1.
Consider the following: mysql> EXPLAIN SELECT Name FROM City WHERE CountryCode = (SELECT Code FROM Country WHERE Name = 'United States')\G ************************** 1. row *************************** id: 1 select_type: PRIMARY table: City type: ALL possible_keys: NULL key: NULL key_len: NULL ref: NULL rows: 4079 Extra: Using where Which of the following best describes the meaning of the value of the select_type column?
2.
Can multi-column FULLTEXT indexes be used? If so, when?
3.
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the InnoDB buffer pool?
4.
When performing diagnostic functions on a server should excessive start and stop messages be looked for in the error log, and why?
5.
Which of the following is true of the table cache if you mainly run simple queries on many tables?
6.
Does the ordering of tables shown in an EXPLAIN output have any significance? Why?
7.
Which of the following best describes the effect that the per-process limit of open file descriptors in an operating system has on MySQL, and what can be done to increase it?
8.
Consider the following: mysql> SELECT * FROM CountryLanguages; +----+---------------+-------------+----------+ |ID | CountryName | CountryCode | Language | +----+---------------+-------------+----------+ | 1 | United States | USA | English | | 2 | United States | USA | Spanish | | 3 | Mexico | MEX | Spanish | | 4 | Canada | CAN | English | | 5 | Canada | CAN | French | +----+---------------+-------------+----------+ Which of the following describe how this table would look correctly normalized?
9.
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the join buffer, and when should you increase the size of it?
10.
Which of the following best describe what could cause low utilization of query cache?