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Think about filtering aggregated results

1 / 15

Which clause is used to filter groups in SQL?

1) GROUP BY

2) ORDER BY

3) WHERE

4) HAVING

Think about narrowing down results

2 / 15

Which clause is used to filter records in a SQL query?

1) ORDER BY

2) HAVING

3) WHERE

4) GROUP BY

Think about ordering items

3 / 15

Which keyword is used to sort query results in ascending or descending order?

1) SORT BY

2) GROUP BY

3) ORDER BY

4) LIMIT

Think about joining data

4 / 15

Which clause is used to combine rows from two or more tables?

1) JOIN

2) UNION

3) GROUP BY

4) ORDER BY

Think about counting entries

5 / 15

Which function returns the number of rows in a result set?

1) AVG()

2) MAX()

3) SUM()

4) COUNT()

Think about uniqueness

6 / 15

What is the purpose of the DISTINCT keyword in SQL?

1) ORDER BY

2) GROUP BY

3) UNIQUE

4) DISTINCT

Think about giving a new name

7 / 15

How do you rename a column in SQL?

1) ALTER

2) RENAME

3) AS

4) CHANGE

Think about unique identification

8 / 15

What is the purpose of the PRIMARY KEY in a table?

1) To sort the table

2) To calculate totals

3) To uniquely identify rows

4) To backup data

Think about connecting data

9 / 15

Which SQL keyword is used to merge rows from two tables?

1) JOIN

2) UNION

3) UNION ALL

4) MERGE

Think about setting a maximum

10 / 15

Which clause is used to limit the number of rows returned by a query?

1) ORDER BY

2) GROUP BY

3) WHERE

4) LIMIT

Think about adding up numbers

11 / 15

Which function calculates the total sum of a numeric column?

1) AVG()

2) MAX()

3) COUNT()

4) SUM()

Think about starting from scratch

12 / 15

Which SQL statement is used to create a new table?

1) UPDATE TABLE

2) NEW TABLE

3) INSERT

4) CREATE TABLE

Think about setting a cap

13 / 15

Which clause is used to limit the number of rows returned in a query?

1) LIMIT

2) TOP

3) HAVING

4) GROUP BY

Think about deleting a column

14 / 15

Which keyword is used to remove a column from a table?

1) DELETE COLUMN

2) ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN

3) REMOVE COLUMN

4) DROP TABLE

Think about filtering grouped data

15 / 15

Which clause is used to specify a condition for aggregations?

1) HAVING

2) ORDER BY

3) WHERE

4) JOIN

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