API for NoSQL
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Category: Core Concepts
Summary: Cosmos DB's native API (formerly SQL API), queried with a SQL-like language; DP-420's focus.
Overview
The API for NoSQL (formerly called the SQL API or Core (SQL) API) is Azure Cosmos DB's native API, exposing data as JSON documents queried using a SQL-like query language. It is the primary API assessed on the DP-420 exam, and is what most exam objectives around SQL queries, indexing, partitioning, and SDK usage refer to.
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DP-420 Style Practice Questions
Q1. Which Azure Cosmos DB API is the primary focus of the DP-420 exam?
- A. API for NoSQL
- B. API for MongoDB
- C. API for Cassandra
- D. API for Table
Q2. What was the API for NoSQL previously known as?
- A. The SQL API / Core (SQL) API
- B. The Table API
- C. The Gremlin API
- D. The Cassandra API
Answer Key
Answers are listed at the very end so you can attempt the questions first.
- Q1 (API for NoSQL): A. API for NoSQL — The DP-420 exam focuses specifically on Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL (formerly the SQL API).
- Q2 (API for NoSQL): A. The SQL API / Core (SQL) API — The API for NoSQL was formerly branded as the SQL API or Core (SQL) API.
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