Microsoft Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 2 Sample Questions:

1. You are migrating a database named Orders to a new server that runs Microsoft SQL Server 2012.
You attempt to add a SQL login, [User1], to the database. However, you receive the following error message:
"User already exists in current database."
You need to configure the [User1] login to be able to access the Orders database and retain the original permissions. You need to achieve this goal by using the minimum required permissions.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?

A) Option A
B) Option B
C) Option C
D) Option D

2. You administer a Windows 2008 server hosting an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition. The server hosts a database named Orders.
Users report that a query that filters on OrderDate is taking an exceptionally long time. You discover that an index named IX_OrderDate on the CustomerOrder table is heavily fragmented.
You need to improve the performance of the IX_OrderDate index. The index should remain online during the operation.
Which Transact-SQL command should you use?

A) Option A
B) Option B
C) Option C
D) Option D

3. You are a database administrator for a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 environment.
You want to deploy a new application that will scale out the workload to at least five different SQL Server instances.
You need to ensure that for each copy of the database, users are able to read and write data that will then be synchronized between all of the database instances.
Which feature should you use?

A) failover clustering
B) database audits
C) snapshot replication
D) peer-to-peer replication

4. DRAG DROP
You are developing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package.
The package contains an ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) source variable that holds a result set that was returned by a stored procedure execution.
You need to add and configure a container that will execute several tasks for each row in the ADO object source variable.
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.)

5. You are developing a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) project that contains a project Connection Manager and multiple packages.
All packages in the project must connect to the same database. The server name for the database must be set by using a parameter named ServerParam when any package in the project is executed.
You need to develop this project with the least amount of development effort.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose all that apply.)

A) Set the Required property of the parameter to True.
B) Edit each package Connection Manager. Set the ServerName property to @[$Project::ServerParam].
C) Edit the project Connection Manager in Solution Explorer. Set the ServerName property to @[$Project::ServerParam].
D) Create a project parameter named ServerName.
E) Set the Sensitive property of the parameter to True.
F) Create a package parameter named ServerName in each package.

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