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Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Certification Exam

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Q1. 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. Sales.fn_OrdersByTerritory must meet the following requirements: 

. Use one-part names to reference columns. 

. Return the columns in the same order as the order used in OrdersByTerritoryView. 

Part of the correct T-SQL statement has been provided in the answer area. Provide the complete code. 

Answer:  

Q2. You administer a database that includes a table named Customers that contains more than 750 rows. You create a new column named PartitionNumber of the int type in the table. 

You need to assign a PartitionNumber for each record in the Customers table.You also need to ensure that the PartitionNumber satisfies the following conditions: 

. Always starts with 1. 

. Starts again from 1 after it reaches 100. 

Which Transact-SQL statement should you use? 

A. CREATE SEQUENCE CustomerSequence AS int START WITH 0 INCREMENT BY 1 MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 100 UPDATE Customers SET PartitionNumber = NEXT VALUE FOR CustomerSequence DROP SEQUENCE CustomerSequence 

B. CREATE SEQUENCE CustomerSequence AS int START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 100 CYCLE UPDATE Customers SET PartitionNumber = NEXT VALUE FOR CustomerSequence DROP SEQUENCE CustomerSequence 

C. CREATE SEQUENCE CustomerSequence AS int START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 100 UPDATE Customers SET PartitionNumber = NEXT VALUE FOR CustomerSequence + 1 DROP SEQUENCE CustomerSequence 

D. CREATE SEQUENCE CustomerSequence AS int START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 MINVALUE 0 MAXVALUE 100 CYCLE UPTATE Customers SET PartitionNumber = NEXT VALUE FOR CustomerSequence DROP SEQUENCE CustomerSequence 

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Q3. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database named ContosoDb. The database contains a table named Suppliers and a column named IsActive in the Purchases schema. You create a new user named ContosoUser in ContosoDb. ContosoUser has no permissions to the Suppliers table. You need to ensure that ContosoUser can delete rows that are not active from Suppliers. You also need to grant ContosoUser only the minimum required permissions. Which Transact-SQL statement should you use? 

A. GRANT DELETE ON Purchases.Suppliers TO ContosoUser 

B. CREATE PROCEDURE Purchases.PurgeInactiveSuppliers WITH EXECUTE AS USER = 'dbo' AS DELETE FROM Purchases.Suppliers WHERE IsActive = 0 GO GRANT EXECUTE ON Purchases.PurgelnactiveSuppliers TO ContosoUser C. GRANT SELECT ON Purchases.Suppliers TO ContosoUser 

D. CREATE PROCEDURE Purchases.PurgeInactiveSuppliers AS DELETE FROM Purchases.Suppliers WHERE IsActive = 0 GO GRANT EXECUTE ON Purchases.PurgeInactiveSuppliers TO ContosoUser 

Answer:

Q4. DRAG DROP 

You create the following stored procedure. (Line numbers are included for reference only.) 

You need to ensure that the stored procedure performs the following tasks: 

. If a record exists, update the record. 

. If no record exists, insert a new record. 

Which four Transact-SQL statements should you insert at line 07? (To answer, move the appropriate statements from the list of statements to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.) 

Answer:  

Q5. DRAG DROP 

You want to add a new GUID column named BookGUID to a table named dbo.Book that already contains data. 

BookGUID will have a constraint to ensure that it always has a value when new rows are inserted into dbo.Book. 

You need to ensure that the new column is assigned a GUID for existing rows. 

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.) 

Answer:  

Q6. You use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to develop a database application. 

You create a stored procedure named DeleteJobCandidate. 

You need to ensure that if DeleteJobCandidate encounters an error, the execution of the stored procedure reports the error number. 

Which Transact-SQL statement should you use? 

A. DECLARE @ErrorVar INT; 

DECLARE @RowCountVar INT; 

EXEC DeleteJobCandidate 

SELECT @ErrorVar = @@ERROR, @RowCountVar = @@ROWCOUNT; 

IF (@ErrorVar <> 0) 

PRINT N'Error = ' + CAST(@@ErrorVar AS NVARCHAR(8)) + 

N', Rows Deleted = ' + CAST(@@RowCountVar AS NVARCHAR(8)); 

GO 

B. DECLARE @ErrorVar INT; 

DECLARE @RowCountVar INT; 

EXEC DeleteJobCandidate 

SELECT @ErrorVar = ERROR_STATE(), @RowCountVar = @@ROWCOUNT; 

IF (@ErrorVar <> 0) 

PRINT N'Error = ' + CAST(ERRORSTATE() AS NVARCHAR(8)) + 

N', Rows Deleted = ' + CAST(@@RowCountVar AS NVARCHAR(8)); 

GO 

C. EXEC DeleteJobCandidate 

IF (ERROR_STATE() != 0) 

PRINT N'Error = ' + CAST(@@ERROR AS NVARCHAR(8)) + 

N', Rows Deleted = ' + CAST(@@ROWCOUNT AS NVARCHAR(8)); 

GO 

D. EXEC DeleteJobCandidate 

PRINT N'Error = ' + CAST(@@ERROR AS NVARCHAR(8)) + 

N', Rows Deleted = ' + CAST(@@ROWCOUNT AS NVARCHAR(8)); 

GO 

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Q7. CORRECT TEXT 

You have a database named Sales that contains the tables as shown in the exhibit. (Click 

the Exhibit button.) 

You need to create a query that meets the following requirements: 

References columns by using one-part names only. 

Groups aggregates by SalesTerritorylD, and then by ProductlD. 

Orders the results in descending order by SalesTerritorylD and then by ProductlD. 

Part of the correct T-SQL statement has been provided in the answer area. Provide the complete code. 

Answer:  

Q8. 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 a create a self-reference foreign key constraint? 

A. DateHired 

B. DepartmentID 

C. EmployeelD 

D. EmployeeNum 

E. FirstName 

F. JobTitle 

G. LastName 

H. MiddleName 

I. ReportsToID 

Answer:

Q9. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server database that supports a banking transaction management application. 

You need to retrieve a list of account holders who live in cities that do not have a branch location. 

Which Transact-SQL query or queries should you use? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.) 

A. SELECT AccountHolderID FROM AccountHolder WHERE CityID NOT IN (SELECT CityID FROM BranchMaster) 

B. SELECT AccountHolderID FROM AccountHolder WHERE CityID <> ALL (SELECT CityID FROM BranchMaster) 

C. SELECT AccountHolderlD FROM AccountHolder WHERE CityID <> SOME (SELECT CityID FROM BranchMaster) 

D. SELECT AccountHolderID FROM AccountHolder WHERE CityID <> ANY (SELECT CityID FROM BranchMaster) 

Answer: A,B 

Explanation: 

Verified the answers as correct. 

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188047.aspx 

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177682.aspx 

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173545.aspx 

Q10. CORRECT TEXT 

You have a database that contains the tables as shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.) 

You need to create a query that returns a list of products from Sales.ProductCatalog. The solution must meet the following requirements: 

UnitPrice must be returned in descending order. 

The query must use two-part names to reference the table. 

The query must use the RANK function to calculate the results. 

The query must return the ranking of rows in a column named PriceRank. 

The list must display the columns in the order that they are defined in the table. 

PriceRank must appear last. 

Which code segment should you use? 

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

Answer:  

Q11. 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. 

Answer:

Q12. You develop a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database. You need to create a batch process that meets the following requirements: 

. Status information must be logged to a status table. 

. If the status table does not exist at the beginning of the batch, it must be created. 

Which object should you use? 

A. Scalar user-defined function 

B. Inline user-defined function 

C. Table-valued user-defined function 

D. Stored procedure 

Answer:

Q13. 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 

Answer:

Explanation: 

Use the EmployeeID, which would be used as a primary key in the Employee table, when defining a foreign key constraint from another table in the database. 

Q14. You use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database to develop a shopping cart application. 

You need to rotate the unique values of the ProductName field of a table-valued expression into multiple columns in the output. 

Which Transact-SQL operator should you use? 

A. CROSS JOIN 

B. CROSS APPLY 

C. PIVOT 

D. UNPIVOT 

Answer:

Explanation: 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177634.aspx 

Q15. You create a view based on the following statement: 

You grant the Select permission to User1. 

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 Transact-SQL statement should you use? 

A. Option A 

B. Option B 

C. Option C 

D. Option D 

Answer:

Q16. CORRECT TEXT 

You have a database that contains the tables shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.) 

You need to create a view named uv_CustomerFullName to meet the following requirements: 

The code must NOT include object delimiters. 

The view must be created in the Sales schema. 

Columns must only be referenced by using one-part names. 

The view must return the first name and the last name of all customers. 

The view must prevent the underlying structure of the customer table from being 

..... 

changed. 

. The view must be able to resolve all referenced objects, regardless of the user's default schema. 

Which code segment should you use? 

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

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Q17. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server database named Sales. The database is 3 terabytes in size. The Sales database is configured as shown in the following table. 

You discover that Sales_2.ndf is corrupt. You need to recover the corrupted data in the minimum amount of time. What should you do? 

A. Perform a file restore. 

B. Perform a transaction log restore. 

C. Perform a restore from a full backup. 

D. Perform a filegroup restore. 

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