DB2 – 730 Certification Overview

DB2 V8.1-
V8.1- Family Fundamentals-
Fundamentals- Test 700 CERTIFICATION EXAM
ƒ DB2 product Information (Product Overview)
ƒ DB2 concepts-
concepts-D.A.S. & Cataloging (Getting Started, ƒ IBM Certified Database Associate for
Getting Connected) DB2 9 (Test – 730)
ƒ Tools, wizards (demostrations)
ƒ Data Storage Management
ƒ User defined datatypes ƒ Objective type exam
ƒ Constraints
ƒ Access Control (Controlling Data Access)
No. of questions : 54
ƒ Joins
Passing % required : 59 %
ƒ Views
ƒ Concurrency
Duration of exam : 90 minutes

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Why DB2 9 Section 1 - Planning (15%)

DB2 History & DB2 9 ( Viper)
Knowledge of DB2 UDB products (client, server, etc.)

XML Technology
Knowledge of the features and functions provided by DB2 tools such

XML in DB2 Viper as the Control Center, the Configuration Advisor, the Configuration

XQuery Assistant and the Command Line Processor

Table Partitioning
Knowledge of database workloads (OLAP versus data warehousing)

Granular Security - LBAC
Knowledge of non-
non-relational data concepts (extenders)

Data Compression
Knowledge of XML data implications (non-
(non-shredding)

DB2 Express - C

Section 2 - Security (11%) Section 3 - Working with Databases and

Knowledge of restricting data access

Knowledge of different authorities and privileges
available

Knowledge of encryption options available (data and
network)

Given a DCL SQL statement, ability to identify results
(GRANT, REVOKE, CONNECT statements)
Database Objects (17%)

Ability to identify and connect to DB2 servers and
databases

Ability to identify DB2 objects

Knowledge of basic characteristics and properties of
DB2 objects

Given a DDL SQL statement, ability to identify results
(ability to create DB2 objects)

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Section 4 - Working with DB2 Data using
SQL and XQuery (23.5%)

Given a DML SQL statement, ability to identify results

Ability to use SQL to SELECT data from tables

Ability to use SQL to SORT or GROUP data

Ability to use SQL to INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE data

Knowledge of transactions (i.e., COMMIT, ROLLBACK, and
transaction boundaries)

Ability to call a procedure or invoke a user defined function

Given an XQuery statement, knowledge to identify results
Section 6 - Data Concurrency (11%)

Ability to identify factors that influence locking

Ability to list objects on which locks can be obtained

Ability to identify characteristics of DB2 locks

Given a situation, ability to identify the isolation level
that should be used
Section 5 - Working with DB2 Tables, Views,
and Indexes (23.5%)

Ability to demonstrate proper usage of DB2 data types

Given a situation, ability to create a table

Ability to identify when referential integrity should be used

Ability to identify methods of data constraint

Ability to identify characteristics of a table, view or index

Ability to identify when triggers should be used

Knowledge of schemas

Knowledge of data type options for storing XML data
Important Websites -
For information about Tests -

http://www.ibm.com/certify
To appear in Test -

http://ibmtesting.prime.prometric.com
Job Opportunities for Certified professionals -

http://www.ibm.com/in/university

http://www.ibm.com/university
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