Section 1 (1) Points (Answer all questions in this section) DATE 1.

You need to display the current year as a character value (for example: Two Thousand and One). Which element would you use? Mark for Review (1) Points RR YY YYYY YEAR (*) 2. You need to display the number of months between today's date and each employee's hiredate. Which function should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points ROUND BETWEEN ADD_MONTHS IN (*) MONTHS_BETWEEN (*) LIKE 3. You want to create a report that displays all orders and their amounts that were placed during the month of January. You want the orders with the highest amounts to appear first. Which query should you issue? SELECT orderid, total FROM orders WHERE order_date LIKE '01/jan/2002' AND '31/jan/2002' ORDER BY total DESC; BETWEEN ... IN ... IS NULL 7. Which two functions can be used to manipulate number or date column values, but NOT character column values? (Choose two.) Mark for Review (1) Points RPAD TRUNC (*) SELECT orderid, total FROM orders WHERE order_date IN ( 01/jan/2002 , 31/jan/2002 ) ORDER BY total; ROUND (*) INSTR CONCAT SELECT orderid, total FROM orders WHERE order_date BETWEEN '01/jan/2002' AND '31/jan/2002' ORDER BY total DESC; (*) SELECT orderid, total FROM orders WHERE order_date BETWEEN '31/jan/2002' AND '01/jan/2002' ORDER BY total DESC; 4. Which function would you use to return the current database server date and time? Mark for Review 8. You issue this SQL statement: SELECT TRUNC(751.367,-1) FROM dual; Which value does this statement display? Mark for Review (1) Points 700 750 (*) 751 751.3 SELECT TRIM(product_id, -3, 2) FROM price WHERE manufacturer_id = 59604; Section 1 11. You need to display the number of characters in each customer's last name. Which function should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points LENGTH (*) LPAD SELECT SUBSTR(product_id, -1, 3) FROM price WHERE manufacturer_id = 59604; SELECT SUBSTR(product_id, 3, 2) FROM price WHERE manufacturer_id = 59604; (*) 86950 59604 You query the database and return the value 95. Which script did you use? 5. You need to subtract three months from the current date. Which function should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points ROUND TO_DATE ADD_MONTHS (*) MONTHS_BETWEEN 6. Which comparison operator retrieves a list of values? Mark for Review (1) Points The last name and salary for all employees with the format of the salary 15 characters long, left-padded with the $ and the column labeled SALARY. (*) The query will result in an error: "ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected." 10. The PRICE table contains this data: PRODUCT_ID MANUFACTURER_ID SYSDATE (*) DATETIME CURRENTDATE 9. What will the following SQL statemtent display? SELECT last_name, LPAD(salary, 15, '$')SALARY FROM employees; Mark for Review (1) Points The last name of employees that have a salary that includes a $ in the value, size of 15 and the column labeled SALARY. The last name and the format of the salary limited to 15 digits to the left of the decimal and the column labeled SALARY.

SELECT LENGTH(product_id, 3, 2) FROM price WHERE manufacturer_id = 59604;

COUNT SUBSTR 12. Which SQL function is used to return the position where a specific character string begins within a larger character string? CONCAT

The maximum number of characters allowed in the EMAIL column 16. You query the database with this SQL statement: SELECT CONCAT(last_name, (SUBSTR(LOWER(first_name), 4))) "Default Password" FROM employees; Which function will be evaluated first?

(1) Points TO_CHAR and NVL (*) TO_CHAR and NULL TO_CHAR and NULLIF TO_NUMBER and NULLIF 20. Which of the following General Functions will return the first non-null expression in the expression list? Mark for Review (1) Points NVL NVL2 NULLIF

INSTR (*) CONCAT LENGTH SUBSTR SUBSTR LOWER (*) 13. You need to return a portion of each employee's last name, beginning with the first character up to the fifth character. Which character function should you use? Mark for Review (1) Points INSTR TRUNC SUBSTR (*) CONCAT 14. You issue this SQL statement: SELECT INSTR ('organizational sales', 'al') FROM dual; Which value is returned by this command? Mark for Review (1) Points 1 2 13 (*) 17 15. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT LENGTH(email) FROM employee; What will this SELECT statement display? Mark for Review (1) Points The longest e-mail address in the EMPLOYEE table The email address of each employee in the EMPLOYEE table The number of characters for each value in the EMAIL column in the employees table (*) NVL and COALESCE, but not NVL2, can be used with group functions to replace null values. NVL, NVL2, and COALESCE can be used with group functions to replace null values. (*) COALESCE, but not NVL and NVL2, can be used with group functions to replace null values. 18. The PRODUCT table contains this column: PRICE NUMBER(7,2) Evaluate this statement: SELECT NVL(10 / price, '0') FROM PRODUCT; What would happen if the PRICE column contains null values? Mark for Review (1) Points The statement would fail because values cannot be divided by 0. A value of 0 would be displayed. (*) A value of 10 would be displayed. The statement would fail because values cannot be divided by null. 19. You need to replace null values in the DEPT_ID column with the text "N/A". Which functions should you use? Mark for Review NVL and NVL2, but not COALESCE, can be used with group functions to replace null values. All three will be evaluated simultaneously.

Section 2 17. Which statement about group functions is true?

COALESCE (*) Section 2 (Answer all questions in this section) 21. You have been asked to create a report that lists all customers who have placed orders of at least $2,500. The report's date should be displayed using this format: Day, Date Month, Year (For example, Tuesday, 13 April, 2004 ). Which statement should you issue? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT companyname, TO_CHAR (sysdate, 'fmdd, dy month, yyyy'), total FROM customers NATURAL JOIN orders WHERE total >= 2500; SELECT companyname, TO_DATE (date, 'day, dd month, yyyy'), total FROM customers NATURAL JOIN orders WHERE total >= 2500; SELECT companyname, TO_DATE (sysdate, 'dd, dy month, yyyy'), total FROM customers NATURAL JOIN orders WHERE total >= 2500; SELECT companyname, TO_CHAR (sysdate, 'fmDay, dd Month, yyyy'), total FROM customers NATURAL JOIN orders WHERE total >= 2500; (*)

22. Which best describes the TO_CHAR function? Mark for Review (1) Points The TO_CHAR function can be used to specify meaningful column names in an SQL statement's result set.

The TO_CHAR function can be used to remove text from column data that will be returned by the database. The TO_CHAR function can be used to display dates and numbers according to formatting conventions that are supported by Oracle. (*) The TO_CHAR function can only be used on Date columns. 23. Which functions allow you to perform explicit data type conversions? Mark for Review (1) Points ROUND, TRUNC, ADD_MONTHS LENGTH, SUBSTR, LPAD, TRIM TO_CHAR, TO_DATE, TO_NUMBER (*) NVL, NVL2, NULLIF 24. If you use the RR format when writing a query using the date 27-OCT17 and the year is 2001, what year would be the result? Mark for Review (1) Points 2001 1901 2017 (*) 1917 25. Which arithmetic operation will return a numeric value? Mark for Review (1) Points TO_DATE('01-JUN-2004') TO_DATE('01-OCT-2004') (*) NEXT_DAY(hire_date) + 5 SYSDATE - 6 SYSDATE + 30 / 24 26. Which three statements concerning explicit data type conversions are true? (Choose three.) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers) Use the TO_NUMBER function to convert a number to a character string. Use the TO_DATE function to convert a character string to a date value. (*)

Use the TO_NUMBER function to convert a character string of digits to a number. (*) Use the TO_DATE function to convert a date value to a character string or number. Use the TO_CHAR function to convert a number or date value to a character string. (*) Section 3 (Answer all questions in this section) 27. Which statement about a self join is true? Mark for Review (1) Points The NATURAL JOIN clause must be used. Table aliases must be used to qualify table names. (*) Table aliases cannot be used to qualify table names. A self join must be implemented by defining a view. 28. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM employee e, employee m WHERE e.mgr_id = m.emp_id; Which type of join is created by this SELECT statement? Mark for Review (1) Points a self join (*) a cross join a left outer join a full outer join 29. Which SELECT statement implements a self join? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT p.part_id, t.product_id FROM part p, part t WHERE p.part_id = t.product_id; (*)

SELECT p.part_id, t.product_id FROM part p, product t WHERE p.part_id =! t.product_id; 30. Which type of join returns rows from one table that have NO direct match in the other table? Mark for Review (1) Points Equijoin Self join Outer join (*) Natural join 31. Which query will retrieve all the rows in the EMPLOYEES table, even if there is no match in the DEPARTMENTS table? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT e.last_name, e.department_id, d.department_name FROM employees e RIGHT OUTER JOIN departments d ON (e.department_id = d.department_id);

SELECT e.last_name, e.department_id, d.department_name FROM employees e NATURAL JOIN departments d;

SELECT e.last_name, e.department_id, d.department_name FROM employees e LEFT OUTER JOIN departments d ON (e.department_id = d.department_id); (*)

SELECT e.last_name, e.department_id, d.department_name FROM employees e JOIN departments d USING (e.department_id = d.department_id); 32. You need to display all the rows (both matching and non-matching) from both the EMPLOYEE and EMPLOYEE_HIST tables. Which type of join would you use? Mark for Review (1) Points A right outer join A left outer join A full outer join (*)

SELECT p.part_id, t.product_id FROM part p, product t WHERE p.part_id = t.product_id;

SELECT p.part_id, t.product_id FROM part p, product t WHERE p.part_id = t.product_id (+);

An inner join

33. Which of the following statements is the simplest description of a nonequijoin? Mark for Review (1) Points A join condition containing something other than an equality operator (*) A join condition that is not equal to other joins A join condition that includes the (+) on the left hand side A join that joins a table to itself

35. For which condition would you use an equijoin query with the USING keyword? Mark for Review (1) Points You need to perform a join of the CUSTOMER and ORDER tables but limit the number of columns in the join condition. (*) The ORDER table contains a column that has a referential constraint to a column in the PRODUCT table. The CUSTOMER and ORDER tables have no columns with identical names. The CUSTOMER and ORDER tables have a corresponding column, CUST_ID. The CUST_ID column in the ORDER table contains null values that need to be displayed.

Which clause generates an error? Mark for Review (1) Points JOIN physician b ON (b.physician_id = c.physician_id); (*) JOIN admission c ON (a.patient_id = c.patient_id) 39. Below find the structures of the PRODUCTS and VENDORS tables: PRODUCTS PRODUCT_ID NUMBER PRODUCT_NAME VARCHAR2 (25) VENDOR_ID NUMBER CATEGORY_ID NUMBER VENDORS VENDOR_ID NUMBER VENDOR_NAME VARCHAR2 (25) ADDRESS VARCHAR2 (30) CITY VARCHAR2 (25) REGION VARCHAR2 (10) POSTAL_CODE VARCHAR2 (11) You want to create a query that will return an alphabetical list of products, including the product name and associated vendor name, for all products that have a vendor assigned. Which two queries could you use? Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers) SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p LEFT OUTER JOIN vendors v ON p.vendor_id = v.vendor_id ORDER BY p.product_name;

34. You created the CUSTOMERS and ORDERS tables by issuing these CREATE TABLE statements in sequence: CREATE TABLE customers (custid varchar2(5), companyname varchar2(30), contactname varchar2(30), address varchar2(30), city varchar2(20), state varchar2(30), phone varchar2(20), constraint pk_customers_01 primary key (custid)); CREATE TABLE orders (orderid varchar2(5) constraint pk_orders_01 primary key, orderdate date, total number(15), custid varchar2(5) references customers (custid)); You have been instructed to compile a report to present the information about orders placed by customers who reside in Nashville. Which query should you issue to achieve the desired results? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT custid, companyname FROM customers WHERE city = 'Nashville';

36. The primary advantages of using JOIN ON is: (Select two) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers) The join happens automatically based on matching column names and data types. It will display rows that do not meet the join condition. It permits columns with different names to be joined. (*) It permits columns that don?t have matching data types to be joined. (*) 37. Which keyword in a SELECT statement creates an equijoin by specifying a column name common to both tables? Mark for Review (1) Points A HAVING clause

SELECT orderid, orderdate, total FROM orders o NATURAL JOIN customers c ON o.custid = c.custid WHERE city = 'Nashville';

The FROM clause The SELECT clause A USING clause (*) 38. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT a.lname || ', ' || a.fname as "Patient", b.lname || ', ' || b.fname as "Physician", c.admission FROM patient a JOIN physician b ON (b.physician_id = c.physician_id) JOIN admission c ON (a.patient_id = c.patient_id);

SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p JOIN vendors v ON (vendor_id) ORDER BY p.product_name;

SELECT orderid, orderdate, total FROM orders o JOIN customers c ON o.custid = c.custid WHERE city = 'Nashville'; (*) SELECT orderid, orderdate, total FROM orders WHERE city = 'Nashville';

SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p NATURAL JOIN vendors v ORDER BY p.product_name; (*)

SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p

JOIN vendors v USING (p.vendor_id) ORDER BY p.product_name;

FROM products; Which statement is true? Mark for Review (1) Points The number of rows in the table is displayed. (*) The number of unique PRODUCT_IDs in the table is displayed. An error occurs due to an error in the SELECT clause. An error occurs because no WHERE clause is included in the SELECT statement. 44. Which group function would you use to display the total of all salary values in the EMPLOYEES table? Mark for Review (1) Points SUM (*)

WHERE payment_date BETWEEN '01JAN-2003' and '31-MAR-2003';

SELECT p.product_name, v.vendor_name FROM products p JOIN vendors v USING (vendor_id) ORDER BY p.product_name; (*) Section 4 (Answer all questions in this section) 40. Group functions can avoid computations involving duplicate values by including which keyword? NULL DISTINCT (*) SELECT UNLIKE

SELECT AVG(payment_amount) FROM payment WHERE TO_CHAR(payment_date) IN (JAN, FEB, MAR); 46. Which group function would you use to display the lowest value in the SALES_AMOUNT column? Mark for Review (1) Points AVG COUNT MAX MIN (*) 47. The CUSTOMER table contains these columns: CUSTOMER_ID NUMBER(9) FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(25) LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(30) CREDIT_LIMIT NUMBER (7,2) CATEGORY VARCHAR2(20) You need to calculate the average credit limit for all the customers in each category. The average should be calculated based on all the rows in the table excluding any customers who have not yet been assigned a credit limit value. Which group function should you use to calculate this value? Mark for Review (1) Points AVG (*) SUM

AVG Section 4 COUNT 41. Which SELECT statement will calculate the number of rows in the PRODUCTS table? Mark for Review (1) Points SELECT COUNT(products); SELECT COUNT FROM products; SELECT COUNT (*) FROM products; (*) SELECT ROWCOUNT FROM products; 42. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employees WHERE salary > 30000; Which result will the query display? Mark for Review (1) Points The number of employees that have a salary less than 30000 The total of the SALARY column for all employees that have a salary greater than 30000 The number of rows in the EMPLOYEES table that have a salary greater than 30000 (*) The query generates an error and returns no results. 43. Evaluate this SELECT statement: SELECT COUNT(*) SELECT SUM(payment_amount) FROM payment MAX 45. Examine the data in the PAYMENT table: PAYMENT_ID CUSTOMER_ID PAYMENT_DATE PAYMENT_TYPE PAYMENT_AMOUNT 86590586 8908090 10-JUN-2003 BASIC 859.00 89453485 8549038 15-FEB-2003 INTEREST 596.00 85490345 5489304 20-MAR-2003 BASIC 568.00

You need to determine the average payment amount made by each customer in January, February, and March of 2003. Which SELECT statement should you use? SELECT AVG(payment_amount) FROM payment WHERE payment_date BETWEEN '01-JAN-2003' AND '31-MAR2003'; (*)

COUNT STDDEV 48. You need to calculate the standard deviation for the cost of products produced in the Birmingham facility. Which group function will you use? Mark for Review (1) Points STDEV STDDEV (*)

SELECT AVG(payment_amount) FROM payment;

VAR_SAMP VARIANCE 49. The TRUCKS table contains these columns:

TRUCKS: TYPE VARCHAR2(30) YEAR DATE MODEL VARCHAR2(20) PRICE NUMBER(10) Which SELECT statement will return the average price for the 4x4 model? (1) Points SELECT AVG(price) FROM trucks WHERE model = '4x4'; (*)

SELECT AVG(price) FROM trucks WHERE model IS '4x4';

which of the following? Mark for Review (1) Points Only numeric data types (*)

SELECT AVG(price) FROM trucks WHERE model IS 4x4;

Integers only Any data type

SELECT AVG(price), model FROM trucks WHERE model IS '4x4'; 50. The AVG, SUM, VARIANCE, and STDDEV functions can be used with

All except numeric