You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database named ContosoDb. The database contains
a table named Suppliers and a column named IsActive in the Purchases schema. You create a
new user named ContosoUser in ContosoDb. ContosoUser has no permissions to the Suppliers
table. You need to ensure that ContosoUser can delete rows that are not active from Suppliers.
You also need to grant ContosoUser only the minimum required permissions. Which Transact-SQL
statement should you use?

You use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to develop a database application. You need to create an
object that meets the following requirements:
– Takes an input variable.
– Returns a table of values Cannot be referenced within a view.
Which object should you use?

You are a database developer for an application hosted on a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server.
The database contains two tables that have the following definitions:

Global customers place orders from several countries. You need to view the country from which
each customer has placed the most orders. Which Transact-SQL query do you use?

You use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to develop a database application. You need to implement a
computed column that references a lookup table by using an INNER JOIN against another table.
What should you do?

You use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to develop a database application. You need to implement a
computed column that references a lookup table by using an INNER JOIN against another table.
What should you do?

You administer a database that includes a table named Customers that contains more than 750
rows. You create a new column named PartitionNumber of the int type in the table. You need to
assign a PartitionNumber for each record in the Customers table. You also need to ensure that the
PartitionNumber satisfies the following conditions:
– Always starts with 1.
– Starts again from 1 after it reaches 100.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?

You develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. You need to create a batch process that
meets the following requirements:
– Status information must be logged to a status table.
– If the status table does not exist at the beginning of the batch, it
must be created.
Which object should you use?

You develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database that contains tables named Customers and
Orders. The tables are related by a column named CustomerId. You need to create a query that
meets the following requirements:
– Returns the CustomerName for all customers and the OrderDate for any
orders that they have placed.
– Results must not include customers who have not placed any orders.
Which Transact-SQL query should you use?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database that has Trustworthy set to On. You create
a stored procedure that returns database-level information from Dynamic Management Views. You
grant User1 access to execute the stored procedure. You need to ensure that the stored procedure
returns the required information when User1 executes the stored procedure. You need to achieve

this goal by granting the minimum permissions required. What should you do? (Each correct
answer presents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.)

You administer several Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database servers. Merge replication has been
configured for an application that is distributed across offices throughout a wide area network
(WAN). Many of the tables involved in replication use the XML and varchar (max) data types.
Occasionally, merge replication fails due to timeout errors. You need to reduce the occurrence of
these timeout errors. What should you do?