What is the Service Master Key?

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Service master key (SMK) is created the first time a SQL Server instance is started; it is used
to encrypt linked server credentials, login credentials, and the database master keys. In SQL Server 2012, the SMK uses the AES 256-bit algorithm.

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What is the Big-O of Dinic's algorithm?

a. O(V^2*E) b. O(V^2*E^2) c. O(V*E) d. O(V*E)^2

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How do you send a value to a function?

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What is the default base STP priority used on a Cisco switch?

A) 8192 B) 16,384 C) 32,768 D) 1024

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