Test your basic knowledge |

SQL Server Vocab

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A database object that is used to manage stopwords; There is a system-defined stoplist and you can also create your own stoplists.






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






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






4. A collection of conversations that are related






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






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






7. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.






8. Defines the name and contents of a message.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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