Database Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced - 1

Question: 1

What are the various types of manipulation possible in manipulating a database?

• Searching
• Sorting
• Merging
• Filtering
• Performing Calculations on data
• Editing the database
• Report Generation

Question: 2

What is SQL?

SQL (Structured Query Language) is a special query language for communicating with a database by describing data and sometimes instructing the DBMS to do something with the data.

Question: 3

What is a Relational data base?

Relational data base is a relational structure which represents a database made up of a set of related tables.

Question: 4

What are the tasks in DBMS?

The data management tasks in a DBMS fall into one of the following three general categories:

• Entering data into the database
• Recording records in the database and
• Obtaining subsets of the data

Question: 5

What is a form?

A form is simply a screen that displays the fields of a record in a well-spaced out manner.