70-467_LAB

Microsoft 70-467

Designing Business Intelligence Solutions withMicrosoft SQL Server 2012

Version: 20.0

Topic 1, ABC Solutions

General Overview

You are the Senior Database Administrator (DBA) for a software development company namedABC Solutions.

Existing Environment Active Directory

The network consists of an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest that includes a singledomain named CharnTech.com

All domain controllers run Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1). A number of domainmember servers have been upgraded to Windows Server 2012. The remaining member serversrun Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The client computers run either Windows 8Professional or Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1 (SP1).

The functional level of the domain is Windows Server 2008 R2 and the functional level of theforest is Windows Server 2008.

Existing Environment SQL Servers

A Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) server named SQLReporting01 runs SQLServer 2008 R2 Reporting Services (SSRS). SQL Server on SQLReporting1 is configured to run inNative Mode.

A Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) server named SQLAnalysis01 runs SQL Server2008 R2 Analysis Services (SSAS).

A Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) server named SQLAnalysis02 runs SQL Server2008 R2 Analysis Services (SSAS). SQLAnalysis01 and SQLAnalysis02 are configured as nodesin a SQL Server active/passive failover cluster. SQLAnalysis01 is currently the active node in thecluster.

Existing Environment Databases

The SQL Server environment hosts the databases shown in the following table.

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The databases have a full backup taken every day.

Existing Environment Server Roles

SQLReporting01 contains 120 reports that are generated all day every day. The reports accessdatabases on the SSAS cluster for Sales and Production analysis. The reports are also used fordata modeling by analysts in the Development department.

A domain user account named SQLReporting01acc is used by the SSRS service onSQLReporting01.

Planned Changes.

The company plans to upgrade the SQL Servers to SQL Server 2012. You will be working with theSystems Administrator perform the upgrade. Downtime of the SQL Servers must be minimizedduring the upgrade.

Two new servers will be implemented before the current SQL Servers are upgraded.

A Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) server named SQLReporting02 will be joined tothe domain and configured to run SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services (SSRS).SQLReporting02 will host snapshots of business critical reports to ensure their availability duringthe upgrade. You will use Reporting Services file-only installation mode to install SSRS onSQLReporting02 and then restore and configure copies of the Reporting Services databases fromSQLReporting01 from backups taken every night. The configuration of SQLReporting02 includingconfiguration files and custom assemblies will be manually synchronized with SQLReporting01.

A Windows Server 2012 server named SSAS2012 will be installed and configured to run SQLServer 2012 Analysis Services. This server will be used as a disaster recovery server in the eventof problems occurring during the upgrade of the SSAS cluster. All databases on the SSAS clusterwill be copied to this server prior to the upgrade. You need to minimize administrative effort anddowntime when moving the databases to SSAS2012. Client applications that connect to SQLServer 2012 Analysis Services will be tested using this server.

SQLAnalysis01 and SQLAnalysis02 have been prepared for the upgrade to SQL Server 2012 byhaving the shared components and SQL Server 2012 prerequisites upgraded.

As part of the upgrade to SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services, the Production, Sales, Customersand Human Resources databases will be converted to tabular BI Semantic Models (BISMs).

The Development database will be detached from the SSAS cluster and attached to SSAS2012 toensure that it is available for modeling during the upgrade.


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Requirements:

Technical Requirements:

All databases on the SSAS cluster must be backed up prior to the upgrade. To minimize theprocessing time taken to restore the backups, the backups need to include just the aggregations,metadata and partitioning. You need to minimize the storage space and processing time used bythe backups.

A DR (Disaster Recovery) plan must be designed for SQLReporting01. In the event of a systemfailure, the minimum components required for reports to be available must be recovered as quicklyas possible.

Security Requirements:

A company security policy has stated the following requirements:

Kerberos delegation must be used by SQLReporting01 for connections to databases on the SSAScluster.

Client computers connecting to SQLReporting01 must use the most secure level of domainsecurity.

Reports distributed by email must be secured using SSL.

Reporting and Analysis requirements

The company has stated the following reporting and analysis requirements for after the upgrade:

Company users need to be able to use the Microsoft Excel PivotTable client to perform ad-hocanalysis of SSAS databases. To facilitate this, you must deploy a cached data model that willsource data from an OData feed.

QUESTION NO: 1

You are using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to configure the backup for ABCSolutions. You need to meet the technical requirements.

Which two backup options should you configure? (Choose two).

A. Enable encryption of the backup file.


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B. Enable compression of the backup file. C. Disable encryption of the backup file. D. Disable compression of the backup file.

Answer: B,CExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 2

You need to convert the Production, Sales, Customers and Human Resources databases totabular BI Semantic Models (BISMs).

Which two of the following actions should you perform? (Choose two)

A. You should select the tabular mode option when upgrading the databases using the DatabaseSynchronization Wizard. B. You should select the tabular mode destination option when copying the databases using SQLServer Integration Services (SSIS). C. You should select the tabular mode option during the installation of SQL Server AnalysisServices. D. You should redevelop the projects and deploy them using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT).

Answer: A,DExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 3

ABC users report that they are not receiving report subscriptions from SQLReporting01. You confirm that the report subscriptions are not being delivered.

Which of the following actions should you perform to resolve the issue?

A. You should run the SQL Server 2012 Setup executable on SQLReporting01 to generate aconfiguration file. B. You should reset the password of the SQL Server Service account. C. You should manually fail over the SSAS cluster.


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D. You should restore the ReportServer database on SQLReporting01.

Answer: CExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 4

ABC users report that they are not receiving report subscriptions from SQLReporting01. You confirm that the report subscriptions are not being delivered.

Which of the following actions should you perform to resolve the issue?

A. You should run the SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Wizard to upgrade the active node of theSSAS cluster. B. You should start the SQL Server Agent on the active node of the SSAS cluster. C. You should restore the ReportServerTempDB database on SQLReporting01. D. You should start the SQL Server Agent on SQLReporting01.

Answer: DExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 5

You need to make the SSAS databases available on SSAS2012 to enable testing from clientapplications. Your solution must minimize server downtime and maximize databaseavailability.

What should you do?

A. You should detach the databases from the SSAS cluster by using SQL Server ManagementStudio (SSMS) then attach the databases on SSAS2012. B. You should copy the database files from the SSAS cluster to SSAS2012. C. You should export the databases from the SSAS cluster by using SQL Server ManagementStudio (SSMS) then import the databases on SSAS2012. D. You should restore a copy of the databases from the most recent backup.



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QUESTION NO: 6

You need to create a BISM to meet the Reporting and Analysis requirements.

Which of the following should you include in your solution? (Choose all that apply)

A. Create a multidimensional project. B. Create a tabular project. C. Use the use hybrid OLAP (HOLAP) storage mode for the cube. D. Set the model DirectQuery mode to Off. E. Set the model DirectQuery mode to On. F. Select DirectQuery for the project query mode. G. Select In-Memory with DirectQuery for the project query mode.

Answer: B,E,GExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 7

You need to configure the servers to meet the security requirements for SQLReporting01connections to the SSAS cluster. Downtime must be minimized during the configuration.

Which three of the following actions should you perform? (Choose three).

A. Set the authentication type option to Custom on SQLReporting01. B. Restart the SQL Server service on SQLReporting01. C. Restart the IIS Server service on SQLReporting01. D. Register a service principle name (SPN) with Active Directory for the Reports Server service. E. Set the authentication type option to Negotiate on SQLReporting01. F. Register a service principle name (SPN) with Active Directory for the Analysis Services service.

Answer: C,E,FExplanation:


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QUESTION NO: 8

You modify the ReportingServicesService.exe.config file on the reporting servers to enablelogging.

Which log contains the ClientIP and ServerPort fields to determine which IP address andport numbers are used to connect to the reports server?

A. The Windows System Application Log. B. The Report Server HTTP Log. C. The Report Server Service Trace Log. D. The Report Server Execution Log.

Answer: BExplanation:

Topic 2, Westbridge Industries

General Overview

You have been hired as a Data Architect by a company named Westbridge Industries.

The company has recently hired a team of Business Analysts to analyze and report on sales andfinancial data trends. You have been hired to design and implement a data warehouse and cubeto aid the Business Analysts in their reporting and data analysis.

Existing Environment SQL Servers

DB1: A Windows Server 2012 server named DB1 runs SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition.

DB1 hosts the following SQL Server roles:

SQL Server Database Engine (single default instance)


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DB2: A Windows Server 2012 server named DB2 runs SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition. Thisserver will be used to host the data warehouse and the cube.


SQL Server Database Engine (single default instance). SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) in multidimensional mode

DB3: A Windows Server 2012 server named DB3 runs SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition.

This server will be used as a scale-out server when the number of SSAS users on DB2 reaches aspecified limit.


SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) in multidimensional mode

Existing Environment Databases

All production databases are hosted on DB1. The main Sales and Financial database is namedCorpDB. This is the database that will serve as the data source for the data warehouse.

The CorpDB database has one large table and several small tables. The large table is namedOrders and contains information about every order processed by the company in the last 5 years.The Orders table is nearly 1 TB in size and is partitioned by month. The Orders table is anticipatedto expand to 3 TB.

CorpDB includes the following smaller tables: ProductName, ProductType, Customers,SalesRegion, SalesPerson and SalesRegionFilter. Each of these tables consists of a singlepartition and is less than 10MB in size.

Access to database information will be restricted to company users and sales people based onSales Region. The SalesRegionFilter table lists the regions that each user is permitted to access.

Cube Requirements

The company has identified the following requirements for the cube:

An SSIS package must be used to process the cube.

The time taken to respond to queries must be minimized.


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Ad-hoc reporting and analysis must be possible.

Disk space used by the cube must be minimized.

The cube must contain data from the prior day up to 7:00 P.M.

To ensure redundancy and availability, a copy of the cube must exist and be available on bothDB2 and DB3.

A product dimension containing a hierarchy of product name and product type will be added to thecube.

The cube will store only aggregations of the Orders table due to the large size of the table. Thedetailed Orders data will be stored in the data warehouse.

The data warehouse will be the only data source for the cube.

When the cube is initially deployed, it should include aggregation designs.

The cube data must be available for reports when the office opens at 9:00 A.M.

The most current information available must be returned in the reports.

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 PerformancePoint Services, Microsoft Excel and SQL ServerReporting Services (SSRS) will be used to access the cube.

Date Warehouse Requirements

The company has identified the following requirements for the data warehouse:

Disk space used by the data warehouse must be minimized.

The table design of the data warehouse should be as denormalized as possible.

The schema of the data warehouse must be a star design.

The data warehouse tables will be directly accessed by the Business Analysts.

Security must be configured to ensure that Order queries return data relevant to only the salesregions that the users are permitted to access.

ETL Process Requirements

The company has identified the following requirements for the Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)process:

The data warehouse will be updated by an ETL process that runs overnight. The ETL process


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must start no earlier than 7:00 P.M. and finish no later than 4:00 A.M. the following morning.

A single project containing multiple SSIS packages will be developed and used to load data in thedata warehouse. A database connection string that is set at execution time will be used by theSSIS packages to connect to the CorpDB database. Development effort used to create the SSISpackages must be minimized.

QUESTION NO: 9

One of the cube requirements states that the cube should include aggregation designs.

How should you meet this requirement?

A. By using the CREATE MINING MODEL statement. B. By dividing the cube into monthly partitions. C. By using the Aggregation Design Wizard. D. By using the CREATE SET statement. E. By running the Usage-Based Optimization Wizard.


QUESTION NO: 10

You need to configure the cube partitioning to manage the expected increase in size.

How should you configure the partitioning?

A. You should configure remote monthly partitioning. B. You should configure all local partitions to use HOLAP (Hybrid OLAP). C. You should configure local daily partitioning. D. You should configure all local partitions to use MOLAP (Multidimensional OLAP).

Answer: AExplanation:


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QUESTION NO: 11

You need to configure the environment for the scale-out of SQL Server Analysis Services(SSAS).

How should you meet this requirement?

A. On DB3, configure a cube that links to the cube on DB2. B. Configure synchronization to synchronize the cube from DB2 to DB3 every day. C. Configure a daily backup of the cube of DB2 and restore it to DB3 every day. D. Configure the cube on DB2 and DB3 and configure both cubes to process every day.


QUESTION NO: 12

You need to configure the cube storage settings to meet the data availability requirements.

Which two of the following options should you configure? (Choose two)

A. Multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP). B. Hybrid OLAP (HOLAP). C. Relational OLAP (ROLAP). D. Proactive caching disabled. E. Proactive caching enabled. F. Proactive caching enabled with a 24 hour rebuild interval.

Answer: B,DExplanation:


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QUESTION NO: 13

Access to the data contained in the data warehouse tables needs to be restricted.

How can you restrict access?

A. By configuring database roles and applying the relevant permissions. B. By configuring server roles and applying the relevant permissions. C. By configuring views and applying the relevant permissions. D. By applying the relevant permissions to the columns in the tables.


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You need to configure cube security to meet the sales region access restrictions.

Which two of the following actions should you perform? (Choose two)

A. Configure an SSAS database role for each user in the cube. B. Configure a single SSAS database role. C. Configure an SSAS server role for each user. D. Assign the sales regions that each user can access to the roles. E. Configure dynamic dimension security using a Multidimensional Expression (MDX).

Answer: B,EExplanation:

Topic 3, Mixed Questions

QUESTION NO: 15


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You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) for a company named ABC.com. Thecompany has a Windows Azure subscription. The company uses a cloud-based SQLServer environment hosted on SQL Azure.

You have multiple databases hosted on separate database servers.

You need to design a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report project that will accesseach of your databases on SQL Azure.

You need to configure the report to enable users to select the database server when theyrun the report. You also need to ensure report subscriptions are supported in the report.

You verify that the security configuration and the schema of each database are identical.

After configuring the data source in the report, which three of the following actions shouldyou perform next? (Choose three).

A. Configure a report parameter to display the database servers. B. Configure a shared dataset. C. Configure an expression-based connection string. D. Configure the data source to use stored credentials. E. Configure the data source to use integrated security.

Answer: A,C,EExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 16

You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) at a company named ABC.com. Thecorporate network includes a SQL Server 2012 infrastructure.

A server named ABC-SSRS01 runs SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services (SSRS). SSRS01hosts many reports. A report named Report1 queries data in a SQL Server 2012 databaseand loads the data into a chart.

You want to make the chart available for use for other users in their reports.


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Which of the following actions would achieve this? (Choose all that apply)

A. Launch Report Designer. B. Launch Report Builder. C. Launch Power View. D. Open Report1. E. Select the option to publish the chart as a Report Part and publish.

Answer: A,D,EExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 17

You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) at a company named ABC.com.

A Windows Server 2012 server named ABC-SSRS01 runs SQL Server 2012 ReportingServices (SSRS).

A Windows Server 2008R2 server named ABC-Mail1 runs the Simple Mail TransportProtocol (SMTP) service.

ABC-SSRS01 has a report named CorpReport1. Users will subscribe to CorpReport1 usingvarious schedules and reporting formats. The schedules and format information is enteredin a table by a custom application. The reports will be emailed using ABC-Mail1.

What is the easiest way to ensure that users can receive reports according to theschedules and format they specify?

A. For every row in the schedule table, configure a separate standard SSRS subscription. B. For every row in the schedule table, configure a separate data-driven SSRS subscription. C. Configure a single data-driven SSRS subscription. Configure the subscription schedule tocheck the table for report schedules and format settings specified by the users. D. Configure a separate standard SSRS subscription for each different schedule specified by theusers.



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QUESTION NO: 18


A Windows Server 2012 server named ABC-SSAS01 runs SQL Server 2012 AnalysisServices (SSAS). Another Windows Server 2012 server named ABC-SSRS01 runs SQLServer 2012 Reporting Services (SSRS).

ABC-SSRS01 has a report that company users use to query a cube on ABC-SSAS01.

Users filter the report by a single date using Date/Time data type report parameter. TheMultidimensional Expressions (MDX) query for the dataset cannot be filtered by directlyusing the report parameter.

You need to ensure that a value entered by the user can be used to filter the report data.

Which two of the following actions would require the least amount of development effort toachieve this goal? (Choose two)

A. Use the StrToSet MDX function that accepts the value of the report parameter in a subcubesubquery. B. Use the same format as the date dimension member key value in an expression and use thatfor the report parameter Value property. C. Modify the dataset query Name property to point to a name value for each date dimensionmember. D. Create a new dataset query using T-SQL (Transact-SQL). E. Modify the query parameter of the dataset. F. Query the cube using the OPENROWSET function and output the results to the T-SQL querythen modify the format of the report parameter using the Convert function.

Answer: B,EExplanation:

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You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) at ABC.com. The company uses a MicrosoftSQL Server 2012 infrastructure.

A Windows Server 2012 server named ABC-SSRS01 runs SQL Server 2012 ReportingServices (SSRS). SSRS is configured to run in native mode.

You are evaluating the SSRS predefined roles to determine which users should beassigned to the roles.

Company security policy states that all users must be assigned the minimum permissionsto perform their required tasks.

Which role should users be assigned to enable them to create folders and upload anddeploy reports?

A. Content Manager B. Publisher C. Browser D. Report Builder E. My Reports F. System Administrator G. System User


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Company security policy states that all users must be assigned the minimum permissions


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to perform their required tasks.

Which role should users be assigned to enable them to run reports, subscribe to reports,and navigate through the folder structure?



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Which role should users be assigned to give them full permission to manage report servercontent, including the ability to grant permissions to other users, and to define the folderstructure for storing reports and other items?

A. Content Manager B. Publisher C. Browser D. Report Builder


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E. My Reports F. System Administrator G. System User


QUESTION NO: 22





Which role should users be assigned to enable them to view basic information about thereport server such as the schedule information in a shared schedule?


Answer: FExplanation:


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QUESTION NO: 23

You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) at ABC.com. The company uses a MicrosoftSQL Server 2012 environment and has recently deployed SQL Server 2012 ReportingServices (SSRS).

The company will eventually use hundreds of SSRS reports. All the reports will use thestandard corporate branding, fonts and text styles. Many of the reports will also usecommon functions that will be coded by developers.

You need to recommend a reporting strategy that enables all reports to use the corporatebranding and fonts and the function code. You need to be able to modify the corporatebranding and function code if required without recreating all the reports.

Where should the corporate branding, fonts and text styles and the function code shouldbe stored?

A. The corporate branding, fonts and text styles and the function code should be stored in a SQLServer database. B. The corporate branding, fonts and text styles and the function code should be stored in a webservice. C. The corporate branding, fonts and text styles and the function code should be stored in anassembly on an SSRS server. D. The corporate branding, fonts and text styles and the function code should be stored in a reporttemplate.


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A Windows Server 2012 server named ABC-SSIS01 runs SQL Server 2012 IntegrationServices (SSIS).

You need to determine which package configuration to use for SSIS packages. You needto select a package configuration option that will allow you to store multiple configuration


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properties and values and will enable multiple packages to use the configuration.

Which of the five package configuration options should you use?

A. XML Configuration File B. Environment Variable C. Registry Entry D. Parent Package Variable E. SQL Server

Answer: EExplanation:

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You need to determine which package configuration to use for SSIS packages.

Which of the five package configuration options are always applied last, regardless ofwhere you place them in the configurations organizer?




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QUESTION NO: 26

You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) at a company named ABC.com. Thecorporate network includes a SQL Server 2012 infrastructure which includes SQL ServerIntegration Services (SSIS).

You need to create a project in SSIS that will contain multiple SSIS packages.

The variables and connection managers will be the same for all SSIS packages within theproject. You need to parameterize the connection manager strings to enable the propertiesto be updated for subsequent package runs.

You need to ensure that calls to the catalog.start_execution stored procedure in theAnalysis Services database start your deployment model and that performance ismaximized.

Which two of the following options describe the solution that meets the requirements andminimizes development effort? (Choose two).

A. Your solution should use the package deployment model. B. Your solution should use the project deployment model. C. Configure the connection manager properties to use package parameters. D. Configure the connection manager properties to use project parameters. E. Select the SQL Server Package Configuration option and modify the SSIS Configurations tablebefore executing the package.


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You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) for a company named ABC.com. Thecompany has a Windows Azure subscription. The company uses a cloud-based SQLServer environment hosted on SQL Azure.

You are using SQL Server Data Tools to create a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)package. The package will use data from a source table to populate a fact table. You haveconfigured Table as the data access mode for the OLE DB source.


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The fact table has a column named TotalSales. The source table has two columns namedCompletedSales and ConfirmedOrders.

You need to configure the SSIS package to discard any records with zero values in theCompletedSales and ConfirmedOrders columns then populate the TotalSales column in thefact table with the sum values of the CompletedSales and ConfirmedOrders columns.

How should you configure the data flow task?

A. Configure a Copy Column then a Conditional Split then a Data Profiling Task then a DataConversion. B. Configure a Derived Column then a Data Profiling Task then a Conditional Split then an OLEDB Source. C. Configure a Derived Column then a Data Profiling Task then a Conditional Split then an OLEDB Destination D. Configure a Derived Column then a Data Profiling Task then a Conditional Split then a CopyColumn.


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A Windows Server 2012 server named ABC-SSAS01 runs SQL Server 2012 AnalysisServices (SSAS). You have an SSAS cube named ABC-Cube1.

You need to configure ABC-Cube1 to use proactive caching and ensure the cache isupdated when the data changes after waiting for the default 10 second silence interval. Data that has been cached for more than 30 minutes should be dropped and the storage ofthe data and aggregations in the cube must be optimized.

What should you do?

A. You should set the partition storage setting to Real-time ROLAP.


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B. You should set the partition storage setting to Real-time HOLAP. C. You should set the partition storage setting to Low-latency MOLAP. D. You should set the partition storage setting to Scheduled MOLAP. E. You should set the partition storage setting to MOLAP.


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A Windows Server 2012 server named ABC-SSAS01 runs SQL Server 2012 AnalysisServices (SSAS).

You have a large cube on ABC-SSAS01. The cube contains a single partition and a singlemeasure group. The cube contains many millions of rows of data.

You need to modify the cube to cope with the rapidly increasing amount of data.

You plan to configure a staging table that will be used to store only the data that has beenadded since the last processing of the cube. The measure group will be partitioned bymonth and records from the staging table will be inserted into the relevant partition. Recorddeletions or updates will not be included in the staging table.

How should you modify the cube?

A. By configuring the Process Default option. B. By configuring the Process Full option. C. By configuring the Process Data option. D. By configuring the Process Clear option. E. By configuring the Process Add option. F. By configuring the Process Index option.

Answer: EExplanation:


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QUESTION NO: 30


A server named ABC-SSAS1 runs SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS).

You are in the process of designing a monitoring strategy for the ABC-SSAS1. You want tomonitor custom trace events and detailed event durations for queries executed on theserver.

You connect to ABC-SSAS1 using SQL Server Management Studio.

Which two of the following actions should you perform next? (Choose two)

A. Create a script that queries the DISCOVER_TRACES DMV (Dynamic Management View)using MDX (Multidimensional Expressions). B. Modify the configuration of the trace to save the data in a table in a SQL Server database. C. Run the script. D. Create a script using XMLA to log the extended events of the trace. E. Connect to ABC-SSAS1 using SQL Server Profiler and run the script.

Answer: A,CExplanation:

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The company has a data warehouse named CorpDW. CorpDW is updated withapproximately 100 million new records every week outside business hours.

Data is sometimes queried at month level but more often is queried at day level using cubeprocessing and reports.


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CorpDW contains a large fact table. You need to configure the table partitioning to ensurethat the performance of the queries is maximized.

Which two of the following options describe how you should you partition the table?(Choose two).

A. You should partition the table by day. B. You should partition the table by week. C. You should partition the table by month. D. You should partition the table by year. E. The partitions should be compressed. F. The partitions should not be compressed.

Answer: A,EExplanation:

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The company has a database named CorpDB and a data warehouse named CorpDW.

You need to create an ETL process to update a large fact table in CorpDW with the priordays data from CorpDB and to remove data that is more than 24 months old from CorpDW.

You need to configure the ETL process to add the new data as quickly as possible,minimize the amount of logging in the transaction log and minimize the risk of lockedrecords during the update process.

You partition the fact table by date.

How should you add the new records and remove the old data from the fact table? (Choosetwo).

A. New data should be inserted directly into the fact table.


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B. Old data should be deleted directly from the fact table. C. New data should be loaded into the fact table by using staging tables and partition switching. D. Old data should be removed from the fact table by using staging tables and partition switching.

Answer: C,DExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 33


A Windows Server 2012 server named ABC-SSAS01 runs SQL Server 2012 AnalysisServices (SSAS). You have an SSAS cube named SalesCube1.

Users in the Sales department are members of an Active Directory global group namedSalesUsers.

You need to grant the users in the Sales department write access to SalesCube1. You openSQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Which four of the following actions should you perform next? (Choose four)

A. Connect to the Database Engine instance. B. Connect to the Analysis Services instance. C. Create a new role for the database. D. Create a new SQL Server Login to the server. E. Add the ABC\SalesUsers group to the role. F. Add the ABC\SalesUsers group to the SQL Server Login. G. Assign Read/Write access to SalesCube1 for the role. H. Assign Read and Process access to SalesCube1 for the SQL Server Login.

Answer: B,C,E,GExplanation:


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QUESTION NO: 34



You are creating a BI Semantic Model (BISM). The graphic below shows the schema thatthe BISM will be based on.

You are planning the data model. Your data model must support queries to display theaverage number of employee years of service by factory and the average output byemployee.

Which three of the following should you include in your design? (Choose three).

A. A tabular project should be created. B. A multidimensional model should be created. C. Measures should be defined. D. Calculated columns should be defined. E. A reference relationship should be configured. F. A many-to-many dimensional relationship should be configured.

Answer: B,C,EExplanation:

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PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel workbooks and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)reports have been created and published to provide a self-service data analysis andreporting environment.

Due to the increasing volume of data, you need to create server-based data models tocontinue to provide the self-service data analysis and reporting environment.

You need to configure a solution that can support the addition of calculated columns anduse the existing SSRS reports.

Which of the following steps should you perform to create and implement your solution? (Choose all that apply).

A. Create SQL Server Analysis Services tabular projects by importing the PowerPivot workbooks. B. Create SQL Server Analysis Services UDM (Unified Dimensional Model) projects by importingthe PowerPivot workbooks. C. Deploy the new SSAS projects to the server. D. Import the existing reports. E. Modify the existing reports by changing the data source to use the new databases.

Answer: A,C,EExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 36


A SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube named SalesCube1 is loaded with daily salesdata from a SQL Server data mart named DMSales. The source data is read from a SQLServer 2012 database. The DMSales data mart uses a star schema.

Two tables in DMSales include a total of 80 flag columns. The tables containing the flagcolumns have the same granularity as the fact table. The flag columns each have 12different indicators values which are reused by some flags.

You need to modify the DMSales schema to maximize cube processing and queryperformance and to enable users to use all flags and indicators to slice the data.


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The table used for the date dimension needs to be modified to include a numeric surrogatekey and the surrogate key needs to be added to the fact table.

Which two of the following schema modifications should you perform? (Choose two)

A. The surrogate key should be defined using the INT data type. B. The surrogate key should be defined using the BIGINT data type. C. A single fact dimension should be created in each table for the flags and indicators contained inthe table. D. Each different combination of flag and indicator should be combined in a single dimension.

Answer: A,DExplanation:

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The company has a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube named ProductsCube1.

You are using Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) to define a named set inProductsCube1.

The Product dimension in ProductsCube1 contains a hierarchy named Type and anattribute hierarchy named Size.

You need to configure the MDX to return all the products in the Type hierarchy with the sizevalue of Large.

Which of the following should you use for the named set?

A. Filter ( [Product] . [Product Type] . [Product Name] . Members, ([Product] . [Size] . &[Large],[Measures] . [Quantity]) > 0 ) B. CrossJoin


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( [Product] . [Product Type] . [Product Name] . Members, [Product] . [Size] . &[Large] ) C. Generate ( [Product] . [Size] . &[Large], [Product] . [Item Name] . [Item Type] . Members, ALL ) D. Exists ( [Product] . [Product Type] . [Product Name] . Members, [Product] . [Size] . &[Large] )


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A server named ABC-SSAS1 runs SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). You aredeveloping a cube on ABC-SSAS1.

The cube includes a dimension named Type which is based on a table named DimType.

The following image shows a portion of the data source view.


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You need to configure a relationship between the Orders measure group and the Typedimension.

Which of the following relationship types should you select?

A. Regular B. Fact C. Referenced D. Many-to-Many E. Data Mining


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The company has a data warehouse named CorpDW. CorpDW is updated withapproximately 100 million new records every week outside business hours.

Data is sometimes queried at month level but more often is queried at the week level usingcube processing and reports.

CorpDW contains a large fact table. You need to configure the table partitioning to ensurethat the performance of the queries is maximized.

Which two of the following options describe how you should you partition the table?(Choose two).

A. You should partition the table by hour. B. You should partition the table by day. C. You should partition the table by week. D. You should partition the table by month. E. You should partition the table by year. F. The partitions should be compressed. G. The partitions should not be compressed.

Answer: C,FExplanation:

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A Windows Server 2012 server named ABC-SSAS01 runs SQL Server 2012 AnalysisServices (SSAS). You have an SSAS cube named FinanceCube1.

Users in the Finance department are members of an Active Directory global group namedFinanceUsers.

You need to grant the users in the Finance department read access to FinanceCube1. Youopen SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Which four of the following actions should you perform next? (Choose four)


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A. Connect to the Database Engine instance. B. Connect to the Analysis Services instance. C. Create a new role for the database. D. Create a new SQL Server Login to the server. E. Add the ABC\ FinanceUsers group to the role. F. Add the ABC\ FinanceUsers group to the SQL Server Login. G. Assign Read/Write access to FinanceCube1 for the role. H. Assign Read and Process access to FinanceCube1 for the SQL Server Login. I. Assign Read access to FinanceCube1 for the SQL Server Login.

Answer: B,C,E,IExplanation:

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The company has a large data warehouse named CorpDW. New data is added to a facttable named CurrentInfo in the data warehouse throughout the day.

A server named ABC-SSAS01 runs SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (SSAS). You havean SSAS cube named ABC-Cube1 which contains a measure group supported by theCurrentInfo fact table.

You need to configure the partitioning for the cube to optimize query performance acrossall aggregation levels whilst ensuring the cube is available as much as possible anddisplays the most up-to-date data as quickly as possible.

You plan to create a single partition to host the current days data.

How should you configure the partition?

A. Select HOLAP (Hybrid OLAP) as the storage mode. B. Select ROLAP (Relational OLAP) as the storage mode. C. Select MOLAP (Multidimensional OLAP) as the storage mode and schedule the partitionprocessing to run every night. D. Select MOLAP (Multidimensional OLAP) as the storage mode and select the proactive caching


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mode.


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A server named ABC-SSAS01 runs SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (SSAS). Thecompany has a large data warehouse named CorpDW.

You need to create an SSAS cube to query CorpDW. The cube will use themultidimensional OLAP (MOLAP) storage mode.

You need to recommend a solution that will automate the collection of aggregation tuningworkloads. Any manual tuning of aggregations must minimize the performance impact ofqueries that have already been tuned and the effort required must be minimized.

Which of the following steps should you include in your solution?

A. Set up multiple partitions. B. Generate aggregations using the Usage-Based Optimization Wizard. C. Enable query logging in SSAS. D. Run the Aggregation Design Wizard on each partition. E. Replace the current aggregation design with the results of the wizard. F. Merge the results of the wizard with the current aggregation design.

Answer: B,C,FExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 43

You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) at a company named ABC.com. Thecompany has a SQL Server 2012 infrastructure.


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You have a database named CorpDB1. You need to create a fact table in CorpDB1 that willexpand to contain billions of rows.

You need to design the most efficient table to maximize the performance of queries. Usersmust be able to choose up to 12 dimension tables and up to a maximum of 4 facts for anyquery. Measures will be aggregated by the queries by using any of the 12 dimensions. Youneed to include a columnstore index for the table.

Which three of the following configurations would best meet these requirements? (Choosethree)

A. Configure 12 dimensional key columns in the fact table. B. Configure 4 measure columns in the fact table. C. Configure 4 dimensional key columns in the fact table. D. Configure 12 measure columns in the fact table. E. Use only the dimensional key columns for the columnstore index. F. Use only the measure columns for the columnstore index. G. Use the dimensional key columns and the measure columns for the columnstore index.

Answer: A,B,GExplanation:

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You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) at a company named ABC.com. Thecorporate network includes a SQL Server 2012 infrastructure that includes SQL ServerAnalysis Services (SSAS).

The company has a large data warehouse named CorpDW. Terabytes of data are stored inthe fact tables in CorpDW.

The company requires a data model for CorpDW that supports advanced calculations in thedefinition of the data model and complex attribute relationships. Advanced calculationsmust also be supported in the data model using logic contained in a custom assembly.

You need to design the data model.

Which three of the following options should you include in your design? (Choose three).


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A. Create a tabular model project. B. Create a multidimensional model project. C. Create multiple partitions for the measure group. D. Create multiple groups for the measure group. E. Use Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) for the custom logic. F. Use Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) for the custom logic.

Answer: B,C,FExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 45



You are creating a BI Semantic Model (BISM). The graphic below shows the schema thatthe BISM will be based on.

You are planning the data model. Your data model must support queries to display theaverage number of employee years of service by factory. You need to configure thesolution to support partitions and role-based security whilst minimizing developmenteffort.

Which four of the following should you include in your design? (Choose four).

A. A tabular project should be created. B. A multidimensional model should be created. C. Measures should be defined. D. Calculated columns should be defined.


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E. A reference relationship should be configured. F. A many-to-many dimensional relationship should be configured G. Partitions should be created using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). H. Partitions should be created using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Answer: B,C,F,GExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 46


The company has a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube named MaintenanceCube1.

You are using Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) to define a named set inMaintenanceCube1.

The Engineer dimension in MaintenanceCube1 contains a hierarchy named Location andan attribute hierarchy named Availability.

You need to configure the MDX to return all the engineers in the Location hierarchy withthe availability value of Available.

Which of the following should you use for the named set?

A. Filter ( [Engineer] . [Engineer Location] . [Engineer Name] . Members, ([Engineer] . [Availability] .&[Available], [Measures] . [Quantity]) > 0 ) B. CrossJoin ( [Engineer] . [Engineer Location] . [Engineer Name] . Members, [Engineer] . [Availability] .&[Available] ) C. Exists ( [Engineer] . [Engineer Location] . [Engineer Name] . Members, [Engineer] . [Availability] .&[Available]


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) D. Generate ( [Engineer] . [Availability] . &[Available], [Engineer] . [Engineer Name] . [Engineer Location] .Members, ALL )


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You need to determine which package configuration to use for SSIS packages. You needto select a package configuration option that will allow you to store multiple configurationproperties/values and ensure that all the properties/values are loaded.




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You need to determine which package configuration to use for SSIS packages. You needto select a package configuration option that will allow you to store multiple configurationproperties/values and support encryption using EFS (Encrypted File System).




QUESTION NO: 49


The company has a SQL Server data mart named DMMarketing which contains historicaldata for use by the Marketing department.

You need to create a package in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to load data intoDMMarketing. The data will come from multiple Online Transactional Processing (OLTP)data sources.

Your solution must be able to analyze the data for problems by reporting on column-lengthvalue distribution, null values in selected columns and duplicate values in potential keycolumns. Users must be able to generate an XML report that lists any exceptions.

Which two of the following options describe the solution that would require the minimumdevelopment effort? (Choose two).


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A. Configure a Data Profiling task to analyze the data. B. Configure a Data Flow task to analyze the data and load the exceptions into a SQL Servertable. C. Create a stored procedure to analyze the data and load the exceptions into a SQL Server table. D. Query the table to view the exceptions. E. Use Data Profile Viewer to view the exceptions.

Answer: A,EExplanation:

QUESTION NO: 50

You work as a Database Administrator (DBA) at a company named ABC.com. Thecorporate network includes a SQL Server 2012 infrastructure which includes SQL ServerIntegration Services (SSIS).

You need to create a project in SSIS that will contain multiple SSIS packages.

The variables and connection managers will be the same for all SSIS packages within theproject. You need to parameterize the connection manager strings to enable the propertiesto be updated for subsequent package runs.

You need to ensure that your solution includes the automatic logging of events in theAnalysis Services database.

Which two of the following options describe the solution that meets the requirements andmaximizes performance? (Choose two).

A. Your solution should use the package deployment model. B. Your solution should use the project deployment model. C. Configure the connection manager properties to use package parameters. D. Configure the connection manager properties to use project parameters. E. Create an XML file each SQL Server environment with the connection configuration settingsand reference the file using a variable.



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