You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance that contains a financial database hosted on a
storage area network (SAN). The financial database has the following characteristics:
• A data file of 2 terabytes is located on a dedicated LUN (drive D).
• A transaction log of 10 GB is located on a dedicated LUN (drive E).
• Drive D has 1 terabyte of free disk space.
• Drive E has 5 GB of free disk space.
The database is continually modified by users during business hours from Monday through Friday
between 09:00 hours and 17:00 hours. Five percent of the existing data is modified each day. The
Finance department loads large CSV files into a number of tables each business day at 11:15 hours
and 15:15 hours by using the BCP or BULK INSERT commands. Each data load adds 3 GB of data to
the database. These data load operations must occur in the minimum amount of time. A full
database backup is performed every Sunday at 10:00 hours. Backup operations will be performed
every two hours (11:00, 13:00, 15:00, and 17:00) during business hours. You need to ensure that the
minimum amount of data is lost. Which recovery model should the database use?

A.
FULL

B.
DBO_ONLY

C.
CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR

D.
CHECKSUM

E.
NO_CHECKSUM

F.
SIMPLE

G.
Transaction log

H.
SKIP

I.
RESTART

J.
COPY_ONLY
K.
NORECOVERY
L.
BULK_LOGGED
M.
Differential
N.
STANDBY

Explanation:
This seems to be a trick question. In order to minimize the amount of data loss, we use Full recovery
model. BulkLogged model has the potential for some data loss. According to this logic (and the
below reference), this answer looks correct.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189275.aspx