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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. 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.

5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. . . . .

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

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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.