Certification MCQS: Sap Certified Application Associate - Sap Integrated Business Planning

SAP CERTIFIED APPLICATION ASSOCIATE - SAP INTEGRATED
CERTIFICATION MCQs BUSINESS PLANNING
Question #:1 A planning area can include one or more planning levels. What are the functions
of a planning level?
There are 2 correct answers to this question.
a) A planning level is version-specific.

b) A planning level enables users to analyze and plan at different levels.
c) A planning level is scenario-specific.
d) A planning level is defined for each planning area; it is the level at which data is saved.
Answer: B D
Question #:2 Which of these conditions must be met to create a Local Member key figure?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Key Figure is selected in the Key Figures tab in Excel add-on

b) Key Figure is created in the Planning Area app
c) Use Excel Cell References in Report Editor is selected
d) Activate Local Member Recognition is selected
Answer: D
Question #:3 You model the following supply chain:
- A finished product is manufactured on 2 different packaging lines
- Production takes place for 40 % on line A. 60 % on line which varies over time
- Produced products are immediately shipped to two warehouses, respecting the required
minimum
safely stock values
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- One warehouse is temporarily closed sometime during the next three months.
Which sourcing rules do you use?
a) U-rule
b) T-rule, time-independent
c) P-rule
d) T-rule, time-dependent
Answer: A D
Question #:4 Which objects can you query on in the Advanced Analytics application?
a) On all versions
b) On simulations
c) On scenarios
d) Only on the base version
Answer: A D
Question #:5 Which of the following fields can be overwritten in the New Planning view by
fixed default value settings?
a) Planning Unit
b) Unit of Measure to ID
c) Language
d) Currency to ID

e) Default Display Time
Answer: A B D
Question #:6 You created a time profile and want to use time levels. In which of the following
cases is it mandatory to set the time level?
a) Assign a time profile level for a planning level of a planning area.

b) Choose a time profile level in a planning view in Microsoft Excel.
c) Maintain a time profile level as a parameter in a disaggregation planning operator.
d) Assign a time profile level during a load of key figure values with the Data Integration
Jobs app.
Answer: B D
Question #:7 What can you use the Disaggregation (DISAGG) operator for in planning areas?
a) Copy master data and key figures from one planning area version to another.
b) Copy key figure values between the same versions of different planning areas.
c) Create missing planning objects
d) Check master data and key figures to reveal inconsistencies.
Answer: B C
Question #:8 You create an S&OP operator for heuristics on an SAP IBP project. What must you
enable for the S&OP operator which is specifically relevant for subnetworks?
a) Node-Based isolation check

b) Normalize Quotas parameter

c) Compute Expected Supply parameter
d) Balance Receipts parameter
Answer: C
Question #:9 You run a what-if analysis and use the Scenario planning function. Which actions
can you perform?
a) Change scenario-specific master data.

a) Run scenario-specific inventory optimization job
b) Display data in analytics.
c) Run a scenario-specific demand sensing job.
d) Share data with other users.
Answer: B C E
Question #:10 Which of the following are functions of SAP IBP for Demand?
a) Demand Sensing of demand data using the supply chain algorithm library
b) Embedded, on the fly, demand analytics
c) Demand Sensing of demand data using predictive analytics tools
d) Detailed statistical analysis of demand data using the supply chain algorithm library
e) Detailed statistical analysis of demand data using predictive analytics tools
Answer: B C E

Question #:11 You want to display and edit data in different units of measure (UOM). Which of
the following must you consider before you use UOM?
a) The conversion upload for each combination of Product-Location-Unit of Measures must

use the Data Integration application.
b) The planning views and analytics provide the user with the option to select the target
unit of measure.
c) Units of measure are usually not time-dependent.
d) Units of measure are usually not time-independent.
e) Unit of measure is an attribute of a master data type, such as Product.
Answer: B C E
Question #:12 Why would you run the Purge Non-Conforming Planning Area Data application
job?
a) To purge key figure data outside of a certain time frame

b) To purge key figure databasing on certain attributes
c) To delete non-conforming Location Products after Purge Master Data was performed
d) To purge Master Data from a certain Planning Area after activation
Answer: D
Question #:13 A time profile is defined with the levels week, month, quarter, and year. Which
PERIODID will be assigned to the quarter?

a) PERIODID1
b) PERIODID2
c) PERIODIDO
d) PERIODID3
Answer: B
Question #:14 Which of the following stages can be modeled using scenarios from the S&OP
planning cycle?
a) Demand sensing stage

b) Demand-Supply balancing
c) Demand review
d) Data input review for inventory
Answer: B C
Question #:15 Which of the following conditions are relevant for subtotals in planning view?
a) The values of the attribute-based total at the highest attribute level in the planning level
can be changed.
b) Only attribute-based totals can be added.
c) Total number of attributes that can use subtotals in the planning view can be restricted.
d) Total value can be added before or after the selected attribute.
Answer: C D

Question #:16 Which of the following functional areas are included in the out-of-the-box
Integrated Business Planning Sales and Operations model provided by SAP?
a) Rough cut supply planning

b) Consensus demand planning
c) Executive review
d) Demand Driven Materials Requirement planning
e) Finite resource capacities planning
Answer: A B C
Question #:17 What are the main benefits of using SAP IBP Control Tower?
a) To create suitable application job chains

b) Control which orders are going to be processed first by assigning rank via priority
c) Understand the impacts and cause of exceptions, and take action to solve the problem
d) Gain holistic visibility across the internal and external supply chain planning and
execution systems and networks
e) Collaborate, communicate and monitor the performance of the supply chain
Answer: C D E
Question #:18 Which of the following are the key features of SAPIBP Control tower?
a) Balance demand and supply and attain financial targets

b) What if simulation capabilities

c) Create a feasible plan

d) Smart alerts
e) Task and case management
Answer: A D E
Question #:19 Analytics charts are created by the user in the advanced analytics application.
What actions are possible in the Advanced Analytics app?
a) Merge charts together

b) Open graphics in Excel
c) Query data.
d) Group data
Answer: C D
Question #:20 Which type of object do you use to create an offset for Period ID?
a) Attribute transformation with stored key figure

b) Calculated key figure with IBP_CAGGR function
c) Attribute for time profile level
d) Stored key figure with time profile attribute
Answer: A
Question #:21 You need to define a new logic for a key figure to split values from the PERPRODC
USTREGION level to the PERPRODCUST level.
Which of the following configuration options are possible for this process?

a) Splitting the values from aggregated to detailed level using multiplication by the
proportions
b) Splitting the values from aggregated to detailed level based on stored split factor key
figure
c) Spitting the values from detailed to aggregated level by using copy operator
d) Spitting the values from aggregated to detailed level based on time profile attribute
Answer: A B
Question #:22 Which of the following checks for master data and key figures does the Check
Mode algorithm trigger?
a) Checks whether the location products specified in the master data are connected by
customer sourcing rules within the supply chain network.
b) Checks whether the required planning-level master data exists for a subset of input key
figures.
c) Checks whether the location resource specified in the master data forms a cycle in the
supply chain network.
d) Checks whether the heuristic detects cycles formed by nodes (such as location products)
in the supply chain network.
e) Checks whether the sourcing in the Production Source Item Master Data type exists.
Answer: A B D

Question #:23 Why do you run a consistency check for a key figure?
a) To verify that SUM() calculation is used for a key figure only if the Aggregation Mode of
the key figure is set to Sum or Custom
b) To verify that all key figures have a calculation defined at REQUEST level.
c) To verify that you used at most two input planning levels.
d) To verify that all key figures are marked as stored input in a key figure calculation.
Answer: B D
Question #:24 Which library is used by the forecasting engine for the Demand Sensing
algorithm?
a) Demand library
b) Predictive Analytics library
c) Supply Chain Algorithm library
d) Heuristics library
Answer: B
Question #:25 Which of the following segmentation options can you use when you configure
the segmentation profile?
a) Use ABC classification and XYZ segmentation with three segments each resulting in six
segments.
b) Use XYZ segmentation only to provide classification based on relative importance.

c) Use ABC classification only to provide classification based on two available segmentation
strategies.
d) Use time-independent key figures as segmentation measures for both ABC classification
and XYZ segmentation.
Answer: A
Question #:26 You set up periodic activities to support S&OP and want to use a job chain to
sequence these multiple steps. What must you do to use a job chain to sequence these multiple
steps?
a) Set up the job chain with five steps or less in the application job template.
b) Select the recurrence pattern in the Application Job Template app.
c) Schedule the job chain for recurring execution in the application job tile.
d) Ensure that the job chain can continue after the most error-prone step fails.
Answer: A B
Question #:27 You need to limit the value in projected periods of coverage to 999. What must
you do with the S&OP operator profile's configuration?
a) Enter 999 as an allowed quota deviation parameter.
b) Enter 999 as infinite coverage parameter.
c) Enter 999 as the global limit per message type.
d) Enter 999 as an additional parameter.
Answer: B

Question #:28 Which configuration elements can be used to add meaning to the planning
activities?
a) Reason codes
b) Microsoft Excel notes in Planning
c) Business Meaning Key figure Definition
d) Planning View notes
Answer: A D
Question #:29 Which one of the following values can you use in disaggregation expressions?
a) If (Attribute!=O, KF1 (Stored), KF2 (Calculated))

b) KF1 (Calculated) + Attribute
c) KF1 (Stored) + Helper KF
d) KF1 (Stored) + KF2 (Stored) + Attribute
Answer: A
Question #:30 Which of the following settings are relevant for planning notes?
a) It is possible to show planning notes from all planning levels

b) The number of the Period ID attribute planning note combinations in the database is
unlimited.
c) It is possible to edit or delete planning notes that were created by other users without
administrator permissions

d) Planning notes created on a higher level are disaggregated to the base planning level of
the key figure
Answer: A D
Question #:31 Which of the following is one of the functions of Multi-Echelon inventory
optimization?
a) Ability to maintain high external service levels with high internal service levels
b) Ability to optimize delivery costs between different locations
c) Ability to optimize lead times between different locations
d) Ability to maintain high external service levels with low internal service levels
Answer: B
Question #:32 What do you have to do to connect to the SAP IBP database with SAP IBP Add-In
for Microsoft Excel?
a) Activate the time profile

b) Install the SAP IBP add-in for Microsoft Excel.
c) Check that you have access to the Planning area.
d) Install the EPM Add-In for Microsoft Excel
Answer: B C
Question #:33 Which of the following chart types can be used to represent distribution in the
Advanced Analytics application?

a) Scatter
b) Heat map
c) Dual Y-Axis Line
d) Dual Stacked Column
Answer: A D
Question #:34 Which of the following are functions that represent milestone steps of the S&OP
process templates?
a) New instances of templates allow for re-use of the same processes again
b) Each step depicted in tl1e template can have tasks associated with it
c) All process templates are assigned to dashboards
d) Number of steps in a process template is the same for all implementations
Answer: A B
Question #:35 Which of the following planning entities must you set up when you configure a
planning area?
a) Time Profile
b) Attribute
c) Planning View Template
d) Planning Operator
Answer: A B
Question #:36 How can you define new key figures?

a) You create a key figure in the IBP Excel Add-In UI.

b) B. You create a new key figure for the configuration application.
c) You create a new key figure with one key figure attribute.
d) By converting an attribute into a key figure in the configuration application.
Answer: B D
Question #:37 You have set up infinite S&OP Heuristics for unconstrained planning. What must
you do to model inputs as constraints?
a) Set minimum and maximum lot sizes.

b) Model adjusted transport receipts.
c) Create product substitutions.
d) Enter transportation lead times.
Answer: B D
Question #:38 You are adding a value-based filter to a planning view. Which of the following
conditions apply?
a) The alerts dashboard is not available if a value-based filter is set for the open planning
view
b) Can only apply one value-based filter per planning view.
c) You can add or delete planning objects to the planning view after these filters are
applied
d) These filters can be used together with attribute totals in the same planning view

e) These filters are always applied based on the values stored in the database
Answer: A B E
Question #:39 You need to monitor the capacity of your Distribution Center goods receipt
employees. Every goods receipt takes two working days of a warehouse employee.
How would you model this?
a) Maintain a handling resource with available capacity on the DC and maintain the
number of days on the location product attributes.
b) Maintain a storage resource on the DC and maintain the number of days on the location
product attribute.
c) Maintain a warehouse resource on the DC and maintain the number of days on the
location product
d) Maintain a regular production resource and change the description in goods receipt
employee capacity. Maintain the number of days on the location product attribute.
Answer: D
Question #:40 What action can be performed in the Advanced Dashboards application?
a) Add process templates

b) Organize charts
c) Rename the charts
d) Display all assigned analytics on a single UI
e) Link two analytics charts

Answer: A B D
Question #:41 What must you use to integrate order data into SAP IBP?
a) Microsoft Excel UI
b) Web UI data Load
c) Smart Data Integration
d) Cloud Platform Integration for Data Service
Answer: C
Question #:42 Which of the following key functions are supported by IBP for Sales & Operations
planning?
a) Supports a basic demand planning process

b) Supports manual creation of feasible constrained plans
c) Supports a finite resource planning
d) Supports an advanced demand planning process
Answer: A C
Question #:43 Which supply chain challenge is addressed by SAP IBP Demand?
a) Inability to respond to short-term changes in supply and demand

b) Inability to understand and shape actual demand
c) Inability to arrive at consensus demand
d) Inability to synchronize supply and demand

Answer: C
Question #:44 The tiles displayed on the Launchpad homepage are arranged into groups. What
applications can you include when you create a new group or add tiles to preexisting groups?
a) Applications that belong to your assigned catalog

b) Applications from all catalogs
c) Only applications that you can see on the Launchpad home page
d) Only applications that are available in My Homegroup
Answer: A
Question #:45 How many different time levels can be selected within one planning view?
a) Only base time levels of planning area

b) All-time levels available in the time profile
c) Only time levels from base planning level of selected key figures
d) All-time levels available in the time profile. Restricted by global configuration parameter
Answer: D
Question #:46 Which of the following are the functions of Local Member key figures?
a) Inserted in the front-end by the add-in and calculated using an Excel formula
b) Inserted in the back-end by the Web UI and calculated using a key figure calculation
c) Refreshing of a planning view deletes Local Members key figures
d) Local member can be added as a row or column in planning view

Answer: A D
Question #:47 Co-production allows you to model co-products. The output of a production
process is several different products, which are produced concurrently.
Which parameters apply to the co-product?
a) Output Product Coefficient

b) Consumption of components
c) Production Lot Size
d) Capacity Consumption
Answer: A
Question #:48 Which of the following data can be tracked using change history enabled key
figure?
a) Modified date
b) Attributes
c) Key figure type
d) Reason code
e) Scenario ID
Answer: A B D
Question #:49 You are setting up a drill-down chart in the Advanced Analytics application to
allow the planner to drill down in a predefined sequence for consensus demand.
Which of the following levels are in the correct sequence?

a) Product ID, Month, Product Family

b) Product Family, Product ID, Product Sub Family
c) Product Family, Product ID, Month
d) Product Sub Family, Product Family, Product ID
Answer: C
Question #:50 Why would you use a reference master data type?
a) To reference an existing master data type.

b) To create a join between two or more master data types.
c) To reference a master data type from an external master data type.
d) To combine two or more simple master data types.
Answer: A
Question #:51 You want to grant only display rights to a specific user in the Microsoft Excel UI.
How do you do this?
a) Create user preferences

b) Create a value-based filter in Microsoft Excel add-in
c) Create a filter in the Administration Console
d) Create permission filter and assign it to a specific user
Answer: D
Question #:52 Which algorithm type can you use to plan the supply?

a) Time-series based optimizer

b) Local updates
c) Compute quotas
d) Statistical forecasting
Answer: A
Question #:53 Which of the following global parameters can be used to initialize the value of
the forecast input key figure to a small value when historical data is missing for some periods?
a) MAX_DIM_MEMBERS parameter in PLAN_VIEW group

b) FORECAST_ALLOW parameter in FORECAST group
c) MTHMISSIONS parameter in SCENARIO group
d) FORECAST_ESCAPENULL parameter in FORECAST group
Answer: D
Question #:54 Which of the following combination of nodes can be connected using the C-rule
and T-rule sourcing rules?
a) Customer-Plant and Warehouse-Supplier

b) Customer-Warehouse and Warehouse-Plant
c) Warehouse-Warehouse and Warehouse-Plant
d) Plant-Supplier and Customer-Supplier
Answer: A

Question #:55 You want to enable versions for your planning area. Which activities must you
perform?
a) Assign key figures to the version.

b) Create a version using the Web UI.
c) Assign master data to the version.
d) Create a version using the Microsoft Excel Add-In.
Answer: A B
Question #:56 Which of the following can be used as an input for inventory level optimization?
a) Reorder point
b) Lot sizes
c) Lead time variance
d) Target inventory level
Answer: B C
Question #:57 Which forecasting algorithms leverage the SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library?
a) Accuracy Measurements
b) Best Model Selection
c) Time-Series
d) Pre-Processing
e) Demand Sensing

Answer: B D E
Question #:58 What differentiates the Create New (Simple copy) and the Create New with
Dependencies (Advanced copy) functions of a planning area?
a) The planning view favorites are only copied when you use the advanced copy.
b) A copy of the time profile is only created when you use the Create New with
Dependencies (Advanced copy) function.
c) Associated attributes are only shared between the original and the new planning area
when you use the Create New (Simple copy) function.
d) Master data is only shared between the original and the new planning area when you
use the Create New (Simple copy) function.
Answer: B C
Question #:59 Which of the following SAP Integrated Business Planning modules supports
Operational Supply Planning?
a) SAP IBP Sales and Operations Planning

b) SAP IBP Supply
c) SAP IBP Response and Supply planning
d) SAP Integrated Business Planning for Inventory
Answer: C

Question #:60 You are using Resource Location master data type. How do you specify Capacity
Supply as time-dependent?
a) Maintain the CAPASUPPLY key figure values in the Planning Area.

b) Set the Capacity Supply Time Series indicator in the Resource Location master data type.
c) Set the Capacity Supply Time Series indicator attribute as a key.
d) Set the Capacity Supply additional attribute in the Time Profile.
Answer: B
Question #:61 You are working with Inventory Optimization Process and you want to use a
What If analysis. What parameters are assessed by this analysis?
a) Capacity consumption
b) Service levels
c) Changed variability
d) Number of planning combinations
Answer: B C
Question #:62 What are the main features of alert key figures?
a) Data for these key figures can be loaded into the system
b) They can be set to both calculated and stored
c) They check the conditions of other key figures
d) They can be defined as a key figure in the same way as the unit price

Answer: C
Question #:63 By default, all charts and dashboards are pubic. What should be done to make
charts and dashboards private?
a) Enable the relevant settings in the Advanced Analytics and Advanced Dashboards
application
b) Enable the relevant settings in the Global Configuration parameters
c) Set restrictions for charts in the Permission filter application.
d) Choose only relevant key figures and filters in Analytics Advanced application
Answer: B
Question #:64 Which of the following are functions of the Snapshot Key Figures feature?
a) Not exposed to the user in planning views

b) A snapshot takes a copy of a key figure at a particular point in time
c) The most recent snapshot is numbered with the highest number
d) You can create up to nine-time snapshots at periodic intervals, producing a time-lapse
view of your data
e) A snapshot is taken only if a snapshot operator is run
Answer: B D E
Question #:65 Which conditions are prerequisites for key figure disaggregation?
a) The key figure is calculated and editable in the current and future.

b) The key figure is set to Not Editable.

c) The calculated key figure is available and aggregation mode is selected.
d) The key figure is stored and editable in the current and future.
Answer: D
Question #:66 Model Configuration allows the attributes of a master data type to be assigned
as key figures. Which features are relevant for this type of object?
a) This object contains user-defined criteria that monitor the execution of business plans
b) This object provides a single value for a unique planning combination
c) This type of key figure is not usually stored and it cannot be set to be editable
d) This object is not exposed to the user in planning views or modeling
Answer: B D
Question #:67 You have set up a planning area and data is available. You adjust the necessary
time profile settings and run the consistency check.
Which settings can you change and still run a successful consistency check?
a) Change the description of the attributes in a time profile.

b) Add a new time profile level to the time profile.
c) Change the past and future horizons of the levels in the time profile.
d) Remove an attribute assigned to the time profile level if the attribute is used in a
planning level.
Answer: C

Question #:68 You are configuring a complex calculation using helper key figures. What must
you take into account while completing this task?
a) You need to apply a helper key figure if you have more than two inputs at different
planning levels in one calculation.
b) You can expose the helper key figure to the user in planning views.
c) You can use the helper key figure at different planning levels.
d) You must check if the helper key figures have a base planning level.
Answer: A C
Question #:69 Which of the following configuration rules can be applied to the copy operator?
a) Source and target planning areas are mandatory parameters.

b) Copy operator can create missing periods for the target key figure.
c) Duration is always an optional parameter.
d) Copy operator can consider both the configured filter and user-specified filter.
Answer: B D
Question #:70 You are reviewing the master data types for supply planning. Which master data
types are compound master data types?
a) SOURCE LOCATION
b) SOURCE PRODUCTION
c) SOURCE CUSTOMER

d) LOCATIONFR
Answer: A C
Question #:71 You define a fixing for key figure, which of the following functions are available
for this key figure?
a) Fixing is possible for ranges of up to 50 cells

b) Fixing is possible for manually editable key figures
c) Fixing is possible for a certain period including all child values in the hierarchy
d) Fixing is possible for system editable key figures
e) Fixing is possible for a certain quantity of a key figure value
Answer: A B C
Question #:72 You are creating a Handling resource. What Resource Type do you need to
specify?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 4
d) 2
Answer: D
Question #:73 Your project requires end-to-end visibility and basic supply and demand
planning. Which one of the following IBP Solution components do you recommend?

a) Supply Chain Control Tower

IBP for Sales and Operations
b) Supply Chain Control Tower
IBP for Supply
c) Supply Chain Control Tower
IBP for Response
d) IBP for Sales and Operations
IBP for Demand
Answer: A
Question #:74 You create a Planning filter in the WebUI app. Which of the following objects can
it be applied to?
a) Supply chain graph in Supply Chain Network app

b) Jobs in the Applications Jobs app
c) Snapshot operator in the IBP add-in for Microsoft Excel
d) Planning view templates in the IBP add-in for Microsoft Excel
Answer: B D
Question #:75 Process chevrons can be added to existing dashboards in the Advanced
Dashboards application. What do the S&OP Process chevrons represent?
a) Milestone steps represented in a dashboard in S&OP

b) Milestone steps in an organization's S&OP process
c) Milestone steps in an organization's S&OP project

d) Milestone steps that can be configured in an S&OP application
Answer: B
Question #:76 You want to set up Demand Sensing to analyze demand changes in execution or
close to execution windows. Which of the following conditions must you consider during the
setup?
a) The result generates sensed demand data at the monthly time granularity for the time
horizon defined in the forecast model
b) Set up the forecast model to be executed at product-location level
c) At setup test the system to run the Demand Sensing (full) algorithm weekly and the
Demand Sensing (update) on a daily basis.
d) It is mandatory to load historical lag-based snapshot data
Answer: C D
Question #:77 What must you do to enable change recording for a key figure?
a) Set the key figure to act for change logging.

b) Set the changelog to active for master data type used.
c) Set the planning levels to active for change logging.
d) Set the planning area to active for change logging.
Answer: A D
Question #:78 Which of the following checks for master data and key figures does the Check
Mode algorithm trigger?

a) Checks whether the required planning-level master data exists for a subset of input key
figures.
b) Checks whether the location products specified in the master data are connected by
customer sourcing rules within the supply chain network.
c) Checks whether the sourcing in the Production Source Item Master Data type exists.
d) Checks whether the heuristic detects cycles formed by nodes (such as location products)
in the supply chain network.
e) Checks whether the location resource specified in the master data forms a cycle in the
supply chain network.
Answer: A B D
Question #:79 Which conditions are prerequisites for key figure disaggregation?
a) The key figure is calculated and editable in the current and future.
b) The calculated key figure is available and aggregation mode is selected.
c) The key figure is set to Not Editable.
d) The key figure is stored and editable in the current and future.
Answer: D
Question #:80 Which of the following can be used as an input for inventory level optimization?
a) Reorder point
b) Lot sizes
c) Lead time variance

d) Target inventory level
Answer: B C
Question #:81 Which of the following are functions of SAP IBP for Demand?
a) Detailed statistical analysis of demand data using the supply chain algorithm library
b) Detailed statistical analysis of demand data using predictive analytics tools
c) Demand Sensing of demand data using predictive analytics tools
d) Demand Sensing of demand data using the supply chain algorithm library
e) Embedded, on the fly, demand analytics
Answer: B C E
Question #:82 You are configuring a complex calculation using helper key figures. What must
you take into account while completing this task?
a) You can expose the helper key figure to the user in planning views.
b) You need to apply a helper key figure if you have more than two inputs at different
planning levels in one calculation.
c) You must check if the helper key figures have a base planning level.
d) You can use the helper key figure at different planning levels.
Answer: B D
Question #:83 Which of the following conditions are relevant for subtotals in the planning
view?

a) Total number of attributes that can use subtotals in the planning view can be restricted.
b) The values of the attribute-based total at the highest attribute level in the planning level
can be changed.
c) Total value can be added before or after the selected attribute.
d) Only attribute-based totals can be added.
Answer: A C
Question #:84 You are reviewing the master data types for supply planning. Which master data
types are compound master data types?
a) LOCATIONFR
b) SOURCE PRODUCTION
c) SOURCECUSTOMER
d) SOURCE LOCATION
Answer: C D
Question #:85 What must you use to integrate order data into SAP IBP?
a) Web UI data Load

b) Microsoft Excel UI
c) Cloud Platform Integration for Data Service
d) Smart Data Integration
Answer: D

Question #:86 The tiles displayed on the Launchpad homepage are arranged into groups. What
applications can you include when you create a new group or add tiles to preexisting groups?
a) Only applications that are available in My Homegroup

b) Applications from all catalogs
c) Applications that belong to your assigned catalog
d) Only applications that you can see on the Launchpad home page
Answer: C
Question #:87 Which of the following stages can be modeled using scenarios from the S&OP
planning cycle?
a) Data input review for inventory

b) Demand review
c) Demand sensing stage
d) Demand-Supply balancing
Answer: B D
Question #:88 How many different time levels can be selected within one planning view?
a) Only base time levels of planning area

b) All time levels available in the time profile
c) All time levels available in the time profile. Restricted by global configuration parameter
d) Only time levels from base planning level of selected key figures

Answer: C
Question #:89 A time profile is defined with the levels week, month, quarter, and year. Which
PERIODID will be assigned to the quarter?
a) PERIODID3
b) PERIODID2
c) PERIODIDO
d) PERIODID1
Answer: B
Question #:90 You run a what-if analysis and use the Scenario planning function. Which actions
can you perform?
a) Change scenario-specific master data.

b) Display data in analytics.
c) Run a scenario-specific demand sensing job.
d) Run scenario-specific inventory optimization job
e) Share data with other users.
Answer: B D E
Question #:91 You need to limit the value in projected periods of coverage to 999. What must
you do with the S&OP operator profile's configuration?
a) Enter 999 as an allowed quota deviation parameter.

b) B. Enter 999 as infinite coverage parameter.

c) C. Enter 999 as global limit per message type.
d) D. Enter 999 as an additional parameter.
Answer: B
Question #:92 You create a Planning filter in the WebUI app. Which of the following objects can
it be applied to?
a) Planning view templates in the IBP add-in for Microsoft Excel

b) Jobs in the Applications Jobs app
c) Supply chain graph in Supply Chain Network app
d) Snapshot operator in the IBP add-in for Microsoft Excel
Answer: A B
Question #:93 You are setting up a drill-down chart in the Advanced Analytics application to
allow the planner to drill down in a predefined sequence for consensus demand.
Which of the following levels are in the correct sequence?
a) Product ID, Month, Product Family

b) Product Family, Product ID, Product Sub Family
c) Product Sub Family, Product Family, Product ID
d) Product Family, Product ID, Month
Answer: D

Question #:94 You would like to persistently enhance the layout, for example by underlining a
key figure, of your planning view template. What can you use to do this?
a) Microsoft Excel with Power Pivot

b) SQL
c) Microsoft Excel with EPM
d) ABAP
Answer: C
Question #:95 Which of these conditions must be met to create a Local Member key figure?
a) Use Excel Cell References in Report Editor is selected

b) Key Figure is selected in the Key Figures tab in Excel add-on
c) Activate Local Member Recognition is selected
d) Key Figure is created in the Planning Area app
Answer: C
Question #:96 Why would you use a reference master data type?
a) To create a join between two or more master data types.

b) To reference an existing master data type.
c) To reference a master data type from an external master data type.
d) To combine two or more simple master data types.
Answer: B

Question #:97 Which action that can be performed with an existing configuration object will
result in the creation of a D record in the database?
a) Performing the active deletion

b) Modifying the active record
c) Modifying the inactive record
d) Generating any new object
Answer: A
Question #:98 What function would you use to configure year to date calculation?
a) IBP_CAGGR with the aggregation mode parameter set to SUM

b) IBP_LPA with dynamic configuration to query key figures at request level
c) IBP_LPA with static configuration as you are aggregating across broader time period
d) IBP_CAGGR with the parameter for time profile level restart of a quarter
Answer: A
Question #:99 Which supply chain challenge is addressed by SAP IBP Demand?
a) Inability to arrive at consensus demand

b) Inability to understand and shape actual demand
c) Inability to synchronize supply and demand
d) Inability to respond to short term changes in supply and demand
Answer: A

Question #:100 Process chevrons can be added to existing dashboards in the Advanced
Dashboards application. What do the S&OP Process chevrons represent?
a) Milestone steps represented in a dashboard in S&OP

b) Milestone steps in an organization's S&OP process
c) Milestone steps that can be configured in an S&OP application
d) Milestone steps in an organization's S&OP project
Answer: B
Question #:101 You create an S&OP operator for heuristics on an SAP IBP project. What must
you enable for the S&OP operator which is specifically relevant for sub networks?
a) Normalize Quotas parameter

b) Node-Based isolation check
c) Compute Expected Supply parameter
d) Balance Receipts parameter
Answer: C
Question #:102 Which of the following is one of the functions of Multi-Echelon inventory
optimization?
a) Ability to optimize delivery costs between different locations

b) Ability to maintain high external service levels with low internal service levels
c) Ability to optimize lead times between different locations

d) Ability to maintain high external service levels with high internal service levels
Answer: A
Question #:103 A planning area can include one or more planning levels. What are the functions
of a planning level?
a) A planning level enables users to analyze and plan at different levels.

b) A planning level is version-specific.
c) A planning level is defined for each planning area; it is the level at which data is saved.
d) A planning level is scenario-specific.
Answer: A C
Question #:104 Why would you set up a cascading filter in the planning view?
a) To filter attributes based on other attribute filters

b) To filter using attributes that have a large number of values
c) To filter attributes based on specific values
d) To filter data in for an Application Job template
Answer: A B
Question #:105 What can you use the Disaggregation (DISAGG) operator for in planning areas?
a) Copy master data and key figures from one planning area version to another.
b) Check master data and key figures to reveal inconsistencies.
c) Create missing planning objects

d) Copy key figure values between the same versions of different planning areas.
Answer: C D
Question #:106 You want to grant only display rights to a specific user in the Microsoft Excel UI.
How do you do this?
a) Create permission filter and assign it to a specific user

b) Create a filter in the Administration Console
c) Create user preferences
d) Create a value-based filter in Microsoft Excel add-in
Answer: A
Question #:107 You are adding a value-based filter to a planning view. Which of the following
conditions apply?
a) These filters can be used together with attribute totals in the same planning view
b) B. Can only apply one value-based filter per planning view.
c) C. These filters are always applied based on the values stored in the database
d) D. You can add or delete planning objects to planning view after these filters are applied
e) E. The alerts dashboard is not available if a value-based filter is set for the open planning
view
Answer: B C E
Question #:108 You are designing the planning area granularity. How do you construct the
granularity of the data which is saved?

a) Assign a time profile and a storage profile in the planning area header configuration and
for any additional planning level
b) Assign, besides the base planning level, a separate time profile for every additional
planning level in the planning area
c) Assign a time profile and define the smallest granularity for every additional planning
level
d) Define a base planning level and assign a storage profile with the required granularity
Answer: C
Question #:109 You need to define a new logic for key figure to split values from the PERPRODC
USTREGION level to the PERPRODCUST level.
Which of the following configuration options are possible for this process?
a) Spitting the values from detailed to aggregated level by using copy operator
b) Splitting the values from aggregated to detailed level using multiplication by the
proportions
c) Splitting the values from aggregated to detailed level based on stored split factor key
figure
d) Spitting the values from aggregated to detailed level based on time profile attribute
Answer: B C
Question #:110 What are the main features of alert key figures?

a) Data for these key figures can be loaded into the system
b) They can be defined as a key figure in the same way as the unit price
c) They check the conditions of other key figures
d) They can be set to both calculated and stored
Answer: C
Question #:111 You have set up a planning area and data is available. You adjust the necessary
time profile settings and run the consistency check.
Which settings can you change and still run a successful consistency check?
a) Add a new time profile level to the time profile.

b) Remove an attribute assigned to the time profile level if the attribute is used in a
planning level.
c) Change the description of the attributes in a time profile.
d) Change the past and future horizon of the levels in the time profile.
Answer: C D
Question #:112 What action can be performed in the Advanced Dashboards application?
a) Add process templates

b) Link two analytics charts
c) Organize charts
d) Display all assigned analytics on a single UI
e) Rename the charts

Answer: A C D
Question #:113 Co-production allows you to model co-products. The output of a production
process is several different products, which are produced concurrently.
Which parameters apply to the co-product?
a) Consumption of components
b) Production Lot Size
c) Capacity Consumption
d) Output Product Coefficient
Answer: D
Question #:114 What must you do to enable change recording for a key figure?
a) Set the key figure to active for change logging.

b) Set the planning area to active for change logging.
c) Set the planning levels to active for change logging.
d) Set the changelog to active for the master data type used.
Answer: A B
Question #:115 Which one of the following values can you use in disaggregation expressions?
a) KF1 (Stored) + KF2 (Stored) + Attribute

b) If (Attribute!=O, KF1 (Stored), KF2 (Calculated))
c) KF1 (Stored) + Helper KF

d) KF1 (Calculated) + Attribute
Answer: B
Question #:116 What do you have to do to connect to the SAP IBP database with SAP IBP Add-In
for Microsoft Excel?
a) Activate the time profile

b) Check that you have access to the Planning area.
c) Install the SAP IBP add-in for Microsoft Excel.
d) Install the EPM Add-In for Microsoft Excel
Answer: B C
Question #:117 When you promote calculated and approved inventory parameters from IBP for
Inventory what other IBP modules can be receiving them?
a) Supply Planning
b) Demand Sensing
c) S&OP
d) DDMRP
Answer: A C
Question #:118 Which input parameters can you use to limit the scope of your supply planning
run?
a) Product locations

b) Time periods
c) Subnetwork
d) Permission filter
e) Versions
Answer: B C E
Question #:119 You created a key figure and want to add calculations. Which of the following
rules do you consider?
a) All key figure calculations have calculation inputs, which can be marked as stored or
non-stored.
b) Aggregation calculations using SUM or MAX functions must be based on a higher
aggregation level.
c) Key figures can be calculated across different planning levels.
d) The calculation chain for a key figure must always result in a calculated key figure.
Answer: A C
Question #:120 You are creating a planning view in the SAP IBP for Microsoft Excel add-in.
Which settings can you maintain as default values?
a) Permission filter
b) Language
c) Default Planning Area
d) Default Display Time (Zone)

Answer: B C
Question #:121 You need to create various planning operators. Which operators must you assign
to your planning area to view them in Microsoft Excel?
a) Copy Operator
b) Disaggregation Operator
c) Statistical Forecasting
d) Check Mode Operator
Answer: B C
Question #:122 What are some of the prerequisites for configuring a planning area that results
in a successful consistency check?
a) Configure at least one calculated key figure for the planning area.
b) Configure at most two input key figures on the same planning level in a key figure
calculation.
c) Specify a planning horizon in the planning area for each level of the assigned time
profile.
d) Assignment of a compound master data type necessitates the assignment of its
component master data types too.
Answer: C D
Question #:123 What differentiates the Create New (Simple copy) and the Create New with
Dependencies (Advanced copy) functions of a planning area?

a) Associated attributes are only shared between the original and the new planning area
when you use the Create New (Simple copy) function.
b) The planning view favorites are only copied when you use the advanced copy.
c) Master data is only shared between the original and the new planning area when you
use the Create New (Simple copy) function.
d) A copy of the time profile is only created when you use the Create New with
Dependencies (Advanced copy) function.
Answer: A D
Question #:124 You need to create various planning operators. Which operators must you assign
to your planning area to view them in Microsoft Excel?
a) Disaggregation Operator
b) Copy Operator
c) Check Mode Operator
d) Statistical Forecasting
Answer: A D
Question #:125 Which of the following configuration options are part of the New Key Figure
creation process?
a) Setting disaggregation logic for the key figure.

b) Enable planning notes for the key figure.
c) Hiding or displaying totals for the key figure.

d) Enable fixing for the key figure.

e) An option to set allowed planning levels.
Answer: A B D
Question #:126 What is a possible technique used by forecast models in IBP S&OP Module?
a) Statistical Algorithms
b) Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
c) Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP)
d) Predictive Analytics
Answer: A
Question #:127 Which of the following configuration options are part of the New Key Figure
creation process?
a) Setting disaggregation logic for the key figure.

b) Enable fixing for the key figure.
c) An option to set allowed planning levels.
d) Enable planning notes for the key figure.
e) Hiding or displaying totals for the key figure.
Answer: A B D

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