You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database named Contoso on a server named Server01.
You need to collect data for a long period of time to troubleshoot wait statistics when querying Contoso. You
also need to ensure minimum impact to the server.
What should you create?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database named Contoso on a server named Server01.
You need to track all SELECT statements issued in the Contoso database only by users in a role named Sales.
What should you create?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 environment. One of the SQL Server 2012 instances contains a
database named Sales.
You plan to migrate Sales to Windows Azure SQL Database.
To do so, you need to implement a contained database.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose all that apply.)

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database that includes a table named Application.Events.Application.Events contains millions of records about user activity in an application.
Records in Application.Events that are more than 90 days old are purged nightly. When records are purged,
table locks are causing contention with inserts.
You need to be able to modify Application.Events without requiring any changes to the applications that utilize
Application.Events.
Which type of solution should you use?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance that has multiple databases. You have a two-node SQL
Server failover cluster. The cluster uses a storage area network (SAN). You discover I/O issues. The SAN is at
capacity and additional disks cannot be added.
You need to reduce the I/O workload on the SAN at a minimal cost.
What should you do?

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?

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?

You are a database administrator for a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database named AdventureWorks2012.
You create an Availability Group defined by the following schema. (Line numbers are included for reference
only.)

You need to implement an AlwaysOnAvailablity Group that will meet the following conditions:
Production transactions should be minimally affected. The secondary server should allow reporting queries to
be performed. If the primary server goes offline, the secondary server should not automatically take over.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you insert at line 06?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. You want to make a full backup of the database to a
file on disk.
In doing so, you need to output the progress of the backup.
Which backup option should you use?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. The database is currently configured to log ship to a
secondary server.
You are preparing to cut over to the secondary server by stopping log-shipping and bringing the secondary
database online. You want to perform a tail-log backup.
You need to leave the primary database in a restoring state.
Which option of the BACKUP LOG command should you use?