Tips required for SAP XI online training from SAP eductaion partner?

Question

Hi,
Recently I have registered for SAP XI course through online from SAP education partner. I would like to have some advice/share some experience to me for taking the online course effectively am a working person and will be able to spend only 2.5 hrs daily. Also please provide some tips for clearing SAP XI certification at the end of the course.
Your help will be well appreciated.
Thanks and Regards
Praveen.

Answer 1

Hi,
if u going to give certification in near future please go through the below questions for ur help.
XI Certification info:
http://www.sap.com/services/education/certification/certificationtest.epx?context=FFC760B8923D16BB5150DAE63E7C1A6B331AF0B9E3A8F73CE3A9B7046E051044503600C911DBA13DCE978D3AC9057626D2B68111A7CD2D707E2EEC31213097E46EB790DD0106435EE0756F7B22F3FA4B4FF0645C06954BF3A150E023B4164DA282F33B1BD441FBE4083F2C923E33EA0C5960F8C8950FDEB6081ABED6E0E05E2617A693D85077260F9EA218716A79AEF3AA57C7D5E8975334%7cE41BF735AA1862BF88AE1830FD06B8FCD2D8AECBF5109A3E
refer the below thread and the certification details:
Re: XI Certifications
Certification passing mark:
Re: XI/PI certification
Refer http://www.sapteched.com/india/reg/certificationExams2.htm for information and eligibility.
*Note:
these all questions are framed by us from all the TBITS during our certification exams this is just for ur reference please dont assume that this surely come in Exams but this will help to some extend to see what is ur prepration level.*
Refer the below thread for more certification help as well:
TBIT40:
1) XI is positioned under which if the following
1) People Integration
2) Information Integration
3) Process Integration
4) Application Platform
2) SAP XI support which of the following
a) Sync and Async communication
b) Sync communication
c) Async communication
d) None of the above
3) SAP XI is an integration technology and platform for
1) SAP and non SAP application
2) A2A and B2B scenarios
3) Async and sync communication
4) Cross component business process management.
4) XI uses which of the following web stds for communication with the other systems
1. WSDL
2. SOAP
3. XML
4. None of the above
5) Integration builder uses which of the following framework
1. Client Server framework
2. Client framework
3. Server framework
4. All of the above
6) Which of the following systems can be integrated with SAP XI
1. SAP system only
2. SAP and Non SAP systems
3. Business Partners and Public Marketplaces
4. All of the above
7) SLD uses which framework
1) Client Server framework
2) Client framework
3) Server framework
4) All of the above
7) SLD is based on which architecture
1) Common Interface Model proposed by Distributed management Task force.
8) Which is equivalent to QoS
2) BE  sRFC
3) EO  tRFC
4) EOIO  qRFC
9) XI message protocol is based on
• SOAP envelop with message header or SOAP message with attachment
• SOAP envelop without message header
• All of the above
10) XI transport protocol is based on
• HTTP or HTTPS
11) Which of the core services the adapter framework provides
• Messaging
• Queuing
• Security Handling
• All of the above
12) Central Monitoring tool provided which of the following services
• Component monitoring
• Message monitoring
• Graphical end to end and performance monitoring
• All of the above
13) SLD supports which of the following dimensions.
• Solution dimension
• Transport dimension
• Technical dimension
• All of the above
14) Two main areas of SLD are
• System catalog and Software catalog
15) Which contains the information about all the software component and products including their versions and all info about third party systems
• Component landscape
• Landscape Description
• Business systems
• Technical Systems
16) Which contains the information about the installed landscape element
• Component landscape
• Landscape Description
• Business systems
• Technical Systems
17) True or False
• Technical system may have multiple component installed on it  True
• Software product is composed of one or more software components  True
• Business system name must be unique for the landscape  True
• Technical system can have only one Business system associated with it  False
• Software component system can have more than one software component version associated with it  True
• Data type can be reused in other structure  True
True or false:
1. XML messaging is used in XI to implement tight coupling.
2. Integration Engine is a Product to be used at runtime and relies on content of Integration Directory
3. SLD is an Open architecture, based on CIM
4. Synchronous communication makes use of Q.S, “Best effort“ ONLY.
5. Asynchronous communication makes use of Q.S, exactly-once-in-order ONLY
6. Adapter framework based on Java Connector Architecture (JCA)
7. Security enrichments for B2B consists of Digital Signature AND Encryption
8. Partner Connectivity Kit enable partners of XI customers to conduct XML document exchange with XI
9. Products are collections of Software Components and both Software Products and Components exist in versions.
10. In the Software Catalog we define each Technical System in the landscape.
11. The relationship between a software product and its constituent components is described in the SLD by an association called a Software Feature.
12. SAP XI utilizes two types of content: mention those.
13. Mention the 3 dimensions of System .
14. SLD is based on Configuration Information Model (CIM) of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
15. SLD is also the basis for SAP Solution Manager
16. XI Integration is interface-driven.
17. Message types and Data types are defined as XML Schema (XSD)
18. The Interface type corresponds to the root of the XML message
19. The Message Interface is the highest-level representation of XML metadata
Adapters:
1) Adapters convert messages from XI protocol (SOAP with attachments over Http) to the respective protocol spoken by the application and vice versa (True / False)
2) Application can be categorized based on their function
a) Application Adapter
b) Technical Adapter
c) Industry Adapter
d) Business Adapter
3) SAP, SIEBEL is not an application adapter (True / False)
4) File, RFC, JMS, JDBC, MarketPlaces are Technical Adapter (True / False)
5) Rosettanet & CIDX is Business Adapter (True / False) (Industry Adapter)
6) Technical Adapter are low level adapter, they just provide gateway to the application system. (True / False)
7) Plain Http & IDOC adapter resides within the Integration Server (ABAP)
(True / False)
8) Adapter framework is the core of Adapter engine. What core services are common to all the adapters?
a) Messaging,
b) Queuing,
c) Security Handling,
d) Debugging
9) Adapter framework supports JCA J2EE Connector Architecture (True / False)
10) Adapter engine can be deployed centrally and not locally (True / False)
11) Central Adapter engine is manually installed with Integration Sever
(True / False)
12) Monitoring of IDOC & Plain Http Adapter is not done thru RWB there are specific ABAP transaction to monitor these adapters
(True / False)
13) Adapters are know as Inside out Approach (True / False)
14) Proxies are known as Outside In approach (True / False)
15) Communication between PCK & SAP XI is via http messaging protocol
(True / False)
16) SAP PCK includes the following adapters FILE, JDBC, JMS SOAP, IDOC (True / False)
17) Adapter Framework has its own persistence Layer (True / False)
18) In case of JMS & JDBC vendors specific drivers must be deployed in the SAP J2EE engine in order to function properly (True / False)
19) Communication between Integration Sever & Adapter Engine is done using SAP XI messaging protocol (True / False)
20) Since PCK is detached from Integration Central configuration and administration is not possible (True / False)
BPM:
1. The pattern that can be used to receive Multiple messages in parallel and send the message in the reverse sequence
1. Collect
2. Multicast
3. Serialization
4. Sync/Async
2. The pattern used to send messages to multiple receivers and waiting for a response message from each receiver is known as
1. Collect
2. Multicast
3. Serialization
4. Sync/Async
3. A local correlation is used to send messages to multiple receivers so that a separate instance of the correlation can be processes for each receiver.
True/ False
4. In serialization you cannot specify that the process must wait for an acknowledgement each time that it sends a message
True/ False
5. You should always use multiline container whenever you create a collect pattern.
True / false
6. You should use an infinite while loop for Collect patterns of type
1. Payload dependent
2. Time dependent
3. Message dependent
4. Different interfaces.
7. The collect pattern of Different interfaces can be done without a Fork step
True/ false.
8. if Multiple conditions are specified for a fork statement the conditions are checked in sequence
True/False
Refer the below links:
/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii
Mapping techniques:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/xi/mapping%2btechniques
Different types of Mapping in XI:
/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/02/10/different-types-of-mapping-in-xi
ValueMapping using the Graphical Mapping Tool
/people/community.user/blog/2007/01/08/valuemapping-using-the-graphical-mapping-tool
Mapping Templates:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/79/2835b7848c458bb42cf8de0bcc1ace/frameset.htm
Message Mappings:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/49/1ebc6111ea2f45a9946c702b685299/frameset.htm
Multi-Mappings:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/79/2835b7848c458bb42cf8de0bcc1ace/frameset.htm
Standard Functions Most imp topic:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/c4cdfc334824478090739c04c4a249/frameset.htm
These are some of the mapping related questions which we have frame during my certification time.
1) Which of the mapping is not available in XI By default
a. Message Mapping
b. ABAP Mapping
c. Java Mapping
d. XSLT Mapping
e. None of the above.
2) Choose the true about types of mapping XI supports
a. Structure Mapping
b. Node mapping
c. Value Mapping
d. Functional Mapping
3) During Mapping the attribute or element is already assigned mapping, but mapping is not complete. What is the color of ICON for the element/attribute?
a. Red
b. White
c. Yellow
d. Green
4) Which of the following is not generic function?
a. concat
b. CopyValue
c. DateTrans
d. ifWithoutElse
5) Which of the following in not true about user defined Simple functions
a. process individual input filed values for each function call
b. Expect string as input parameter
c. Takes the object of GlobalContainer class
d. Return a string
6) Which of the following are required to create a user defined function
a. Name
b. Description
c. Argument Count
d. Label
7) Which of the following package are by default imported in user defined functions
a. java.lang
b. java.io
c. java.reflect
d. All the above
e. None of the above
8) Mapping trace does not support following function. Choose one
a. addWarning
b. addDebugMessage
c. addDebugInfo
d. addInfo
9) In Mapping Trace addWarning function which of the following is true.
a. Supports trace level 1,2 and 3 .
b. Supports trace level 1,2 .
c. Supports trace level 1 .
d. Supports trace level 1,2 ,3 and 4 .
10) Which of the following is not true about multi mapping
a. Multimapping supports m:n transformation
b. Use Abstract interfaces
c. Can be implemented without ccBPM
d. Development is same as Message mapping
11) Mapping template can be defined for structure mapping for the following structure. Chose the wrong one.
a. Data type true
b. Complex types in IDOC and RFC’s true
c. Complex types in external definitions true
d. Message types false
e. Reference types used in multiple templates can be located in any software component. True
12) Which of the following is true about XSLT/JAVA mapping –
a. You can create a .jar or .zip in XI
b. Create new imported archive and import .jar in IR
c. Upload XSLT/JAVA programs and can modify them within XI
13) In Standard function category, date format is –
a. ddMMyy
b. MM/dd/yyyy
c. ddmmyyyy
b. MM/dd/yy
14) Which of the following are mapping objects –
a. Imported Archives
b. Message mapping
c. Mapping template
d. Interface mapping
15) The conditions in Boolean function can be represented in the form of –
a. Square
b. Triangle
c. Circle
d. Rhombus
16) Which of the following are Standard functions –
a. Concat
b. Date
c. Substring
d. FormatNum
17) How do you define mapping of non-mandatory nodes –
a. minOccurs > 1
b. minOccurs = 0
c. maxOccurs > 1
Thnx
Chirag