Multiple Choice Question on MySQL

1. The “father” of MySQL is ______.

 Michael Widenius
 Bill Joy
 Stephanie Wall
 Sigmund Velin
2. What kind of replication is supported by the MySQL server?
 Multiple-master replication
 Master to slave replication
 Single file based clustering
 MySQL doesn’t support replication
3. Internally information is held in tables. Which of these is NOT a valid format:
 BDB
 Isam99
 MyIsam
 InnoDb
4. MySQL supports the complete SQL99 standard
 True
 False
5. In a LIKE clause, you can could ask for any value ending in “ton” by writing
 LIKE ton$
 LIKE ^.*ton$
 LIKE %ton
 LIKE *ton
6. The USE command
 Is a pseudonym for the SELECT command
 Has been deprecated and should be avoided for security reasons
 Should be used to choose the database you want to use once you’ve connected to MySQL
 Is used to load code from another file
7. MySQL Access security is controlled through
 MySQL login accounts, and privileges set for each account.
 The ID that the user logged into the server through, and privileges set up for that account.
 A table of valid IP addresses, and privileges set up for each IP address
 The normal login security is sufficient for MySQL, and it does not have any extra controls of
its own.
8. If you want to undo a GRANT, you should use
 REVOKE
 UNDO
 UNGRANT
 DELETE
9. How many distinct, different values can you hold in an enum field?
 255
 7
 65535
 2 (True and False)
10. Which of the following is NOT available in MySQL:
 REVOKE
 FETCH
 LIKE
 SELECT
11. Which of these field types would be best to hold a .jpg image?
 char binary
 nchar binary
 text
 blob
12. What’s the difference between the DESCRIBE and SHOW FIELDS FROM commands?
 Only SHOW FIELDS FROM can take a LIKE clause
 Nothing – they’re the same thing
 Only DESCRIBE can take a LIKE clause
13. Which of the following is available in MySQL:
 CREATE TRIGGER
 CREATE SCHEMA
 CREATE DATABASE
 CREATE VIEW
14. To remove duplicate rows from the result set of a SELECT use the following keyword:
 NO DUPLICATE
 UNIQUE
 DISTINCT
 None of the above
15. How much character are allowed to create database name?
 55
 72
 64
 40
16. In a SELECT query with a GROUP BY clause, a WHERE clause, and a HAVING clause, the
WHERE conditions are applied before the HAVING conditions.
 True
 False
 Either True or False
 None of the above
17. Which command returns current version on MySQL?
 SELECT MySQLVERSION();
 SELECT VERSION(“MySQL”);
 SELECT VERSION();
 All the above
18. Which clause is used to sort the result of SELECT statement?
 SORT BY
 ORDER BY
 ARRENGE BY
 None of the above
19. Which data types are treaded as arrays
 Integer
 Float
 String
 Booleans
20. In order to add a new column to an existing table in SQL, we can use the command
 MODIFY TABLE
 EDIT TABLE
 ALTER TABLE
 ALTER COLUMNS
21. Which of the following ways below are the correct way to get the current date?
 SELECT CURTIME();
 SELECT CURDATE();
 SELECT CURRRENT_TIME()
 All of the above.
22. Which of the following is used to delete an entire MYSQL database?
 mysql_drop_database
 mysql_drop_entiredb
 mysql_drop_db
 mysql_drop_dbase
23. In a LIKE clause, you can ask for any 6 letter value by writing:
 LIKE??????
 LIKE .{6}
 LIKE ^.{6}$
 LIKE ______ (that’s six underscore characters)
24. Which of these is a valid call to a function (watch the spaces carefully!)
 CONCAT( A , B )
 CONCAT( “A” , “B” )
 CONCAT ( “A” + “B” )
 CONCAT (A, B)
25. Which of these commands will delete a table called TEST if you have appropriate authority:
 DROP TEST
 DELETE TEST WHERE confirm = “YES”
 DROP TEST WHERE confirm = “YES”
 DROP TABLE TEST