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1. Assuming UserProfile
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accepts a NULL value. What is the result of the query below? SET
ANSI_NULLS OFF SELECT Profession FROM UserProfile WHERE
(Profession <> NULL).

A. Gives an error.

B. Returns all Professions that do not have null values.

C. <> is not an operator in SQL Server.

D. None of the above.

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2. What is theAdvertisement
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A. DOT

B. OTN

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3. Which of the following is true about the SERIALIZABLE isolation level ?

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A. It protects against phantom reads.

B. It causes the highest level of contention.

C. It causes the highest level of blocking.

D. All of the above.

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4. What is theAdvertisement
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A. 0

B. 1

C. -1

D. 2

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5. Assuming Emp, EmpCompress 2 tables with the same schema:

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EmpId(Int), Name(varchar(50)), DeptId(Int). If a company wants to
move all rows for Employees working in the IT Department from the
Employees table to the Employees Archive table. Which of the
following queries can be used?

A. DELETE FROM EMP OUTPUT deleted.* INTO EmpCompress FROM

Emp JOIN deptON EMP.DeptId = Dept.DeptId WHERE DeptName='IT';

B. DELETE FROM EMP OUTPUT deleted.* INTO EmpCompress FROM

Emp JOIN Dept ON EMP.DeptId = Dept.DeptId ;

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6. The SELECT statement must include which of the following clause:

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D. None of the above.

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7. Which of the following is true?

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A. BUILT-IN functions in SQL Server are Nondeterministic.

B. ISNULL function in SQL Server is Deterministic.

C. All of the above.

D. None of the above.

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8. Which of the following is true?

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A. NULL values are ignored for all the aggregate functions.

B. NULL values are included for all the aggregate functions.

C. When an aggregate function is included in the SELECT clause, all

other expressions in the SELECT clause must either be aggregate
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D. Both A and C.

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9. Assuming UserProfile
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PKUserId,Profession FROM UserProfile WHERE Profession = 'Engineer'
AND (PKUserId > 12 OR PKUserId = 1)

A. Displays Users with Profession as 'engineer' with PKUserId > 12 as

well as the users with PKUserId of 1.

B. Displays Users with Profession as 'engineer' with PKUserId > 12 only.

C. Displays Users with Profession as 'engineer' with PKUserId of 1 only.

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10. BEGIN TRANSACTION

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SET Col3 = 'Test' WHERE TestID = 5; COMMIT TRANSACTION;
ROLLBACK; What is the result of the above code execution?

A. The data is rolled back to the transaction starting on line1.

B. The inserted row does not exist in the table.

C. All of the above.

D. None of the above.

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11. AssumingAdvertisement
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columns and Audit table with currentDate(DateTime), EmpId columns.
What is the result of the following query: INSERT INTO
Emp(Name,HireDate,Designation) OUTPUT getdate(), inserted.EmpId
INTO Audit VALUES ('Robot','1/1/2011','Executive');

A. Only inserts a new record into the Emp table.

B. OUTPUT clause cannot be used in the INSERT command.

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12. How many transactions at a time can obtain an update lock on a

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A. 1

B. 2

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D. 128

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13. Which of Advertisement

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14. Which of Advertisement

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A. We can use SQL Profiler to capture lock and blocking information.

B. We can use the System Monitor that is part of the performance

console to capture statistics on lock wait times, locks per second, and
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C. We can use the Activity Monitor in SSMS to see information on

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16. The _____Advertisement

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A. Sys.dm_active_transactions

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17. By default, what type of index is created for a unique constraint?

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18. To rollback a portion of a transaction, We have to define ___.

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B. Checkpoints

C. Transactions

D. None of the above.

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19. AssumingAdvertisement
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A. 11/12/31

B. 31/12/11

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20. Which ofAdvertisement

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B. Collect and verify input data from users before opening a transaction

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21. What is the default join type used when only the keyword JOIN is
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A. LEFT OUTER JOIN

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D. INNER JOIN

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22. What is the output of the below query: SELECT CHARINDEX('DOT%',

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A. 1

B. 0

C. 2

D. -1

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23. Which of Advertisement

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A. The DELETE statement logs information on each row deleted.

B. The TRUNCATE TABLE statement logs information on each row

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D. All of the above.

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