W3school SQL Quiz
W3school SQL Quiz
====================================== 1v
1. What does SQL stand for?
You answered:
Structured Query Language
Correct Answer!
====================================== 2v
2. Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database?
You answered:
SELECT
Correct Answer!
====================================== 3v
3. Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database?
You answered:
UPDATE
Correct Answer!
======================================4v
4. Which SQL statement is used to delete data from a database?
You answered:
DELETE
Correct Answer!
====================================== 5v
5. Which SQL statement is used to insert new data in a database?
You answered:
INSERT INTO
Correct Answer!
====================================== 6v
6. With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a table named "Persons"?
You answered:
SELECT FirstName FROM Persons
Correct Answer!
====================================== 7v
7. With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named "Persons"?
You answered:
SELECT * FROM Persons
Correct Answer!
====================================== 8v
8. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the
column "FirstName" is "Peter"?
You answered:
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'
Correct Answer!
====================================== 9v
9. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the
column "FirstName" starts with an "a"?
You answered:
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%'
Correct Answer!
====================================== 10v
10. The OR operator displays a record if ANY conditions listed are true. The AND operator displays a
record if ALL of the conditions listed are true
You answered:
True
Correct Answer!
======================================11v
11. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "FirstName" is
"Peter" and the "LastName" is "Jackson"?
You answered:
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' AND LastName='Jackson'
Correct Answer!
====================================== 12v
12. With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "LastName" is
alphabetically between (and including) "Hansen" and "Pettersen"?
You answered:
SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen'
Correct Answer!
====================================== 13v
13. Which SQL statement is used to return only different values?
You answered:
SELECT DISTINCT
Correct Answer!
====================================== 14v
14. Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set?
You answered:
ORDER BY
Correct Answer!
====================================== 15v
15. With SQL, how can you return all the records from a table named "Persons" sorted descending by
"FirstName"?
You answered:
SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY FirstName DESC
Correct Answer!
====================================== 16v
16. With SQL, how can you insert a new record into the "Persons" table?
You answered:
INSERT INTO Persons VALUES ('Jimmy', 'Jackson')
Correct Answer!
======================================17v
17. With SQL, how can you insert "Olsen" as the "LastName" in the "Persons" table?
You answered:
INSERT INTO Persons (LastName) VALUES ('Olsen')
Correct Answer!
======================================18v
18. How can you change "Hansen" into "Nilsen" in the "LastName" column in the Persons table?
You answered:
UPDATE Persons SET LastName='Nilsen' WHERE LastName='Hansen'
Correct Answer!
======================================19v
19. With SQL, how can you delete the records where the "FirstName" is "Peter" in the Persons Table?
You answered:
DELETE FROM Persons WHERE FirstName = 'Peter'
Correct Answer!
====================================== 20v
20. With SQL, how can you return the number of records in the "Persons" table?
You answered:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Persons
Correct Answer!