You need to be able to start the SQL Server
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance. After a routine shutdown, the drive that contains tempdb fails.
You need to be able to start the SQL Server.
What should you do?
You need to ensure that the minimum amount of disk spac…
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database.
The database contains a Product table created by using the following definition:
You need to ensure that the minimum amount of disk space is used to store the data in the Product table.
What should you do?
You need to ensure that the SQL Server instance can use…
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 failover cluster that contains two nodes named Node A and Node B. A single instance of SQL Server is installed on the
cluster.
An additional node named Node C has been added to the existing cluster.
You need to ensure that the SQL Server instance can use all nodes of the cluster.
What should you do?
You need to ensure that Data File Autogrow operations u…
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server. The MSSQLSERVER service uses a domain account named CONTOSO\\SQLService.
You plan to configure Instant File Initialization.
You need to ensure that Data File Autogrow operations use Instant File Initialization.
What should you do? Choose all that apply.
You need to ensure that the size of the transaction log…
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database.
You need to ensure that the size of the transaction log file does not exceed 2 GB.
What should you do?
You need to identify which queries are taking longer th…
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server. One of the databases on the server supports a highly active OLTP application.
Users report abnormally long wait times when they submit data into the application.
You need to identify which queries are taking longer than 1 second to run over an extended period of time.
What should you do?
You need to identify the root cause of the issue by ret…
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?
Which Transact-SQL query should you use?
Your database contains a table named Purchases. The table includes a DATETIME column named PurchaseTime that stores the date and time each purchase is
made. There is a non- clustered index on the PurchaseTime column. The business team wants a report that displays the total number of purchases made on the
current day. You need to write a query that will return the correct results in the most efficient manner.
Which Transact-SQL query should you use?
Which table hint should you use?
You develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database that contains a heap named OrdersHistoncal.
You write the following Transact-SQL query:
INSERT INTO OrdersHistorical
SELECT * FROM CompletedOrders
You need to optimize transaction logging and locking for the statement.
Which table hint should you use?
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?
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?