Database Questions and Answers – Relational Database and Database Schema

This set of Database Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Relational Database and Database Schema”.

1. A relational database consists of a collection of
a) Tables
b) Fields
c) Records
d) Keys
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2. A ________ in a table represents a relationship among a set of values.
a) Column
b) Key
c) Row
d) Entry
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3. The term _______ is used to refer to a row.
a) Attribute
b) Tuple
c) Field
d) Instance
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4. The term attribute refers to a ___________ of a table.
a) Record
b) Column
c) Tuple
d) Key
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5. For each attribute of a relation, there is a set of permitted values, called the ________ of that attribute.
a) Domain
b) Relation
c) Set
d) Schema
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6. Database __________ which is the logical design of the database, and the database _______ which is a snapshot of the data in the database at a given instant in time.
a) Instance, Schema
b) Relation, Schema
c) Relation, Domain
d) Schema, Instance
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7. Course(course_id,sec_id,semester)
Here the course_id,sec_id and semester are __________ and course is a _________
a) Relations, Attribute
b) Attributes, Relation
c) Tuple, Relation
d) Tuple, Attributes
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8. Department (dept name, building, budget) and Employee (employee_id, name, dept name, salary)
Here the dept_name attribute appears in both the relations. Here using common attributes in relation schema is one way of relating ___________ relations.
a) Attributes of common
b) Tuple of common
c) Tuple of distinct
d) Attributes of distinct
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9. A domain is atomic if elements of the domain are considered to be ____________ units.
a) Different
b) Indivisbile
c) Constant
d) Divisible
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10. The tuples of the relations can be of ________ order.
a) Any
b) Same
c) Sorted
d) Constant
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