Microsoft UPGRADE:MCDBA Skills to MCITP DB Admin by Using MS SQL 2005 Sample Questions:

1. According to the company requirement, you are asked to design a stored procedure to import the registry information from AppServer1. The company requires that you do not execute unmanaged code. So what action should you perform to accomplish your task?

A) In order to accomplish your task, a CLR stored procedure with the UNSAFE permission set should be used.
B) In order to accomplish your task, a CLR stored procedure with the EXTERNAL_ACCESS permission set should be used.
C) In order to accomplish your task, an extended stored procedure should be used.
D) In order to accomplish your task, a CLR stored procedure with the SAFE permission set should be used.
E) In order to accomplish your task, a regular stored procedure that calls xp_cmdshell should be used.

2. You are a professional level SQL Server 2005 database administrator in an international corporation named Wiikigo. You are experienced in implementing high-availability solutions, monitoring the database server, and design deployment. In the company, you major job is the deployment, maintenance and support of Microsoft SQL Server 2005. You work as a database administrator for your company. There is a user in the Windows SalesManagers group, and he is called Simon. A Reporting Services report is required by Simon to have annual sales information displayed by territory. There is another user in the Windows Sales group, and he is called Jack. He is responsible to report to Simon. A report is required by Jack, and the report is limited to his sales territory, but the same detailed sales data is still displayed, and the detailed sales data is on Simon's report. A secure solution should be designed to meet the requirements of the users listed above, and the least amount of server resources should be utilized. Which action should be performed?

A) First, two reports should be designed for Simon. Second, the territory information should be contained by one, and the detailed sales data should be contained by another. At last, a report that displays the detailed sales data for Jack's territories should be designed for Jack.
B) First, all territory information should be contained by a parameterized report which is designed for Simon. Second, a linked report that links to Simons report should be designed for Jack.
C) First, two data regions should be contained by a report which is designed for Simon. Second, one data region should be utilized for summary sales data. Third, the other data region should be utilized for the detailed sales data for each sales representative. Four, a report that displays the detailed sales data should be designed for Jack.
D) First, the territory information should be contained by a report which is designed for Simon. Second, a report which detailed sales data for Jack's territories is contained should be designed for Jack. Third, Simon??s report should be set to have the data in Jacks report contained.

3. According to the company requirements, a unique nonclustered index will be created on
the CustomerID, LastName, and FirstName columns of the CustomerData.Customers table in the CRM database. The variables should be identified to help estimate the space requirements for the index.
Estimated number of rowsClustered index key Number of columns in the indexFixed data sizeNumber of variable-length columnsAverage variable-length data size.
The most significant additional variable that will enhance the estimated index size should be identified. From the following four additional variables, which one should be identified to accomplish the task?

A) To accomplish the task, fill factor should be identified.
B) To accomplish the task, automatically generated uniqueifier value should be identified.
C) To accomplish the task, current number of rows should be identified.
D) To accomplish the task, null bitmap should be identified.

4. You are a professional level SQL Server 2005 database administrator in an international corporation named Wiikigo. You are experienced in implementing high-availability solutions, monitoring the database server, and design deployment. In the company, you major job is the deployment, maintenance and support of Microsoft SQL Server 2005. You work as a database administrator for your company.
A vendor company's application is utilized, and the application is based on a proprietary database. Data is queried from the application database and the data is imported into a SQL Server 2005 database. A new OLE DB driver is offered by the application vendor, and the new OLE DB driver will be utilized when the application database is queried. According the company requirements, the connections between the SQL Server database and the application database is prohibited, except when this data is queried. You should think out a method to have data queried from the application database.
Which action should be performed to achieve the goal?

A) To achieve the goal, a query should be written, and an OPENQUERY command is utilized by the query.
B) To achieve the goal, a Remote Server connection to the application database should be configured.
C) To achieve the goal, a query should be written, and an OPENDATASOURCE command is utilized by the query.
D) To achieve the goal, a Linked Server connection should be configured to the application database.

5. You are a professional level SQL Server 2005 database administrator in an international corporation named Wiikigo. You are experienced in implementing high-availability solutions, monitoring the database server, and design deployment. In the company, you major job is the deployment, maintenance and support of Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
You work as the administrator of a SQL Server 2005 computer, and the computer is named SQL1. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is run by all servers. All the servers belong to a Microsoft Active Directory domain. According to the company written security policy, strong passwords are mandated for all domain, local, and application accounts. The company utilizes a Group Policy object (GPO) to deploy the proper domain password policy. MSDOS-based or UNIX-based operating systems are run by many of the company's computers. Varying levels of access to a database named Services on SQL1 is requested by the computers. Since you are the database administrator, you are required to confirm that the Services database can be accessed by these computers.
And the company's written security policy should not be violated. Which action should be performed by you?

A) A virtual directory should be configured through Internet Information Services (IIS) for access to SQL1. And then, users should be directed to the virtual directory for data access.
B) A SQL Server logon account should be created for each of the company's users. And then, the Enforce password policy option should be enabled for each logon account. At last, each logon account should be offered with access to the Services database.
C) A local logon account should be created on SQL1 for each of the company's users. And then, each logon account should be offered with access to SQL1 and the Services database.
D) One SQL Server logon account should be created for all of the company's computers running MS-DOS or UNIX-based operating systems. And then, the Enforce password policy option should be enabled for users' accounts. At last, the logon accounts should be provided with access to the Services database.
E) A domain account should be created for each of the company's users. And then, each domain account should be offered with access to SQL1 and the Services database.

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