SAS A00-204

SAS Warehouse Architect Concepts Exam

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Q: 1 According to the SAS Rapid Warehousing Methodology, which of the

following are valid outputs from the Requirements Phase?
I.project plan
II.cost/benefit analysis
III.logical and physical models
IV.metadata exploitation, population, and update process
A.
B.
C.
D.

I and II only
I, II, and III only
I, II, and IV only
I, II, III, and IV

Answer: A
Q: 2 Which of the following provides read access control to a SAS dataset?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Racf and RSA

LDAP and Racf
Roscoe and RSA
Panvelet and Roscoe

Answer: B
Q: 3 The performance scalability of SAS full table scans is being estimated. Which
of the following metrics is appropriate for direct attached storage?
A.
B.
C.
D.

I/O per second

I/O latency per request
I/O request average size
I/O in megabytes per second

Answer: D
Q: 4 Usage success criteria have been defined for a data warehouse project.
Which of the following metrics supports these criteria?

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A.
B.
C.
D.

number of queries in a given time period

performance against a pre-warehouse baseline
number of gigabytes of data stored in the warehouse
amount of time between the close of business and warehouse refresh

Answer: A
Q: 5 A data warehouse uses a relational database management system (RDBMS)
for its core data repository. Bulk loading has been proposed as the method for loading larger RDBMS
tables into the warehouse.
Which of the following must be considered when developing the bulk load routines?
I.indexes
II.join efficiency
III.integrity constraints
IV.representation of null values
A.
B.
C.
D.

I and II only
III and IV only
I, II, and III only
I, III, and IV only

Answer: D
Q: 6 Which of the following factors must be considered when designing an
efficient client-server ad hoc query system?
A.
B.
C.
D.

output appearance
user access privileges
graphical user interface
number of rows in the result set

Answer: D
Q: 7 During warehouse process and architecture planning, which of the following
are required inputs for an effective gap analysis of the operational source systems?
I.detailed logical models
II.locations of source data
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III.detailed physical models

IV.business requirements document
A.
B.
C.
D.

I and III only

III and IV only
I, II, and IV only
I, III, and IV only

Answer: D
Q: 8 A diagram of a logical entity-relationship model of a magazine subscription
company is shown below:
Which of the following statements about this model is true?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Every sales region has several sales reps.

A package may be related to several subscriptions.
All magazines are included in at least one package.
A subscription may be related to several subscribers.

Answer: B

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Q: 9 A medical insurance company has developed a data warehouse containing

confidential data about its customers. Power users require OLAP functionality with reach-through to
the detail data. Which of the following supports the users' requirements while protecting customer
privacy?
A.
B.
C.
D.

providing only aggregated statistics

securing the data within the OLAP application
securing sensitive data within the detail schema
suppressing personal details from summarized reports

Answer: C
Q: 10 A SAS reporting application is used by 100 users within a company. The
user base is equally divided between power, intermediate, and novice users. All users are currently
sharing the same temporary space when executing queries to produce reports. Examination of the user
logs indicates I/O contention when using the temporary space. Which of the following would improve I/O
performance?
A.
B.
C.
D.

prioritizing execution of all jobs by user level

assigning all 100 users their individual temporary space
forcing all users to execute queries using permanent space
using logical partitioning of the temporary space by user group

Answer: B
Q: 11 Which of the following are benefits of using a metadata management
strategy for a data warehouse project?
I.It captures operational processes.
II.It enables impact analysis to be performed.
III.It documents the contents of the warehouse.
IV.It stores data transformation and business rules.
A.
B.
C.
D.

I and IV only
I and III only
I, II, and III only
II, III, and IV only

Answer: D

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Q: 12 During the Final Test phase of a data warehouse project, a team wishes to
verify that the extract, transform and load (ETL) routines avoid failing when the data volume is
increased. Which of the following tests should be conducted?
A.
B.
C.
D.

stress testing
system testing
acceptance testing
performance testing

Answer: A
Q: 13 Click on the Exhibit button to view a transactional fact table of Automated
Teller Machine (ATM) transactions.
A warehouse architect wishes to create a periodic snapshot schema from this design.
Which of the following characteristics are true regarding the periodic snapshot fact table?
I.Additive facts can exist in this fact table.
II.The fact table must include the surrogate transaction key.
III.Semi-additive facts, such as average daily balance, can exist in this fact table.
IV.The transaction fact table and the snapshot fact table can be used together to obtain a complete
picture of account activity.

A. I and II only

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B. I and III only

C. I, III, and IV only
D. I, II, III, and IV
Answer: C
Q: 14 A warehouse is being designed in SAS. User access to the warehouse data
will be secure and web-based.
Which of the following must be considered when planning the physical infrastructure for the web
deployment?
I.storage systems
II.middleware server
III.authentication services
IV.graphical user interface
A.
B.
C.
D.

II and III only

III and IV only
I, II, and IV only
I, II, and III only

Answer: D
Q: 15 Which of the following is the process of determining and evaluating the
distance or variance between two items' properties?
A.
B.
C.
D.

gap analysis
matrix method
quadrant analysis
correlation coefficient

Answer: A
Q: 16 To support the extract, transform and load (ETL) process, the warehouse
architect is attempting to determine what data can be made available from the source system. Which of
the following should be reviewed during an interview with the operational source system expert?
A. database schema
B. warehouse architecture
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