Exam 70-764 topic 1 question 117 discussion

Actual exam question from Microsoft's 70-764

Question #: 117
Topic #: 1

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2016 server.
One of the databases on the server supports a highly active OLTP application.
Users report abnormally long wait times when they submit data into the application.
You need to identify which queries are taking longer than 1 second to run over an extended period of time.
What should you do?

A. use SQL Profiler to trace all queries that are processing on the server. Filter queries that have a Duration value of more than 1,000.
B. Use sp_configure to set a value for blocked process threshold. Create an extended event session.
C. Use the Job Activity monitor to review all processes that are actively running. Review the Job History to find out the duration of each step.
D. Run the sp_who command from a query window.
E. Run the DBCC TRACEON 1222 command from a query window and review the SQL Server event log.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by Iva10 at July 6, 2020, 9:52 a.m.

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Zikato

4 years, 5 months ago

Profiler is deprecated but B is also wrong, the query might run longer than 1 sec without blocking anything. I would still side with A

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dxico

4 years, 5 months ago

Answer is B. Profiler trace is deprecated

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Iva10

4 years, 11 months ago

I think A, because B is mesuring blocked process time not duration of query. Profiler also have blocked process counter which is different than duration. https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/4401/find-long-running-sql-server-queries-using-profiler/

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KC

4 years, 10 months ago

I think the profiler trace is deprecated. So I’m not sure Microsoft recommends using it.

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