PL/SQL MOCK TEST

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PL/SQL MOCK TEST II

Q 1 - What will be the output of the following code snippet?

DECLARE
a number(3) := 100;
b number(3) := 200;
BEGIN
IF( a = 100 ) THEN
IF( b <> 200 ) THEN
dbms_output.put_line(b);
END IF;
END IF;
dbms_output.put_line(a);
END;

A - It has syntax error, so there will not be any output.

B - 200

C - 200

100

D - 100

Q 2 - Which of the following is not true about PL/SQL loop structures?

A - In the basic loop structure, sequence of statements is enclosed between the LOOP and END
LOOP statements.

B - The WHILE loop repeats a statement or group of statements while a given condition is true.

C - The FOR loop executes a sequence of statements multiple times and abbreviates the code
that manages the loop variable.

D - Nesting of loops is not allowed.

Q 3 - Which of the following is not true about labelling PL/SQL loops?

A - PL/SQL loops can be labelled.

B - The label should be enclosed by angle brackets < and > .

C - The label name appears at the beginning of the LOOP statement.

D - The label name can also appear at the end of the LOOP statement or with an EXIT statement.

Q 4 - What is wrong in the following code snippet?

DECLARE
x number := 1;
BEGIN
LOOP
dbms_output.put_line(x);
x := x + 1;
IF x > 10 THEN
exit;
END IF;
dbms_output.put_line('After Exit x is: ' || x);
END;

A - There is nothing wrong.

B - The IF statement is not required.

C - There should be an END LOOP statement.

D - The exit statement should be in capital letters.

Q 5 - What is the output of the following code?

DECLARE
x number := 4;
BEGIN
LOOP
dbms_output.put_line(x);
x := x + 1;
exit WHEN x > 5;
END LOOP;
dbms_output.put_line(x);
END;

A-4

B-4

C-4

D - None of the above.

Q 6 - Consider the following code snippet: how many times the loop will run?
DECLARE
a number(2) := 9;
BEGIN
WHILE a < 30 LOOP
a := a + 3;
END LOOP;
END;

A - 10

B-8

C-7

D-9

Q 7 - Consider the following code snippet: how many times the loop will run?

DECLARE
a number(2);
BEGIN
FOR a in 10 .. 20 LOOP
END LOOP;
END;

A - 11

B - 10

C-9

D - Infinite loop.

Q 8 - Consider the following code snippet: what will be the output?

DECLARE
a number(2) ;
BEGIN
FOR a IN REVERSE 10 .. 20 LOOP
END LOOP;
dbms_output.put_line(a);
END;

A - 11

B - 10

C - 29

D - 30

Q 9 - Consider a variable named greetings declared as −

greetings varchar211 := 'Hello World';

What will be the output of the code snippet

dbms_output.put_line SUBSTR(greetings, 7, 5);

A - World
B - Hello

C - orld

D - None of the above.

Q 10 - Which of the following is not true about the PL/SQL data structure VARRAY?

A - It is a fixed-size sequential collection of elements.

B - The elements can of various data types.

C - It is used to store an ordered collection of data.

D - Each element in a VARRAY has an index associated with it.

Q 11 - Which of the following is the correct syntax for creating a VARRAY named
grades, which can hold 100 integers, in a PL/SQL block?

A - TYPE grades IS VARRAY100 OF INTEGERS;

B - VARRAY grades IS VARRAY100 OF INTEGER;

C - TYPE grades VARRAY100 OF INTEGER;

D - TYPE grades IS VARRAY100 OF INTEGER;

Q 12 - Which of the following is true about the PL/SQL data structure VARRAY?

A - It also has a maximum size that cannot be changed.

B - A VARRAY type is created with the CREATE VARRAY statement, at the schema level.

C - Maximum size of a VARRAY can be changed using the ALTER TYPE statement.

D - Maximum size of a VARRAY can be changed using the ALTER VARRAY statement.

Q 13 - Which of the following is not true about the PL/SQL data structure VARRAY?

A - In oracle environment, the starting index for VARRAYs is always 1.

B - You can initialize the VARRAY elements using the constructor method of the VARRAY type,
which has the same name as the VARRAY.

C - VARRAYs are one-dimensional arrays.

D - None of the above.

Q 14 - A subprogram can be created −

A - At schema level.

B - Inside a package.

C - Inside a PL/SQL block.

D - All of the above.

Q 15 - Which of the following is true about the parameter modes in PL/SQL
Subprograms?

A - An IN parameter lets you pass a value to the subprogram. It is a read-only parameter.

B - An OUT parameter returns a value to the calling program.

C - An IN OUT parameter passes an initial value to a subprogram and returns an updated value to
the caller.

D - All of the above.

Q 16 - What will be printed by the following PL/SQL block?

DECLARE
a number;
b number;
c number;

PROCEDURE findMin(x IN number, y IN number, z OUT number) IS

BEGIN
IF x < y THEN
z:= x;
ELSE
z:= y;
END IF;
END;

BEGIN
a:= 2;
b:= 5;
findMin(a, b, c);
dbms_output.put_line(c);
END;

A-2

B-5

C-0

D - Won’t print anything

Q 17 - What will be printed by the following PL/SQL block?

DECLARE
a number;
PROCEDURE squareNum(x IN OUT number) IS
BEGIN
x := x * x;
END;
BEGIN
a:= 5;
squareNum(a);
dbms_output.put_line(a);
END;

A-5

B - 10

C - 25
D-0

Q 18 - Which of the following is a way of passing parameters to PL/SQL subprograms?

A - Positional notation

B - Named notation

C - Mixed notation

D - All of the above.

Q 19 - Which of the following is not true about the PL/SQL functions?

A - A PL/SQL function is same as a procedure except that it returns a value.

B - The function body must contain a RETURN statement.

C - The RETURN clause does not specify the data type of the return value.

D - The AS keyword is used instead of the IS keyword for creating a standalone function.

Q 20 - What is wrong in the following code snippet?

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION totalCustomers

total number(2) := 0;
BEGIN
SELECT count(*) into total
FROM customers;
RETURN total;
END;

A - It doesn’t have the RETURN clause in function declaration.

B - The RETURN statement is wrong.

C - Function definition should not use the IS keyword

D - Nothing wrong.

Q 21 - What would be the output of the following code?

DECLARE
a number;
b number;
c number;
FUNCTION fx(x IN number, y IN number)
RETURN number
IS
z number;
BEGIN
IF x > 2*y THEN
z:= x;
ELSE
z:= 2*y;
END IF;

RETURN z;
END;
BEGIN
 a:= 23;
b:= 47;

c := fx(a, b);
dbms_output.put_line(c);
END;

A - 46

B - 47

C - 94

D - 23

Q 22 - What would be the output of the following code?

DECLARE
num number;
fn number;

FUNCTION fx(x number)

RETURN number
IS
f number;
BEGIN
IF x=0 THEN
f := 1;
ELSE
f := x * fx(x-1);
END IF;
RETURN f;
END;

BEGIN
num:= 5;
fn := fx(num);
dbms_output.put_line(fn);
END;

A-1

B-5

C - 10

D - 125

Q 23 - Which of the following is not true about PL/SQL cursors?

A - A cursor is a view on a table.

B - A cursor holds the rows oneormore returned by a SQL statement.

C - The set of rows the cursor holds is referred to as the active set.

D - None of the above.

Q 24 - Which of the following is true about PL/SQL cursors?

A - Explicit cursors are automatically created by Oracle.

B - Implicit cursors are programmer defined cursors.

C - The most recent implicit cursor is called the SQL cursor, and has the attributes like %FOUND,
%ISOPEN, %NOTFOUND, and %ROWCOUNT.

D - All of the above.

Q 25 - Observe the following code and fill in the blanks −

DECLARE
total_rows number(2);
BEGIN
UPDATE employees
SET salary = salary + 500;
IF ____________ THEN
dbms_output.put_line('no employees selected');
ELSIF ___________ THEN
total_rows := _____________;
dbms_output.put_line( total_rows || ' employees selected ');
END IF;
END;

A - %notfound, %found, %rowcount.

B - sql%notfound, sql%found, sql%rowcount.

C - sql%found, sql%notfound, sql%rowcount.

D - %found, %notfound, %rowcount.

ANSWER SHEET

Question Number Answer Key

1 D

2 D

3 B

4 C

5 A

6 C

7 A

8 B

9 A

10 B

11 D

12 C

13 D

14 D

15 D
16 A

17 C

18 D

19 C

20 A

21 C

22 D

23 A

24 C

25 B

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