You are implementing a new SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2012 package that
loads data from various flat files and a Windows Azure SQL Database database.
Daily transactions must be loaded into a staging database. All the SSIS tasks will use the
CurrentDate variable as the transaction date.
You need to set the CurrentDate variable to the current execution date when the package
starts. You need to achieve this goal by using the least amount of development effort.
What should you use to set the variable?

You are developing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package to implement an
incremental data load strategy. The package reads data from a source system that uses the
SQL Server change data capture (CDC) feature.
You have added a CDC Source component to the data flow to read changed data from the
source system.
You need to add a data flow transformation to redirect rows for separate processing of
insert, update, and delete operations.
Which data flow transformation should you use?

You are developing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package.
You need to design a package to change a variable value during package execution by
using the least amount of development effort.
What should you use?

You are designing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) project that uses the Project
Deployment Model.
The project will contain 10 packages. All the packages must connect to the same data
source and destination.
You need to define and reuse the connection managers in all the packages by using the
least development effort.
What should you do?

HOTSPOT

You are developing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package to load data into a
SQL Server 2012 database.
The package is allowed to connect to only one database. An Environment variable contains
the name of the database.
The OLE DB project connection manager has been parameterized.
You need to configure the connection manager property to accept the value of the
Environment variable.
Which property should you use? (To answer, configure the appropriate option or options in
the dialog box in the answer area.)

You are designing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) data flow to load sales
transactions from a source system into a data warehouse hosted on Windows Azure SQL
Database. One of the columns in the data source is named ProductCode.
Some of the data to be loaded will reference products that need special processing logic in
the data flow.
You need to enable separate processing streams for a subset of rows based on the source
product code.
Which Data Flow transformation should you use?

You are designing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2012 package that imports data
from a Windows Azure SQL Database database into a SQL Server database.
The SSIS package has the following requirements:
Every night, a very large amount of data is imported into the staging database.
Package processing time must be minimized.
The package must run on its own dedicated server when it is deployed to production.
Transaction log activity when data is imported must be minimized.
You need to design the package to meet the requirements.
Which destination component should you use?

You are administering SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) permissions on a production
server that runs SQL Server 2012.
Quality Assurance (QA) testers in the company must have permission to perform the
following tasks on specific projects:
View and validate projects and packages
View Environments and Environment variables
Execute packages
You need to grant the minimum possible privileges to the QA testers.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose all that
apply.)

You are designing a data warehouse that uses SQL Server 2012.
The data warehouse contains a table named factSales that stores product sales. The table
has a clustered index on the primary key, four foreign keys to dimension tables, and an
aggregate column for sales totals. All key columns use the int data type and the aggregate
column uses the money data type.
You need to increase the speed of data retrieval from the factSales table.
Which index type should you add to the table?

DRAG DROP
You are building a fact table in a data warehouse.
The table must have a columnstore index. The table cannot be partitioned.
You need to design the fact table and load it with data.
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.)