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characteristics of ods: a)detailed and lightly summarised b)current and near current c)vast supply of heterogenous data ans: d)a and b e)all the above 2.choose correct one: ans:a)data mart is logical subset of dw b)dw is logical subset of datamart c)both a and b d)none 3.defn of topdown approach: 4.olap-online analytical processing 5.multiple fact tables share dimension-fact constellation 6.measures that can be added across few dimension and not with others - semi-additive 7.degenerate dimension-defn(twisted) 8.conformed dimension-defn(twisted) 9.high performaance-star schema 10.dormant data improve performance-false 11.salary grater than 5000-where sal>5000 12.DML statement-update 13.one question in to_char function 14.order by a)default in ascending order b)last in select statement i marked a 15.For a mapping to be valid the min no of transformations required is ? 3 16.v can have multiple document & universe domain in repository ? true 17.for FORLOOP-exit condition is not required 18.when pmcmed is incorrect wat'll return:non zero ... 19.grant index and reference role to joe. four queries where given 20.transformation to move top 3 records-rank transformation 21.which of the following function is possible in date variable-min 22.implicit cursor23.how many client components are there in informatica-answer is 5.but that option was not there. 24.pmcmd get connected with-power center server 25.reusable task-command,email and session 26.one question in event wait 27.where we create universe-designer 28.creates and manage users-supervisor 29.scheduling-broad cast agent 30.where we create folders-repository manager 31.first step in creating universe-defining parameters 32.report can have multiple data providers-true 33.limit the number of rows in a)universe

b)query panel c)both 34.wat transformation to load rejected data a)only router b)only filter c)both 35.foreign key query: ans: CREATE TABLE EMP (empno NUMBER(4), ename VARCNAR2(35), deptno NUMBER(7,2) CONSTRAINT emp_deptno_fk REFERENCES dept (deptno));

Apart from those dovetail questions already send by our friends I am adding some more questions to it. Please check answers once again. Those are in italic are related to business objects. 1) Which of the following is not related to ETL? a. b. c. d. e. data profiling data quality data reconciliation data cleaning none

2) Multiple security, document domains possible in universe a.true b.false 3) data can be retrived from multiple data providers in bo. a.true b.false 4) who is the main role in bo a.supervisor designer b.designer c.general supervisor d.user 5) What is the first step in creating universe? a.define the parameters b.insert tables c.create class d.set up hierarchies 6) loops can be avoid by a.alias/contexts

b.only alias c.only contexts 7)In pmcmd mode for each line you need to communicate with -----------a.informatica server b.repository manager c.workflow manager d.workflow monitor 8) view is created with a.by joining two tables b.some restriction on rows in one table 9) What is output of full outer join? A.only matched columns in both tables b. unmatched columns in both tables c.matched columns in table in one table unmatched in other table 10) result for round(trunc(mod(1600,10),-2)) a.0 b.error c.1 d.none e. 11) why ER modeling not used by the user. a.ER model dont have gui b.not understand by end user c.a&b d.none

12) Which of the following is true about group by clause? a. it has to use before having clause

b.it has to use after having clause c.last in select statement d.none e. 13)In a query in oracle the variable PICONSTANTINTEGER got error, what could be reason for that ? a.PI is a system keyword b.constant is not there in oracle c.memory to store variable not sufficient d. e.none 14) minimum number of transformations required to validate a mapping? a.2 b.3 c.4 d.5 15) which of the follwing schema has multiple fact tables? a.star schema b.snow flake c.fact constellation And around 17 questions from those dovetail questions already send by our friends Note: Concentrate on dw basics, informatica, bo mostly direct questions.

ALL THE BEST FOR THOSE GOING TO WRITE DOVETAIL.

Dovetail Qns I remember only few I ve mentioned them.. The ans that im very sure I ve marked in Bold. I ve not specified all the options.. Please refer the mail that Ramprasad sent from that few thing came I ve not mentioned them here DW

1. Which schema occupies Less memory Space? a. Star Schema b. SnowFlake c. none 2. Which Schema, help improving the performance? a. Star Schema b. SnowFlake c. none 3. Defn of DataWarehouse? (options I dont remember but it was not direct) 4. Which is not very frequently updated? a. ODS b. DW c. DM d. None 5. Suitable Data model for OLTP? a. ER b. Dimensional Modeling c. None 6. Types of transformation? a. Simple Conversion b. Structural Conversion c. Format d. All the above 7. Defn of Dimensional Modeling 8. Something like, What does grain of the fact table me? (dont remember the options) Oracle 1. %ROWCOUNT defn 2. Selecting a Query : Based on the creation on Foreign key on emp table referring dept table (they asked to select the correct query) 3. What is true about Cursor for loop? a. Does not require a exit condition b. Open Cursor c. Close Cursor d. Fetch Cursor 4. Not true abt Cursor For Loop? a. Open Cursor b. Close Cursor c. Fetch Cursor d. All the Above 5. some query on Revoke reference.. was given and they asked what it implies? 6. Calculate 12*sal*commission for every record of the emp table chaoose the appropriate query? a. Select 12*sal*nvl(commission,0) from emp ; b. Select 12*sal*decode(commission,0) from emp ; Hi The following were the questions I got in dovetail exam conducted on 6 th nov.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. . . . .

no of modes in pmcmd? ans: 2 no of designer tools in informatica designer? Ans:5 no of tools in w.f. manager? Ans:3 top down approach which is built first? Ans: edw then datamart. bottom up approach.ans:dm and then edw. oracle: reg constraints. If u delete one constraint, wat will happen? It affects child also. reusable tasks were developed in : ans: task devolpor cognos questions is little difficult to answer. I guessed only. oracle: round(trun(34.67,2),3) value is similar type. types of extraction in dw? 1. full 2. incremental 3. full and coincilation 4.none types of dimension in dw: 3 questions reg this. 1. degenerate dim 2. junk dim wide range of diff view on same data is required. Which one u prefer? Molap or rolap? Ans: rolap. (dovetail slide dw day1) cognos how many tier ? ans 3. which service takes care of rendering the report? Ans:presentation service. in which type of following we can get many views similar. Forgot exact thing. 1. 3d 2.pie chart 3. bar chart 4. line chart. Ans I put is: 3d match the folloing in cognos: project: package: report studio: rh side will be the definitions. which is higher in cognos? Model, project, package ans: project.

Note: 1. concentrate more on dw basics,(mostly direct questions) 2. don strain more on oracle. Very basic questions only came from that. 3. more questions came from informatica also. 4. cognos : its little diff only. Guessing only helps if u read dovetail slides alone. All the best friends Veera.

1. The facts are stored in a fact table and a dimensional framework is used to pull out the facts.. a) Degenerate Dimensions b) Junk dimension. c) Role-Playing Dimension. d) Conformed dimensions

2. Which of the following is true?

a) b) c) d) single row will fetch the rows from only one table subqueries cant have aggregate function subqueries cant have analytical function multiple sub query can have like function

(True/false based qns) 3. dormant data will increase the performance of DWfalse 4. Multiple document/universe domains are possible---- True.. 5. Increase in number of datamarts will increase the performance tremendouslyfalse 6.to display the string Hello World as ello world

a) select lower(trim(H from Hello World)) from dual b) select lower(substr(Hello World,1,1) from dual c) select lower(substr(Hello World,2,1) from dual d. None of the listed options 7.Fan Traps can be detected using options a) Integrity check b) Manually c) Automatic Fan trap detect option d) ---8. the number of rows fetched for the last execution time can be seen in 1. Viewdata (Not sure) 2.Refresh Data 3. Edit data provider 4. None of the listed options 9. what transformation is required to load the changed data to the target table.. --- Update Strategy 10. total number of permissions can be given to foldersInformatica qn Ans7 11. Create tablespace temp DATAFILES C:/PATH/FILE.EXTENSION size 10n Temporary; Optionsdont remember 12, which transformation is used to reject load files 13. which line in the option is incorrect a. from action_table; b. select name,action,item c. Cursor action_cursor is d. Into action_records e. There is no errors in the statementnot sure 14. the Source System in the DW environment is a. an operational system which processes the business transactions for the current data only b. an analytical system which processes the business transactions maintaining the entire history c. other similar options 15. the DW is some definitions 16.Multiple fact tables share dimensions Ans--Fact constellation 17.measures that can be added across few dimension and not with others Ans-- Semi-additive 18.characteristics of ods: a)detailed and lightly summarised

b)current and near current c)vast supply of heterogenous data d) detailed and lightly summarized & current and near current 19. the features of Cursor For Loop -exit condition is not required 20. Reports can be generated using multiple data providers-true 21. The records can be limited by using a)Filter b)break c)Alerter d)None 22. Which transformation helps to convert the rows into columns? a. Rank Transformation b. Sorter Transformation c. Normalizer Transformation d. Update Strategy 23. No. of internal components available in the Workflow Manager a.5 b.9 c.3 d.4 24. Writing scripts to schedule Workflows what mode is this e. Interactive mode f. Command line mode 25.What types of connections are possible in Bo a. Secured b. Shared c. Personal d.All the above 26. in which mode, the servername and the password has to be mentioned for every command you write AnsCommand Line mode 27. Suitable Data model for OLTP? a. ER b. Dimensional Modeling c. None 28. what do u mean parent fails current task fails a) current task fail if parent fail b) parent fail if the current task fails c) current task only fail d) both current and parent fail 29. metadata means a) data about data

30. Number of ports in Expression Transformation? a. 5 b. 3 c. 1 d 2 31. To work with a view what should you have? Ans: Select privilege on the view 32. where can you specify the prompt? a) Query panel b) Universe c) Query panel and Universe 33. Drilling on objects is possible on a) Dimension b) Measure c) Detail d) Al the above 34. What does the .key file contains? a) username b) password c) repository connection details d) all the above not sure 35. Which one is an object privilege? a. create index.not sure b. drop table. c. create session. d. Any backup table --- System privileges are CREATE/DROP table ---- Object Privileges are SELECT/UPDATE/DELETE 36. What is output of full outer join? a.only matched records from both tables b. unmatched records from both tables ------

37. Result for round(trunc(mod(1600,10),-1),2) a.0 b.0.00

c.1 d.Error

38. why ER modeling not used by the user. a.ER model dont have gui b.not understand by end user c.General ER mmodel cannot be queried using softwares d.All the above

1 .For a mapping to be valid the min no of transformations required is ? 3 (not sure) 2. defi of top down approach? 3. defi of bottom up approach? 4. what is hierarchy? a related series of dimensions for analysis purpose 5. what is template? a doc in BO having predefined styles and structure that v can use for report 6. what is metadata? data about data 7. what r reporting tools? BO, DISCOVERER,COGNOS 8. where u add server in informatica (like that didnt rember correctly)? repository admistrator console( am not sure) 9. work flow monitor shows workflow run? once, never, thrice,four times i marked as once( not sure) 10. the schema in which multiple fact tables shared dimensions is called(ans. Fact constellation) 11. v can have multiple document & universe domain in repository ? true 12. definition of ODS? 13. definition of fact table? 14. Calculate 12*sal*commission for every record of the emp table chaoose the appropriate query? Select 12*sal*nvl(commission,0) from emp ; 15.To make infinite loop as finite what v need in loop? exit condition 16. for wide range of different view on same data which OLAP tech v choose? ROLAP 17.resuable transformations r developed in? transformation developer 18. which r not cursor attributes? cursor attributes r %ROWCOUNT %ISOPEN %NOTFOUND %FOUND

19. which of the following SCD type is used to update existing record with new one by using surrogate key? 1. SCD TYPE 1 ( I marked this but not sure) 2.SGD 3. SCD TYPE 2 4. SCD TYPE 3 20. Which is the return value for pmcmd when the value is true.? 0 21. syntax for look up transformation? LKP:: LKP( argumnts..) 22. Informatica is compatible for? 64 bit 23. What does check Integrity do? a. Parses joins, conditions and objects. b. Validates cardinalities, loops and contexts. c. validates universe structure. d. All the above. (ans) 24. How to over ride the order by clause in look up query? a. Write an order by clause in look up query over ride. b. Write an order by clause in look up query over ride order by c. Write an over ride query. d. Something similar. ( i dont know answer) 25. The facts are stored in a fact table and a dimensional framework is used to pull out the facts. a. b. c. d. Degenerate Dimensions Junk dimension. Role-Playing Dimension. None of the above

( i dont know answer)

26. Select (to_char(nvl(sqrt(43562)," invalid")) from DUAL is valid statement or not? Ans:Invalid.parenthesis not closed properly, contain invalid statement in the sql. 27. definition of break in BO? 28. definition of alerter in BO ? 29. which statement in oracle will cause implicit COMMIT? commit 30. create table dept( name varchar2(20), no number); rollback; describe dept; what happens when u describe table dept? ans: structure of table dept will apprar because create is DDL command so it get automatically commited.

1. A developer wishes to use the data previewwe to determine the total number of rows in a relational source table. The number of rows exceeds 10000.what is the proper procedure for this operation? a. Connect the data Previewer to the source table with all settings left to the defaults. b. Connect the data Previewer to the source table and check the option Count rows c. This operation is not supported because the number of rows exceeds 10000. It is supported only when number of rows is 10000 or less. d. This operation is not supported. 2. How many repositories can you simultaneously work in a single Designer environment? 2 repositories

4. Under what circumstances can a Target definition be edited from the Mapping Designer ,within the mapping where that Target definition is being used ? a.When the Target definition is not shared(not a shortcut) b.When the Target definition is not shared(not a shortcut) and when the user has write permission on the folder where the mapping is stored c.Always d.Never 5 .A User desires to join two relational sources with a single Source Qualifier have been correctly imported into the mapping . Next, she must establish a primary/foreign key relationship between two ports in the source definitions. Assuming that the relationship does not currently exist on the database server,what are the required steps to do this? a. Use the source Analyser to establish that primary/foreign key relationship and save the repository b. Use the source Analyser to establish that primary/foreign key relationship,save the repository,and run the appropriate SQL statement on the database tables t ocreate the actual primary / foreign key relationship c.Use the source Analyser to establish that primary/foreign key relationship,open the SQL Editor in the Source qualifierand generate the join statement,modify the join statement is required and save the repository. d. Use the source analyzer to establish that primary /foreign key relationship , regenerate the source Qualifier SQL using the SQL editor,press the okay button and save the repository.

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Here are some question on DW Basics, Cognos, Informatica and Oracle, I remember from my exam. Please find the answers yourself since Im not sure about mine. 6. Which is a context in analysis studio?

a) b) c) d)

Slicer Dicer Filter None

7. Which of the following are types of metadata? a) ETL b) Database c) Molap d) ETL and Database e) ETL,database and Molap 8. Which is not a correct representation of 1 to many relation in framework manager? a) 1:0 to 1:n b) 1:0 to 0:n c) etc.. I don remem 9. What option should you enable to be able to create shortcut for folders? a) shortcuts b) create shortcuts c) allow shortcuts d) create and allow shotcuts e) none 10. Where is the actual business rules applied in informatica? a) source qualifier b) transformation developer c) warehouse designer d) mapping designer e) mapplet designer 11. in which of the following is data not updated frequently/ a) ODS b) DWH c) Data mart d) None 12. which is a windows based tool? a) framework manager b) cognos connection c) query studio d) none 13. which kind of tool is framework manager? a) windows based b) web based c) . 14. which of the following control should the user have to be able to access all repositories, folders.somethin a) super user b) administrator c) user d) none 15. Definition of top down.

The options werent directly worded. 16. You have granted index and references privilege on a user Joe. Which query did you use? 17. some query involving creation of sequence 18. Which transformation will you use to move the records with last three ranks in the source? a) b) c) d) rank joiner aggregate update

19. Using which of the following models is the performance improved? a) star schema b) snowflake c) constellation d) hybrid 20. which of the following options should you choose to see the running of a task in the work flow manager ( I dont remem the exact wording) a) show performance b) performance c) etc.. 21. You are creating a crosstab report in which you have to show revenue column which is zero. By default zero value columns are not displayed. How will you create the report with this column? ( I dont remem the exact wording) a) cannot be done b) override dimensions c) default option turned off d) etc.. 22. Which of the following is custom sorting? a) no sort b) descending sort c) ascending sort d) sorting by attributes 23. something about surrogate keys 24. No. of components of designer? 25. The repository manager can create a back up for all repositories available in the following format. ( I dont remem the exact wording) a) b) c) d) xml binary excel none

26. Reports cannot be created in which of the following format? a) ascii b) xml

c) csv d) excel 27. Which of the following is true? a) single row will fetch the rows from only one table b) subqueries cant have aggregate function c) subqueries cant have analytical function d) multiple sub query can have like function 28. What is done is staging area? The options werent directly worded. 29. Which of the following is possible to a date variable a) min b) sum c) avg d) none 30. Cognos is a ____ tier architecture? 31. What is done in conditional rendering of reports? 32. Where can you access repositories in the designer? a) navigator b) output window c) workspace d) etc.. 33. How many client components are there in informatica? 34. What are implicit cursors? ( some horrible answer options for that) 35. Number of log files created by power center server? 36. In which line will an error occur? a) create function xyz ( var_a in number, b) return( var_a + var_b) c) end; d) var_b in out number) return number 37. What is ETL? 38. The facts are stored in a fact table and a dimensional framework is used to pull out the facts.. ( I dont remem the exact wording) a) Degenerate Dimensions b) Junk dimension. c) Role-Playing Dimension. d) Conformed dimensions

Instruction: All options are radio buttons and no check options. Concentrate fully on dovetail resources. Totally 45 questions each carry 2.22 marks.

 60% and above is the pass criteria. 27 questions should be correct to score 60. I got 28 questions correct and 62.22%. Oracle: 1. Which of the following one is true about order by clause? a. By default it sorts in ascending order. b. It comes at the last of select clause. c. and d. options are irrelevant. Ans: Both a and b. But they asked for one options only. 2. Which of the following is a self join? Options: They gave four select queries. 3. Using which command it is possible to append data from one table to another which has same column data type but with different data. Existing data should be updated and new data should be inserted. a. Merge b. Not possible with single command. c. None of the options d. INSERT Comment: I dont know the answer. 4. Which one is an object privilege? a. create index. b. drop user. c. create synonym. d. none of the above. Comment: I dont know the answer. 5. Which of the following are true? a. Single-row functions can be used only in select and where clause. b. character functions works on character data type column only. c. date functions return date data type only. d. None of the above. Comment: I dont know the answer. 6. What does the following query does? select a.mid, b.maxsal from emp a, (select mid,max(sal) maxsal from emp group by deptname) b where a.mid=b.mid ; a. maximum salaried emp within each dept. b. maximum salaried emp within company. c. Error in statement. d. I dont remember. 7. Which one is a different oracle constraint? a. Not Null b. Unique c. Primary Key

d. None of the above Comment: I dont know the answer 8. Which is true about FOR loop in cursor? a. No need to mention about EXIT condition b. other options I dont remember. 9. Which is not cursor method? a. %Notfound. b. %found c. %rowcount d. % many rows DW Basics: 1.Which schema occupies less memory? Snow Flack Schema 2. What is done in staging area? a. Cleansing b. transformation c. Temporary storage for incremental extract. d. All the above 3. About factless fact table? a. Coverage table. b. Event tracking table 4. Conformed dimension-definition 5. Degenerate Dimension -definition 6. More number of data marts causes a. Performance degradation b. other options I dont remember. 7. Use of surrogate key? Ans: Improve performance 8. Which of the following are true? a. ODS form a part of large DW b. DW used for analysis. c. ODS is for .. d. some thing i. ii. iii. iv. d and b a and c a, b and c none of the above

9. Types of extraction? a. full b. incremental c. partial d. full and reconciled e. all the above.

10. ROLAP for different view of same data 11. Informatica: 1. Number of ports in Expression Transformation? a. 5 b. 3 c. 1 d 2 2. Manage privileges, users and groups? a. Repository Manager b. Workflow Manager c. Wofkflow Monitor d. Other options I dont remember 3. While running workflow informatica server gets connection with a. Repository server. b. Workflow Manager. c. Workflow Monitor. d. Repository Manager 4. Workflow Manager has how many components? a. 3 b. 5 c. 2 d. 4 5. You can create re-usable transformation in? a. Transformation designer. b. mapping designer. c. mapplet designer. d. all the above 6. Email to customers. a. Email individual b. Put in public folder c. bursting

Some Questions kindly check all answers ,sorry if some wrong informaton is provided ----------------------------------------------------------------------Informatica ---------------------------------------------------------------------How many modes in pmcmd

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 ans 2 command and interactive mode what do mean by nesting a) one dimension above to another b) one dimension below to another c) one dimension next to another ans c) one dimension next to another which transformation is used to reject load files a) source qualifier transformation b) router transformation c) either source qualifier nor router b) source quailifier,router and filter transformation ans a) source qualifier transformation where you create users and previleages a) Repository Manager b) Mapping Designer c) Maplet Designer d) Workflow Manager ans a) Repository Manager How many transformation are there ? a)12 b)16 c)8 b)13 not sure 12 r 16 what do u mean parent fails current task fails a) current task fail if parent fail b) parent fail if the current task fail c) current task only fail d) both current and parent fail which should be used to define a interval between two task a) set wait b) set no wait c) wait a) set wait

Look up transformation syntax power centre can handle 124 bit 64 bit 28 bit 32 bit ans 64 bit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Datawarehousing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------metadata means a) data about data b) contains database catalogs both a and b are true i put a which statement is true 1)oDs is part of Datawarehousing 2)ODS is not a part of Data ware housing a) 1 b) 2 c) both are wrong a)composite primary keys that are derived various dimension table are stored in fact table b)using Secodary dimensions and then storing it in fact options a is Snowflake Schema options b is star schema options a is star schema options b is Snowflake Schema both a and b are Snowflake Schema both a and b are Star Schema which is best suite for OLTP a)Dimension modelling b)Er modelling c)both Dimension and er d)neither Dimension modelling nor Er modelling Datawarehouse Stores a) analytical information and Current value b) analytical information and historical value c) operational information and Current value d) operational information and historical value -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

oracle ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------State the Correct one a) Group by should be placed before having clause b) Group by should be placed after having clause c) oderby should be placed before select clause ans a Find out error in following query select o.productname,p.odername, o.location where product.product_id=order.oder_id and oder by o.sale a) table alias should be used in where clause b) o.sale should be used in select clause c) alias in oder must be changed i dont know is a r b what will be situation when raise_ exception is raised and exeception handler block is not provided a) it will cause a memory leak b) it will raise % not found error c) the control will pass through sql block ans it will cause a memory leak

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------cognos ---------Dispatcher minimum requried 1 3 6 4 3 r 4 not sure reordering option a)reordering is used for changing the position of values in column b)reordering is used for changing the position of column c)reordering is used for changing the position of object d)none ans b

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Dovetail Qns I remember only few I ve mentioned them.. The ans that im very sure I ve marked in Bold. I ve not specified all the options.. Infa 2. Number of log files by default in Infa? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 (session log, workflow log, reject log) d. 4 e. 5 3. Which window helps to access the Repositories ? a. Navigation Window b. Property Window c. Workflow Monitor d. Workflow Manager The primary server process in the infa Server? a. Repository Manager b. Load manager c. Workflow manager d. Workflow Designer Which transformation helps to convert the rows into columns? a. Rank Transformation b. Sorter Transformation c. Normalizer Transformation d. Update Strategy Which transformation row updates distinct records into target table? a. Update Strategy b. Rank c. Sorter d. Aggregation No. of components in the Workflow Manager a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 Writing scripts to schedule Workflows what mode is this a. Interactive mode b. Command line mode User, Groups, Privileges are created in which client tool? a. Repository manager b. Workflow Manager c. Workflow monitor d. Designer

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1. Drilling from Analysis Studio report to which report is possible? a. Report Studio report b. Query Studio report c. Metric Studio report d. Not possible 2. Minimum no of dispatchers required to process a request? a. b. c. d. e. 1 2 3 4 5

3. In the Analysis studio, a cross tab is added in which two measures are adjacent to each other, what is this set called? a. Measure Set b. Analysis Set c. None of the above 4. In Report Studio, When selecting a prompt value automatically takes u to the second prompt, what are this type of prompts called? a. Cascading Prompts b. Sequence Prompts c. None of the above 5. Content Store stores what data? a. Data required for the Application b. Report Specification and something c. Cube data d. Cognos data.content manager-report specification. 6. Which service in the Dispatchers helps to render reports? a. Presentation Service b. Batch Report Service c. Report Service d. Job Service e. None 7. A Query Subject named X should be accessed only by the Management level people, What security mode will u apply a. Data Level b. Object Level c. Model Level d. None 8. What is the efficient Way of distributing the reports? a. Bursting b. Emailing

c. DW

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9. Which schema occupies Less memory Space? a. Star Schema b. SnowFlake c. none 10. Which Schema, help improving the performance? a. Star Schema b. SnowFlake c. none 11. Defn of DataWarehouse? (options I dont remember but it was not direct) 12. Which is not very frequently updated? a. ODS b. DW c. DM d. None 13. Suitable Data model for OLTP? a. ER b. Dimensional Modeling c. None 14. Types of transformation? a. Simple Conversion b. Structural Conversion c. Format d. All the above 15. Defn of Dimensional Modeling 16. Something like, What does grain of the fact table me? (dont remember the options) Oracle 7. %ROWCOUNT defn 8. Selecting a Query : Based on the creation on Foreign key on emp table referring dept table (they asked to select the correct query) 9. What is true about Cursor for loop? a. Does not require a exit condition b. Open Cursor c. Close Cursor d. Fetch Cursor 10. Not true abt Cursor For Loop? a. Open Cursor b. Close Cursor c. Fetch Cursor d. All the Above 11. some query on Revoke reference.. was given and they asked what it implies? 12. Calculate 12*sal*commission for every record of the emp table chaoose the appropriate query? a. Select 12*sal*nvl(commission,0) from emp ; b. Select 12*sal*decode(commission,0) from emp ;

Hi The following were the questions I got in dovetail exam conducted on 6 th nov. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. . . . . Note: 1. concentrate more on dw basics,(mostly direct questions) 2. don strain more on oracle. Very basic questions only came from that. 3. more questions came from informatica also. 4. cognos : its little diff only. Guessing only helps if u read dovetail slides alone. All the best friends Veera. no of modes in pmcmd? ans: 2 no of designer tools in informatica designer? Ans:5 no of tools in w.f. manager? Ans:3 top down approach which is built first? Ans: edw then datamart. bottom up approach.ans:dm and then edw. oracle: reg constraints. If u delete one constraint, wat will happen? It affects child also. reusable tasks were developed in : ans: task devolpor cognos questions is little difficult to answer. I guessed only. oracle: round(trun(34.67,2),3) value is similar type. types of extraction in dw? 1. full 2. incremental 3. full and coincilation 4.none types of dimension in dw: 3 questions reg this. 1. degenerate dim 2. junk dim wide range of diff view on same data is required. Which one u prefer? Molap or rolap? Ans: rolap. (dovetail slide dw day1) cognos how many tier ? ans 3. which service takes care of rendering the report? Ans:presentation service. in which type of following we can get many views similar. Forgot exact thing. 1. 3d 2.pie chart 3. bar chart 4. line chart. Ans I put is: 3d match the folloing in cognos: project: package: report studio: rh side will be the definitions. which is higher in cognos? Model, project, package ans: project.

Points: 1. Answers that I am sure of, I have made it Bold 2. All were radio button questions 3. Answers that I am doubtful, I am specifying it separately Questions: Informatica-10 questions I remember 1. 2. 3. 4. Number of tools in informatica designer. Ans 5 Number of tools in Workflow manager. Ans 3 Number of ports in expression transformation. Ans 3 What are the servers in informatica? a) Informatica server b) Informatica repository server c) Informatica server and informatica repository server

d) None of the above I guess answer is (a) option 5. To operate in which pmcmd mode, username, password and server connection details are necessary? a) Commandline b) Interactive c) Both d) None 6. To determine which column caused the row to be rejected, what does the server add to give more info about columns? a) Key indicators b) Key breaks c) Row indicator and column indicators d) Variable indicator 7. What transformation should be used to get the values related to deptno 10 only in the target table? a) Filter b) Router c) Filter and router d) Source qualifier and filter e) Source qualifier, filter and router Guess ans is (a) 8. Where do you create folders and give connection details? a) Repository manager b) Workflow manager c) Designer 9. when you create a workflow which task gets created by default? a) Start b) Command c) Assignment d) Timer I marked (a). Not sure 10. latest version of Power center can handle a) 124 bit b) 64 bit c) 32 bit d) 128 bit

DW Basics-10q I have given here 1. Got two questions based on the types of dimensions which were not direct. They gave some definition and asked to find out what is the dimension. The options were conformed, junk, degenerate, scd which I found tough. 2. Be clear with the definition of Data warehouse ODS Top-down approach Bottom-up approach 3 .types of transformation

a) b) c) d)

Simple conversion Structural Format All the above

4. What is the use of surrogate keys? Ans : to improve the performance. 5 . Pick out the reporting tools among the following. Cognos Business objects ERWIN Discoverer Abinitio a) I, II, III b) I, II, IV c) Similar options 6. In which schema multiple fact tables share dimension tables? Ans: Fact Constellation Oracle-8q 1. A question based on tablespace which I did not understand 2. There are two tables. You need to copy one table to another. Incase the row already exists, update the values else insert the row. How will you do this? a) b) c) d) Merge command Update statement Not possible Insert

3. To work with a view what should you have? Ans: Select privilege on the view 4. Out of the following queries which will correctly enable a constraint? Four queries were given 5. query given with some errors. Asked to find out what was wrong with the query. It was related to alias concept 6. One more question on similar grounds giving reason why query would fail 7. OTHERS exception is for handling an exception by name OTHERS. True or false. Ans: False 8. Which of the following are necessary for Cursor For loop? a) Open cursor b) Parse cursor c) Fetch cursor d) None of the above

Points: 4. Answers that I am sure of, I have made it Bold 5. All were radio button questions 6. Answers that I am doubtful, I am specifying it separately Questions: Informatica-9 questions I remember 5. 6. 7. 8. Number of tools in informatica designer. Ans 5 Number of tools in Workflow manager. Ans 3 Number of ports in expression transformation. Ans 3 What are the servers in informatica? e) Informatica server f) Informatica repository server g) Informatica server and informatica repository server h) None of the above

I guess answer is (a) option 5. To operate in which pmcmd mode, username, password and server connection details are necessary? e) Commandline f) Interactive g) Both h) None 6. To determine which column caused the row to be rejected, what does the server add to give more info about columns? a) Key indicators b) Key breaks c) Row indicator and column indicators d) Variable indicator 7. What transformation should be used to get the values related to deptno 10 only in the target table? f) Filter g) Router h) Filter and router i) Source qualifier and filter j) Source qualifier, filter and router Guess ans is (a) 8. Where do you create folders and give connection details? d) Repository manager e) Workflow manager f) Designer 9. when you create a workflow which task gets created by default? e) Start f) Command g) Assignment h) Timer I marked (a). Not sure

Points: 7. Answers that I am sure of, I have made it Bold 8. All were radio button questions 9. Answers that I am doubtful, I am specifying it separately Questions: Informatica-10 questions I remember 9. 10. 11. 12. Number of tools in informatica designer. Ans 5 Number of tools in Workflow manager. Ans 3 Number of ports in expression transformation. Ans 3 What are the servers in informatica? i) Informatica server j) Informatica repository server k) Informatica server and informatica repository server l) None of the above

I guess answer is (a) option 5. To operate in which pmcmd mode, username, password and server connection details are necessary? i) Commandline j) Interactive k) Both l) None 6. To determine which column caused the row to be rejected, what does the server add to give more info about columns? a) Key indicators b) Key breaks c) Row indicator and column indicators d) Variable indicator 7. What transformation should be used to get the values related to deptno 10 only in the target table? k) Filter l) Router m) Filter and router n) Source qualifier and filter o) Source qualifier, filter and router Guess ans is (a) 8. Where do you create folders and give connection details? g) Repository manager h) Workflow manager i) Designer 9. when you create a workflow which task gets created by default? i) Start j) Command k) Assignment l) Timer I marked (a). Not sure 10. latest version of Power center can handle e) 124 bit

f) 64 bit g) 32 bit h) 128 bit

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Cognos Questions 9. Drilling from Analysis Studio report to which report is possible? a. Report Studio report b. Query Studio report c. Metric Studio report d. Not possible If its a radio button, I would choose Report studio 10. Minimum no of dispatchers required to process a request? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 11. In the Analysis studio, a cross tab is added in which two measures are adjacent to each other, what is this set called? a. Measure Set b. Analysis Set c. None of the above 12. In Report Studio, When selecting a prompt value automatically takes u to the second prompt, what are this type of prompts called? a. Cascading Prompts b. Sequence Prompts c. None of the above 13. Content Store stores what data? a. Data required for the Application b. Report Specification and something c. Cube data 14. Which service in the Dispatchers helps to render reports? a. Presentation Service b. Batch Report Service c. Report Service d. Job Service e. None Go for Report service if its a radio button 15. A Query Subject named X should be accessed only by the Management level people, What security mode will u apply a. Data Level (Best)

b. Object Level c. Model Level d. None Three possibilities, but if asked Ill apply Data level security 16. What is the efficient Way of distributing the reports? a. Bursting b. Emailing c. None (It depends on the requirement) Go for Bursting if its a radio button 1. Which is not possible in analysis studio? a. none of the following b. compare trend c. score card. d. one more I dont remember. 2. Which is not possible in analysis studio? a. Standard deviation b. Correlation c. Max d. SUM (Ive read a to ans this question) 3. cognos is a a. ROLAP b. MOLAP c. other options I dont remember d. both ROLAP and MOLAP (But it also has ROLAP features, but the right choice is MOLAP) 4. Source for frame work manager a. XML b. Excel sheet c. Homogenous and hetero d. All the above. e. Informix promptu 5. content storea. metrics data b. cognos data c. Application data d. I dont remember 6. What are the actions done by Dispatcher? 7. To compare value with some reference values which chart is used? a. pie b. bar c. line d. I dont remember

Ive sent you the Chat doc refer that

8. a. project i. top level b. package ii. Published c. Model - iii. Set of related query subject d. Namespace iv. Uniquely identifiable Its actually match the following. Its correct 17. rejected data is indiated by a.column and row index b. some options that I dont remember. I do not understand the question fully Doubts: 1) choose correct one A) single row will fetch the rows from only one table b) subqueries cant have aggregate function c) subqueries cant have analytical function d) multiple sub query can have like function 2) result for round(trunc(mod(1600,10),-2)) a.0 b.error c.1 d.none e. 3) In a query in oracle the variable PICONSTANTINTEGER got error, what could be reason for that ? a.PI is a system keyword b.constant is not there in oracle c.memory to store variable not sufficient e.none

4) Which one is object privilege a) create index b) create session c) drop user d) none

5) What is stored in the key file? a. repository server name b. user name c. password d. all the above 6) How to over ride the order by clause in look up query? a. Write an order by clause in look up query over ride. b. Write an order by clause in look up query over ride order by c. Write an over ride query. d. Something similar. Not sure 7) What does check Integrity do? a. Parses joins, conditions and objects. b. Validates cardinalities, loops and contexts. c. validates universe structure. d. All the above. 8) Which of the below should you use to create a new repository? a. Repository manager b. Repository Administration Console. c. Workflow Manager. d. Workflow Monitor. 9) In which pmcmd mode should the server user name and password be given? a. Command line b. Interactive c. Other irrelevant options 10) Which one this is a valid table name? a. COLUMN b. NUMBER#1 c. 1TABLE d. TABLE_MANY_COLUMN_ (goes on like that up to 34 characters.) 11) Which one of the following transformations can be used to work on records of dept no 10 a. Only filter b. Filter and router c. Filter, router and Source Qualifier d. Source Qualifier and filter

12) For which of the below can a drill mode be applied: a. Measures b. Dimensions c. Detail d. All the above 13) the performance of the submitted tasks can be viewed in 14) the function of implicit cursor Ans:PL/SQL declares a cursor implicitly for all SQL data manipulation statements, including quries that return only one row. However,queries that return more than one row you must declare an explicit cursor or use a cursor FOR loop.Explicit cursor is a cursor in which the cursor name is explicitly assigned to a SELECT statement via the CURSOR...IS statement. An implicit cursor is used for all SQL statements Declare, Open, Fetch, Close. An explicit cursors are used to process multirow SELECT statements An implicit cursor is used to process INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and single row SELECT. .INTO statements. 15) to a model which contains one project that should be viewed only by supervisors mean than at wat level u ll provide security.(a. model level b. package level c. project level ..4th option forget) 16) the transformation by which we can insert , delete or edit rows is 17) the detail filter is the one ..(a. applied to summary rows b. applied to grand total c.applied to detailed rows d.applied to the entire rows) 18) Using which command it is possible to append data from one table to another which has same column data type but with different data. Existing data should be updated and new data should be inserted. a. Merge b. Not possible with single command. c. None of the options d. INSERT 19) Which id different oracle constraint a) primary key b) unique c) not null d)check e) none of the above. 20) select emp_name,salary,desig from emp order by salary desc; select emp_name,salary,desig from emp order by 2 desc; result of the query? 21) To which of the following does the oracle create index implicitly?

a)Primary key b) unique 22) Which is the return value for pmcmd when the value is true. a) 1 b) 0 c) 5 d) 6 e) 4 23) Which of the following are true? a. Single-row functions can be used only in select and where clause. b. character functions works on character data type column only. c. date functions return date data type only. d. None of the above. Infa 11. Number of log files by default in Infa? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 (session log, workflow log, reject log) d. 4 e. 5 12. Which window helps to access the Repositories ? a. Navigation Window b. Property Window c. Workflow Monitor d. Workflow Manager 13. The primary server process in the infa Server? a. Repository Manager b. Load manager c. Workflow manager d. Workflow Designer 14. Which transformation helps to convert the rows into columns? a. Rank Transformation b. Sorter Transformation c. Normalizer Transformation d. Update Strategy 15. Which transformation row updates distinct records into target table? a. Update Strategy b. Rank c. Sorter d. Aggregation 16. No. of components in the Workflow Manager a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

e. 5 17. Writing scripts to schedule Workflows what mode is this a. Interactive mode b. Command line mode 18. User, Groups, Privileges are created in which client tool? a. Repository manager b. Workflow Manager c. Workflow monitor d. Designer 19. What types of data sources are there in Infa? (all the options are correct but we had to select only one option) a. Flat files b. Homogenous and heterogeneous sources c. Flat files, Homogenous and heterogeneous sources d. XML and Cobol sources e. None of the above Cognos 18. Drilling from Analysis Studio report to which report is possible? a. Report Studio report b. Query Studio report c. Metric Studio report d. Not possible 19. Minimum no of dispatchers required to process a request? a. b. c. d. e. 1 2 3 4 5

20. In the Analysis studio, a cross tab is added in which two measures are adjacent to each other, what is this set called? a. Measure Set b. Analysis Set c. None of the above 21. In Report Studio, When selecting a prompt value automatically takes u to the second prompt, what are this type of prompts called? a. Cascading Prompts b. Sequence Prompts c. None of the above 22. Content Store stores what data? a. Data required for the Application b. Report Specification and something c. Cube data 23. Which service in the Dispatchers helps to render reports? a. Presentation Service b. Batch Report Service c. Report Service

d. Job Service e. None 24. A Query Subject named X should be accessed only by the Management level people, What security mode will u apply a. Data Level b. Object Level c. Model Level d. None 25. What is the efficient Way of distributing the reports? a. Bursting b. Emailing c. None DW 17. Which schema occupies Less memory Space? a. Star Schema b. SnowFlake c. none 18. Which Schema, help improving the performance? a. Star Schema b. SnowFlake c. none 19. Defn of DataWarehouse? (options I dont remember but it was not direct) 20. Which is not very frequently updated? a. ODS b. DW c. DM d. None 21. Suitable Data model for OLTP? a. ER b. Dimensional Modeling c. None 22. Types of transformation? a. Simple Conversion b. Structural Conversion c. Format d. All the above 23. Defn of Dimensional Modeling 24. Something like, What does grain of the fact table me? (dont remember the options) Oracle 13. %ROWCOUNT defn 14. Selecting a Query : Based on the creation on Foreign key on emp table referring dept table (they asked to select the correct query) 15. What is true about Cursor for loop? a. Does not require a exit condition b. Open Cursor c. Close Cursor

d. Fetch Cursor 16. Not true abt Cursor For Loop? a. Open Cursor b. Close Cursor c. Fetch Cursor d. All the Above 17. some query on Revoke reference.. was given and they asked what it implies? 18. Calculate 12*sal*commission for every record of the emp table chaoose the appropriate query? a. Select 12*sal*nvl(commission,0) from emp ; b. Select 12*sal*decode(commission,0) from emp ; 1.select to_char((nvl(sqrt(589364),"invalid")) from dual is not a valid statement a.True b.False 2.No of client tools in informatica Ans: 5 3.which of the keyword is used to open cursor for loop? a.open b.fetch c.close d.none 4.what is detail filter? 5.question about NOT NULL 6.question about Primary Key 7.the primary powercenter process is known as a.designer b.repository manager c.load manager d.workflow manager 8.which line will produce the error a.create function add_number(tab_a IN NUMBER, b.END; c.tab_b IN OUT NUMBER); d.BEGIN e.RETURN(tab_a+tab_b); 9.Cognos8 BI is a.enterprise reporting solution b.analytical solution

10.if leftout,which of the following will cause infinite execution of LOOP a.exit b.end c.begin 11.no of Expression Transformation ports a.1 b.2 c.3 12.How to take the top three performer from the table a. rank b. aggregator c. sorter 13. what will the truncate statement do..?? a. truncate all foriegn keys b. truncate all rows c. truncate all columns d. truncate both rows and columns 14. what is the use of the content store a. store repository specification b. to store application data c. rest i dont know .use of surrogate keys Ans:improve performance 2.in which SCD we use different surrogate keys Ans: none 3: no of permissions in folder(infa) Ans: 7 4: timeout in repository manager(infa) Ans: 60 secs 5: which dimension is used in fact Ans: degenerate 6: what cant be used in some studio(cognos) Ans: correlation 7: datawarehouse vs datamart (true or false) 8:which dimension dont effect frain of fact table Ans: casual 9: which data doesnt change from one fact table to another Ans: conformed

10: which pmcmd is use to write scripts Ans: command line 11: which is the first step in performance tuning in data warehouse? Performace bottleneck,cache,dormant data, etc. Don knowI clicked on performance bottleneck

1. 2. 3.

By default the PowerCenter server sets the number of partitions to Ans : 1.

No. of partitions one can define in the PowerCenter Server? Ans : 64 at any partition point.

Is the query right or wrong? Select (to_char(nvl(sqrt(43562),0),Fmt) from DUAL; I m not too sure abt this. I think its wrong because no column name is specified after the select statement.

4. 5. 6.

Be sure about the definitions of ODS, Datawarehouse,Data Marts, EDW , Top Down and Bottom Up Approach. Multiple fact tables share dimension tables. What schema are we talking about??.... Ans: Fact Constellation Number of log files by default in Infa? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 (session log, workflow log, reject log) d. 4 e. 5 Which transformation helps to convert the rows into columns? a. Rank Transformation b. Sorter Transformation c. Normalizer Transformation d. Update Strategy No. of components in the Workflow Manager a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 f. User, Groups, Privileges are created in which client tool? a. Repository manager

7.

8.

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b. Workflow Manager c. Workflow monitor d.Designer 10. a. b. c. d. Drilling from Analysis Studio report to which report is possible? Report Studio report Query Studio report Metric Studio report Not possible

11. Minimum no of dispatchers required to process a request? a. b. c. d. e. 1 2 3 4 5

12. In the Analysis studio, a cross tab is added in which two measures are adjacent to each other, what is this set called? a. Measure Set b. Analysis Set c. None of the above 13. In Report Studio, When selecting a prompt value automatically takes u to the second prompt, what are this type of prompts called? a. Cascading Prompts b. Sequence Prompts c. None of the above 14. Content Store stores what data? a. Data required for the Application b. Report Specification and something c. Cube data 15. a. b. c. d. e. Which service in the Dispatchers helps to render reports? Presentation Service Batch Report Service Report Service Job Service None

16. A Query Subject named X should be accessed only by the Management level people, What security mode will u apply a. Data Level b. Object Level c. Model Level d. None 17. a. b. c. What is the efficient Way of distributing the reports? Bursting Emailing None

18. Pick out the reporting tools a) Cognos b) BO c) Discoverer d) Informatica

Ans: a,b and c

19.

Design tools available are:

ERWIN, Power Warehouse Architect and Oracle Designer 20. Which is not possible in the Analysis Studio?? Standard Deviation max sum Correlation

1.

Data source for Framework Manager? XML Excel Sheets Homogenous? Heterogenous sources Informix Impromptu All the above ( Is the answer suggested by my Cognos Trainer )

22. Which should be used to define a interval between two task a) set wait b) set no wait c) wait

23. The New Power Center Informatica Suite handles 64 bit.

24. State the Correct one a) Group by should be placed before having clause b) Group by should be placed after having clause c) oderby should be placed before select clause Ans a.)

25. It is possible to create a crosstab report in Query Studio. True or False?. Ans; False It is not
possible to create a crosstab report in query studio. Only a list report can be selected and converted into a Cross Tab Report using the Pivot Option. 26. REVOKE REFERENCES on INVENTORY

FROM JOECASSIDY (thats supposed to be the table name ); What does this query do?...Sorry I had no clue..something related to FOREIGN KEY I guess.

27. MOLAP selection depends upon: ( select choice question.. ans is both the choices )
Analysis required and queries to be posed are known at run time. Data retrieval paths follow predefined structure of datacube.

28. ROLAP selection depends upon ( If any of the choices below comes choose ROLAP ) Raw Data Ad Hoc Reporting Database greater than 10 GB in size Different views of the DWH something.

29. What are the disadvantages of ER Modelling?? No GUI Cannot raise queries None of the above Both Ans; Both 30. Read Constraints wellthere was a question like whether it was compulsory to name the constraint while defining it.

31. What does Full Outer Join do ? Ans: It includes the unmatched rows from both the
tables. 32. How many components are there in the Designer? Ans : 5 33. What is true about Cursor for Loop ? Ans: No exit condition is required i.e EXIT WHEN < condition > or like EXIT WHEN <cursorname> %NOTFOUND

34. What will be the situation when RAISE_ECXEPTION is raised and the exception handler
block is not provided? a) it will cause a memory leak ( not sure though ) b) it will raise % not found error c) the control will pass through sql block

35. Find out the error in the following query ?

select o.productname,p.odernam o.location where product.product_id=order.oder_id and oder by o.sale

a) o.sale should be used in the select clause b) alias order must be changed c) table alias should be used in where clause

36. There was a question on Datamarts being a logical subset of Datawarehouse. Different choices on datamarts were givenDont remember the exact choices. 37. a) ODS uses operation data b) DWH uses analytic data c) ODS can be a part of a larger datawarehouse d) ODS can never be a part of the DWH Best ans choice: a,b and c

38. A simple question on SQL: What clause should you use to get employees getting salaries more than 3000 Ans : WHERE sal>3000; ( simplest of all ) 39. What transformation canyou use to select employees only from Dept No.10? a) Source Qualifier b) Filter Tranformation c) Router Transformation d) Router and Filter Transformation ( I chose this because Router can also be used ) 40. No. of ports in Rank Transformation? Ans: 4 ( Input, Output, Variable and Rank )

41. No. of ports in the expression transformation? Ans: 3 42. Syntax for LookuP Transformation? LKP::LKP( <values> ) 43. Another question on Joiner Transformation..i dont remember..better study MASTER and
DETAIL TABLE OPTIONS in the PORTS TAB of JOINER TRANSFORMATION.

44. Read SURROGATE KEYS well and also why existing keys should not be used. 90%
chance that Qs will come based on Surrogate Keys properties.

45. Cognos 8 BI is an
ROLAP MOLAP < some irrelevant > Enterprise Wide BI solution

46. Log files in Workflow Logs, Session Logs and Reject Files whose default directories are
$PMWorkflowLogDir, $PMSessionLogDir and $PMBadFileDir respectively. The same for reusable workflows are $PMRootDir/WorkflwLogs, $PMRootDir/SessLogs and $PMRootDir/BadFiles respectively. 47. In pmcmd command line mode if the program is successful then 0 is 48. No. of modes in pmcmd? Ans: 2 (Command Line Mode and Interactive returned. Mode)

49. . Which of the following is possible to a date variable

a. min ( MAX AND MIN CAN BE USED WITH ANY DATATYPE ) b. none of the above c. sum d. avg 50. Match the following a. Project Top Level b. package ii. Published c. Model - iii. Set of related query subject d. Namespace iv. Uniquely identifiable

51. Which of the following are true? a. Single-row functions can be used only in select and where clause. ( False- Single row functions can also be used with FROM ) b. character functions works on character data type column only. ( False- CHR is a character function which operates on numbers i.e. CHR ( number ) returns the character corresponding to the ASCII number ) c. date functions return date data type only. ( False ) ( MONTHS_BETWEEN ( date1, date 2 ) returns a number and not a date ) d. None of the above. ( ANS ) 52. What is a detailed filter?

I dont remember the choices but my friends told me that detailed filter is used before an aggregator transformation . ( Not sure ) 53. Summarised filter? One used after the aggregator transformation. ( Not sure ) 54. Suitable Data model for OLTP? a)ER b)Dimensional Modeling c)None

55. Which is not very frequently updated? ODS DW DM None 56. . To operate in which pmcmd mode, username, password and server connection details are necessary? Command line Interactive Both None 57. To determine which column caused the row to be rejected, what does the server add to give more info about columns? Key indicators Key breaks Row indicator and column indicators Variable indicator 58. To compare value with some reference values which chart is used? a. pie b. bar c. line d. None 59. Which transformation row updates distinct records into target table? Update Strategy Rank Sorter ( must be sorter ) Aggregation 60. This question comin up makes no sense at all. . Which id different oracle constraint?? ( I have no idea and Im not sure about the answer ) a) primary key b) unique c) not null

d)check e) none of the above. 61. You can create re-usable transformation in? a. Transformation designer. b. mapping designer. c. mapplet designer. d. all the above 62. By default reusable transformations are created in ? a. Transformation designer. b. mapping designer. c. mapplet designer. d. all the above 63. Calculate 12*sal*commission for every record of the emp table chaoose the appropriate query? a. Select 12*sal*nvl(commission,0) from emp ; b. Select 12*sal*decode(commission,0) from emp ; 64. Whats the memory allocated by default to the index cache? Ans: 1 MB 65. Whats the memory allocated by default to the data cache? Ans: 2 MB 66. Which transformation would you use if you wanna extract data from a COBOL database ? Ans: Normalizer Transformation ( References: Informatica Help ) 67. % ROWCOUNT def. was asked . 68. How many transformation are there ? a)12 b)18 c)8 b)13 If 16 is given in place of 18 then go for 16 . 69. Well thats all I can remember ! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. For a mapping to be valid the min no of transformations required is definition data warehousing.(see ppt for diff types of def and get clear) the performance of the submitted tasks can be viewed in(info ques) Cognos is .(wat type of tool) user can drill thru from analysis report studio to .. definition for top down approach..(four options with interchanged words.. confused little if u study ppt well able to get correct answer) 7. staging layer is 8. which of the following is an etl tool(a. informatica b. some unknown name c.datastage d. none) 9. the function of implicit cursor 10. to a model which contains one project that should be viewed only by supervisors mean than at wat level u ll provide security.(a. model level b. package level c. project level ..4th option forget)

11. which pmcmd mode can be used to communicate with work flow manager with the use of writing scripts. 12. the pmcmd command is used to communicate with.(a. wf manager b. wf monitor c. rep manager d. all the above e.none) 13. the transformation by which we can insert , delete or edit rows is(info que) 14. the detail filter is the one ..(a. applied to summary rows b. applied to grand total c.applied to detailed rows d.applied to the entire rows) 15. one ques reg. event wait task is there.exact wording s wat is in ppt only given..find it and study please 16. the wordings in mail triggered is Failed parent if this task fails implies.(I dont know wat this question and from which module itself) 17. if a data get over flow in memory cache then the overflowed data got stored in (a,cachefiles b. variables c. memory files d. none) 18. which of the following calculation cannot be done by using analysis studio? (a. sum b. avg c. correlation d. standard deviation) 19. the common operation that can be performed in analysis studio.. 20. one question reg measure set.for this ans is measure set I knowque I forget 21. which of the following types of schema has high performance.(ans. Star schema) 22. the schema in which multiple fact tables shared dimensions is called(ans. Fact constellation) 23. the dimension which is shared commonly across through diff fact tables is called.(a. junk dimension b. conformed dimension c. degenerate dimension c. casual dimension d. none of the above) 24. one true or false question I got(I not even read it) all the above I got in shuffled from diff modules and remaining 21 questions are all from oracle alone.all are queries.only guessed and answered..

some questions only I remembered since all are queries with table names and all. 25. to display Hello World as ello world the query ll be 26. nearly four question s using grant comman My suggestion as per my questions is that study well the ppt and oracle alone need some practices in command writing s so that u can pass Wat my mistake is if I concentrate on ppt s and mugged up I might answer all the above 24 questions directly so that I may get 60 atleast So please atleast u people study well and get pass . All the best friends 1. Wat is detailed filter? 2. select emp_name,salary,desig from emp order by salary desc; select emp_name,salary,desig from emp order by 2 desc; result of the query? 3. Definition of top down approach.

4. Definition of bottom up approach. 5. Which id different oracle constraint a) primary key b) unique c) not null d)check e) none of the above. 6. To which of the following does the oracle create index implicitly? a)Primary key b) unique . . 7. Which of the these dimensions have same meaning(Am not much correct abt the Question) a) Junk Dimension b) Degenerated Dimension c) conformed dimension d)none of the above 8. From analysis studio u can drill down to a)report studio b)Query Studio c) . d) None of the above 9. cognos is a a. ROLAP b. MOLAP c. other options I dont remember d. both ROLAP and MOLAP 10.which chart is used to compare actual values with the related values a) pie chart b) bar chart c) line chart d) 3D 11. match the Following a. project i. top level b. package ii. Published c. Model - iii. Set of related query subject d. Namespace iv. Uniquely identifiable 12. Which is the return value for pmcmd when the value is true. a) 1 b) 0 c) 5 d) 6 e) 4

13. use of grant permission. 14 . A report scenario 15. In informatica, Where will u create folders and connection 16. How many transformation are there ? a)12 b)18 c)8 b)13 17. Informatica is compatible for? a) 64 bit b)128 bit c)512 bit d)8 bit e) none of the above. 18. Dataware house is a) ODS that stores historical data b)Analytical datastore that stores historical data c) ODS that stores current data d) Analytical datastore that stores current data 19. choose correct one A) single row will fetch the rows from only one table b) subqueries cant have aggregate function c) subqueries cant have analytical function d) multiple sub query can have like function 20. No. of variables in the Workflow Manager a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 21. Calculate 12*sal*commission for every record of the emp table chaoose the appropriate query? a) Select 12*sal*nvl(commission,0) from emp ; b) Select 12*sal*decode(commission,0) from emp ; c) Select 12*sal*commission from emp ; 22. Which of the following are true? a. Single-row functions can be used only in select and where clause. b. character functions works on character data type column only. c. date functions return date data type only. d. None of the above. 23. Which is false abt FOR LOOP cursor? a. EXIT condition should be there b. other options I dont remember.

24. which of the following is needed to open FOR LOOP for cursor a) OPEN b)FETCH c) . d)none of these 25. 2. What is done in staging area? a. Cleansing b. transformation c. Temporary storage for incremental extract. d. All the above 26. Which of the following is false abt surrogate key. (I dont remember the options) 27. . You can create re-usable transformation in? a. Transformation designer. b. mapping designer. c. mapplet designer. d. all the above 28. Which of the following is possible to a date variable a. min b. none of the above c. sum d. avg 1. Dataware house is a) ODS that stores historical data b) Analytical datastore that stores historical data c) ODS that stores current data d) Analytical datastore that stores current data 2. Calculate 12*sal*commission for every record of the emp table chaoose the appropriate query? a) Select 12*sal*nvl(commission,0) from emp ; b) Select 12*sal*decode(commission,0) from emp ; c) Select 12*sal*nvl(commission) from emp; c) Select 12*sal*commission from emp ; 3. Which of the following is possible to a date variable a. min b. none of the above c. sum d. avg 4. 24. which of the following is needed to open FOR LOOP for cursor a) OPEN b) FETCH 5. which chart is used to compare actual values with the related values a) pie chart b) bar chart c) line chart d) 3D

(Compare groups of related information against actual values these are used in cognos clustered configuration stacked configuration radar 3D) 6. How will the repository Manager connects to the repository database a) LAN b) WAN c) Third party software d) internal driver 7. Which is true a) DM is a logical subset of DW b) DW is logical suset of DM c) neither DM nor DW are subset d) DW is the subset of DM and DM is subset of DW 8. Which schema will save the space a) Start b) Snowflake c) fact 9. which is best suite for OLTP a) ER modelling b) Dimension modelling c)both d)neither Dimension modelling nor ER modeling 10. In which chart we can compare the values with the give value a) bar b) line c) 3D d) pie 11) What does the gateway do in cognos? 12) Which one s object privilege a) create index b) create session c) drop user d) none 13) Which is not possible in analysis studio? a. Standard deviation b. Correlation c. Max d. SUM 14) The rejected data is indicated by the a) row and column indicator 15) Workflow monitor will show the session that have run a) once b) 2

c) 3 d) 4 e) never 16) The pmcmd mode used to write scripts command mode 17) Where the connecting work are done in informatica a) Repository Manager b) Workflow Manager c) Workflow Monitor d) Task developer 18) top down approach 19) bottom down approach 20) Which will do automatic commit a) select b) update c) none d) I dont remember (DDL statements only have auto commit so create,drop)

1. What is stored in the .key file? a. repository server name b. user name c. password d. all the above 2. Top down Approach 3. Bottom Up approach 4. How to over ride the order by clause in look up query? a. Write an order by clause in look up query over ride. b. Write an order by clause in look up query over ride order by c. Write an over ride query. d. Something similar. Not sure 5. What does check Integrity do? a. Parses joins, conditions and objects. b. Validates cardinalities, loops and contexts. c. validates universe structure. d. All the above. 6. Advantages and disadvantages of snowflake schema. 7. Advantages and disadvantages of star schema.

8. Full form of ETL. 9. Which of the below is a DML statement. a. Create b. Update c. Drop d. None of the options. e. commit 10. What is true for an order by clause? a. Appears last in select statement. b. Default order is ascending. c. Some other irrelevant options. Both a and b are true but got to choose only one. 11. A query was given and the error was asked. The concept is: When an alias name is used it should be used throughout the select statement. 12. Which one of it is a self join? Four queries were given. 13. Which of the below should you use to create a new repository? a. Repository manager b. Repository Administration Console. c. Workflow Manager. d. Workflow Monitor. 14. The number of variables in workflow manager: a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 0 15. Where is a reusable transformation created? a. Transformation Developer b. Task Developer c. Mapplet Designer. d. Mapping Designer. 16. In which pmcmd mode should the server user name and password be given? a. Command line b. Interactive c. Other irrelevant options 17. Number of ports for expression transformation: a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 18. What is the output of: round(trunc(mod(1600/10),-1),2) a. 0

b. 0.00 c. error 19. Which one this is a valid table name? a. COLUMN b. NUMBER#1 c. 1TABLE d. TABLE_MANY_COLUMN_ (goes on like that up to 34 characters.) 20. What is DW 21. Which one of the following transformations can be used to work on records of dept no 10 a. Only filter b. Filter and router c. Filter, router and Source Qualifier d. Source Qualifier and filter 22. Where can prompts be used? a. Query panel b. Query Panel and universe c. and d. dont remember 23. What is the use of grant clause? a. Grant privileges on objects to users and groups b. Grant privileges to objects. c. and d. dont remember 24. What are the join Conditions available in Universe? a. Full outer, right outer and left outer b. theta Join c. Shortcut Join. d. All the options. e. Self Join 25. What is true about implicit cursor? a. You should be careful while using implicit cursors. b. Implicit cursor is user in for all loops. c. and d. dont remember. 26. Which aggregation function can be used for the column. The datatype of the column is DATE a. avg b. min c. sum d. count 27. Which of the following is not a correct clause? a. %notfound b. %found c. %too_many_rows d. none of the above 28. Which of the options does this statement resemble. The facts are stored in a fact table and a dimensional framework is used to pull out the facts. a. Degenerate Dimensions

b. Junk dimension. c. Role-Playing Dimension. d. None of the above 29. For which of the below can a drill mode be applied: a. Measures b. Dimensions c. Detail d. All the above 30. To search for the employees whose last name has a as its second letter. Four queries were given. The correct condition is: last_name like _a% 31. To use the derived datatype for a column : Four queries were given. The correct condition is: emp.lname%type

DOVETAIL 1. Which is not a correct representation of 1 to many relation in framework manager? a) 1:0 to 1:n b) 1:0 to 0:n c) 1:1 to 0:n d) 0:1 to 0:n 2. Where is the actual business rules applied in informatica? a) source qualifier b) transformation developer c) warehouse designer d) mapping designer e) mapplet designer 3. in which of the following is data not updated frequently/ a) ODS b) DWH c) Data mart d) None 4. Definition of top down. 5. Which transformation will you use to move the records with last three ranks in the source? a) b) c) d) rank joiner aggregate update

6. Cognos is a ___3 _ tier architecture?

7. What are implicit cursors? a) Implicit Cursor is not used in Oracle b) User should be very careful in using Implicit Cursor c) Implicit cursor used for SQL statements that r not named d) None 8. Which is not possible in the Analysis Studio?? a. Standard Deviation b. max c. sum d. Correlation 9. A Query Subject named X should be accessed only by the Management level people, What security mode will u apply a. Data Level b. Object Level c. Model Level d. None 10. What are the disadvantages of ER Modelling?? a. No GUI b. Cannot be quired c. User cannot understand d. All the above

11. What does Full Outer Join do ? get all unmatched data
12. What transformation can you use to select employees only from Dept No.10? a) Source Qualifier b) Filter Tranformation c) Router Transformation d) Router and filter 13. Cognos 8 BI is an a) ROLAP b) MOLAP c) none d) Enterprise Wide BI solution 14. To determine which column caused the row to be rejected, what does the server add to give more info about columns? 1. Key indicators 2. Key breaks 3. Row indicator and column indicators 4. Variable indicator 15. To compare value with some reference values which chart is used? a. pie b. bar c. Line d. 3D 16. Which is different oracle constraint?? a) primary key

b) c) d) e)

unique not null d)check none of the above

17. Calculate 12*sal*commission for every record of the emp table chaoose the appropriate query? a. Select 12*sal*nvl(commission,0) from emp ; b. Select 12*sal*decode(commission,0) from emp ; 18. What does the following query does? select a.mid, b.maxsal from emp a, (select mid,max(sal) maxsal from emp group by deptname) b where a.mid=b.mid ; a. b. c. d. maximum salaried emp within each dept. maximum salaried emp within company. Error in statement. I dont remember.

19. ETL expansion 20. OLAP expansion 21. . Metadata is data about data 22. definition of Dimensional modeling 23. Dimension that does not change agains multiple fact tables Conformed Dimension 24. Number of ports in Expression Transformation? a. 5 b. 3 c. 1 d 2 25. How many variables are there in Workflow Manager? a. 4 b. 3 c. 1 d 2 e. 0 26. what do mean by nesting a) one dimension above to another b) one dimension below to another c) one dimension next to another d) none 27. which transformation is used to load the rejected files a) source qualifier transformation b) router transformation c) either source qualifier nor router b) source quailifier,router and filter transformation 28. reordering option a)reordering is used for changing the position of values in column b)reordering is used for changing the position of column c)reordering is used for changing the position of object d)none 29. In which mode of pmcmd, we can work with workflows and sessions? Interactive mode

Commandline mode Server mode

30. pmcmd communicate with Power centre server 31. to work with pmcmd, whose informations are needed? Power centre server 32. where can u see the status of any workflow workflow monitor 33. Which of the below is a DML statement. a. Create b. Update c. Drop d. None of the options. e. commit 34. What is the output of: round(trunc(mod(1600/10),-1),2) a. 0 b. 0.00 c. error 35. which one has object privilege? Create index 36. Where is the actual business rule applied in informatica? Transformation developer 37. The following given in DECLARATION part is invalid why? PICONSTANTINTEGER; - No data type is specified 38. Which is true?? Char() is suitable for fixed length value 39. Which is false abt surrogate key? Its a key of integer type to uniquely identify a record It can have repeated values It can be formed into a composite key along with foreign keys It can be used as foreign key in another table 40. The list report contains 3 columns COLA COLB COLC , colA is grouped. get the values of colA for each values in COLB which of the following should be done? 1) Ungroup 2) Level span ColA 3) Level span ColB 4) Group span ColA 5) Group spanB 41. In a report, to perform aggregation using aggregation expression, what should u use?? Aggregation list Aggregation type Aggregation mode none January 11th 2008: ORACLE, BO, INFA, DW BASICS: Guys learn the dump thoroughly. Questions came from previous dumps and around 10 - 15 questions are new. First read the other dumps and then come to this one. You will find more helpful then. Those who have opted for BO have more chances getting question from dump around 25. Cognos ppl are getting less no of ques from dumps around 10 only. So that is the actual reason why they finding it difficult. So you can better opt for BO even if you work in Cognos tool.

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1. characteristics of ods: a)detailed and lightly summarised b)current and near current c)vast supply of heterogenous data d) detailed and lightly summarized & current and near current ans: detailed and lightly summarized & current and near current Same question mentioned above is asked as " ODS stores???" 2.multiple fact tables share dimension-fact constellation 3. You have granted index and references privilege on a user Joegrant index and reference role to joe. a) Grant any privelege to joe b) Grant all privelege to joe c) Grant index and reference to joe d) none e) Grant all garnt privilege to joe I donno the answer but i put Grant any privilege to joe. 4.transformation to move top 3 records-rank transformation 5.which of the following function is possible in date variable-min 6.implicit cursor is used for a) handling loop b) for cursors that are not named c)You should be careful while using implicit cursors. d)Implicit Cursor is not used in Oracle 7.how many client components are there in informatica. a)7 b)0 c)8 d)5 answer is 5 8. pmcmd get connected with - power center server 9. To limit the number of rows in a)universe b)query panel c)both Ans: Universe 10. Which is not very frequently updated? a. ODS b. DWH c. DM d. None

Ans: DWH 11. Which of the following are true? a. ODS form a part of large DW b. DW used for analysis. c. ODS doesn't form a part of large DW d. some thing i. ii. iii. iv. d and b a and c a, b and c none of the above

Something like tht four options are given asking for which one is correct. 12 While running workflow informatica server gets connection with a. Repository server. b. Workflow Manager. c. Workflow Monitor. d. Repository Manager 13. What is the use of grant clause? a. Grant privileges on objects to users and groups b. Grant privileges to objects. c. allows the grantee to give privileges to groups and users i donno but i guess ans is c 14. You can create re-usable transformation in? a. Transformation developer. b. mapping designer. c. mapplet designer. d. all the above 15. no of modes in pmcmd? ans: 2 16. metadata means a) data about data b) contains database catalogs 17. 2 queries given almost of same kind like 2. select emp_name,salary,desig from emp order by salary desc; select emp_name,salary,desig from emp order by 2 desc; result of the query? Options are like a) two identical results b) two identical errors c) Make some changes in column names and then there will be identical results d) none 18. what will be situation when raise_ exception is raised and exeception handler block is not provided

a) it will cause a memory leak b) it will raise % not found error c) the control will pass through sql block ans it will cause a memory leak 19. Questions on aliases and contexts.....Ans both aliases and context 20. The facts are stored in a fact table and a dimensional framework is used to pull out the facts.. a)Degenerate Dimensions b)Junk dimension. c)Role-Playing Dimension. d)Conformed dimensions 21. measures that can be added across few dimension and not with others Ans-- Semi-additive 22. The records can be limited by using a)Filter b)break c)Alerter d)None ans: filter 23. what is hierarchy? a related series of dimensions for analysis purpose 24. what is template? a doc in BO having predefined styles and structure that v can use for report 25. They asked which is an ETL tool? a)Informatica b)Datastage c)ab - Initigo d) all ans: all 26. Which transformation will you use to move the records with last three ranks in the source? a) b) c) d) rank joiner aggregate update

27. which of the following SCD type is used to update existing record with new one by using surrogate key? 1. SCD TYPE 1 2.SGD 3. SCD TYPE 2 4. SCD TYPE 3 28. In which line will an error occur? a)create function xyz ( var_a in number,

b)return( var_a + var_b) c)end; d)var_b in out number) return number 29. They asked Theta join defn...... 30. Which transformation is used to load the rejected files a) source qualifier transformation b) router transformation c) either source qualifier nor router b) source quailifier,router and filter transformation 31. where can u see the status of any workflow ans: workflow monitor 32. )What are the three domains in BO? ans: Universe domain, security domain and document domain 33. Who is the main role in Bo? a. supervisor designer b. designer ans: c.general supervisor d. user Concentrate more on Infa, Dw concepts...... All the best for those who are going to write the dovetail exam With regards, Sathish S These the question I got in the dovetail examination. I will give the answers alone. Dont remember the choices Dw basics 1.A dimension which is across many fact tables a)Fact Constellation 2)In top down approach a)EDW is first built 3)Which is a part of staging layer? a)cleansing, transformation and also a temporary storage area Informatica

4) Which of the following is true a)Data Mart is the logical subset of the warehouse 5)OLAP? a)Online analytical processing 6)Metadata is? a)Data about Data 7)Which is best suited for OLTP? a)ER modeling

8)Which is the best caching technique a)Small data very frequently used(Not very sure) Think thats all from datawarehousing Informatica 1.No. of components in Informatica designer a)5 2)Before you connect to the informatica server you must register it with? a) Repository mamager questions based on pmcmd 4) in which mode must you type in the server's address each time you script a)Command mode 5) using pmcmd you connect to? a)Workflow manager 6)pmcmd is used to connect with?

a)Powercentre or informatica server or powermart whichever you find as the answer there 7) In where can you prepare a reusable transformation a)transformation designer 8)Where in Informatica will the business logics be applied a)Transformation Developer 9)What will you use to to join an RDBMS input file and an XML file a)Source Qualifier and Union( I am not very sure of this) 10)When you use update trategy trasnformation which is the default mode? a)Insert 11)Where is that you design tasks so that it runs sequentially or in some order defined? a)Workflow designer Thats all from informatica i think

Oracle Mostly the questions were queries only. I will just type in what kind of queries i got. 1) Which statemt makes automatic commit? a)Select(Not very sure) 2)syntax for adding a primary key constraint 3)difference between the following queries select a,b,c from emp order by b desc; select a,b,c from emp order by 2 desc; a)Both will give the same output 4)What is the reason when one user gets PICONSTANTERROR? a)I dont know

5)select a.emp, a.name b. emp from employee a, select(emp from empl where sal =max(sal)) b;

a)this is throw an error in the first line itself is wrong but there was no choice like that. 6)Decode("1611",aaaa,1444,exists,non existant)what will the ouptut be if the column has the value 1444 a) exists 7)If you want the datatype of a column existing in some other table what will you use a)%rowtype 8)For loop does not require a(n) a) END condition to terminate 9)Which is used to open a cursor? a) Open statement

1. definition of dataware house? Analytic information and historical data.

2. bottom up approach refers to 3. no of variables in designer 4. which of the following is not updated frequently.ans is DWH 5. in which the privileges can be givenRepository manager 6. The function of GRANT OPTION is .allows the grantee to give privileges to groups and users 7. to select the last name from the table emp such that last name should have the second letter as A is.. 8. when the mapping of the variable executed in informatica the variable is taken as options are integer data type, varchar type , blob type, clob type 9. sources for frame work manager. 10. increase in the no of datamarts increases the performance tremendously..say true or false 11. which of the following is not possible in analysis studio? Ans is scorecarding 12. analysis studio is used to. 13. to limit the no of employees such that they should have their salary greater than 5000 is..ans is where salary > 5000 14. Question regardin PICONSTANTINTEGER 15. in which tab of session task we used to configure details reg souce and targets of the mapping 16. which report contains limited data..options are the report used for design, report used for debugging, the report used for both design and debugging, none of the above 17. to compare the actual values with the given value the chart used is.

18. which of the following aggregate function can be performed over data type date .ans
is MIN 19. conditional rendering meansoptions I forgot sorry 20. if left out which one causes the loop to be infinte executionoptions are loop, exit, endloop, stop 21. which of the following is true for For Loop ..it doesnt requires exit condition 22. which transformation combines the data from two diff sources and updates all the information in the target table.options are union, joiner, union and joiner, and some irrelevant option. 23. which of the following transformation is used to update change records into table? I clicked normalizer transformation. 24. What types of data sources are there in Infa? 25. content store contains 26. to display Hello World as ello world the query ll be.

27. Suitable Data model for OLTP? ER 28. Conformed dimension-definition 29. one question containin four options with diff sentences reg surrogate keys..confusin options 30. metadata means.. 31.ER modeling is not preferable becausethere are four options all are related so I clicked all the above. 32. What does grain of the fact table means? This is the question I got for second attempt. I remembered only 32 questions.

1.when a command fails wat is returned? 1.0 2.1 3.none 4.non zero return codes(i marked this) note:it hasn been asked as pmcmd.they just mentioned as command 2.which is true? i)factless fact table doesn hav facts ii)ff table is used as coverage iii)ff table is used for event tracking iv)ff table is included in snowflake(not very sure) ans:i,ii,iii 3.in which type the existing record are updated with a surrogate key value? i)type 1 scd ii)type 2 scd iii)type 3 scd iv)sgd v)none

ans:type 1 scd 4.to filter only the record of dept 10,which transformation is used? 1.filter 2.router 3.filter and router ans:filter 5.in which the users,groups and privileges are created(infa)? 1.designer 2.workflow manager 3.repository manager 4.workflow monitor 5.none Ans:repository manager 6.a repository contains multiple datasources: true 7.users,groups are created in supervisor(bo) 8.to get the salary greater than 5000 which clause is used? where sal>5000 9.a supervisor contains security,document,universe domains... 10.a source system in dw is defined as an operational system with current data.. 11.a dw is analytical system with historical data 12.ods contains current and near current,detailed and lightly summarised(no heterogeneous data) 13.in bottom up approach data mart is created and then edw is created... 14.select (to_char(nvl(sqrt(43562),0),,fmt)from dual...true or false.(the condition may change) i marked true 15.reusable transformation is created in transformation developer... 16.source and target connection details are specified in which tab 1.mapping 2.properties 3.components 4.metadata 5.none ans:mapping

17.command which sends email after a workflow.. 1.event 2.email 3.decision 4.none i marked as email

18.first sep in connecting a universe 1.define connection parameters 2.set up hierarchies 3.insert tables and joins 4.resolve loops 5.none ans:define connection parameters 19.the objects in bo are dimension,detail,measure 20.when connecting to a repository you must specify the hostname and port number of the repository server... 21.one query based on forign key creation.. 22.one query is given to identify the result... 23.which schema saves space? snow flake

24.what happens when PICONSTANTINTEGER is declared in the declaration statement of pl/sql? i put data type is not declared 25.what is a template? 1.document containing data alone 2.it is in bo folder with predefined styles and something i don remember.. i marked 1 as answer 26.number of ports in expression transformation-3 27.which of the following is false about FOR loop? requires exit condition 28.surrogate key is used to improve performance 29.calculate 12*sal*commission for every record of the emp table..choose the appropriate query?

Ans:select 12*sal*nvl(commission,0)from emp;

30.to which of the following is unique index is created? 1.primary 2.foreign 3.unique I marked as unique 31.which one has object privilege? Create index

2.choose correct one: ans:a)data mart is logical subset of dw b)dw is logical subset of datamart c)both a and b d)none 1. top down approach- datawarehouse is created first and then disparate business areas are created 2. olap-online analytical processing 3. etl- extraction transformation and loading 4. For a mapping to be valid the min no of transformations required is 2 5. pmcmd has how many modes? 2 6. pmcmd returns wat? 0 7. reusable transformation is created in? transformation designer 8. how can u reduce the number of rows in a report? Filter 9. how can u make a report into sections based on the selected value? Break 10. .wat transformation to load rejected data? Source qualifier 11. loops can be avoid by- alias/contexts 12. which creates users?- supervisor 13. which join is used to give result other than matching columns? a. equi join b. self join c. outer join d. theta join(ans)

14. result for round(trunc(mod(1600,10),-2),2) 1 15. power centre can handle 64 bit
16. where can u select objects? I am not sure

17. Which transformation row updates distinct records into target table- Update Strategy

18. No. of components in the Workflow Manager - 3 19. number of default partitions in power centre? 1 20. metadata means- data about data 21. Suitable Data model for OLTP- ER 22. What types of connections are possible in Bo? personal shared secured 23. Number of ports in Expression Transformation? 3 24. where can you specify the prompt? Query panel and Universe 25. which of the following aggregate function can be performed over data type date .ans is MIN 26. definition of dataware house? Analytic information and historical data
29.to display Hello World as ello world the query ll be using trim.

27. What transformation canyou use to select employees only from Dept No.10?- filter
28. wat is false abt suroogate keys? Surrogate keys should ve meaning

29. using which command it s possible to append data from one table to another which has same
column data type but with different data. Existing data should be updated and new data should be inserted? - merge

30. new data is inserted by updating existing data? SCD-1 31. which is not cursor method? - %many rows 32.
Which has minimum redundancy data? Data mart

33. Increase in datamart increase performance- false

36. which of the following is needed to open FOR LOOP for cursor a) OPEN 37. What is true for an order by clause? Default order is ascending 38. Which of the below should you use to create a new repository?- Repository Administration Console 39. what transformation is required to distinct rows into the target table.. --- Update Strategy 40. in which of the following is data not updated frequently- DW 41. Whether a document can contain a) multiple domain and b) Document domain- True

42. Repository contains- all of the above