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Which SQL statement is used to insert new data in a database?
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  1. ADD NEW

  2. ADD RECORD

  3. INSERT NEW

  4. INSERT INTO

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Correct Option: D

With SQL, how do you select a column named "FirstName" from a table named "Persons"?
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  1. SELECT Persons.FirstName

  2. EXTRACT FirstName FROM Persons

  3. SELECT FirstName FROM Persons

  4. SELECT FROM FirstName IN Persons

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Correct Option: C

With SQL, how do you select all the columns from a table named "Persons"?

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  1. SELECT *.Persons

  2. SELECT Persons

  3. SELECT * FROM Persons

  4. SELECT [all] FROM Persons

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Correct Option: C

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" is "Peter"?
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  1. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'

  2. SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter'

  3. SELECT [all] FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Peter'

  4. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName<>'Peter'

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Correct Option: A

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" starts with an "a"?
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  1. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='%a%'

  2. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='a_'

  3. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE 'a%'

  4. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a'

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Correct Option: C

The OR operator displays a record if ANY conditions listed are true. The AND operator displays a record if ALL of the conditions listed are true
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "FirstName" is "Peter" and the "LastName" is "Jackson"?
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  1. SELECT FirstName='Peter', LastName='Jackson' FROM Persons

  2. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName='Peter' AND LastName='Jackson'

  3. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName<>'Peter' AND LastName<>'Jackson'

  4. SELECT WHERE FirstName='Peter' AND LastName='Jackson' FROM Persons

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Correct Option: B

With SQL, how do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the "LastName" is alphabetically between (and including) "Hansen" and "Pettersen"?
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  1. SELECT LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName

  2. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName

  3. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName BETWEEN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen'

  4. SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE LastName IN 'Hansen' AND 'Pettersen'

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To solve this question, the user needs to know how to use SQL to select specific records from a table based on certain criteria. Specifically, they need to know how to use the WHERE clause to filter records based on a specified range of values.

Now, let's go through each option and explain why it is right or wrong:

A. SELECT LastName>'Hansen' AND LastName'Hansen' AND LastName

Which SQL statement is used to return only different values?
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  1. SELECT UNIQUE

  2. SELECT DISTINCT

  3. SELECT DIFFERENT

  4. SELECT SAME

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Correct Option: B

Which SQL keyword is used to sort the result-set?
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  1. SORT

  2. SORT BY

  3. ORDER

  4. ORDER BY

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Correct Option: D