Select Command

Question 1

What is the purpose of the SELECT command in MySQL?

Answer 1

To retrieve data from one or more tables within a database

Question 2

What is the basic syntax for the SELECT command?

Answer 2

SELECT column1, column2 FROM table_name;

Question 3

How do you retrieve all columns from a table in MySQL?

Answer 3

SELECT * FROM table_name;

Question 4

What command would you use to fetch specific columns from the ‘student’ table?

Answer 4

SELECT roll_number, first_name FROM student;

Question 5

What is the significance of the asterisk (*) in a SELECT command?

Answer 5

It fetches every column available in the specified table

Question 6

What is an example of a SELECT command to retrieve all columns from the ‘student’ table?

Answer 6

SELECT * FROM student;

Question 7

Which columns are fetched by the command SELECT emp_code, f_name, l_name FROM employee;?

Answer 7

• emp_code
• f_name
• l_name

Question 8

True or False: The SELECT command can only retrieve data from one table.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What allows users to specify which fields and records to fetch in a SELECT statement?

Question 10

Fill in the blank: The SELECT command is a powerful tool in MySQL for _______.

Answer 10

[extracting specific data from a database]

Question 11

What is required to fetch data from specific rows in a SELECT statement?

Answer 11

Conditions