Q1. You administer all the deployments of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 in your company.
You need to ensure that an OLTP database that includes up-to-the-minute reporting requirements can be off-loaded from the primary database to another server.
You also Need to be able to add indexes to the secondary database. Which configuration should you use?
A. • Two servers configured in different data centers
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode
• One server configured as an Active Secondary
B. • Two servers configured in the same data center
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode
• One server configured as an Active Secondary
C. • Two servers configured in the same data center
• A primary server configured to perform log-shipping every 10 minutes
• A backup server configured as a warm standby
D. • Two servers configured in different data centers
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode
E. • Two servers configured on the same subnet
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode
F. • SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform transactional replication
G. • SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform snapshot replication
H. • Two servers configured in a Windows Failover Cluster in the same data center
• SQL Server configured as a clustered instance
Answer: F
Q2. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that use the same or similar answer choices. An answer choice may be correct for more than one question in the series. Each question is independent of the other questions in this series. Information and details provided in a question apply only to that question.
You manage a Microsoft SQL Server environment. You implement Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).
A user will assist in managing TDE.
You need to ensure that the user can view the TDE metadata while following the principle of lease privilege.
Which permission should you grant?
A. DDLAdmin
B. db_datawriter
C. dbcreator
D. dbo
E. View Database State
F. View Server State
G. View Definition
H. sysadmin
Answer: G
Explanation:
Viewing the metadata involved with TDE requires the VIEW DEFINITION permissionon the certificate.
References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/encryption/transparent-data-encryption-tde
Q3. HOTSPOT
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that use the same scenario. For your convenience, the scenario is repeated in each question. Each question presents a different goal and answer choices, but the text of the scenario is exactly the same in each question in this series.
You have five servers that run Microsoft Windows 2012 R2. Each server hosts a Microsoft SQL Server instance. The topology for the environment is shown in the following diagram.
You have an Always On Availability group named AG1. The details for AG1 are shown in the following table.
Instance1 experiences heavy read-write traffic. The instance hosts a database named OperationsMain that is four terabytes (TB) in size. The database has multiple data files and filegroups. One of the filegroups is read_only and is half of the total database size.
Instance4 and Instance5 are not part of AG1. Instance4 is engaged in heavy read-write I/O. Instance5 hosts a database named StagedExternal. A nightly BULK INSERT process loads
data into an empty table that has a rowstore clustered index and two nonclustered rowstore
indexes.
You must minimize the growth of the StagedExternal database log file during the BULK INSERT operations and perform point-in-time recovery after the BULK INSERT transaction. Changes made must not interrupt the log backup chain.
You plan to add a new instance named Instance6 to a datacenter that is geographically distant from Site1 and Site2. You must minimize latency between the nodes in AG1.
All databases use the full recovery model. All backups are written to the network location
\\SQLBackup\. A separate process copies backups to an offsite location. You should minimize both the time required to restore the databases and the space required to store backups. The recovery point objective (RPO) for each instance is shown in the following table.
Full backups of OperationsMain take longer than six hours to complete. All SQL Server backups use the keyword COMPRESSION.
You plan to deploy the following solutions to the environment. The solutions will access a database named DB1 that is part of AG1.
The wait statistics monitoring requirements for the instances are described in the following table.
You need to create the connection strings for the operations and reporting systems. In the table below, identify the option that must be specified in each connection string. NOTE: Make only one selection in each column.
Answer:
Explanation:
Reporting system: Connect to any current read-only replica instance
We configure Read-OnlyAccess on an Availability Replica. We select Read-intent only. Only read-only connections are allowed to secondary databases of this replica. The secondary database(s) are all available for read access.
From Scenario: Reporting system: This solution accesses data inDB1with a login that is mapped to a database user that is a member of the db_datareader role. The user has EXECUTE permissions on the database. Queries make no changes to the data. The queries must be load balanced over variable read-only replicas.
Operating system: Connect to the current primary replica SQL instance
By default both read-write and read-intent access are allowed to the primary replica and no connections are allowed to secondary replicas of an Always On availability group.
From scenario: Operations system: This solution accesses data inDB1with a login that is mapped to a database user that is a member of the db_datareader and db_datawriter roles. The user has EXECUTE permissions on the database. Queries from the operations system will perform both DDL and DML operations.
References:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/availability-groups/windows/configure-read-only-access-on-an-availability-replica-sql-server
Q4. You have a database named DB1 that stores more than 700 gigabyte (GB) of data and serves millions of requests per hour.
Queries on DB1 are taking longer than normal to complete. You run the following Transact-SQL statement:
SELECT * FROM sys.database_query_store_options
You determine that the Query Store is in Read-Only mode.
You need to maximize the time that the Query Store is in Read-Write mode. Which Transact-SQL statement should you run?
A. ALTER DATABASE DB1SET QUERY_STORE (QUERY_CAPTURE_MODE = ALL)
B. ALTER DATABASE DB1SET QUERY_STORE (MAX_STORAGE_SIZE_MB = 50)
C. ALTER DATABASE DB1SET QUERY_STORE (CLEANUP_POLICY = (STALE_QUERY_THRESHOLD_DAYS = 14));
D. ALTER DATABASE DB1SET QUERY_STORE (QUERY_CAPTURE_MODE = NONE)
Answer: C
Explanation:
Stale Query Threshold (Days): Time-based cleanup policy that controls the retention period of persisted runtime statistics and inactive queries.
By default, Query Store is configured to keep the data for 30 days which may be unnecessarily long for your scenario.
Avoid keeping historical data that you do not plan to use. This will reduce changes to read- only status. The size of Query Store data as well as the time to detect and mitigate the issue will be more predictable. Use Management Studio or the following script to configure time-based cleanup policy:
ALTER DATABASE [QueryStoreDB]
SET QUERY_STORE (CLEANUP_POLICY = (STALE_QUERY_THRESHOLD_DAYS = 14));
References:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/performance/best-practice-with-the-query-store
Q5. HOTSPOT
You are configuring log shipping for a Microsoft SQL Server database named salesOrders. You run the following Transact-SQL script:
You need to determine the changes that the script has on the environment.
How does the script affect the environment? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Answer:
Explanation:
Box 1: is
The dedicated backup file share is \\localhost\Backup
Box 2: does not run
The only thing with a name related to ADATM-SQL11 is the schedule name.
Box 3: 72 hours
4320 minutes equals 72 hours.
Note: @backup_retention_period= ] backup_retention_period
Isthe length of time, in minutes, to retain the log backup file in the backup directory on the primary server. backup_retention_period is int, with no default, and cannot be NULL.
Box 4: 15 minutes.
[ @freq_subday_type = ] freq_subday_type
Specifies the units for freq_subday_interval. freq_subday_typeis int, with a default of 0, and can be one of these values.
Here it is 4, which means minutes.
[ @freq_subday_interval = ] freq_subday_interval
The number of freq_subday_type periods to occur between eachexecution of a job. freq_subday_intervalis int, with a default of 0. Note: Interval should be longer than 10 seconds. freq_subday_interval is ignored in those cases where freq_subday_type is equal
to 1.
Here it is 15.
References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-add-schedule-transact-sql
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-add-log-shipping-primary-database-transact-sql
Q6. You administer all the deployments of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 in your company.
A database contains a large product catalog that is updated periodically.
You need to be able to send the entire product catalog to all branch offices on a monthly basis. Which configuration should you use?
A. • Two servers configured in the same data center
• A primary server configured to perform log-shipping every 10 minutes
• A backup server configured as a warm standby
B. • SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform transactional replication
C. • Two servers configured in the same data center
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode
• One server configured as an Active Secondary
D. • Two servers configured in a Windows Failover Cluster in the same data center
• SQL Server configured as a clustered instance
E. • SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform snapshot replication
F. • Two servers configured in different data centers
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode
• One server configured as an Active Secondary
G. • Two servers configured on the same subnet
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode
H. • Two servers configured in different data centers
• SQL Server Availability Group configured in Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode
Answer: E
Explanation:
I think that i'll stick with "E" as that was the original answer and "You need to be able to send the entire product catalog to all branch offices on a monthly basis. " definatly sounds like it wants snapshot
Q7. DRAG DROP
You are configuring a new Microsoft SQL Server Always On Availability Group. You plan to configure a shared network location at \\DATA-CI1\SQL.
You need to create an availability group listener named AGL1 on port 1433.
In which order should you perform the actions? To answer, move all actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
Answer:
Explanation:
Step 1: Launch the Failover Cluster Manager and..
To support theAlways On availability groups feature, ensure that every computer that is to participate in one or more availability groups meets requirements including:
* Ensure that each computer is a node in a WSFC (Windows Server Failover Clustering).
Step 2: Add andconfigure the replica and…
All the server instances that host availability replicas for an availability group must use the same SQL Server collation.
Step 3: Enable the SQL Server 2021 Always On Availability Group feature.
Enable the Always On availability groups feature on each server instance that will host an availability replica for any availability group. On a given computer, you can enable as many server instances for Always On availability groups as your SQL Server installation supports.
Step 4: Create the Always On Availability Group and..
Using Transact-SQL to create or configure an availability group listener
Step 5: Select the Full data synchronization method and… References:
Q8. 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 Sales role, including UserA, is disallowed to select from any of the tables in the Customers schema. Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?
A. REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM UserA
B. DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
C. EXEC sp_addrolemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
D. DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales
E. REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
F. DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
G. DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM UserA
H. EXEC sp_droprolemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
I. REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales
J. REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
Answer: F
Explanation:
References:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188369.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187750.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff848791.aspx
Q9. HOTSPOT
You manage a Microsoft SQL Server environment. A server fails and writes the following event to the application event log:
MSG_AUDIT_FORCED_SHUTDOWN
You configure the SQL Server startup parameters as shown in the following graphic:
Use the drop-down menus to select the answer choice that answers each question. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Answer:
Explanation:
Box 1: single-user
The startup option -m starts an instance of SQL Server in single-user mode.
Box 2: sysadmin
Starting SQL Server in single-user mode enables anymember of the computer's local Administrators group to connect to the instance of SQL Server as a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.
References:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/database-engine-service-startup-options
Q10. You manage a Microsoft SQL Server environment. You plan to encrypt data when you create backups.
You need to configure the encryption options for backups.
What should you configure?
A. a certificate
B. an MD5 hash
C. a DES key
D. an AES 256-bit key
Answer: D
Explanation:
To encrypt during backup, you must specify an encryption algorithm, and an encryptor to secure the encryption key. The following are the supported encryption options: Encryption Algorithm: The supported encryption algorithms are: AES 128, AES 192, AES 256, and Triple DES
Encryptor: A certificate or asymmetric Key
References:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/backup- restore/backup-encryption