Mysql Setup


  1. INFORMATION_SCHEMA is not based on the SQL standard.











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    Correct Option: A

    ‘INFORMATION_SCHEMA’ is another way to access information about the databases and its objects (metadata). It is based on the ‘SQL standard’, although some content is MySQL-specific.


  1. MySQL supports shared-memory connections on Windows.











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    Correct Option: B

    MySQL supports shared memory connections on Windows. This capability is disabled by default. In order to enable it, the server is started with the ‘–shared-memory’ option.



  1. The option used to specify the socket file pathname is ______________.











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    Correct Option: D

    The default socket file usually is ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’. Operating system distributions that include MySQL often use a different location. The –socket option is used to specify explicitly.


  1. Which option is used to specify to the server the IP number of the server host on which the server should listen?











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    Correct Option: A

    If the server host has more than one IP number, the server can be specified the one that it should use when listening for connections by starting it with a ‘–bind-address’ option.



  1. The server listens on a network port for TCP/IP connections unless started with the option ______________.











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    Correct Option: A

    On all the platforms the server listens on a network port for the TCP/IP connections, unless and until it is started with the –skip-networking option. The default port number is 3306.