Explore topic-wise MCQs in Structured Query Language (SQL).

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51.

The functionality that SQL Server Agent provides to Reporting Services can be replaced with custom code that uses the _________ method to add schedule events to the queue.

A. FireEvent
B. FireEventdata
C. Eventdata
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. FireEventdata
52.

The Schedule and Delivery Processing feature must be enabled through the ____________ property.

A. ScheduleEventsDeliveryEnabled
B. ScheduleEventsAndReportDeliveryEnabled
C. ScheduleEventsAndReportDelivery
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. ScheduleEventsAndReportDelivery
53.

__________ are portable, multipurpose items that contain ready-to-use schedule information.

A. Report-specific schedule
B. Shared schedules
C. File schedules
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. File schedules
54.

Which of the following is a list type in RDL with base 64 encoded value ?

A. Boolean
B. Binary
C. Enum
D. Name
Answer» C. Enum
55.

An ___________ report is a fully paged report saved in a specific file format.

A. exported
B. fully processed
C. Compiled
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. fully processed
56.

You can use Report Manager in ________ mode and SharePoint site administration pages in ________ mode.

A. Native, Sharepoint
B. Sharepoint, Native
C. Native, Native
D. Sharepoint, Sharepoint
Answer» B. Sharepoint, Native
57.

A _________ is an item stored internally in an alerting database.

A. Connection string
B. Data alert
C. Shared data source
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Shared data source
58.

A __________ is a report server item that contains a pointer to the report definition.

A. Drilldown report
B. Linked report
C. Subreport
D. Drillthrough report
Answer» C. Subreport
59.

A _________ report solution includes a main report that displays summary information with hyperlinks to one or more reports that display detailed information.

A. Main
B. Detail
C. Drillthrough
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
60.

Reports use __________ to retrieve data for a report when a query runs or when the report is processed.

A. Data connections
B. Data source definition
C. Connection string
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Data source definition
61.

_______ is a tool to configure and manage a report server connection to the report server database.

A. Rskeymgmt Utility
B. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Classes
C. Rsconfig Utility
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
62.

____________ does not help you manage report server content, enable additional features, or grant access to the server.

A. Reporting Services Configuration Manager
B. SSMS
C. SQL Server Configuration Manager
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» E.
63.

When used on a measure that contains integers, the _________ method can return imprecise results caused by incremental rounding changes.

A. USE_EQUAL_ALLOCATION
B. USE_WEIGHTED_ALLOCATION
C. USE_WEIGHTED_INCREMENT
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. USE_WEIGHTED_INCREMENT
64.

Which of the following keyword forces a specified set to be evaluated within the current context ?

A. SCOPE
B. CASE
C. EXISTING
D. EXISTING
Answer» D. EXISTING
65.

If a weight expression is not specified, the UPDATE CUBE statement implicitly uses the following expression:

A. Weight_Expression = *
B. Weight_Expression = /
C. Weight_Expression = –
D. Weight_Expression = +
Answer» C. Weight_Expression = –
66.

_______ statement is used to write back data to any cell in a cube that aggregates to its parent using the SUM aggregation.

A. UPDATE CUBE
B. DELETE CUBE
C. ALTER CUBE
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. DELETE CUBE
67.

When you include a many-to-many dimension, the following rules apply

A. You must add the intermediary measure group
B. You must add the entire many-to-many dimension
C. You must add the entirety of all dimensions common to the two measure groups involved in the many-to-may relationship
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
68.

________ is the set of hierarchies from which data is retrieved for a single member.

A. Slicer axis
B. Query axes
C. Dice axis
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Query axes
69.

Valid syntax for REFRESH CUBE statement is :

A. REFRESH CUBECube_Name
B. REFRESH CUBE Cube_Name
C. REFRESH CUBE “Cube_Name”
D. REFRESH CUBE \Cube_Name\
Answer» B. REFRESH CUBE Cube_Name
70.

Which of the following is MDX Data Definition Statement ?

A. CREATE ACTION
B. DROP CUBE
C. CREATE CUBE
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. DROP CUBE
71.

_______ creates a calculation that evaluates a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) expression over a specified set of tuples within a cube.

A. CREATE CELL CALCULATION
B. CREATE CELL CALC
C. CREATE MEMBER CALCULATION
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. CREATE CELL CALC
72.

The Backus-Naur Form (BNF) of {*( | | )} will be parsed as ______ for backwards compatibility.

A. {\}
B. {*}
C. {+}
D. {-}
Answer» C. {+}
73.

_____ causes the server to raise an error when Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services finds any error in the MDX script.

A. Ignore
B. IgnoreNone
C. IgnoreAll
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. IgnoreAll
74.

______ lets you manage cube context from within an MDX script.

A. CALCULATE
B. CALCULATE
C. CALCULATE
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. CALCULATE
75.

Which of the following property enables Analysis Services to use a faster algorithm for string hashing and comparison ?

A. EnableFast1033Local
B. EnableFast1036Locale
C. EnableFast1033Locale
D. EnableQuick1033Locale
Answer» D. EnableQuick1033Locale
76.

__________ distinguishes between a single-byte character and the same character when represented as a double-byte character.

A. Accent-insensitive (_AI)
B. Kana-sensitive (_KS)
C. Accent-sensitive (_AS)
D. Width-sensitive (_WS)
Answer» E.
77.

Which of the following Sort order sorts and compares data in Analysis Services based on the bit patterns defined for each character ?

A. BIN2 (_BIN2)1
B. Binary (_BIN)1
C. Case-sensitive (_CS)
D. Case-insensitive
Answer» C. Case-sensitive (_CS)
78.

If you select the __________ conversion type, a reporting currency dimension is also created.

A. one-to-one
B. many-to-one
C. many-many
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. many-many
79.

The Business Intelligence Wizard supports ______ different types of currency conversion.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Answer» B. 4
80.

You can use the __________ Wizard to specify which measures from the rate measure group are used to convert values.

A. BI
B. ETL
C. MIS
D. OBIEE
Answer» B. ETL
81.

For _________ currency conversions, the pivot currency and reporting currency are the same.

A. one-to-one
B. many-to-one
C. many-many
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. many-many
82.

____ is currency used to store transactions on which measures to be converted are based in SSAS.

A. Local currency
B. Pivot currency
C. Global currency
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Pivot currency
83.

Parent-child hierarchies are automatically detected by the _________ Wizard.

A. Dimension
B. Cube
C. Dimension and Cube
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
84.

By default, in a ________ schema, all attributes are directly related to the key attributes.

A. Relational
B. Snowflake
C. Star
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
85.

The _______ attribute is the attribute in a dimension that identifies the columns in the dimension main table that are used in foreign key relationships to the fact tab

A. Dim
B. KEY
C. PK
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. PK
86.

If functions in one assembly call functions in a separate assembly, you must register both assemblies in :

A. client
B. server
C. table
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. table
87.

Security for stored procedures is set with the _________ property on a stored procedure.

A. PermissionSet
B. SetPermissionSet
C. Permission
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. SetPermissionSet
88.

In Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS), a _________ is a language-specific representation of the name of a dimension.

A. Translation
B. Dimension translation
C. Dim translation
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Dim translation
89.

________ let you create external, user-defined functions using any common language runtime (CLR) language

A. Aggregate
B. Assemblies
C. Synonym
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. Synonym
90.

Which of the following does not form part of BI Stack in SQL Server ?

A. SSRS
B. SSIS
C. SSAS
D. OBIEE
Answer» E.
91.

Which of the following is process of basing an organization’s actions and decisions on actual measured results of performance ?

A. Institutional performance management
B. Gap analysis
C. Slice and Dice
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Gap analysis
92.

________ is a category of applications and technologies for presenting and analyzing corporate and external data

A. Data warehouse
B. MIS
C. EIS
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
93.

______ is a system where operations like data extraction, transformation and loading operations are executed.

A. Data staging
B. Data integration
C. ETL
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Data integration
94.

_______ is a performance management tool that recapitulates an organization’s performance from several standpoints on a single page.

A. Balanced Scorecard
B. Data Cube
C. Dashboard
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Data Cube
95.

BI can catalyze a business’s success in terms of :

A. Distinguish the products and services that drive revenues
B. Rank customers and locations based on profitability
C. Ranks customers and locations based on probability
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
96.

_________ lets you affinitize a resource pool to one or more schedulers or NUMA nodes for greater isolation of CPU resources.

A. MAX_IOPS_PER_VOLUME
B. AFFINITY
C. MAX_CPU_PERCENT
D. MAX_MEMORY_PERCENT
Answer» C. MAX_CPU_PERCENT
97.

Which of the following formula is used for calculating the effective MAX% ?

A. 100 – sum(MIN %)
B. min(X,Y)
C. max(X,Y)
D. Effective MAX % – MIN %
Answer» C. max(X,Y)
98.

___________ is a hard cap limit on the CPU bandwidth for all requests in the resource pool.

A. MIN_CPU_PERCENT
B. CAP_CPU_PERCENT
C. MAX_CPU_PERCENT
D. MAX_MEMORY_PERCENT
Answer» C. MAX_CPU_PERCENT
99.

The query processor uses a __________ execution strategy for queries that select from partitioned objects.

A. distributed
B. parallel
C. lock
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. lock
100.

Which of the following partitioned attribute can appear in the following physical and logical operators ?

A. Index Seek
B. Drop
C. Alter
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Drop