Q1. You install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 on a new server.
After setup is complete, you attempt to start the SQL Server service. After being in a starting state for a few moments, the service goes back to a stopped state. You need to determine the cause of the failure.
Which file should you use?
A. %programfiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Log\Errorlog
B. %programfiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\Summary.txt
C. %programfiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Shared\ErrorDumps\SQLDmpr[XXXX].mdmp
D. %programfiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ldf
Answer: A
Q2. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database.
Users report that an application that accesses the database displays an error, but the error does not provide meaningful information. No entries are found in the SQL Server log or Windows event logs related to the error.
You need to identify the root cause of the issue by retrieving the error message.
What should you do?
A. Create an Extended Events session by using the sqlserver.error_reported event.
B. Create a SQL Profiler session to capture all ErrorLog and EventLog events.
C. Flag all stored procedures for recompilation by using sp_recompile.
D. Execute sp_who.
Answer: A
Q3. You are a database administrator for a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance.
You need to ensure that data can be replicated from a production server to two reporting servers in real time. You also need to ensure that data on the reporting server is always accessible.
Which solution should you use?
A. Availability Groups
B. Extended Events
C. Snapshot Replication
D. Policy Based Management
Answer: A
Q4. You administer a SQL 2012 server that contains a database named SalesDB. SalesDb contains a schema named Customers that has a table named Regions. A user named UserA is a member of a role named Sales.
UserA is granted the Select permission on the Regions table. The Sales role is granted the Select permission on the Customers schema.
You need to remove the Select permission for UserA on the Regions table. You also need to ensure that UserA can still access all the tables in the Customers schema, including the Regions table, through the Sales role permissions.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?
A. DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
B. DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM UserA
C. EXEC sp_addrolemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
D. REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
E. REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales
F. EXEC sp_droproiemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
G. REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM UserA
H. DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales
I. DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
J. REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
Answer: D
Q5. You plan to install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for a web hosting company.
The company plans to host multiple web sites, each supported by a SQL Server database.
You need to select an edition of SQL Server that features backup compression of databases, basic data integration features, and low total cost of ownership.
Which edition should you choose?
A. Express Edition with Tools
B. Standard Edition
C. Web Edition
D. Express Edition with Advanced Services
Answer: B
Q6. You administer a SQL Server 2012 server that contains a database named SalesDb. SalesDb contains a schema named Customers that has a table named Regions. A user named UserA is a member of a role named Sales. UserA is granted the Select permission on the Regions table. The Sales role is granted the Select permission on the Customers schema.
You need to ensure that the following requirements are met:
The Sales role does not have the Select permission on the Customers schema. UserA has the Select permission on the Regions table.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?
A. DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales
B. DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
C. REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales
D. REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
E. DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
F. DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM UserA
G. REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
H. REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FOR UserA
I. EXEC sp_addrolemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
J. EXEC sp_droprolemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
Answer: D
Q7. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server database named Sales. The database is 3 terabytes in size.
The Sales database is configured as shown in the following table.
You discover that all files except Sales_2.ndf are corrupt.
You need to recover the corrupted data in the minimum amount of time.
What should you do?
A. Perform a restore from a full backup.
B. Perform a transaction log restore.
C. Perform a file restore.
D. Perform a filegroup restore.
Answer: C
Q8. You have been hired as a Database Consultant by ABC.com to design a SQL Server 2012 database solution.
You are tasked with designing a scale-out and high-availability SQL Server 2012 Online
Transaction Processing (OLTP) database solution that will maintain copies of data across two server instances.
Your solution must provide scale-out of read operations by distributing the reads from clients across two SQL Server 2012 nodes. The data in both SQL Server nodes needs to be indexed.
What should you include in your solution?
A. You should include two servers configured in an Active-Active SQL Server 2012 Cluster
B. You should include a primary SQL Server 2012 database that uses transactional replication to replicate data to a secondary database.
C. You should include two servers configured in an Active-Passive SQL Server 2012 Cluster.
D. You should include two servers in an Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode Availability Group.
E. You should include two servers in a Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode Availability Group
Answer: B
Q9. A table named Profits stores the total profit made each year within a territory. The Profits table has columns named Territory, Year, and Profit. You need to create a report that displays the profits made by each territory for each year and its previous year.
Which Transact-SQL query should you use?
A. SELECT Territory, Year, Profit, LEAD(Profit, 1, 0) OVER (PARTITION BY Territory ORDER BY Year) AS PrevProfit FROM Profits
B. SELECT Territory, Year, Profit, LAG(Profit, 1, 0) OVER (PARTITION BY Year ORDER BY Territory) AS PrevProfit FROM Profits
C. SELECT Territory, Year, Profit, LAG(Profit, 1, 0) OVER (PARTITION BY Territory ORDER BY Year) AS PrevProfit FROM Profits
D. SELECT Territory, Year, Profit, LEAD(Profit, 1, 0) OVER (PARTITION BY Year ORDER BY Territory) AS PrevProfit FROM Profits
Answer: C
Q10. You administer a SQL Server 2012 server that contains a database named SalesDB. SalesDb contains a schema named Customers that has a table named Regions. A user named UserA is a member of a role named Sales.
UserA is granted the Select permission on the Regions table. The Sales role is granted the Select permission on the Customers schema.
You need to ensure that UserA is disallowed to select from any of the tables in the Customers schema.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?
A. DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
B. DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales
C. REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
D. REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM UserA
E. REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales
F. REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
G. DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
H. DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM UserA
I. EXEC sp_addrolemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
J. EXEC sp droprolemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
Answer: H