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






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






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






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






5. An agreement between two services that defines the message types the services send to accomplish certain tasks- It also defines what participants can send which message types






6. During a transaction (before it is committed or rolled back) the data must remain in an isolated state and not be accessible to other transactions; In SQL Server - the isolation level can be controlled for each transaction






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






8. A physical structure implemented as a balanced tree that is used to speed up query operations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






20. 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






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






22. The security credentials under which a code module is executed






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






24. A special case of a partitioned view where the member tables are stored on multiple SOL Server instances






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Actions an object can perform.






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






31. A rule applied to a column{s} within a table that is used to validate changes and ensure that data within a table does not violate business rules






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






33. A hidden table where Service Broker messages are stored until they are processed.






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






35. 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.






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






37. The word - phrase - or character string included as input in the full -text query.






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






39. The smallest storage object maintained by SQL Server; a _____ is exactly 8 KB in size.






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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