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SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Actions an object can perform.






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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.






30. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






46. A service that starts Fdhost:exe processes when the Full-Text Engine requires them.






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






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






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






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