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DB2 730 Certification Overview

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DB2 V8.1- Family Fundamentals- Test 700

DB2 product Information (Product Overview) DB2 concepts-D.A.S. & Cataloging (Getting Started, Getting Connected) Tools, wizards (demostrations) Data Storage Management User defined datatypes Constraints Access Control (Controlling Data Access) Joins Views Concurrency

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CERTIFICATION EXAM
IBM Certified Database Associate for DB2 9 (Test 730)

Objective type exam

No. of questions : 64 Passing % required : 59 % Duration of exam : 90 minutes
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Why DB2 9
DB2 History & DB2 9 ( Viper)

XML Technology
XML in DB2 Viper XQuery

Table Partitioning
Granular Security - LBAC Data Compression DB2 Express - C

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Section 1 - Planning (15%)

Knowledge of DB2 UDB products (client, server, etc.)

Knowledge of the features and functions provided by DB2 tools such as the Control Center, the Configuration Advisor, the Configuration Assistant and the Command Line Processor
Knowledge of database workloads (OLAP versus data warehousing) Knowledge of non-relational data concepts (extenders) Knowledge of XML data implications (non-shredding)

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Section 2 - Security (11%)

Knowledge of restricting data access

Knowledge of different authorities and privileges available Knowledge of encryption options available (data and network)
Given a DCL SQL statement, ability to identify results (GRANT, REVOKE, CONNECT statements)
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Section 3 - Working with Databases and Database Objects (17%) Ability to identify and connect to DB2 servers and databases
Ability to identify DB2 objects Knowledge of basic characteristics and properties of DB2 objects

Given a DDL SQL statement, ability to identify results (ability to create DB2 objects)
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Section 4 - Working with DB2 Data using SQL and XQuery (23.5%)
Given a DML SQL statement, ability to identify results Ability to use SQL to SELECT data from tables Ability to use SQL to SORT or GROUP data Ability to use SQL to INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE data Knowledge of transactions (i.e., COMMIT, ROLLBACK, and transaction boundaries) Ability to call a procedure or invoke a user defined function Given an XQuery statement, knowledge to identify results

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Section 5 - Working with DB2 Tables, Views, and Indexes (23.5%)

Ability to demonstrate proper usage of DB2 data types Given a situation, ability to create a table Ability to identify when referential integrity should be used Ability to identify methods of data constraint Ability to identify characteristics of a table, view or index Ability to identify when triggers should be used

Knowledge of schemas
Knowledge of data type options for storing XML data
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Section 6 - Data Concurrency (11%) Ability to identify factors that influence locking
Ability to list objects on which locks can be obtained

Ability to identify characteristics of DB2 locks

Given a situation, ability to identify the isolation level that should be used

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Important Websites For information about Tests -

http://www.ibm.com/certify
To appear in Test -

http://ibmtesting.prime.prometric.com
Job Opportunities for Certified professionals -

http://www.ibm.com/in/university http://www.ibm.com/university
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