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SQL Server Vocab
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1. An index that imposes a physical order on the rows within a table- There can only be a single clustered index on a table
Methods
Contract
Clustered Index
Schema binding
2. Provides security to dialogs connecting to remote databases.
Heap
Variable
Remote service binding
DDL trigger
3. 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
Cursor
INNER JOIN
Heap
Nonclustered Index
4. A trigger that executes in response to a DDL event
Instantiation
DDL trigger
Cursor
Check constraint
5. A deterministic view that has a unique - clustered _____ created against it
OGC Extended Methods
Indexed view
Partition scheme
Constraint
6. 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.
Word breaker
SQLCLR
Row Identifier (RID)
Stored procedure
7. The security credentials under which a code module is executed
Execution context
Spatial reference identifier (SRID)
FOR XML
Conversation group
8. Defines on which file group each ________ defined by a _______ function should be stored.
XML document
Partition scheme
Isolation
Correlated subquery
9. 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.
Primary key
Correlated subquery
Schema binding
Cursor
10. 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
Fllestream
Cost
Heap
Upper bound
11. Tables within a database that store modified rows in a database with CDC enabled
Change tables
Full-text Index
Nondeterministic function
Conversation group
12. Defines the name and contents of a message.
Message type
PartItioned view
Spatial reference identifier (SRID)
Stemmer
13. A process that provides inflectional matches to verbs and nouns based on the linguistic rules of the data language defined.
Remote service binding
OGC Extended Methods
Stemmer
Full-text catalog
14. A database object that is used to manage stopwords; There is a system-defined stoplist and you can also create your own stoplists.
Filter daemon host process (Fdhost exe)
Noncorrelated subquery
Stoplist
Atomicity
15. A reference ID associated with a specific model of the earth. These IDs reference the European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) standard identification system.
Event group
System process ID (SPID)
Spatial reference identifier (SRID)
Service Broker endpoint
16. An object that contains significant words and their locations within the columns included in the index
XML fragment
Full-Text Engine
Stored procedure
Full-text Index
17. 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
Identlty
Row Identifier (RID)
Clustered Index
Well-known binary (WKB)
18. A trigger that executes in response to a DML event
Change tables
Durability
DML trigger
Indexed view
19. A TSQL operator that combines the result sets from multiple queries.
Filter daemon host process (Fdhost exe)
UNION
Constraint
OGC Extended Methods
20. Sets the relative precedence for Service Broker conversations
Index
Fllestream
Conversation priority
Stored procedure
21. The process by which a user assumes the security credentials of another user
Impersonation
Route
Cursor
Fllestream
22. 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
Execution context
Geometry data type
Filter
Full-Text Engine
23. A function referenced in a SELECT clause that accepts an expression and returns a single value of a defined data type.
Geometry data type
Spatial reference identifier (SRID)
Scalar function
Schema binding
24. A constraint that applies a Boolean expression to rows added or updated in tables to verify whether the update should be allowed
Primary key
Check constraint
Conversation priority
XML data type
25. Used to store ellipsoidal (round-earth) data - such as latitude and longitude coordinates
Conversation group
Recursive CTE
Geography data type
Route
26. NET Framework applications that provide specialized functionality within SQL Server PowerShell
PartItioned view
Cmdlets
Consistency
DML trigger
27. 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.
Cursor
Page
Thesaurus
Stopword
28. A special case of a partitioned view where the member tables are stored on multiple SOL Server instances
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Stoplist
Distributed partitioned view
Gating role
29. A function that returns the same value every time it is executed given the same input parameters
Durability
DDL trigger
Foreign key constraInt
DetermInistic function
30. A variable that is passed to a stored procedure or function.
Durability
DML trigger
Parameter
Primary key
31. The process of adding data to a full -text index either during creation or when the full-text index is built.
Population (crawl)
Distributed partitioned view
Full-text Index
Spatial reference identifier (SRID)
32. 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
Identlty
DetermInistic function
Consistency
Geometry data type
33. A ____ that includes all rows from an outer table and includes any rows from the inner table that match the _____ criteria.
OUTER JOIN
Recursive CTE
Message type
SQLCLR
34. A numeric value assigned to each connection to SQL Server.
Thesaurus
Event group
Geometry data type
System process ID (SPID)
35. A long-term - asynchronous - and reliable communication channel across which messages are sent by using Service Broker
Partition function
Conversation
Geography data type
XML data type
36. An object that is used to store a scalar value for use within a function - trigger - or stored procedure.
Variable
Impersonation
JOIN
Check constraint
37. Another name for an indexed view; Message Contains information that is sent within a Service Broker conversation.
Materialized view
Impersonation
Row Identifier (RID)
Durability
38. The name given to the group of tasks within a Service Broker solution that require messages to be sent.
Term
Page
Noncorrelated subquery
Service
39. A way to make SQL Server return a stream making up an XML document or fragment
Filter daemon host process (Fdhost exe)
Well-known binary (WKB)
PartItioned view
FOR XML
40. When two or more pieces of information are involved in a transaction - either all the pieces are committed or none of them are
Foreign key constraInt
Atomicity
Durability
Nondeterministic function
41. 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.
INNER JOIN
Schema binding
OUTER JOIN
Full-text Index
42. A _________ that might return a different value each time it is called given the same input parameter.
Thesaurus
Recursive CTE
Nondeterministic function
Service
43. A set of DDL events within the DDL event hierarchy
Full-text Index
Well-known binary (WKB)
Event group
Index
44. A hidden table where Service Broker messages are stored until they are processed.
Queue
Distributed partitioned view
Index
Conversation
45. Is not well-formed; that is - it does not have a root node.
Stored procedure
XML fragment
SQLCLR
Contract
46. A specification by the World Wide Web Consortium for transmitting and storing semi structured data.
JOIN
Conversation priority
Table-valued function
XML
47. Defines an ending Log Sequence Number (LSN) to define a valid range of rows within a change table.
Instantiation
Upper bound
Thesaurus
Stoplist
48. Actions an object can perform.
Consistency
Module
Methods
Stopword
49. A conversation between two specific Services - Broker services that provides exactly-once-in-order - (EOIO) message delivery
Row Identifier (RID)
Constraint
Dialog
Conversation group
50. 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.
FOR XML
Word breaker
Full-text Index
Scalar function