SQL Server Questions and Answers – MDX – 1

This set of SQL Server Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “MDX – 1”.

1. _______ lets you manage cube context from within an MDX script.
a) CALCULATE
b) CALC
c) SCOPE CALC
d) None of the mentioned
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2. Point out the correct statement.
a) Few MDX queries run within a specified cube context
b) SELECT statement is the most frequently used query in MDX
c) When formulating a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) SELECT statement, an application typically examines a cube and divides the set of hierarchies into three subsets
d) None of the mentioned
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3. ________ 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
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4. The Backus-Naur Form (BNF) of {*(<comment> | <whitespace> | <newline>)} will be parsed as ______ for backwards compatibility.
a) {\}
b) {*}
c) {+}
d) {-}
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5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) The WHERE clause describes the slicer axis in an MDX query
b) MDX syntax distinguishes sets by surrounding tuples or members with braces
c) MDX queries can have three query axes in the SELECT statement
d) None of the mentioned
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6. ___________ 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
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7. The following code is a syntax of which statement?

CREATE [ SESSION ] [HIDDEN] [ CALCULATED ] MEMBER CURRENTCUBE | Cube_Name.Member_Name 
   AS MDX_Expression
      [,Property_Name = Property_Value, ...n]
......[,SCOPE_ISOLATION = CUBE]

a) CREATE SESSION
b) CREATE CUBE
c) CREATE MEMBER
d) CREATE MDX
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8. Which of the following is valid syntax for CREATE GLOBAL CUBE?
a)

CREATE GLOBAL CUBE [LocalReseller]
   Storage 'C:\LocalAWReseller1.cub'
   FROM [Adventure Works]
   (
      MEASURE  [Adventure Works].[Reseller Sales Amount],
      DIMENSION [Adventure Works].[Reseller],
      DIMENSION [Adventure Works].[DATE]
   )

b)

CREATE GLOBAL CUBE [LocalReseller]
   FROM [Adventure Works]
   (
      MEASURE  [Adventure Works].[Reseller Sales Amount],
      DIMENSION [Adventure Works].[Reseller],
      DIMENSION [Adventure Works].[DATE]
   )

c)

CREATE GLOBAL CUBE [LocalReseller]
   Storage 'C:\LocalAWReseller1.cub'
   (
      MEASURE  [Adventure Works].[Reseller Sales Amount],
      DIMENSION [Adventure Works].[Reseller],
      DIMENSION [Adventure Works].[DATE]
   )

d) All of the mentioned
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9. Which of the following is the MDX Data Definition Statement?
a) CREATE ACTION
b) DROP CUBE
c) CREATE CUBE
d) None of the mentioned
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10. 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\
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