Microsoft Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 2 Sample Questions:

1. A SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package imports daily transactions from several files into a SQL Server table named Transaction. Each file corresponds to a different store and is imported in parallel with the other files. The data flow tasks use OLE DB destinations in fast load data access mode.
The number of daily transactions per store can be very large and is growing. The Transaction table does not have any indexes.
You need to minimize the package execution time.
What should you do?

A) Create a clustered index on the Transaction table.
B) Partition the table by day and store.
C) Run the package in Performance mode.
D) Reduce the value of the Maximum Insert Commit Size property.

2. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that use the same set of answer choices. An answer choice may be correct for more than one question in the series.
You administer a SQL Server 2012 server that contains a database named SalesDb. SalesDb contains a schema named Customers that has a table named Regions. A user named userA is a member of a role named Sales.
UserA is granted the Select permission on the Regions table. The Sales role is granted the Select permission on the Customers schema.
You need to ensure that UserA is disallowed to select from any of the tables in the Customers schema.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?

A) EXEC sp_droprolemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
B) DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
C) REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM UserA
D) REVOKE SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM Sales
E) DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales
F) REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
G) DENY SELECT ON Schema::Customers FROM UserA
H) DENY SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM UserA
I) EXEC sp_addrolemember 'Sales', 'UserA'
J) REVOKE SELECT ON Object::Regions FROM Sales

3. 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 S 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 implement log shipping of the financial database to another SQL Server 2012 instance. You decide to failoverto this secondary database.
You need to ensure that all transactions will be replicated to the secondary database.
Which backup option should you use?

A) NO_CHECKSUM
B) RESTART
C) STANDBY
D) NORECOVERY
E) SKIP
F) SIMPLE
G) FULL
H) Transaction log
I) BULK_LOGGED
J) Differential
K) COPY_ONLY
L) DBO_ONLY
M) CHECKSUM
N) CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR

4. You are a database administrator for a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance.
You need to ensure that data can be migrated from a production server to two reporting servers with minimal data latency. You also need to ensure that data on the reporting server is always accessible.
Which solution should you use?

A) Log Shipping
B) Change Data Capture
C) Availability Groups
D) Database snapshot

5. CORRECT TEXT
You are the data steward at your company.
Duplicate customers exist in a Microsoft Excel workbook. You create a Data Quality Services (DQSJ knowledge base and matching policy to identify these duplicate customers.
You need to identify the duplicate customers.
Which option should you use? (To answer, select the appropriate option in the answer area.)

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