1. Pl/SQL LANGUAGE MULITPLE CHOICE QUESTION SET-3

2. 1. PL/SQL stands for --------.
Procedural language
Procedural Language extension of SQL
Programming language extension of SQL
None of these

3. 2. The declaration section of PL/SQL block is start with reserved keyword -------.
DECLARE
NEW
CLASS
BLOCK

4. 3. DDL stands for ------. Data decomposition language
Data definition language
Data declaration language
Domain definition language

5. 4. Which of the following statement is correct about PL/SQL.
It consists block of codes
consists of procedural language constructs
PL/SQL handles errors or exceptions effectively
All are true

6. 5. We can declare data type of a field -----
n the same way as you declare the fields while creating the table
col_name table_name.column_name%type;
We can use both A and B
None of these

7. 6. ------ is a SYSTEM.EFFECTIVE.DATE variable.
Read only
Write only
Both read and write only
None of the mentioned

8. 7. The IN operator tests ---------.
whether a value lies in a specified range
set membership
compares a character, string, or CLOB
None of these

9. 8. PL/SQL loop can be labeled by ------
Single angle brackets
Double angle brackets
Curly brackets
Round brackets

10. 9. What command can we type to call a report from FORM.
Run_Product built_in
Call_Product_Default
Run_Product_Default
None of these

11. Collection of system libraries
10. A subprogram is a
Few lines program
A child of a program
Collection of system libraries
None of these

12. 11. It you want to restrict a procedure you’ll use ------property.
GET_BLOCK
RESTRICT_BLOCK
STOP_BLOCK
END_BLOCK

13. 12. A library file is save with ----- extension.
.pl
.sql
.plsql
.pll

14. 13. ASCII(x); function returns --------.
Character with the ASCII value of x
ASCII value of the character x
Convert the ASCII character into binary
Converts the binary character into ASCII

15. 14. INITCAP(x); function --------.
Convert the initial letter of string to upper case and return true
Convert the initial letter of each word to upper case and return true
Convert the initial letter of each word to upper case and return string
Convert the initial letter of each word to upper case and return array

16. 15. INSTR() find a string and return its position and has ----- number of parameters.2 3 4 5

17. 16. INSTRB(x); return the location of string in ------.
Binary
Boolean
Bytes
None of these

18. 17. TO find the number of character in a string ------function will be helpful.
LENGTHB();
LENGTH();
SIZE();
STRCHAR();

19. 18. PL/SQL programming language provides a data structure called the ------.
ARRAY
VARRAY
STACK
POINTER

20. 19. The basic syntax for creating a varray is --------.
CREATE TYPE varray_type_name IS VARRAY(n) of <element_type >
REPLACE TYPE varray_type_name IS VARRAY(n) of <element_type >
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE varray_type_name IS VARRAY(n) of <element_type >
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE varray_type_name IS VARRAY(n)

21. 20. A subprogram created inside a package is -------.
packaged subprogram
standalone subprogram
Procedure
Function

22. 21. ------ keyword is used to create a standalone procedure.IN
Can be anyone of them

23. 22. Standalone procedure can be called -------.
Using the execute keyword
Calling the name of the procedure from a PL/SQL block
Using the run keyword
Both A and B

24. 23. The OUT parameter in a subprogram is passed by -------.
Value
Reference
Object
None of these

25. 24. Actual parameters could be passed by -----.
Positional notation
Named notation
Mixed notation
All of these

26. Object passing notation
25. the following declaration represent which notation of parameter passing. findMin(x=>a, y=>b, z=>c, m=>d);
Positional notation
Named notation
Mixed notation
Object passing notation

27. 26. Which of the following call is illegal.
findMin(a, b, c, m=>d);
findMin(x=>a, b, c, d);
findMin(a, b, c, d);
All are legal

28. 27. Oracle creates a memory area, known as ------, for processing an SQL statement
Execution area
Block area
Code area
Context area

29. 28. A ------ is a pointer to context area.
Cursor
Array
Memory
Block

30. 29. A cursor that is automatically created by Oracle whenever an SQL statement is executed is called as
Implicit cursor
Explicit cursor
Random cursor
Allocated cursor

31. 30. %FOUND attribute of a cursor returns ------.
Returns TRUE if an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement affected one or more rows
Return true if a SELECT INTO statement returned one or more rows
Both A and B
Always return FALSE

32. Always return true because ORACLE never close sql cursor
31. %ISOPEN
Always returns false
Always return true because ORACLE never close sql cursor
Open implicit cursor
Both A and B

33. 32. The syntax for creating an explicit cursor is ---------.
CURSOR cursor_name IS select_statement;
CURSOR cursor_name IS update_statement;
cursor_name IS select_statement;
CURSOR cursor_name select_statement;

34. 33. Write the query for fetching the cursor involving access one row at a time.
SEELCT x_customers INTO x_id, x_name, x_address;
FETCH x_customers , x_id, x_name, x_address;
FETCH x_customers INTO x_id, x_name, x_address;
None of the these is correct

35. 34. PL/SQL can handle the ------ records.
Table-based
Cursor based
User defined
All of these

36. 35. The %ROWTYPE attribute creates the -------.
Table based records
Cursor based records
User defined records
Both A and B

37. 36. How many types of exception are there in PL/SQL.2 3 4 5

38. 37. RAISE command is used to -------.
Handle a exception
Create an exception
To remove a exception
To do all of above

39. 38. Syntax for defining a exception is ------.
DECLARE
my-exception;
DECLARE
my-exception EXCEPTION;
DECLARE
user-Defined EXCEPTION;
None of these

40. 39. ACCESS_INTO_NULL generates ------ oracle error.
06592
06531
00001
06530

41. 40. INVALID_NUMBER exception raised when ---------.
 attempts are made to make a cursor operation that is not allowed
the conversion of a character string into a number fails 
when s program attempts to log on to the database with an invalid username
It is raised when a SELECT INTO statement returns no rows

42. 41. What exception raised when a database call is issued without being connected to the database.
NOT_LOGGED_ON
LOGIN_DENIED
NO_DATA_FOUND
PROGRAM_ERROR

43. 42. What exception occurs when PL/SQL ran out of memory or memory was corrupted.
STORAGE_ERROR
LOW_MEMORY
RUNOUT_MEMORY
CORRUPT_MEMORY

44. 43. What oracle error TOO_MANY_ROWS generates .
06500
06502
30625
01422

45. 44. -------- are stored programs, which are automatically executed or fired when some events occur.
Cursors
Triggers
Procedures
Packages

46. 45. Identify the false statement about triggers.
They Enforce referential integrity
Generating some derived column values automatically
Allows invalid transactions also
Synchronous replication of tables

47. 46. A package consist of -----
Package specification
Package body
Package declaration
Both A and B

48. 47. A ------ is an ordered group of elements having the same data type.
Package
Library
procedure
Collection

49. 48. PL/SQL provide ------ type of collection.2 3 4 5

50. 49. An ---------- (also called an associative array) is a set of key-value pairs.
Nested table
Index-by tables
Variable size array
varray

51. 50. Syntax for nested table is -----.
TYPE type_name IS TABLE OF element_type [NOT NULL]; table_name type_name;
TYPE type_name IS TABLE OF element_type [NOT NULL];
TYPE type_name IS TABLE OF element_type [NOT NULL];
None of these