Domain.com has a server named SQL1 that runs SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. SQL1 has 2 GB of RAM, 1.6 GB of which are used by the default SQL Server database engine instance. The average data growth of all databases combined is 100 MB a month. Users state that report execution times are increasing. You want to assess whether more RAM is needed.
You need to use System Monitor to create a counter log that will help you decide whether to add RAM. Which performance object should you add to the counter log?

Domain.com has two SQL Server 2005 computers named SQL1 and SQL2. Transaction log shipping occurs from SQL1 to SQL2 by using default SQL Server Agent schedule settings.
You need to reconfigure transaction log shipping to provide minimum latency on SQL2.
What should you do?

You are creating a stored procedure that will delete data from the Contact table in a SQL Server 2005 database. The stored procedure includes the following Transact-SQL statement to handle any errors that occur.
BEGIN TRY
BEGIN TRANSACTION
DELETE FROM Person.Contact
WHERE ContactID = @ContactID
COMMIT TRANSACTION
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
DECLARE @ErrorMessage nvarchar(2000) DECLARE @ErrorSeverity int DECLARE @ErrorState int SELECT @ErrorMessage = ERROR_MESSAGE(), @ErrorSeverity = ERROR_SEVERITY(), @ErrorState = ERROR_STATE() RAISERROR (@ErrorMessage, @ErrorSeverity, @ErrorState) END CATCH; You test the stored procedure and discover that it leaves open transactions. You need to modify the stored procedure so that it properly handles the open transactions. What should you do?

You work in Dublin at the main office of Domain.com. You are responsible for managing a SQL Server 2005 database. The sales department wants a report that compares customer activity in the previous quarter between the main office in Dublin and the branch office in Buenos Aires. They want the data sorted by surname and first name. You restore a recent backup of the Buenos Aires database onto your server. You write queries to build the report, ordering the data by the Surname and FirstName columns. You review the data and notice that the customer list from the Buenos Aires database is sorted differently. The sales department needs the revised data within 15 minutes for a presentation.
You need to implement the fastest possible solution that ensures that the data from both databases is sorted identically. What should you do?

You are creating an HTTP endpoint that will be used to provide customer data to external applications. Your SQL Server 2005 computer is named SQL1. You create a stored procedure named dbo.usp_GetPersonData to retrieve the data in the Certkiller database. You create the endpoint by using the following code. CREATE ENDPOINT SQLEP_AWPersons AS HTTP (PATH = ‘/AWpersons’, AUTHENTICATION = (INTEGRATED), PORTS = (CLEAR), SITE = ‘SQL1’) FOR SOAP (WEBMETHOD ‘PersonData’ (NAME=’ Certkiller .dbo.usp_GetPersonData’), BATCHES = DISABLED, WSDL = DEFAULT, DATABASE = ‘ Certkiller ‘, NAMESPACE = ‘http://Adventure-Works/Persons’)
The first users to connect to the endpoint tell you that they do not get any data. You connect to the endpoint and discover that it is not responding. You need to modify the endpoint so that data is returned as expected. What should you do?

Domain.com has two SQL Server 2005 computers named SQL1 and SQL2. Both servers take part in replication. SQL1 is both the Publisher and its own Distributor of a publication named Pub1. Pub1 is the only publication on SQL1, and SQL2 is the only Subscriber. Your supervisor requests a status report about the replication latencies. Using Replication Monitor on SQL1, you need to find out the current latencies between the Publisher and Distributor as well as between the Distributor and Subscriber.
What should you do?

Domain.com has multiple servers in a distributed environment. You work with two SQL Server 2005 computers named SQL1 and SQL2. Each server uses SQL Server Authentication and they use different logins.
You need to write a distributed query that joins the data on SQL1 with the data on SQL2.
What should you do?

You configure a new SQL Server 2005 computer to use TCP/IP with all default settings. Your corporate policy requires that each server use a firewall. You find that you can connect to the SQL Server instance from the local computer. However, client computers cannot connect to the SQL Server instance.
You need to identify the most likely cause of the connection issues. What should you do first?

Your application must access data that is located on two SQL Server 2005 computers. One of these servers is named SQL1 and the other is SQL2. You have permissions to create a stored procedure on SQL1 to support your application. However, on SQL2 you only have permissions to select data.
You write the stored procedure on SQL1. The stored procedure accesses SQL2 by using the OPENQUERY Transact-SQL statement. However, the query fails when executed. You need to troubleshoot the cause of the error. What should you do?