IBM C2020-180 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C2020-180 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 51:

  A multi-server installation ofCognos BImust be performed.

  Which of the following is a validstrategy for installing across multiple servers?

  A. Separate the gateway component from other server components to restrict report requestprocessing to the Web server tier.
  B. Enable dedicated request processing, by installing a dispatcher in the Web server tier to act asa primary dispatcher for routing requests to other dispatchers.
  C. Scale the system vertically by installing one instance of all Cognos 8 services on a largercomputer capable of managing more concurrent request threads.
  D. Enable load balancing of requests for content management services by installing multipleinstances of Content Manager.
  B. Enable dedicated request processing, by installing a dispatcher in the Web server tier to act asa primary dispatcher for routing requests to other dispatchers.

• Question 52:

  Which of the following MOST clearly states the value of using a methodology?

  A. It provides a philosophy of development that maximizes return on investment.
  B. It helps consultants progress in a systematic way to insure all critical steps are addressed.
  C. It helps project managers estimate the cost and effort in developing a solution.
  D. It ensures that early mistakes are avoided in developing a solution.
  B. It helps consultants progress in a systematic way to insure all critical steps are addressed.

• Question 53:

  How are Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) tracked?

  A. By aligning them to strategic and tactical goals and the business objectives of the enterprise.
  B. By comparing them against other KPIs in a balanced scorecard.
  C. By examining anomalies that appear in BI reporting and analysis.
  D. By comparing their values to acceptable minimum and maximum levels of performanceagainst a target.
  D. By comparing their values to acceptable minimum and maximum levels of performanceagainst a target.

• Question 54:

  Which of the following allows greatest flexibility in formatting but generally has the lowestinteractivity with the users?

  A. Analysis
  B. Query
  C. Dashboards
  D. Managed Reports
  D. Managed Reports

• Question 55:

  WhileCognos BIwill support any data warehouse design, which of the following designs doesCognos recommend for new warehouse development?

  A. Operational Data Store
  B. Dimensionally Modeled Relational
  C. Normalized Enterprise
  D. Dimensional Bus
  D. Dimensional Bus

• Question 56:

  What is the recommended configuration size for Cognos 8 on a Windows 2003 Serverenvironment, and why?

  A. Small or medium because Cognos 8 can only allocate 2 GB of memory per process.
  B. Small because Java consumes half of the 2GB of RAM that can be allocated per process.
  C. Small or medium because Cognos 8 can take advantage of the switch that allows 3GB of RAMper process.
  D. Medium or large because Windows 2003 can allocate up to 4 GB of RAM per process.
  A. Small or medium because Cognos 8 can only allocate 2 GB of memory per process.

• Question 57:

  You are tasked with administering theCognos BIsystem to perform batch reporting in a waythat maximizes the use of available system resources. Given the following information, how manyjobs should be created to perform this task? 480 reports must run 6 report processes are available Each process is configured to use 4 low affinity connections

  A. 20
  B. 24
  C. 48
  D. 12
  A. 20

• Question 58:

  A developer has specified a maximum of two report processes for the application. Whilemonitoring the application, the developer notices that only one report process is running. Which ofthe following would account for this?

  A. The number of affinity connections per BI Bus is set too high.
  B. The configuration size for the application is set too low.
  C. The number of low affinity connections has been exceeded.
  D. The number of report requests is too high.
  A. The number of affinity connections per BI Bus is set too high.

• Question 59:

  Which of the following must be moved manually instead of as part of a Cognos 8 deploymentpackage?

  A. report output versions
  B. run history
  C. schedules
  D. system.xml
  D. system.xml

• Question 60:

  A company receives new orders each night. Those orders must be filled and packed for shipmentbefore the end of each day. The users need to know which orders have arrived during the nightand which still require filling throughout the day. Supervisors also need the flexibility to inquireagainst the database on a variety of items outside of the standard order filling process (e.g.customer outstanding balance or shipping rates).

  Which of the following Cognos 8 componentsBEST fills the company's needs?

  A. Analysis Studio and Event Studio
  B. Report Studio and Query Studio
  C. Query Studio and Metric Studio
  D. Analysis Studio and Report Studio
  B. Report Studio and Query Studio