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SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process by which a user assumes the security credentials of another user






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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






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






10. A named SQL statement programming object that can be called in either a SELECT or FROM clause that returns a single {scalar} value or a value with a table data type - but is not allowed to modify the state of a database or the instance






11. 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.






12. A process that manages third-party components such as filters - word breakers - and stemmers separated from the SQL Server process






13. One column per table can be defined as its identity; The __________ property automatically generates a new increased or decreased number for the column when rows are inserted into the table






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A TSQL operator that combines the result sets from multiple queries.






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






22. A function referenced in a SELECT clause that accepts an expression and returns a single value of a defined data type.






23. A reference ID associated with a specific model of the earth. These IDs reference the European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) standard identification system.






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






25. A _________ that might return a different value each time it is called given the same input parameter.






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






27. Is not well-formed; that is - it does not have a root node.






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






29. A numeric value assigned to each connection to SQL Server.






30. When two or more pieces of information are involved in a transaction - either all the pieces are committed or none of them are






31. After a transaction is committed - the final state of the data is still available even if the server fails or is restarted






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






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






34. The binary equivalent to WKT - which is sometimes used to transfer and store spatial data.






35. A set of DDL events within the DDL event hierarchy






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






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






38. 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






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






40. A property that can be applied to the varbinary(max) data type and that makes the actual data reside in a directory structure in the file system instead of inside the database's data file or files






41. A part of the SQL Server process that manages full-text administrative tasks - handles full-text query execution - and manages the filter daemon host process






42. A word that is commonly used and adds no meaning to a search - such as a - an - and the; _________s in SQL Server 2008 provide similar functionality to noise words in SQL Server 2005.






43. The process of adding data to a full -text index either during creation or when the full-text index is built.






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






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






46. A component that processes a document to extract the textual information from documents stored in a varbinary(max) or image column and then sends that information to the word breaker






47. A query that is embedded within - but does not reference any columns from - an outer query.






48. Tables within a database that store modified rows in a database with CDC enabled






49. Is well formed; that is - it must have a root node.






50. Used to configure SQL Server to send and receive messages over TCP/IP connections.