Thursday, 20 July 2017

C2090-622 IBM Cognos 10 BI Administrator

Test information:
Number of questions: 47
Time allowed in minutes: 60
Required passing score: 78%
Languages: English, Japanese

The Cognos 10 BI Administrator exam covers key concepts, technologies, and functionality of the Cognos products. In preparation for an exam, we recommend a combination of training and hands-on experience, and a detailed review of product documentation.

Manage Administrative Content (11%)
Define the steps of creating a data source
Define the steps and options to deploy content from one Cognos 10 environment to another

Manage Report Content (21%)
Identify techniques to organize report content in the portal
Describe techniques to manage report content
Describe the technique to allow users to navigate from one report to another

Manage the Server Environment (51%)
Identify Cognos 10 architecture and components
Describe how Cognos 10 processes requests
Identify installation options and configurations
Identify load balancing options
Describe tasks to implement baseline configuration and performance tuning in Cognos 10
Describe tasks used to manage dispatchers and services
Describe how to implement logging
Identify troubleshooting techniques and resources in the server environment

Manage the Security Environment (17%)
Define how authentication is implemented in Cognos 10
Define how authorization is achieved and implemented in Cognos 10

QUESTION 1
After the installation of IBM Cognos BI, what must be done to ensure that only select users have unrestricted access to Public Folders in IBM Cognos Connection?

A. Add the Anonymous user to the Directory Administrators role.
B. Remove the Everyone group from the Server Administrators role.
C. Remove the Everyone group from the System Administrators role.
D. Remove the All Authenticated Users group from the Directory Administrators role.

Answer: C


QUESTION 2
To administer the contents of namespaces, the administrator must be a member of which predefined role?

A. Report Administrators
B. Server Administrators
C. Directory Administrators
D. System Administrators

Answer: C


QUESTION 3
What permission is needed to view and change the permissions of a IBM Cognos BI object?

A. Read
B. Set Policy
C. Traverse
D. Execute

Answer: B

Monday, 17 July 2017

Exam 70-696 Administering System Center Configuration Manager and Intune

Published: January 23, 2015
Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil)
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Intune
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSE

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Do you have feedback about the relevance of the skills measured on this exam? Please send Microsoft your comments. All feedback will be reviewed and incorporated as appropriate while still maintaining the validity and reliability of the certification process. Note that Microsoft will not respond directly to your feedback. We appreciate your input in ensuring the quality of the Microsoft Certification program.

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As of February 2016, this exam was updated to reflect Windows 10 scenarios, requirements, and any related service pack updates. To learn more about these changes and how they affect the skills measured, please download and review the Exam 70-696 change document.

Deploy and manage virtual applications (10–15%)
Prepare virtual applications
Sequence applications, install and configure the sequencer environment, prepare applications for deployment in different environments, configure virtual application interaction and sharing
Manage application virtualization environments
Configure App-V, manage application cache, configure System Tray/SFTTray.exe switches, configure application extensions with virtualized applications, configure application settings using group policies
Deploy and manage RemoteApp
Configure RemoteApp and Desktop Connections settings, configure Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for signed packages, subscribe to the RemoteApp and Desktop Connections feeds, support iOS and Android, configure Remote Desktop web access for RemoteApp distribution, configure and deploy Azure RemoteApp

Deploy and manage desktop and mobile applications (15–20%)
Plan an application distribution strategy
Considerations, including impact on clients due to offline access, deployment infrastructure, and remote locations; choose the appropriate application distribution method; plan to distribute applications to mobile devices, including Windows Phone, iOS, and Android, by using Microsoft Intune; plan to distribute applications to devices including Windows Store Apps
Deploy applications using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
Choose and configure deployment types, configure user device affinity, configure requirements, manage the software library and application catalog
Deploy applications using Microsoft Intune
Choose between automatic and manual deployment, configure application deployment policies, add software packages, configure the company portal
Plan for application upgrades
Considerations, including application version co-existence, compatibility issues, and migrating application settings and configurations; re-sequence/redeploy applications
Monitor applications
Monitor offline application usage; monitor real-time sessions; monitor application licensing usage; configure Asset Intelligence in Configuration Manager; monitor applications, using Software Center
Manage content distribution
Manage distribution points, distribution point groups, and Content Library; monitor log files

Plan and implement software updates (15–20%)
Plan and deploy third-party updates
Plan for third-party support, integrate System Center Updates Publisher with Configuration Manager
Deploy software updates by using Configuration Manager and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Configure software update point synchronization to Windows Update, use reports and In Console Monitoring to identify required updates, create update groups, create and monitor deployments, analyze log files, configure Automatic Deployment Rules (ADR), provide secondary access to Windows Update, configure GPO settings
Servicing Windows using Microsoft Intune and the Windows as a Service Model
Use reports and In Console Monitoring to identify required updates, approve or decline updates, configure automatic approval settings, configure deadlines for update installations, deploy Microsoft and non-Microsoft updates, plan for a service branch

Manage compliance and Endpoint Protection settings (15–20%)
Build a Configuration Item (CI)
Create a CI, import a CI, set CI versioning, remediate rules
Create and monitor a baseline
Deploy a baseline, import a configuration pack, build a custom baseline
Configure Endpoint Protection
Create and manage the Endpoint Protection policy; configure definitions within the client policy; export policies; choose which template to use; select exclusions; configure Endpoint Protection, using Microsoft Intune; use In Console Monitoring to monitor client compliance

Manage Configuration Manager clients (15–20%)
Deploy and manage the client agent
Identify deployment methods, manage client agent settings
Manage collections
Plan the collection structure; define rules for collections; customize collection-specific settings, including maintenance windows and power management
Configure and monitor client status
Configure client status settings, use In Console Monitoring to determine client health, configure alert thresholds, configure client health auto-remediation

Manage inventory using Configuration Manager (10–15%)
Manage hardware and software inventory
Extend hardware inventory WMI classes, export and import WMI class settings, configure standardized vendor names, analyze the identified inventory and generate reports
Manage software metering
Create software metering rules, enable or disable auto-generated rules, report software metering results
Create reports
Clone and modify reports, create custom reports, import and export reports, manage asset intelligence, install the asset intelligence sync point, enable the WMI classes, modify categories and labels, analyze reports

Provision and manage mobile devices (10–15%)
Integrate Configuration Manager with the Exchange ActiveSync Connector
Configure and apply ActiveSync policies, view inventory on mobile devices, configure connection to an on-premises or Hosted Exchange server environment, monitor the Exchange connector log file
Manage devices with Microsoft Intune
Provision user accounts, enroll devices, integrate Microsoft Intune with Configuration Manager, view and manage all managed devices, configure the Microsoft Intune subscriptions, configure the Microsoft Intune connector site system role, manage profiles and conditional access by using Microsoft Intune
Manage connection profiles, by using Configuration Manager
Configure Remote Desktop profiles, certificate profiles, email profiles, and Wi-Fi profiles




Question 1
You need to recommend a deployment solution for App6.
What is the best recommendation? More than one answer choice may achieve the goal.
Select the BEST answer.

B. a local installation
C. a RemoteApp program
D. a Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) package

Answer: D


Question 2
You need to resolve the Windows update issue.
What should you do?

A. Modify the Group Policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory.
B. Synchronize software updates from Configuration Manager.
C. Create an automatic deployment rule.
D. Add distribution points to each branch office.

Answer: D




Question 3
You need to ensure that the personal devices that run Windows 8.1 meet the corporate
security policy requirements.
What should you do first?

A. Create a federated trust with Windows Azure Active Directory.
B. Create a federated identity relationship with the Microsoft Federation Gateway.
C. Enroll the device in Windows Intune.
D. Join the devices to the domain by using an offline domain join.

Answer: C




Question 4
You need to make App4 available to all of the users.
What should you do?

A. Package App4 as an MSI package and upload the installer to Windows Intune.
B. Sequence App4 and use streaming delivery.
C. Deploy App4 as a Configuration Manager package.
D. Deploy App4 to a Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server.

Answer: D

Friday, 7 July 2017

Exam 70-713 Software Asset Management (SAM) - Core

Published: April 11, 2017
Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian
Audiences: IT Professionals
Technology: Microsoft SAM Optimization Model, ISO/IEC 19770-1 standards, IAITAM best practices, ITIL SAM-related standards
Credit toward certification: MCP

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Do you have feedback about the relevance of the skills measured on this exam? Please send Microsoft your comments. All feedback will be reviewed and incorporated as appropriate while still maintaining the validity and reliability of the certification process. Note that Microsoft will not respond directly to your feedback. We appreciate your input in ensuring the quality of the Microsoft Certification program.

If you have concerns about specific questions on this exam, please submit an exam challenge.

If you have other questions or feedback about Microsoft Certification exams or about the certification program, registration, or promotions, please contact your Regional Service Center.

Assess SAM Programs by using the SAM Optimization Model (SOM) (15-20%)
Define the scope of a SAM program assessment
Identify infrastructure groups and locations, identify estimated quantity of hardware and on-premises and cloud software assets, identify functional descriptions for each group and key points of contact
Assess SAM processes, policies, resources, and tools throughout an organization
Assess infrastructure groups for the existence of documented SAM procedures, roles, and responsibilities
Assign maturity levels
Assign maturity levels according to the 10 components of SOM, Assign one of four maturity levels to each component
Perform a gap analysis between maturity levels
Perform a gap analysis between the current maturity level and the desired maturity level, review assigned maturity levels

Manage Software Licenses (15-20%)
Collect and manage complete hardware and on-premises and cloud software inventories
Review an organization’s hardware and on-premises and cloud software inventory collection processes and data to ensure completeness
Validate inventory accuracy
Normalize on-premises and cloud software inventories, reconcile on-premises and cloud software inventories against other data sources, verify the accuracy of specified license metrics such as user counts based on HR employee records
Collect, validate, and manage license entitlement records
Gather, store, normalize, and validate license entitlement records and term documents, provide reports as needed
Perform a periodic reconciliation of on-premises and cloud software inventories, license entitlements and optimization opportunities
Reconcile on-premises and cloud software inventory data against on-premises and cloud software license entitlements data, determine and report license compliance status

Coordinate Data Collection Technologies (15-20%)
Manage data collection and ensure completeness
Identify machine type, agent installation requirements, collection schedules, and discrepancies between inventories, define data schemas, identify data storage locations, normalize collected data
Coordinate data collection between operations groups
Facilitate data transfer and synchronization between various IT groups; validate data between various IT groups; ensure that overall SAM processes are being followed; collect data for security, virtualization, and third-party resources including Linux
Manage data interfaces between disparate data sources
Identify the process of matching common fields, cross-referencing, and consolidation and integration of data from multiple sources
Manage reporting
Gather requirements for general user and executive reports, generate and maintain periodic reports, maintain the infrastructure necessary for ad hoc reporting requests, generate reports for software publishers

Design and Manage a SAM Program (25-30%)
Secure executive sponsorship and ongoing cadence
Identify stakeholders, create proposal materials, obtain explicit executive authorization for software asset infrastructure, policies, and overall corporate governance, establish a regular engagement with the senior management team
Secure funding
Estimate operational costs in both consulting hours and employee time, create a project plan and budget, obtain funding from each infrastructure group for each task associated with managing a SAM program
Design a SAM program
Identify resources and objectives for a SAM program, align resources with customer requirements and schedules, coordinate acquisition strategies, coordinate optimization methods that include Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and application virtualization, ensure strong security and compliance requirements
Implement a SAM program
Create a SAM stakeholder group to oversee the project, assess and benchmark the current state of SAM according to industry standards such as ISO/IEC 19770-1 and IAITAM, implement technologies to support asset discovery, enhance purchasing processes to include storage and retrieval of license entitlement information, perform initial license and cloud services reconciliation, create policies, processes, and procedures to support SAM efforts, secure support from all associated departments, educate employees
Maintain a SAM program
Monitor adherence to the policies, processes, and procedures of an organization’s SAM life cycle, standardize SAM processes across all domains and organizational units, perform periodic license and cloud services reconciliation, provide ongoing SAM awareness training
Create and manage a SAM program improvement plan
Incorporate SAM analytical data into strategic IT and business unit planning, create detailed metrics and reports to measure SAM adoption, implementation, and maturity, report Return of Investment (ROI), cost avoidance, and end-user satisfaction to all stakeholders, evangelize SAM maturity benefits

Manage the Software Asset Life Cycle (15-20%)

Manage the acquisition process
Identify and manage approved and unapproved purchasing processes, identify suppliers, manage software approval and receiving processes, manage license updates, optimization, and subscriptions, ensure proper consumption of online services
Manage the deployment process and consumption
Validate the availability of on-premises and cloud software licenses, select the correct media, specify the software identification characteristics, track deployment and consumption of on-premises cloud software
Optimize assets
Manage on-premises and cloud software and hardware centralization throughout the software asset life cycle according to ISO/IEC 19770-1 and IAITAM, generate awareness of available agreement benefits
Manage the retirement process
Identify hardware for retirement, retire software, harvest software licenses, ensure decommissioning or destruction of storage media, stop subscriptions and downloads, preserve compliance, perform notifications, retain documentation
QUESTION 1
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that use the same or similar answer choices. An answer choice may be correct for more than one question In the series. Each question is Independent of the other questions In this series. Information and details provided In a question apply only to that question.
You represent a SAM partner.
A client must consolidate then IT departments into a single business unit. The client was previously assessed in the Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) key competencies and assigned a SAM maturity level.
You need to ensure that unused Microsoft Office 365 licenses arc reclaimed.
What should you do?

A. Purchase software from approved vendors.
B. Publish software deployment reports to stakeholder.
C. Use information provided by a software publisher.
D. Use software metadata generated by the client.
E. Deploy only approved software.
F. Formulate a retirement process.
G. Create an inventory of deployed assets.
H. Maintain updated records of deployed assets.

Answer: C


QUESTION 2
This question requires that you evaluate the underlined text to determine if it is correct.
An organization that achieves the Dynamic Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) level has SAM data available but typically does not use it for decision marking.
Review the underlined text. If it makes the statement correct, select “No change is needed.” If the statement is incorrect, select the answer choice that makes the statement correct.

A. No change is needed.
B. Basic
C. Standardized
D. Rationalized

Answer: A

 

QUESTION 3
An organization is implementing a SAM program. The organization is focused on achieving Tier 1 of the ISO 19770-1 specification.
You need to verity that contracts are reported on and inventoried.
What should you include in the report?

A. the last reported hardware inventory date
B. any approved exceptions to the contracts
C. contracts that do not match billing statements
D. the last reported software inventory date

Answer: D

QUESTION 4
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that use the same or similar answer choices. An answer choice may be correct for more than one question In the series. Each question is independent of the other questions In this series. Information and details provided In a question apply only to that question.
You represent a SAM partner.
A client must consolidate their II departments into a single business unit. The client was previously assessed in the Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) key competencies and assigned a SAM maturity level.
The client reclaims unused software licenses from all departments.
You need to ensure that the client progresses to the next SOM level in the Retirement
Process key competency.
What should you do?

A. Purchase software only from approved vendors.
B. Publish software deployment reports to stakeholders.
C. Use information provided by a software publisher.
D. Use software metadata generated by the client.
E. Deploy only approved software.
F. Formulate a retirement process.
G. Create an inventory of deployed assets.
H. Maintain updated records of deployed assets.

Answer: A

Monday, 5 June 2017

300-180 DCIT Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure

300-180 DCIT
Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure

Exam Number 300-180 DCIT
Associated Certifications CCNP Data Center
Duration 90 minutes (60-70 questions)
Available Languages English
Register Pearson VUE
This exam tests a candidate’s knowledge of data center infrastructure design pertaining to deployment requirements and options for network connectivity, infrastructure, storage network, compute connectivity, and compute resource parameters.
Exam Description
The Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) exam (300-180) is a 90-minute, 60–70 question assessment. This exam is one of the exams associated with the CCNP Data Center Certification. This exam tests a candidate’s knowledge of troubleshooting Cisco data center infrastructure including data network protocols, network virtualization and automation, Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), storage, compute platforms, and management and operations. The course, Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v6 (DCIT), helps candidates to prepare for this exam because the content is aligned with the exam topics.
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
1.0 Troubleshooting Data Network Protocols 26%

1.1 Troubleshoot data center protocols
1.1.a VPC
1.1.b Fabric path
1.1.b [i] Segment ID
1.1.b [ii] Distributed gateway, anycast HSRP
1.1.b [iii] MBGP
1.1.b [iv] vPC+
1.1.c VXLAN
1.1.c [i] Distributed gateway
1.1.c [ii] MBGP EVPN
1.1.c [iii] VPC
1.1.d OTV
1.1.e LISP
1.2 Troubleshoot routing protocols
1.2.a OSPFv2, OSPFv3
1.2.b IS-IS
1.2.c PIM
1.2.d FHRP
1.2.d [i] HSRP
1.2.d [ii] VRRP
1.3 Troubleshoot switching protocols
1.3.a STP
1.3.b LACP/port channel
1.3.c FEX, VNTAG
2.0 Troubleshooting Network Virtualization and Automation 13%

2.1 Troubleshoot logical device separation
2.1.a VDC
2.1.b VRF
2.2 Troubleshoot virtual switching technologies
2.3 Troubleshoot configuration profiles
2.3.a Auto-config
2.3.b Port profiles
2.3.c Configuration synchronization
3.0 Troubleshooting Application Centric Infrastructure 13%

3.1 Troubleshoot fabric discovery process
3.2 Troubleshoot VMM domain integration
3.3 Troubleshoot tenant-based policies
3.3.a EPGs
3.3.a [i] Pathing
3.3.a [ii] Domains
3.3.b Contracts
3.3.b [i] Consumer
3.3.b [ii] Providers
3.3.b [iii] Inter-tenant
3.3.c Private networks
3.3.c [i] Enforced/unenforced
3.3.d Bridge domains
3.3.d [i] Unknown unicast settings
3.3.d [ii] ARP settings
3.3.d [iii] Unicast routing
3.4 Troubleshoot external network integration
3.4.a External bridge network
3.4.b External routed network
3.5 Troubleshoot packet flow
3.5.a Unicast
3.5.b Multicast
3.5.c Broadcast
3.5.d Endpoint database
3.6 Troubleshoot security domains and role mapping
3.6.a AAA
3.6.b RBAC
4.0 Troubleshooting Data Center Storage 17%

4.1 Troubleshoot Fibre Channel
4.1.a Switched fabric initialization
4.1.b Fibre Channel buffer credit starvation
4.1.c FCID
4.2 Troubleshoot Fibre Channel protocol services
4.2.a Zoning
4.2.b FCNS
4.2.c VSAN
4.2.d FSPF
4.3 Troubleshoot FCoE
4.3.a Storage VDC
4.3.b FIP
4.3.c FCoE topologies
4.3.d DCB
4.4 Troubleshoot boot from SAN
4.4.a FCoE / Fibre Channel
4.4.b iSCSI
4.4.c Multipath
4.5 Troubleshoot FCoE/FC interface parameters
4.5.a Dedicated and shared mode
4.5.b Port types
4.5.c Port channels, ISL
4.6 Troubleshoot SAN technologies
4.6.a Fabric redundancy
4.6.b NPV, NPIV, FCF
5.0 Troubleshooting Data Center Compute Platforms 21%

5.1 Troubleshoot Cisco computing platforms
5.1.a Stand-alone computing
5.1.b Chassis/blade
5.1.c Modular / server cartridges
5.1.d Server integration
5.2 Troubleshoot hardware interoperability
5.2.a Converged Network Adapters / port expanders
5.2.b Firmware
5.2.c I/O modules / FEX
5.2.d Fabric interconnects
5.3 Troubleshoot packet flow from server to the fabric
5.4 Troubleshoot server abstraction technologies
5.4.a Service profiles
5.4.a [i] Pools
5.4.a [ii] Policies
5.4.a [ii] 1 Connectivity
5.4.a [ii] 2 Placement policy
5.4.a [ii] 3 Remote boot policies
6.0 Troubleshooting Data Center Management and Operations 10%

6.1 Troubleshoot firmware upgrades, packages, and interoperability
6.2 Troubleshoot integration of centralized management
6.3 Troubleshooting data center LAN and SAN security
6.3.a Troubleshoot fabric binding and port security
6.3.b Troubleshoot AAA and RBAC
6.3.c Troubleshoot first-hop security
6.3.c [i] Dynamic ARP inspections
6.3.c [ii] DHCP snooping
6.3.c [iii] Unicast RPF
6.3.c [iv] MACsec
6.3.c [v] Port security
6.3.d Troubleshoot CoPP
6.3.e Troubleshoot ACLs
6.4 Troubleshoot data center compute security
6.4.a Troubleshoot AAA and RBAC
6.4.b Troubleshoot key management

QUESTION 1 – (Topic 1)
You have a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect in Fibre Channel end-host mode.
You must check whether all of the Fibre Channel targets are available through the
fabric interconnect at VSAN 200. Which command must you use?
A. show npvflogi-table
B. show flogi-table
C. show flogi database
D. show zoneset active VSAN 200
Answer: A

QUESTION 2 – (Topic 1)
A customer is troubleshooting QoS in a Cisco UCS domain due to high packet drops in the network.
The customer has configured the vNIC and associated QoS policy, and changed the MTU from 1000 to 1200. Packet drops still exist. What is the cause of this issue?
A. The MTU specified here must be greater than the MTU specified in the associated QoS system class.
If this MTU value is less than the MTU value in the QoS system class, packets may be dropped during data transmission.
B. The MTU specified here must be equal to or less than the MTU specified in the associated QoS system class.
If this MTU value exceeds the MTU value in the QoS system class, packets may be dropped during data transmission.
C. The MTU specified here must be less than the MTU specified in the associated QoS system policy.
If this MTU value exceeds the MTU value in the QoS system policy, packets may be not be dropped during data transmission.
D. The MTU must be optimized and should be changed to fc with the CLI command set mtu fc.
Answer: B

QUESTION 3 – (Topic 1)
When a service profile is disassociated from a server, what happens to the identity and
connectivity information for the server?
A. It is cleared and set to the default that was setup initially by the first configuration.
B. It is maintained and can be reused.
C. It is reset to factory defaults.
D. It uses master service profile parameters.
E. It takes parameters of other servers in the service profile.
Answer: C

QUESTION 4 – (Topic 1)
What should you do when you see faults during the initial setup and discovery process?
A. Take note and address the faults.
B. You can safely ignore these faults.
C. Log them and try to address the first one.
D. Reboot until the error messages go away.
Answer: B

QUESTION 5 – (Topic 1)
How long are the LED states saved after a blade is removed from a Cisco UCS chassis?
A. 1 minute
B. 5 minutes
C. 10 minutes
D. 30 minutes
E. 60 minutes
Answer: C

Tuesday, 23 May 2017

C2090-305 IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer v9.1

Test information:
Number of questions: 64
Time allowed in minutes: 90
Required passing score: 64%
Languages: English

The IBM Certified Solution Developer - IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer v9.1 exam certifies that the successful candidate has important knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to conduct a baseline assessment of the data/information being analyzed. This included characterizing the data or information condition in terms of completeness, validity, structural integrity, relational integrity, technical standards, and business rule compliance including quality monitoring and information governance.

Section 1 - Environment (9%)
List key components and configuration steps
Given a scenario, describe how to plan for a large data environment
Identify the minimum requirements for installation

Section 2 - Data Setup (9%)
Identify steps necessary to make data sources available for analysis
Given a scenario, describe project activity security

Section 3 - Profiling Process (25%)
Identify the purposes of each analysis
Interpret system flag icons throughout the system
Identify the common steps that are needed to perform data profiling
Given a scenario, describe the process needed to assess and use data profiling results

Section 4 - Data Rules / Monitoring (36%)
Describe the purpose of data rule validation
Given a scenario, describe the process to implement and deploy the data rule
Identify the steps needed to implement data rule monitoring and baselining
Identify the steps needed to perform data rule execution
Describe the purpose and process of exception management (output tables, Data Quality Console)
Identify the steps necessary to deploy and execute a data rule in an external process

Section 5 - Populating / Reporting / Publishing (14%)
Demonstrate how to populate/report/publish
Demonstrate knowledge of content creation and scheduling
Given a scenario, describe the process to deliver outputs to a broad community

Section 6 - Troubleshooting / Tuning (6%)
Given a scenario, demonstrate troubleshooting techniques
Given a scenario, demonstrate system and process tuning techniques

IBM Certified Solution Developer - InfoSphere Information Analyzer v9.1

Job Role Description / Target Audience
The IBM Certified Solution Developer - InfoSphere Information Analyzer v9.1 is a Source System Analyst, Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Data Quality Analyst, Data Steward, Data Modeler, Data Architect, ETL Developer, and Data Scientist.

QUESTION 1
What feature permits the addition of data from one or more columns into one column allowing column analysis on this newly formed concatenated column?

A. Virtual table
B. Logical table
C. Virtual column
D. Logical column

Answer: C
Reference:https://www.scribd.com/doc/125259952/IBM-infoSphere-information-analyzer-v8-7-User-guide(page 70)


QUESTION 2
When importing published analysis results into a different Information Analyzer project which two contents are included?

A. Median value
B. Frequency values
C. Data Classification
D. Cardinality Percent
E. Uniqueness Code

Answer: C,D


QUESTION 3
You are searching for an employee named Kristie Jones who has accounts on various applications, in which she has used the first names Kristie, Kristin, and Kristen as her first name.
Which is the correct rule logic for addressing this problem?

A. name like ('KristieTKristinTKristen')[ ]'Jones'
B. name matches (,KristieTKristinTKristen,)[]'Jones,
C. name contains ('KristieTKristinTKristen'^rJones'
D. name matches_regex ('Kristie'l'KristinTKristen^j'Jones'

Answer: D


QUESTION 4
You are working with a System Administrator who must move an Information Analyzer project to a new Information Server environment using the command line tools. You need to ensure that the project is established with the same metadata and reports as in the original environment.
Which parameter must be included to successfully complete the export?

A. -includeCommonMetadata; -includeCommonReports; -includeAIIDataClasses
B. -includeAssignedAssets; -includeProjectReports; -includeAIIDataSources
C. -includeCommonMetadata; -includeReports; -includeAIIDataClasses
D. -includeProjectMetadata; -includelAReports; -includeDependentClasses

Answer: D


Saturday, 20 May 2017

C2090-103 Apache Spark 1.6 Developer

Test information:
Number of questions: 60
Time allowed in minutes: 120
Required passing score: 65%
Languages: English

This test will certify that the successful candidate has the necessary skills to work with, transform, and act on data at a very large scale. The candidate will be able to build data pipelines and derive viable insights into the data using Apache Spark. The candidate is proficient in using streaming, machine learning, SQL and graph processing on Spark. This candidate may be a member of a Data Scientist team and/or Analytics team and has applied knowledge with deployment architectures and can assist in tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization.

Section 1 - Architecture (12%)
Compare and contrast Spark with Hadoop MapReduce
Explain memory management in Spark
Explain concepts such as master, drivers, executors, stages and tasks
Explain Spark transformations and actions with respect to lazy evaluation
Configure your application to run on a cluster

Section 2 - Performance and Troubleshooting (22%)
Manage partitions to improve RDD performance and apply different partition strategies
Identify what operations cause shuffling
Optimize memory usage with serialization options
Use caching, checkpoint, and persistence in appropriate situations
Debug Spark code
Monitor Spark applications
Manage runtime issues and performance bottlenecks in Spark

Section 3 - Core Skills (48%)
Read/writre data from multiple data sources and file types
Create and work with RDDs and related APIs
Create and work with DataFrames and related APIs
Create Spark config contexts for different requirements
Work with key value pairs and associated Spark APIs for key value pairs
Work with SparkSQL
Define and work with accumulators
Define and work with broadcast variables
Launch applications with spark-submit

Section 4 - Advanced Skills (18%)
Build a pipeline with Streaming, MLLib, SQL, and Graph on Spark
Work with Spark Streaming APIs
Work with SparkML and MLLib APIs
Work with GraphX

IBM Certified Developer - Apache Spark 1.6

Job Role Description / Target Audience
This test will certify that the successful candidate has the necessary skills to work with, transform, and act on data at a very large scale. The candidate will be able to build data pipelines and derive viable insights into the data using Apache Spark. The candidate is proficient in using streaming, machine learning, SQL and graph processing on Spark. This candidate may be a member of a Data Scientist team and/or Analytics team and has applied knowledge with deployment architectures and can assist in tuning, troubleshooting, and optimization.

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Read and write Python code
Read and write Scala code
Create and work with RDDs and related APIs
Create and work with DataFrames and related APIs
Create and work with Dstreams and related APIs
Read/writre data from multiple data sources and file types
Read and write SQL statements
Compare and contrast Spark with Hadoop MapReduce
Manage partitions to improve RDD performance and apply different partition strategies
Identify what operations cause shuffling
Optimize memory usage with serialization options
Create Spark config contexts for different requirements
Use caching, checkpoint, and persistence in appropriate situations
Explain memory management in Spark
Work with key value pairs and associated Spark APIs for key value pairs
Define and work with accumulators
Configure your application to run on a cluster
Explain core concepts such as master, drivers, executors, stages and tasks
Debug your spark code
Define and work with broadcast variables
Explain Spark transformations and actions with respect to lazy evaluation
Monitor Spark applications
Launch applications with spark-submit
Manage runtime issues and performance bottlenecks in Spark
Build a pipeline with Streaming, MLLib, SQL, and Graph on Spark
Work with Spark Streaming APIs
Work with SparkML and MLLib APIs
Work with GraphX
Work with SparkSQL

Friday, 12 May 2017

C2090-012 IBM SPSS Modeler Data Analysis for Business Partners v2

Test information:
Number of questions: 25
Time allowed in minutes: 60
Required passing score: 68%
Languages: English, Japanese

Business Understanding (5%)
Review the CRISP methodology

General Operations in Modeler (20%)
Build streams
Run streams
Read different types of files into Modeler

Data Understanding (30%)
Extent of missing data
Outliers
Field distribution and summary statistics
Auto checking for missing and out of bounds data
Bivariate relationships between variables

Data Preparation (40%)
Create new variables with the Derive Node
Create new variables with the Reclassify Node
Combine data files
Restructure data
Aggregate data
Remove duplicates
Sampling cases
Balance data
Data caching
Partitione data
Missing Value replacement

Modeling (5%)
Predictive models
Cluster models
Association models

NOTE: Business partners who take this exam are only expected to familiar with each class of model and the steps that are necessary to prepare the data prior creating the models in the software.

IBM Certified Associate - SPSS Modeler Data Analysis v2

Job Role Description / Target Audience
This certification is designed for Business Partners with a beginning knowledge of IBM SPSS Modeler version 14 or higher working in government, academia, or business who use the IBM SPSS Modeler product to perform data mining activities including data preparation, data understanding, and modeling.

The IBM Certified Associate - SPSS Modeler Data Analysis v2 may utilize the IBM SPSS Modeler product for applications such as fraud detection, customer management and churn, risk management, and so forth.
Question 1:
The optimal binning method in the Binning node uses a Supervisor field to determine the
binning cut points.

A. True
B. False

Answer: A

Question 2:
Which node is used to read data from a comma delimited text file?

A. Var. File
B. Data Collection
C. Fixed File
D. Statistics File

Answer: A