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Professional SQL Server Quiz am T-SQL Dev Job, erstellt von Dariusz Spiewak am 22/03/2015.
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

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What are the essential properties of transactions?
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  • Atomicity
  • Durability
  • Consistency
  • Manageability
  • Isolation
  • Co-operativity

Frage 2

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A database that's gone through how many normalization forms is usually considered "good enough"?
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  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

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What are the benefits of stored procedures?
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  • Execution plan retention/caching
  • Code reuse
  • Parameter sniffing
  • Improved security

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What are the types of triggers?
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  • INSTEAD OF
  • DELAYED
  • BEFORE
  • AFTER

Frage 5

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Triggers take part in transactions.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 6

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Changes to table variables within a scope of a transaction get rolled back when the transaction is rolled back.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 7

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One should prefer using CHECK constraints to triggers.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 8

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DDL triggers are always AFTER triggers.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 9

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It's best practice to build views from other views. This promotes code reuse.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 10

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Some views can be used to update underlying tables.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 11

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Some views with aggregate functions in them can be used to update the underlying table(s).
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  • True
  • False

Frage 12

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An indexed view materializes data in the I/O subsystem and requires a clustered index.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 13

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Heaps are tables without a clustered index on them.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 14

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It's best practice to put clustered indexes on all tables, even the small ones.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 15

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The SCHEMABINDING option used with a view prevents schema changes to any underlying tables.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 16

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What is the main benefit of using an index on a table?
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  • It prevents updating table statistics too frequently.
  • It stores the data in the table in an ordered state.
  • It makes writing queries easier.
  • It helps locate rows more quickly and efficiently.

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For all intents and purposes, is a clustered index the same as the table itself?
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  • YES
  • NO

Frage 18

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You should always write queries in a way that takes advantage of set-based operations and avoid cursors.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 19

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A linked server configuration enables SQL Server to exec commands against an OLE DB data sources on remote servers.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 20

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A subquery can be used anywhere an expression can be used.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 21

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An INNER JOIN will always return at least one row of data.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 22

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It's best practice to always use LEFT OUTER JON instead of RIGHT OUTER JOIN and these two should not be used in the same query for the sake of clarity and ease of understanding.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 23

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If two tables, [A] with m rows and [B] with n rows, are CROSS JOINed, the result set has how many rows?
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  • m + n - 1
  • m * n - 1
  • m * n
  • ( m - 1 ) * ( n - 1 )

Frage 24

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In a FULL OUTER JOIN all of the rows of all of the joined tables are included, whether they are matched or not.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 25

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If you SELF JON a table, you have to use table aliases.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 26

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What are the types of SQL user-defined functions?
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  • Scalar
  • Inline table-valued
  • Procedural
  • Functional
  • Multi-statement table-valued

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An inline table-valued function is the best type of function from the point of view of function performance.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 28

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Multi-statement table-valued functions can have side-effects (e.g., update a table).
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  • True
  • False

Frage 29

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You can insert data returned straight from a stored procedure by using the INSERT...EXEC statement.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 30

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An identity field can temporarily be disabled (for instance, during a data load) by using one of the SET directives.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 31

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When a table is truncated, an identity field is reset to its starting value.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 32

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When all the rows in a table are DELETEd, the identity column gets reset to its initial value.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 33

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Every table should have a primary key constraint to uniquely identify each row and only one primary key constraint can be created for each table.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 34

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It is possible to change the length of a column defined as a PRIMARY KEY constraint without first deleting it and then re-creating it.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 35

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Which constraint enforces referential integrity?
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  • UNIQUE KEY constraint
  • FOREIGN KEY constraint
  • CHECK constraint
  • TRIGGER

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A CHECK constraint does not come into play if the relevant column receives a NULL value.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 37

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One should always prefer CHECK constraints to TRIGGERS.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 38

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The UNIQUE constraint is always implemented as a unique index on the relevant column(s).
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  • True
  • False

Frage 39

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What is the outcome of the expression under the default settings of SQL Server: SELECT ( 'a' + NULL ) ?
Antworten
  • a
  • NULL
  • an error is returned

Frage 40

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It is best practice not to use query/table hints in production code due to maintenance issues.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 41

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Which WHERE clause has the potential to benefit from an index?
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  • WHERE Firstname LIKE '%N'
  • WHERE Firstname LIKE 'N%'
  • WHERE Firstname LIKE '%N%'

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BCP lets one perform data imports and exports using a command-line utility.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 43

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Dirty reads can happen if you use the isolation level of READ COMMITTED.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 44

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The SERIALIZABLE isolation level is sufficient to ensure that no phantom rows appear within a transaction.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 45

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It is best practice to set FILLFACTOR to 100 (or 0) on an index in a read-only table.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 46

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The DENY permission takes precedence over all other permissions that a user might have for an object.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 47

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A lock can go from the row level to the page level.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 48

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The DELETE command has much more overhead in terms of log activity than TRUNCATE.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 49

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It is best practice to specify collation inline within a query.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 50

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The collation of a SQL Server can be changed without re-installation once the server has been installed.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 51

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The SNAPSHOT isolation level relies heavily on tempdb.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 52

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It is best practice to have a clustered index on a column against which range searches/scans are performed.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 53

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To improve performance of a view one can try to convert it into an indexed view.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 54

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A stale statistics can lead to the optimizer's not picking up an optimal query plan and underestimation of row counts.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 55

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Statistics can be created manually and automatically by SQL Server.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 56

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When a statistics is updated with the FULLSCAN option, it means that SQL Server will use data across all the rows to infer the distribution of values in the relevant column(s).
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  • True
  • False

Frage 57

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What is the outcome of the following query: SELECT 1 WHERE ( 1 = 0 )?
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  • 1
  • 0
  • NULL
  • empty set (no rows)

Frage 58

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Does the ORDER BY clause paired with TOP(100 PERCENT) used in a view guarantee the order of the returned rows?
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  • YES
  • NO

Frage 59

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If you use ORDER BY in a query, what you really get is not a relational set but a cursor.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 60

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It is best practice to use UNION ALL wherever possible instead of UNION due to performance reasons.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 61

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A deadlock can happen if two pieces of code access the same objects in reverse order at the same time.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 62

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Deadlock is a blocking situation but a blocking situation doesn't necessarily have to be a deadlock.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 63

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It is best practice to always use UNICODE data types (for textual values) regardless of whether the data comes from a UNICODE source or not.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 64

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It is best practice to always store integers as BIGINTs because this frees the developer from thinking about the smallest data type there could be to accommodate all the anticipated values.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 65

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The XML data type in SQL Server can be tied to an XML schema but this is not required.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 66

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The EXCEPT operator removes all duplicates from the result set and treats two NULL values as being equal.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 67

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In the new error-handling construct, TRY...CATCH, it is possible to use the FINALLY block known from other languages.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 68

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What does the SET XACT_ABORT ON; directive do?
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  • It ensures that the isolation level of the code following it cannot be changed without raising an error.
  • It ensures that the developer must handle any rollbacks manually.
  • It ensures that a transaction is aborted without a rollback when an error is encountered and SQL Server raises error 825 (written to the error log).
  • It ensures that a transaction is automatically rolled back if an error occurs.

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A table-valued variable can be used as an argument to a stored procedure only if it matches a user-defined table type and is marked as READONLY.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 70

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A subquery can contain an ORDER BY clause.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 71

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To return de-normalized data from a table/tables one can use the PIVOT operator.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 72

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To how many levels can you nest stored procedures (and managed code)?
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  • 16
  • 32
  • 64
  • limited only by the memory of the system

Frage 73

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You can only have one PRIMARY filegroup per database but as many user-defined filegroups as you want.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 74

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It is best practice to only have one log file per database.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 75

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Data is written to a log file in a sequential manner.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 76

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Log files can be placed into filegroups in much the same way as data files can.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 77

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It is best practice to always qualify the name of any object by the containing schema because this saves SQL Server the time it needs to look for this object otherwise.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 78

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One can put a non-clustered index an a heap or on a clustered table.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 79

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PowerShell cannot be used to change the collation of a server.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 80

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PowerShell can execute any SQL query against a SQL Server database.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 81

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It is best practice to prefer using ORs to ANDs when building queries.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 82

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One can configure log-shipping in such a way that the database to which logs are being shipped is usable for reporting purposes.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 83

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What's the outcome of the following: IF ( SELECT 1/0 WHERE ( 1 = 0 ) ) IS NULL PRINT 'A' ELSE PRINT 'B'; ?
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  • error is raised
  • B
  • A

Frage 84

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Temporary tables can have indexes defined on them and SQL Server can create statistics on them when it deems it appropriate.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 85

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A table variable can be pushed out to tempdb.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 86

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Parallel query execution plans are always better in terms of performance than single-threaded plans.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 87

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SQL Server supports directly a many-to-many relationship between tables.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 88

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CHECKPOINTS truncate the log when the database is in the FULL recovery model.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 89

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SQL Server supports regular expressions out-of-the-box.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 90

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Cardinality issues stem from the fact that statistics are stale and they almost always lead to the optimizer choosing suboptimal query execution plan.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 91

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A non-clustered index and tempdb can be created on a separate (physical) drive to improve performance.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 92

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Which aggregate function(s) do(es) ignore NULLs?
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  • AVG( [ColumnName] )
  • SUM( [ColumnName] )
  • COUNT(*)
  • COUNT( [ColumnName] )
  • MAX( [ColumnName] )
  • COUNT_BIG( [ColumnName] )

Frage 93

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Do you have to take a database offline to change the physical location of one of its files?
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  • YES
  • NO

Frage 94

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Can we insert data into a table on which the clustered index has been disabled?
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  • YES
  • NO

Frage 95

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It is best practice to use the WITH RECOMPILE directive for a stored procedure that will be executed infrequently and the data distribution in the table(s) it uses is very different for different parameters.
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  • True
  • False

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Which is the preferred way of checking if a table is not empty: 1) ( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.Table ) > 0 2) EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM dbo.Table ) 3) ( SELECT MAX( [ColumnName] FROM dbo.Table ) IS NOT NULL
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  • 1)
  • 2)
  • 3)

Frage 97

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SELECT...INTO will never lock system objects.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 98

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Does the order of columns in UPDATE statements matter in any way?
Antworten
  • NO
  • YES

Frage 99

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What are the special memory resident tables available when dealing with triggers?
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  • DELETED
  • UPDATED
  • INSERTED

Frage 100

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User-defined functions can raise errors inside their bodies the same way stored procedures can by calling the RAISERROR function.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 101

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In which database is the metadata about SQL Server Agent jobs stored?
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  • master
  • tempdb
  • msdb
  • resource
  • model

Frage 102

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Which database(s) should a DBA back up on a regular schedule?
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  • master
  • msdb
  • tempdb

Frage 103

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The fastest way to improve a performance of a SELECT query is to add a covering index to the table(s).
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  • True
  • False

Frage 104

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Transactions can span multiple batches, that is, pieces of code separated by GO.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 105

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Activity Monitor lets you see in real-time the most expensive queries executing on the machine.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 106

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It is best practice not to use Common Table Expressions as they usually perform much worse than plain subqueries.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 107

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Which function returns data with greater resolution?
Antworten
  • GETDATE
  • SYSDATETIME

Frage 108

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Is it true that errors whose severity level is below 11 cannot be handled by the TRY...CATCH construct?
Antworten
  • YES
  • NO

Frage 109

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Can the TRY...CATCH block catch object name resolution errors?
Antworten
  • NO
  • YES

Frage 110

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Does SELECT...INTO transfer indexes to the new table?
Antworten
  • NO
  • YES

Frage 111

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Is it true that each and every user in a database is automatically a member of the public role?
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  • YES
  • NO

Frage 112

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Can the dbo user in a database be denied access to a table?
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  • NO
  • YES

Frage 113

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When data is deleted from a table, SQL Server immediately reduces the size of the table.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 114

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Which functions operate on the XML data type in SQL Server?
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  • query()
  • value()
  • exists()
  • is()
  • modify()
  • nodes()
  • length()
  • datatype()

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In which system database are usernames and passwords (if any) stored?
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  • model
  • msdb
  • master
  • distribution

Frage 116

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Which are good properties of a clustered index?
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  • Static
  • Narrow
  • Ever-increasing
  • Random

Frage 117

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It is best practice to shrink log files on a regular basis.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 118

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Only a log backup can clear the log of inactive transactions and make space inside it reusable when the recovery model of a database is FULL or BULK_LOGGED.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 119

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How many different database recovery models does SQL Server support?
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  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 19

Frage 120

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Online index rebuilds are available in all editions of SQL Server except the Express one.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 121

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What's the outcome of the query: SELECT COALESCE(NULLIF(1, 1), 'A')?
Antworten
  • A
  • NULL
  • conversion error

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Which process is the CXPACKET wait type associated with?
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  • Reading data from disk to cache
  • Executing parallel query plans
  • Flushing dirty pages to disk
  • Receiving asynchronous messages via SQL Server Broker

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It is best practice to not create indexes on foreign key columns.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 124

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It is best practice not to give objects names that contain special characters or spaces.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 125

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It is best practice to turn off the AUTO CREATE and AUTO UPDATE of statistics and take care of them manually.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 126

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Which one is the preferred way of capturing the last inserted identity value in a session?
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  • @@Indentity
  • SCOPE_IDENTITY()
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