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Review : SQL Server 2008 Administration

Part 1: Multiple Choice Questions


1. What type of backup is the fastest type to restore a database from scratch?

A. full
B. differential
C. bulk-logged
D. transaction log


2. If you dont want to manage transaction logs, which recovery model should
you use?

A. simple
B. full
C. bulk-logged
D. differential


3. What can provide higher availability of archival data?

A. topology
B. replication
C. tapes
D. offline storage


4. What is used to store transactions that need to be sent to subscribers?

A. publisher
B. subscriber
C. distributor
D. publication

5. Which option do you use with the RESTORE DATABASE command that will
allow additional transaction logs to be restored?

A. RESTRICTED_USER
B. RECOVERY
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C. NORECOVERY
D. ALLOW

6. Which type of backup is a sequential record of all transactions recorded in the
transaction log File?

A. differential
B. incremental
C. transaction log
D. baseline


7. Which type of backup is a copy of all changes made to a database since the
last full backup was performed?

A. differential
B. incremental
C. transaction log
D. baseline


8. Which type of backup is one of the entire database, including the database
files, the locations of those files, and the portions of the transaction logs
recorded at the start of the backup.

A. full
B. incremental
C. differential
D. baseline


9. Which of the following is not replication technology available in SQL Server?

A. snapshot replication
B. transactional replication
C. merge replication
D. database failover replication


10. Which edition(s) of SQL Server 2005 can be the witness server used with
database mirroring?

A. Enterprise Edition
B. Standard and Enterprise editions
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C. Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise editions
D. Express, Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise editions




11. Which server provides automatic failover when using database mirroring?

A. principal server
B. secondary server
C. witness server
D. clustered server


12. Which edition(s) of SQL Server 2005 do you need to support clusters?

A. Enterprise Edition
B. Standard and Enterprise editions
C. Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise editions
D. Express, Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise editions


13. Which of the following requires special hardware to implement?

A. clustering
B. database mirroring
C. log shipping
D. replication


14. What technology continuously copies all data from one server to another so
that if the principal server fails, the secondary server can take over the
processing of transaction using its copy of the database?

A. database mirroring
B. failover clustering
C. log shipping
D. log transforms


15. Which of the following is not a system database?

A. master
B. model
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D. msdb
E. temporarydb






16. Which of the following operations is not performed by the SQL Server Agent
service?
A. Execute administrative tasks
B. Execute maintenance plans
C. Detect system conditions and automatically instigate measures to
resolve problems
D. Alert people in a variety of ways

17. A single job is made up of one or more of what object?

A. Step
B. Task
C. Operation
D. Procedure

18. Operators can be notified by a job under which of the following conditions?

A. The job is running
B. The job succeeds
C. The job fails
D. The job is not running


19. Which type of backup device is created on the fly when you perform a backup?

A. temporary
B. permanent
C. removable

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20. Which database recovery model uses full and differential backups, but not
transaction log backups?

A. Full recovery
B. Simple recovery
C. Bulk-logged recovery
21. How is the process of inserting a large amount of data from a file into a
database called?

A. Bulk exportation
B. Bulk importation
C. Massive copy
D. Random copy

22. _______ command run in a command prompt and its used to bulk import and
bulk export data?

A. sqldata
B. sqlcopy
C. sqlmove
D. bcp

23. Which role is valid for database mirroring?

A. publisher
B. principal
C. primary
D. monitor

24. Which fixed database role prevents users from reading data from all user
tables?
A. db_accessadmin
B. db_backupoperator
C. db_datawriter
D. db_denydatareader
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25. Which fixed database role can modify the permission and roles in the
database?
A. db_accessadmin
B. db_securityadmin

Part2: Scenarios

1. You want to back up the transaction log of your production database every
hour during peak business hours (8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.) and every three
hours during non-peak hours (6:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M.). What is the most
efficient method for automating these tasks?

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2. Every day at 2:00 P.M., users complain that the server slows down
considerably. How can you find out what is causing this delay?
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3. You have created a new login account within SQL Server for a Windows 2000
group. You want the members of this group to be able to use SQL Server. What
additional security tasks must you perform?

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4. XYZ Company has an office in Dallas and two regional offices in New York
and Chicago. Each office has its own SQL Server 2008 database and the
regional offices should be able to synchronize their respective data with
the office at the end of each business day. What SQL Server feature must be
implemented to fulfill this requirement?

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5. Your database consists of 5 gigabytes (GB) of data and is stored in one
database file. This database is used as an order-taking system for a mail-order
catalog company. Operators take orders 24 hours a day. The company
typically receives about 2,000 orders each day. Describe an appropriate
backup plan for this database.
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6. Your database contains image data that is gathered from a weather satellite
and is being continually updated. The database is 700 GB. Each table exists on
a separate filegroup in the database. If you were to perform a full database
backup, the process would take about 20 hours. How can you minimize the
amount of time that is spent performing backups each day and yet still ensure
good data recoverability in the event of a system failure?
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7. You have a database for which you generally perform only full database
backups. The transaction log exists on a separate physical disk from the data
files. It is allowed to accumulate changes but is periodically cleared. The disk
that contains the data files is damaged. After you replace the disk, what can
you do to minimize data loss?

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8. You are an administrator of a SQL 2008 computer that contains multiple
databases. One of these databases is named AccountsData. Mark, an
employee, has recently joined the company. You want to enable him to create
new tables in AccountsData. However, he should not have access to other
databases in the server. The sql Server is configured for mixed mode
authentication. You create a SQL Server login named Mark. Mark reports that
he can log on to the server, but he is unable to access the AccountsData
database. You need to allow Mark access to the AccountsData database. What
will you do to resolve this?
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