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QUESTION 1 A campaign target population is cut at 100 random records to receive a
limited offer. When the Campaign
developer goes to approve the targeting for the offer, only 90 records are
available. Ten records have been
removed by a required topology rule Less than 18 Years Old.
A Campaign developer must make sure exactly 100 records are selected and sent an
offer while ensuring compliance.
How should the Campaign developer perform this task?
A. Change the execution order of the Less than 18 Years Old typology rule to
execute later
B. Select 110 random records to account for the drop by the typology rule
C. Remove the Less than 18 Years Old rule from the typology defined in the
delivery
D. Add a filter to the workflow to select only 18 years of age or older
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 2 A Campaign developer must configure a campaign hierarchy. Campaign
configurations are as follows:
Campaigns are budgeted and planned quarterly (Example: 2017 Q1)
Campaigns are divided into three types: Product Promotional, Communication,
Account Maintenance
Campaigns run weekly (Example: Week1, Week2...)
How should the Campaign developer configure the campaign hierarchy?
A. Program Level based on the specific instance of the campaign run (Week1)
Campaign Level based on the campaign type (Product Promotion) Plan Level based
on the quarter of the year (2017 Q1)
B. Program Level based on the quarter of the year (2017 1) Plan based on
campaign type (Product Promotion) Campaign based on weekly run (Week1)
C. Delivery Level based on the quarter of the year (2017 Q1) Plan based on the
weekly run on the campaign (Week1) Program based on campaign type (Product
Promotion)
D. Plan Level based on the quarter of the year (2017 Q1) Program based on
campaign type (Product Promotion) Campaign Level based on the week of the
campaign run (Week1)
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 3 A client wants to use Amazon Redshift to install Adobe Campaign in a hybrid
AWS environment to hold all customer data.
Which step must be taken to utilize this type of data?
A. Adobe Campaign does NOT support Redshift.
B. Adobe Campaign tables must be created in the Redshift database.
C. ODBC Native SQL drivers must be installed to access a Redshift database.
D. FDA module must be installed to access a Redshift database.
Exam Number: 1Z0-519
Exam Title: Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1 Inventory Essentials
Associated Certification Paths : Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Supply Chain
Certified Implementation Specialist: Oracle Inventory
Duration: 150 minutes
Number of Questions: 80 for both sections combined
Passing Score: E-business Essentials - 60% Oracle Inventory - 60%
Validated Against: This exam is valid for Oracle E-Business Suite 12 and
12.1.
Format: Multiple Choice
Complete Recommended Training
Complete the training below to prepare for your exam (optional): R12.x Oracle E-Business Suite Essentials for Implementers and
R12.2 Oracle Inventory Management Fundamentals
Additional Preparation and Information A combination of Oracle training and hands-on experience (attained via labs
and/or field experience) provides the best preparation for passing the exam.
Resources available to partners only
Training Opportunities for Oracle Partner Network Members
Oracle EBS R12.1 SCM Essentials Implementation Boot Camp
OPN Guided Learning Path: Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1 Supply Chain Management
Implementation Specialist
These earlier courses are still valid exam preparation tools but are no longer
being scheduled:
Oracle E-Business Suite R12: E-Business Essentials
R12 Oracle Inventory Management Fundamentals
R12.1 Oracle Inventory Implementation Boot Camp
R12.x Oracle Inventory Management Fundamentals
E-BUSINESS ESSENTIALS
Navigating in R12 Oracle Applications Log in to Oracle Applications
Navigate from Personal Home Page to Applications
Choose a responsibility
Create Favorites and set Preferences
Use Forms and Menus
Enter data using Forms
Search for data using Forms
Access online Help
Run and monitor Reports and Programs
Log out of Oracle Applications
Introduction to Oracle Applications R12
Explain the footprint of R12 E-Business Suite
Describe the benefits of R12 E-Business Suite
Describe R12 E-Business Suite architecture
Shared Entities and Integration
Explain shared entities within R12 E-Business Suite
Describe key integration points and business flows between products in
E-Business Suite (EBS)
Identify Key Business Flows and products involved in E-Business Suite (EBS)
Fundamentals of Workflow and Alerts
Explain Workflow concepts
Describe the benefits of Workflow
Fundamentals of Flexfields
Describe Flexfields and their components
Identify the steps to implement a Flexfield
Define value sets and values
Define Key Flexfields
Define Descriptive Flexfields
Fundamentals of Multi-Org
Define Multiple Organization (Multi-Org)
Describe the types of organizations supported in the Multi-Org model
Explain the entities of Multi-Org
Explain how Multi-Org secures data
Identify key implementation considerations for Multi-Org
Define Multi-Org Access Control
Explain Multi-Org preferences
Explain Enhanced Multiple-Organization Reporting
Explain the concepts of subledger accounting
INVENTORY
Overview of Oracle Inventory
Describe the overall inventory process from receipt to issue
Describe the key integration points between Oracle Inventory and other Oracle
Applications
Inventory Structure Describe Inventory Organization
Describe the structure of an Inventory Organization
Describe the multi-organization structure in Oracle Applications
Use the organization reports
Set up Inventory parameters, sub inventories, and locators
Set up the organization profile options
Describe organization implementation considerations
Units of Measure
Define units of measure
Use units of measure reports
Use units of measure setup options
Describe units of measure implementation considerations
Defining and Maintaining Items
Define, setup and maintain items,
Use item templates
Use item control levels
Use item categories and catalogs
Use organization reports
Implement item profile options
Describe implementation considerations for items
Lot and Serial Control
Describe lots
Describe parent and child lots
Describe shelf life and lot actions
Describe grade control
Describe serial control
Describe lot and serial genealogy
Use the lot and serial reports
Implement the lot and serial profile options
Describe implementation considerations for lot and serial control
Transaction Setup
Describe transactions and move orders
Define transaction managers, transaction types, and transaction reasons
Define inventory picking rules
Define inventory account aliases
Set up move orders
Describe Period Close Process within Inventory
Use Alerts Notifications and Reports
Set up Profile Options
Describe implementation considerations for transaction setup
Issuing and Transferring Material
Perform Transactions
Manage Receipts
Perform Move Orders
Understand Transactions Reports
On-hand and Availability
Explain availability
View on-hand quantities
Describe the uses of the material workbench
Create ATP rules, time fences and supply/demand sources
Manage Reservation
Implement on-hand and availability profile options
Use on-hand and availability reports
Describe on-hand and availability implementation considerations
Material Status Control
Explain material status
Set up material status properties
Describe key material status implementation considerations
Inventory Replenishment
Perform forecasting
Explain reorder-point planning
Perform min-max planning
Perform replenishment counting
Set up inventory planning profile options
Generate kanban cards
Identify Implementation Considerations for Inventory Replenishment
Inventory Accuracy
Create an ABC compile
Define and maintain a cycle count
Define a physical inventory
Demonstrate count adjustments and approvals
Use inventory accuracy reports
Set up inventory accuracy profile options
Explain key inventory accuracy implementation considerations
Table Information Identify the Oracle Inventory tables
Access eTRM
QUESTION 1
Oracle Inventory interacts with other Oracle applications by sharing information.
Which two pieces of information does Oracle Inventory receive from the Order Management
application? (Choose two.)
A. UOM information IS
B. shipping information
C. on-hand information
D. ATP supply information
E. reservations information
Answer: B,E QUESTION 2
Which three statements are true about ABC analysis? (Choose three,)
A. the ABC class is an Item attribute.
B. There can be only three classes A, B, and C.
C. An ABC class must be assigned to at least one ABC group.
D. ABC classes can be used to group Items for planning purposes.
E. ABC classes can be used to identify the value groupings to which your Items belong.
Answer: C,D,E
QUESTION 3
You are moving items from locator A to locator B within the same Inventory organization. Which
two types of inventory transactions are required? (Choose two.)
A. Move Order
B. Locator transfer
C. Subinventory transfer
D. WIP component Issue
E. Miscellaneous Receipt
F. WIP assembly completion
G. Interorganization transfer direct
Answer: A,C
QUESTION 4
What two conditions prevent you from reserving the Inventory? (Choose two.)
A. The inventory module is installed as Shared.
B. The items have a nonreservable material status.
C. The Inventory is in a Standard Cost inventory organization.
D. The Inventory is in an Average Cost inventory organization.
E. The reservation will cause the on-hand quantity to be negative.
Answer: B,E
QUESTION 5
XYZ Is a Chemical manufacturing company. On a daily basis, it produces 100 kilos of Item A from
a single production batch.
100 kilos of item A manufactured from a single batch has a single expiration date. However, the
purity of item A varies as follows:
Category 1: 95%
Category 2: 85%
Category 3: 50%
From an implementation perspective, which setup or process would meet this requirement?
A. Enable lot control. Map three categories as co products.
B. Enable lot control for Item A Create three lots to represent the categories.
C. Enable lot control for item A Create three child lots and link them with the parent lot.
D. Enable lot and grade control for item A Have three categories mapped with grades.
E. Enable lot and serial control for item A Create one lot and three categories that are mapped
with serial numbers.
Exam Number: 1Z0-548
Exam Title: Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) R12 Human Capital Management
Essentials
Associated Certification Paths: Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Human Capital
Management Certified Implementation Specialist
Exam Details Duration: 120 minutes
Number of Questions: 70
Passing Score: 65%
View passing score policy
Validated Against: This exam has been validated against version 12.1.
Format: Multiple Choice
Complete Recommended Training
Complete the training below to prepare for your exam (optional):
Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1 Human Resources Management System Essentials
Implementation Boot Camp (available to partners only) or
R12.1 Oracle HRMS Essentials Implementation Boot Camp (available to partners
only)
Additional Preparation and Information
A combination of Oracle training and hands-on experience (attained via labs
and/or field experience) provides the best preparation for passing the exam.
Training Opportunities for Oracle Partner Network Members (available at
certkingdom.com)
Core HR: Work Structures Define Organization Hierarchy and Classifications
Define Position Hierarchy and Position Control
Define Job & Job groups
Define Grade Structure: Grade Range / Grade Steps and Point
Create and Maintain Career Management: Competencies, Qualification Types,
Schools & Colleges
Setup & Maintain Checklists
Manage Documents
Core HR: Workforce Management
Apply User & System for Person Types & Assignment Status
Manage Employee & Assignment Data - New Hire, Promotion, Transfer, Termination
Manage Other Employee Data - Contracts, Qualifications, Medical Assessments
Manage Salary ( Salary Basis )
Use Person DFF, Assignment DFF
Use Global Deployment
Core HR: Recruitment
Create and Maintain Requisitions and Vacancies
Maintain Applicant Data: Hiring, canceling an Applicant
Core HR: Absence Management
Configure Absence-related Elements & Links
Configure Accrual Plan, Absence Types
Use Accrual Fast Formulas
Core HR: Others
Explain Date Track History Feature
Use HR Security Profile
Configure Key Flex Fields
Use User Defined Tables
Use Lookups
Configure SIT & EIT
Use Forms Configuration & Define Task Flow Use Important HRMS Profiles
Explain Project Accounting with Core HR
Create and Maintain Functions, Menus
Self Service HR
Personalize SSHR
Configure Oracle Approvals Management (AME)
Explain Functionality of Termination, Absence Management, Change Assignment
Payroll
Explain Processes Fundamentals: Payroll Run, Pre-Payment, Payment, Costing &
Transfer to GL
Explain Fundamentals of Retro Pay Process & Retro Element Configurations
Explain Costing Fundamentals
Set up Elements Definition & Links
Use Assignment & Element Set
View Payroll & Assignment Process Results
Explain Basics of Fast Formula & Element Run Results
Use Balances & Dimensions
Use Batch Element Entry (BEE)
Explain Integration of Payroll with GL, Cash Management & Accounts Payable
Compensation Workbench
Create and Maintain Plans Definition, Types & Years
Explain Plan Enrollment Requirements
Define and Use Standard Rates
Define Life Events
Define Eligibility Profiles
Explain Total Compensation Statement
Use Compensation Workbench for Managers & Administrators
Use Profile Options for CWB
Perform Budgeting
Manage Promotion and Rating
QUESTION 1
Payroll has completed, but the payroll process is in incomplete status. The
pre-payment process is run. ?
A. The pre-payment process will not process any employee.
B. Prepayments are processed only for those employees whose payroll process
status Is Incomplete.
C. Pre-payments are processed only for those employees whose payroll process
status Is Complete.
D. Prepayments are processed for all the employees for whom payroll was run.
E. Pre-payments will be processed for all the employees with default payment
method.
Answer: C
Reference: Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Payroll Processing
Management Guide, Payroll Processing and Analysis
QUESTION 2 HR department of the XYZ company has two types of users: HR Administrator
and Head of Department (HoD), using the HR Executive and HR Manager
responsibilities, respectively.
The HoD wants to ensure that the HR Administrator has read-only access to the
Grade Description form (Navigation: Work Structures > Grade > Description).
Assuming that the Grade Description
form and Taskflow associated with both the responsibilities are different, how
can this be done?
A. Add the parameter QUERY_ONLY=YES to the Grade Description form associated
with the HR Executive responsibility.
B. Create a new form using Custom form (Navigation: Security > Customform) under
the HR Executive responsibility with the specific restrictions.
C. Use HR Security profile to make the Grade Description form as read-only.
D. HR Forms cannot be made read-only.
E. Exclude the Grade Description function in the HR Executive responsibility.
Answer: B
Explanation:
QUESTION 3 In Core HR, how can an organization capture all the recruitment activities
for the current financial year within a parent recruitment activity?
A. Create the parent recruitment activity. While creating the child recruitment
activities specify the parent recruitment activity in the 'Within Recruitment
Activity1 section.
B. Attach multiple recruitment activities to the same requisition.
C. Attach multiple recruitment activities to the same vacancy.
D. While creating the child/parent recruitment activities check the primary flag
for the parent recruitment activity.
E. A recruitment activity cannot be linked to any other recruitment activity.
Answer: B
Explanation:
Use the Recruitment Activity window to define either single recruitment
activities or groups of activities. You can associate a recruitment activity
with an organization and with one or more
vacancies. You can record and monitor the cost effectiveness of any activity, or
group of activities.
Reference: Oracle Human Resources Management Systems Workforce Sourcing,
Deployment, and Talent Management Guide, Recruitment and Hiring
QUESTION 4 An element exists with the classification, "Tax Deduction." The element is
not appearing in the Adjust balance element list. Identify two reasons for this.
A. Adjustment cannot be done for the Element classification "Tax Deduction."
B. A valid element link is not created.
C. The element must have an input value of the type date.
D. If a Payroll is run for the effective date, then the element will not be
available in the List of Values (LOV).
E. The element creation date is later than the current effective date.
Answer: B,E
Explanation:
QUESTION 5 Identify the two tasks that can be performed in Compensation Workbench (CWB)
A. Set Budgets
B. Review and Submit
C. Change Supervisor
D. Change Cost Center
E. Change Job
Answer: A,B
Explanation: Typically, there are five tasks performed in CWB :
* Set Budgets
* Review and Submit
* Allocate Compensation
* Manage Approvals
* Employee Statements
70-705 Designing and Providing Microsoft Licensing Solutions to Large
Organizations
Published: October 19, 2017
Languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese
(Brazil), Korean, Russian, Spanish
Audiences: IT Professionals
Technology: License Management
Credit toward certification: MCP
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Recommend the appropriate technology solution (60-65%) Evaluate the gap between the current and future technology solution
Identify the customer's short-term and long-term technology vision; identify a
solution that would meet the customer requirements; choose between on-premises
software, Online Services, or a combination of both.
Determine the required products and product licensing rights for the customer's
on-premises solution
Identify product features and functions; list dependencies; recommend editions
and versions; describe product licensing in both physical and virtual
environments; recommend activation solutions; describe how to acquire software;
choose the appropriate products, including Windows Server 2016, System Center
2016, SQL Server 2016, Skype for Business Server 2015, Exchange Server 2016,
SharePoint Server 2016, Dynamics 365 On-Premises Server, Windows 10, and Office
2016.
Determine the required products and product licensing rights for the customer's
Online Services solution
Identify product features and functions; list dependencies; recommend plans;
recommend Step-up, From SA, or Add-on User Software Licenses (SLs); advise on
use of Office 365 portal; choose the appropriate products, including Office 365,
Enterprise Mobility + Security, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365.
Determine the required products and product licensing rights for the customer's
Azure solution
Identify consumption services and Azure Plans; recommend solutions using the
Azure Hybrid Use Benefit or License Mobility through SA; recommend Azure
Enterprise Portal and Azure Management Portal to manage resources, consumption
and spend.
Recommend the Appropriate Software Assurance Benefits (10-15%)
Leverage Software Assurance (SA) benefits for customer solutions
Identify benefits such as License Mobility across server farms, unlimited
virtualization rights, Virtual Desktop Access, and Step-up licenses.
Assist the customer with SA benefit activation
Activate and manage training vouchers, Home Use Program, Planning Services, and
24x7 Problem Resolution Support.
Recommend a licensing solution (20-25%) Select the appropriate licensing programs
Determine the customer’s software environment, including software deployment
plans and strategy for on-premises, cloud or hybrid solutions, current Microsoft
licensing agreements, geographic scope, budget requirements, payment options,
expected growth, and purchasing process; recommend programs such as Enterprise
Agreement, Enterprise Subscription Agreement, Cloud Solution Provider (CSP),
MPSA, and crossover with Open and Open Value programs.
Identify product licensing rights
Choose between OEM and volume licensing; explain the benefits of volume
licensing, including license reassignment, downgrade rights, and reimaging
rights.
QUESTION 1 - (Topic 1)
A customer licenses all its deuces for Windows 10 Enterprise E3, Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016, and Microsoft Core CAL Suite. All the licenses are covered with active Software Assurance (SA).
The customer wants to deliver virtual desktops that run Windows 10 Enterprise and Office Professional Plus 2016 to its users. The licensing solution must ensure that the customer can run virtual desktops in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) hosted in Microsoft Hyper-V.
Which additional license should the customer acquire for the devices?
A. a Windows Server Remote Desktop Services CAL
B. a Windows VDA license
C. a Windows Server CAL
D. a VDI Suite license
Answer: B
QUESTION 2 - (Topic 1)
A customer has Windows Server Datacenter licenses that have active Software Assurance (SA).
The customer plans to migrate Windows Server workloads to Microsoft Azure.
You need to identify which benefits support the planned migration.
Which two benefits should you identify? Each correct answers presents part of solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
A. Azure Hybrid Benefit
B. License Mobility through SA
C. Self-Hosted rights
D. License Mobility Across Server Farms
E. Planning Services
Answer: A,B
QUESTION 4 - (Topic 1)
A customer needs a combination of the fallowing User Subscription Licenses (USLs):
• Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 From SA
• Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise E5 Add-on
• Office 365 Enterprise E3 Step-Up
What are two possible programs through which the customer can purchase the licenses? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
A. Select Plus
B. Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA)
C. Cloud Solution Provider (CSP)
D. Enterprise Agreement Subscription
E. Enterprise Agreement (EA)
Answer: A,D
QUESTION 5 - (Topic 1)
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.
After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.
A customer has 2,000 users.
The customer needs to buy Microsoft 365 Enterprise E3 User Subscription Licenses (USLs) for all the users. Additionally, the customer must purchase licenses covered with Software Assurance (SA) on an as-needed basis for products such as Microsoft SQL Server 2016.
Solution: The customer purchases the licenses through an Open agreement.
Does this meet the goal?
Minimally Qualified Candidate
The Minimally Qualified Candidate (MQC) is a conceptualization of the
certification candidate that possesses the minimum knowledge, skills,
experience, and competence to just meet our expectations of a
credentialed individual.
The MQC achieving the VMware vRealize Operations 2017 Specialist Badge is
capable of vRealize Operations deployment, ongoing maintenance and
administration, capacity management, basic troubleshooting and alerting,
solution customizations with reports and dashboards and solution extensibility
through End-
Point Operations and management packs. This can be obtained through either the
vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage class or through hands-on
experience with vRealize Operations in their own environment.
The MQC understands virtualization concepts and is aware of VMware products,
underlying technologies, and solutions. The MQC is familiar with VMware solution
domains (including vSphere, vSAN, NSX, vRealize Suite, Horizon 7 Suite, etc.).
vRealize Operations Manager User Interface inventory trees
Dashboard Navigation
Environment page vRealize Operations Manager Concepts
Explain how data is collected and analyzed by vRealize Operations Manager
Troubleshooting System Health Issues
Use views to gather information about the environment
Discuss vRealize Operations badges–
Discuss the process for troubleshooting system health issues with dashboards
Troubleshoot system health issues with Alerts, Symptoms and Recommendations
Discuss Automated Action Framework
Capacity Planning
Discuss capacity planning models
Assess capacity risk in the environment
Troubleshoot risk and efficiency issues
Identify ways to optimize resource utilization in the environment
Use projects to perform what - if scenarios
Tags, Application Groups, and Custom Object Groups–
Use tags and applications to group objects
Create custom groups and CDCs in the environment Policies
Understand policy components and what can be changed in policies
Purposely omitted
Explain how policy inheritance works
Intelligent Workload Placement
Use workload placement to rebalance workloads across the environment
Identify scenarios that would benefit from workload placement
Custom Alerts
Create symptom definitions
Create recommendations and use actions
Create notifications
Create alert definitions
Custom Views and Reports
Describe the various types of views
Create views
Create reports
Custom Dashboards
Create custom dashboards
Configure widgets and widget interactions
Configure dashboard navigation
Manage dashboards
Super Metrics
Create super metrics
User Access Control
Create local users and user groups
Assign roles to local users and groups Import users and user groups from an LDAP
source
Operating System and Application Monitoring
Deploy EPOps operating system and application monitoring
Monitor operating systems and applications
Management Packs
Describe the components of a management pack and the value they deliver
(extensibility)
Install and configure a management pack
Architecture, Scalability, and Availability
Describe the components of a vRealize Operations Manager node
Describe the roles in a vRealize Operations Manager cluster.3
Explain how a node’s components interact to achieve scalability and availability
Deploying vRealize Operations Manager
Determine how to size a vRealize
Operations Manager cluster
Install and configure a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
Monitor and manage a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
Earlier this week a new blog post was released by VMware Professional Services
and Education Insights detailing New Digital Badges which were available for
vSAN and vRealize Operations.
Here is the official description of a VMware vRealize Operations 2017
Specialist:
The VMware vRealize Operations 2017 Specialist is a technical professional who
plans, manages and helps scale software-defined data center (SDDC) and
multi-cloud environments through unified monitoring, automated performance
management, cloud planning and capacity optimization. The badge holder helps
organizations streamline and automate IT operations from applications to
infrastructure across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
As I primarily work on vRealize Operations with customers and hold the title of
Technical Lead for vRealize Operations – EMEA in my day job at VMware, I decided
to take the qualifying exam in order to obtain the digital badge but also to
help backup my existing knowledge of the product.
Eligibility + Preparation
In order to be eligible for the Specialist designation you must hold a current
VCP6 or later across any solution track (DCV, CMA, NV).
To prepare for the exam, you should have a good understanding of vRealize
Operations and know your way extensively around the product in order to have the
best chance of success. If you do not have good experience with vROps you are
recommended to take the VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure,
Manage [V6.2] course.
As with other exams, your 1st point of call should be the Exam Preparation Guide
(EPG) which details the objectives and areas of the product which you should
focus on.
Note: The exam focuses on all versions of vRealize Operations up to and
including 6.5, however it DOES not have any content around 6.6 at this time.
Exam Format
The exam is delivered online so you do not need to visit a Testing Center like
with other exams, this meant I was able to set aside a few hours and sit the
exam which was convenient. To pass the exam you have to get a score of over 300
as with all other VMware exams.
The exam consisted of 60 questions and I had around 2 hours to complete them.
The exam topics for the most part matched the EPG objectives however there were
a few curve-balls which required a bit more thought.
I am happy to say I passed the exam and am just waiting for my digital badge
from Acclaim to be released so I can share this across my social media platforms QUESTION 1
Which process can help reduce resource over-allocation in the environment?
(Choose the best answer.)
A. Investigating and acting upon the ‘Virtual Machine quest file systems are
running out of disk space’ alerts
B. Investigating and acting upon the vSphere Hardening alerts
C. Running the Network Traffic by VM report and taking action based on this data
D. Running the Oversized VM report and taking action based on this data
Answer: D
QUESTION 2 When a management pack is added to vRealize Operations, does the inventory
tree reflect the addition of the management pack? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Yes, if the inventory tree is updated manually
B. Yes; the inventory tree is updated automatically
C. No; the inventory tree is a static, hard-coded entity
D. The inventory tree can only be updated through professional services
Answer: B
QUESTION 3 What is the maximum supported number of analytic nodes in a single vRealize
Operations cluster? (Choose the best answer.)
A. 16
B. 8
C. 32
D. 64
Answer: B
Explanation:
QUESTION 4 How can all available views be accessed in vRealize Operations? (Choose the
best answer.)
A. From the Reports tab under Content
B. From the Home tab under Views
C. From the Administration tab under Global Settings
D. From the Content tab under Views
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Documentation: After passing the exam, CompTIA will automatically renew your
certification. You will not need to submit further documentation.
CE Fees: The CE fees are waived if you pass a recertification exam. CompTIA
recertification exams follow the same policies as full CompTIA exams.
CompTIA Security+ Recertification Exam Details
Exam Codes RC0-501
Launch Date December 5, 2017
Eligibility Candidates MUST have:
An active Security+ CE certification earned by passing exam SY0-401 or earlier.
Received an email from CompTIA containing a Private Access Code (PAC).
Exam Description The Security Recertification Exam covers these domains:
1.0 Threats, Attacks and Vulnerabilities (12% of total)
2.0 Technologies and Tools (43% of total)
3.0 Architecture and Design (9% of total)
4.0 Identity and Access Management (27% of total)
5.0 Cryptography and PKI (9% of total)
Recertification Exam Objectives Download
Number of Questions 35
Type of Questions Multiple Choice questions (single and multiple response)
Length of Test 75 Minutes
Passing Score 750 (on a scale of 100-900)
Delivery Non-proctored Pearson IBT
CEU Impact
Only candidates with an active Security+ CE certification will receive CEU
credit.
Passing the exam will automatically renew your existing Security+ CE. Please
allow 1-3 days for your record to be updated.
QUESTION 1
An incident responder receives a call from a user who reports a computer is
exhibiting symptoms consistent with a malware infection. Which of the following
steps should the responder perform NEXT?
A. Capture and document necessary information to assist in the response.
B. Request the user capture and provide a screenshot or recording of the
symptoms.
C. Use a remote desktop client to collect and analyze the malware in real time.
D. Ask the user to back up files for later recovery.
Answer: C
QUESTION 2 When performing data acquisition on a workstation, which of the following
should be captured based on memory volatility? (Select two.)
A. USB-attached hard disk
B. Swap/pagefile
C. Mounted network storage
D. ROM
E. RAM
Answer: A,D
QUESTION 3 A company’s user lockout policy is enabled after five unsuccessful login
attempts. The help desk notices a user is repeatedly locked out over the course
of a workweek. Upon contacting the user, the help desk discovers the user is on
vacation and does not have network access. Which of the following types of
attacks are MOST likely occurring? (Select two.)
A. Replay
B. Rainbow tables
C. Brute force
D. Pass the hash
E. Dictionary
Answer: D,E
QUESTION 4 As part of a new industry regulation, companies are required to utilize
secure, standardized OS settings. A technical must ensure the OS settings are
hardened. Which of the following is the BEST way to do this?
A. Use a vulnerability scanner.
B. Use a configuration compliance scanner.
C. Use a passive, in-line scanner.
D. Use a protocol analyzer.
Answer: A
QUESTION 5 A security analyst wishes to increase the security of an FTP server.
Currently, all traffic to the FTP server is unencrypted.
Users connecting to the FTP server use a variety of modern FTP client software.
The security analyst wants to keep the same port and protocol, while also still
allowing unencrypted connections.
Which of the following would BEST accomplish these goals?
A. Require the SFTP protocol to connect to the file server.
B. Use implicit TLS on the FTP server.
C. Use explicit FTPS for connections.
D. Use SSH tunneling to encrypt the FTP traffic.
Number of questions: 70
Number of questions to pass: 54
Time allowed: 105 mins
Status: Live
This exam consists of 3 sections described below.
Section 1: Configuration
Given installed IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.3 software, use
root/administrator login ID to configure Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (TEMS)
with correct information so that TEMS is configured.
Given installed ITM software and IBM Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server V6.3 (TEPS)
is operational, use root/administrator login ID to stop and configure TEPS
settings so that TEPS is configured and operational.
Given information on users and details of their workstations, potential crossing
of firewalls and the need to access the ITM V6.3 environment through graphical
interface clients (Tivoli Enterprise Portal or TEP) , implement steps so that
TEP client is successfully configured.
Given a requirement to retain historical data, configure the Warehouse Proxy
agent so that desired enterprise data can be retained in the Tivoli Data
Warehouse.
Given installed Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent (TEMA) and an installed OS
agent, use the Managed System window features or command line interface so that
the configuration of TEMA is completed.
Given a company network plan and the ITM V6.3 documentation, determine the exact
requirements for the firewall gateway, build the XML files, and configure the
agents so that the firewall gateway is configured.
Given a HA plan, and requirements, implement the planned actions so that the HA
environment is deployed.
Given an installed Summarization and Pruning Agent (SPA), select options and
update required details so that the SPA is configured.
Section 2: Performance Tuning,Problem Determination and Troubleshooting
Given an IBM Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP) client connected to an IBM Tivoli
Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS) V6.3, go to the Tivoli Data Warehouse agent
configuration workspaces and identify errors that need to be corrected so that
the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) Tivoli Data Warehouse agent environment is
functioning properly.
Given logs, identify the types of logs that are used in ITM so that basic
troubleshooting information can be gathered.
Given an existing ITM V6.3 environment, a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (TEMS)
exhibiting unexpected behavior, the ITM V6.3 Troubleshooting guide and access to
internet search engines, execute required actions so that TEMS V6.3 issues are
resolved.
Given a TEPS, check processes, logs, and documentation so that analysis or
troubleshooting can be completed.
Given ITM , the Agent User guide and the need for troubleshooting, set the trace
option so that Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent (TEMA) trace files are
configured.
Given the pdcollect and cinfo tool perform the start command and review the
output so that the pdcollect output will be generated.
Given an existing ITM V6.3 environment, the ITM V6.3 Troubleshooting guide and
access to internet search engines, execute required remedial actions so that
components communication failures are resolved.
Given ITM documentation and customer support guidelines, set the components
KBB_RAS1 variable either statically or dynamically so that the component is
being traced correctly for debugging.
Section 3: Administration
Given an IBM Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP) client connected to an IBM Tivoli
Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS) V6.3, take the required actions so that the
custom users can be configured.
Given a TEP client connected to a TEPS V6.3, create, modify and remove custom
workspace so that Workspace is modified according to the requirements.
Given the installation predefined situations, copy and change the predefined
situations so that new, customized situations are created.
Given a running IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.3 environment, the ITM V6.3
Administration guide and requirements for a situation to depend on other
situations, use TEP to execute the required steps so that a correlated situation
is created.
Given an existing ITM V6.3 environment, the ITM V6.3 Administration guide and
local requirements to automate activities through workflows, execute required
steps so that customized policies can be managed.
Given a TEP client connected to a TEPS V6.3, take required actions so that links
between workspaces are created or modified according to requirements.
Given agents and the attribute groups and an appropriate user ID, use the
default queries with variables to run a query on Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring
Server (TEMS) or a database so that a custom query is created.
Given the agent depot and bundles, populate the depot and deploy the agents so
that the agents are deployed from the depot.
Given a TEP client connected to a TEPS V6.3, configure the history data
collection windows so that custom history is configured.
Given an existing ITM V6.3 environment, the ITM V6.3 Administration guide and
customer requirements to re-organize TEP views, edit workspaces so that
Navigator views are customized.
Given a requirement to retain historical data for reporting, configure
historical data collection and warehouse tables so that out-of-the-box Tivoli
Common Reporting reports can be run successfully.
Given access to TEMS and the host and port of the event management system, take
the required steps so that integration of managed events and event management
systems is completed.
Given a TEP client connected to a TEPS V6.3, create, update and modify the
routine so that a take action executes successfully.
Given a terminal window or command window, use the tacmd, cinfo, itmcmd and
pdcollect command line to run administration tasks on the TEMS so that CLI
commands are issued.
Given the need to use ITM V6.3 solution with the IBM Tivoli Performance Analyzer
(ITPA), and the ITM V6.3 Administration guide, explain main operational features
so that the ITPA is described.
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Classroom Course
Course Title: IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3 Advanced Administration
Course Duration: 2 days
Course Number: TM063G
Course Abstract: This two-day course teaches the skills necessary to administer
IBM Tivoli Monitoring and the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. The Tivoli Enterprise
Portal is used by IBM Tivoli Monitoring, IBM Tivoli Composite Application
Manager, and OMEGAMON XE and DE to manage your enterprise environment. In this
course you learn about creating queries, links, situations (enterprise and
private), autonomous agents, policies, agentless monitoring, and event
integration with Netcool/OMNIbus and Tivoli Enterprise Console. This training
class is provided in a classroom environment with multiple opportunities for
hands-on lab practice. The scenarios used in this class are based on IBM Tivoli
Monitoring version 6.3.
Business Partners - This course does qualify for You Pass We Pay. QUESTION 1
Which two statements are true regarding the Self-Describing Agent (SDA) feature?
A. It is not available on a z/OS platform.
B. It is disabled at the hub monitoring server by default.
C. It creates its own workspaces in Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
D. It improves time to value for installing and using IBM Tivoli Monitoring products.
E. It requires the agent to use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1 agent framework.
QUESTION 2
Which component can be configured to have a Hot Standby?
A. Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server
B. Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (Hub)
C. Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (Remote)
D. Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Automation Server
Answer: B
Reference: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFXA_6.2.0/com.ibm.itm.doc/itm_install44.htm%2 3failover_deploy (See the table)
QUESTION 3
When configuring the Summarization and Pruning agent, the connection is tested and this pop-up window displays:
How can this problem be resolved?
A. Verify the correct Java version is used.
B. Correct the JDBC entry name in the HD configuration file.
C. Correct the JDBC driver name in the corresponding window entry.
D. Verify that the parameter KSW_WAREHOUSE_JARS in the HD configuration file contains the correct Java path.
Answer: A
Reference: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-0512kokkat/
QUESTION 4
When using the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services console on Windows to turn on tracing, how can the trace panel be accessed?
A. Right-click the component and select Trace Options.
B. Double-click the component and select Edit Trace Parms.
C. Right-click the component, select Advanced, then select Edit Trace Parms.
D. Click the Tracing icon which looks like a terminal with an arrow pointing to it.
Answer: A
QUESTION 5
If a custom workspace is associated with a custom Navigator view, and a Situation Event Console is added to that workspace, which managed systems' situation events are shown in that Situation Event Console?
A. The situations that are true for all the managed systems that are connected to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) infrastructure.
B. The distributed situations for all the managed systems that are connected to the ITM
infrastructure.
C. The distributed situations for all the managed systems that are assigned to that custom Navigatorview.
D. The situations that are true for all the managed systems that are assigned to that custom Navigator view.
