Understanding Programmatic Oracle Structures: Intermediate-Level Quiz

Programmatic Oracle Structures Quiz

The purpose of this quiz is to test your knowledge in key areas related to programmatic structures within Oracle. This includes your ability to write and optimize PL/SQL code, create triggers, and utilize advanced data types. Let's get started!

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What is SQL * FORMS?

SQL * FORMS is a reporting tool

SQL * FORMS is a 4GL tool for developing and executing Oracle based interactive based application

SQL * FORMS is a 3GL tool for connecting to a Database

None of the above

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Which of the following is not a restriction for a table to be a relation?

The cells of the table must contain a single value

The columns must be ordered

All of the entries in any column must be of the same kind

No two rows in a table may be identical

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Which prefixes are available to Oracle triggers?

Neither :new nor :old

:new only

:old only

Both :new and :old

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Errors that are encountered during the execution of the program are referred to as ____ in PL/SQL.

EXCEPTION

PROCEDURE

CURSOR

FUNCTION

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The system variable that records the select statement that SQL * FORMS most recently used to populate a block is __________

SYSTEM.LAST_RECORD

SYSTEM.LAST_QUERY

SYSTEM.CURSOR_RECORD

SYSTEM.CURSOR_FIELD

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PL/SQL Procedure consists of _____.

Body and Footer

Header and Body

Header and Footer

None of the above

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What does DLL stand for?

Dynamic Load Library

Dynamic Language Library

Dynamic Link Library

None of the Mentioned

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Which portion is optional in IF statements?

ELSE

THEN

All of the above

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What is the result of the following ‘PAN’NULL’KAJ’?

NULL

Error

PAN KAJ

PANKAJ

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Oracle creates ____ when SQL statements are processed.

Context Areas

Content Ids

Context Ids

Content Areas

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PL/SQL function must contain a _____.

Follow Statement

Return Statement

NULL Statement

GOTO Statement

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Which function is used to remove the PL/SQL function?

ERASE FUNCTION

REMOVE FUNCTION

DROP FUNCTION

DELETE FUNCTION

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In Oracle, which of the following package procedure is UNRESTRICTED?

USER_EXIT

CALL_INPUT

CLEAR_BLOCK

EXECUTE_QUERY

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Which of the following statement is false?

Error number is ranging from 20000 to 20999 are reserved for user defined messages

Oracle checks Uniqueness of User defined errors

Any procedure can raise a error and return an user message and error number

Raise_Application_error is used for raising an user defined error

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POST-BLOCK trigger is also a?

Transaction Trigger

Navigational Trigger

Key Trigger

All of the Mentioned

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Triggers are very difficult to view which makes the debugging also difficult. True or False?

True

False

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How many types of PL/SQL Cursor are there?

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A trigger can be created within a cursor. True or False?

True

False

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By using PL/SQL ____, you can repeatedly execute one or more statements over and over again.

Cursor

Variables

Case

Loops

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Which of the following is true concerning triggers?

They have an event, condition, and action

They cannot cascade (cause another trigger to fire)

They execute against only some applications that access a database

You do not create them with SQL

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Programmatic Oracle structures focuses on Oracle’s procedural programming capabilities. This includes PL/SQL blocks, packages, procedures, functions, and triggers.

It also covers how these structures encapsulate logic, handle exceptions, and interact with database objects efficiently.

This quiz is designed for those developing complex applications in Oracle environments, aiming to enhance performance and maintainability.

All the best!