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Section 18 Quiz Database Programming With SQL


1.     If a database crashes, all uncommitted changes are automatically rolled back. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True (*)
            False

10.       A transaction makes several successive changes to a table. If required, you want to be able to rollback the later changes while keeping the earlier changes. What must you include in your code to do this?       Mark for Review
(1) Points
            An update statement
            A savepoint (*)
            A database link
            An object privilege
            A sequence

11.       You need not worry about controlling your transactions. Oracle does it all for you. True or False?    Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True
            False (*)

12.       If Oracle crashes, your changes are automatically rolled back. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True (*)
            False

13.       Which SQL statement is used to remove all the changes made by an uncommitted transaction?         Mark for Review
(1) Points
            ROLLBACK; (*)
            UNDO;
            REVOKE;
            ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT;

14.       COMMIT saves all outstanding data changes? True or False?  Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True (*)
            False

15.       Examine the following statements:
UPDATE employees SET salary = 15000;
SAVEPOINT upd1_done;
UPDATE employees SET salary = 22000;
SAVEPOINT upd2_done;
DELETE FROM employees;

You want to retain all the employees with a salary of 15000; What statement would you execute next?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            ROLLBACK;
            ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT upd1_done; (*)
            ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT upd2_done;
            ROLLBACK TO SAVE upd1_done;

1.         Steven King's row in the EMPLOYEES table has EMPLOYEE_ID = 100 and SALARY = 24000. A user issues the following statements in the order shown:
UPDATE employees
SET salary = salary * 2
WHERE employee_id = 100;
COMMIT;

UPDATE employees
SET salary = 30000
WHERE employee_id = 100;

The user's database session now ends abnormally. What is now King's salary in the table?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            78000
            30000
            24000
            48000 (*)

2.         Table MYTAB contains only one column of datatype CHAR(1). A user executes the following statements in the order shown.
INSERT INTO mytab VALUES ('A');
INSERT INTO mytab VALUES ('B');
COMMIT;
INSERT INTO mytab VALUES ('C');
ROLLBACK;

Which rows does the table now contain?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            A, B, and C
            A and B (*)
            C
            None of the above

3.         If Oracle crashes, your changes are automatically rolled back. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True (*)
            False

4.         Examine the following statements:
UPDATE employees SET salary = 15000;
SAVEPOINT upd1_done;
UPDATE employees SET salary = 22000;
SAVEPOINT upd2_done;
DELETE FROM employees;

You want to retain all the employees with a salary of 15000; What statement would you execute next?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            ROLLBACK;
            ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT upd1_done; (*)
            ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT upd2_done;
            ROLLBACK TO SAVE upd1_done;
            There is nothing you can do; either all changes must be rolled back, or none of them can be rolled back.

5.         COMMIT saves all outstanding data changes? True or False?  Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True (*)
            False

6.         Examine the following statements:
INSERT INTO emps SELECT * FROM employees; -- 107 rows inserted.
SAVEPOINT Ins_Done;
DELETE employees; -- 107 rows deleted
SAVEPOINT Del_Done;
UPDATE emps SET last_name = 'Smith';

How would you undo the last Update only?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            ROLLBACK to SAVEPOINT Del_Done; (*)
            COMMIT Del_Done;
            There is nothing you can do.
            ROLLBACK UPDATE;

7.         Examine the following statements:
INSERT INTO emps SELECT * FROM employees; -- 107 rows inserted.
SAVEPOINT Ins_Done;
CREATE INDEX emp_lname_idx ON employees(last_name);
UPDATE emps SET last_name = 'Smith';

What happens if you issue a Rollback statement?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points

            The update of last_name is undone, but the insert was committed by the CREATE INDEX statement. (*)

            Both the UPDATE and the INSERT will be rolled back.
            The INSERT is undone but the UPDATE is committed.
            Nothing happens.

8.         Which SQL statement is used to remove all the changes made by an uncommitted transaction?         Mark for Review
(1) Points
            REVOKE;
            ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT;
            ROLLBACK; (*)
            UNDO;

9.         You need not worry about controlling your transactions. Oracle does it all for you. True or False?    Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True
            False (*)

10.       When you logout of Oracle, your data changes are automatically rolled back. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True
            False (*)

11.       User BOB's CUSTOMERS table contains 20 rows. BOB inserts two more rows into the table but does not COMMIT his changes. User JANE now executes:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM bob.customers;

What result will JANE see?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            22
            20 (*)
            JANE will receive an error message because she is not allowed to query the table while BOB is updating it.
            2

12.       Which of the following best describes the term "read consistency"?   Mark for Review
(1) Points
            It prevents other users from querying a table while updates are being executed on it

            It prevents other users from seeing changes to a table until those changes have been committed (*)

            It prevents users from querying tables on which they have not been granted SELECT privilege
            It ensures that all changes to a table are automatically committed

13.       A transaction makes several successive changes to a table. If required, you want to be able to rollback the later changes while keeping the earlier changes. What must you include in your code to do this?       Mark for Review
(1) Points
            An object privilege
            An update statement
            A savepoint (*)
            A sequence
            A database link

14.       If a database crashes, all uncommitted changes are automatically rolled back. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True (*)
            False

15.       If UserB has privileges to see the data in a table, as soon as UserA has entered data into that table, UserB can see that data. True or False?          Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True
            False (*)

1.         Table MYTAB contains only one column of datatype CHAR(1). A user executes the following statements in the order shown.
INSERT INTO mytab VALUES ('A');
INSERT INTO mytab VALUES ('B');
COMMIT;
INSERT INTO mytab VALUES ('C');
ROLLBACK;

Which rows does the table now contain?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            A, B, and C
            A and B (*)
            C
            None of the above

2.         If UserB has privileges to see the data in a table, as soon as UserA has entered data into that table, UserB can see that data. True or False?          Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True
            False (*)

3.         User BOB's CUSTOMERS table contains 20 rows. BOB inserts two more rows into the table but does not COMMIT his changes. User JANE now executes:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM bob.customers;

What result will JANE see?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            JANE will receive an error message because she is not allowed to query the table while BOB is updating it.
            2
            20 (*)
            22

4.         Examine the following statements:
INSERT INTO emps SELECT * FROM employees; -- 107 rows inserted.
SAVEPOINT Ins_Done;
CREATE INDEX emp_lname_idx ON employees(last_name);
UPDATE emps SET last_name = 'Smith';

What happens if you issue a Rollback statement?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points

            The update of last_name is undone, but the insert was committed by the CREATE INDEX
statement. (*)
            Both the UPDATE and the INSERT will be rolled back.
            The INSERT is undone but the UPDATE is committed.
            Nothing happens.

5.         Steven King's row in the EMPLOYEES table has EMPLOYEE_ID = 100 and SALARY = 24000. A user issues the following statements in the order shown:
UPDATE employees
SET salary = salary * 2
WHERE employee_id = 100;
COMMIT;

UPDATE employees
SET salary = 30000
WHERE employee_id = 100;

The user's database session now ends abnormally. What is now King's salary in the table?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            24000
            30000
            48000 (*)
            78000

6.         When you logout of Oracle, your data changes are automatically rolled back. True or False? Mark for Review
(1) Points
            True
            False (*)

7.         Which of the following best describes the term "read consistency"?   Mark for Review
(1) Points
                                 
            It prevents users from querying tables on which they have not been granted SELECT privilege

            It prevents other users from querying a table while updates are being executed on it

            It prevents other users from seeing changes to a table until those changes have been committed (*)
            It ensures that all changes to a table are automatically committed

8.         Examine the following statements:
INSERT INTO emps SELECT * FROM employees; -- 107 rows inserted.
SAVEPOINT Ins_Done;
DELETE employees; -- 107 rows deleted
SAVEPOINT Del_Done;
UPDATE emps SET last_name = 'Smith';

How would you undo the last Update only?

 Mark for Review
(1) Points
            ROLLBACK UPDATE;
            There is nothing you can do.
            COMMIT Del_Done;
            ROLLBACK to SAVEPOINT Del_Done; (*)

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