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SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The word - phrase - or character string included as input in the full -text query.






2. 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






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






4. An international nonprofit organization that develops standards for geospatial and location-based services.






5. 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






6. Another name for an indexed view; Message Contains information that is sent within a Service Broker conversation.






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. The name given to the group of tasks within a Service Broker solution that require messages to be sent.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. A collection of properties and methods that provide a defined functionality.






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






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






21. A _________ that is set on one or more columns in a table that ensures the data in each row is unique within the table for that column or combination of columns; A unique _________ allows NULL values and therefore cannot be used to uniquely identify






22. An index that contains one or more columns in a table that are used to improve query efficiency; If the table has a ______ index - the root level of the _______ index points back to the clustering key - otherwise - the root level points to a row in






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






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






25. _______ designed to work with geometry and geography data types.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. A TSQL operator that combines multiple related tables to define the result set; The _______ syntax defines a column or columns which are common between the tables that are used to correlate the data.






33. A variable that is passed to a stored procedure or function.






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. A collection of conversations that are related






42. 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.






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






44. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Defines on which file group each ________ defined by a _______ function should be stored.






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