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?

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?

You develop a database for a travel application. You need to design tables and other database
objects. You need to store media files in several tables. Each media file is less than 1 MB in size.
The media files will require fast access and will be retrieved frequently.
What should you do?

You develop a database for a travel application. You need to design tables and other database
objects. You create a view that displays the dates and times of the airline schedules on a report.
You need to display dates and times in several international formats.
What should you do?

You have three tables that contain data for vendors, customers, and agents. You create a view that is
used to look up telephone numbers for these companies.
The view has the following definition:

You need to ensure that users can update only the phone numbers by using this view. What should
you do?

You develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database that contains tables named Employee and
Person. The tables have the following definitions:

You create a view named VwEmployee as shown in the following Transact-SQL statement.

Users are able to use single INSERT statements or INSERT…SELECT statements into this view. You
need to ensure that users are able to use a single statement to insert records into both Employee
and Person tables by using the VwEmployee view.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?

You develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. You create a view from the Orders and
OrderDetails tables by using the following definition.
You need to improve the performance of the view by persisting data to disk.
What should you do?

Your database contains tables named Products and ProductsPriceLog. The Products table contains
columns named ProductCode and Price. The ProductsPriceLog table contains columns named
ProductCode, OldPrice, and NewPrice. The ProductsPriceLog table stores the previous price in the
OldPrice column and the new price in the NewPrice column.

You need to increase the values in the Price column of all products in the Products table by 5
percent.
You also need to log the changes to the ProductsPriceLog table.
Which Transact-SQL query should you use?

A table named Profits stores the total profit made each year within a territory. The Profits table has
columns named Territory, Year, and Profit. You need to create a report that displays the profits
made by each territory for each year and its previous year.
Which Transact-SQL query should you use?

Your database contains a table named SalesOrders. The table includes a DATETIME column named
OrderTime that stores the date and time each order is placed. There is a non-clustered index on the

OrderTime column. The business team wants a report that displays the total number of orders
placed 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?