1. Which of the following are valid identifiers? (Choose two.

) for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

Mark

Full Name

students_street_address (*)

v_code (*)

#hours

completion_%

Correct

Correct

2. Which of the following are PL/SQL lexical units? (Choose two.) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

Identifiers (*)

Table Columns

Reserved Words (*)

Anonymous Blocks

SQL Workshop

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

3. Which statements about lexical units are true? (Choose two.) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

They are named objects stored in the database

They are the building blocks of every PL/SQL program (*)

They are optional but can make a PL/SQL block execute faster

They are sequences of characters including letters, digits, tabs, returns and symbols (*)

Correct

Correct

4. Which of the following statements about PL/SQL and SQL is true? Mark for Review (1) Points

PL/SQL and SQL are both ANSI-compliant.

PL/SQL and SQL can be used with many types of databases, including Oracle.

PL/SQL and SQL are both Oracle proprietary programming languages.

PL/SQL allows basic program logic and control flow to be combined with SQL statements. (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 1.

5. SQL is a common access language for many types of databases, including Oracle. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

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6. The P in PL/SQL stands for: Mark for Review (1) Points

Processing

Procedural (*)

Primary

Proprietary

Correct

Correct

7. When a variable is defined using the CONSTANT keyword, the value of the variable cannot change. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

Correct

8. Variables can be assigned a value in both the Executable and Declaration sections of a PL/SQL program. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True (*)

False

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

9. Assignment statements can continue over several lines in PL/SQL. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

Correct

10. Variables can be used in the following ways in a PL/SQL block. (Choose two.) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

To store data values. (*)

To rename tables and columns.

To refer to a single data value several times. (*)

To comment code.

Incorrect Incorrect. Refer to Section 2. 11. Is the following variable declaration correct or not ? DECLARE display_qty CONSTANT NUMBER; Mark for Review (1) Points

Correct.

Not correct. (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

12. There are no employees in Department 77. What will happen when the following block is executed? BEGIN DELETE FROM employees WHERE department_id=77; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQL%ROWCOUNT) END; Mark for Review (1) Points

A NO_DATA_FOUND exception is raised.

A NULL is displayed.

A zero (0) is displayed. (*)

An exception is raised because the block does not contain a COMMIT statement.

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3.

13. You declare an implicit cursor in the DECLARE section of a PL/SQL block. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True

False (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3.

14. Assume there are 5 employees in Department 10. What happens when the following statement is executed? UPDATE employees SET salary=salary*1.1; Mark for Review (1) Points

All employees get a 10% salary increase. (*)

No rows are modified because you did not specify "WHERE department_id=10"

A TOO_MANY_ROWS exception is raised.

An error message is displayed because you must use the INTO clause to hold the new salary.

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3.

15. a variable? (1) Points

Which of the following should NOT be used as the name of Mark for Review

A table name.

A table column name. (*)

The database name.

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

16. Which of the following declarations is invalid? (1) Points

Mark for Review

v_count PLS_INTEGER:=0;

college_name VARCHAR2(20):='Harvard';

v_pages CONSTANT NUMBER; (*)

v_start_date DATE := sysdate+1;

Correct

Correct

17. 2. False 3. True 4. 0

1. Null

Which of the above can be assigned to a Boolean variable? Mark for Review (1) Points

2 and 3

2, 3 and 4

1, 2 and 3 (*)

1, 2, 3 and 4

Correct

Correct

18. executed?

What will be displayed when the following code is

DECLARE varA NUMBER := 12; BEGIN DECLARE varB NUMBER := 8; BEGIN varA := varA + varB; END; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(varB); END; Mark for Review (1) Points

12

Nothing, the block will fail with an error (*)

20

VarB

Correct

Correct

19. When an exception occurs within a PL/SQL block, the remaining statements in the executable section of the block are skipped. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True (*)

False

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

20. When nested blocks are used, which blocks can or must be labeled? Mark for Review (1) Points

The inner block must be labeled, the outer block can be labeled.

Both blocks must be labeled

Nested blocks cannot be labeled

The outer block must be labeled if it is to be referred to in the inner block. (*)

Incorrect Incorrect. Refer to Section 2. Examine the following code. Line A causes an exception. What will be displayed when the block is executed? DECLARE var_a NUMBER := 6; var_b DATE; BEGIN var_a := var_a * 2; var_b := '28 December 2006'; -- Line A var_a := var_a * 2; EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(var_a); END; Mark for Review (1) Points

12 (*)

24

Nothing will be displayed

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

22. An exception occurs within the inner block of two nested blocks. The inner block does not have an EXCEPTION section. What always happens? Mark for Review (1) Points

Both blocks fail and an error message is displayed by the calling environment

The exception is propagated to the outer block (*)

Oracle automatically tries to re-execute the inner block

The user's database session is automatically disconnected

Correct

Correct

23. A movie is an example of which category of data type? Mark for Review (1) Points

Scalar

Composite

Reference

LOB (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

24. Which of these are PL/SQL data types? (Choose three.) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

Scalar (*)

Identifier

Delimiter

Composite (*)

LOB (*)

Correct

Correct

25. Which statement most closely describes "data type"? Mark for Review (1) Points

It is the value of a variable.

It specifies a storage format, constraints, and a valid range of values for a variable. (*)

It allows different kinds of data to be stored in a single variable.

It is used to test if errors have occurred.

Incorrect Incorrect. Refer to Section 2. 26. Which of the following are disadvantages of implicit data type conversions? (Choose two.) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

The code is harder to read and understand (*)

You cannot store alphabetic characters in a variable of data type NUMBER

If Oracle changes the conversion rules in the future, your code may not work any more (*)

Oracle cannot implicitly convert a number value to a character string

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

27. (Choose two.) (1) Points

Which of the following are valid assignment statements? Mark for Review

(Choose all correct answers)

v_string = 'Hello';

v_string := Hello;

v_number := 17 + 34; (*)

v_string := 'Hello'; (*)

v_date := 28-DEC-06;

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

28. The DECODE function is available in PL/SQL procedural statements. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True

False (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

29. The implicit data type conversion at Point A may not work correctly. Why not? DECLARE v_mydate DATE; BEGIN V_MYDATE := '29-Feb-04'; -- Point A END; Mark for Review (1) Points

There are only 28 days in February

Oracle cannot implicitly convert a character string to a date, even if the string contains a valid date value

If the database language is not English, 'Feb' has no meaning. (*)

V_MYDATE has been entered in uppercase

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

30. PL/SQL can convert a VARCHAR2 value containing alphabetic characters to a NUMBER value. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True

False (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

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31.

Examine the following code. What is the final value of V_MYBOOL ?

DECLARE v_mynumber NUMBER; v_mybool BOOLEAN ; BEGIN v_mynumber := 6; v_mybool := (v_mynumber BETWEEN 10 AND 20); v_mybool := NOT (v_mybool); END; Mark for Review (1) Points

True (*)

False

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

32. executed?

What is the output when the following program is

set serveroutput on DECLARE a VARCHAR2(10) := '333'; b VARCHAR2(10) := '444'; c PLS_INTEGER; d VARCHAR2(10); BEGIN c := TO_NUMBER(a) + TO_NUMBER(b); d := a || b; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(c); DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(d); END; Mark for Review (1) Points

Nothing. The code will result in an error.

c=777 and d=333444 (*)

c=777 and d=777

c=333444 and d=777

Correct

Correct

33. TO_NUMBER, TO_CHAR, and TO_DATE are all examples of: Mark for Review (1) Points

Implicit conversion functions

Explicit conversion functions (*)

Character functions

Operators

Correct

Correct

34. If today's date is 14th June 2007, which statement will correctly convert today's date to the value: June 14, 2007 ? Mark for Review (1) Points

TO_CHAR(sysdate)

TO_DATE(sysdate)

TO_DATE(sysdate,'Month DD, YYYY')

TO_CHAR(sysdate, 'Month DD, YYYY') (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2.

35. 1 2 3 4 5 DECLARE x NUMBER; BEGIN x:= '300'; END;

Examine the following code:

After line 4, what is the value of x? Mark for Review (1) Points

'300'

300 (*)

NULL

Correct

Correct

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How many DML statements can be included in a single transaction? Mark for Review (1) Points

Only one

None. A transaction cannot include DML statements.

A maximum of four DML statements

As many as needed (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3.

37.

The following anonymous block of code is run:

BEGIN INSERT INTO countries (id, name) VALUES ('XA', 'Xanadu'); INSERT INTO countries (id, name) VALUES ('NV','Neverland'); COMMIT; COMMIT; ROLLBACK; END; What happens when the block of code finishes? Mark for Review (1) Points

You have nothing new; the last ROLLBACK undid the INSERTs.

You have the rows added twice; there are four new rows.

You have the two new rows added. (*)

You get an error; you cannot COMMIT twice in a row.

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3.

38. Which of the following is NOT a good guideline for retrieving data in PL/SQL? Mark for Review (1) Points

Declare the receiving variables using %TYPE

The WHERE clause is optional in nearly all cases. (*)

Specify the same number of variables in the INTO clause as database columns in the SELECT clause.

THE SELECT statement should fetch exactly one row.

Correct

Correct

39. Which rows will be deleted from the EMPLOYEES table when the following code is executed? DECLARE salary employees.salary%TYPE := 12000; BEGIN DELETE FROM employees WHERE salary > salary; END; Mark for Review (1) Points

All rows whose SALARY column value is greater than 12000.

All rows in the table.

No rows. (*)

All rows whose SALARY column value is equal to 12000.

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3.

40. Which one of these SQL statements can be directly included in a PL/SQL executable block? Mark for Review (1) Points

SELECT last_name FROM employees WHERE employee_id=100;

DESCRIBE employees;

UPDATE employees SET last_name='Smith'; (*)

DROP TABLE employees;

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3. 41. Given this first section of code:

DECLARE v_result employees.salary%TYPE; BEGIN Which statement will always return exactly one value? Mark for Review (1) Points

SELECT salary INTO v_result FROM employees;

SELECT salary INTO v_result FROM employees WHERE last_name ='Smith';

SELECT salary INTO v_result FROM employees WHERE department_id = 80;

SELECT SUM(salary) INTO v_result FROM employees; (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3.

42.

A variable is declared as:

DECLARE v_holdit employees.last_name%TYPE; BEGIN ... Which of the following is a correct use of the INTO clause? Mark for Review (1) Points

SELECT *

INTO v_holdit FROM employees;

SELECT last_name INTO v_holdit FROM employees;

SELECT last_name INTO v_holdit FROM employees WHERE employee_id=100; (*)

SELECT salary INTO v_holdit FROM employees WHERE employee_id=100;

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3.

43. Errors are handled in the Exception part of the PL/SQL block. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

Correct

44. In which part of the PL/SQL block are declarations of variables defined? Mark for Review (1) Points

Executable

Exception

Declarative (*)

Definition

Correct

Correct

45. code?

What kind of block is defined by the following PL/SQL

BEGIN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('My first quiz'); END; Mark for Review (1) Points

procedure

subroutine

function

anonymous (*)

Incorrect

Incorrect. Refer to Section 1.

46. Every PL/SQL anonymous block must start with the keyword DECLARE. True or False? Mark for Review (1) Points

True

False (*)

Correct

Correct

47. PL/SQL block? (1) Points

What is the purpose of using DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE in a Mark for Review

To perform conditional tests

To allow a set of statements to be executed repeatedly

To display results to check if our code is working correctly (*)

To store new rows in the database

Correct

Correct

48. Which statements are optional in a PL/SQL block? (Choose two.) Mark for Review (1) Points (Choose all correct answers)

DECLARE (*)

BEGIN

EXCEPTION (*)

END;

Correct

Correct

49. for Review (1) Points

Which PL/SQL block type must return a value?

Mark

Anonymous

Function (*)

Procedure

Correct

Correct

50. Which of the following tools can NOT be used to develop and test PL/SQL code? Mark for Review (1) Points

Oracle Jdeveloper

Oracle Application Express

Oracle JSQL (*)

Oracle iSQL*Plus

Correct

Correct