You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database that includes a table named dbo.Log. This
table contains millions of records about user activity in an application.
Records in dbo.Log 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 dbo.Log without requiring any changes to the applications that utilize
dbo.Log.
Which type of solution should you use?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database named Orders.
Users report that during peak usage periods, certain operations are taking more time than expected.
Your initial analysis suggests that blocking is the cause.
You need to gather more data to be able to determine which processes are being blocked and to
identify the root cause.
What should you do?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database.
Users report that a billing application becomes unresponsive during busy times of the day.
While investigating, you notice large number of processes taking or waiting for table locks.
You suspect that SQL Server is assigning stronger locks to queries.
You start a SQL Profiler trace.
Which event should you select?

You install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 on a new server.
After setup is complete, you attempt to start the SQL Server service. After being in a starting state
for a few moments, the service goes back to a stopped state.
You need to determine the cause of the failure.
Which file should you use?

DRAG DROP
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server that has a database named Contoso. The Contoso
database has a table named EmployeeSalary in a schema named HumanResources.
You need to create a script that writes audit events into the application log whenever data in the
EmployeeSalary table is modified.

Which four Transact-SQL statements should you use? (To answer, move the appropriate statements
from the list of statements to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)

DRAG DROP
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database called Human_Resources. The database
contains a table named dbo.Salary.
You need to ensure that all read activity against dbo.Salary is audited and written to the Windows
Security Log.
What should you do? (To answer, move the three appropriate actions from the list of actions to the
answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)

DRAG DROP
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database.
The database contains a schema named CUSTOMER. CUSTOMER contains several tables and views
with sensitive data, as well as various stored procedures and functions.
In order to configure security for CUSTOMER, you need to determine how to meet the security
requirements listed in the answer area.
Which command or commands should you use? (To answer, drag the appropriate command or
commands to their corresponding security requirement or requirements in the answer area. Answer
choices may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Answer targets may be used once or not at
all. Additionally, you may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.)

DRAG DROP
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server along with a Windows Azure SQL Database
database.
For both servers, you need to grant users the ability to create logins and create databases.
You need to determine which permission to grant users in each instance.
Which permission or permissions should you choose? (To answer, drag the appropriate permission
or permissions to their corresponding instance type or types in the answer area.
Answer choices may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Answer targets may be used once
or not at all. Additionally, you may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view
content.)

You administer a Windows Azure SQL Database database named Inventory that contains a stored
procedure named p_AddInventory.
Users need to be able to SELECT from all tables in the database and execute the stored procedure.
You need to grant only the necessary permissions.
What should you do?

You administer a SQL Server 2012 database instance.
You need to configure the SQL Server Database Engine service on a failover cluster.
Which user account should you use?