Microsoft 70-461 Free Practice Questions

Q1. 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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Q2. 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.) 

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 unique constraint? 

A. DateHired 

B. DepartmentID 

C. EmployeelD 

D. EmployeeNum 

E. FirstName 

F. JobTitle 

G. LastName 

H. MiddleName 

I. ReportsToID 

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Q3. 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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Q4. 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 OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML RAW, ELEMENTS 

C. SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML AUTO 

D. SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId= 1 FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS 

E. SELECT Name, Country, OrderId, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId= Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId- 1 FOR XML AUTO 

F. SELECT Name, Country, Orderld, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId= Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId= 1 FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS 

G. 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') 

H. 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') 

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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. 

Your investigation shows the root cause is a query against a read-only table that has a 

clustered index. 

The query returns the following six columns: 

... 

One column in its WHERE clause contained in a non-clustered index · Four additional columns One COUNT (*) column based on a grouping of the four additional columns 

You need to optimize the statement. 

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 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: 

<row OrderId="1" OrderDate="2000-01-01T00:00:00" Amount="3400.00" Name="Customer 

A" Country="Australia" /> 

<row OrderId="2" OrderDate="2001-01-01T00:00:00" Amount="4300.00" Name="Customer 

A" Country="Australia" /> 

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 OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML RAW, ELEMENTS 

C. SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML AUTO 

D. SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId - Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId= 1 FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS 

E. SELECT Name, Country, OrderId, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId= Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId- 1 FOR XML AUTO 

F. SELECT Name, Country, Orderld, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId= Customers.CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId= 1 FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS 

G. 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') 

H. 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') 

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Q7. 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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Q8. You have three tables that contain data for dentists, psychiatrists, and physicians. You create a view that is used to look up their email addresses and phone numbers. 

The view has the following definition: 

You need to ensure that users can update only the phone numbers and email addresses by using this view. 

What should you do? 

A. Alter the view. Use the EXPAND VIEWS query hint along with each SELECT statement. 

B. Create an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger on the view. 

C. Drop the view. Re-create the view by using the SCHEMABINDING clause, and then create an index on the view. 

D. Create an AFTER UPDATE trigger on the view. 

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Q9. 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 XACT_ABORT ON 

B. SET ARITHABORT ON 

C. TRY 

D. BEGIN 

E. SET ARITHABORT OFF 

F. SET XACT_ABORT OFF 

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Q10. 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 

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Q11. DRAG DROP 

You write the following SELECT statement to get the last order date for a particular customer. 

You need to create the user-defined function to return the last order date for the specified customer. 

Which five 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. CORRECT TEXT 

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

You have an application named Appl. You have a parameter named @Count that uses the int data type. App1 is configured to pass @Count to a stored procedure. You need to create a stored procedure named usp_Customers for Appl. Usp_Customers must meet the following requirements: 

NOT use object delimiters. 

Minimize sorting and counting. 

Return only the last name of each customer in alphabetical order. 

... 

. Return only the number of rows specified by the @Count parameter. . The solution must NOT use BEGIN and END statements. 

Which code segment should you use? 

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

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Q13. 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 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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Q14. 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. 

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Q15. Your application contains a stored procedure for each country. Each stored procedure accepts an employee identification number through the @EmplD parameter. 

You need to build a single process for each employee that will execute the appropriate stored procedure based on the country of residence. 

Which approach should you use? 

A. A SELECT statement that includes CASE 

B. Cursor 

C. BULK INSERT 

D. View 

E. A user-defined function 

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Q16. 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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Q17. 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) 

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