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

Question 1

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. The database has a table named Customers owned by UserA and another table named Orders owned by UserB. You also have a stored procedure named GetCustomerOrderInfo owned by UserB. GetCustomerOrderInfo selects data from both tables.
You create a new user named UserC. You need to ensure that UserC can call the GetCustomerOrderInfo stored procedure. You also need to assign only the minimum required permissions to UserC. Which permission or permissions should you assign to UserC? Choose all that apply.

A. The Control permission on GetCustomerOrderInfo
B. The Select permission on Customers
C. The Select permission on Orders
D. The Take Ownership permission on Orders
E. The Execute permission on GetCustomerOrderInfo
F. The Take Ownership permission on Customers

Question 2

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance. You need to configure a new database to support FILETABLES. What should you do? Choose all that apply.

A. Disable FILESTREAM on the Database.
B. Configure the Database for Partial Containment.
C. Set the FILESTREAM directory name on the Database.
D. Create a non-empty FILESTREAM file group.
E. Enable Contained Databases on the Server Instance.
F. Enable FILESTREAM on the Server Instance.

Question 3

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. You need to ensure that the size of the transaction log file does not exceed 2 GB. What should you do?

A. In SQL Server Management Studio, right-click the database, select Properties, and then click Files. Open the Transaction log Autogrowth window and set the maximum size of the file.
B. In SQL Server Management Studio, right-click the instance and select Database Settings. Set the maximum size of the file for the transaction log.
C. Use the ALTER DATABASE...SET LOGFILE command along with the midsize parameter.
D. In SQL Server Management Studio, expand the Storage leaf under the database. Select the transaction log file and set the maximum size of the file.

Question 4

You use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to develop a database that has two tables named Div1Cust and Div2Cust. Each table has columns named DivisionID and CustomerId . None of the rows in Div1Cust exist in Div2Cust. You need to write a query that meets the following requirements:
The rows in Div1Cust must be combined with the rows in Div2Cust.
The result set must have columns named Division and Customer.
Duplicates must be retained.
Which three Transact-SQL statements should you use? (To answer, move the appropriate statements from the list of statements to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
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Question 5

You are developing a database application by using Microsoft SQL Server 2012. An application that uses a database begins to run slowly. You discover that during reads, the transaction experiences blocking from concurrent updates. You need to ensure that throughout the transaction the data maintains the original version. What should you do?

A. Include a SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE statement before you run the query.
B. Include a SET FORCEPLAN ON statement before you run the query.
C. Add a FORCESEEK hint to the query.
D. Add a LOOP hint to the query.
E. Add a columnstore index to cover the query.
F. Include a SET STATISTICS PROFILE ON statement before you run the query.
G. Include a SET STATISTICS SHOWPLAN_XML ON statement before you run the query.
H. Add a FORCESCAN hint to the Attach query.
I. Include a SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ statement before you run the query.
J. Add an INCLUDE clause to the index.
K. Cover the unique clustered index with a columnstore index.
L. Enable the optimize for ad hoc workloads option.
M. Add a HASH hint to the query.
N. Include a SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SNAPSHOT statement before you run the query.

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