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A. The Report author can use the default aggregation, or override it by using the
reporting application to apply a different type of aggregation.
B. Framework Manager uses the Usage value to determine the value of the Regular
Aggregate property of each query item.
C. An aggregation rule must be applied to a query item or calculation, as detail row
information is not supported.
D. Aggregate settings include sum, count, and average, as well as several others.
2. When a report or ad hoc query author creates a report from a relational data
source in Query Studio or Report Studio, they are (5)
A. create users, groups, and roles that are specific to a ReportNet application
B. leverage existing authentication information including users names, Ids, and
passwords
C. assign permissions to access Framework Manager objects
D. none of the above
A. generates a new property value for every multilingual property of each object in the
project, and translates those values into the specified languages.
B. automatically generates a translation file.
C. generates a new property value for every multilingual property of each object in the
project, and prefixes the original value with a code representing the language added.
D. asks for the location of a translation file for import.
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6. The name [GO DataWarehouse].[PRODUCT_DIMENSION].
[PRODUCT_NAME_EN] would identify which type of object? B 4
A. namespace
B. query item
C. query subject
D. data source
7. Choose all that apply. With respect to filters, Framework Manager: (A,C B?)4
A. must specify 0..n as the cardinality for the shortcut end of the relationship
B. should prefix the shortcut a name with "recursive"
C. need to set the Usage property to "Recursive"
D. none of the above
A. creating a single-tier model representing data source objects that can be easily
navigated by report and ad hoc query authors
B. creating a physical layer containing foundation objects
C. creating one or more presentation layers that contain reporting objects
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D. sharing and reusing project information
14. If you wish to change the Cognos 8 server to which you publish, you need to
change the ________ setting in Cognos Configuration.
16. After a model query subject has been created, you can always view the query
item's target reference by:
A. right-clicking the model query subject and selecting find query item targets
B. double-clicking the query item in the Project Viewer
C. opening the Query Subject Definition dialog box and looking at the Source column
in the Query Items and Calculations pane
D. selecting the query item in the Project Viewer and then viewing the Target property
in the Properties pane
17. Where appropriate, create calculations, filters, and other modifications in the
physical layer to:
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A. make these items visible to end-users
B. maximize reuse in the presentation layer
C. avoid creating them in the presentation layer as it is not a best practice
D. prevent end-users from seeing them
20. When you publish a package you can choose to verify it before publishing.
Which problem(s) does the verification check for?
21. With regards to creating a package, the term "Nesting" refers to:
22. To facilitate the import of Architect models and Impromptu catalogs into
Framework Manager, you
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23. Assume that a package with versioning has been successfully published and a
report has been authored based upon that package. If the package is updated and
re-published to overwrite the existing package, which of the following statements
are true when the report is edited?
A. Report authors are notified that the report will use the newest version of the model in
the package.
B. The report is updated to run against the most recent version
C. The report author must save the report to complete the update.
24. With regards to Stitch Queries, which of the following is not true:
A. Cognos 8 sends down separate queries to the data source level which will be later
merged.
B. Cognos 8 requests that multiple queries be merged at the data source level using the
coalesce function.
C. Cognos 8 uses efficient outer joins on the Report Server to merge result sets
D. Cognos 8 allows for blank fields if a value exists for one query but not the other.
25. The repository type and path to the repository are defined in:
A. Cognos Configuration
B. Cognos Connection
C. Framework Manager
D. ReportNet content store
27. Once you have created a shortcut to resolve a recursive relationship, you:
A. must specify O..n as the cardinality for the shortcut end of the relationship
B. must prefix the shortcut name with "recursive"
C. need to set the Usage property to "recursive"
D. none of the above
28. To indicate no limit for a Runtime Limit governor use the following character:
A. /
B. #
C. 0
D. *
E. >
F. ?
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29. Which of the following is correct? The data sources listed in the Framework
Manager Import Wizard can be deleted from:
A. the Data Sources folder in the Framework Manager Project Viewer
B. the Framework Manager Import Wizard
C. Cognos Configuration
D. the Data Sources tab of the Cognos Connection Directory tool
**30. Which of the following statements regarding Query Subjects are true? (?)
A. A stored procedure query subject is generated when you import a user-defined
function from a data source that contains identically named tables.
B. The SQL in a data source query subject can specify to return all columns or only
specific ones.
C. Query subjects contain query items, which represent a projection list from tables in
the data source.
D. With data source query subjects you have the ability to change the SQL type. Your
options are (ODBCDirect, Cognos SQL or JetSQL).
31. Why do you need to specify dimensional information when multiple levels of
granularity exist for a conformed dimension?
A. To prevent double counting
B. To allow end-users to visually see the hierarchy of the query subjects they are
reporting with
C. To override hierarchy information specified in relational data sources
D. To prevent improperly specified cardinality
35. From within Framework Manager, you can implement security by:
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A. specifying access to packages
B. specifying access to projects
C. creating security filters
D. setting object visibility
36. Scenario: As a business rule, your organization has determined that report
consumers in all departments cannot see sales data prior to the year 2000. To apply
this business rule, you have been instructed to create and apply a filter in
Framework Manager, ensuring that only sales data for year 2000 or greater can be
retrieved in a query. In your model you have a physical layer that contains a data
source query subject called Sales Orders. This query subject contains a query item
called Order Date. You also have multiple presentation views, each of them
containing a model query subject the references the Sales Orders data source query
subject. As a best practice in meeting these requirements, you should:
A. apply the filter to the Sales Orders data source query subject in the physical layer
B. apply the filter to the model query subjects in the presentation views
C. create the filter as a stand-alone model filter and publish it with a package
37. Which of the following objects in the Framework Manager environment is used
to define a subset of metadata and is published for use by report and ad hoc query
authors?
A. relationship
B. package
C. parameter map
D. folder
38. An outer join:
39. When you test a model object that references a prompt, Framework Manager
asks you to enter the prompt value. Framework Manager continues to use this
value:
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C. until you change or clear the prompt value
D. unless the always prompt for values check box is enabled in the Prompt dialog box
40. Examples of built-in security entries that cannot be deleted from the Cognos
namespace, include the:
A. Authors role
B. System Administrators role
C. Consumers role
D. Everyone group
41. Create embedded filters when you want to reuse the expression by doing any of
the following:
A. add it to one or more query subjects to limit the data that the query retrieves when
the filtered query subject is used in a report
B. include it in a package to make it available to your report authors
C. move it, or a shortcut to it, into a folder to further organize your model objects
D. none of the above
42. Choose all that apply: In Framework Manager, you implement security by: a cd
A. defining access to objects for groups and roles, but not individual users
B. defining access to objects for groups, roles, and individual users
C. applying security filters
D. defining access for packages for groups and roles, and individual users.
43. When you import a translation TXT or CSV file, Framework Manager: D
A. imports only values that have changed since the export was conducted.
B. prefixes all import error values with "(error)".
C. automatically knows which locale is the source to translate from and which locale is
the target to translate to.
D. requires you to specify the locale to translate from and which locale is the target to
translate to.
44.After you add a project to the repository: C?
A. it is automatically checked out to the user who added it.
B. You must add comments specific to the addition of the project to the repository.
C. it must be checked out before the user can begin working on it.
D. you cannot work on the project until you close and reopen the project and then check
it out
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C. the cardinality must match what is specified in the data source.
D. presentation layer relationships take precedence over physical layer relationships.
46. You can use the log files from a Framework Manager project to:
A. View actions you have performed
B. Play back actions you have performed to ensure project integrity
C. Create a script of individual actions
D. Synchronize changes made in a metadata source to a project
49. Which of the following is NOT a best practices for specifying dimensional
information:
A. Ensure that keys and other identifiers have their usage specified as identifier. This
makes the model more intuitive.
B. When a surrogate key is available for a level, use it as the level key and treat the
business key as an attribute (which still should be set as an identifier).
C. Create a uniquely indexed key query item for each level before specifying the
dimensional information.
D. For each level, associate any query items that are specific to that level.
50. Choose all that apply. Renaming a query subject or query item used by a report
and republishing the package:
A. will not break the report but may affect its results.
B. will not immediately break the report if you have model versioning enabled.
C .will immediately break the report if you do not have model versioning enabled.
D. will affect any saved outputs of the report.
51. Which of the following will correctly complete this statement? From an existing
project, you can create a direct link to a ____________ in another project.
A. folder
B. parameter map
C. namespace
D. segment
52. A recursive relationship is not illustrated in the Object Diagram unless:
A. it is defined in the query subject's model properties
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B. it is declared at the data source level
C. each related query item's self-join property is set to point to the recursive query item
it relates to
D. create a shortcut of the query subject and then create a relationship back to the
original query subject using the recursive feature
E. you do nothing since recursive relationships cannot be displayed in the Object
Diagram.
54. The Usage property for a query item can be set to:
36. In which of the following views of the user interface can you examine
relationships between query subjects?
A. Object Diagram
B. Content view
C. Project Info view
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D. Summary pane
E. Project Viewer
<38. Modeling your metadata dimensionally can help ensure that you will have:
A. predictable query results
B. proper relationships between relational data sources and SAP BW data sources
C. proper OLAP hierarchies
D. more secure data at the row level
40. Choose all that apply. You would create a dimension between two joined facts
to:
A. ensure that your model appears like a dimensional model
B. ensure that minimized SQL is generated on multi-fact queries
C. ensure that a stitch query is generated to prevent the possible loss of data
D. prevent the possibility of double counting
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44. During a Framework Manager data source import, key and index information
from your database is stored in the:
A. content store
B. model.xml file
C. runtime model cache file
D. model's cpf file
45. When you see Cognos SQL syntax such as RSUM(1 order by
PRODUCT_FORECAST.PRODUCT_NUMBER asc local) as sc, it means:
A. ReportNet is trying to sort an integer value in the absence of an attribute
B. ReportNet is trying to sum a query item marked as an identifier
C. ReportNet is trying to create a conformed key in the absence of a conformed
dimension
D. nothing, because this syntax never occurs in Cognos SQL
46. With regards to reporting traps, unwanted query splits (full outer joins) occur
when: (M)
A. query subjects are incorrectly identified as facts
B. conformed and non-conformed dimensions are mixed
C. a model allows you to author queries that contain blind spots
D. a model does not use the star schema grouping wizard to populate the business view
47. Choose all that apply. The main goals of modeling in Framework Manager are
to: (ABD) ?
A. provide an intuitive end-user reporting/query experience
B. leverage existing metadata and add value to this metadata
C. physically modify the database schema
D. create predictable queries and results
48. When using star schema groupings in the business view, conformed dimensions
can be identified by:
A. a change in the query subject icons
B. viewing the properties of the query subjects in Framework Manager
C. viewing the properties of the query subjects in Report Studio
D. using the same name for the dimension in each star schema grouping
49. Running aggregates are used by default for summary footers in reports that are
run in:
A. interactive mode (HTML)
B. PDF format
C. batch mode
D. Excel format
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B. reading data
C. writing data
D. none of the above
51. Star schema groupings allow modelers to easily organize business segments by:
A. placing facts in one namespace and conformed dimensions in another
B. placing facts and related dimensions in one namespace with the exception of
conformed dimensions
C. placing facts and related dimensions in one namespace
D. none of the above
52. The basic structure of a dimensional data structure includes a central fact table
and several satellite tables known as ________.
A. descriptor tables
B. lookup tables
C. dimension tables
D. key tables
54. Which one of the following is NOT an option for a data source's Rollup
Processing property in Framework Manager?
A. Database
B. Extended
C. Auto Detect
D. Local
55. Which of the following objects in the Framework Manager environment acts as
a container and provides a unique name for objects?
56. Select all that are true with respect to transactional and dimensional databases.
A. Dimensional databases generally contain tables that have multiple cardinality
relationships, such as 1...1 and 1...n.
B. Transactional databases can contain tables that have multiple cardinality
relationships, such as 1..1 and 1..n.
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C. Dimensional database typically outperform transactional databases with respect to
reporting.
D. None of the above is true.
57. Conflicting join relationships occur when you have two tables in a one-to-many
relationship with a multi-part key. You may see:
A. a relationship highlighted in red in the Object Diagram
B. an error message when you test each query subject individually
C. a full outer join in the SQL when not all parts of the multi-part key are used in the
relationship
D. a message indicating you must fix the conflicting join before publishing a package
59. You can use model query subjects to disambiguate data source query subjects
by:
A. conforming facts
B. merging facts with dimensions
C. separating dimensions by facts and facts by dimensions
D. none of the above
60. Query subject A has a relationship to query subject B with a cardinality of 1..1
to 1..n respectively. To make query subject A optional in the relationship, use the
following cardinality settings:
A. 1..1 to 0..n
B. 1..n to 0..n
C. 1..0 to 1..n
D. none of the above
61. Role-playing dimension query subjects are used to resolve the following
reporting trap:
A. one query subject with several relationships
B. multiple ambiguous joins between two query subjects
C. unwanted query splits (full outer joins)
D. queries that reference two facts with no conformed dimension
62. Choose all that apply. Cognos generates native SQL that:
A. is designed to use the database's optimizers
B. is optimized to work with the specific database vendor and version
C. writes back to the database
D. leverages features of databases wherever possible
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63. With regards to reporting traps, blind spots occur when:
A. you do not import all the tables from a data source
B. a query subject has no relationships attached
C. a required relationship path is missing due to the omission of a query subject in a
query
D. a query subject has more than one relationship attached
64. You are writing a query involving two query subjects (query subject A and
query subject B) that contain fact query items. These two query subjects have no
direct relationship to each other. Which of the following scenarios will cause a cross
join to occur?
A. selecting fact query items from query subjects A and B and one textual query item
(such as "Product Name") from a conformed dimension
B. selecting a textual query item (such as "Product Name") from fact query subject A
and a fact query item from fact query subject B
C. selecting fact query items from query subjects A and B, one textual query item from
a conformed dimension and one textual query item from a non-conformed dimension
D. selecting one fact query item from query subject A, two fact query items from query
subject B, and textual query items from two or more conformed dimensions
65. Which of the following statements is true regarding the scope of objects in
Framework Manager.
A. A namespace uniquely qualifies the name of an object.
B. A model query subject references query items from data source or model query
subjects.
C. A model query subject that references multiple query subjects will also refer to any
relationships between them.
D. A shortcut query subject points to the model or data source query subject it is created
from and cannot be modified, only renamed.
E. All the above statements are true.
66. A query subject with multiple valid relationships to another query subject is a
good candidate for:
A. role-playing dimensions
B. a recursive dimension
C. slowly changing dimensions
D. conformed dimensions
68. Choose all that apply. You should specify dimension information to:
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A. ensure correct rollups for multi-grain queries
B. prevent double counting
C. specify that the dimension is conformed
D. minimize SQL
69. The recommended approach to dealing with multiple hierarchies for a query
subject is to:
A. create shortcuts to the original query subject and change the cardinality of the
relationships as required
B. specify multiple hierarchies for the query subject and allow the authors to select
which hierarchy they want to use through the user interface
C. specify only one hierarchy (because you cannot specify more than one)
D. create a model query subject for each version of the hierarchy and specify the
appropriate dimension information
70. What does the X and R in XSUM and RSUM stand for?
71. After a filter has been applied to a query subject, the relationships between it
and other query subjects should be examined to determine if:
A. any records will be returned
B. the nature of the cardinality has changed
C. an unnecessary full outer join is generated
D. SQL is being minimized
72. For a query subject to be recognized as a fact by ReportNet's query engine in all
query scenarios:
A. the query subject requires one instance of 1..n cardinality and one instance of 1..1
cardinality to be attached to it
B. the query subject requires all instances of attached cardinality to be either 1..n or 0..n
C. the query subject must only have 1..1 or 0..1 cardinalities attached
D. none of the above
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C. that dimension information needs to be specified
D. a filter is required to focus the record set
75. Choose the ideal cardinality between a fact query subject and a dimension
query subject when modeling in Framework Manager
A. 1..n to 1..n
B. 1..1 to 1..1
C. 1..1 to 1..n
D. n..1 to 1..1
78. Which of the following statements regarding the creation of a package are false?
A. Objects can be hidden so as not to be visible to the end-user
B. Once the package has been defined, it can no longer be edited
C. A best practice when creating a package is to exclude the physical layer as it is
usually not modeled for presentation purposes
D. Languages must be added to a project before they can be added to a package
E. The package function list is used to specify which data source functions are available
to report authors
F. By default, a verification of the package will automatically take place prior to
publishing a package
79. If the Regular Aggregate property for a query item is set to Calculated, the
default behavior in Query Studio and Report Studio will be to:
A. calculate first and then summarize
B. summarize first and then calculate
C. calculate but not summarize
D. cache the calculated values for use in subsequent queries
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80. The recommended approach to dealing with multiple hierarchies for a query
subject is to:
A. create shortcuts to the original query subject and change the cardinality of
the relationships as required
B. specify multiple hierarchies for the query subject and allow the authors to
select which hierarchy they want to use through the user interface
C. specify only one hierarchy (because you cannot specify more than one)
D. create a model query subject for each version of the hierarchy and specify
the appropriate dimension information
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