SUM and COUNT Quiz

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SUM and COUNT QUIZ

bbc
name region area population gdp
Afghanistan South Asia 652225 26000000
Albania Europe 28728 3200000 6656000000
Algeria Middle East 2400000 32900000 75012000000
Andorra Europe 468 64000
...
Select the statement that shows the sum of population of all countries in 'Europe'
 SELECT name, population FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Europe'
 SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Europe' SUM BY region
 SELECT SUM(population) FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Europe'
 SELECT SUM(population FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Europe')
 SUM population FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Europe'
Select the statement that shows the number of countries with population smaller than 150000
 SELECT COUNT(name) FROM bbc WHERE population < 150000
 SELECT COUNT(population < 150000) FROM bbc
 SELECT name FROM bbc WHERE population < 150000
 SELECT population AS COUNT FROM bbc WHERE population < 150000
 SELECT SUM() FROM bbc WHERE population < 150000
Select the list of core SQL aggregate functions
AVG(), COUNT(), FIRST(), LAST(), SUM()
AVG(), COUNT(), MAX(), MEDIAN(), MIN(), ROUND(), SUM()
AVG(), COUNT(), CONCAT(), FIRST(), LAST(), MAX(), MIN(), SUM()
AVG(), COUNT(), MAX(), MIN(), SUM()
COUNT(), SUM()
Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
 SELECT region, SUM(area)
   FROM bbc 
  WHERE SUM(area) > 15000000 
  GROUP BY region
Table-A
Europe17000000
Table-B
Europe17000000
Asia-Pacific23460000
North America21660000
Table-C
Europe
Asia-Pacific
North America
No result due to invalid use of the GROUP BY function
No result due to invalid use of the WHERE function
Select the statement that shows the average population of 'Poland', 'Germany' and 'Denmark'
 SELECT AVG(population) FROM bbc WHERE name = ('Poland', 'Germany', 'Denmark')
 SELECT AVG(population) FROM bbc WHERE name IN ('Poland', 'Germany', 'Denmark')
 SELECT AVG(population) FROM bbc WHERE name LIKE ('Poland', 'Germany', 'Denmark')
 SELECT AVG(population) FROM bbc WHERE name LIKE (Poland, Germany, Denmark)
 SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name IN ('Poland', 'Germany', 'Denmark')
Select the statement that shows the medium population density of each region
 SELECT region, AVG(population/area) AS density FROM bbc
 SELECT region, COUNT(population)/COUNT(area) AS density FROM bbc GROUP BY region
 SELECT region, SUM(population)/COUNT(area) AS density FROM bbc GROUP BY region
 SELECT region, SUM(population)/SUM(area) AS density FROM bbc HAVING region
 SELECT region, SUM(population)/SUM(area) AS density FROM bbc GROUP BY region
Select the statement that shows the name and population density of the country with the largest population
 SELECT name, density AS population/area FROM bbc WHERE population = MAX(population)
 SELECT name, density AS population/area FROM bbc WHERE population = (SELECT MAX(population) FROM bbc)
 SELECT name, MAX (population) FROM bbc WHERE population / (SELECT area FROM bbc)
 SELECT name, population/area AS density FROM bbc WHERE population = (SELECT MAX(population) FROM bbc)
 SELECT name, population/area AS density FROM bbc WHERE population > (SELECT MAX(population) FROM bbc)
Pick the result that would be obtained from the following code:
 SELECT region, SUM(area) 
   FROM bbc 
  GROUP BY region 
  HAVING SUM(area)<= 20000000
Table-A
732240
13403102
17740392
4943771
Table-B
Africa22550927
Asia-Pacific28759578
Europe23866987
North America21660000
Table-C
Africa
Asia-Pacific
Europe
North America
Table-D
Americas732240
Middle East13403102
South America17740392
South Asia9437710
Table-E
Americas
Middle East
South America
South Asia

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