Microsoft 70-457 : Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 1

  • Exam Code: 70-457
  • Exam Name: Transition Your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012, Part 1
  • Updated: May 27, 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 have three tables that contain data for vendors, customers, and agents. You create a view that is used to look up telephone numbers for these companies. The view has the following definition: You need to ensure that users can update only the phone numbers by using this view. What should you do?

A) Alter the view. Use the EXPAND VIEWS query hint along with each SELECT statement.
B) Create an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger on the view.
C) Create an AFTER UPDATE trigger on the view.
D) Drop the view. Re-create the view by using the SCHEMABINDING clause, and then create an index on the view.


2. You administer a single Microsoft SQL Server instance on a two-node failover cluster that has nodes named Node A and Node B.
The instance is currently running on Node A.
You want to patch both Node A and Node B by using the most recent SQL Server Service Pack. You need to ensure that the following requirements are met:
Both nodes receive the update.
Downtime is minimized.
No data is lost.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate actions from the
list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Build List and Reorder:


3. 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 configure a user-defined server role. Add the login for the ticketing application to this role.
D) Use the SQL Server default instance and enable Contained Databases.


4. 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.

Which Transact-SQL query should you use?

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


5. You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server that hosts a transactional database and a reporting database. The transactional database is updated through a web application and is operational throughout the day. The reporting database is only updated from the transactional database. The recovery model and
backup schedule are configured as shown in the following table:

One of the hard disk drives that stores the reporting database fails at 16:40 hours. You need to ensure that
the reporting database is restored. You also need to ensure that data loss is minimal.
What should you do?

A) Perform a partial restore.
B) Restore the latest full backup, and restore the latest differential backup. Then, restore each log backup taken before the time of failure from the most recent differential backup.
C) Perform a point-in-time restore.
D) Restore the latest full backup. Then, restore each differential backup taken before the time of failure from the most recent full backup.
E) Restore the latest full backup, and restore the latest differential backup. Then, restore the latest log backup.
F) Restore the latest full backup. Then, restore the latest differential backup.
G) Restore the latest full backup.
H) Perform a page restore.


Solutions:

Question # 1
Answer: B
Question # 2
Answer: Only visible for members
Question # 3
Answer: A
Question # 4
Answer: E
Question # 5
Answer: F

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