Exam BAS-004

IBM Cognos ICM Essentials

Sample test:
The sample test is designed to give the candidate an idea of the content and
format of the questions that will be on the certification exam. Performance on the
sample test is NOT an indicator of performance on the certification exam. This
should not be considered an assessment tool.

(Answer key at the end)

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. In the exhibit, the PayeeTitle table is joined to the PayeeSalary table by PayeeID in a
calculation. The PayeeTitle table is anchored.

How many rows will be returned?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

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2. When connecting a Calculation to a disconnected Connection, which two conditions

must be true? (Choose two.)

A. The Calculation and Connection have the same name.

B. The Calculation has the same partitions as the Connection's columns.

C. The Calculation's Time partition and Connection's Time column use the same
Calendar.

D. The Connection is not currently being used as a source in another Calculation.

3. When using the Standard Build Framework, which set of properties make up an
Attribute ID?

A. Common Component Type, Element Type, Accumulation Type, and Data

Stream
B. Numeric Type, Common Component, Accumulation Type, and Data Stream
C. Common Component, Measurement, Accumulation Type, and Data Stream
D. Incentive Component, Measurement, Numeric Type, and Accumulation Type

4. Which two objects are associated with a Calendar? (Choose two.)

A. View
B. Data Table
C. Custom Table
D. Calculation

5. Once a non-accumulating calculation is locked, which two aspects of the calculation

can be changed? (Choose two.)

A. Sources
B. Partitions
C. Formula
D. Calendar

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6. You are migrating a component from the source to the target model. The "Replace
Conflicts" option is selected. The component exists in the target model with a
calculation ("CALC1") that has been deleted in the source model prior to the
migration. All other contents of the component are identical in the two models.

What will happen when attempting the migration?

A. A conflict will be produced and migration will not be allowed.

B. The component will be migrated with "CALC1" deleted in the target model.

C. The component will be migrated with "CALC1" remaining in the target model.

D. The component will be migrated with "CALC1" created in the source model.

7. Which two events prevent Scheduler from running as scheduled? (Choose two.)

A. User "scheduler" is in use.

B. Global action is currently in progress.
C. Data imports have a large transaction volume.
D. Optimize Model last ran six months ago.

8. A schedule of activities for a live production model is shown below:

--Transaction data is imported monthly

--Full model calculation is scheduled daily
--Payment calendar is locked quarterly
--Optimize Model is scheduled weekly

Improvement in calculation time has not been noticeable after every Optimize
Model execution.

How should you adjust the frequency of Optimize Model to improve calculation time?

A. Execute the Optimize Model daily before the full model calculation.
B. Execute the Optimize Model after the import, and after the payment calendar is
locked.
C. Execute the Optimize Model weekly on a weekday when business users are
most active in the system.
D. Execute the Optimize Model annually after a new year is added in the calendar.

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9. Which two circumstances will result in an error when attempting to edit and save a
calculation? (Choose two.)

A. When a full model calculation is running.

B. When you are granted view only access to Composer.
C. When another user is creating a Process List.
D. When another user is modifying a Presenter report.

10. Your model has two tables shown in the exhibit. A calculation called "Sales
Crediting" associates each transaction to a payee by joining the two tables together.

Which two scenarios would cause a transaction to be assigned to more than one
payee? (Choose two.)

A. Two records in TerritoryRep for the same TerritoryID have overlapping dates.
B. The calculation does not restrict on dates.
C. The tables are added by rows (unioned).
D. The Transaction does not have the TerritoryID column populated.

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11. What is the minimum number of Layout Tables required to build a report with the
layout shown in the exhibit?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 7

12. Which two types of Workflows would you create in IBM Cognos ICM? (Choose two.)

A. admin-initiated
B. system-initiated
C. user-initiated
D. auto-initiated

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13. In Presenter, when creating a Transpose source, what should you do if you
encounter the error shown in the exhibit?

A. Modify the base source to only have one text column and other numeric
columns.
B. Make sure that Anchor Source Rows is selected.
C. Define the primary key structure of the base source.
D. Create the Transpose from an Aggregate Transformation of the base source.

14. Which two types of authentication allow you to access to the Cognos ICM System
using the Admin Client? (Choose two.)

A. default authentication
B. SSO

C. LDAP
D. DB authentication

15. You are encountering difficulties configuring LDAP authentication for the Web.

Before engaging client's LDAP expert and Cognos SPM Support, which two actions
are required? (Choose two.)

A. Turn on DEBUG mode and capture errors.

B. Retrieve Service Error log.

C. Retrieve relevant configuration files.

D. Copy the configuration used in Cognos ICM Windows Service configuration file
to the ldap.properties file.

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16. An employee is terminated from the Inside Sales Reps group and you are asked to
disable Web access for this employee.

Which statement is true?

A. Sales Reps group is maintained in Manage Users.

B. The rep needs to be deleted from the Payee table.
C. Manage Web access for Sales Reps group in Portal Access.
D. Disable Web access for the rep in Workflow Manager.

17. Which statement is correct when creating a Portal Access tree?

A. It requires at least two groups to create a tree.

B. It is limited to the complexity level of the hierarchy.
C. It cannot have mutually exclusive hierarchies in one tree.
D. It requires at least one group to create a tree.

18. For which two items would you create a Portal Access tab? (Choose two.)

A. Presenter Report
B. Document
C. View
D. External URL

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ANSWERS:
1-B
2-BC
3-AC
4-BD
5-AC
6-B
7-AB
8-B
9-AB
10-AB
11-B
12-AC
13-D
14-AC
15-AC
16-C
17-D
18-AD

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