Microsoft Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 2 Sample Questions:

1. You are a database administrator for a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 environment.
You want to deploy a new application that will scale out the workload to at least five different SQL Server instances.
You need to ensure that for each copy of the database, users are able to read and write data that will then be synchronized between all of the database instances.
Which feature should you use?

A) failover clustering
B) peer-to-peer replication
C) snapshot replication
D) database audits

2. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance that contains a financial database hosted on a storage area network (SAN).
The financial database has the following characteristics:
A data file of 2 terabytes is located on a dedicated LUN (drive D).
A transaction log of 10 GB is located on a dedicated LUN (drive E).
Drive D has 1 terabyte of free disk space.
Drive E has S GB of free disk space.
The database is continually modified by users during business hours from Monday through Friday between 09:00 hours and 17:00 hours. Five percent of the existing data is modified each day.
The Finance department loads large CSV files into a number of tables each business day at 11:15 hours and 15:15 hours by using the BCP or BULK INSERT commands. Each data load adds 3 GB of data to the database.
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These data load operations must occur in the minimum amount of time.
A full database backup is performed every Sunday at 10:00 hours. Backup operations will be performed every two hours (11:00, 13:00, 15:00, and 17:00) during business hours.
On Wednesday at 10:00 hours, the development team requests you to refresh the database on a development server by using the most recent version.
You need to perform a full database backup that will be restored on the development server.
Which backup option should you use?

A) SKIP
B) SIMPLE
C) CHECKSUM
D) BULK_LOGGED
E) NORECOVERY
F) DBO_ONLY
G) Differential
H) NO_CHECKSUM
I) Transaction log
J) COPY_ONLY
K) STANDBY
L) CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR
M) FULL
N) RESTART

3. You administer a Windows Azure SQL Database database named Inventory that contains a stored procedure named p_AddInventory.
Users need to be able to SELECT from all tables in the database and execute the stored procedure. You need to grant only the necessary permissions.
What should you do?

A) Add EXECUTE AS OWNER to the stored procedure. Add all users to the db_datareader role.
B) Add all users to the db_datawriter role. Add all users to the db_datareader role.
C) Create a new database role. Grant EXECUTE permission on p_AddInventory to the new role. Grant VIEW DEFINITION to to the role. Add all users to the role.
D) Create a new database role. Grant EXECUTE permission on p_AddInventory to the newrole. Add all users to the role. Add all users to the db_datareader role.

4. You administer two Microsoft SQL Server 2012 servers named ProdSrv1 and ProdSrv2. ProdSrv1 is configured as a Distributor. Both servers are configured to use the windows NT Service virtual accounts for all SQL Services.
You are configuring snapshot replication from ProdSrv1 to ProdSrv2 by using ProdSrv2 as a pull subscriber.
The distribution agent on ProdSrv2 regularly fails, displaying the following error message:
"Cannot access the file. Operating system error code 5 (Access is denied.)."
You need to configure the distribution agent by granting only the minimum required access to all accounts.
What should you do?

A) Configure the Subscriber to use a Windows domain account. Grant READ access for the domain account to the ReplData share on ProdSrv1.
B) Configure the Subscriber to use the Local System account.
C) Configure the SQL Server Agent service to run under a Windows domain account. Configure the Subscriber to use the SQL Server Agent service account. Grant FULL CONTROL access for the domain account to the ReplData share on ProdSrv1.
D) Configure the SQL Server Agent service to run under the Local System account. Configure the Subscriber to use the SQL Server Agent service account.

5. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database.
You create an availability group named haContosoDbs. Your primary replica is available at Server01\Contoso01.
You need to configure the availability group to minimize transaction latency on any available secondary databases. In the event of a database failure, the designated secondary database should come online automatically.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?

A) Option D
B) Option A
C) Option C
D) Option B

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