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Chapter 7 Test Bank
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1. Most server-side scripting languages, including ASP.NET, allow you to create Web pages that can read and
write data to and from databases.
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2. Essentially, any information that can be organized into ordered sets of data, then quickly retrieved, can be
considered a database.
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3. Each row in a database table is called a field.
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4. To summarize, you can think of databases as consisting of tables, which consist of fields, which consist of
records.
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5. With large and complex collections of information, flat-file databases can become unwieldy.
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6. A primary key is a type of index, which identifies records in a database to make retrievals and sorting faster.
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7. To create a many-to-many relationship, you must use a join table.
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8. An application or collection of applications used to access and manage a database is called a database
management system.
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9. Many database management systems use a structural definition language (SDL) for creating databases, tables,
fields, and other components of a database.
____ 10. SQL statements are composed of keywords that perform actions on a database.
____ 11. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express is a graphic tool for manipulating SQL Server databases.
____ 12. The most important tool in the SQL Server Management Studio is the New Data window, which you can use
to execute SQL commands.
____ 13. To successfully execute SQL commands, you must first understand how to write them manually.
____ 14. The query windows in SQL Server Management Studio Express are where most of the action occurs when
you create or manipulate databases in SQL Server.
____ 15. To execute the SQL commands in a query window, you select Run from the Query menu.
____ 16. To delete a database, you execute the DELETE DATABASE statement, which removes all tables from the
database and deletes the database itself.
____ 17. The fields in a table store data according to size.
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____ 18. To work with a database in a query window, you must first select it by executing the USE database
statement.
____ 19. Text values must be enclosed within double quotations.
____ 20. The values you enter in the VALUES list must be in the same order in which you defined the table fields.
____ 21. You should specify NULL in any fields for which you do not have a value.
____ 22. In most cases, you will probably add records to a database with the BULK INSERT statement.
____ 23. You use the ? wildcard with the SELECT statement to retrieve all fields from a table.
____ 24. The criteria portion of the SELECT statement determines which fields to retrieve from a table.
____ 25. When you use the DELETE statement, it only deletes the first record that matches the condition.
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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 26. A ____ is an ordered collection of information from which a computer program can quickly access
information.
a. file
c. data network
b. datahouse
d. database
____ 27. A(n) ____ in a database is a single complete set of related information.
a. field
c. column
b. record
d. attribute
____ 28. ____ are the individual categories of information stored in a record.
a. Rows
c. Fields
b. Entities
d. Tables
____ 29. A(n) ____ database stores information in a single table.
a. relational
c. proprietary
b. flat-file
d. indexed-file
____ 30. A ____ database stores information across multiple related tables.
a. relational
c. non-relational
b. flat
d. semi-relational
____ 31. A ____ is the main table in a relationship that is referenced by another table.
a. secondary table
c. federated table
b. foreign table
d. primary table
____ 32. A(n) ____ references a primary table in a relational database.
a. under table
c. related table
b. infant table
d. minor table
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____ 33. A ____ is a field that contains a unique identifier for each record in a primary table.
a. primary key
c. primary field
b. secondary key
d. primitive key
____ 34. A ____ is a field in a related table that refers to the primary key in a primary table.
a. primary key
c. secondary key
b. foreign key
d. federated key
____ 35. A ____ relationship exists between two tables when a related table contains exactly one record for each record
in the primary table.
a. one-to-many
c. many-to-many
b. many-to-one
d. one-to-one
____ 36. A ____ creates a one-to-many relationship for each of the two tables in a many-to-many relationship.
a. junction table
c. composite table
b. joint table
d. link table
____ 37. A(n) ____ is a structured set of instructions and criteria for retrieving, adding, modifying, and deleting
database information.
a. inquiry
c. query
b. question
d. interjection
____ 38. ____ identifiers must begin with a letter, underscore (_), number sign (#), or at sign (@), and subsequent
characters are restricted to letters, numbers, underscores, number signs, or at signs.
a. Standard
c. Special
b. Regular
d. Proprietary
____ 39. To use delimited identifiers in SQL statements, you must contain them within ____.
a. "" or \\
c. "" or {}
b. ‘’ or []
d. "" or []
____ 40. The term ____ refers to a single installation of SQL Server.
a. case
c. instance
b. subject
d. instantiation
____ 41. You use the ____ statement to create a new database.
a. CREATE NEW DATABASE
c. NEW DATABASE
b. CREATE DATABASE
d. DATABASE CREATE
____ 42. The syntax for the CREATE TABLE statement is as follows: ____.
a. INSERT TABLE table_name (column_name TYPE, ...);
b. NEW TABLE table_name (column_name TYPE, ...);
c. ALTER DATABASE NEW TABLE table_name (column_name TYPE, ...);
d. CREATE TABLE table_name (column_name TYPE, ...);
____ 43. You add individual records to a table with the ____ statement.
a. INSERT
c. UPDATE
b. SELECT
d. CREATE
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____ 44. The syntax for the BULK INSERT statement is as follows: ____.
a. BULK INSERT TABLE table_name FROM 'filepath';
b. BULK INSERT INTO table_name FROM 'filepath';
c. BULK INSERT table_name FROM 'filepath';
d. BULK INSERT table_name FROM FILE 'filepath';
____ 45. The basic syntax for a SELECT statement is as follows: ____.
a. SELECT criteria FROM table_name;
b. SELECT criteria FROM TABLE table_name;
c. SELECT CRITERIA criteria FROM table_name;
d. SELECT criteria OUT OF table_name;
____ 46. You use the ____ keyword with the SELECT statement to perform an alphanumeric sort of the results
returned from a query.
a. INTO
c. WHERE
b. ORDER BY
d. WHEN
____ 47. To perform a reverse sort, add the ____ keyword after the name of the field by which you want to perform the
sort.
a. ASC
c. INVERSE
b. REVERSE
d. DESC
____ 48. You can specify which records to return by using the ____ keyword.
a. WHERE
c. IDENTIFY
b. WHICH
d. SPECIFY
____ 49. The ____ keyword specifies the name of the table to update in the records that match the condition in the
WHERE keyword.
a. SELECT
c. UPDATE
b. INSERT
d. SET
____ 50. The ____ keyword specifies the value to assign to the fields in the records that match the condition in the
WHERE keyword.
a. PUT
c. AS
b. SET
d. FILE
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