TEST SQL

1. What does SQL stand for? Strong Question Language Structured Query Language Structured Question Language 2. Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database? OPEN SELECT EXTRACT GET 3. Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database? MODIFY SAVE AS SAVE UPDATE 4. Which SQL statement is used to delete data from a database? REMOVE COLLAPSE DELETE 5. Which SQL statement is used to insert new data in a database? ADD NEW INSERT NEW ADD RECORD INSERT INTO 6. With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a table named "Persons"? EXTRACT FirstName FROM Persons SELECT Persons.FirstName SELECT FirstName FROM Persons 7. With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named "Persons"? SELECT [all] FROM Persons SELECT * FROM Persons SELECT Persons SELECT *.Persons 8. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" is "Peter"? SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter' SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter' SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' 9. 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"? SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%' SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='a' SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='%a%' SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a' 10. The OR operator displays a record if ANY conditions listed are true. The AND operator displays a record if ALL of the conditions listed are true True False 11. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "FirstName" is "Peter" and the "LastName" is "Jackson"? SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' AND LastName='Jackson' SELECT FirstName='Peter', LastName='Jackson' FROM Persons SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter' AND LastName LIKE 'Jackson' 12. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "LastName" is alphabetically between (and including) "Hansen" and "Pettersen"? SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen' SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName<'Pettersen' SELECT LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName<'Pettersen' FROM Persons 13. Which SQL statement is used to return only different values? SELECT DIFFERENT SELECT UNIQUE SELECT DISTINCT 14. Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set? ORDER BY SORT BY SORT ORDER 15. With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named "Persons" sorted descending by "FirstName"? SELECT * FROM Persons SORT BY 'FirstName' DESC SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER FirstName DESC SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC SELECT * FROM Persons SORT 'FirstName' DESC 16. With SQL, how can you insert a new record into the "Persons" table? INSERT VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons INSERT INTO Persons VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INSERT ('Jimmy', 'Jackson') INTO Persons 17. With SQL, how can you insert "Olsen" as the "LastName" in the "Persons" table? INSERT INTO Persons (LastName) VALUES ('Olsen') INSERT INTO Persons ('Olsen') INTO LastName INSERT ('Olsen') INTO Persons (LastName) 18. How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName" column in the Persons table? UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen' MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen' UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen' MODIFY Persons SET LastName='Hansen' INTO LastName='Nilsen 19. With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "FirstName" is "Peter" in the Persons Table? DELETE ROW FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons DELETE FirstName='Peter' FROM Persons DELETE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter' 20. With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Persons" table? SELECT COLUMNS() FROM Persons SELECT COLUMNS(*) FROM Persons SELECT COUNT() FROM Persons SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons