IBM C2090-180 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C2090-180 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  The V-Model testing process specifies that developers should both verify and validate each test.

  Which of the following describes how developers would validate their tests in the design step ofthe V-model?

  A. Check the design by conducting an assembly test.
  B. Check the design by conducting a component test.
  C. Check the design against the business requirements.
  D. Check the design against the developed components.
  C. Check the design against the business requirements.

• Question 42:

  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 43:

  When a user requests a certain piece of information, the interviewer may ask what the user woulddo with that information. From the techniques described in the BI Professional Workshop, why isthe interviewer asking this particular question?

  A. To determine if the user is allowed access to that particular information and therefore shouldnot be included in his subject area.
  B. To determine if the user understands how the information is functionally used within theorganization.
  C. To determine if the information is a security concern and should therefore be made unavailableto other users.
  D. To determine if the information is an actionable item for the user and therefore part of abusiness requirement.
  D. To determine if the information is an actionable item for the user and therefore part of abusiness requirement.

• Question 44:

  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 45:

  Why should an application's performance be monitored on an ongoing basis after it goes intoproduction?

  A. Initial performance tests are usually too optimistic.
  B. There is little value in performance tests before a system goes into production.
  C. Usage patterns on applications tend to change over time.
  D. New releases of system and application software usually degrade performance.
  C. Usage patterns on applications tend to change over time.

• Question 46:

  Which of the following statements is true about the Waterfall Approach?

  A. The five steps in the process are considered valid for BI software development projects.
  B. Each step is performed in sequence but you return to previous steps at specific points in thedevelopment cycle.
  C. It is designed so that requirements that are not discovered in the Analysis step will cascadeout during the design phase.
  D. Project management tools no longer encourage the Waterfall Approach.
  A. The five steps in the process are considered valid for BI software development projects.

• Question 47:

  Which of the following describes how Cognos 8 works with aggregate aware tables in relationaldata sources?

  A. Cognos 8 can create aggregate aware tables within the database.
  B. Cognos 8 redirects its generated SQL to take advantage of aggregate aware tables.
  C. Cognos 8 does not make any specific adjustments for aggregate aware tables.
  D. Cognos 8 can monitor reports that are run and suggest aggregate aware tables.
  C. Cognos 8 does not make any specific adjustments for aggregate aware tables.

• Question 48:

  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 49:

  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 50:

  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