SQL Server Transactions and Error Handling – Intermediate-Level Quiz

SQL Server Transactions and Error Handling - Intermediate-Level Quiz

This intermediate-level quiz will challenge your understanding of transactions and error handling in SQL Server. Test your knowledge on how to manage transactions, ensure data integrity, and handle errors effectively. The quiz is ideal for those with a solid grasp of SQL Server basics and looking to deepen their expertise.

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What is a transaction in SQL Server?

A system procedure

A user-defined function

A single unit of work that is either fully completed or fully rolled back

A type of database

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Which isolation level prevents dirty reads but allows non-repeatable reads?

READ COMMITTED

SERIALIZABLE

REPEATABLE READ

READ UNCOMMITTED

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What is the purpose of the SET XACT_ABORT ON statement in SQL Server?

To automatically roll back the transaction if a Transact-SQL statement raises a run-time error

To commit the transaction automatically

To start a new transaction

To save the transaction

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Which statement is used to undo changes made during a transaction?

REVERT

UNDO

CANCEL

ROLLBACK

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Which isolation level provides the highest level of data consistency?

REPEATABLE READ

SERIALIZABLE

READ COMMITTED

READ UNCOMMITTED

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What is the purpose of the XACT_ABORT setting in SQL Server?

To save a transaction

To automatically roll back a transaction if an error occurs

To start a new transaction

To commit a transaction automatically

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What function returns the error message in a CATCH block?

ERROR_DETAIL()

ERROR_TEXT()

ERROR_MESSAGE()

ERROR_INFO()

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What is the purpose of the @@ERROR function?

To return the error message of the last Transact-SQL statement executed

To return the error number of the last Transact-SQL statement executed

To return the error state of the last Transact-SQL statement executed

To return the error severity of the last Transact-SQL statement executed

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Which of the following functions returns the severity level of an error?

ERROR_GRADE()

ERROR_INTENSITY()

ERROR_SEVERITY()

ERROR_LEVEL()

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Which command is used to set the transaction isolation level?

SET ISOLATION LEVEL

SET ISOLATION TRANSACTION

SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL

SET TRANSACTION LEVEL

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Which isolation level prevents both dirty reads and non-repeatable reads?

SERIALIZABLE

READ COMMITTED

REPEATABLE READ

READ UNCOMMITTED

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What is the purpose of the SAVE TRANSACTION statement?

To end the transaction without saving changes

To save all changes made during the transaction

To set a savepoint within a transaction

To start a new transaction

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What is the purpose of the ROLLBACK TRANSACTION statement?

To undo all changes made during the transaction

To end the transaction without saving changes

To start a new transaction

To save all changes made during the transaction

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What function returns the line number where an error occurred?

ERROR_LOCATION()

ERROR_POINT()

ERROR_POSITION()

ERROR_LINE()

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What is the purpose of the BEGIN CATCH statement?

To start a block of code to handle errors

To commit a transaction

To start a new transaction

To rollback a transaction

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Which function returns the error number in a CATCH block?

ERROR_VALUE()

ERROR_NUMBER()

ERROR_CODE()

ERROR_ID()

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What does the RAISERROR statement do in SQL Server?

Generates an error message and initiates error processing

Rolls back a transaction

Commits a transaction

Starts a new transaction

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What does the TRY...CATCH construct do in SQL Server?

Commits a transaction

Handles errors by transferring control to a CATCH block if an error occurs

Rolls back a transaction

Starts a new transaction

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What is the function of an END TRY statement?

Ends the block of code being monitored for errors

Ends a transaction

Rolls back a transaction

Commits a transaction

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Which function returns the state number of an error?

ERROR_STATUS()

ERROR_CONDITION()

ERROR_STATE()

ERROR_PHASE()

Your score is

The average score is 42%

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