BI 7.0 Certification Query

Question

Dear Gurus,
I am giving certification exam in a short while. I have a list of Questions which i would like to ask with reference to BI 7.0. Dont dont have to answer all the questions, just answer what you know. I would be realy grateful:
1: Which of the following refer to pointer tables that provide the technical link to the master
data outside of the InfoCube?
a. Dimension tables
b. Set IDs
c. M tables
d. SID tables
e. ODS transparent tables
2: Which of the following statements describes a categorical dimension?
a. An artificial dimension used to describe the status of another dimension
b. An artificial dimension/attribute used to categorize another dimension
c. An artificial dimension used in a reporting scenario where the comparison of the
same key figure is needed
d. A dimension that is used across all cubes
e. None of the above
3: Which of the following is an example of a slowly changing dimension?
a. Customer on a sales order
b. Date
c. Person responsible for a cost center
d. Value of a purchase order
e. None of the above
4: Which of the following occurs as a result of degenerating dimensions?
a. The grain of the fact table represents actual working documents like order number
or invoice number
b. All descriptive attributes of the grain are located in other dimensions
c. The InfoCube becomes very weak and performs poorly when it is run
d. The degenerating dimensions cannot be modeled using normal star schema
e. None of the above
5: Which of the following describes an unbalanced hierarchy?
a. A hierarchy with too many leaves within one branch
b. A hierarchy with fewer nodes within one or more branches
c. Hierarchy without leaves
d. The term used for data that are delivered from two or more sources on different aggregation
levels
e. None of the above
6: Which of the following represents a characteristic that spans an entire data model and
upon which all other entities are dependent?
a. Many-to-many relationship
b. A degenerated characteristic
c. A strong entity
d. An attribute
e. A data model characteristic
7: When should an attribute be placed in a separate dimension?
a. Always
b. If the attribute changes frequently
c. If the attributes have a large number of distinct values
d. Never
e. None of the above
8: Which of the following objects keeps the aggregate and InfoCube in sync?
a. Dim pointer
b. Read pointer
c. SID pointers
d. Surrogate pointer
e. None of the above
f. All of the above
9: Which of the following statements are not correct about the PSA?
a. Created for each communication structure
b. Transfer rules have been applied
c. You can load from the PSA to an InfoCube
d. Queries can be generated from the PSA
e. None of the above
10: In which case can you not use aggregates in SAP BW?
a. Attributes of time-dependent characteristics
b. Slowly changing dimensions
c. Hierarchy structure
d. Degenerate dimension
e. None of the above
11: What does the Data Changes Aggregate Update Program do?
a. Activate all hierarchies and attributes
b. Generate all aggregates affected with a new change ID
c. Set the pointers to the right change ID
d. Roll up all aggregates that have been changed since the last update
e. None of the above
12: Which of the following are correct concerning CO/PA?
a. Summarization levels for an operating concern have the same function as aggregates
for an InfoCube
b. CO/PA summarization levels are managed by the InfoCube, and always contain the
same numbers as the InfoCube that they are based on
c. Characteristics in CO/PA correspond to the characteristics in InfoCubes
d. The value fields in CO/PA can be regarded as key figures with additional summarization
in each characteristic
e. Line items in CO/PA can be compared to line items in the ODS
13: For what type of CO/PA data source can selection criteria be used to implement a delta
scenario?
a. Cost based
b. Time based
c. Account based
d. Value based
e. None of the above
14: Which of the following tables can be created for a ledger in FI/SL?
This question has only one answer.
a. Aggregate tables
b. InfoCube level tables
c. Line item level tables
d. Summarization level tables
e. Totals tables
15: Which of the following data is it better to load first?
a. Attributes
b. Hierarchies
c. It does not matter
d. Text
e. Transactional data
f. None of the above
16: In which of the following do you specify TRFC or IDOCs?
a. Transfer method tab
b. Update rules
c. Transfer rules
d. BEx Analyzer
e. None of the above
17: Which of the following describes a Result Set query?
a. A nested query where the results of a first query are used as entry values for a second
query
b. A query using flat tables (ODS object or InfoObject)
c. A prequery
d. There is no such thing in SAP BW
e. None of the above
18: What step do CO/PA, LO extraction, and LIS extraction methods have in common when
setting up delta management of uploads?
a. On the scheduler you activate a full upload
b. On the scheduler you initialize the delta upload
c. Setup of delta tables
d. The delta is managed in the service API
e. The InfoStructure tables are used
f. VBDATA and ARFCSDATA tables
19: What is the procedure for the LIS delta update?
a. There is no delta update in LIS
b. u201CGenerate updatingu201D regenerates the update program and ensures that a delta update
is possible
c. Activate u201Cdelta updating in the LISu201D setting in the report u201CRMCSBIWCu201D
d. The active delta table is defined in u201CTMCBIWu201D
e. None of the above
20: According to which of the following levels can the DataSource replication occur?
a. Application component
b. DataSource
c. Extract routines
d. Hierarchies
e. Source system
Would be really grateful.
Regards,
Shahzad

Answer 1

Hi,
Some confirm answers from my side:-
1: Which of the following refer to pointer tables that provide the technical link to the master data outside of the InfoCube?
a. Dimension tables b. Set IDs c. M tables d. SID tables e. ODS transparent tables
2: Which of the following statements describes a categorical dimension? a. An artificial dimension used to describe the status of another dimension b. An artificial dimension/attribute used to categorize another dimension c. An artificial dimension used in a reporting scenario where the comparison of the same key figure is needed d. A dimension that is used across all cubes e. None of the above
3: Which of the following is an example of a slowly changing dimension?
a. Customer on a sales order b. Date c. Person responsible for a cost center d. Value of a purchase order e. None of the above
4: Which of the following occurs as a result of degenerating dimensions? a. The grain of the fact table represents actual working documents like order number or invoice number b. All descriptive attributes of the grain are located in other dimensions c. The InfoCube becomes very weak and performs poorly when it is run d. The degenerating dimensions cannot be modeled using normal star schema e. None of the above
5: Which of the following describes an unbalanced hierarchy? a. A hierarchy with too many leaves within one branch b. A hierarchy with fewer nodes within one or more branches c. Hierarchy without leaves d. The term used for data that are delivered from two or more sources on different aggregation levels e. None of the above
6: Which of the following represents a characteristic that spans an entire data model and upon which all other entities are dependent? a. Many-to-many relationship b. A degenerated characteristic c. A strong entity d. An attribute e. A data model characteristic
7: When should an attribute be placed in a separate dimension? a. Always b. If the attribute changes frequently c. If the attributes have a large number of distinct values d. Never e. None of the above
8: Which of the following objects keeps the aggregate and InfoCube in sync? a. Dim pointer b. Read pointer c. SID pointers d. Surrogate pointer e. None of the above f. All of the above
9: Which of the following statements are not correct about the PSA? a. Created for each communication structure b. Transfer rules have been applied c. You can load from the PSA to an InfoCube d. Queries can be generated from the PSA e. None of the above
10: In which case can you not use aggregates in SAP BW? a. Attributes of time-dependent characteristics b. Slowly changing dimensions c. Hierarchy structure d. Degenerate dimension e. None of the above
11: What does the Data Changes Aggregate Update Program do? a. Activate all hierarchies and attributes b. Generate all aggregates affected with a new change ID c. Set the pointers to the right change ID d. Roll up all aggregates that have been changed since the last update e. None of the above
12: Which of the following are correct concerning CO/PA? a. Summarization levels for an operating concern have the same function as aggregates for an InfoCube b. CO/PA summarization levels are managed by the InfoCube, and always contain the same numbers as the InfoCube that they are based on c. Characteristics in CO/PA correspond to the characteristics in InfoCubes d. The value fields in CO/PA can be regarded as key figures with additional summarization in each characteristic e. Line items in CO/PA can be compared to line items in the ODS
13: For what type of CO/PA data source can selection criteria be used to implement a delta scenario? a. Cost based b. Time based c. Account based d. Value based e. None of the above
14: Which of the following tables can be created for a ledger in FI/SL? This question has only one answer. a. Aggregate tables b. InfoCube level tables c. Line item level tables d. Summarization level tables e. Totals tables
15: Which of the following data is it better to load first? a. Attributes b. Hierarchies c. It does not matter d. Text e. Transactional data f. None of the above
16: In which of the following do you specify TRFC or IDOCs? a. Transfer method tab b. Update rules c. Transfer rules d. BEx Analyzer e. None of the above
17: Which of the following describes a Result Set query? a. A nested query where the results of a first query are used as entry values for a second query b. A query using flat tables (ODS object or InfoObject) c. A prequery d. There is no such thing in SAP BW e. None of the above
18: What step do CO/PA, LO extraction, and LIS extraction methods have in common when setting up delta management of uploads? a. On the scheduler you activate a full upload b. On the scheduler you initialize the delta upload c. Setup of delta tables d. The delta is managed in the service API e. The InfoStructure tables are used f. VBDATA and ARFCSDATA tables
19: What is the procedure for the LIS delta update? a. There is no delta update in LIS b. u201CGenerate updatingu201D regenerates the update program and ensures that a delta update is possible c. Activate u201Cdelta updating in the LISu201D setting in the report u201CRMCSBIWCu201D d. The active delta table is defined in u201CTMCBIWu201D e. None of the above
20: According to which of the following levels can the DataSource replication occur? a. Application component b. DataSource c. Extract routines d. Hierarchies e. Source system
Regards,
Prakash