Microsoft 70-461 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Microsoft 70-461 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 381:

  You have three tables that contain data for vendors, customers, and agents. You create a view that is used to look up telephone numbers for these companies. The view has the following definition. You need to ensure that users can update only the phone numbers by using this view. What should you do?

  

  A. Alter the view. Use the EXPAND VIEWS query hint along with each SELECT statement.
  B. Drop the view. Re-create the view by using the SCHEMABINDING clause, and then create an index on the view.
  C. Create an AFTER UPDATE trigger on the view.
  D. Create an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger on the view.
  D. Create an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger on the view.

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  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187956.aspx

• Question 382:

  You administer several Microsoft SQL Server database servers. Merge replication has been configured for an application that is distributed across offices throughout a wide area network (WAN). Many of the tables involved in replication use the XML and varchar (max) data types. Occasionally, merge replication fails due to timeout errors. You need to reduce the occurrence of these timeout errors. What should you do?

  A. Set the Merge agent on the problem subscribers to use the slow link agent profile.
  B. Create a snapshot publication, and reconfigure the problem subscribers to use the snapshot publication.
  C. Change the Merge agent on the problem subscribers to run continuously.
  D. Set the Remote Connection Timeout on the Publisher to 0.
  A. Set the Merge agent on the problem subscribers to use the slow link agent profile.

• Question 383:

  The Agent table of a Microsoft SQL Server database contains several million rows. The database uses the SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1_CS_AS collation.

  You need to ensure that the following requirements are met:

  The values of the StateRefID column conform to the pattern of 3 uppercase letters followed by 5 numeric digits, such as "ABC12345".

  The StateRefID values are unique within the Agent table.

  The values of all records that will be inserted or updated in the Agent table are correctly formatted.

  Exisitng rows are ignored

  Which Transact-SQL statement should you run?

  

  A. Option A
  B. Option B
  C. Option C
  D. Option D
  A. Option A

• Question 384:

  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.
  C. Use the FORMAT function.

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  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213505.aspx

• Question 385:

  How does the PIVOT operator determine what the grouping element is?

  A. It's the element specified as input to the GROUPING function.
  B. It's determined by elimination--the element(s) from the queried table that were not specified as the spreading or aggregation elements.
  C. It's the element specified in the GROUP BY clause.
  D. It's the primary key.
  B. It's determined by elimination--the element(s) from the queried table that were not specified as the spreading or aggregation elements.

• Question 386:

  SIMULATION

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

  

  You need to create a query for a report. The query must meet the following requirements:

  1. Return the last name of the customer who placed the order.

  2. Return the most recent order date for each customer.

  3. Group the results by CustomerID.

  4. Display the most recent OrderDate first.

  The solution must support the ANSI SQL-99 standard and must not use table or column aliases.

  Part of the correct Transact-SQL has been provided in the answer area below. Enter the Transact-SQL in the answer area that resolves the problem and meets the stated goals or requirements. You can add Transact-SQL within the Transact-SQL segment that has been provided as well as below it.

  

  Use the ‘Check Syntax’ button to verify your work. Any syntax or spelling errors will be reported by line and character position.

  Check the answer below

  1. SELECT LastName, 2 MAX(OrderDate) AS MostRecentOrderDate 3 FROM Customers INNER JOIN Orders ON Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID 4 GROUP BY CustomerID 5 ORDER BY OrderDate DESC

  On line 3 add Customers INNER JOIN Orders ON Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID On line 4 add CustomerID On line 5 add OrderDate DESC

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  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190014(v=sql.105).aspx

• Question 387:

  Which clause of the MERGE statement isn't standard?

  A. The WHEN MATCHED clause
  B. The WHEN NOT MATCHED clause
  C. The WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE clause
  D. All MERGE clauses are standard.
  C. The WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE clause

• Question 388:

  SIMULATION

  You have a database named Sales 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 App1 that returns only the number of rows specified by the @Count parameter.

  The solution must NOT use BEGIN, END, or DECLARE statements.

  Part of the correct Transact-SQL statement has been provided in the answer area. Complete the Transact-SQL statement

  

  Check the answer below

  SELECT TOP(@Count) LastName

  Change the second line to: SELECT TOP(@Count) LastName

  The complete code is:

  CREATE PROCEDURE usp_Customers @Count int SELECT TOP(@Count) LastName FROM Customers ORDER BY Customers.LastName

• Question 389:

  You are developing a database in SQL Server 2012 to store information about current employee project assignments. You are creating a view that uses data from the project assignment table. You need to ensure that the view does not become invalid if the schema of the project assignment table changes. What should you do?

  A. Create the view by using an account in the sysadmin role.
  B. Add a DDL trigger to the project assignment table to re-create the view after any schema change.
  C. Create the view in a new schema.
  D. Add a DDL trigger to the view to block any changes.
  B. Add a DDL trigger to the project assignment table to re-create the view after any schema change.

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  DDL triggers are a special kind of trigger that fire in response to Data Definition Language (DDL) statements. They can be used to perform administrative tasks in the database such as auditing and regulating database operations. Reference: DDL Triggers https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190989(v=sql.105).aspx

• Question 390:

  Which function can be used to find the document that is most semantically similar to a specified document?

  A. CONTAINSTABLE()
  B. FREETEXTTABLE()
  C. SEMANTICKEYPHRASETABLE()
  D. SEMANTICSIMILARITYTABLE()
  E. SEMANTICSIMILARITYDETAILSTABLE()
  D. SEMANTICSIMILARITYTABLE()

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  A. Correct: You use the CONTAINSTABLE function to rank documents based on proximity of words.