it is true that:
Answer
  • A-->B
  • A-->C
  • A-->(B,C)
  • (B,C)-->A

Question 125

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For select operation the ________ appear in the subscript and the ___________ argument appears in the parenthesis after the sigma.
Answer
  • • Predicates, relation
  • • Relation, Predicates
  • • Operation, Predicates
  • • Relation, Operation

Question 126

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If X -> Y, which of the following would make Y fully dependent on X?
Answer
  • • X consists of multiple attributes
  • • Y is a single attribute
  • • Y consists of multiple attributes
  • • X is a single attribute

Question 127

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In a given relationship R, if an attribute A uniquely defines all other attributes, then the attribute A is a key attribute which is also known as the _________ key.
Answer
  • • Candidate
  • • Join
  • • Functional
  • • None of the Mentioned

Question 128

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In EER modeling, specialization is the process of generating
Answer
  • • entities out of attributes
  • • attributes out of entities
  • • subclasses out of superclasses
  • • superclasses out of subclasses

Question 129

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In precedence of set operators the expression is evaluated from
Answer
  • • Left to left
  • • Left to right
  • • Right to left
  • • From user specification

Question 130

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The ___________ operation, denoted by −, allows us to find tuples that are in one relation but are not in another.
Answer
  • • Union
  • • Set-difference
  • • Difference
  • • Intersection

Question 131

Question
The functional dependency X -> Y is true if
Answer
  • a value of X uniquely determines a value of Y
  • the value of Y depends on the collective values of X
  • the value of X depends on the collective values of Y
  • a value of Y uniquely determines a value of X

Question 132

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The result of a set difference operation r - s will be
Answer
  • those tuples that are in s but not in r
  • those tuples that are in r but not in s
  • tuples in s after deducting their values by the corresponding values in the tuples in r
  • tuples in r after deducting their values by the corresponding values in the tuples in s

Question 133

Question
What does a projection operation do?
Answer
  • It extends the number of rows in a table.
  • It extends the number of columns in a table
  • It selects columns from a table
  • It selects rows from a table.

Question 134

Question
When the values in one or more attributes being used as a foreign key must exist in another set of one or more attributes in another table, we have created a(n)
Answer
  • Transitive Dependency
  • Insertion Anomaly
  • Referential Integrity Constraint
  • Normal Form

Question 135

Question
Which is a join condition contains an equality operator
Answer
  • Equijoins
  • Cartesian
  • Natural
  • Left

Question 136

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Which is a unary operation
Answer
  • Selection operation
  • Primitive operation
  • Projection operation
  • Generalized selection

Question 137

Question
Which of the following is a fundamental operation in relational algebra
Answer
  • Set intersection
  • Natural join
  • Assignment
  • None of the mentioned

Question 138

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Which of the following is not a restriction for a table to be a relation?
Answer
  • The cells of the table must contain a single value
  • The columns must be ordered
  • No two rows in a table may be identical

Question 139

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Which of the following is used to denote the selection operation in relational algebra?
Answer
  • Pi
  • Sigma
  • Lambda
  • Omega

Question 140

Question
Y is transitively dependent on X, if
Answer
  • X -> A, B and Y -> A, B
  • X -> Y and A -> Y
  • X -> A, B and A -> Y
  • X -> Y and Y -> A

Question 141

Question
For two tables to be union compatible, corresponding columns from each table should have which of the following?
Answer
  • the same domain
  • the same name
  • different domains
  • different names
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