you are working with a database table

Course 1 – Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere Quiz Answers

Week 4: Set Up Your Toolbox

GOOGLE DATA ANALYTICS PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

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Set Up Your Toolbox INTRODUCTION

In this part of the Coursera Google Data Analytics Professional Certification course, you will learn how to set up your toolbox for data analysis. You’ll explore the basics of spreadsheets and query languages, including common functions like sorting and filtering data. You’ll also dive into data visualization tools such as charts, tables, and graphs.

Finally, you’ll get hands-on experience building meaningful visualizations that can help inform business decisions. With these skills in hand, you will be well-prepared to take on any challenge that comes your way as a data analyst. So let’s get started!

Learning Objectives

  • Describe spreadsheets, query languages, and data visualization tools, giving specific examples
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the uses, basic features, and functions of a spreadsheet
  • Explain the basic concepts involved in the use of SQL including specific examples of queries
  • Identify the basic concepts involved in data visualization, giving specific examples

Test your knowledge on Spreadsheet basic

1. In a spreadsheet, what is text wrapping used for?

  • To clip text within a cell so it doesn’t overflow into an adjacent cell
  • To allow all of the text to fit inside a cell (Correct)
  • To allow text to overflow into an adjacent cell
  • To remove text that is too long to fit in a cell

Correct: In a spreadsheet, text wrapping is used to allow all of the text to fit inside a cell.

2. The columns in a spreadsheet are ordered by letter, and the rows are ordered by number.

  • True (Correct)
  • False

Correct: In a spreadsheet, columns are ordered by letter and rows are ordered by number.

3. Fill in the blank: In a data table, a row is called an observation. An observation includes all of the _____ for what is contained in the row.

  • names
  • commonalities
  • attributes (Correct)
  • diagnostics

Correct: In a data table, a row is called an observation. An observation includes all of the attributes for what is contained in the row. An attribute is a quality or characteristic of data.

Test your knowledge on sql

1. What does the asterisk (*) after SELECT tell the database to do in this query?

Screenshot of sql query
  • Select all data that meets the criteria as stated in the query
  • Select all data that meets the criteria as stated in the query, then multiply it
  • Select the LastName column from the employee table
  • Select all columns from the employee table (Correct)

Correct: SELECT * tells the database to select all columns from the employee table. The criteria in the WHERE clause tells the database what data in those columns the query should return.

2. In this query, the data analyst wants to retrieve data from which table?

Screenshot of sql query
  • LastName
  • jobCode
  • James
  • employee (Correct)

Correct: The data analyst wants to retrieve data from the employee table

3. In this query, what will be retrieved from the database?

  • All data from the employee table, where the jobCode is FTE and the last name is James. (Correct)
  • All data from the employee table, where the jobCode is FTE and the employee has any last name other than James.
  • All data from the jobCode table, where the jobCode is FTE and the employee has any last name other than James.
  • All data from the FTE table, where the employee’s LastName is James.

Correct: This query will select all data from the employee table, where the jobCode is FTE and the last name is James.

4. You are working with a database table that contains data about music artists. The table is named artist. You want to review all the columns in the table. 

SQL editor pic

You write the SQL query below. Add a FROM clause that will retrieve the data from the artist table.

How many columns are in the artist table? 

  • 9
  • 5
  • 2 (Correct)
  • 8

Correct: The clause FROM artist will retrieve the data from the artist table. The complete query is SELECT * FROM artist. The FROM clause specifies which database table to select data from. There are two columns in the artist table.

5. You are working with a database table that contains data about music albums. You are only interested in data related to the album with ID number 277. The album IDs are listed in the album_id column from the album table.

Music_albun

You write the SQL query below. Add a WHERE clause that will return only data about the album with ID number 277.

What is the name of the album with ID number 277?

  • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 
  • Mozart: Chamber Music
  • Bach: Goldberg Variations (Correct)

Correct: The clause WHERE album_id = 277 will return only data about the album with ID number 277. The complete query is SELECT * FROM album WHERE album_id = 277. The WHERE clause filters results that meet certain conditions. The WHERE clause includes the name of the column, an equals sign, and the value(s) in the column to include. The name of the album with ID number 277 is Bach: Goldberg Variations.

Test your knowledge on visualizing data

1. Fill in the blank: A data visualization is the _____ representation of information.

  • tabulated
  • attributed
  • contextual
  • graphical (Correct)

Correct: A data visualization is the graphical representation of information.

2. When would a pie chart be an effective visualization? _____.

  • When showing a change in someone’s age over time
  • When showing the ages of males versus females
  • When showing the relationship between age and income
  • When showing a class broken down by age (Correct)

Correct: A pie chart shows how a whole is broken down into parts and is an effective visualization for a class broken down by age.

3. What are the key benefits of data visualizations? Select all that apply.

  • They can illustrate relationships between data points (Correct)
  • They can ensure that you get fewer questions about your analysis
  • They can help stakeholders understand complex data more quickly (Correct)
  • They can clearly demonstrate patterns and trends (Correct)

Correct: Data visualizations can clearly demonstrate patterns and trends, help stakeholders understand complex data more quickly, and illustrate relationships between data points.

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Set Up Your Toolbox Weekly Challenge 4

1. In row 1 of the following spreadsheet, the words rank, name, population, and county are called what?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • Criteria
  • Descriptors
  • Characteristics
  • Attributes (Correct)

Correct: These words are attributes, referring to the information in the columns below. An attribute is a characteristic or quality of data used to label a column in a table.

2. In the following spreadsheet, where can you find all of the attributes—also known as the observation—of Fayetteville?

Table_Challenge_4
  • Cell B7
  • Row 6
  • Column B
  • Row 7 (Correct)

Correct: The observation for Fayetteville is in row 7. An observation is all of the attributes for something contained in a row of a data table.

3. In the following spreadsheet, what feature was used to alphabetize the city names in column B?

Weekly_Challenge_4.1
  • Name range
  • Sort range (Correct)
  • Randomize range
  • Organize range

Correct: Sort range was used to alphabetize the city names in column B. Sorting a range of data from A to Z helps data analysts organize and find data more quickly.

4. To find the average population of the cities in this spreadsheet, you type =AVERAGE. What is the proper way to type the range that will complete your function?

Table_Challenge_4
  • C2:C11 (Correct)
  • C2,C11
  • C2-C11
  • C2*C11

Correct: The range is C2:C11. The full AVERAGE function syntax is =AVERAGE(C2:C11). AVERAGE returns an average of values from a selected range. C2:C11 is the specified range.

5. You are working with a database table named employee that contains data about employees. You want to review all the columns in the table.

You write the SQL query below. Add a FROM clause that will retrieve the data from the employee table.

Challenge_Week_4

What employee has the job title of Sales Manager?

  • Margaret Park
  • Michael Mitchell
  • Andrew Adams
  • Nancy Edwards (Correct)

Correct: The clause FROM employee will retrieve the data from the employee table. The complete query is SELECT * FROM employee. The FROM clause specifies which database table to select data from. The employee Nancy Edwards has the job title of Sales Manager.

6. You are working with a database table that contains invoice data. The customer_id column lists the ID number for each customer. You are interested in invoice data for the customer with ID number 28.

Weekly Challenge 4_Question_6

You write the SQL query below. Add a WHERE clause that will return only data about the customer with ID number 28.

What is the billing city for the customer with ID number 28?

  • Dijon
  • Salt Lake City (Correct)
  • Bangalore
  • Buenos Aires

Correct: A formula is a set of instructions used to perform a specified The clause WHERE customer_id = 28 will return only data about the customer with ID number 28. The complete query is SELECT * FROM invoice WHERE customer_id = 28. The WHERE clause filters results that meet certain conditions. The WHERE clause includes the name of the column, an equals sign, and the value(s) in the column to include. The billing city for the customer with ID number 28 is Salt Lake City.

7. A data analyst creates the following visualization to clearly demonstrate how much more populous Charlotte is than the next-largest North Carolina city, Raleigh. What type of chart is it?

Weekly_Challenge_4
  • A column, or bar, chart (Correct)
  • A scatter chart
  • A pie chart
  • A line chart

Correct: The chart is a column chart. A column chart is effective at demonstrating the differences between several items in a specific range of values.

8. A data analyst wants to demonstrate how the population in Charlotte has increased over time. They create this data visualization. This is an example of an area chart.

Weekly_Challenge_4
  • True
  • False (Correct)

Correct: This is a line chart. Line charts are effective for illustrating trends and patterns, such as how the population changes over time.

9. In row 1 of the following spreadsheet, the words rank, name, population, and county are called what?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • Criteria
  • Descriptors
  • Characteristics
  • Attributes (Correct)

Correct: The column labels in row 1 are attributes that refer to the data in the column. An attribute is a characteristic or quality of data used to label a column in a table.

10. Fill in the blank: In row 8 of the following spreadsheet, you can find the _____ of Cary.

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • attribute
  • format
  • criteria
  • observation (CORRECT)

Correct: The column labels in row 1 are attributes that refer to the data in the column. An attribute is a characteristic or quality of data used to label a column in a table.

11. To find the average population of the cities in this spreadsheet, what is the correct AVERAGE function syntax?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • AVERAGE(C2:C11)
  • =AVERAGE(C2:C11) (CORRECT)
  • AVERAGE(C2-C11)
  • =AVERAGE(C2-C11)

Correct: The column labels in row 1 are attributes that refer to the data in the column. An attribute is a characteristic or quality of data used to label a column in a table.

12. You are working with a database table that contains invoice data. The customer_id column lists the ID number for each customer. You are interested in invoice data for the customer with ID number 35.

You write the SQL query below. Add a WHERE clause that will return only data about the customer with ID number 35.

After you run your query, use the slider to view all the data presented.

What is the billing country for the customer with ID number 35?

  • Ireland
  • Argentina
  • Portugal (CORRECT)
  • India

Correct: The clause WHERE customer_id = 35 will return only data about the customer with ID number 35. The complete query is SELECT * FROM invoice WHERE customer_id = 35. The WHERE clause filters results that meet certain conditions. The WHERE clause includes the name of the column, an equals sign, and the value(s) in the column to include. The billing country for the customer with ID number 35 is Portugal.

13. A data analyst creates the following visualization to clearly demonstrate how much more populous Charlotte is than the next-largest North Carolina city, Raleigh. It’s called a line chart

Weekly_Challenge_4
  • True
  • False (CORRECT)

Correct: This is a column chart. A column chart is effective at demonstrating the differences between several items in a specific range of values.

14. The column attributes for rank, name, population, and county are located in which row of the following spreadsheet?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • 10
  • 1 (CORRECT)
  • 2
  • 11

Correct: The column attributes for rank, name, population, and county are located in row 1. An attribute is a characteristic or quality of data used to label a column in a table.

15. In the following spreadsheet, the observation of Greensboro describes all of the data in row 4.

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • True (CORRECT)
  • False

Correct: The observation of Greensboro describes all of the data in row 4. An observation is all of the attributes for something contained in a row of a data table.

16. Fill in the blank: In the following spreadsheet, the _____ feature was used to alphabetize the city names in column B

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
27Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
31Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
410Concord96,341Cabarrus
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
66Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
73Greensboro296,710Guilford
89High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
92Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
108Wilmington123,784New Hanover
115Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
  • organize range
  • randomize range
  • sort range (CORRECT)
  • name range

Correct: Sort range was used to alphabetize the city names in column B. Sorting a range of data from A to Z helps data analysts organize and find data more quickly.

17. Fill in the blank: A data analyst creates a table, but they realize this isn’t the best visualization for their data. To fix the problem, they decide to use the _____ feature to change it to a column chart.

  • image
  • filter view
  • rename
  • chart editor (CORRECT)

Correct: The chart editor enables data analysts to choose the type of chart you’re making and customize its appearance.

18. If a data analyst wants to list the cities in this spreadsheet alphabetically, instead of numerically, what feature can they use in column B?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • Name range
  • Randomize range
  • Organize range
  • Sort range (CORRECT)

Correct: Sort range would be used to alphabetize the city names in column B. Sorting a range of data from A to Z helps data analysts organize and find data more quickly.

19. A data analyst types =POPULATION(C2:C11) to find the average population of the cities in this spreadsheet. However, they realize they used the wrong formula. What syntax will correct this function?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • AVERAGE(C2:C11)
  • =AVERAGE(C2:C11) (CORRECT)
  • AVERAGE(C2-C11)
  • =AVERAGE(C2-C11)

Correct: The correct AVERAGE function syntax is =AVERAGE(C2:C11). AVERAGE returns an average of values from a selected range. C2:C11 is the specified range.

20. A data analyst wants to demonstrate how the population in Charlotte has increased over time. They create the chart below. What is this type of chart called?

Weekly_Challenge_4
  • Area chart
  • Column chart
  • Line chart (CORRECT)
  • Bar chart

21. A data analyst wants to demonstrate a trend of how something has changed over time. What type of chart is best for this task?

  • Bar
  • Line (CORRECT)
  • Column
  • Area

Correct: Line charts are effective for illustrating trends and patterns, such as how something changes over time.

22. Fill in the blank: A data analyst creates a table, but they realize this isn’t the best visualization for their data. To fix the problem, they decide to use the ____ feature to change it to a column chart.

  • rename
  • chart editor (CORRECT)
  • filter view
  • image

Correct!

23. Fill in the blank: A data analyst has to demonstrate how the population in a city has increased over time. In particular, they want to be able to see when the population has exceeded certain thresholds. The chart that would work best for this is a/an _____ chart.

  • column
  • line (CORRECT)
  • bar
  • area

Correct!

24. Fill in the blank: A data analyst has to demonstrate how the population in a city has increased over time. In particular, they want to be able to see when the population has exceeded certain thresholds. The chart that would work best for this is a/an _____ chart.

  • column
  • area
  • line (CORRECT)
  • bar

Correct!

25. You are working with a database table named employee that contains data about employees. You want to review all the columns in the table.

You write the SQL query below. Add a FROM clause that will retrieve the data from the employee table.

1 SELECT
2 *

What is the job title of Andrew Adams?

  • IT Manager
  • General Manager (CORRECT)
  • Sales Support Agent
  • Sales Manager

Correct!

26.Fill in the blank: In the following spreadsheet, the feature sort range can be used to ________ the city names in column B?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
27Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
31Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
410Concord96,341Cabarrus
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
66Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
73Greensboro296,710Guilford
89High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
92Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
108Wilmington123,784New Hanover
115Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
  • delete
  • randomize
  • change
  • alphabetize (CORRECT)

Correct!

27. Fill in the blank: In the following spreadsheet, the column labels in row 1, population, and county, are called ________?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • characteristics
  • descriptors
  • attributes (CORRECT)
  • criteria

Correct!

28. In the following spreadsheet, where can the observation of Raleigh be found?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • Row 2
  • Row 3
  • Row 4 (CORRECT)
  • Row 7

Correct!

29. The function =AVG_pop(C2:C11) will calculate the average population across the cities in this spreadsheet.

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • True
  • False (CORRECT)

Correct!

30. You are working with a database table that contains invoice data. The customer_id column lists the ID number for each customer. You are interested in invoice data for the customer with ID number 7.

You write the SQL query below. Add a WHERE clause that will return only data about the customer with ID number 7.

1 SELECT
2 *
3 FROM
4 invoice
5

After you run your query, use the slider to view all the data presented.

What is the billing country for the customer with ID number 7?

  • Brazil
  • Austria
  • Poland
  • France ( CORRECT)

Correct!

31. Which of the following best describes a bar chart?

  • It is a visualization that plots a sequence of points and connects them with them with straight lines or curves.
  • It is a visualization that represents data with columns, or bars, the heights of which are proportional to the values that they represent. (CORRECT)
  • It is a visualization that plots individual points in the Cartesian coordinate plane.
  • It is a visualization that uses a circle which is divided into wedges sized based on numerical proportion.

Correct!

32. A company is curious about the population trend in Charlotte, NC. A data analyst in the company is tasked with creating a visualization that depicts such information. What type of chart would be best for this task and why?

  • A line chart because it is a visualization that uses a circle which is divided into wedges sized based on numerical proportion.
  • A bar chart because it is a visualization that represents data with columns, or bars, the heights of which are proportional to the values that they represent.
  • A pie chart because it plots a sequence of points and connects them with straight lines or curves.
  • A line chart because it plots a sequence of points and connects them with straight lines or curves. (CORRECT)

Correct!

33. You are working with a database table named playlist that contains data about playlists for different types of digital media. You want to review all the columns in the table. 

You write the SQL query below. Add a FROM clause that will retrieve the data from the playlist table.

1 SELECT
2 *

What is the playlist with ID number 3?

  • Audiobooks
  • TV Shows (CORRECT)
  • Music
  • Moviesy

Correct: The clause FROM playlist will retrieve the data from the playlist table. The complete query is SELECT * FROM playlist. The FROM clause specifies which database table to select data from. The playlist with ID number 3 is TV Shows.

34. You are working with a database table that contains invoice data. The customer_id column lists the ID number for each customer. You are interested in invoice data for the customer with ID number 50.

You write the SQL query below. Add a WHERE clause that will return only data about the customer with ID number 50.

1 SELECT
2 *
3 FROM
4 invoice
5 

After you run your query, use the slider to view all the data presented.

What is the billing city for the customer with ID number 50?

  • Bangalore
  • Tokyo
  • Madrid (CORRECT)
  • Paris

Correct!

35. Fill in the blank: In the following spreadsheet, the ________ of High Point describes all of the data in row 10.

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • format
  • observation (CORRECT)
  • criteria
  • dataset

Correct!

36. A data analyst wants to list the cities in this spreadsheet alphabetically, instead of numerically. They can use the feature sort range to do this.

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • True (CORRECT)
  • False

Correct!

37. The function =AVERAGE(C2:C11) can be used to do what for the following spreadsheet?

ABCD
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
  • Arrange the rows according to increasing population size.
  • Arrange the rows according to decreasing population size.
  • Find the average population of the cities (CORRECT)
  • Find the city with the largest population.

Correct!

38. You are working with a database table named genre that contains data about music genres. You want to review all the columns in the table. 

You write the SQL query below. Add a FROM clause that will retrieve the data from the genre table.

1 SELECT
2 *

What is the name of the genre with ID number 3?

  • Blues
  • Metal (CORRECT)
  • Jazz
  • Rock

Correct: The clause FROM genre will retrieve the data from the genre table. The complete query is SELECT * FROM genre. The FROM clause specifies which database table to query. The name of the genre with ID number 3 is Metal.

39. The words rank, name, population, and county in row 1 of the following spreadsheet are known as descriptors.

ABCE
1RankNamePopulationCounty
21Charlotte885,708Mecklenburg
32Raleigh474,069Wake (seat), Durham
43Greensboro296,710Guilford
54Durham278,993Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
65Winston-Salem247,945Forsyth
76Fayetteville211,657Cumberland
87Cary170,282Wake, Chatham
98Wilmington123,784New Hanover
109High Point112,791Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
1110Concord96,341Cabarrus
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