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What modeling view contains the reusable dimensions used for
1 analysis? Attribute views Analytic views Calculation views Summary views RED
2 What view contains multidimensional reporting models? Attribute views Analytic views Calculation views Summary views YELLOW
3 What are the two types of calculation views? Graphical & Summary Summary & Script Script & Graphical Detailed & Graphical YELLOW
Replaces entire packages
Import overwrites existing and can lead to data loss & Import does not activate & Import does not activate &
What considerations should be kept in mind when dealing with client- objects & Import does not Exported objects can be Exported objects can be Replaces entire packages
4 side import of information models? activate changed changed and can lead to data loss YELLOW
Replaces entire packages
and can lead to data loss &
Is intended for Must be performed during Server-side import can do Server-side import can do
transporting deletions & system downtime & Server- automatic activation & automatic activation & Is
What considerations should be kept in mind when dealing with server- Must be performed during side import can do Replaces entire packages intended for transporting
5 side import of information models? system downtime automatic activation and can lead to data loss deletions GREEN
Analytic privileges & System privileges &
System privileges & Modeling privileges & Executive privileges & Modeling privileges &
6 What types of privileges can be assigned to roles in SAP HANA? Modeling privileges Executive privileges System privileges Analytic privileges GREEN
Minimum password Minimum length &
Required character groups lifetime & Minimum length Required character groups
Minimum length & & Minimum password & Unlimited invalid & Unlimited invalid
7 What password parameters can be configured in SAP HANA? Required character groups lifetime attempts attempts GREEN
What is the recommended approach for real-time ERP replication to Use BOBJ Master Data Use legacy system
8 HANA? Management migration workbench Use the SLT Use Data Services YELLOW
Column store databases & Multi-core architecture & 64bit address space & Data compression & 64bit
9 SAP HANA leverages what hardware innovations? Data compression Column store databases Multi-core architecture address space YELLOW
Column store databases & Data compression & 64bit 64bit address space & Multi-core architecture &
10 SAP HANA leverages what software innovations? Data compression address space Multi-core architecture Column store databases RED
Planning and consolidation Sales analysis & Planning
What are the top three SAP HANA uses cases identified via value Sales analysis & CO-PA & & Financial analysis & CO- CO-PA & Financial analysis and consolidation &
11 assessment? Planning and consolidation PA & Sales analysis Financial analysis YELLOW
12 SAP HANA can be purchased in units of what size? 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB GREEN

Which of the following statements describe the value delivered by SAP RUN BOLDER & RUN RUN SIMPLER & RUN RUN BOLDER & RUN RUN SMARTER & RUN
13 HANA? SIMPLER GREENER SIMPLER & RUN SMARTER GREENER & RUN SIMPLER YELLOW
Batch data loads
eliminated & Business self-
Business self-service Traditional databases for service analytics Batch data loads
analytics empowered & transactional systems empowered & Data eliminated & Business self-
What transactional and infrastructure enablers are delivered by in- Data warehouses and dataeliminated & Batch data warehouses and data service analytics
14 memory? marts consolidated loads eliminated marts consolidated empowered YELLOW
Regular Partner Edge
discounts apply & De- De-coupled from hardware Available on SAP Direct
coupled from hardware purchased & Available on price list & Regular Partner
15 What pricing metrics apply to SAP HANA? User based pricing only purchased SAP Direct price list Edge discounts apply YELLOW
What licensable components are required to get started with SAP SAP HANA Engine & HANA HANA applications & SAP SAP Named Users & SAP SAP HANA Engine & HANA
16 HANA? applications Named Users HANA Engine Premium Content YELLOW
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Real-Time Decision Making
Accelerate Business Unlock New Insights & & Accelerate Business
Real-Time Decision Making Performance & Decrease IT Accelerate Business Performance & Unlock
17 How does SAP HANA software deliver value to the customer? & Unlock New Insights efficiency Performance New Insights GREEN
With the sums of the
You have created a balances report with data from SAP HANA and With the balances stored in With the calculated individual values stored in
want to check that the values on the report are correct. With which of the SAP BusinessObjects measures stored in SAP With the aggregate values SAP HANA or in the source
18 the following would you compare the balances on the report? universe HANA stored in SAP HANA system GREEN
Which of the following settings are mandatory for configuring the Repository name & Logon Type of objects & SAP Server address & Type of objects & Source
19 import server in the SAP HANA studio? credentials HANA target object Repository name connection YELLOW
Which component of the Execution Control module breaks the query
20 into executable parts? SQL script Calculation engine MDX SQL parser GREEN

Create an Explorer
information space & Index Create an Explorer
the Explorer information Configure the Explorer in information space &
space & Configure the the Central Management Schedule the indexing of Create a BICS connection
Which of the following tasks are mandatory if you want to use SAP Explorer in the Central Console & Create an the Explorer information to SAP HANA & Create an
21 BusinessObjects Explorer with SAP HANA for reporting? Management Console Explorer information space space Explorer information space RED
Select the appropriate Select analytic view and
Assign the Update privilege Assign the Select privilege attribute view for the analytic privileges & Assign
to the appropriate analytic to the appropriate analytic package privilege & Select Select privilege to analytic
You want to grant authorization to a specific user to read data held in a view & Assign the Select view & Select the the appropriate analytic view & Select the user
view. Which tasks do you perform in the User Editor of the SAP HANA privilege to the appropriate attribute view view for the SQL and from user folder in SAP
22 studio to achieve this? appropriate analytic view for the package privilege analytic privileges HANA GREEN
Which technology supports true real-time replication of SAP ERP Pool SAP Landscape SAP BusinessObjects Data SAP BusinessObjects
23 and Cluster tables in an SAP HANA database? Sybase Replication Server Transformation (SLT) Services Information Steward BLUE
Which tool would you use to analyse possible duplicate customer SAP BusinessObjects Netweaver Master Data SAP Landscape
24 records from SAP HANA? Information Steward Managment BOBJ Data Services Transformation (SLT) BLUE
Create Data Foundation --> Publish Connection --> Publish Connection --> Publish Connection -->
Publish Connection --> Create Data Foundation --> Create Data Foundation --> Create Business Layer -->
Which of the following seqences is correct with regard to using IDT Create Business Layer --> Create Business Layer --> Assign Security --> Create Create Data Foundation --
25 with SAP HANA? Assign Security Assign Security Business Layer > Assign Security BLUE
According to SAP HANA best practice where would it be best to
26 perform a table join? Information Design Tool WebI Report Analytic View Calculation View YELLOW
27 Which of the following calendars are available in SAP HANA? Gregorian & Lunar Fiscal & Julian Julian & Gregorian Gregorian & Fiscal GREEN
When recovering SAP HANA from a poweroutage at which last point From the last Commited Not possible, full data
28 can HANA be recovered from? Only from last full backup From the last Save Point Transaction reload required YELLOW
From a perfromance point of view what do SAP recommend to use
29 when using HANA scripting? SQL script CE Functions R Lang L Lang BLUE
To reuse standard SQL
functions not provided To query existing attribute To perform projections on To create custom reusable
within the modeler & To and analytic views & To tables & To perform joins calculation functions & To
Which of the following would be reasons for building a calculation view create custom reusable perform projections on between column and row perform projections on
30 with SQL script rather than the graphical interface? calculation functions tables store tables tables RED

When you need to When you need to perform

combine a large number of a lookup on a small volume
31 When would you use a row based table in SAP HANA? records in an analytic view For storing Master data of records As a data staging layer YELLOW
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SAP Business Objects tools use which connection technologies when
32 connecting to SAP HANA? MDX & SQL SQL & BICS BICS & MDX SQL & MDX BLUE
Which Connection technologhy nativly supports Hierarchies in SAP
33 HANA? MDX SQL BICS JDBC YELLOW
Only relevant tables Declustering of table
considered for DB Only relevant tables Collects data changes & classes into transparent
recording & Replicated considered for DB Declustering of table format & Replicated
changes are deleted from recording & Collects data classes into transparent changes are deleted from
34 What is the purpose of the DB trigger in SLT? logging tables changes format logging tables RED

Only relevant tables

Provides scheduling
options for data replication
& Writes data through DB
connection to SAP HANA
35 What is the purpose of the Controller Module in SLT? system
Which process type would you use in BOBJ data services for extracting
36 large volumes of information from SAP BW or ECC? RFC_READ_TABLE
When using ODP – (Operational Data Provider) which extractors can be All Source system
37 used? extractors
In which ECC or BW table can extractors that are used with data
38 services be found? RSBOBJDS
39 Which SSO method is supported by SAP HANA? SNC
In an SAP HANA graphical calculation View which component is not
40 supported? Unions
Which transaction code would you use to understand the ERP data
41 model in ECC? SE11
Load Tables --> Create
Analytic Views --> Create
Attribute Views --> Create
42 with regards to creating models in HANA which is the correct process? Calculation Views
43 Which SQL stement should you avoid using when modelling in HANA SUM
Ensures mapping between considered for DB
HANA DB structure and DB Writes data through DB recording & Ensures
structure of source system connection to SAP HANA mapping between HANA
& provides scheduling system & Collects data DB structure and DB
options for data replication changes structure of source system BLUE
Read tables via ABAP
RFC/BAPIs function calls dataflows IDOCs YELLOW
Extractors that use delta
Only released Extractors pointers Non LIS extractors BLUE
T001 RSOLTPSOURCE ROOSATTR GREEN
LDAP Kerberos SAP SSO Cetificates YELLOW
Projections Output Filter GREEN
SD11 RSHANA LISTSCHEMA BLUE
Load Tables --> Create Create Attribute Views --> Create Calculation Views --
Attribute Views --> Create Load Tables --> Create > Create Attribute Views --
Analytic Views --> Create Analytic Views --> Create > Load Tables --> Create
Calculation Views Calculation Views Analytic Views BLUE
GROUP BY OPEN CURSOR COUNT YELLOW

44 Which of the follwing can not be created as part of a HANA data model Calculated Measure Restricted Measure Calculated Attribute Restricted Attribute GREEN
45 When creating a text join which Cardinality should be used: N:1 1:N 1:1 N:N YELLOW
A user wants to a report broadcast from SAP HANA, which tool would
46 they use Crystal Reports Dashboards Advanced Analysis BW RED
A user wants to know which tool to use to perform grahpical what if
47 analysis, what shoukd you reccomend? Crystal Reports Dashboards WebI Advanced Analysis BLUE
Parent Child & Time
48 What are the two available Hierarchy types in SAP HANA? Level & Node Distribution Dependant Level & Parent Child Time Dependant & THJ YELLOW
How can you display the query run time of a query executed on SAP SQL Editor & BO Explorer & Advanced Analysis & BO Explorer & Refresh time
49 HANA? (Choose all correct answers) Refresh time on WebI Refresh time on WebI on WebI BO Explorer & SQL Editor RED
What methods are available to preview data within the SAP HANA Definition View & Data Data Preview & Definition
50 Studio? Data Editor & SQL Editor Editor Data Preview & SQL Editor View YELLOW