Access MCQs

MCQ Microsoft Access

1-1.  An organized collection of logically related data is known as

A. Data
B. Meta data
C. Database
D. Information

1-2.  In databases, Locking level is also called as

A. Granularity
B. S lock
C. X lock
D. Dead lock

1-3.  Which of the following is not a database application?

A. dBase
B. Flash
C. FoxPro
D. Access

1-4.  HSAM stands for ________

A. Hierarchic Sequential Access Method
B. Hierarchic Standard Access Method
C. Hierarchic Sequential and Method
D. Hierarchic Standard and Method

1-5.  Which of the following is not a logical database structure?

A. Chain
B. Network
C. Tree
D. Relational

1-6.  In a datasheet, what does each column represent?

A. Record
B. Field
C. Database
D. Table

1-7.  In a datasheet, what does each row represent?

A. Record
B. Field
C. Database
D. Table

1-8.  A ________ is a unit of information in a ________

A. record, field
B. field, record
C. data source, field
D. record, data source

1-9.  What do you call a primary key field included in another table?

A. Foreign key
B. Parent key
C. Child key
D. Index

1-10.  Which type of field is incremented automatically?

A. Auto Elevate
B. AutoNumber
C. Auto Increment
D. Auto Value

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Answers:
1 – C / 2 – A / 3 – B / 4 – A / 5 – A / 6 – B / 7 – A / 8 – B / 9 – A / 10 – B

2-1.  Which object is used to create a form?

A. Tables and Queries
B. Tables only
C. Tables and reports
D. Queries and reports

2-2.  What determines a table’s sort order?

A. AutoNumber field
B. Index field  
C. Field order
D. Primary key

2-3.  What is an intersection of a row and a column?

A. Form
B. Cursor
C. Cell
D. Record

2-4.  Which tool do you use to create a query object?

A. Database wizard
B. Simple filter wizard
C. Simple query wizard
D. Table query wizard

2-5.  Which of the following is not a view for interacting with a form object?

A. Datasheet view
B. Design view
C. Form view
D. Layout view

2-6.  What is the purpose of indexing?

A. To reduce table size
B. To speedup data search
C. both A and B
D. none of the above

2-7.  Which is the valid data type in Access?

A. Number
B. Text
C. Currency
D. All of the above

2-8.  How many relations may exist between tables in databases?

A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1

2-9.  What is the full form of SQL?

A. Sophisticated Question List
B. Structured Question List
C. Structured Query Language
D. Small Query Length

2-10.  Which data type is better to use for storing phone number in the following format “977-1-1234567”?

A. Text
B. AutoNumber
C. Number
D. Currency

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Answers:
1 – A / 2 – B / 3 – C / 4 – C / 5 – D / 6 – B / 7 – D / 8 – B / 9 – C / 10 – A

3-1.  What do you call a collection of records matching parameters of a query?

A. Field
B. Record
C. Query
D. Dynaset

3-2.  Which query do you use to answer the question “Which employees earn more than $5000 a month”?

A. Search query
B. Cross tab query  
C. Select query
D. Update query

3-3.  In which order do you place the field to sort a Dynaset first by zipcode, then by lastname and then by firstname?

A. zipcode, firstname, lastname
B. firstname, lastname, zipcode
C. zipcode, lastname, firstname
D. can’t sort by multiple fields

3-4.  What does the expression [detail] ! [product] * 1.30 do?

A. multiplies the contents of detail and product fields by 1.3
B. First divides detail by product and then multiplies by 1.3
C. multiplies the contents of detail in the product table by 1.3
D. multiplies the contents of product in the detail table by 1.3

3-5.  Which criteria return only those addresses beginning with the letter “K”?

A. address = “K”
B. address = “K*”
C.  address = “K?”
D. address = “K#”

3-6.  Which criteria do not return the position “Officer” as a match?

A. position = “*ff*”
B. position = “O??icer”
C. position = “ ?ff*”
D. position = “O#r”

3-7.  Which query do you use to answer the question “What is the average salary of the employees”?

A. Search query
B. Cross tab query
C. Select query
D. Update query

3-8.  What is the result of ‘Select * from customer where CustID>10 and CustID<100’ query?

A. display all customers with CustID from 10 to 100
B. display all customers with CustID above 10
C. display all customers with CustID below 100
D. display all customers with CustID from 11 to 99

3-9.  How to make a date field DOB store the dates like “2002/10/17” ?

A. By setting the input mask property to “yyyy/mm/dd”
B. By setting the format property to “yyyy/mm/dd”
C. By entering dates in yyyy, mm, dd order
D. none of the above

3-10.  You have field ‘Sex’ of type Byte Number. How to limit its value to 0 and 1 only?

A. By setting required to ‘Yes’
B. By using default value
C. By defining validation rule
D. By using format

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Answers:
1 – D / 2 – C / 3 – C / 4 – D / 5 – B / 6 – D / 7 – C / 8 – D / 9 – B / 10 – C

4-1.  In an application created using the database wizard, the main menu is presented as a:

A. form, called a switchboard
B. report, called a menu
C. table, called a switchboard
D. query, called a menu

4-2.  Which leads you through the process of creating a table?

A. wizard
B. assistant    
C. relation
D. coach

4-3.  Which data type is better to use for storing the price of an item?

A. Text
B. AutoNumber
C. Number
D. Currency

4-4.  Which do you click to display the table’s primary key and indexes in a separate window?

A. indexes button
B. primary key button
C. view datasheet button
D. view design button

4-5.  After right click the field selector button, which do you choose to delete a field in design view?

A. Delete field
B. delete rows
C. remove field
D. remove rows

4-6.  Which tool is used to generate printout of a table’s structure?

A. Analyzer
B. Designer
C. Documenter
D. Generator

4-7.  Which of the following is not a legitimate section for form objects?

A. Form detail
B. Group header
C. Form header
D. Page footer

4-8.  The basic elements of a form or a report are called:

A. Controls
B. Objects
C. Windows
D. Properties

4-9.  Which control types is most often associated with a bound control?

A. command button
B. label
C. text box
D. list box

4-10.  Which control type do you use to create a calculated control?

A. command button
B. combo box
C. text box
D. list box

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Answers:
1 – A / 2 – A / 3 – D / 4 – A / 5 – B / 6 – C / 7 – B / 8 – A / 9 – C / 10 – C

5-1.  Which is not a view for displaying a report object?

A. Datasheet view
B. Design view
C. Print preview
D. Layout preview

5-2.  The report footer section is most useful for displaying:

A. grand totals
B. Column headings  
C. subtotals
D. page numbers

5-3.  Which function can not be used for calculated controls in a report?

A. SUM
B. AVG
C. MPT
D. COUNT

5-4.  Which setting you must modify to print a report using letterhead?

A. Group
B. Margin
C. Section
D. Orientation

5-5.  In the datasheet formatting dialogue box, which is not an option in the border and line styles dropdown list box?

A. datasheet border
B. datasheet underline
C. Column Header underline
D. vertical gridline

5-6.  Which is not an option for customizing a datasheet window?

A. change one row’s height
B. hide one column
C. change one column’s width
D. freeze one column

5-7.  Which is not a command that is selectable from right click menu of a field column?

A. Hide columns
B. Unhide columns
C. freeze columns
D. sort descending

5-8.  What do you call the process of restricting the display of records in a table to those matching a particular criterion?

A. filtering
B. restricting
C. sorting
D. sifting

5-9.  In the relationships window, what does the appearance of symbols, such as 1 and the infinity symbol, at the endpoints of a relationship line mean?

A. Referential integrity is enforced
B. Referential integrity isn’t enforced
C. An inner join is set
D. An outer join is set

5-10.  Which of the following is not an action query?

A. add
B. delete
C. make-table
D. update

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Answers:
1 – A / 2 – A / 3 – C / 4 – B / 5 – C / 6 – A / 7 – B / 8 – A / 9 – A / 10 – A

6-1  In MS Access, Text Data type may contain maximum character of

A.  255 Character
B.  256 Character
C.  1064 Character
D.  No Limit

6-2  Which of the following is not a valid Data Type in MS Access?

A.  Memo
B.  Picture    
C.  Currency
D.  AutoNumber

6-3  In MS Access “Hyperlink” Data Type can store

A.  Web Address
B.  email Address
C.  Path of a File
D.  All of Above

6-4  Which of the following data type is used to store logical value in MS Access?

A.  True/False
B.  On/Off
C.  Yes/No
D.  All of Above

6-5  The appropriate Data Type to store Time in MS Access?

A.  Date/Time
B.  Time Only
C.  Time
D.  Time cannot be stored

6-6  In MS Access “Lookup Wizard” is used to

A.  to select from previous values
B.  to select values from Excel Sheet
C.  to select value from another table
D.  Not a valid Data Type

6-7  Which of the following Data Type is used to store picture in MS Access

A.  Picture
B.  OLE Object
C.  Memo
D.  Picture cannot be stored

6-8  in MS Access, which data type is appropriate to store large text and numbers?

A.  Text
B.  Memo
C.  OLE
D.  Large Text

6-9  in MS Access, OLE Object Data type can store

A.  Microsoft Word documents
B.  Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
C.  Sounds
D.  All of the Above

6-10  in MS Access, AutoNumber Data Type

A.  Can be Sequential
B.  Can be Random
C.  Can be Edited
D.  Only A & B

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Answers:
1 – A / 2 – B / 3 – D / 4 – C / 5 – A / 6 – C / 7 – B / 8 – B / 9 – D / 10 – D

7-1 Which of the following is use to get data from user?

A. Query
B. Pages
C. Form
D. Report

7-2 Which of the following is invalid field name?

A. Student.Address
B. Student’sAddress    
C. Student_Address
D. Student Address

7-3 Primary key is

A. Uniquely identifies each record
B. Cannot be repeated
C. AutoNumber is example of Primary key
D. All of the above

7-4 To create a table in Access

A. Database should be created before create table
B. Table can be created using Table Templates
C. There must be at least one Primary key in a table
D. All of the above

7-5 Which of the following is use to view or print the data in organized manner?

A. Query
B. Report
C. Table
D. Form

7-6 In a table to insert User’s Voice, Data field should be

A. OLE Object
B. SoundField
C. VoiceField
D. Memo

7-7 In a table Multiple Primary Keys can be set

A. True
B. False

7-8 After creating the table which of the following is correct?

A. Fields cannot be added
B. Fields cannot be deleted
C. Fields can added but only once
D. Fields can added and deleted as needed

7-9 Validation Rule in a field will

A. Checks the value entered when user leaves the field
B. Displays the value in specified format when user leaves the field
C. Defines the appearance for the text
D. There is no option of Validation Rule

7-10 Query can be use to select data from

A. Single Table
B. Multiple Tables
C. Both A & B

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Answers:
1 – C / 2 – A / 3 – D / 4 – D / 5 – B / 6 – A / 7 – A / 8 – D / 9 – A / 10 – C

8-1 Data can be import into Access Database from

1. Word Files
2. Excel Files
3. PowerPoint Files
4. HTML Files

8-2 What is the use of Referential Integrity in MS Access?

1. It allow to enter a value in the foreign key field of a child table if that value exist in the primary key of the parent table
2. It does not allow to enter a value in the foreign key field of a child table if that value exist in the primary key of the parent table
3. It allow to enter a value in the Primary key field of a child table if that value exist in the Foreign key of the parent table
4. None of above

8-3 In MS Access, Field Value may contain

1. Text
2. Date & Time
3. Picture
4. All of the Above

8-4 Which of the following is the DBMS type

1. Flat File System
2. Hierarchical DBMS
3. Relational DMBS
4. All of the Above

8-5 Which of the following relationship is not valid in MS Access ?

1. Many to Many
2. Many to Null
3. One to One
4. One to Many

8-6 A collection of related tables is called

1. Row
2. Record
3. Database
4. File

8-7 Which of the following Format supports for Data Type Yes/No?

1. Yes/No
2. True/False
3. On/Off
4. All of Above

8-8 Queries can be created in Access by

1. Typing Queries in SQL View
2. Drag and Drop fields on Query Builder
3. Using Query Wizard
4. All of the Above

8-9 Relationship can be establish between two tables by

1. Drag Primary key of a table into Foreign key of another table
2. Drag Foreign key of a table into Primary key of another table
3. Drag any key of a table into any key of another table
4. All of the above

8-10 What is the use of Cascade Delete Option in MS Access?

1. It makes sure that all the records from the parent table and child table is deleted from selected database
2. It makes sure that all the related records will be deleted automatically from child table when the records from parent table is deleted
3. It makes sure that all the related records will be deleted automatically from Parent table when the records from child table is deleted
4. None of above

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Answers:
1 – B / 2 – A / 3 – D / 4 – D / 5 – B / 6 – C / 7 – D / 8 – D / 9 – A / 10 – B