You discover that the msdb database on a SQL Server 2005 computer is corrupt and must be restored. Databases are backed up daily. The database backup files are written to a network share, but the file names do not clearly indicate which databases are in each file. You need to
locate the correct backup file as quickly as possible. The first file in the list is named DB_Backup.bak.

Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?

You are responsible for configuring and maintaining the backup jobs for a SQL Server 2005 computer. Backup files are written to a tape drive that is connected to the database server. In the future, your department will install a new backup server. Then backup files will be written to disk on the new server. To simplify maintenance, you need to configure the backup jobs so that minimal changes will be necessary to back up to the new server. What should you do?

You discover that all indexes of the Sales table on your SQL Server 2005 database server are heavily fragmented. You need to decrease the fragmentation of all indexes of the Sales table to a minimum, while keeping the Sales table available to all users. What should you do?

You manage a SQL Server 2005 database that contains a table with many indexes. You notice that data modification performance has degraded over time. You suspect that some of the indexes are unused. You need to identify which indexes were not used by any queries since the last time SQL Server 2005 started. Which dynamic management view should you use?

Your database named DB1 is one of 15 databases located on a SQL Server 2005 computer named SQL1. Recently, users who work with DB1 report that they experience long query execution times. You want to reproduce and analyze this problem in a test environment that holds all copies of the production databases. You need to record the workload for an entire day on SQL1 for later execution on the test server. You must ensure that all events are captured without skipping any, even if SQL1 is under stress. What should you do?

You use a SQL Server 2005 computer that was installed with the default settings. A database named DB1 is located on the server. Due to the recent failure of a hard disk controller, you decide to check the integrity of DB1. You create a maintenance task named CheckDB1 that uses default settings. Because this check must not interfere with user transactions, you schedule it to run over the weekend. The following Monday, you need to retrieve the outcome details of the CheckDB1 maintenance plan. What are two possible ways to achieve this goal? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

Your company has a server named SQL1 that is dedicated to SQL Server 2005. SQL1 is configured for SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode. Using Windows Authentication, you have sysadmin privileges on SQL1. All users who work with SQL1 report that all applications that use SQL1 stop responding. Your supervisor asks you to investigate the problem. In Task Manager, you notice that CPU usage is at 100 percent. You try to connect to SQL1 by using SQL Server Management Studio. SQL1 does not respond. You need to connect to SQL1 to diagnose the problem. What are two possible ways to achieve this goal? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

A full backup of your database named DB1 is created automatically at midnight every day. Differential backups of DB1 occur twice each day at 10:00 and at 16:00. A database snapshot is created every day at noon. A developer reports that he accidentally dropped the Pricelist table in DB1 at 12:30. The last update to Pricelist occurred one week ago. You need to recover the Pricelist table. You want to achieve this goal by using the minimum amount of administrative effort. You must also minimize the amount of data that is lost. What should you do?

Your company uses a mission-critical database named DB1, which is located on a server named SQL1. You want to mirror DB1 on a second server named SQL2. Before you can establish database mirroring, you need to prepare DB1 and the servers for mirroring. Which three actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose three.)

Your company has a network that consists of two domains named DOM1 and DOM2. There is no trust relationship between DOM1 and DOM2. DOM1 contains a server named SQL1. DOM2 contains a server named SQL2. Both servers run SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server instance on SQL1 uses the DOM1SQLService1 service account. The SQL Server instance on SQL2 uses the DOM2SQLService2 service account. There are no mirroring endpoints on either server. SQL1 contains a database named DB1. You want to mirror DB1 to SQL2 by using high-protection mode without a witness. You need to create the database mirroring endpoints and configure security on all participating server instances. What should you do?