Microsoft 70-461 Free Practice Questions

Q1. Your database contains a table named Purchases. The table includes a DATETIME column named PurchaseTime that stores the date and time each purchase is made. There is a non-clustered index on the PurchaseTime column. 

The business team wants a report that displays the total number of purchases made on the current day. 

You need to write a query that will return the correct results in the most efficient manner. 

Which Transact-SQL query should you use? 

A. SELECT COUNT(*) 

FROM Purchases 

WHERE PurchaseTime = CONVERT(DATE, GETDATE()) 

B. SELECT COUNT(*) 

FROM Purchases 

WHERE PurchaseTime = GETDATE() 

C. SELECT COUNT(*) 

FROM Purchases 

WHERE CONVERT(VARCHAR, PurchaseTime, 112) = CONVERT(VARCHAR, 

GETDATE(), 112) 

D. SELECT COUNT(*) 

FROM Purchases 

WHERE PurchaseTime >= CONVERT(DATE, GETDATE()) 

AND PurchaseTime < DATEADD(DAY, 1, CONVERT(DATE, GETDATE())) 

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Q2. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. The database contains a Product table created by using the following definition: 

You need to ensure that the minimum amount of disk space is used to store the data in the Product table. 

What should you do? 

A. Convert all indexes to Column Store indexes. 

B. Implement Unicode Compression. 

C. Implement row-level compression. 

D. Implement page-level compression. 

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Q3. DRAG DROP 

You create a view based on the following statement: 

You grant the Select permission to User1 for this view. 

You need to change the view so that it displays only the records that were processed in the month prior to the current month. You need to ensure that after the changes, the view functions correctly for User1. 

Which four Transact-SQL statements should you use? (To answer, move the appropriate SQL statements from the list of statements to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.) 

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Q4. You use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to create a stored procedure as shown in the following code segment. (Line numbers are included for reference only.) 

The procedure can be called within other transactions. 

You need to ensure that when the DELETE statement from the HumanResourcesJobCandidate table succeeds, the modification is retained even if the insert into the Audit.Log table fails. 

Which code segment should you add to line 14? 

A. IF @@TRANCOUNT = 0 

B. IF (XACT_STATE ( ) ) = 0 

C. IF (XACT_STATE ( ) ) = 1 

D. IF @@TRANCOUNT = l 

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Q5. 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 a large amount of memory is consumed by single-use dynamic queries. 

You need to reduce procedure cache usage from these statements without creating any additional indexes. 

What should you do? 

A. Add a HASH hint to the query. 

B. Add a LOOP hint to the query. 

C. Add a FORCESEEK hint to the query. 

D. Add an INCLUDE clause to the index. 

E. Add a FORCESCAN hint to the Attach query. 

F. Add a columnstore index to cover the query. 

G. Enable the optimize for ad hoc workloads option. 

H. Cover the unique clustered index with a columnstore index. 

I. Include a SET FORCEPLAN ON statement before you run the query. 

J. Include a SET STATISTICS PROFILE ON statement before you run the query. 

K. Include a SET STATISTICS SHOWPLAN_XML ON statement before you run the query. 

L. Include a SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ statement before you run the query. 

M. Include a SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SNAPSHOT statement before you run the query. 

N. Include a SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE statement before you run the query. 

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Q6. You develop a database for a travel application. You need to design tables and other database objects. 

You need to store media files in several tables. 

Each media file is less than 1 MB in size. The media files will require fast access and will be retrieved frequently. 

What should you do? 

A. Use the CAST function. 

B. Use the DATE data type. 

C. Use the FORMAT function. 

D. Use an appropriate collation. 

E. Use a user-defined table type. 

F. Use the VARBINARY data type. 

G. Use the DATETIME data type. 

H. Use the DATETIME2 data type. 

I. Use the DATETIMEOFFSET data type. 

J. Use the TODATETIMEOFFSET function. 

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Q7. You use a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database that contains a table named BlogEntry that has the following columns: 

Id is the Primary Key. 

You need to append the "This is in a draft stage" string to the Summary column of the recent 10 entries based on the values in EntryDateTime. 

Which Transact-SQL statement should you use? 

A. UPDATE TOP(10) BlogEntry 

SET Summary.WRITE(N' This is in a draft stage', NULL, 0) 

B. UPDATE BlogEntry 

SET Summary = CAST(N' This is in a draft stage' as nvarchar(max)) 

WHERE Id IN(SELECT TOP(10) Id FROM BlogEntry ORDER BY EntryDateTime DESC) 

C. UPDATE BlogEntry 

SET Summary.WRITE(N' This is in a draft stage', NULL, 0) FROM ( 

SELECT TOP(10) Id FROM BlogEntry ORDER BY EntryDateTime DESC) AS s WHERE BlogEntry.Id = s.ID 

D. UPDATE BlogEntry 

SET Summary.WRITE(N' This is in a draft stage', 0, 0) 

WHERE Id IN(SELECT TOP(10) Id FROM BlogEntry ORDER BY EntryDateTime DESC) 

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Q8. CORRECT TEXT 

You have a view that was created by using the following code: 

You need to create an inline table-valued function named Sales.fn_OrdersByTerritory, which must meet the following requirements: 

. Accept the @T integer parameter. 

... 

Use one-part names to reference columns. Filter the query results by SalesTerritoryID. Return the columns in the same order as the order used in OrdersByTerritoryView. 

Which code segment should you use? 

To answer, type the correct code in the answer area. 

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Q9. You develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server database that supports an application. The application contains a table that has the following definition: 

CREATE TABLE Inventory 

(ItemID int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, 

ItemsInStore int NOT NULL, 

ItemsInWarehouse int NOT NULL) 

You need to create a computed column that returns the sum total of the ItemsInStore and ItemsInWarehouse values for each row. 

Which Transact-SQL statement should you use? 

A. ALTER TABLE Inventory 

ADD TotalItems AS ItemsInStore + ItemsInWarehouse 

B. ALTER TABLE Inventory 

ADD ItemsInStore - ItemsInWarehouse = TotalItemss 

C. ALTER TABLE Inventory 

ADD TotalItems = ItemsInStore + ItemsInWarehouse 

D. ALTER TABLE Inventory 

ADD TotalItems AS SUM(ItemsInStore, ItemslnWarehouse); 

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Q10. You develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. 

You need to create a batch process that meets the following requirements: 

. Returns a result set based on supplied parameters. 

. Enables the returned result set to perform a join with a table. 

Which object should you use? 

A. Inline user-defined function 

B. Stored procedure 

C. Table-valued user-defined function 

D. Scalar user-defined function 

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Q11. DRAG DROP 

You use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to develop a database application. You create two tables by using the following table definitions. 

Which six Transact-SQL statements should you use? (To answer, move the appropriate SQL statements from the list of statements to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.) 

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Q12. You use a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. 

You want to create a table to store Microsoft Word documents. 

You need to ensure that the documents must only be accessible via Transact-SQL queries. 

Which Transact-SQL statement should you use? 

A. CREATE TABLE DocumentStore ( [Id] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, [Document] VARBINARY(MAX) NULL ) GO 

B. CREATE TABLE DocumentStore ( [Id] hierarchyid, [Document] NVARCHAR NOT NULL ) GO 

C. CREATE TABLE DocumentStore AS FileTable 

D. CREATE TABLE DocumentStore ( [Id] [uniqueidentifier] ROWGUIDCOL NOT NULL UNIQUE, [Document] VARBINARY(MAX) FILESTREAM NULL ) GO 

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Q13. Your database contains tables named Products and ProductsPriceLog. The Products table contains columns named ProductCode and Price. The ProductsPriceLog table contains columns named ProductCode, OldPrice, and NewPrice. 

The ProductsPriceLog table stores the previous price in the OldPrice column and the new price in the NewPrice column. 

You need to increase the values in the Price column of all products in the Products table by 5 percent. You also need to log the changes to the ProductsPriceLog table. 

Which Transact-SQL query should you use? 

A. UPDATE Products SET Price = Price * 1.05 

OUTPUT inserted.ProductCode, deleted.Price, inserted.Price 

INTO ProductsPriceLog(ProductCode, OldPrice, NewPrice) 

B. UPDATE Products SET Price = Price * 1.05 

OUTPUT inserted.ProductCode, inserted.Price, deleted.Price 

INTO ProductsPriceLog(ProductCode, OldPrice, NewPrice) 

C. UPDATE Products SET Price = Price * 1.05 

OUTPUT inserted.ProductCode, deleted.Price, inserted.Price * 

INTO ProductsPriceLog(ProductCode, OldPrice, NewPrice) 

D. UPDATE Products SET Price = Price * 1.05 

INSERT INTO ProductsPriceLog (ProductCode, CldPnce, NewPrice; 

SELECT ProductCode, Price, Price * 1.05 FROM Products 

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Q14. You are a database developer at an independent software vendor. You create stored 

procedures that contain proprietary code. 

You need to protect the code from being viewed by your customers. 

Which stored procedure option should you use? 

A. ENCRYPTBYKEY 

B. ENCRYPTION 

C. ENCRYPTBYPASSPHRASE 

D. ENCRYPTBYCERT 

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Q15. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. 

The database contains a table named Employee. Part of the Employee table is shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.) 

Unless stated above, no columns in the Employee table reference other tables. 

Confidential information about the employees is stored in a separate table named EmployeeData. One record exists within EmployeeData for each record in the Employee table. 

You need to assign the appropriate constraints and table properties to ensure data integrity and visibility. 

On which column in the Employee table should you create a Foreign Key constraint that references a different table in the database? 

A. DateHired 

B. Departments 

C. EmployeeID 

D. EmployeeNum 

E. FirstName 

F. JobTitle 

G. LastName 

H. MiddleName 

I. ReportsToID 

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Q16. You are developing a database that will contain price information. 

You need to store the prices that include a fixed precision and a scale of six digits. 

Which data type should you use? 

A. Float 

B. Money 

C. Smallmoney 

D. Decimal 

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Q17. You use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to develop a database application. 

You create a stored procedure named dbo.ModifyData that can modify rows. 

You need to ensure that when the transaction fails, dbo.ModifyData meets the following requirements: 

. Does not return an error 

. Closes all opened transactions 

Which Transact-SQL statement should you use? 

A. BEGIN TRANSACTION BEGIN TRY EXEC dbo.ModifyData COMMIT TRANSACTION END TRY BEGIN CATCH IF @@ TRANCOUNT = 0 ROLLBACK TRANSACTION; END CATCH 

B. BEGIN TRANSACTION BEGIN TRY EXEC dbo.ModifyData COMMIT TRANSACTION END TRY BEGIN CATCH IF @@ERROR != 0 ROLLBACK TRANSACTION; THROW; END CATCH 

C. BEGIN TRANSACTION BEGIN TRY EXEC dbo.ModifyData 

COMMIT TRANSACTION END TRY BEGIN CATCH IF @@TRANCOUNT = 0 ROLLBACK TRANSACTION; THROW; END CATCH 

D. BEGIN TRANSACTION BEGIN TRY EXEC dbo.ModifyData COMMIT TRANSACTION END TRY BEGIN CATCH IF @@ERROR != 0 ROLLBACK TRANSACTION; END CATCH 

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