Section 18 Quiz

(Answer all questions in this section)

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

Which rows does the table now contain?

A, B, and C
A and B (*)
C
None of the above

Correct
2. 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: Mark for Review
(1) Points
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?
48000 (*)
30000
78000
24000

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

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

Correct
5. Examine the following statements:
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(1) Points
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?
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.
Correct

Section 18 Quiz
(Answer all questions in this section)
6. Examine the following statements:
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(1) Points
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?

ROLLBACK UPDATE;
There is nothing you can do.
COMMIT Del_Done;
ROLLBACK to SAVEPOINT Del_Done; (*)

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

Correct
8. 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: Mark for Review
(1) Points
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM bob.customers;

What result will JANE see?

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

Correct
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 Mark for Review
include in your code to do this? (1) Points

An object privilege
A database link
A savepoint (*)
A sequence
An update statement

Correct

Section 18 Quiz
(Answer all questions in this section)
11. Which of the following best describes the term "read consistency"?
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(1) Points
It ensures that all changes to a table are automatically committed
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 prevents other users from querying a table while updates are being executed
on it
Correct
12. COMMIT saves all outstanding data changes? True or False?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
True (*)
False

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

Correct
14. Examine the following statements:
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(1) Points
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?

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.

Correct
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 (*)

Correct