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 has multiple databases. You need to ensure that users are unable to create stored procedures that begin with sp_. Which three actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Build List and Reorder:

2. You create a table that has the StudentCode, SubjectCode, and Marks columns to record mid-year marks for students. The table has marks obtained by 50 students for various subjects. You need to ensure that the following requirements are met:
Students must be ranked based on their average marks.
If one or more students have the same average, the same rank must be given to these students.
Consecutive ranks must be skipped when the same rank is assigned.
Which Transact-SQL query should you use?

A) SELECT StudentCode as Code,
NTILE(2) OVER(ORDER BY AVG (Marks) DESC) AS Value
FROM StudentMarks
GROUP BY StudentCode
B) SELECT StudentCode AS Code,Marks AS Value FROM ( SELECT StudentCode, Marks AS Marks, RANK() OVER(PARTITION BY SubjectCode ORDER BY Marks ASC) AS Rank
FROM StudentMarks) tmp
WHERE Rank = 1
C) SELECT StudentCode as Code,
RANK() OVER(ORDER BY AVG (Marks) DESC) AS Value
FROM StudentMarks
GROUP BY StudentCode
D) SELECT StudentCode AS Code,Marks AS Value FROM ( SELECT StudentCode, Marks AS Marks, RANK() OVER(PARTITION BY StudentCode ORDER BY Marks ASC) AS Rank
FROM StudentMarks) tmp
WHERE Rank = 1
E) SELECT StudentCode as Code,
DENSE_RANK() OVER(ORDER BY AVG (Marks) DESC) AS Value
FROM StudentMarks
GROUP BY StudentCode
F) SELECT StudentCode AS Code,Marks AS Value FROM ( SELECT StudentCode, Marks AS Marks, RANXO OVER(PARTITION BY StudentCode ORDER BY Marks DESC) AS Rank
FROM StudentMarks) tmp
WHERE Rank = 1
G) SELECT Id, Name, Marks,
DENSE_RANK() OVER(ORDER BY Marks DESC) AS Rank
FROM StudentMarks
H) SELECT StudentCode AS Code,Marks AS Value FROM ( SELECT StudentCode, Marks AS Marks, RANK() OVER(PARTITION BY SubjectCode ORDER BY Marks DESC) AS Rank
FROM StudentMarks) tmp
WHERE Rank = 1

3. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance that has several SQL Server Agent jobs configured.
When SQL Server Agent jobs fail, the error messages returned by the job steps are truncated. The
following error message is an example of the truncated error message:
"Executed as user CONTOSO\ServiceAccount. ...0.4035.00 for 64-bit Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-
2011. All rights reserved. Started 63513 PM Error 2012-06-23 183536.87 Code 0XC001000E Source
UserImport Description Code 0x00000000 Source Log Import Activity Descript... The package execution
fa... The step failed."
You need to ensure that all the details of the job step failures are retained for SQL Server Agent jobs.
What should you do?

A) Expand agent logging to include information from all events.
B) Configure event forwarding.
C) Configure output files.
D) Disable the Limit size of job history log feature.

4. Your application contains a stored procedure for each country. Each stored procedure accepts an employee identification number through the @EmpID parameter. You plan to build a single process for each employee that will execute the stored procedure based on the country of residence. Which approach should you use?

A) Cursor
B) An UPDATE statement that includes CASE
C) Trigger
D) a recursive stored procedure
E) The foreach SQLCLR statement

5. 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) Stored procedure
C) Inline user-defined function
D) Table-valued user-defined function

Solutions: