IBM C2090-623 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C2090-623 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  Which policy rule is defined by this statement?

  "If a policy has not been explicitly defined for an IBM Cognos Analytics object, then the policy that is applied to its parent object will be used to evaluate if the object can be accessed."

  A. Acquired policies
  B. Group inheritance
  C. Union of permissions
  D. Traversing to view child entries
  D. Traversing to view child entries

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  Users must have at least traverse permissions for the parent entries of the entries they want to access. The parent entries include container objects such as folders, packages, groups, roles, and namespaces.

  References: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_cra.doc/c_accesspermissions.html

• Question 2:

  An administrator deleted a group inadvertently then recreated it, but now the access permissions based on that group no longer work.

  What must be done?

  A. Re-implement all the access permissions.
  B. On the group properties, select "Apply to all children".
  C. Make sure that it has the exact same spelling as before.
  D. Restore from a backup selecting only the access permissions.
  D. Restore from a backup selecting only the access permissions.

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  Incorrect Answers:

  C: When you delete a Cognos group or role, access permissions based on it are also deleted. You cannot restore them by creating a new group or role with the same name because this entry has a different internal ID.

  References: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_10.2.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_cra.10.2.0.doc/c_accesspermissions.html

• Question 3:

  All users have unrestricted access in a secured environment. What must be modified to control this access?

  A. Delete the "All Authenticated Users" group.
  B. Disable anonymous access using IBM Cognos Configuration.
  C. Modify the advanced properties of the authorization namespace.
  D. Remove the "Everyone" group from the "System Administrators" role.
  B. Disable anonymous access using IBM Cognos Configuration.

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  You can disable the Anonymous user account by changing the configuration parameters in the configuration tool.

  This entry represents a user account shared by members of the general public who can access IBM Cognos software without being prompted for authentication. For example, this type of access is useful when distributing an online catalog.

  Anonymous users can see only those entries for which access permissions are not set, or are set specifically for this account or for the Everyone group.

  Incorrect Answers:

  A: The built-in entries include the Anonymous user account, the groups All Authenticated Users and Everyone, and the role System Administrators. You cannot delete the built-in entries. They appear in both secured and non-secured environments.

  References: IBM Cognos Administration Version 10.1.0, Administration and Security Guide, page 297

• Question 4:

  Where can a report or dashboard be saved?

  A. folder, package, My content
  B. data module, package, folder
  C. hidden folder, My content, data module
  D. Top Level of Team content, folder, package
  A. folder, package, My content

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  While you are working on your custom dashboard, save it locally in the My content folder. When you finish creating your dashboard, you can make it available to users with the WCM Report User role by copying it to your custom dashboard

  folder in Team Content.

  When you finish creating your dashboard, you can make it available to users with the WCM Report User role by copying it to your custom dashboard folder in Team Content.

  References: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSRMV7/com.ibm.iwcm.doc/care/t_reporting_create_dashboards.html

• Question 5:

  An administrator is configuring settings for the Cognos Analytics Mobile app. Which settings can be managed?

  A. To store the user credentials in the IBM Cognos Mobile app.
  B. The maximum number of minutes to store cached credentials.
  C. Allow the user to create an image (screenshot) of the Active Report.
  D. The maximum number of Active Reports to store locally on the mobile device.
  B. The maximum number of minutes to store cached credentials.

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  Policy settings These settings define how to deliver Cognos Analytics content to mobile applications. Maximum number of hours to store cached credentials If you do not want to store credentials on a device, type 0. To store credentials on a device, type any value that is greater than the current timeout setting for IBM Cognos Analytics. As long as users are logged on, they will have access to their cached credentials. Value: 0 to 8760 Default: 0 Maximum number of pages to store for each report Maximum number of days to store a report Maximum number of hours between runs of the source and target reports Permission to share report screen captures

  References: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_cra.doc/c_mob_global_config_settings.html

• Question 6:

  An administrator is reviewing the memory allocations listed below in the current environment.

  

  Which action should the administrator take?

  A. No action is needed.
  B. Increase the current heap size by 20%.
  C. Increase the committed heap size by 50%.
  D. Decrease the maximum heap size by 25%.
  A. No action is needed.

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  Incorrect Answers:

  B: If current heap size is close to the maximum heap size, you may want to adjust tuning settings.

  Note: Steps to adjust the JVM heap size are as follows:

  9. From the Welcome page, select the Manage tab and click Administration Console.

  10.Click on the System tab and select the arrow to the right of All servers. Hover over the Services option and click Query.

  11.Against your running `QueryService', click Set properties.

  12.Under the Settings tab, identify the tuning options and adjust the following values: Under the Settings tab, identify the tuning options and adjust the following values:

  Initial JVM heap size for the query service (MB) (Requires QueryService restart): an ideal value to enable the initial size is 4 GB.

  JVM heap size limit for the query service (MB) (Requires QueryService restart): an ideal value to enable the maximum or size limit is 16 GB.

  References: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21994642

• Question 7:

  An administrator needs to exclude users from rendering reports as PDF output.

  How can this be enabled?

  A. Modify the permissions for the generate PDF Output capability.
  B. Use Theme Manager to remove the generate PDF Output option.
  C. Create a role name "PDF output", add the built-in entry group name "Everyone" and set the permission to Deny.
  D. Modify the file located in \templates\ps\system.xml, locate the line
  A. Modify the permissions for the generate PDF Output capability.

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  By default, all users have permissions for the following capabilities: Generate CSV Output Generate PDF Output Generate XLS Output Generate XML Output

  These separately secured functions support the management of system resources. To control the formats options that users can see and run in the user interface, set access permissions for these capabilities.

  References: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_cra.doc/c_specifyreportformat.html

• Question 8:

  The following distributed environment has been configured:

  

  The administrator wants to limit writes to the audit database connection from the Content Manager server only. What needs to be configured?

  A. The Content Store configuration has to be set up on the application tiers servers.
  B. In advanced settings, add the parameter RSVP.logging.databasecontrol with the value :.
  C. An advanced routing has to be configured in Cognos Administration audit requests from application tiers routed to Content Manager server.
  D. On the Content Manager server configure the audit database, on the application tier servers create a Remote log server configuration to the Content Manager log server.
  C. An advanced routing has to be configured in Cognos Administration audit requests from application tiers routed to Content Manager server.

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  If a request should be subject to Advanced Routing, then the client which send the request is responsible for calling CM to evaluate Routing Rules and put the Server Group Information into the request passed to a Dispatcher. References: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/cognos/infrastructure/cognos_specific/page510.html

• Question 9:

  An administrator needs to ensure that users do not have to enter/select Database credentials when running reports. What must a datasource have in order to accomplish this?

  A. No signon available to the users.
  B. Only one signon available to the users through permissions.
  C. At least one signon available to the users through permissions.
  D. More than one signon available to the users through permissions.
  C. At least one signon available to the users through permissions.

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  You add signons to data source connections so that users do not have to enter database credentials when they run reports.

  References: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_cra.doc/c_datasources.html

• Question 10:

  An administrator is implementing security by managing and working with the Cognos namespace. Which statement is true?

  A. To gain access to IBM Cognos Analytics, users can log on to the Cognos namespace.
  B. Create domain users in the Cognos namespace to avoid cluttering the existing authentication provider.
  C. User-defined groups and roles must be created in a 3rd-party authentication provider and cannot be created in the Cognos namespace.
  D. Although the use of the predefined and built-in groups and roles within the Cognos namespace is optional, the Cognos namespace cannot be deleted.
  D. Although the use of the predefined and built-in groups and roles within the Cognos namespace is optional, the Cognos namespace cannot be deleted.

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  The Cognos namespace includes predefined objects to help you quickly set up initial security.

  You use the predefined objects and other features of the Cognos namespace for ongoing security management.

  You can create groups and roles in the Cognos namespace.

  Initial access permissions are applied to all predefined objects. You can modify the permissions from the object properties.

  References: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ag_manage.doc/c_ca_cognos_namespace.html