IBM C2020-180 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C2020-180 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  Which service is required when a user views saved report output?

  A. presentation service
  B. report data service
  C. report service
  D. batch report service
  A. presentation service

• Question 42:

  After a BI application is placed into production, all of the following are considered part of theprocess to prepare for the next iteration of the application, EXCEPT:

  A. record and track enhancement requests
  B. communicate with users to insure the application is delivering value
  C. periodically re-apply the V-test model against the developed components
  D. enhance application documentation to reflect errors and omissions
  C. periodically re-apply the V-test model against the developed components

• Question 43:

  Which statement is true about the BI Bus?

  A. It is the name of the report process that is spawned and viewed in Windows Task Managerwhen a report execution request is processed.
  B. It monitors all http traffic flowing through the gateways and dispatchers.
  C. It is a set of protocols that govern communications amongCognos BIservices.
  D. It uses a JDBC driver to connect to Content Stores in Sybase, SQLServer, Oracle and DB2.
  C. It is a set of protocols that govern communications amongCognos BIservices.

• Question 44:

  A user makes the following request:"I need to see the number of flights throughout the year thatarrived or departed more than 15 minutes early or late by origin and destination airport, by carrier,and by time of day. I want to see if the number of flights delayed is greater for large carriers orsmall carriers."Based on this request, the following metrics have been identified: Flight count, andminutes early or late. Large carriers operate signifigantly more flights than small carriers.

  Which of the following additional metrics or calculations would provide the MOST value to the user?

  A. Average number of flights 15 minutes early or late
  B. Percentage of flights 15 minutes early or late
  C. Average minutes early or late
  D. Origin/Departure airport count
  B. Percentage of flights 15 minutes early or late

• Question 45:

  A company wishes to coordinate the anticipated hiring activities of all of the departments in agiven division of the organization. The CEO has mandated a limit of 50 total new hires for thecoming fiscal year. The various departments must coordinate future hiring. The CEO would alsolike to see reports comparing the projected hiring vs. the actual number of new hires bydepartment.

  Which set of Cognos 8 components BEST supports the company's needs?

  A. Planning and Report Studio
  B. Report Studio and Analysis Studio
  C. Event Studio and Report Studio
  D. Planning and Data Manager
  A. Planning and Report Studio

• Question 46:

  Which of the following is NOT a critical feature or function of a scorecard?

  A. Targets
  B. Projections
  C. Tolerances
  D. Histories
  B. Projections

• Question 47:

  All of the following describe design intent of an operational database EXCEPT:

  A. record the day to day operations of the company
  B. maximize the speed of inserts and updates to the database
  C. enhance reporting through foreign keys and indexes
  D. facilitate performing specific functional tasks
  C. enhance reporting through foreign keys and indexes

• Question 48:

  Which of the following requires additional configuration for installingCognos BIin adevelopment and production environment?

  A. The application in the development environment and in the production environment will use the Tomcat servlet container as the application server.
  B. The development environment will include workstations hosting Framework Manager andCognos 8 OLAP Modeling, while the production environment will not.
  C. The environment contains customized port and firewall settings for the default http andapplication server port.
  D. The development and production environment will use data sources that are in Unicode.
  C. The environment contains customized port and firewall settings for the default http andapplication server port.

• Question 49:

  If anonymous access is disabled, when a user accessesCognos BI, what is the correct flow ofthe request?

  A. To Cognos Access Manager which queries the content store for user information and displaysthe log on page through the dispatcher and the gateway
  B. To the monitoring service which monitors the user authentication request and displays the logon page through the dispatcher and the gateway
  C. To the presentation service which displays the log on page through the dispatcher and thegateway
  D. To Cognos Application Firewall which monitors the user authentication request and displaysthe log on page through the dispatcher and the gateway
  C. To the presentation service which displays the log on page through the dispatcher and thegateway

• Question 50:

  Which of the following is correct regarding the processing of a PageDown high affinity request?

  A. The request is routed to the same process that served up the originating low affinity request ifthe process is available and if there is an available high affinity connection.
  B. The request is given priority and is always processed by the same process that served up theoriginating low affinity request.
  C. The request is load-balanced and is sent to any available dispatcher in the system.
  D. The request is automatically queued and is processed by the first available low affinityconnection in the system.
  A. The request is routed to the same process that served up the originating low affinity request ifthe process is available and if there is an available high affinity connection.