Q1. - (Topic 10)
You are developing a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) tabular database. To maximize performance, queries must be resolved only by using cache.
You need to configure the appropriate query mode.
Which query mode should you select?
A. DirectQuery with In-Memory
B. In-Memory
C. In-Memory with DirectQuery
D. DirectQuery
Answer: B
Q2. DRAG DROP - (Topic 10)
You are planning the installation of PowerPivot for SharePoint.
You install SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1.
You need to install the PowerPivot for SharePoint instance. Then you need to configure the
Default Account username used to provision shared services in the SharePoint farm. Which three actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Answer:
Q3. - (Topic 10)
You are designing a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube.
You need to create a measure to count unique customers.
What should you do?
A. Use role playing dimensions.
B. Use the Business Intelligence Wizard to define dimension intelligence.
C. Add a measure that uses the Count aggregate function to an existing measure group.
D. Add a measure that uses the DistinctCount aggregate function to an existing measure group.
E. Add a measure that uses the LastNonEmpty aggregate function. Use a regular relationship between the time dimension and the measure group.
F. Add a measure group that has one measure that uses the DistinctCount aggregate function.
G. Add a calculated measure based on an expression that counts members filtered by the Exists and NonEmpty functions.
H. Add a hidden measure that uses the Sum aggregate function. Add a calculated measure aggregating the measure along the time dimension.
I. Create several dimensions. Add each dimension to the cube.
J. Create a dimension. Then add a cube dimension and link it several times to the measure group.
K. Create a dimension. Create regular relationships between the cube dimension and the measure group. Configure the relationships to use different dimension attributes.
L. Create a dimension with one attribute hierarchy. Set the IsAggregatable prooerty to False and then set the DefaultMember property. Use a regular relationship between the dimension and measure group.
M. Create a dimension with one attribute hierarchy. Set the IsAggregatable property to False and then set the DefaultMember property. Use a many-to-many relationship to link the dimension to the measure group.
N. Create a dimension with one attribute hierarchy. Set the ValueColumn property, set the IsAggregatable property to False, and then set the DefaultMember property. Configure the cube dimension so that it does not have a relationship with the measure group. Add a calculated measure that uses the MemberValue attribute property.
O. Create a new named calculation in the data source view to calculate a rolling sum. Add a measure that uses the Max aggregate function based on the named calculation.
Answer: F
Q4. - (Topic 1)
You need to ascertain why Marc did not receive his reports.
What should you do?
A. Search the ReportServerService_<timestamp>.log file for errors.
B. Search the registry for errors.
C. Use the Windows Event Viewer to search the Application log for errors.
D. Use SQL Server Management Studio to search the SQL Server logs for errors.
Answer: B
Q5. - (Topic 1)
You need to create a measure for DOD sales.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose all that apply.)
A. Specify a date table by using a Mark as Date table.
B. Use the Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) PARALLELPERIOD() function.
C. Use the Business Intelligence Wizard to define time intelligence.
D. Use the Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) LAG() function.
Answer: A,C
Explanation: * From scenario:
A measure must be created to calculate day-over-day (DOD) sales by region based on
order date.
A: Specify Mark as Date Table for use with Time Intelligence (SSAS Tabular)
In order to use time intelligence functions in DAX formulas, you must specify a date table
and a unique identifier (datetime) column of the Date data type. Once a column in the date
table is specified as a unique identifier, you can create relationships between columns in
the date table and any fact tables.
C: The time intelligence enhancement is a cube enhancement that adds time calculations
(or time views) to a selected hierarchy. This enhancement supports the following
categories of calculations:
Period to date.
Period over period growth.
Moving averages.
Parallel period comparisons.
Topic 2, Contoso Ltd
Background You are the business intelligence (BI) solutions architect for Contoso Ltd, a multinational sales company with offices in London, Madrid, Paris, Brisbane, Tokyo, and New York. Contoso sells office consumable products such as pens, printer ink, and paper.
You produce solutions by using SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence Edition and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition with SP1.
Technical Background Contoso's products are categorized by using four levels while some use only two or three levels. Products are categorized as shown in the following table.
Contoso sells products through mobile sales staff, direct marketing, and its website. Sales personnel are located in various regions around the world, and each region has a sales manager who is paid a quarterly bonus based on the total sales in the region during the quarter. Regions are categorized as shown in the following table.
SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is used to host a multidimensional database. The database contains a single cube named Sales and three database dimensions named Products, Regions, and Date. A single measure named Sales Total has been defined in the cube. The data source for the database is a SQL Server data warehouse.
The Products dimension contains a single user-defined hierarchy named Products. To prevent the display of empty members when users browse the Products dimension, the Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) process populates all missing values as shown in the following diagram.
The structure of the Products hierarchy is shown in the following diagram.
The Regions dimension contains a single user-defined hierarchy named Sales Regions. The dimension is based on a single dimension table in the data warehouse and the attribute relationships have not been modified since the dimension was created by using the Dimension wizard. The structure of the Sales Regions hierarchy is shown in the following diagram.
The Date dimension contains a single user-defined hierarchy named Calendar. The structure of the Calendar hierarchy is shown in the following diagram.
A role named UserRegions has been created in the SSAS database that will be used to filter members in the Regions dimension based on the authenticated user.
Administrative staff from around the world will produce sales reports with Microsoft Excel 2010 based on the Sales cube.
Developers will produce reports with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) based on the Sales cube and the reports will be delivered to users through report subscriptions and a web browser. All users log on to an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain named contoso.com. All client computers and servers are joined to the contoso.com domain.
Business Requirements The BI system must meet the following reporting requirements: . Display all sales figures in euro currency, regardless of the client's reporting location . Include a new measure named AD Sales that calculates average daily sales for a selected month . Support near real-time reporting while maintaining good performance for
multidimensional queries . Support reports that show currency exchange rates . Deliver executive reports that are parameterized and rendered from report
snapshots
In addition, cube objects must use terms familiar to users from around the world. For example, in the Sales Regions hierarchy, users from Great Britain must see the State level presented as County when browsing the Sales cube.
The Sales cube must support a new measure group named Sales Planning. The measure group must consist of a single measure named Sales Plan that enables the management team to use Excel 2010 to enter sales plans for future monitoring.
Technical Requirements
The BI system must meet the following technical requirements: Architecture requirements The system must use separate servers for each of the following components: SQL Server Database Engine SQL Server Integration Services SQL Server Analysis Services in multidimensional mode SharePoint Server with the Reporting Services Add-in o All servers must be installed using U.S. regional settings. The system must source currency exchange rate data from a database hosted in Windows Azure SQL Databases.
Security requirements
When possible, the system must use Windows authentication for all database
connections.
The system must prevent users from querying data from outside of their region.
The system must allow certain users to query data from multiple regions.
Development requirements
When browsing the Products hierarchy, repeating values for different levels of a
given drill-path must be avoided. For example, Papers -> Copy Paper -> Copy
Paper -> Copy Paper should appear simply as Papers -> Copy Paper.
The system must support report snapshots. The default maximum number of
retained snapshots must not exceed five.
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Q6. HOTSPOT - (Topic 9)
You administer a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube.
You plan to optimize the cube partitions by using usage-based optimization.
You need to configure the SSAS instance.
Which properties should you configure? To answer, select the appropriate properties in the
dialog box in the answer area.
Answer:
Q7. HOTSPOT - (Topic 9)
You are developing a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) solution.
You plan to create reports based on the results of a currency exchange SOAP web service
call.
You need to configure a shared data source.
Which data source type should you use?
To answer, select the appropriate type from the drop-down list in the answer area.
Answer:
Q8. - (Topic 3)
You need to configure the Scenario attribute to ensure that business users appropriately query the Sales Plan measure.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose all that apply.)
A. Set the AttributeHierarchyVisible property to False.
B. Set the IsAggregatable property to False.
C. Set the Usage property to Parent.
D. set the DefaultMember property to the Forecast member.
E. Set the AttributeHierarchyEnabled property to False.
F. Set the RootMemberIf property to ParentIsMissing.
Answer: C,D
Explanation:
The Sales measure group is based on the FactSales table. The Sales Plan measure group is based on the FactSalesPlan table. The Sales Plan measure group has been configured with a multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP) writeback partition. Both measure groups use MOLAP partitions, and aggregation designs are assigned to all partitions.
Topic 4, Contoso, Ltd Case A
General Background You are the SQL Server Administrator for Contoso, Ltd. You have been tasked with upgrading all existing SQL Server instances to SQL Server 2012.
Technical Background The corporate environment includes an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain named contoso.com. The forest and domain levels are set to Windows Server 2008. All default containers are used for computer and user accounts. All servers run Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1). All client computers run Windows 7 Professional
SP1. All servers and client computers are members of the contoso.com domain.
The current SQL Server environment consists of a single instance failover cluster of SQL
Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services (SSAS). The virtual server name of the cluster is
SSASCluster. The cluster includes two nodes: Node1 and Node2. Node1 is currently the
active node. In anticipation of the upgrade, the prerequisites and shared components have
been upgraded on both nodes of the cluster, and each node was rebooted during a weekly
maintenance window.
A single-server deployment of SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services (SSRS) in native
mode is installed on a server named SSRS01. The Reporting Server service is configured
to use a domain service account. SSRS01 hosts reports that access the SSAS databases
for sales data as well as modeling data for the Research team. SSRS01 contains 94
reports used by the organization. These reports are generated continually during business
hours. Users report that report subscriptions on SSRS01 are not being delivered. You run
the reports on demand from Report Manager and find that the reports render as expected.
A new server named SSRS02 has been joined to the domain, SSRS02 will host a single-
server deployment of SSRS so that snapshots of critical reports are accessible during the
upgrade.
The server configuration is shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.)
The production system includes three SSAS databases that are described in the following table.
All SSAS databases are backed up once a day, and backups are stored offsite.
Business Requirements After the upgrade users must be able to perform the following tasks: . Ad-hoc analysis of data in the SSAS databases by using the Microsoft Excel PivotTable client. . Daily operational analysis by executing a custom application that uses ADOMD.NET and existing Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) queries.
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The detailed data must be stored in the model.
Technical Requirements You need to minimize downtime during the SSASCluster upgrade. The upgrade must minimize user intervention and administrative effort.
The upgrade to SQL Server 2012 must maximize the use of all existing servers, require the least amount of administrative effort, and ensure that the SSAS databases are operational as soon as possible.
You must implement the highest level of domain security for client computers connecting to SSRS01. The SSRS instance on SSRS01 must use Kerberos delegation to connect to the SSAS databases. Email notification for SSRS01 has not been previously configured. Email notification must be configured to use the SMTP server SMTP01 with a From address of reports@contoso.com. Report distribution must be secured by using SSL and must be limited to the contoso.com domain.
You have the following requirements for SSRS02:
Replicate the SSRS01 configuration.
Ensure that all current reports are available on SSRS02.
Minimize the performance impact on SSR501.
In preparation for the upgrade, the SSRS-related components have been installed on the new SSRS02 server by using the Reporting Services file-only installation mode. The Reporting Services databases have been restored from SSRS01 and configured appropriately.
You must design a strategy to recover the SSRS instance on SSRS01 in the event of a system failure. The strategy must ensure that SSRS can be recovered in the minimal amount of time and that reports are available as soon as possible. Only functional components must be recovered.
SSRS02 is the recovery server and is running the same version of SSRS as SSRS01. A full backup of the SSRS databases on SSRS01 is performed nightly. The report server configuration files, custom assemblies, and extensions on SSRS02 are manually synchronized with SSRS01. Prior to implementing the upgrade to SQL Server 2012, you must back up all existing SSAS databases.
Databases on SSRS01 is performed nightly. The report server configuration files, custom assemblies, and extensions on SSRS02 are manually synchronized with SSRS01.
Prior to implementing the upgrade to SQL Server 2012, you must back up all existing SSAS databases. The backup must include only the partitioning, metadata, and aggregations to minimize the processing time required when restoring the databases. You must minimize processing time and the amount of disk space used by the backups.
Before upgrading SSAS on the SSASCluster, all existing databases must be moved to a temporary staging server named SSAS01 that hosts a default instance of SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services. This server will be used for testing client applications connecting to SSAS 2012, and as a disaster recovery platform during the upgrade. You must move the databases by using the least amount of administrative effort and minimize downtime. All SSAS databases other than the Research database must be converted to tabular BI Semantic Models (BISMs) as part of the upgrade to SSAS 2012. The Research team must have access to the Research database for modeling throughout the upgrade. To facilitate this, you detach the Research database and attach it to SSAS01.
While testing the Research database on SSAS01, you increase the compatibility level to 1100. You then discover a compatibility issue with the application. You must roll back the compatibility level of the database to 1050 and retest.
After completing the upgrade, you must do the following:
1.
Design a role and assign an MDX expression to the Allowed member set property of the Customer dimension to allow sales representatives to browse only members of the Customer dimension that are located in their sales regions. Use the sales representatives' logins and minimize impact on performance.
2.
Deploy a data model to allow the ad-hoc analysis of data. The data model must be cached and source data from an OData feed.
Q9. DRAG DROP - (Topic 9)
You are administering a SQL Server Analysts Services (SSAS) database on a server. The database hosts a financial cube based on a SQL Azure database.
You need to grant write access to the financial cube for all users in the group USA\PowerUsers.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Answer:
Q10. - (Topic 5)
You need to choose the appropriate key to use when designing a dimension table based on the Customer table.
What should you do?
A. Use a surrogate key.
B. Use a natural key.
C. Use the CustomerNumber column as the key.
D. Concatenate the CustomerName and CustomerNumber columns and use the concatenated string as the key.
E. Use the CustomerName column as the key.
Answer: A