®% Practice Questions The practice questions below will help you evaluate your understanding of the topic. The questions shoven are similar in nature to those found on the certtica- tion examination. Whereas none of these questions will be found on the examPractice Questions Chapter8 233, itself, they allow you to review your knowledge of the subject. Select the conrect answers and then check the completeness of your answers in the following solu- tion section, Remember that you must select all correct answers and only correct answers to receive credit for the question. 1. Update tasks are the only method of making changes to the database. O Atme O BFalse 2. Which statement is true? (GAA database LUW must be placed within an SAP LUW. B. An SAP LUW must be placed within a database LUW. a Which actions release a database lock? ‘A. COMMIT WORK BB, ROLLBACK WORK €.The display of an SAP screen D. The display of a dialog message type E E, The display of a dialog message type A FL ENQUEUE_ G. DEOUEUE_ H, Acall to a function module LA CALL TRANSACTION JeA SUBMIT K. An “/n" in the command field noooaooaooe » ‘Which actions release a lock object (with a default value for sco)? A. COMMIT WORK BB, ROLLBACK WORK . The display of an SAP screen D. The display of a dialog message type & ooo0cas E. The display of a dialog message type 4224 Chapter 8 SQL Statements Including Update Strategies ooaes vy ooooaa oo ooooos ° o F, ENQUEUE_ H. A alll to a function module TACALL TRANSACTION J.A SUBMIT K.An“/n" in the command field How can you implement a table join other than the using the J01N state- ‘ment? (Fill in the blank) The data buffered on each application server Is: A. Always the same B. Never the same . Depends on the users The target structure of 2 S{LECT statement requires the field names to match the columns selected and to be in the same left-justified order. A.True B. False When is an ENDSELECT not required for a select? ‘A. When the F20H isa view B. When you specify a join of tables €. When you do a SELECT SINGLE D. When you specify into a table B, When you specify appending a table The database always uses the primary key when the WHERE clause contains any of the key fields. A.True B. FalsePractice Questions Chapter8 225 10. OpenSQL does not allow you to specify a secondary index during a SELECT. O Ate OD B.Fabe 11, You should always buffer database tables that contain fewer than 100 records, O Ate O B.Fabse 12. Buifering data can speed up access to deta up to 100 times when compared to reading it from the database. 0 Atri OC B.Fabe 13, All Open SQL. commands allow processing on multiple rows, O A.tne O B.Fabe 14, The WAIT parameter of a lock object waits for the lock to be successful DO ATrue OB. Fabe 45. Itis recommended to place the COMMIT WORK in the update task OC Atre OB. False 16. Its possible to PERFORM DO Atre OB. False ibroutine> ON COMMIT in an update task. 17. The correct order for using a lock object is: GA. Read the data, set the lock, change the data, release the lock CB. Setthe lock, read the data, change the data, release the lock D_C. Set the lock, read the data, release the lock, change the data226 Chapter SOL Statements Including Update Strategies 18, a a 19, a a Local update tasks are quicker because they stay within the same work pro cess, Actus B. False V1 update tasks are always non-restartable, whereas V2 update tasks are always restartable. A. True B. False Practice Question Answers and Explanations 4: Correct answer: B In addition to the various types of update tasks, itis also possible to use inline updates to make changes to the database. Cortect answer: B Ifyou encounter an error during the processing of an SAP LUW, it should be possible to return to the consistent database status that existed prior to beginning the SAP LUW. This is only possible is if he SAP LUW is placed within a database LUW. Correct answers: A, B, G D, E1,J,K {A database lock is released when the database performs a rollback or data- base commit. When you execute the ABAP statements R01 (SACK ORK and COMNIT WORK, you explicitly implement a database rollback or database com- rit. There are also instances when # database commit is triggered implicitly. Implicit database commits are always initiated whenever the program has to walt, such as when the system sends an SAP screen, when the system sends dialog message, whenever there are synchronous and asynchronous RFC alls (the question referenced a normal function call, not a Remote Function Call, or when you use the statements CALL TRANSACTION or SUBMIT .. Correct answers: A. B. E.G, K Ia lock isenqueued with a_scope of 2 (the defauld, the lock is released after ‘you execute the ABAP statements FOL BACK WORK and COMITT WORK, or after 4 program termination. program termination is produced after a message10. 1 Practice Question Answers and Explanations Chapter 8 with the type of either 4 or x, with the execution of the statements LAV PROSRAM and LEAVE TD TRANSACTION, of ifthe user enters */n” in the com- mand field. The lock can also be released by calling the DE0)EUE function module or the function module OC OJEUE_ALL. Correct answer: A database view ‘There are two ways to implement a table join. One is to ereate a database view in the ABAP Dictionary that corresponds to the table join and use this view. The other is to define the join directly in your program as an ABAP Join. Correct answer: € SAP table buffers exist separately for each application server, and there is a limited amount of bulfer space on each. As datais accessed by users, the data that is contained within the table buffers changes as more recent data replaces older data. This means that itis normally a very rare occurance that the contents of the buffers across application servers match. Correct answer: B It is not necessary for the field names to match the columns selected. What is necessary is forthe size and type of the fields to match. Correct answer: CD, E ‘An ENOSELECT is not required because these SELECT statements do not loop. ‘A SELECT SINGLE statement only returns one record, and both the 1Nv0 TABLE and APPENDING TABLE fil the destination in a block mode. Because none of these statements isa SELECT loop, the ENOSELECT is not necessary. Correct answer: B ‘The database optimizer determines which index to use. Under most circum stances, itis based on the fields provided in the iéRe clause, and which indexes exist for the database table, Correct answer: A This is correct. Open SQL. does not allow you to provide any direction directly to the underlying database. Correct answer: B ‘The decision to buffer database tables is more complex than a simple deter- ‘mination based on the expecied size of the table. Again the ideal table is small, read frequently, rarely changed, and normally accessed directly with its key fields. However, the decision 10 buffer a database table should be 27228 Chapter8 SQL Statements Including Update Strategies made by experienced ABAP developers in consultation with the system administrator. 12. Correct answer: A A table that is buffered can speed up your access between 10 and 100 times compared to reading it from the database. The caveat for the speed, how- ever, is that for the buffer to be used. it must be aSF1 FC7 statement that spec- ifies the fall buffered key with equalities only. 13. Correct answer: A All Open SQl. commands allow processing on multiple rows. 14. Comect answer B The _WAIT parameter defines whether a lock request should be repeated if the frst lock attempt fais. It does not wait for the lock to become avatlabie. 15. Correct answer: B You muist not use the explicit ABAP statements OMIT WORK oF ROLLBACK WOR in the update module, 16. Correct answer: A The goal in the update task is to execute changes to central tables as late as possible in the LUW. To achieve this, you can use the PERFORM ON COMMIT technique in the update. If you encapsulate changes to central tables as form routines within the appropriate function group of the update module and then call the routines from within the update module using the PERFORM ON COMMIT, the form routines will not be executed until the last update module 1s processed. 17, Comect answer: B ‘This order should be natural. Obtain the lock so that you know the data is not being modified elsewhere and is therefore consistent, read the data to begin with the current consistent state, make your change, and finally release the lock to make the data available for others who may be waiting for the data 18. Correct answer: B Local updates are quicker because they do not provide updates to the log table, Because there is less database activity, the process runs quicker. How- ever, if there is a problem, there is no way of knowing what data was lost because there are no requests in the log table. Take Away Chapter8 229 19. Correct answer: B V1 modules can either be restartable or nion-restartable. V2 tasks are always restartable.