Question Bank For DBMS

Class - SYCS
Sr.No. Question a b c d Correct_ans points
Which sections are required in Generic PL/SQL
1 BEGIN , END DECLARE, BEGIN DECLARE, EXCEPTION BEGIN, EXCEPTION BEGIN , END
Block? 1
What is the maximum number of ELSE clauses
2 that can be included in an IF clause that is not Any Number
nested? 0 1 2 1 1
The __________ attribute is used to declare
3 variables based on definitions of columns in a
table. %Type %Float % Integer %Null %Type 1
4 VARCHAR1 VARCHAR2 CHAR NUMBER VARCHAR1
____________ is not a valid PL/SQL data type. 1
A ________ trigger is fired each time a row in
5 Column After
table is affected by triggering statement. Before Row Row 1

6 PL/SQL is a completely portable,____________ Low-performance High-performance Null-performance Stable-performance High-performance

transaction processing language. 1
A __________ is a numeric value or a character
7 Literal Unary Numeric Binary
string used to represent itself. Literal 1

8 The lock manager maintains a structure known as

_____________ to detect deadlock cycles. precedence graph serializable graph serial graph waits-for-graph waits-for-graph 1
The ________ operator is used to assign a value
9 = := == :=@ :=
to a variable. 1
The effect of a Transaction should persists even if
the system crashes before all its changes are
10
reflected on disk. This property refers to
__________ . Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability Durability 1
To make the changes permanent a
11 _____________ statement has to be given at the Commit Commit
SQL prompt. Savepoint Rollback Savepoint or Rollback 1
A transaction is ___________ if it is view
12
quivalent to some serial schedule. conflict serializable view serializable conflict equivalent serializable view serializable 1
The ___________ contains one entry for each
13
dirty page in the buffer pool. Dirty Page Table Transaction table Checkpoint Table State Table Dirty Page Table 1
A _____________ trigger is fired each time a row
14 in the table is affected by the triggering
statement. row before statement after row 1
15
______________ is a run time error in program. Exception Error Compilation Excecution Exception 1
A ___________ is a special kind of a store
procedure that executes on the table with certain
16
actions like insertion, deletion or updation of
data. procedure trigger function package trigger 1
A strict 2PL protocol allows only
17
_________________ schedule. conflict serializable view serializable conflict equivalent view equivalent conflict serializable 1
A _________ marks a sequence of statements
18 Goto
that has to be repeated. for loop loop while loop loop 1
Which control structure executes a sequence of
19 satements repeatedly as long as a condition holds Conditional Control Iterative Control Sequential Control Transaction Control Iterative Control
true? 1

20 The __________ is the LSN of the first log record

that caused the page to become dirty. undoNextLSN prevLSN recLSN lastLSN recLSN 1
The __________ is the LSN of the most recent log
21
record for the Transaction. undoNextLSN prevLSN recLSN lastLSN lastLSN 1

22 Either all actions of a transaction are carried out

or none are refers to the property __________. Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability Atomicity 1
The most recent portion of the log is called as
23
__________. log tail log part LSN prevLSN log tail 1
The ________ statement changes the flow of
24 GoTo For
control within a PL/SQL block. Jump If-else GoTo 1
25 PL/SQL is ______________ of SQL. Subset Union Set Superset Proc Set Superset 1