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  • Exam Code: 70-457
  • Exam Name: Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 1
  • Updated: May 28, 2026
  • Q & A: 172 Questions and Answers
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Microsoft Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 1 Sample Questions:

1. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database named ContosoDb. Tables are defined as shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.)

You need to display rows from the Orders table for the Customers row having the CustomerId value set to 1 in the following XML format:
<row OrderId="1" OrderDate="2000-01-01T00:00:00" Amount="3400.00"
Name="Customer A" Country="Australia" />
<row OrderId="2" OrderDate="2001-01-01T00:00:00" Amount="4300.00"
Name="Customer A" Country="Australia" />
Which Transact-SQL query should you use?

A) SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML AUTO
B) SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML RAW
C) SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML RAW, ELEMENTS
D) SELECT Name, Country, OrderId, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML AUTO
E) SELECT Name AS 'Customers/Name', Country AS 'Customers/Country', OrderId,
OrderDate, Amount
FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers.
CustomerId
WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1
FOR XML PATH ('Customers')
F) SELECT Name AS '@Name', Country AS '@Country', OrderId, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML PATH ('Customers')
G) SELECT OrderId, OrderDate, Amount, Name, Country FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS
H) SELECT Name, Country, OrderId, OrderDate, Amount FROM Orders INNER JOIN Customers ON Orders.CustomerId = Customers. CustomerId WHERE Customers.CustomerId = 1 FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS


2. You administer a single server that contains a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 default instance on which several production databases have been deployed. You plan to install a new ticketing application that requires the deployment of a database on the server. The SQL login for this application requires sysadmin permissions. You need to ensure that the login for the ticketing application cannot access other production databases. What should you do?

A) Install a new named SQL Server instance on the server.
B) Install a new default SQL Server instance on the server.
C) Use the SQL Server default instance and enable Contained Databases.
D) Use the SQL Server default instance and configure a user-defined server role. Add the login for the ticketing application to this role.


3. You administer all the deployments of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 in your company. You need to ensure that data changes are sent to a non-SQL Server database server in near real time. You also need to ensure that data on the primary server is unaffected. Which configuration should you use?

A) Two servers configured in the same data center SQL Server Availability Group configured in Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode One server configured as an Active Secondary
B) Two servers configured on the same subnet SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode
C) Two servers configured in different data centers SQL Server Availability Group configured in Synchronous-Commit Availability Mode One server configured as an Active Secondary
D) Two servers configured in different data centers SQL Server Availability Group configured in Asynchronous-Commit Availability Mode
E) SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform snapshot replication
F) Two servers configured in the same data center A primary server configured to perform log-shipping every 10 minutes A backup server configured as a warm standby
G) Two servers configured in a Windows Failover Cluster in the same data center SQL Server configured as a clustered instance
H) SQL Server that includes an application database configured to perform transactional replication


4. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012. A process that normally runs in less than 10 seconds has been running for more than an hour. You examine the application log and discover that the process is using session ID 60. You need to find out whether the process is being blocked. Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?

A) DBCC OPENTRAN
B) SELECT * FROM sys.dm_exec_requests WHERE session_id = 60
C) SELECT * FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions WHERE session_id = 60
D) EXEC sp_helpdb 60


5. You are developing a database application by using Microsoft SQL Server 2012. An application that uses a database begins to run slowly. You discover that during reads, the transaction experiences blocking from concurrent updates. You need to ensure that throughout the transaction the data maintains the original version. What should you do?

A) Add an INCLUDE clause to the index.
B) Cover the unique clustered index with a columnstore index.
C) Enable the optimize for ad hoc workloads option.
D) Add a FORCESEEK hint to the query.
E) Include a SET STATISTICS SHOWPLAN_XML ON statement before you run the query.
F) Include a SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ statement before you run the query.
G) Add a HASH hint to the query.
H) Add a FORCESCAN hint to the Attach query.
I) Add a LOOP hint to the query.
J) Include a SET STATISTICS PROFILE ON statement before you run the query.
K) Add a columnstore index to cover the query.
L) Include a SET FORCEPLAN ON statement before you run the query.
M) Include a SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SNAPSHOT statement before you run the query.
N) Include a SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE statement before you run the query.


Solutions:

Question # 1
Answer: B
Question # 2
Answer: A
Question # 3
Answer: H
Question # 4
Answer: B
Question # 5
Answer: M

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