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MySQL Basics Practice Test: Basic MySQL Use
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Quiz questions on basic database terminology, MySQL setup,  and Interacting with MySQL. MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that allows users to create, manage, and retrieve data in tables. It uses structured query language (SQL) to store data in tables that map to objects. Each table has a schema that defines what columns each row will have. Developers can store and retrieve many data types, including text, numbers, dates, times, and even JSON.  MySQL is used in a variety of applications, including small-scale projects, large-scale websites, and... Show more
MySQL Basics Practice Test: Basic MySQL Use
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1. The NULL value also means ___________
2. The special database that always exists after setting up MySQL in a computer is __________
3. To see the table structure, which of the following SQL commands is issued?
4. The MySQL server used in its client/server architecture is _______________
5. Which type of database management system is MySQL?
6. What represents an ‘attribute’ in a relational database?
7. The clause that enables mapping a short command to a long command is __________
8. What is ‘tamp’ in the following MySQL command?
mysql -h xyz.host.try.net -p -u tamp
9. Identify the table name in the following SQL statement.
INSERT INTO student VALUES('Kyle','M',NULL);
10. In MySQL databases, the structure representing the organizational views of the entire databases is ____________
11. What does Control-_ do in MySQL input editor?
12. What is the host name in the following MySQL command?
mysql -h cobra.snake.net -p -u sampadam
13. MySQL can be used to execute script files.
14. Which of the following clauses is used to display information that match a given pattern?
15. What represents a ‘tuple’ in a relational database?
16. Which is the MySQL instance responsible for data processing?
17. What does ‘abc’ & ‘xyz’ specify in the following SQL statement?
CREATE TABLE abc (xyz);
18. Suppose you want to select a database named ‘sampledb’ as the default database. Which of the following commands do you use?
19. Which of the following options tells mysql to ask for entering the password?
20. Which option prints output in table-format when MySQL is run interactively?
21. The connection parameters for setting up MySQL can be stored in an option file to save typing the names every time a connection is established.
22. To execute the contents of a query file ‘exec.sql’ by feeding it to mysql, which command is used?
23. How is communication established with MySQL?
24. In UNIX, the name of the option file is __________
25. The query ‘SELECT NOW()’ shows the current _____________

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