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

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

You need to create a query for a report. The query must meet the following requirements:
NOT use object delimiters.
Return the most recent orders first.
Use the first initial of the table as an alias.
Return the most recent order date for each customer.
Retrieve the last name of the person who placed the order.
Return the order date in a column named MostRecentOrderDate that appears as the last column in the report.
The solution must support the ANSI SQL-99 standard.
Which code segment should you use?
To answer, type the correct code in the answer area.

A) select C.Lastname, P.MostRecentOrderDate from customers AS C inner join ( select customID, MostRecentOrderDate=max(orderDate) from orders group by customID
)P
on C.customerID=P.CustomerID
order by P.MostRecentOrderDate desc
B) SELECT LastName, O.OrderDate AS MostRecentOrderDate FROM Customers AS C INNER JOIN Orders AS O ON CustomerID = O.CustomerID ORDER BY O.OrderDate DESC
C) SELECT c.CustomerID --optional c.LastName, max(o.OrderDate) 'MostRecentOrderDate' FROM Customer c LEFT OUTER JOIN Orders o ON o.CustomerID = c.CustomerID GROUP BY c.CustomerID, c.LastName ORDER BY 3 DESC

3. You administer two Microsoft SQL Server 2012 servers named ServerA and ServerB. You use a database named AdventureWorks. You need to prepare the AdventureWorks database for database mirroring. ServerB will act as the mirror in a mirroring partnership along with ServerA. 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.)
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4. You use a contained database named ContosoDb within a domain. You need to create a user who can log on to the ContosoDb database. You also need to ensure that you can port the database to different database servers within the domain without additional user account configurations. Which type of user should you create?

A) login mapped to a virtual account
B) Domain user
C) User mapped to an asymmetric key
D) SQL user without login

5. 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 use an identity specification to include a seed of 1,000 and an increment of 1?

A) DateHired
B) DepartmentID
C) LastName
D) MiddleName
E) FirstName
F) EmployeeNum
G) ReportsToID
H) JobTitle
I) EmployeeID

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