Free Microsoft 70-459 Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

You are the new database administrator for a SQL Server 2014 instance.
You conduct an assessment on the instance and determine that the auto create statistics setting on the database named DB1 has been turned off. You see no evidence that any maintenance has been occurring.
You want to set up monitoring to see if query performance is being affected.
You need to set up a monitoring process that will capture any cases where statistics could have been useful if they existed.
What should you do?

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You administer a SQL Server 2014 instance.
Users report that the SQL Server has seemed slow today. A large database was being restored for much of the day, which could be causing issues.
You want to write a query of the system views that will report the following:
Number of users that have a connection to the server Whether a user's connection is active Whether any connections are blocked What queries are being executed Whether the database restore is still executing and, if it is, what percentage of the restore is complete
Which system objects should you use in your query to best achieve this task?

You need to recommend a change to sp3 to ensure that the procedure continues to execute even if one of the UPDATE statements fails.
Which change should you recommend?

You have a database hosted on SQL Server 2012 R2. The database contains 5 million rows.
You need to recommend a repeatable method to migrate the database to SQL Database.
Which method should you recommend?
More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.

You are troubleshooting an application that runs a query. The application frequently causes
deadlocks.
You need to identify which transaction causes the deadlock.
What should you do?
More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.

You have a text file that contains an XML Schema Definition (XSD). You have a table named Schema1.Table1.
You have a stored procedure named Schema1.Proc1 that accepts an XML parameter named Param1.
You need to store validated XML data in Schema1.Table1. The solution must ensure that only valid XML data is accepted by Param1.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose all that apply.)

You execute the following code:

You create a nonclustered index named IXCustomerName on the CustomerName column. You execute the following query:

You need to reduce the amount of time it takes to execute the query.
What should you do?

DRAG DROP
You plan to install two SQL Server 2012 environments named Environmentl and Environment2.
Your company identifies the following availability requirements for each environment:
- Environment1 must have mirroring with automatic failover implemented. - Environment2 must have AlwaysOn with automatic failover implemented.
You need to identify the minimum number of SQL Server 2012 servers that must be deployed to each environment to ensure that all data remains available if a physical server fails.
How many servers should you identify?
To answer, drag the appropriate number to the correct environment in the answer area.