Microsoft Technology Associate Certification Exam Review Kit
Microsoft Technology Associate Certification Exam Review Kit
Audience
• This Exam Review Kit is intended for students attending high schools and two-year colleges
who have an interest in technology and technology-related careers, and who are preparing for
the MTA Certification Exam 98-364: Database Administration Fundamentals and seek to
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prove their introductory knowledge of and skills with databases, including relational
databases such as Microsoft SQL Server.
• It is recommended that exam candidates be familiar with the concepts of and have hands-on
experience with the technologies described here, either by taking relevant training courses or
by working with tutorials and samples available on MSDN and in Microsoft Visual Studio.
Although minimal hands-on experience with the technologies is recommended, job
experience is not assumed for these exams.
• Candidates for this exam are in the process of expanding their knowledge and skills in the
following areas:
• Core database concepts
• Relational database concepts
• Security requirements for databases and the data stored in them
• Database objects, such as tables and views
• Graphical tools and Transact–Structured Query Language (T-SQL) scripts
• Database queries
• Database Definition Language (DDL)
• Data Manipulation Language (DML)
• Stored procedures
Student Prerequisites
This course requires that you meet the following prerequisites:
• It is assumed that students taking an MTA certification exam have completed and/or are
currently taking academic courses, have job experience that addresses the exam objective
domain, or both.
• It is expected that students have had experience using SQL Server and Visual Studio.
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3. Manipulating Data
3.1. Select data.
This objective may include but is not limited to: utilizing SELECT queries to extract
data from one table; extracting data by using joins; combining result sets by using
UNION and INTERSECT.
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5. Administering a Database
5.1. Understand database security concepts.
This objective may include but is not limited to: understanding the need to secure a
database, what objects can be secured, what objects should be secured, user accounts,
and roles.
Software Requirements
The following software is suggested for this series of review lessons:
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
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About the Authors
Robert Treichel
Patricia Philips
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Peggy Fisher
Peggy teaches computer science at Indian Valley High School (IVHS), a rural high school in Central,
Pennsylvania, that offers courses in programming (C#, Visual Basic, and Java for Advanced Placement
courses), and Web design, including Expression Web, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML),
JavaScript, and cascading style sheets (CSS). Prior to teaching, Peggy worked for a large insurance
company outside Philadelphia. She started as a job coordinator, moved to programming, and then
became a systems analyst and manager. Finally, she was promoted to director prior to leaving the
corporate world to join the field of education. She has been at IVHS for the past eight years and truly
enjoys her new career. Peggy also teaches part-time at Pennsylvania State University in the Continuing
Education program. Her goal in teaching is to instill the love of learning so that her students will
graduate, but also become life-long learners.
Peter Gruenbaum
Peter has been a physicist, software developer, technical writer, and teacher. He has written about
technologies as diverse as the Tablet PC, mobile phones, distance learning, and cloud computing. As a
software developer, he has written software using Tablet PCs, Augmented Reality, 3-D visualization,
and computer-aided design. He created a program to teach creative technology classes to low-income
youths to inspire them to consider technology careers, obtaining grant money from the Gates
Foundation, Microsoft, and others. He founded the company SDK Bridge to bring his writing and
teaching together. Peter received his BA in physics from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. in
applied physics from Stanford University.
Brian G. Scarbeau
Brian currently teaches computer science at Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, Florida. He
has 31 years of teaching experience, including 5 spent in college-level computer science. Brian was a
Microsoft MVP for 5 years. Brian traveled the States and Canada teaching teachers how to use
Microsoft .NET products with their students. He developed curricula in ASP.NET Web Matrix and
DotNetNuke for Microsoft and did a series of webcasts on DotNetNuke. He is a co-author of
Professional DotNetNuke 5 (Wrox 2009).
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