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IT SPECIALIST EXAM OBJECTIVES

Databases
1. Database Design
1.1 Given a scenario, design tables for storing data
• Identify entities, rows/records, columns/fields

1.2 Given a scenario, identify the appropriate primary key

Manage Workbook Options and Settings


• Primary key, composite/compound key

1.3 Given a scenario, choose data types to meet requirements


• Definition and importance of data types; how data types affect storage
requirements; data types for storing text, numbers, dates and times, and
Boolean values

1.4 Given a scenario, design relationships between tables


• How to establish relationships using primary and foreign keys, entity-
relationship diagrams (ERDs), referential integrity

1.5 Normalize a database


• Reasons for normalization, how to normalize a database to third normal
form (3NF)

1.6 Given a scenario, identify data protection measures


• Backups, restore, principle of least privilege , GRANT, WITH GRANT
OPTION, REVOKE, purpose of roles

2. Database Object Management using DDL


2.1 Construct and analyze queries that create, alter, and drop tables
• Create, alter, and drop tables by using proper ANSI SQL syntax; NULL and
NOT NULL

2.2 Construct and analyze queries that create, alter, and drop views
• Create, alter, and drop views by using proper ANSI SQL syntax; purpose of
views

2.3 Construct and analyze stored procedures and functions


• Input and output parameters, return values, purpose of stored procedures

2.4 Given a scenario, choose between clustered and non-clustered


indexes
• When to use clustered vs. non-clustered indexes, syntax for creating
indexes

3. Data Retrieval
3.1 Construct and analyze queries that select data
• INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, CROSS JOIN (Cartesian product),
and FULL OUTER JOIN; self joins; combine result sets by using UNION and
INTERSECT; DISTINCT; column alias; computed columns

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IT SPECIALIST EXAM OBJECTIVES

3.2 Construct and analyze queries that sort and filter data
• ORDER BY, WHERE, LIKE, BETWEEN, AND, OR, NOT, TOP (LIMIT), IN, NOT
IN, ANY, ALL, NULL, NOT NULL, comparison operators

3.3 Construct and analyze queries that aggregate data


• GROUP BY, HAVING, MIN, MAX, COUNT, AVG (AVERAGE), SUM

4. Data Manipulation using DML


4.1 Construct and analyze INSERT statements
• INSERT INTO SELECT, INSERT INTO VALUES

4.2 Construct and analyze UPDATE statements


• Update data in a single table

4.3 Construct and analyze DELETE statements


• Delete data from a single table

5. Troubleshooting
5.1 Troubleshoot data object management query failures
• Syntax and runtime errors

5.2 Troubleshoot data retrieval query failures


• Syntax and runtime errors

5.3 Troubleshoot data manipulation query failures


• Syntax and runtime errors

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