DS0-001 Practice Questions 1 — 50 Questions

Question 1

You are reviewing a deployment plan for a multi-tenant database. To ensure security, you want to ensure that each tenant's data is logically isolated. Which strategy is most effective for this?

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Using separate schemas for each tenant. Implementing separate schemas for each tenant provides a logical separation that allows for efficient management while keeping data isolated within the same instance.

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Using a shared table with a TenantID column

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Creating separate database instances for every tenant

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Implementing row-level security on all tables

Question 2

Which TWO of the following scenarios are best suited for using a 'View'?

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Simplifying complex joins. Views are best for simplifying complex queries and implementing row/column level security.

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Storing large binary objects

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Improving write speed

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Generating unique sequences

Question 3

Which SQL keyword is used to eliminate duplicate values from a query result set?

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DISTINCT. The DISTINCT keyword is used in a SELECT statement to return only unique values.

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UNIQUE

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GROUP BY

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FILTER

Question 4

Which operator is used to search for a pattern in a string column?

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LIKE. The LIKE operator is used in a WHERE clause to search for a specified pattern in a column.

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IN

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CONTAINS

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MATCH

Question 5

Which TWO of the following are common database maintenance tasks?

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Updating statistics. Updating statistics and rebuilding indexes are critical maintenance tasks to ensure optimal query performance.

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Rebooting the server weekly

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Renaming every table

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Deleting all users

Question 6

An application is experiencing deadlocks. Which strategy would effectively reduce the frequency of deadlocks?

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Uniform access order. Accessing tables in the same order across different transactions is a primary method to prevent circular wait conditions that cause deadlocks.

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Enabling indexing

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Using read-only databases

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Increasing table size

Question 7

Which DML statement is used to update existing records in a database table?

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UPDATE. The UPDATE statement modifies the data of existing rows in a table.

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ALTER

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MODIFY

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INSERT

Question 8

Which TWO of the following are common types of NoSQL databases?

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Key-Value. Document and Key-Value stores are two primary categories of NoSQL databases.

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Relational

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Hierarchical

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Network

Question 9

When performing sentiment analysis on customer feedback, which preprocessing step is most critical to ensure words like 'Running' and 'run' are treated as the same base concept?

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Lemmatization. Lemmatization or stemming reduces words to their root or base form.

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Stop-word removal

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Tokenization

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Feature scaling

Question 10

Which technology provides the best protection against data exfiltration from an on-premises database by a rogue administrator?

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Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) with Firewall. A Database Firewall inspects incoming and outgoing SQL traffic to block unauthorized queries or data exports.

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Database Clustering

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Database Archiving

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Database Sharding

Question 11

To ensure non-repudiation in a database system, what must be captured for every transaction?

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Audit Logs with Unique User IDs. Detailed audit logs including a timestamp, user ID, and the executed command provide the necessary evidence for non-repudiation.

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Server Uptime

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Data Compression

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Database Versioning

Question 12

When troubleshooting a performance bottleneck in a visualization, which action is most effective if the data source is a large SQL view?

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Materializing the view. Materializing the view (creating a physical table with indexes) or optimizing the view's underlying query is the most effective way to resolve performance issues.

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Changing the chart color

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Increasing the number of filters

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Using a different visualization software

Question 13

Which THREE of the following SQL aggregate functions are commonly supported in most relational databases?

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SUM. SUM, COUNT, and AVG are fundamental aggregate functions supported across virtually all SQL standards.

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CONCAT

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SUBSTR

Question 14

A database is configured with a high-availability cluster. During a planned maintenance window, you need to fail over to the secondary node manually. Which command or action is used in a Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) environment?

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Move-ClusterGroup. In a WSFC environment, the 'Move' command in the Failover Cluster Manager is used to manually move the role (including the database resource) to another node.

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SHUTDOWN WITH NOWAIT

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ALTER SERVER ROLE

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RESTORE DATABASE

Question 15

Which SQL command is used to add new records to an existing table?

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INSERT. INSERT INTO is the standard command for adding new rows to a database table.

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UPDATE

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SELECT

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ALTER

Question 16

Which database object is specifically designed to enforce referential integrity between two tables?

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Foreign Key. A Foreign Key constraint is designed to ensure that data in one table matches valid entries in another table, maintaining referential integrity.

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Index

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Primary Key

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Unique Constraint

Question 17

Which tool provides a graphical interface for managing SQL Server instances, including configuring security and creating maintenance plans?

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SQL Server Management Studio. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the standard GUI tool for SQL Server management.

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Performance Monitor

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SQL Server Profiler

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SQL Server Configuration Manager

Question 18

Which TWO of the following can be used to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive database tables?

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Row-level security. Implementing role-based access control (RBAC) and row-level security (RLS) are effective ways to secure access to data.

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Add more CPU cores

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Increase the backup frequency

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Use the sa account

Question 19

What is the primary function of an index in a database?

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To speed up data retrieval. Indexes are designed to speed up data retrieval by providing a faster lookup mechanism than scanning every row in a table.

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To enforce data encryption

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To reduce disk space usage

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To manage user permissions

Question 20

Which THREE of the following are common types of database backups?

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Full. Full, differential, and transaction log backups are the standard backup types used in professional database environments.

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Snapshot

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Hardware copy