ThoughtWorks Sample Technical Placement Paper Level1

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TITLE: ThoughtWorks Sample Technical Placement Paper Level1 (Bolded option is your answer) 1. What type of join is needed when you wish to include rows that do not have matching values? A Outer join 2. A CASE SQL statement is_________ A A way to establish an IF-THEN-ELSE in SQL. 3. Embedded SQL is____________ A Hard-coded SQL statements in a program language such as Java. 4. ___________is true concerning triggers? A They have an event, condition, and action. 5. Poor data administration can lead to________ A Missing data elements 6. The transaction log includes__________ A The essential data of the record
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7. Locking may cause_________ A Deadlock 8. __________is true concerning open-source DBMS? A Is free or nearly free database software whose source code is publicly available 9. A data warehouse administrator is concerned with______________ A The time to make a decision and the typical roles of a database administrator 10. ___________entity represents an actual occurrence of an associated generalized entity? A Instance entity 11. ____________refers to an entity in which the identifier of one entity includes the identifier of another entity? A ID-dependent entity 12. ___________is NOT a basic element of all versions of the E-R model? A Primary keys 13. ___________has its relationship to another entity determined by an attribute in that other entity called a discriminator?
A Subtype entity 14. A primary key should be defined as: A NOT NULL. 15. In a 1:1 relationship, the foreign key is placed in: A either table without specifying parent and child tables. 16. A unique, DBMS-supplied identifier used as the primary key of a relation is called a(n): A surrogate key. 17. Each entity is represented as a(n): A table. 18. An operational system is_________ A A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on current data. 19. Fact tables are__________ A Completely normalized
20. Multivalued dependencies should ________ be eliminated. A always 21. Creating a read-only database is a task that is ________ assigned to beginning database professionals. A commonly 22. When assessing the table structure of an acquired set of tables with data, determining functional dependencies is (part of) the: A second step. 23. Needing to assess the validity of assumed referential integrity constraints on foreign keys is a(n) ________ of normalization. A neither an advantage nor disadvantage 24. The "curse of dimensionality" relates to which problem of using operational data for BI reporting? A Too much data 25. Business Intelligence (BI) reporting systems cannot do__________operations? A Modify data 26. _________is an unsupervised data mining technique? A Cluster analysis only
27. One popular classification technique in Business Intelligence (BI) reporting is ________ . A RFM analysis only 28. The process of reading a database schema and producing a data model from that schema is known as: A reverse engineering. 29. What SQL command can be used to add columns to a table? A ALTER TABLE TableName ADD ColumnName 30. To drop a column that is used as a foreign key, first: A drop the foreign key constraint. 31. Because of the importance of making data model changes correctly, many professionals are ________ about using an automated process for database redesign. A skeptical 32. A heterogeneous distributed database is________ A A different DBMS is used at each location and data are distributed across all nodes. 33. Storing a separate copy of the database at multiple locations is_________
A Data Replication 34. RFM analysis uses customers' purchasing patterns to ________ . A analyze and rank customers 35. The reports generated by a reporting system are usually not delivered in which of the following media? A Commercial courier service 36. One popular classification technique in Business Intelligence (BI) reporting is ________ . A RFM analysis only 37. How can you find rows that do not match some specified condition? A Double use of NOT EXISTS 38. A distributed database is__________ A A single logical database that is spread to multiple locations and is interconnected by a network 39. Specialization is_________ A Defining one or more subtypes of the supertype and forming supertype/subtype relationships.
40. An on-line commercial site such as Amazon.com is an example of a(n) ________ . A e-commerce database application

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