22 Chapter1•NewFeaturesinSQLServer2008 Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions Q: Can I use the new the new Declarative Management Framework to enforce a naming convention across my mix of SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 Servers? A: No – the DMF can only be used on SQL 2008 Servers. Q: Can I use the new Change Data Capture feature across my mix of SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 Servers? A: No, the Change Data Capture feature can only be used on SQL 2008 Servers. Q: Can you use compression when backing up a SQL Server 2005 database? A: No, compression is a new feature available in SQL Server 2008. Q: Will backup compression take longer to complete? A: The answer to this is complicated – in general, the disk is the bottleneck, so in most cases, backup compression will actually speed up your backups. Q: We use an application that uses SQL 2005 DMVs. will it work with SQL 2008? A: For the most part the DMVs remain intact. However, you should test your application to be certain. NewFeaturesinSQLServer2008•Chapter1 23 Self Test 1. You are setting up security for your new SQL Server 2008 installation. Management is concerned about security. What approach should you take to ensure security settings are optimal? A. Use the Surface Area Configuration Tool to secure the installation B. Use the new Security Analysis tool to secure the installation C. Use SQL Server Configuration Manager to secure the installation D. Use Windows Service Manager to enable and disable the appropriate services 2. You have been tasked with setting up standards for your SQL Server 2008 installation. You need to enforce a table naming convention. What is the best way to accomplish this in your SQL Server 2008 environment? A. Use Windows Group Policy B. Create DDL Triggers C. Create DML Triggers D. Create a Declarative Management Framework policy 3. You have been asked to create a backup of your production database and restore it on a development server. Your production server is using the full recovery model. Full backups are taken Monday and Wednesday. Transaction log backups are taken every hour. Today is Friday. The backup needs to be created as quickly as possible. What’s the fastest way to get the latest database copy while minimizing impact to production? A. Create a normal backup. Use that to restore to development. B. Create a Copy Only Backup. Use that to restore to development. C. Use the Wednesday backup. Restore the transaction log backups since Wednesday. D. Copy the .mdf and log files and use SP_attach. 24 Chapter1•NewFeaturesinSQLServer2008 4. You have a SQL Server 7.0 database and would like to move it to a new SQL Server 2008 instance. The database is part of an FDA-validated system and cannot be changed at all? How can this be accomplished? A. Restore the 7.0 database on your new server and set the compatibility mode to 7. B. You must upgrade the database to SQL 2005 or greater. C. Restore the 7.0 database on your new server and set the compatibility mode to 6.5. D. Copy the .mdf and log files and use SP_attach. 5. You have an application that is being upgraded from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008. You notice that some stored procedures are not working correctly. An excerpt is as follows: SELECT * FROM Territories, Region WHERE territories.regionid * = region.regionid What should you do to resolve the issue? A. There is no issue. The problem lies elsewhere. B. The join syntax is incorrect. Replace with left join. C. The select is incorrect. You need to enumerate the fields. D. The where clause should be = not * =. 6. Your disk is almost full on the transaction log drive for a database server. How can you resolve this issue? A. Use BACKUP LOG WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY B. Change the mode to simple and shrink the log C. Reinstall SQL D. Drop the database and restore from the last backup 7. You want to enforce a standard naming convention for stored procedures. What’s the best way to do this in SQL Server 2008? A. Create a DDL trigger B. Use the performance data warehouse NewFeaturesinSQLServer2008•Chapter1 25 C. Create DML triggers D. Use the SQL Server 2008 Declarative Management Framework 8. You want to enforce a standard naming convention for tables and stored procedures. Your company has two SQL 2008 Servers and 60 SQL 2005 Servers. You need to use the same solution on all servers. What’s the best way to do this in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008? A. Create a DDL trigger for all servers B. Use the performance data warehouse C. Create DML triggers D. Use the SQL Server 2008 Declarative Management Framework 9. You have a database table with a varchar(600) field in it. Most of the records in the table have a null value for this field. How can you save space? A. Move the data into a second table B. Use sparse columns C. Install a third-party tool on the machine to compress the data D. Use the SQL Server 2008 Declarative Management Framework 10. You have a database table with a FileStream field in it. Most of the records in the table have a null value for this field. What’s the best way to save space? A. Move the data into a second table B. Use sparse columns C. Use the SQL Server 2008 Declarative Management Framework D. None of the above 11. You need to store images in for a Web site using SQL Server 2008. How can you accomplish this? A. Use a FileStream data type, and the images will be stored on disk B. Use a varchar data type and store the images in that field C. Use an int data type and store the images in that field D. Use an nchar data type and store the images in that field 26 Chapter1•NewFeaturesinSQLServer2008 12. You are responsible for a system that is used for both online transaction processing (OLTP) and reporting. When reports run on the server, the OLTP process slows way down. How can you allow reports to be run on the server and minimize impact to the OLTP processes? A. Use the Resource Governor B. Use a DDL trigger C. Use a DML trigger D. Use processor affinity masks 13. You are creating an application to track crime in different locations throughout a large city. What data type could prove useful for storing location data (longitude and latitude)? A. Varchar B. int C. Char D. Spatial 14. You are running out of space on the drive used to store backups. All of the servers use the same network location. What can you do to save space with your backups while maintaining the same number of backups? A. Use data compression B. Use compressed backups C. Use full backups D. Use a third-party tool 15. You need to store sensitive data in your SQL Server database. The application has already been written and works fine. What’s the easiest way to do this without having to change your application? A. Modify the stored procedures to use xp_encryptstring B. Use transparent data encryption C. Use a third-party tool D. Use a trigger . company has two SQL 2008 Servers and 60 SQL 2005 Servers. You need to use the same solution on all servers. What’s the best way to do this in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008? A. Create. and SQL 2008 Servers? A: No – the DMF can only be used on SQL 2008 Servers. Q: Can I use the new Change Data Capture feature across my mix of SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 Servers? A: No, the Change Data. Chapter1•NewFeaturesin SQL Server 2008 Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions Q: Can I use the new the new Declarative Management Framework to enforce a naming convention across my mix of SQL 2005 and SQL 2008