PS Certification Exam Questions

1. Which one of the following is true about PIA?

2. What BEA product is used for DB transaction in PS

Tuxedo

3. How do you login into BS mode?

DB Access Id

4. What commands are valid in BS mode?

ENCRYPT_PASSWORD

5. What event gets fired after DB Update?

SavePostChange

6. PeopleCode events pertaining to Record Field:

FieldEdit, SaveEdit and RowDelete

7. Changing Prompt Table with NO Edit to Prompt Table with Edit?

Only selection of existing data is possible

8. Question relating to purpose of State Record?

9. (Some scenario) Find which is not part of AE Program, Options would be

1. Action,Section,Step,Event

10. Which RDBMS uses Tablespace?

Oracle
DB2
Other Options: SQL Server, Informix, Sybase

11. (Some scenario) Question relating DBA Purging Temporary Table? –

Update Statistics

12. Optimizer values passed in Oracle

13. Database Connectivity Drivers should be installed in the following System

(choose four)
Client Workstation in two tier mode (Yes)
App Server (Yes)
Batch Server (Yes)
File Server
Data Mover (Yes)
Web Server

14. Regarding UPGCONVERT Project used?

15. Customization done in Dev DB, Which tool i will use to move it to Prod DB?
Use App Designer -> Copy DB

16. Simple Select Statement and Find the Results

17. PS Query definition is stored on which server? –

DB Server

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18. Regarding One to Many Relationship

19. What are the People Tools available for Integration Broker?
Appl. Messaging
Component Interface
File Layout
Message Agent (Not an Integration Broker tool)

20. In which platform does Crystal and Psnvision works?

Windows (Correct)
Unix

21. Update and Fixes: R-* files refers to

22. What are the Search Keys you use to find Patches and Fixes
Release
Updated date time (Posted date is there)
Platform
Report Id

23. When a business requirement in Fit/Gap Analysis does not meet by PeopleSoft
then
Some options:
Customize PS application (Yes)
Buy third party software (Yes)
Change policies and procedures to meet the requirement
Call PS Development Center for Enhancement (Yes)

24. A Customer wants to use a new Image in HRMS, where it is stored? - doubt
File Server
Web Server
Batch Server
DB Server

25. Where will you configure for failover of Application Server (Scenario) - doubt
Configuration Manager
PSAPPSRV.cfg
Configuration.properties

26. What are Menu types available?

Component
PeopleCode
Separator

27. WorkItem is available in WorkList Record

28. What is added as new option in Build apart from Create Tables, Indexes, Views?
Create Trigger (Just Check)

29. What views available in Application Designer project workspace?

Development and Upgrade

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30. I have created a Menu and a Page and given user access to that page, which of
the tables gets affected on this (Scenario)
PeopleTools Tables

31. SYSAUDIT finds

32. What hyperlinks available in PeopleBooks? Some options with different hyperlinks
not available in peoplebooks, select the correct one
Study all hyperlinks in the first page of people books.

33. What Record Changes does not affect Database?

Change in List box in Record Field properties (correct)
Deleting a field
Removing the search key and alternate search key

34. Question on Connect Id, Shared Key used to connect to the DB

35. In PeopleCode Debugger what are the valid values (Just Check)
Go
Commit
Step Over
View Variable Value

36. Which Web Services is only used as a Proxy Server (Just Check)
MS IIS
Apache
Web Logic
Web Sphere

37. Which of the following are part of an AE program ? (choose 3)

Section
Procedure
Step
Function
Action

38. Where are workflow work items found ?

Email
Worklist
Forms
File server

39. Where do you need to install connectivity software? (choose 3)

file server
web server
batch server
App server
two tier client

40. Which process is used for running AE programs which are to be run at a
frequency of less than a day ?
PSAppsrv

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PSAESRV
PSDAEMON
PSQCKSRV

41. In the following url

http://localhost/Peoplesoft/EMPLOYEE/PSFT_HR/c/PROCESS_SCHEDULER.PRCSTYPE
DEFN.GBL
which one is the component definition?
EMPLOYEE
PSFT_HR
c
PROCESS_SCHEDULER
PRCSTYPEDEFN.GBL

42. Which of the following are Record field events ? (choose 3)

FieldChange
SearchSave
ScrollEdit
RowSave
SavePreChange

43. Which of the following fires after the database is updated?

SavePreChange
SavePostChange
SaveEdit
RowDelete

44. If you want to log into DataMover in Bootstrap mode, you would login as..
Database superuser
Peoplesoft superuser
Data Mover Superuser
Security Administrator

45. Which of the following commands can be run in Bootstrap mode?

EXPORT
RENAME_VIEW
ENCRYPT_PASSWORD

46. Your Onsite DBA has called you up and told you that one of the tables
PS_ABC_TAO has grown very big in size. Based on the standard naming convention,
you have determined that the record is a temporary record since it ends with _TAO

You look into the database and decide that that the data is not required any more.

You ask the DBA to delete the data in the table.

Next day you get a call from an irritated user who says that a daily process that took
only 1 minute to run is taking about 2 hours today. You look into his process and
find that it uses PS_ABC_TAO as a temporary table.

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What would you suggest the DBA to do ?

Drop table
Re-create table
Update statistics on the table
Refresh the table with yesterday’s data

47. You want to update your password and enter a hint for forgotten password. What
would you access?
Access Profile
Permission Lists
User Profile
Primary Permission List

48. For downloading patches and fixes , you have gone to the customer connection
and looking under 8 april, 2000 and see Report IDS like R-CCHEN-VP14JM. What
does R stand for ?

Tools
Released
Required
Application
Resolved

49. After logging into customer connection, you wish to search for fixes/patches.
What are the search criterias available ? (choose 3)
Report ID
Date / time
Platform
Release
Developer ID

50. You are a PeopleSoft Partner and wish to get information on database
performance benchmark ( or something like this)
Where would you look for the info ?
Partner Alliance
Alliance Partner
PeopleSoft Knowledge base
Partner knowledge base
(there was one more choice)

51. You have downloaded an Application fix as a project from the customer
connection. Whrere would you upgrade it to ?

Demo
Production db
development db
Application upgrade

52. Which one of the following is a trasaction control statement ..

insert
delete

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create
Commit

53. Given a SQL Statement, we have been asked to check the right syntax ..

54. Select the components which form the part of Integration Broker
Msg. Agent
File Layout
CI
app. messaging

55. How many Message nodes are possible for a database.

1
10
100
Unlimited

56. Question based on changing prompt table, what happens when changing from
NO EDIT TO EDIT option

user can type own values

user can type only prompt table values
user can type only prompt table values and the default values gets
populated from the database.

57. How will you get a single ouptut by combining two or more queries...
UNION
Outer join
Inner Join
Sub query

58. what are the views available in App. Designer project workspace(multiple
answer)
Development
Upgrade
Results
Validate
Reference

59. PeopleSoft has its own naming convention for system and non-system (application) tables. In
the list below, RECORDNAME refers to the name of any table or record.

Referring to the above information, which one of the following identifies the naming convention
PeopleSoft uses for system tables?

PS_RECORDNAME
SYSRECORDNAME
PS$RECORDNAME
PSRECORDNAME
SYS_PSRECORDNAME

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60. Which one of the following tree types is NOT supported in the PeopleSoft tree manager? -
doubt

Node-Oriented trees
Query trees
Detail trees
Summary trees
Combination trees

61. PeopleSoft tracks object changes using a system table. Which PeopleTools System table is
used to track object changes?

SYSRELEASE
SYSOBJECTS
PSRELEASE
PSOBJECTS
PSVERSIONS

62. The example below demonstrates the use of SQR flags in the configuration manager
directories folder:

-F C:\PSHrms\Sqr\

What do the above SQR flags signify to the SQR Report Writer upon execution?

Directs log messages to the specified file

Specifies the output path
Specifies the path to SQC include files
Specifies the path to the ALLMAXES.MAX file
Sets full path to and name of the SQR initialization file

63. Which of the above record definitions is NOT stored on the database and is therefore NOT
required to be built?

View
SQL Table
Derived/Work Record
Sub Record
Query View

64. The Application Reviewer is not working correctly, and you are in a hurry to find the problem
with a piece of PeopleCode that's been causing problems. You need a quick method to find all the
fields being referenced by the PeopleCode program without having to read through the entire
program.
Referring to the above, how do you determine ALL the fields referenced by the
PeopleCode program without having to read every line of code?

Run the delivered PeopleSoft report, XRFMNPC.

Run the delivered PeopleSoft report, XRFPNPC.
Run the delivered PeopleSoft report, XRFPCFL.
Run the delivered PeopleSoft report, XRFPCMN.
Run the delivered PeopleSoft report, XRFFLPC.

65. How do you set up table-sharing in PeopleTools applications?

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Add the field, SETID, as a key field to each table you want to share, and then define
the set control field.
Add the field, BUSINESS_UNIT, as a key field to each table you want to share, and then
define the set control field.
Add the field, SETID, as a key field to each table you want to share.
Add the fields, BUSINESS_UNIT and SETID, as key fields to each table you want to
share.
Add the field, BUSINESS_UNIT, as a key field to each table you want to share.

66. PeopleSoft reserves ALL Message Sets (in Utilities, Message Catalog) up to which number?
10,000
19,999
30,000
40,000
50,000

67. In which one of the following views would you see the fields, criteria, and other details
associated with the current query?
Component view
Object view
Query view
Designer view
Record view

68. Which one of the following Data Types is NOT supported by the PeopleCode programming
environment?
OBJECT
NUMBER
TIMESTAMP
DATE
STRING

69. What is the default Crystal Report that PeopleSoft Query tool creates?
DEFAULT.RPT
ACTQRY.RPT
CRYQRY.RPT
QRYCRY.RPT
QUERY.RPT

70. Which one of the following steps is NOT part of performing an upgrade?
Apply all outstanding patches, prior to upgrade.
Perform a comparison of objects between the source and target databases.
Populate a project to be used for the upgrade.
Stamp the target database.
Copy the project to the database being upgraded.

71. Which command is valid in both bootstrap and regular mode when operating the data mover?

REPLACE
RENAME
EXPORT
REPLACE_VIEW
GRANT_USER

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