Interview Questions

1. SSMS provides different options to develop your SSIS package starting with ___________ wizard?

Options:

a. Import and Export

b. Copy and Import

c. Export and Bulk Insert

d. None of the mentioned

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2. Point out the wrong statement?

Options:

a. Prior to SSIS, Data Transformation Services (DTS) in SQL Server 2000 performs the tasks with fewer features

b. SSIS is used to perform operations like loading the data based on the need, performing different transformations on the data like doing calculations

c. Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) is a tool which can be used to develop only SSIS packages

d. All of the mentioned

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3. Which of the following is the best practice related to SSIS?

Options:

a. Plan for capacity by understanding resource utilization.

b. SSIS is an in-memory pipeline, so ensure that all transformations occur in memory

c. Baseline source system extract speed

d. All of the mentioned

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4. If SSIS is not able to drive close to 100% CPU load, this may be indicative of___________?

Options:

a. Software Contention

b. Application contention

c. Processor contention

d. None of the mentioned

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5. Point out the wrong statement?

Options:

a. SSIS moves data as fast as your network is able to handle it

b. It is important to understand your network topology and ensure that the path between your source and target have both low latency and high throughput

c. Integration Services can be tuned beyond the speed of your source

d. All of the mentioned

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