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SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A service that starts Fdhost:exe processes when the Full-Text Engine requires them.






2. A query that is embedded within - and references columns from - an outer query






3. The process of producing a particular instance of an object based on the object's properties and methods






4. A built-in or user-defined function that provides a calculation on a set of rows or values






5. A collection of conversations that are related






6. A conversation between two specific Services - Broker services that provides exactly-once-in-order - (EOIO) message delivery






7. A way to make SQL Server return a stream making up an XML document or fragment






8. A native SQL Sever data type that can handle both ____ fragments and documents as well as un typed and typed (schema validated) ___ data.






9. A standard created by the OGC that is used to represent text-based descriptions of geospatial objects.






10. An internal metric used by SOL Server to determine the amount of processing resources a given query plan will consume






11. A run time inside SQL Server that allows some objects to be created using a NET language such as C# or Visual Basic NET.






12. A process that finds word boundaries (tokenizes words) based on the linguistic rules for the data language specified; You can specify the language of the data in the column when creating a full-text index on a table.






13. A constraint that is set on one column or a combination of columns in a table that must uniquely identify a row in the table; By definition - the __________ cannot contain NULL values.






14. XML files that define synonyms for terms in a specific language.






15. A ____ that includes only the rows that are in common in all tables referenced in the FROM clause






16. A module of code that is stored within a database that provides an API that applications can use to abstract the database structure from application code.






17. A virtual object that represents a group of full-text indexes






18. A set of code that is stored within a database; The ____ types supported by SQL Server are triggers - functions - views - and stored procedures.






19. A long-term - asynchronous - and reliable communication channel across which messages are sent by using Service Broker






20. Used to store planar data based on Euclidean space such as points - lines - and polygons






21. A number assigned to entries within a transaction log to aid with recovery; lower bound Defines a starting ________ to define a valid range of rows within a change table.






22. A function created as TSQL or as Common Language Runtime (CLR) code; TSQL ____s include scalar - multi statement table valued - and inline table-valued functions.






23. A word or character string defined by a word breaker.






24. A deterministic view that has a unique - clustered _____ created against it






25. Used to store ellipsoidal (round-earth) data - such as latitude and longitude coordinates






26. NET Framework applications that provide specialized functionality within SQL Server PowerShell






27. A specification by the World Wide Web Consortium for transmitting and storing semi structured data.






28. An object that is used to store a scalar value for use within a function - trigger - or stored procedure.






29. A table without a clustered index; (A ____ can still have nonclustered indexes defined on it)






30. At the end of a transaction - either a new and valid form of the data exists or the data is returned to its original state- Returning data to its original state is part of the rollback functionality provided by SOL






31. A ____ that includes all rows from an outer table and includes any rows from the inner table that match the _____ criteria.






32. A ____ that utilizes a UNION ALL clause to combine multiple member tables of the same structure into a single result set.






33. A special type of __________ that has an anchor query - which is the source of the recursion - along with a UNION ALL statement and a second query - which recurses across the anchor query - and an outer query - which references the _____ and specifie






34. A numeric value representing a physical location within a heap and page.






35. Defines where to deliver Service Broker messages. If not specified - the AutoCreatedLocal ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_______ is used.






36. A function that defines the values that divide a table or index into multiple ___________.






37. An index that imposes a physical order on the rows within a table- There can only be a single clustered index on a table






38. A role specified when enabling CDC that is used to limit access to the change data






39. Actions an object can perform.






40. An option that is available for views and functions that ensures any dependent objects cannot be dropped unless the view or function is dropped first.






41. A trigger that executes in response to a DDL event






42. A function that returns the same value every time it is executed given the same input parameters






43. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






44. The process by which a user assumes the security credentials of another user






45. A constraint that is used to implement referential integrity between tables (or even within a single table)






46. A database object that is used to manage stopwords; There is a system-defined stoplist and you can also create your own stoplists.






47. An object that contains significant words and their locations within the columns included in the index






48. A trigger that executes in response to a DML event






49. A constraint that applies a Boolean expression to rows added or updated in tables to verify whether the update should be allowed






50. A server-side object that allows you to retrieve and process a set of data on a row-by-row basis