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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






20. A collection of conversations that are related






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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






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






35. A process that provides inflectional matches to verbs and nouns based on the linguistic rules of the data language defined.






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






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






38. Defines an ending Log Sequence Number (LSN) to define a valid range of rows within a change table.






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






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






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






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






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






44. A function that returns the results as a table data type.






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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