Quiz 10

Your schema contains four packages, each having a specification and a body. You have also been granted privileges to
access three packages (and their bodies) in other users' schemas. What will be displayed by the following query?
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ALL_OBJECTS
WHERE object_type LIKE 'PACK%'
AND owner <> USER;

6 (*)

A public component declared in the package specification can be referenced by a private component defined
in the package body. True or False?

True (*)

Package NEWPACK contains several procedures and functions, including private function PRIVFUNC. From
where can PRIVFUNC be invoked? (Choose two.)

From any procedure in NEWPACK (*)

From any function in NEWPACK (*)

Examine the following package specification:

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE mypack IS

percent_tax NUMBER := 20;
PROCEDURE proc1;
END mypack;

The package body of mypack also includes a function called func1. Which of the following statements are
true? (Choose three.)

proc1 is a public procedure and func1 is a private function. (*)

The procedure can be invoked by:

BEGIN
mypack.proc1;
END; (*)

The variable can be modified by:

BEGIN
mypack.percent_tax := 10;
END; (*)

A local variable declared within a procedure in a package can be referenced by any other component of that
package. True or False?

False (*)

To be able to invoke a package subprogram from outside the package, it must be declared in the package:

Body and the specification (*)

Which of the following can be included in a package?

All of these. (*)

Package EMP_PACK contains two procedures, DEL_EMP and SHOW_EMP. You want to write an anonymous
block which invokes these procedures but you have forgotten which parameters they use. Which of the
following will give you this information?

DESCRIBE emp_pack (*)

Which of the following statements about packages is NOT true ?

All procedures and functions must be declared in the specification. (*)

Every subprogram which has been declared in a package specification must also be included in the package
body. Triue or False?

True (*)

Examine the following code:

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE emppack IS

PROCEDURE upd_emp (p_empno IN NUMBER, p_salary IN NUMBER);
END emppack;
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY emppack IS
-- Line A
PROCEDURE upd_emp (p_empno IN NUMBER, p_salary IN NUMBER) IS
BEGIN
IF NOT sal_ok(p_salary) THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20201,'Invalid salary');
END IF;
END upd_emp;
FUNCTION sal_ok(pf_salary NUMBER) RETURN BOOLEAN IS
BEGIN
IF pf_salary > 50000 THEN RETURN FALSE;
ELSE RETURN TRUE;
END IF;
END sal_ok;
END emppack;

What must be coded at Line A for this package to compile successfully?

FUNCTION sal_ok(pf_salary NUMBER) RETURN BOOLEAN; (*)

Which two of these functions could not be in the same package?

1. FUNCTION get_emp (p1 DATE) RETURN VARCHAR2;

2. FUNCTION get_emp (p1 DATE, p2 NUMBER) RETURN VARCHAR2;
3. FUNCTION get_emp (p1 DATE, p2 NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER;
4. FUNCTION get_emp (p1 NUMBER, p2 DATE) RETURN VARCHAR2;

2 and 3 (*)

Which of the following statements about a package initialization block is true?

It is an anonymous block at the end of a package body. (*)

The following call to the function tax in the taxes_pkg package is invalid for what reason?

SELECT taxes_pkg.tax(salary), salary, last_name

FROM employees;

The call to the package is valid and will execute without error. (*)

Which of the following are not allowed in a bodiless package? (Choose three)

(Seleccione todas las respuestas correctas)

Subprograms (*)
DML statements (*)
Private variables (*)

Which one of the following queries would you use to see the detailed code of a package called EMP_PKG?

SELECT text FROM user_source WHERE name = 'EMP_PKG' AND type = 'PACKAGE BODY' ORDER BY line; (*)

When one component of a package is called, all the package's components are loaded into memory. True or
False?

True (*)

In a package, public components are declared in the specification but private components are not. True or
False?

True (*)

SCOTT's schema contains a package EMP_PKG which contains a public procedure EMP_SAL which accepts a
NUMBER parameter. Which of the following will invoke the procedure successfully?

scott.emp_pkg.emp_sal(101): (*)

We never need to use a forward declaration when invoking a public subprogram. True or False?

True (*)

The following example shows a valid record data type and variable. True or False?

TYPE DeptRecTyp
IS RECORD (deptid NUMBER(4) NOT NULL := 99,
dname departments.department_name%TYPE,
loc departments.location_id%TYPE,
region regions.region_id%TYPE );
dept_rec DeptRecTyp;

True (*)

How would you invoke the constant km_to_mile from the global_consts bodiless package at VARIABLE A?

SELECT trail_name, distance_in_km * VARIABLE A

FROM trails
WHERE park_name = 'YOSEMITE';

global_consts.km_to_mile (*)

The following package is valid. True or False?

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE exceptions_pkg IS

e_cons_violation EXCEPTION;
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT (e_cons_violation, -2292);
e_value_too_large EXCEPTION;
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT (e_value_too_large, -1438);
END exceptions_pkg;

True (*)

A number variable declared in a package is initialized to NULL unless assigned another value. True or False?

True (*)

Which part of a package must be created first, the specification or the body?

The specification (*)

In which component of a package is the full definition of a public procedure written?

Body (*)

Package Specification DEPT_PACK was created by the following code:

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE dept_pack IS

PROCEDURE ins_dept(p_deptno IN NUMBER);
FUNCTION get_dept(p_deptno IN NUMBER) RETURN VARCHAR2;
END dept_pack;

Which of the following are correct syntax for invoking the package subprograms? (Choose two.)

CREATE PROCEDURE dept_proc IS

v_deptname VARCHAR2(20);
BEGIN
v_deptname := dept_pack.get_dept(40);
END; (*)