Microsoft Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 1 Sample Questions:

1. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server that hosts a transactional database and a reporting database. The transactional database is updated through a web application and is operational throughout the day. The reporting database is only updated from the transactional database. The recovery model and backup schedule are configured as shown in the following table: At 16:20 hours, you discover that pages 17, 137, and 205 on one of the database files are corrupted on the transactional database. You need to ensure that the transactional database is restored. You also need to ensure that data loss is minimal. What should you do?

A) Perform a partial restore.
B) Restore the latest full backup. Then, restore each differential backup taken before the time of failure from the most recent full backup.
C) Restore the latest full backup, and restore the latest differential backup. Then, restore each log backup taken before the time of failure from the most recent differential backup.
D) Restore the latest full backup, and restore the latest differential backup. Then, restore the latest log backup.
E) Perform a page restore.
F) Restore the latest full backup.
G) Restore the latest full backup. Then, restore the latest differential backup.
H) Perform a point-in-time restore.

2. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database named ContosoDb. Tables are defined as shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.)

You need to display rows from the Orders table for the Customers row having the CustomerId value set to 1 in the following XML format.

Which Transact-SQL query should you use?

A) SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML RAW
B) SELECT Name, Country, OrderId, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers.
CustomerId
WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1
FOR XML AUTO
C) SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML RAW, ELEMENTS
D) SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML AUTO
E) SELECT Name AS '@Name', Country AS '@Country', OrderId, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML PATH ('Customers')
F) SELECT Name AS 'Customers/Name', Country AS 'Customers/Country', OrderId, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML PATH ('Customers')
G) SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS
H) SELECT Name, Country, OrderId, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS

3. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. You configure Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) on the Orders database by using the following statements:
CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'MyPassword1!';
CREATE CERTIFICATE TDE_Certificate WITH SUBJECT = 'TDE Certificate';
BACKUP CERTIFICATE TDE_Certificate TO FILE = 'd:\TDE_Certificate.cer'
WITH PRIVATE KEY (FILE = 'd:\TDE_Certificate.key', ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD =
'MyPassword1!');
CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY
WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256
ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE TDE_Certificate;
ALTER DATABASE Orders SET ENCRYPTION ON;
You attempt to restore the Orders database and the restore fails. You copy the encryption file to the original location. A hardware failure occurs and so a new server must be installed and configured. After installing SQL Server to the new server, you restore the Orders database and copy the encryption files to their original location. However, you are unable to access the database. You need to be able to restore the database. Which Transact-SQL statement should you use before attempting the restore?

A) CREATE CERTIFICATE TDE_Certificate FROM EXECUTABLE FILE = 'd:\TDE_Certificate.cer'
B) CREATE ASSEMBLY TDE_Assembly FROM 'd:\TDE_Certificate.cer' WITH PERMISSION_SET = SAFE;
GO
CREATE CERTIFICATE TDE_Certificate
FROM ASSEMBLY TDE_Assembly;
C) DECLARE @startdate date SET @startdate = GETDATE() CREATE CERTIFICATE TDE_Certificate FROM FILE = 'd:\TDE_Certificate.cer' WITH START_DATE = @startdate;
D) CREATE CERTIFICATE TDE_Certificate FROM FILE = 'd:\TDE_Certificate.cer' WITH PRIVATE KEY (FILE = 'd:\TDE_Certificate.key', DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD 'MyPassword1!');

4. You create a stored procedure that will update multiple tables within a transaction. You need to ensure that if the stored procedure raises a run-time error, the entire transaction is terminated and rolled back. Which Transact-SQL statement should you include at the beginning of the stored procedure?

A) SET ARITHABORT ON
B) SET ARITHABORT OFF
C) TRY
D) SET XACT_ABORT ON
E) BEGIN
F) SET XACT_ABORT OFF

5. You develop a database for a travel application. You need to design tables and other database objects. You create a view that displays the dates and times of the airline schedules on a report. You need to display dates and times in several international formats. What should you do?

A) Use an appropriate collation.
B) Use a user-defined table type.
C) Use the FORMAT function.
D) Use the DATETIME2 data type.
E) Use the CAST function.
F) Use the TODATETIMEOFFSET function.
G) Use the VARBINARY data type.
H) Use the DATE data type.
I) Use the DATETIMEOFFSET data type.
J) Use the DATETIME data type.

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