Section 4 Quiz

(Answer all questions in this section)

1. You issue this SQL statement:
SELECT TRUNC(751.367,-1) FROM dual;
Which value does this statement display?

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750 (*)
751
700
751.3

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 2.

2. ROUND and TRUNC functions can be used with which of the following Datatypes?

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Dates and numbers (*)

Dates and characters
Numbers and characters
None of the above

Correct
3. Which number function may be used to determine if a value is odd or even?

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TRUNC
BINARY
ROUND
MOD (*)

Correct

4. The answer to the following script is 456. True or False?

SELECT TRUNC(ROUND(456.98))
FROM dual;

True
False (*)

Correct

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5. You issue this SQL statement:

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SELECT ROUND (1282.248, -2) FROM dual;

What value does this statement produce?

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1282
1282.25
1200
1300 (*)

Correct

6.

The STYLES table contains this data:

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STYLE_ID

STYLE_NAME

CATEGORY

COST

895840

SANDAL

85940

12.00

968950

SANDAL

85909

10.00

869506

SANDAL

89690

15.00

809090

LOAFER

89098

10.00

890890

LOAFER

89789

14.00

857689

HEEL

85940

11.00

758960

SANDAL

86979

12.00

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You query the database and return the value 79. Which script
did you use?

SELECT SUBSTR(category, 2,2)

FROM styles
WHERE style_id = 895840;
SELECT SUBSTR(category, -2,2)
FROM styles
WHERE style_id = 758960;
(*)
SELECT INSTR(category, -2,2)
FROM styles
WHERE style_id = 895840;
SELECT INSTR(category, 2,2)
FROM styles
WHERE style_id = 895840;
Correct
7.

Evaluate this SELECT statement:

SELECT LENGTH(email)
FROM employee;
What will this SELECT statement display?

The maximum number of characters allowed in the EMAIL

column
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 (*)

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The longest e-mail address in the EMPLOYEE table

Correct
8.

Which three statements about functions are true? (Choose

three.)

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(Choose all correct answers)

The CONCAT function can only be used on character
strings, not on numbers.
The SUBSTR character function returns a portion of a
string beginning at a defined character position to a
specified length. (*)
The ROUND number function rounds a value to a
specified decimal place or the nearest whole number. (*)
The SYSDATE function returns the Oracle Server date and
time. (*)
Correct

9.

Character functions accept character arguments and only

return character values. True or False?

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True
False (*)

Correct
10. You query the database with this SQL statement:

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SELECT CONCAT(last_name, (SUBSTR(LOWER(first_name), 4)))

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"Default Password"
FROM employees;
Which function will be evaluated first?

CONCAT
SUBSTR
LOWER (*)
All three will be evaluated simultaneously.

Correct
11. Which
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function
would you
use to
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return the
current
database
server
date and
time?
CURRENTDATE

DATETIME
SYSDATE (*)
DATE

Correct
12.

You need to subtract three months from the current date. Which function should you
use?

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ROUND
MONTHS_BETWEEN
ADD_MONTHS (*)
TO_DATE

Correct

13.

What function would you use to return the highest date in a month?

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END_DAY
HIGHEST_DAY
FINAL_DAY
LAST_DAY (*)

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14.

Which SELECT statement will return a numeric value?

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SELECT SYSDATE - 7
FROM employees;
SELECT SYSDATE + 600 / 24
FROM employees;
SELECT ROUND(hire_date, DAY)
FROM employees;
SELECT (SYSDATE - hire_date) / 7
FROM employees;
(*)

Correct

15.

Which query would return a whole number if the sysdate is 26-May-2004?

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SELECT TRUNC(MONTHS_BETWEEN(SYSDATE,'19-Mar-1979') /12)

AS YEARS
FROM DUAL;

(*)
SELECT TRUNC(YEARS_BETWEEN(SYSDATE,'19-Mar-1979') /12)
AS YEARS
FROM DUAL;
SELECT MONTHS_BETWEEN(SYSDATE,'19-Mar-1979') /12
AS YEARS
FROM DUAL;
None of the above

Incorrect. Refer to Section 4 Lesson 3.