BASIS Certification 2003

No of Questions 80 Fundamentals of Application Platform 8WEB Application Server I 16WEB Application Server II 19Software Logistics 14Installation 10Work Load 13 New Questions1) In terms of ABAP what do you mean by the term “VARIANT” 2) Different types of RFC:

a) Synchronous RFCb) Transaction and Asynchronous RFCc) Queued RFCd) Fast RFCe) Real Fast RFC

3) BASIS and Application support packs have their own release cycle? (T/F)4) What security types and methods can you use along with WEB AS 6.20

a) Store and Secure Forward (SSF) b) Secure Network connection (SNC)c) Secure ABAP protocol (SAP) d) Secure JAVA protocol (SJP)

5) Archiving, physical path, logical path, and start time of archiving will be given. A screen dump will show the parameters. Need to identify the output archive file that will be generated

6) User is logged on to a logon group using logon load balancing, how does message server allocate work processes for user‘s request

a) Message server will allocate the available work processes from the assigned SAP instance server (True / False)

7) Identify which statements related to “user master records” are truea) It gets generated by PFCG b) A profile generated from a role can be attached using PFCG c) Role can be assigned directly using SU01 d) Role can be assigned using PFCG e) A generated profile from a role using PFCG can be assigned directly using SU01

8) Parameters for minimum password length and maximum password lengtha) Login/min_password_lng (T/F)b) Login/max_password_lng (T/F)

9) PFCG10) Input library 11) CCMS 12) You cannot create your own monitor sets (T/F)13) Changing parameter value for thresholds in one operating mode, does not affect the other

operation mode (T/F)14) Total number of clients supported per SAP system

a) 1000b) 994 c) 998d) 003

15) Define the Acronym ACID, used by SAP system functioning16) Online documentation

a) You can call PLAINTMLHTTP from web browser(T/F)b) You can view HtmlHelpFile from Web browser (T/F) c) PlainHtmlHelp takes less space compared to HTMLHelp (T/F)d) Can install library on web server or file system cache (T/F)

17) Number of updatesa) At least one V1 should be present per system (T/F)b) At least one V2 should be present per system (T/F)c) If V2 update modules are present, then V1 update modules are reserved for critical

updates (V1 updates) (T/F)18) How does SAP system pick up system time

a) BASIS administrator needs to set up system time b) It picks up the time from Database Instance c) It picks up the time from Central Instance

19) In case of MCOD, State whether the following statements are True / Falsea) Work process connect to Database using the one and same DB user b) Migration from Non-Unicode to Unicode is possiblec) Unicode and Non-Unicode systems exists in the same database

20) Which statements regarding SAP system recommended hardware sizing are true a) Sizing starts with at least 256MB RAM and 1Ghz processor b) Open a call to SAP and they will answer you back with sizing c) Discuss with your hardware vendor d) Go to site http://service.sap.com/sizing

21) Parameter rdisp/vbname & rdisp/mshost found in which profilea) Defaultb) Start profilec) Central instance – Instance profiled) Application Instance – Instance profile

22) Regarding SAPinst:a) You need to install SAPinst fresh for every instance installationb) You can restart the installation from the point of failure without repeating the previous

stepsc) It gets installed by default to the folder C:\Temp\install_log

23) Telephony:a) SAP Mail – MTA

24) As part of SAP Installation preparation, what is the best thing you can do:a) Download the latest JDK from the site http://java.sun.com b) Check for all the installation related problems at

http://service.sap.com/installationproblems c) Mount the CD-ROM and dump all CD‘s to hard disk, and create necessary spaced) Make sure there is enough RAM on server, so that you do not need to reboot the

server in between the installation25) Post Installation steps

a) You can use PFCG without performing any post-installation steps (T/F)26) What are the types of GUI available

a) GUI for windows b) GUI for Java c) GUI for HTMLd) GUI for LINUX

27) Which of these is a communication user in client 000a) TMSADMb) SAPDPIC c) DDIC

d) SYS28) What tools are provided by CTS

a) Client organizer b) CTS Organizer c) Transport Organizer d) TMS

29) Which statements regarding Upgrade are truea) Installing the new kernel is part of upgradeb) Including the patches is part of the upgrade c) Any modifications done, needs to be taken care of

30) Which statements regarding SPDD are true a) SPDD needs to be done after upgradeb) SPDD needs to be done before upgrade c) Modifications to data elements and tables would cause to SPDD d) Modifications to Data elements and reports would cause to SPDD

31) Client copy – parallel processing / dialog32) What causes changes to TMS configuration

a) Addition of a Virtual system in the landscape b) Addition of a delivery routec) Kernel Upgraded) R/3 Upgrade

33) Kernel patch application on one of the system in the landscape34) When a SAP object is modified

a) It has to be included in a Customer packageb) It is to be included in pre-defined SAP standard package

35) ICM scalability:a) ITS can be used along with WAS for certain business applicationsb) ICM can process HTTP request for J2EE

36) Test script {refer to the question of TADM12, it is taken from there}a) same test containerb) different test container

37) CUAa) Directory services – schema

38) SM5039) DB request time40) Processing time41) Memory allocation sequence for dialog work process

a) rollfirst, heap memory until exhausted, remaining of roll area, then Extendedmemoryb)rollfirst, Extended memory until quota reached, remaining of Roll area, thenHeap memory

42) Customizing requesta) Consists of one more tasks

43) Table Bufferinga) native SQL statements used, bypass buffering b) Statement “BYPASS BUFFERING” uses Database accessc) Statement “USE BUFFERING” uses buffering

44) Expensive SQL statement (Screen Dump might be given)a) buffer gets 5% Total Reads so Statement is expensiveb) buffer gets 5% Physical Reads so Statement is expensivec) Statement is not expensived) Very high buffer gets so statement is expensivee) High no of execution so statement is expensive

45) GUI time, RFC+CPIC, roll wait46) User has set a language in his default, which is not installed in the SAP system, he can use it

by specifying the language during the logon (T /F)47) Screen dump of System Status. Find the Database host name?48) Sequence of Updates V1 & V2

a) both occur independentlyb) first V1 and then V2c) both simultaneously

49) Screen dump on TIME_LIMIT_EXCEED explanations and some questions50) Can W-GATE and Web server be on different boxes?51) Which of the following files of TP contain configuration

a) transport.inib) DOMAIN_DEV.cfgc) TP_DOMAIN>.PFLd) tpimport.pfg

52) Uses of Solution Manager:53) Enqueue / Dequeue is related to:

a) lock & unlocking at Database levelb) Lock & unlock of SAP transactions

54) A communication is to be done between 2 systems, such that none should use anonymous logon for misuse to do remote logon to target system (multiple choice)

a) To create a communication user in SU01 and Test Authorizationb) To keep logon details blank so that each user has to specify the details every time a

connection is made 55) What is the startup sequence of the SAP system? (multiple choice)

a) Database, gateway, dispatcherb) Dispatcher, gateway, databasec) Database, dispatcher, gateway

56) User in Client 000 used to logon to a newly installed system (single choice)a) SAP* , passb) SAP*, 06071992c) DDIC, 07061992d) DDIC, 19920607e) system/pass

57) Allocation sequence of DIA work processa) rollfirst, heap memory until exhausted, remaining of roll area, then Extended memoryb) rollfirst, Extended memory until quota reached, remaining of Roll area, then Heap

memory58) From external programs which process is used to trigger an event within an SAP system

(Single Choice)a) sapxpgb) gwrdc) dpmond) sapevte) disp+work.exe

59) When you do a modification then (single choice)a) The package /dev class of the object has to be changed to Customer dev. Classb) The package /dev class of the object is within that of SAP and cannot be changed

60) A customer wants to restrict modification. What should he do?a) Change to ‘Not modifiable’ in SE06 System Change Option (T/F)b) avoid modification by using enhancements & Business Add-ins (T/F)

61) Further on Modificationsa) Every Modification has to be registered as SAP Service Marketplace (T/F)

b) Every manual modification requires Developer Access key for the developer (T/F)c) Modification request has to be sent to SAP thru FAX (T/F)\d) All modifications should be done in DEV system for techincal reasons (T/F)e) If modifications done then further work is required during upgrades (T/F)

62) Use of native SQLa) Will always improve the performance (T/F)b) Will remove the programs from being database independent (T/F)c) Data accessed will not be buffered (T/F)

63) Operation mode switch from BTC to DIAa) if jobs are running in BTC process then Operation Modes will be switched after

the jobs are completed (T/F)b) if jobs are running in BTC process then Operation Modes switch will be

cancelled (T/F)c) The running jobs would be temporarily put in suspended status (T/F)

64) RZ20/RZ21a) in order to add create new monitor set you have to switch to ‘Activate

Maintenance function ON’ (T/F)b) It is recommended to copy Entire Monitor Set and then make changes to it (T/F)c) It is recommended to keep monitor set with minimum monitoring objects so that

loading time of the set is minimum (T/F)d) You should maintain the threshold values of the monitor set (T/F)

65) SAPCONNECTa) SAPConnect only works with RFC destinations (T/F)b) If you configure SAPConnect in client 000 then it is available to all other

clients(T/F)c) For Auto reaction method SAPConnect needs to be configured in client 000 (T/F)d) For External mail configuration, a connection has to be maintained in SCOT

(T/F)e) No extra setting required for Mail Config (T/F)f) An program has to be scheduled so that SAPConnect send external mails (T/F)

66) In 3 System Landscape, from where the request can be imported in QAS system(Single Choice)

a) Only from DEVb) Only from QASc) From all of the 3 Systemsd) Only from PRD

67) How many spool work process can be configured? (Single Choice)a) One per SAP Instanceb) One per SAP systemc) More than one per SAP instanced) One on the Central instance

68) When the PREPARE phase in Upgrade is running, which log file is created?a) R3UP.LOGb) R3UPCHK.LOGc) R3CHK.LOGd) CHECKS.LOGe) PREPARE.LOG

69) For buffer synchronization:a) In central system the only way is to make bufrefmode=sendon/exeautob) In central instance and all dialog instance it should be bufrefmode=sendoff/exeautoc) In central system it should be bufrefmode=sendoff/exeauto

d) In central system and all dialog instances in exceptional conditions may be setas bufrefmode=sendoff/exeauto

70) One screen dump on Load average of ST06 screen given (Single Choice)a) Load average is the Average CPU Utilization of the serverb) No. of CPU processes waiting in front of the CPU

Count 3Load average 1 min 0.00 5 min 0.00 15 min 0.00Context switches/s 2,790

71) Program ZZSLOW is there and it accesses ZZTABLE. You want to improve theperformance (Multiple choice)

a) Create an Index on ZZTABLE and this is preferred over option of tuning SQLstatement

b) Creating an index would definitely improve the performancec) Tuning the SQL statement would solve the performance and is preferred over

Index Creationd) Optimizer may choose wrong index after creation of the index

72) If V1 process is only there and there are no V2 processes, then will V1 processhandle V2 updates as well? (T/F)

73) Which of the following Trace Options can be started without restarting SAP systema) Buffer Traceb) SYSLOG Tracec) Database (SQL Access) Traced) Dispatcher Tracee) Authorization (System Trace)

74) Analyze Problem of System startup. Before anyone could login the system stops. Check using (Multiple choice)

a) Check SM21b) Check <Drive>:\usr\sap\log directoryc) Analyze Database error log in detaild) Check files in <Drive>:\usr\sap\<instance><no>\work foldere) Check files in sapbackup folder

75) What of the following are Components in mySAP Technologya) SAPGUIb) mySAP databasec) ITSd) SAPDB (MaxDB)

76) From where can the ITS be administered (Multiple choice)a) From within SAP systemb) From Web serverc) From ITS Admin instance

77) Enqueue table is stored in (Single choice)a) Table TLOCK in databaseb) In Central instance at file levelc) In shared memory of the Central instanced) In shared memory of each SAP instance

78) User/Password in newly created clienta) DDIC, 06071992

b) SAP*, Passc) DDIC, 19920706d) SAP*, 06071992

79) Client copya) Remote copy creates huge file in operating system level in target systems

(T/F)b) Client copies can be done within same system (T/F)c) Remote Client copy can be done using parallel processes (T/F)

80) Buffering for a frequently updated table should be (Single choice)a) Single record bufferingb) Generic bufferingc) No bufferingd) Full buffering

81) How to create additional SAP Service Marketplace users (Single choice)a) One user SAPADM always there for every customerb) At customer place the user with Administrator rights can create additional

usersc) Create an OSS message for creating additional usersd) Has to check license & contract between SAP & customer

82) SCU0 along with SM30 can be used to (Multiple choice)a) Compare clients within same systemb) Compare different clients within different systemsc) Can be used to adjust customizing along with SM30d) Can be used to compare transaction tables

83) Which process first connects to the database?a) Dispatcherb) Message serverc) Work processd) SAPGUIe) Gateway

84) A communication is to be done between 2 systems, such that none should useanonymous logon for misuse to do remote logon to target system (Multiple choice)

a) If you do not give RFC target system, system no etc. then a default Logon isperformed on to 000 / own system with user SAPCPIC

b) Create a communication user in SU01 and specify it in target destinationc) Keep logon details blank so that each user has to specify the details every

time a connection is made85) Where the R/3 Spool system stores data:

a) In the TemSe databaseb) at the Operating system