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What is the minimum recommended amount of RAM for SQL Server 2012 Enterprise?
<span>A. 512 MB </span>
<span>B. 1 GB </span>
<span>C. 2 GB </span>
<span>D. 4 GB </span>
<span>E. 8 GB</span>
B. 1 GB
Which of the following editions of SQL Server 2012 can you run on a computer that is running the Windows 7 Professional (x64) operating system? (Choose all that apply.)
A. SQL Server 2012 (x64) Developer edition
B. SQL Server 2012 (x64) Web edition
C. SQL Server 2012 (x64) Enterprise edition
D. SQL Server 2012 (x64) Standard edition
A. SQL Server 2012 (x64) Developer edition
D. SQL Server 2012 (x64) Standard edition
Which of the following features can you install if you are installing SQL Server 2012 Enterprise edition on a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise edition in the Server Core configuration? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Database Engine Services
B. SQL Server Replication
C. Analysis Services
D. Reporting Services
A. B. C.
On which of the following operating systems can you deploy the 64-bit version of SQL Server 2012 Enterprise edition? (Choose all that apply.)
<span>A. Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) edition </span>
<span>B. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64) Standard edition </span>
<span>C. Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x64) Enterprise edition </span>
<span>D. Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64) Enterprise edition</span>
B. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64) Standard edition
C. Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x64) Enterprise edition
You want to simulate read, write, checkpoint, backup, sort, and read-ahead activities for your organization’s SQL Server 2012 deployment. Which of the following tools would you use to accomplish this goal?
A. SQLIO
B. SQLIOSim
C. SQLIOStress
D. chkdsk
B. SQLIOSim
What is the default collation on computers with the United States regional setting?
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
During installation, on the Error Reporting page, you can choose whether to send ____ and ____ to both Microsoft and your organization’s corporate reporting server.
Windows and SQL Server error reports
A text file, named _____, is saved. You can use this file to replicate the chosen configuration when installing other Database Engine instances
ConfigurationFile.ini
You use SQL Server setup to install ________ as part of the normal installation process, but you can install only one instance of ___ on a computer.
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
SSIS
You can determine which features are installed on SQL Server 2012 by running the _______ report. You can access this report through the Tools Menu of the SQL Server Installation Center.
Installed SQL Features Discovery Report
Installing SQL Server 2012 does not automatically configure ___ for the appropriate services installed; you must configure ____ manually on each ___ or configure them through the ______.
firewall rules
firewall rules
server
application group policy
Default Instance port number
TCP 1433
Dedicated Admin Connection port number
TCP 1434
You are planning on deploying a server that will be dedicated for ETL processes. You want to ensure that SSIS packages will run on this dedicated ETL server and not on any other server on which they were started. Which of the following features must you install on the ETL server in addition to SSIS to accomplish this goal?
A. Database Engine
B. SQL Server Reporting Services
C. SQL Server Analysis Services
D. Client Tools SDK
A. Database Engine
You have installed the SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) feature on a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Which of the following features must you install if you want to ensure that you can run packages in 32-bit mode?
A. Client Tools SDK
B. Data Quality Client
C. SQL Server Data Tools
D. Client Tools Backwards Compatibility
C. SQL Server Data Tools
You want to allow access to SQL Server Analysis Services on a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 for a client running SQL Server Management Studio on Windows 7. You have installed SQL Server Analysis Services in the default location. Which of the following paths should you use when creating the firewall rule by using Windows Firewall With Advanced Security?
A. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn\sqlservr.exe
B. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS11.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\bin
\msmdsrv.exe
C. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn\MsDtsSrvr.exe
D. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS11.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services
\ReportServer\bin\ReportingServicesService.exe
B. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS11.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\bin<br></br>\msmdsrv.exe
You want to remove SQL Server Integration Services from a server running the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system that also has the Database Engine and SQL Server Analysis Services installed. Which of the following tools can you use to accomplish this goal?
A. SQL Server Management Studio
B. SQL Server Configuration Manager
C. Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel
D. SQL Server Installation Center
C. Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel
You want to reproduce the same SQL Server 2012 installation configuration across five servers. Which of the following files will you generate by using SQL Server Setup to accomplish this goal?
A. Configuration.xml
B. Setup.ini
C. Setup.xml
D. ConfigurationFile.ini
D. Correct: SQL Server Setup generates a file named ConfigurationFile.ini to store installation settings
Memory
You can use the ____ and _____ instance-level settings to configure the amount of memory (in megabytes) an instance of SQL Server 2012 uses. A setting of ______ means that minimum server value is not set.
Min Server Memory
- default is 0
Max Server Memory
- lowest maximum value - 64MB for 32-bit OS & 128MB for 64-bit OS
Zero
An instance does not use _____ at startup, but when client load reaches this amount, SQL Server 2012 will not release memory back to the operating system if it means going ___ this value. If an instance never uses the ______ specified, that amount will not be reserved by the instance, and memory will be released back to the operating system.
minimum reserved memory
below
minimum amount
What is processor Affinity?
Processor affinity assigns specific server processors to specific threads. This eliminates processor reloads and reduces thread migration across processors.
What is IO Affinity?
I/O affinity binds an instance’s disk I/O to a specific set of CPUs.
What is fill factor?
“Fillfactor” is a setting for indexes in SQL Server.
When you create or rebuild an index, you can tell SQL Server what percentage of each 8K data page used in the “leaf” level of the index it should fill up, therefore reserving a percentage of free space for future growth.
Which system database must you modify if you want all future databases to
use the Full recovery model?
You must modify the model database because all new databases created on an instance inherit settings from the model database
Use sp_configure to…
- Enable Database email
- Instance wide fill factor
- Min/Max server memory
- I/O affinity
You have recently removed a SQL 2012 Database Engine instance from a computer running the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. Prior to the removal of the instance, you had configured affinity so that the default instance used CPU 0 and 1 and the second instance used CPU 2 and 3. You want to ensure that the default instance can use all processors available to the host. Which of the following commands would you use to accomplish this goal?
A. ALTER SERVER CONFIGURATION SET PROCESS AFFINITY CPU = AUTO<br></br>B. ALTER SERVER CONFIGURATION SET PROCESS AFFINITY CPU = 2,3<br></br>C. ALTER SERVER CONFIGURATION SET PROCESS AFFINITY CPU = 0,1<br></br>D. ALTER SERVER CONFIGURATION SET PROCESS AFFINITY CPU = 0,4
<span>A. ALTER SERVER CONFIGURATION SET PROCESS AFFINITY CPU = AUTO</span>
You have run the following command on a SQL Server 2012 default instance:
EXEC sys.sp_configure ‘show advanced options’, 1;<br></br>GO<br></br>Which of the following commands must you run to configure the instance so that themaximum amount of memory the instance uses does not exceed 4,096 MB? (Eachanswer presents part of a complete solution. Choose two.)
A. RECONFIGURE;<br></br>GO<br></br>B. EXEC sys.sp_configure ‘min server memory’, 1024;<br></br>GO<br></br>C. EXEC sys.sp_configure ‘min server memory’, 4096;<br></br>GO<br></br>D. EXEC sys.sp_configure ‘max server memory’, 4096;<br></br>GO
Answer: D, A
D. EXEC sys.sp_configure ‘max server memory’, 4096;<br></br>GO
A. RECONFIGURE;<br></br>GO
You want to ensure that disk input/output operations of an instance are bound to aspecific processor. Which of the following would you configure to accomplish this goal?<br></br>A. Minimum server memory<br></br>B. Maximum server memory<br></br>C. Processor affinity<br></br>D. I/O affinity
D. I/O affinity
You want to ensure that all future databases created on a SQL 2012 instance areconfigured to Auto Shrink. Which of the following system databases do you modify toaccomplish this goal?<br></br>A. master<br></br>B. model<br></br>C. msdb<br></br>D. tempdb
B. model database
Which stored procedure do you use to enable Database Mail on an instance?<br></br>A. sp_configure<br></br>B. sp_rename<br></br>C. sp_monitor<br></br>D. sp_depends
A. sp_configure
How many instances of SQL Server 2012 can you install on a failover cluster?
25 instances
If you have a deployment with two instances on the same host and you want to update only one of them, you must ensure that the update applies to the ________.
shared features
_________ is a SQL Server 2012 feature that enables you to place limits on the consumption of CPU and memory resources within a SQL Server 2012 Database Engine instance.
Resource Governor
Resource Governor
- ______ pool
* ________
* ________
- ______ pool
-
- _____ group
* ________
- ________
- _____ group
- Resource Pools
- internal pool
- default pool
2.Workload group
- internal group
- default group
The session runs by using resources assigned to the ____ group through the ______ pool
workload
resource
Work groups function as containers for _____ that share similar classification criteria.
session reuqests
Cycle SQL server Error log
- default ______
- use sp____ to force the error log to cycle wo restarting the database engine
- retain the current error log and the five most recent error logs
- sp_cycle_errorlog
You want to cycle the SQL Server Agent error log. From which of the following system databases must you run the sp_cycle_agent_errorlog stored procedure to accomplish this goal?
A. master
B. msdb
C. model
D. tempdb
B. correct: You must run the sp_cycle_agent_errorlog stored procedure from the msdb system database to rotate the SQL Server Agent error log file
Which feature should you enable and configure so session requests addressed toa specific instance can be allocated different processor resources based on sessionrequest properties?<br></br>A. Resource Governor<br></br>B. Windows System Resource Manager<br></br>C. Processor affinity<br></br>D. I/O affinity
A. <strong>correct</strong>: Resource Governor enables you to allocate session requests to differentresources based on the characteristics of the session request properties
What is the maximum number of SQL Server 2012 Enterprise edition Database Engineinstances that you can deploy on a non-clustered server running Windows Server 2008R2 Enterprise edition?<br></br>A. 10<br></br>B. 25<br></br>C. 50<br></br>D. 100
c. 50 instances
You have configured Resource Governor with three resource pools. You have assignedthe first resource pool a minimum CPU and memory value of 20%. You have assignedthe second resource pool a minimum CPU and memory value of 30%. You want toassign maximum CPU and memory values to the third resource pool. What is the maximum CPU and memory value you can assign to this resource pool?<br></br>A. 30%<br></br>B. 50%<br></br>C. 70%<br></br>D. 100%
B. 50%
A server that has four processors has three SQL Server 2012 Database Engine instancesinstalled. Which feature should you configure to assign 60% of a host server’s processor resource to the first instance, 20% to the second instance, and 15% to the thirdinstance?<br></br>A. Resource Governor<br></br>B. Windows System Resource Manager<br></br>C. Processor affinity<br></br>D. I/O affinity
B. Windwos System Rezource Manager
You can install Analysis Services in these 3 modes.
- Multidimensional & data mining
- Tabular
- Powerpivot
SSRS installation
You can choose the “Install And Configure” option only if you have installed the _____ prior to attempting to install the ________ and you are also installing the ________ on the same instance
web server role
Report Server instance
Database Engine
In SQL 2012, SSIS is _____ by default. Grant users access using ______.
secure
Dcomcnfg.exe
Use FILESTREAM under the following conditions
- Objects that you want to store are greater than 1 MB.
- Fast read access is important
Filegroup
- Primary filegroup
- Secondary filegroup
Primary filegroup
- host system tables
- mdf
Secondary filegroup
- can be hosted on different volume
- ndf
You can standardize the configuration of databases by configuring appropriate settings such as Auto Close, Auto Shrink, and database recovery model on the ___________.
model system database
Contained Databases
- no configuration dependencies
- can easliy be moved to other instance
Data compression
- save storage space
- use on tables and indexes
- but increase CPU usage due to compress and decompress
- cannot use on system tables
- only for enterprise and developer edition
Forms of data compression
- row-level compression
- more efficient storage format for fixed-length numeric & CHAR
- unicode compression
- compress fixed-length NCHAR(n) and NVARCHAR(n)
- page-level compression
- store repeat values once and make only reference from other locations
If you split partition, the new partitions ____ data compression attribute of the ____ partition.
If you merge partition, the resulting partition ____ data compression attribute of the ____ partition.
inherit
original
has
destination