Q#

QUESTION

OPTION 1

OPTION 2

OPTION 3 Temporary Data Storage

OPTION 4 Query Optimization Only at some times

OPTION 5

In a short description, the data warehouse is a Organizational Transaction 1 collection of data that is primarily used for Decision Making Processing Data Marts have specific business related 2 purposes. The database designed for queries on 3 transactional data is known as This is a quantifiable value such amount of 4 sales, budget or revenue.

Application Testing

May be true

FALSE

TRUE

I don't know

ODS

OLTP

OLAP

OLCP

DSS

Dimension

Database Dimension tables

Datamart

Fact

Datawarehouse

The center of Star schema consists of one or 5 more Fact tables The process of pulling data from various 6 hetrogeneous source systems is known as

Indexes

Views

Synonyms

Loading Incremental Extraction

Transforming

Cleansing Online Extraction

Refreshing

Extraction

7 Change data capture is a part of which is used to store data and perform data cleansing,merging before loading into 8 Datawarehousing

Full Extraction

Offline Extraction None

ODS

OLTP

Staging Incremental Load

ODS&OLTP Option 1 & Option 3

None Option 1, Option 2 & Option 3 Option 1, Option 2 & Option 3

9 The two types of loading available in DWH are Full Load The process of converting and summarizing operational data into a consistent, business 10 oriented format Transformation

Direct Load

Extraction

Loading

None

11 The latest informatica suite is compatible of Is both Informatica PowerCenter and 12 PowerMart are same

8 Bit

16 Bit

32 Bit

64 Bit Only at some times

128 Bit

Depends upon the User NO

YES

I don't know

Flat file lookup is one newly added feature in 13 Informatica PowerCenter 7.1version How many important client components 14 available in Informatica Which component is used for New server 15 registration in informatica Which Component of informatica is used to 16 configure connection details which tool is used for users,user groups and 17 priviledges Where is the actual business rules will be 18 implemented Is it possible to generate a table in relational 19 database using informatica Which Component of informatica is used to see the performance of the workflow while 20 running The Repository Manager connects to the repository database through the Repository 21 Server. In the Informatica Repository, where is the 22 meta data getting stored? How the repository server communicates with 23 the repository database The Repository Server can manage a repository residing on a database on a 24 different machine on the network Using the repository manager, the entire 25 repository can be backed up in the format of

Depends upon the User NO

I don't know

Only at some times

YES

3 Workflow Manager Mapping Designer Workflow Manager Transformation Developer

No client tools Repository Manager Repository Manager Repository Manager Mapping Designer

Designer

2&3 Workflow Manager

I don't know Repository administration console

Workflow Monitor

Worklet Designer

Designer

2&3 Workflow Designer

None Warehouse Designer

Source qualifier

Yes

No

sometimes Workflow Manager

May be possible Repository Manager Only at some times

None

Mapping Workflow Monitor Designer Depends upon the User

Worklet Designer

FALSE Dimension tables Third party softwares

TRUE

I don't know

Synonyms Through native drivers Depends upon the User

Indexes

Database tables I don't know

LAN Drivers

Logical Paths Only at some times

I don't know

FALSE

TRUE

I don't know

Text file

Zip File

XML File

Binary File

I don't know

How the repository server create and update 26 the repository tables When you connecting to the repository, you 27 need to mention the What is the default repository server 28 connection timeout limit For executing a workflow, the PowerCenter 29 server uses the The primary PowerCenter server process is 30 known as

Through repository agent process Your local machine's IP

Through native drivers Your Project Name

Through LAN Drivers Host name and Port no

Through PSTN Lines

I don't know

Your Mobile no

I don't know

60 Secs

30 Secs

15 Secs

120 Secs

I don't know

Designer

DLM Process

DTM Process

DLF Process

I don't know

31 what are the servers available in informatica Is it necessary to run the Informatica server 32 before accessing Repository

Workflow Monitor Informatica repository Informatica Server Workflow Server Server Workflow Manager Load Manager

Designer Option 1 & Option 3

I don't know

Option 1 & Option 2

Yes Repository Manager Depends upon the User

No

May be true Workflow Manager

Sometimes

None

33 You can create and maintain folders in the If you want to use the same object in several 34 projects, you need to put it in a shared folder How many permission types are available for 35 folders Which privilege do you need to execute all tasks across all folders in the repository, and 36 can perform any tasks For comparing two folders, what is the 37 mandatory permission a user should have. Which option is need to be checked for 38 creating shortcuts for folders

Designer

Workflow Monitor Repository Server Only at some times

FALSE

TRUE

I don't know

Administrator

Read

Write

Super User

Execute

Read

Write

Execute

Super User

Administrator

Create Shortcuts

Allow shortcut

shortcuts

None

Option 1 & Option 2

pmcmd is a program that you can use to 39 communicate with How many modes are available for using 40 pmcmd While using pmcmd in command line mode, each command must include the connection 41 information of the

Designer

PowerCenter Server

Workflow Manager

Workflow Monitor Repository Manager

5 PowerCenter Server Repository Manager

4 Workflow Manager

Workflow Monitor Designer

What is the return code for a successful 42 pmcmd command execution 1 0 What is the pmcmd command for instructing the server to execute the subsequent 43 commands in the wait mode. setfolder usefolder setnowait In which mode of pmcmd, the username, Commandline password and server information are required 44 for each command Interactive mode User Mode mode which mode is used for handling the sessions 45 and workflows Interactive mode What will be returned if the username and 46 password are incorrect in a command which mode allows writing scripts for 47 scheduling the workflows Which window in desginer is used to access 48 the repositories. Commandline mode Zero Return 0 Codes Commandline mode

setwait

showsettings

Server mode

Wait Mode

User Mode

Server mode Non Zero return 2 Codes

Wait Mode

Interactive mode

User Mode

Server mode

Wait Mode

Output

Workspace

Navigation

Mapping desginer None

49 How many tools are available in desginer is it possible to create source and target 50 definition manually what are the types of sources available in 51 informatica

No Cobol and XML sources

Yes

Flatfiles

sometimes Homogeneous Rarely & Heterogeneou 2&3 s

None

None

Minimum number of transformations required 52 for a simple valid mapping which tool is used to create a reusable 53 transformation How many types of Transformations available 54 in Informatica is it possible to use a transformation created 55 in one mapping in any other mappings Is it possible to join two flat files using source 56 qualifier

3 Mapplet Mapping Designer Desinger

2 Transformatio Task Developer n Developer

5 None

Workflow Developer

12

18

Yes

No

Sometimes

Rarely

Frequently

No

Yes

Sometimes

Rarely

Frequently

Can the source qualifier is used to filter cobol 57 source No

Yes

Sometimes

Rarely

Frequently

How many ports are available in Expression 58 Transformation 2 1 3 Salary of all employees in an employee table Expression need to be added with the commission.which 59 transformation is used ? Source Qualifier transformation Update strategy Which transformations can be used for proceesing the records holding deptno 10 in only Filter only Router 60 an employee table Source Qualifier Transformation Transformation only Router Transformatio Which Transformation is used to load the only Filter 61 rejected records Source Qualifier Transformation n Which Transformation is used to handle cobol 62 sources Source Qualifier What is the transformation used to convert 63 the rows in to columns Select a transformation used to load the 64 changed records in target table Filter Transformation Filter Transformation Filter Transformation Router Transformation Normalizer Transformatio n

4 None Option 1 & Option 2 Aggregator Option 2 & Option 3 1,2&3 Option 2 & Option 3 1,2&3 Expression Transformation Expression Transformation Normalizer Transformation Router Transformation

Source Qualifier

Source Qualifier

Normalizer Expression Transformation Transformation

Update Strategy

What is the session property enabled when 65 update strategy is used in a mapping What are the transformation used to merge data from multiple sources

DD_INSERT

DD_DELETE

DD_UPDATE

Data Driven

DD_REJECT

66 without removing the duplicates which Transformation is used to join flat file 67 and oracle source Last 3 performer in a department need to loaded in a target table. Which transformation 68 can be used? What is the transformation used to load the 69 distinct records in a table If a sorter transformation is used before Aggregator transformation.Will the 70 performance degrades. If incremental aggregation option is checked in session properties will the new cache is 71 created during every run The following is the valid call for a lookup transformation from Expression 72 transformation

Joiner Transformation Joiner Transformation Aggregator Transformation Aggregator Transformation

Union Transformation Union Transformation Expression transformation Expression transformation

Source Qualifier

Option 1 & Option Option 2 & Option 2 3

Source Option 1 & Option Qualifier 2 Option 2 & Option 3 Rank Transformatio Update Strategy None n Sorter Rank Transformation Transformation Update Strategy

No

Yes

Sometimes

None

Rarely

No LKP.lookup_transf ormation_name(a rgument, argument, ... ) Add required ORDER BY How to over ride the default order by clause in clause and add -73 lookup query (double highphen Can sequence generator be used in Mapplet 74 desginer Yes is it possible to change the sequence 75 generator properties Before you run a workflow, the informatica 76 server needs to be registered with

Yes :Lookup.lookup_ transformation_n ame(argument , argument, Add required ORDER BY clause in lookup query override

Sometimes .LKP.lookup_tr ansformation_n ame(argumen t, required Add ORDER BY clause and add // (double

None Rarely :LKP.lookup_tra nsformation_na me(argument, None Dont add lookup condition only add lookup query override None

No

Rarely

Sometimes

None

Yes

No

Rarely Repository Manager

Sometimes

None

Workflow Workflow Manager Monitor

Designer

Web Interface

Is it possible to create a worklet inside a 77 worklet How many internal tools available with Workflow manager to help you develop a 78 workflow Using session properties, can we able to override parameters established in the 79 mapping ?

Yes

No

Rarely

Sometimes

None

1 Depends upon the User NO

5 Only at some times Metadata extensions

YES

I don't know

In which tab of session the connection details 80 of source and targets are configured Mapping Fails the parent if the current task What the option "Fail parent if this task fails' 81 will do in session properties fails Can we have unlimited sessions in a workflow 82 as we need YES If a task is invalid, the workflow becomes 83 invalid

Components Fails current task when the parent fails

Properties Fails the current and parent tasks

None

Fails only current task None

NO

Depends on the Only at some privielges times Depends on the Only at some privielges times Only at some times

I don't know

YES Depends on the privielges

NO

I don't know

84 Can a command task can be re-used which task is used for running a session 85 based on success of another session

NO

YES

I don't know

Decision

email

event wait

command

None

Is it possible to send an email after 86 completion of a workflow in workflow manager Decision When you create a workflow, the Workflow 87 Designer creates which task by default How many types of Workflow variables are 88 available ? Is it possible to run the workflow from 89 particular task

email

event wait

command

None

START

Command

Assignment

Email

Event

Yes

No

Rarely

Sometimes

None

90 Can the session be recovered?

Yes

No

Rarely

Sometimes

None

Can we able to start and stop a workflow from 91 workflow monitor YES

NO

Depends on the Only at some privielges times

I don't know

The Workflow Monitor displays workflows that 92 have run Never Once Which option should be enabled in session Collect properties to see the performance of each 93 transformation performance data Collect data which informatica client tool is used to know 94 the run time and status of a workflow Repository Manager

Twice performance data Workflow Manager

Thrice Collect performance Workflow Monitor

I don't know

None

Designer

None

95 A worklet is an object that represents a set of Mappings When the Informatica Server executes a 96 worklet, it expands the worklet. When a mapplet is changed, all instances of 97 the mapplet and all shortcuts to the mapplet Like a reusable transformation, any change made to the mapplet is inherited by all 98 instances of the mapplet. Which component is responsible for reading the parameter file and expanding the flow 99 variable values for the workflow When the Designer validates a mapping variable in a reusable transformation, it treats 100 the variable as

Tables

Synonyms

Tasks

Web reports

YES will inherit the changes

NO

Depends on the Only at some privielges times

I don't know

will NOT inherit will start running the changes will be closed Depends on the Only at some privielges times

I don't know

NO

YES

I don't know

Session Thread

DTM process Mapping Thread Load manager manager

I don't know

Varchar Datatype

CLOB Datatype Date Datatype Workflow Manager Workflow Monitor

Integer Datatype I don't know Repository Manager

To debug a mapping, you need to configure 101 and run the Debugger from Designer The place where debugger pauses and allows you to view and edit transformation output 102 data is known as Break Views

I don't know

Break Points

Break Windows Break Sessions

I don't know

In general, how many different types of log 103 files are created by PowerCenter Server With the error tracing level enabled, the Informatica Server logs each row that passes 104 into the mapping Normal By default, the PowerCenter Server does not 105 save multiple logs for a single workflow. TRUE When the Server runs in recovery mode, it continues to commit data from the point of the Only at some 106 last successful commit times As a important requirement for data recovery, 107 the source data needs to be Sorted To help you determine which column caused the row to be rejected, the server adds this 108 components to reject files Key Ranges When you configure partitioning for a mapping, which partition type distributes data 109 evenly among all partitions. Hash By default, the PowerCenter Server sets the 110 number of partitions to A block of memory for temporary storage of 111 data likely to be used again is known as

4 I don't know

Terse

Verbose init Only at some times

Verbose data Depends upon the User

I don't know

FALSE Depends upon the user

I don't know

TRUE

FALSE

I don't know

Delimted

Fixed Width

Junk characters Mapping Variables

I don't know

Row & Column Mapping Parameters Indicator

I don't know

Key Range

Round Robin

Pass Through

I don't know

4 I don't know

Session

Cache

Tables

Threads

I don't know

If the data doesnt fit in the memory cache, the 112 server stores the overflow values in Variables Versioning is a concept where you can configure the repository to store multiple Only at some 113 versions of objects times When you checks out an object in the 114 workspace, the repository obtains a Whenever you're checking in an object, the 115 repository version number is

Parameters Depends upon the user

Tables

Cache Files

I don't know

TRUE

FALSE

I don't know

Write Intent lock

Request for Read Intent lock Executive Lock closing

I don't know

Decreased

Increased

Not changed

Reset to 0

I don't know

If we export a mapping, session or workflow 116 will create DAT File A deployment group is a versioning object that Different allows you to group versioned objects for 117 deploying Repository The first step in performance tuning is to 118 identify the When we finetune session performance, we 119 can use By executing the read query directly against 120 the source database, what can be identified

REP File Same Repository

XML File Different Application Performance Bottleneck

Cache File

I don't know

Different OS

I don't know

Session Log Test session option Source bottlenecks

Workflow Log Test load option Target bottlenecks

Cache File

I don't know

Test Monitor Test Log option option Mapping bottlenecks Parameter bottlenecks

I don't know

I don't know

Bold

Correct ans

Underlined

doubts