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OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 20020APF2018012 hours

OnDemandCA APM 10.x Implementing CEM and Browser Agent 20012APF202208 hours

Instructor Led CourseCA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 20020APF2018T24 hours

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Instructor Led CourseCA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 20020APF2019T16 hours

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Exam Objectives Related Content Exam FocusUnderstanding Application Performance Management Using CA APM

20APF20180 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200OR20APF2018T CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200Application Performance Management Using CA APM

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Measuring EM Performance 20APF20180 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200OR20APF2018T CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200Measuring EM Performance

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Understanding Team Center 20APF20180 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200OR20APF2018T CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200Understanding Team Center• Describe Team Center Views and Navigation• Use Experience View• Manage Map and Dashboard Views• Use Team Center to Triage a Problem

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Analyzing Application Performance in WebView

20APF20180 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200OR20APF2018T CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200Analyze Application Performance in the WebView • Analyze Metrics in the Investigator• Trace the cause of an event with the Transaction Tracer • Query Historical Events in the Historical Event Viewer

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Diagnosing Application Performance Problems

20APF20180 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200OR20APF2018T CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200Diagnose Application Performance Problems

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Organizing Monitoring Configuration Using Management Modules

20APF20180 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200OR20APF2018T CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200Organize Monitoring Configuration Using Mgmt Modules

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Creating Actions and Alerts 20APF20180 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200OR20APF2018T CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200Create Actions and Alerts

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Exam Objectives Related Content Exam FocusCreating Customized Dashboards 20APF20180 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200

OR20APF2018T CA APM 10.x Foundations for Monitoring Performance 200Create Customized Dashboards

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Understanding CA APM Command Center 20APF20190 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200OR20APF2019T CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200APM Command Center• Describe ACC Architecture• Manage Agents• Manage ACC Packages

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Creating Calculators 20APF20190 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200OR20APF2019T CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200Create Calculators

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Modifying Defaults Through Agent Configuration Files

20APF20190 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200OR20APF2019T CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200Modifying Defaults Through Agent Configuration Files

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Creating a URL Group 20APF20190 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200OR20APF2019T CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200Create a URL Group

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Creating EP Agents 20APF20190 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200OR20APF2019T CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200Create EP Agents

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Creating PBDs 20APF20190 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200OR20APF2019T CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200Create PBDs

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Exam Objectives Related Content Exam FocusAdministering Team Center 20APF20190 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200

OR20APF2019T CA APM 10.x Foundations for the Administrator 200APM Team Center Administration• Manage Enterprise Team Center• Manage Universes• Configure the Team Center Map• Manage Custom Attributes and Attribute Rules

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Defining Domains, Applications, Business Services, and Security

12APF20220 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Implementing CEM and Browser Agent 200Define Domains, Applications, Business Services, and Security

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Recording Transactions 12APF20220 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Implementing CEM and Browser Agent 200Record Transactions AutomaticallyRecord Transactions Manually

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Creating CustomizedDashboards

12APF20220 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Implementing CEM and Browser Agent 200Create Customized Dashboards

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Analysing Incident Reports 12APF20220 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Implementing CEM and Browser Agent 200Analyse Incident Reports

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Understanding the Browser Agent 12APF20220 OnDemand CA APM 10.x Implementing CEM and Browser Agent 200Understanding BRTM• Explain the Role of BRTM• Install BRTM• Configure the Agents for Monitoring and Metric Collection• Add the JavaScript Snippet to Web PagesNote: The Browser Agent was previously known as BRTM.

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Understanding Recent Enhancements Documentation and Field ExperienceJMS Messaging MetricExtensions MarketplaceAPM SQLCA APM Agentless Docker Monitor and Container Flow Map

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Question 1Which component of the CA APM architecture collects performance data from applications in a Java virtual machine (JVM)?

A. Java agentB. Enterprise Manager C. Command Line Workstation (CLW) D. Environment Performance Agent (EPA)

Question 2What do you typically view on the WebView Home tab? (Choose three)

A. The 10 worst active alertsB. The five most recent alert notification messageC. Transaction trace events from the last 20 minutesD. The top 10 called components for important nodesE. The top 25 front ends and business transactions with the slowest or worst performance

Question 3You are viewing an agent on the Metric Browser tab of the Investigator. To check for errors and/or stalls, which tabs can you view? (Choose two)

A. Errors B. Traces C. Resources D. Metric Count

Question 4In WebView, you can start a trace session for a transaction trace from the:

A. Tools tab.B. Home tab.C. Console tab.D. Investigator tab.

Question 5In the following example of a fully qualified metric name, what does AcmeWest represent?Acme5|AcmeUSA|AcmeWest|GC Heap:Bytes In Use

A. DomainB. ProcessC. ResourceD. Agent name

Question 6Which feature provides an easy way to turn off a set of alerts during a known application downtime period, such as system maintenance?

A. Alert deferralsB. Alert suspensionsC. Alert postponementsD. Alert downtime schedules

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Question 7You want to enable the CA APM Catalyst Connector to receive Introscope alert data and send it to other CA Technologies applications. To achieve this, which alert action should you configure in the Management Module Editor?

A. Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) alertB. Remote Procedure Call (RPC) alertC. Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) alertD. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) alert

Question 8The Customer Experience Manager (CEM) Export Tool exports data in which file format?

A. .txtB. .xlsC. .csvD. .html

Question 9Which features characterize virtual agent calculators? (Choose two)

A. They can include other virtual agent calculators.B. They are configured in the domainconfig.xml file.C. They can include agents assigned to other virtual agent calculators.D. They support environments where applications are deployed to clustered application

servers.

Question 10You want to configure the list of keys that identify URL groups in an agent. Which configuration parameter will enable you to do this?

A. introscope.agent.urlgroup.keysB. introscope.autoprobe.directivesFile C. introscope.agent.urlgroup.group.<key>.formatD. introscope.agent.urlgroup.group.<key>.pathprefix

Question 11You want to compare the disk usage between the last execution and the current execution using EPAgent. Which type of EPAgent plug-in should you use?

A. Stateful B. Stateless C. Java class D. Command

Question 12Which database management systems are supported for the APM database? (Choose two)

A. DB2B. OracleC. MySQLD. PostgreSQL

Question 13Which statement about Customer Experience Manager (CEM) domains is TRUE?

A. A domain cannot contain applications.B. A domain can contain multiple applications.C. A domain can only contain a single application.D. An application managed by CEM is known as a domain.

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Question 14In a Customer Experience Manager (CEM) transaction, an included component is a component that must be correctly delivered to the customer for the transaction to be considered successful. What is the opposite of an included component?

A. A server componentB. A session componentC. A cacheable componentD. An identifying component

Question 15Which scripting languages are supported by CA APM evidence collection? (Choose two)

A. PHPB. PerlC. PythonD. Ruby on Rails

Question 16When you use the Browser Agent, you can manually add a JavaScript snippet to web pages. Before you do this, which file should you edit?

A. server.xmlB. IntroscopeAgent.profileC. BrowserMonitoringLevel.xmlD. ResourceMetricMap.properties

Question 17To disable the Browser Agent, which file do you edit?

A. realms.xmlB. profile.jsonC. tess-db-cfg.xmlD. IntroscopeAgent.profile

Question 18Which CA APM agent generates event loop metrics?

A. PHPB. .NETC. JavaD. Node.js

Question 19Automatic entry point detection enables you to quickly monitor and triage Java applications without manually configuring ProbeBuilder Directives (PBDs). To use automatic entry point detection, what do you need to enable?

A. Differential analysisB. Smart instrumentationC. The HTTP analyzer plug-inD. The REST interface to your Java agent

Question 20What can you obtain from the CA APM Extensions Marketplace?

A. Open Services Gateway initiative (OSGi) componentsB. Agents and scripts originally uploaded to the CA Communities siteC. Fully supported extensions, scripts, custom tracers, EPAgents, and other product

feature extensionsD. Add-ons, such as dashboards, developed by other members of your internal team in

addition to free and paid apps developed by external CA APM users

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