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Microsoft 70-765 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Provisioning SQL Databases |
| Exam Number: | 70-765 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 |
| Exam Price: | $165 USD |
| Exam Format: | Multiple choice, Scenario-based, Performance-based |
| Related Certifications: | MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration MCSA: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired January 31, 2021; MCSA credentials valid for 2 years |
| Passing Score: | 700 (on a scale of 1-1000) |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Recommended Training: | Microsoft Learn Self-Paced Modules Microsoft Official Course 20765: Provisioning SQL Databases |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE Registration Microsoft Learn Exam Page |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or in-person at Pearson VUE test centers (before retirement) |
| Pre Condition: | No mandatory prerequisites; recommended experience with SQL Server administration, Azure services, and cloud deployment models |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/exams/70-765/ |
Microsoft 70-765 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Implement SQL in Azure | 40-45 | - Plan and deploy SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
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| Manage Databases and Instances | 30-35 | - Manage databases and files
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| Manage Storage | 30-35 | - Recover from storage failures
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Microsoft Provisioning SQL Databases Sample Questions:
You need to ensure that the columns are protected.
What should you use?
- A. cell-level encryption
- B. Always Encrypted
- C. Azure Key Vault
- D. persistent data masking
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2014 database named Orders.
Orders contains a table named OrderShip that is defined as follows:
A NULL value represents a domestic order. Ninety percent of the values in CountryCode are NULL.
Customers require a procedure that will return orders for all customers from a specified country.
You create a new procedure:
Performance on this procedure is slow.
You need to alter the schema to optimize this query. Objects created must use a minimum amount of resources.
Which Transact-SQL statement should you use?
- A. CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX IX_CountryCode ON OrderShip (CountryCode)
- B. CREATE INDEX IX_CountryCode ON OrderShip (CustomerID) WHERE CountryCode IS NOT NULL
- C. CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX IX_CountryCode ON Ordership (CountryCode) WHERE CountryCode IS NOT NULL
- D. CREATE STATISTICS ST_CountryCode ON OrderShip (CountryCode) WHERE CountryCodeIS NOT NULL
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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You have a Microsoft SQL server that manages all of your databases.
You must create a database named Marketing Data. The database will initially consume 400 megabytes (MB) of storage and will grow by one percent per year.
The database file must be stored on the Marketing share of the Lon-SVR1 server. The file must not automatically increase in size. Log files must be stored on the L drive of the SQL Server machine in a folder named Logs.
You need to create the MarketingData database.
How should you complete the Transact-SQL statement? To answer, select the appropriate Transact-SQL segments in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Box 1: \\LON-SRV1\Marketing\Marketingdata.mdf
The database file must be stored on the Marketing share of the Lon-SVR1 server.
Box 2: 500 MB
Initial size is 400 MB, with an annual 1% increase in size.
Box 3: Filegrowth=0
The file must not automatically increase in size.
Box 4: L:\Logs\Marketing\Marketingdata.ldf
Log files must be stored on the L drive of the SQL Server machine in a folder named Logs.
Box 5: Filegrowth = 10%
The log file must be able to grow.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/create-database-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2017
A company plans to use a Microsoft Azure Resource Manager template to deploy a SQL Server in Azure. A partition of the Azure Resource Manager template is displayed.
Use the drop-down menus to select the answer choice that answers each question.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Box 1: at rest
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) encrypts SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse data files, known as encrypting data at rest.
Box 2: resource group ID
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/encryption/transparent-data-encryption?view=sql-server-2017
You have Microsoft SQL Server on a Microsoft azure virtual machine that has 12 databases.
All database files are in the same Azure Blob storage account.
You need to receive an email notification if I/O operations to the database files exceed 800 MB/s for more than five minutes.
Solution: You run the Get-Counter cmdlet and specify the -counter '\physicaldisk:disk write/sec' parameter.
Does this meet the goal?
- A. Yes
- B. No
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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