IBM

EXAM COG-622
IBM Cognos 10 BI Administrator

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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
A user wants to be able to view the contents of a container entry, such as a package or a folder, and
view general properties of the container itself without having full access to the content. Which
permission does the administrator assign to the user?
A. Read
B. Write
C. Traverse
D. Set Policy
Answer: C

Question: 3
To be able to access and modify any object within the portal, regardless of any security policies set
for the object, the administrator must be a member of which built-in role?
A. Server Administrators
B. Report Administrators
C. System Administrators
D. Directory Administrators
Answer: C

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Question: 4
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

Question: 5
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: 6
When a namespace is no longer used for authentication, what must the administrator do to
permanently remove it from the content store?
A. Delete the namespace in IBM Cognos Administration, and then delete it in Cognos Configuration.
B. Delete the namespace in IBM Cognos Configuration only.
C. Delete the namespace in IBM Cognos Configuration, and then delete it in IBM Cognos
Administration.
D. Delete the namespace in IBM Cognos Administration only.
Answer: C

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Question: 7
Below is a partial diagram of the processing that occurs when a user submits a request for
authentication through the log on page in their browser. Which of the following components
represents X?
A. Content store
B. IBM Cognos Access Manager
C. Query database
D. Authentication provider database
Answer: B

Question: 8
When an administrator sets up package-based drill-through, what does the scope represent?
A. The format of the drill-through target report.
B. The source report or analysis for the drill-through.
C. The target report in the drill definition that is shown to the user.
D. The Run options for the target report.
Answer: C

Question: 9
In IBM Cognos Connection, how can an administrator specify different prompt values and run
options for a report without modifying the report itself?
A. Schedule a report.
B. Create a report view.
C. Produce a report output.
D. Burst a report.
Answer: B

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Question: 10
An administrator wants to email a report to a recipient; however, this recipient is not part of the
Cognos security system. What can the administrator create in IBM Cognos Administration?
A. Recipient
B. User
C. Role
D. Contact
Answer: D

Question: 11
Where must an administrator set up package-based drill-through?
A. Analysis Studio
B. IBM Cognos Connection
C. Framework Manager
D. IBM Cognos Configuration
Answer: B

Question: 12
An administrator wants to show the folder hierarchy of IBM Cognos Connection in a portlet. Which
portlet must the administrator use?
A. IBM Cognos Viewer
B. IBM Cognos Search
C. IBM Cognos Navigator
D. IBM Cognos Extended Applications
Answer: C

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Question: 13
An administrator creates a shortcut that points to an invoice report. What happens if the invoice
report is renamed?
A. The shortcut contains the original name and can be used to view the latest output before the
report was renamed.
B. The shortcut contains the original name and no longer works because the link to the report is
broken.
C. IBM Cognos Connection automatically updates the report name in the shortcut, and the shortcut
remains fully functional.
D. IBM Cognos Connection automatically deletes the shortcut.
Answer: B

Question: 14
Before sending a report by email, where must the administrator specify the connection to the mail
server?
A. IBM Cognos Connection
B. IBM Cognos Administration
C. Framework Manager
D. IBM Cognos Configuration
Answer: B

Question: 15
Why would an administrator want to copy a user profile?
A. The user was deleted using a third-party authentication provider.
B. The administrator wants to copy trusted credentials for multiple users.
C. The user has changed names and the administrator is setting up an account in the new name.
D. The user requires enhanced security permissions before logging on to IBM Cognos BI for the first
time.
Answer: C

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Question: 16
An administrator has set up drill-through access in a package to run the target Query Studio report.
By default, what happens when a user clicks the drill-through link?
A. The report runs in IBM Cognos Viewer.
B. The most recent report output is shown.
C. The report runs and opens for editing in Query Studio.
D. The user is prompted to run or edit the report.
Answer: A

Question: 17
A user must be able to only view the contents of the Americas Inventory folder. What permissions
must be granted to the user for the folder?
A. Write
B. Execute
C. Traverse
D. View
Answer: C

Question: 18
What is true about servlets and services?
A. The Content Manager and dispatcher servlets run within the Java servlet container configured for
IBM Cognos BI.
B. If a service fails, users get email notification.
C. The report service and batch report service run within the Java servlet container.
D. The report service and batch report service are Java-based applications.
Answer: A

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Question: 19
There is a load balancing infrastructure set up in a IBM Cognos BI environment. In order to disable
the IBM Cognos BI internal load balancing mechanism, what value must be selected for the Load
Balancing Mode setting?
A. Custom balancing
B. Cluster compatible
C. Weighted round robin
D. Server-side processing
Answer: B

Question: 20
When the default active Content Manager fails, which of the following occurs?
A. The system automatically activates all standby Content Managers, and spreads the load of
requests based on the Weighted Round Robin load balancing mode.
B. The system automatically activates all standby Content Managers and spreads the load of
requests across them all.
C. The system automatically switches to a standby Content Manager, and requests are directed to it.
D. Users are prompted to rerun failed requests on the initial Content Manager once it is back on line.
Answer: C

Question: 21
There are 2 load balanced report servers. The dispatcher on Computer X has the following
characteristics:RAM:1024 MBCPU: Dual P4 1.5 GhzHard drive: 80 GB The dispatcher on Computer Y
has the following characteristics:RAM:2048 MBCPU: Dual P4 3.8 GhzHard drive: 80 GB The
processing capacity for Computer X is set to 1. What would an administrator set the processing
capacity on Computer Y to?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
Answer: B

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Question: 22
What must the administrator do to set up the sample audit reports that come with IBM Cognos BI?
A. Create a separate data source connection to the content store.
B. Set up an audit database and configure log messages to be sent to the database.
C. Set up a log file and configure log messages to be sent to the file.
D. Create a Framework Manager model using either a database or flat file as the data source, and
then publish a package.
Answer: B

Question: 23
When installing and configuring a standby Content Manager, what must the administrator do to
ensure failover?
A. Configure the content store to know the location of all standby Content Managers.
B. Install the first standby Content Manager on the machine with the highest processor speed.
C. Ensure that services are started on the machines hosting the standby Content Managers before
they are started on the machine hosting the default active Content Manager.
D. Configure authentication providers the same way on all machines hosting Content Managers.
Answer: D

Question: 24
At what level should the logging be set to capture the following set of details? user account
management and runtime usage of IBM Cognos BI, use requests, and service requests and
responses.
A. Trace
B. Basic
C. Request
D. Minimal
Answer: C

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Question: 25
When the user is accessing a report on a remote computer, what configuration must be made to
avoid an IBM Cognos Application Firewall error?
A. Anonymous Access must be set to false.
B. The third-party VSS checking must be enabled.
C. The IBM Cognos Application Firewall must be enabled on an internal dispatcher.
D. The name of the remote computer must be added to the list of valid domain or hosts.
Answer: D

Question: 26
Computer 1 is set up as a gateway.Computer 2 is set up as a report server.Computer 3 is set up as a
report server and a failover content manager.Computer 4 is set up as the default content
manager.Where does the administrator need to disable anonymous access?
A. Computers 1, 2, and 3 only
B. Computers 3 and 4 only
C. Computers 2 and 3 only
D. Computer 4 only
Answer: B

Question: 27
Computer 1 is set up as a gateway.Computer 2 is set up as a report server.Computer 3 is set up as a
report server.Computer 4 is set up as a content manager.To avoid performance downgrades as a
result of many users running reports interactively, which of the following configurations will achieve
improved performance for report processing?
A. Disable the report service and batch report service on Computer 2.
B. Disable the presentation service on Computer 2.
C. Disable the report service on Computer 3.
D. Disable the presentation service on Computer 4.
Answer: B

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Question: 28
Under what circumstances would full logging level be most appropriately used?
A. Whenever users cannot access the data.
B. Whenever detailed troubleshooting is required.
C. Whenever more than one dispatcher has been configured.
D. Whenever the default configuration for logging has been changed.
Answer: B

Question: 29
What is one of the purposes of Tomcat in the IBM Cognos BI environment?
A. Acts as a Java servlet container for the report and batch report services.
B. Monitors the dispatcher and all user requests are lost upon failure.
C. Monitors the IBM Cognos BI service and restarts the service upon failure.
D. Acts as a Java servlet container for the presentation service.
Answer: D

Question: 30
Which system metric for the Report Service would the administrator set as having a performance
pattern of "Low values are good"?
A. Queue length high watermark
B. Percentage of successful requests
C. Number of successful requests
D. Successful requests per minute
Answer: A

Question: 31
The following values are set for the Interactive report service:Number of high affinity connections =
1Number of low affinity connections = 2Maximum number of processes = 4 What are the total
connections available for high affinity requests?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
Answer: C

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Question: 32
Which of the following is true regarding the IBM Cognos BI gateway?
A. The gateway can be configured to send requests directly to the Content Manager.
B. For failover, the gateway can be configured to know the location of multiple dispatchers.
C. When more than one dispatcher is available, the gateway can automatically balance the load of
requests by sending them to any dispatcher.
D. If the gateway is installed on a machine that is separate from where other IBM Cognos BI
components are installed, the services for the gateway must be started first.
Answer: B

Question: 33
What is a recommendation for tuning during high interaction request processing?
A. Set the number of jobs lower during peak hours.
B. Set the number of jobs higher during peak hours.
C. Increase the processing capacity on the dispatcher.
D. Increase the peak period hours.
Answer: A

Question: 34
When monitoring the status of services in IBM Cognos Administration, which services are listed?
A. Only services that are running and stopped
B. Only services that are running
C. Only services that are enabled in IBM Cognos Connection
D. Only services that are enabled in IBM Cognos Configuration
Answer: D

Question: 35
Which is a function of the first tier in the IBM Cognos BI architecture?
A. Authenticate users to the correct namespace.
B. Pass requests to a IBM Cognos BI dispatcher for processing.
C. Render the IBM Cognos Connection and Metric Studio interfaces.
D. Start IBM Cognos BI services configured and enabled on a computer.
Answer: B

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Question: 36
Which statement describes IBM Cognos BI architecture?
A. Communication between components is SOAP on HTTP Protocol.
B. The BIBus is the communication tier of the IBM Cognos BI architecture.
C. The two-tiered architecture is component based and typically separated by firewalls.
D. The content manager consists of a set of protocols governing communication among IBM Cognos
BI services.
Answer: A

Question: 37
Which service is responsible for generating an HTML page?
A. Job service
B. Report service
C. Delivery service
D. Content Manager service
Answer: B

Question: 38
Computer 1 is set up as a gateway.Computer 2 is set up as a report server.Computer 3 is set up as a
report server.Computer 4 is set up as a content manager.When configuring, why must the
administrator configure and start services for the machine hosting the content manager first?
A. To ensure that the Gateway URI property is specified on the content manager computer before
the dispatcher is configured and services started.
B. To ensure that the certificate authority service is available to issue certificates to other computers
in the distributed installation.
C. To ensure that the BI server can connect to the underlying reporting data sources.
D. To ensure that the Dispatcher URIs for gateway property is specified on the content manger
computer before the dispatcher is configured and services started.
Answer: B

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Question: 39
Which statement is true about the definition of the Application tier?
A. The Application tier hosts the dispatcher and content manager that reside in a servlet container.
B. The Application tier hosts the dispatcher, which includes the IBM Cognos Application Firewall and
Access Manager.
C. The Application tier hosts the BI server and the content store.
D. The Application tier hosts the content manager, which contains data such as a report
specification, IBM Cognos namespace, and so on.
Answer: A

Question: 40
Below is a partial diagram of the processing that occurs when a user launches saved output in IBM
Cognos Connection and views it in IBM Cognos Viewer. At the level of the dispatcher, which of the
IBM Cognos BI services is used to process the request?
A. Report service
B. Presentation service
C. Batch report service
D. Delivery service
Answer: B

Question: 41
How must the gateway component be configured when there are multiple report servers in a
distributed installation to ensure failover?
A. The gateway must be configured to know the location of the content store.
B. The gateway must be configured to know the location of a single dispatcher.
C. The gateway must be configured to know the location of multiple dispatchers.
D. The gateway must be configured to know the location of the content manager.
Answer: C

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Question: 42
Which is a valid option for load balancing requests across report servers?
A. Configure dedicated web servers.
B. Rely on automatic load balancing weighted round robin.
C. Configure dispatchers together with the gateway.
D. Configure load balancing to cluster compatible.
Answer: B

Question: 43
From within IBM Cognos Connection, what must an administrator deploy to move an entire IBM
Cognos BI application into a new and empty environment?
A. Content store
B. All folders within Public Folders
C. Notification store
D. Content manager
Answer: A

Question: 44
When creating the following IBM Cognos BI data sources, which one requires specifying a local path
or a network path?
A. IBM Cognos TM1
B. IBM Cognos PowerCube
C. IBM Cognos Now! - Real-time Monitoring Cube
D. SAP BW
Answer: B

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Question: 45
The Report Upgrade task in IBM Cognos Connection provides options for upgrading report
specifications. Which of the following is one option?
A. By folder
B. By role
C. By group
D. By user profile
Answer: A

Question: 46
When an administrator exports entries from IBM Cognos 10, what file gets created?
A. Database backup file
B. Object extract file
C. Deployment archive file
D. Configuration export file
Answer: C

Question: 47
What can an administrator create to ensure that multiple users do not have to enter database
credentials when they run reports?
A. Signon
B. Single signon
C. Collation sequence
D. Connection sequence
Answer: A

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