• I hate "me too" replies, but I also failed on the "Will definitely use more resources" option, because it is just not true. Consider the alternative of a standard column populated by a trigger. A trigger will update the column on every insert and every relevant update; whereas the computed column will only be evaluated when it is selected. If you never include the column in a select statement then how can it use more resources? And yes I know that you wouldn't create a computed column that you don't intend to use, but a seldom-accessed computed column is still going to use fewer resources than a trigger.

    I didn't choose "The engine tweaks to be performant." as I have no idea what it means!

    Final whinge, it's a shame that these multiple-check-box question give the marks on an all-or-nothing basis; choosing 4 out of 5 correct options scores the same as choosing no correct options but every incorrect one 😀