PL/SQL Online Quiz

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Q 1 - Which of the following is not a PL/SQL unit?

Answer : A

Q 2 - What will be the output of the following code snippet?

DECLARE
   a number (2) := 21;
   b number (2) := 10;
BEGIN
   
   IF ( a <= b ) THEN
      dbms_output.put_line(a);
   END IF;

   IF ( b >= a ) THEN
      dbms_output.put_line(a);
   END IF;
   
   IF ( a <> b ) THEN
      dbms_output.put_line(b);
   
   END IF;

END;

Answer : C

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.

Answer : B

Explanation

The label should be enclosed by double angle brackets (<< and >>)

Q 4 - 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.

Answer : D

Q 5 - 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;

Answer : C

Q 6 - The following code tries to fetch some information from all the rows in a table named customers for use in a PL/SQL block. What is wrong in the following code?

DECLARE
   c_id customers.id%type;
   c_name customers.name%type;
   c_addr customers.address%type;
   CURSOR c_customers is
      SELECT id, name, address FROM customers;
BEGIN
   LOOP
      FETCH c_customers into c_id, c_name, c_addr;
      EXIT WHEN c_customers%notfound;
      dbms_output.put_line(c_id || ' ' || c_name || ' ' || c_addr);
   END LOOP;
   CLOSE c_customers;
END;

A - It need not use a cursor.

B - The cursor is not opened.

C - It will not print information from all the rows.

D - There is nothing wrong in the code.