CAT060 CA Spectrum r9x Professional Study Guide

CA Spectrum® r9.x Professional Exam (CAT-080)

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CAT-080 CA Spectrum® r9.x Professional Exam Study Guide

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ............................................................................................. iii

1 Exam Information ....................................................................................... 1

2 Areas for Study ........................................................................................... 2

3 Sample Certification Exam Questions .......................................................... 5


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1 Exam Information

The CA Technologies Certification Program is designed to measure your skills, knowledge, and expertise in managing, administering, installing, configuring and implementing select CA Technologies products for complete and optimized IT solutions. With CA certifications, management teams will have peace of mind that knowledgeable professionals are handling their CA Technologies applications. Proctored by a third party vendor, KyterionOnline, CA Technologies certifications objectively validate the competencies of a project team – whether that team is your in-house staff, CA Technologies Professional Services, or a CA Technologies partner. The aim of this document is to help you prepare for the CA Spectrum r9.x Professional Certification Exam. Make sure that you familiarize yourself with the content areas tested. Your best path to success is to attend the exam prep course(s). You may also find it helpful to review the product documentation at https://support.ca.com and to participate in CA Global User Community forums at https://communities.ca.com. The experience gained from taking courses and using the product will help you:

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the product or solution

Increase the likelihood of passing the exam on your first attempt

The Exam Experience You can register to take an online proctored exam from your home or office using Kryterion’s Online Proctoring (OLP) Services, or you can take an on-site proctored exam at a KryterionOnline testing center. If you choose to take an online proctored exam, you will need Internet access, an external web camera, and a computer that meets specific hardware and software requirements. For answers to frequently asked questions about registering for exams, locations, on-site and virtual proctoring, OLP equipment requirements, cancellation and re-scheduling policies and more, read our FAQs at http://www.ca.com/us/education/accreditations/certifications/certification-faq.aspx.

CA employees may also go here for more information: https://one.ca.com/education/certification

Professional Exam Details Product release: Major release listed in the title; Includes subsequent point releases

Recertification: There is no annual requirement to recertify for the same release of a product. For each major product release, an updated exam will be available for recertification.

Number of items = 50

Item types: Multiple choice, including multiple response questions

Time to complete test: 90 minutes

Passing score: 70%

Attempts Permitted: You may register for your first retake immediately. For subsequent retakes you are required to wait at least thirty (30) calendar days from the date of your last attempt. Read the online FAQs for details.

https://support.ca.com/

https://communities.ca.com/

http://www.ca.com/us/education/accreditations/certifications/certification-faq.aspx

https://one.ca.com/education/certification

http://www.ca.com/us/education/accreditations/certifications/certification-faq.aspx


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2 Areas for Study

Information from a variety of sources can represent the body of knowledge covered by the exam.

Figure 1. Learning path and body of knowledge

Search the CA Education Portal for courses covering the latest product releases, as they may not have been available at the time of this document posting:

o Partners & Customers look here: http://education.ca.com o Employees look here: https://calearning.ca.com

Visit Communities at CA for documentation and more: https://support.ca.com Register for the exam here: www.webassessor.com/catechnologies/index.html

support.ca.com

Prior Knowledge

Green Books Green Papers

Best Practices

communities.ca.com Use Cases & Scenarios

Practical Application of Course Concepts

CA Tech Insider

Experience

CA Spectrum r9.3 Courses: 44SPC20201 Foundations 200 44SPC30011 Optimization and Customization 300

cawiki.ca.com

http://education.ca.com/

https://calearning.ca.com/

https://support.ca.com/

http://www.webassessor.com/catechnologies/index.html

http://www.webassessor.com/catechnologies/index.html


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Table 1

Exam objectives as they map to related courseware and the body of knowledge, including percentage of exam devoted to topics.

Exam Objectives Related Content Exam Focus

Understanding CA Spectrum CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201) Describe CA Spectrum

4%

Modeling the Network with CA Spectrum Discovery

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201) Model the Network with CA Spectrum Discovery

4%

Modeling Networks CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201) Model Networks

4%

Navigating OneClick CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201) Navigate OneClick

4%

Manipulating Models CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201) Manipulate Models

2%

Configuring User Security Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience Configure User Security

2%

Managing CA Spectrum Databases

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201) Manage CA Spectrum Databases

4%

Investigating Fault Isolation and Alarm Notification

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201) Investigate Fault Isolation and Alarm Notification

2%

Establishing a Distributed SpectroSERVER Environment

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201) Establish a Distributed SpectroSERVER Environment

8%

Creating a Fault-tolerant Environment

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201) Create a Fault-tolerant Environment Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience

4%

Customizing OneClick Menus CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Customize OneClick Menus Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience

4%

Extending Enhanced Device Certifications

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Extend Enhanced Device Certifications

2%

Creating CA Spectrum Attributes from MIB Objects

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Create CA Spectrum Attributes from MIB Objects

6%


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Exam Objectives Related Content Exam Focus

Configuring CA Spectrum Trap Handling

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Configure CA Spectrum Trap Handling

12%

Customizing Network and Systems Monitoring

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Customize Network and Systems Monitoring

4%

Customizing Subviews CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Customize Subviews

8%

Customizing Tables CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Customize Tables

4%

Customizing Privileges CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Customize Privileges

4%

Implementing Management Policies

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Implement Management Policies

4%

Customizing OneClick Branding

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011) Customize OneClick Branding

2%

Understanding Network Configuration Manager

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience Describe Network Configuration Manager

4%

Troubleshooting CA Spectrum

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience Troubleshoot CA Spectrum

2%

Configuring Southbound Gateway

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience Configure Southbound Gateway

2%

Understanding Secure Domain Manager

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience Describe Secure Domain Manager

4%


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3 Sample Certification Exam Questions

These sample questions are very similar to the questions in the actual exam. Some questions may include several correct options.

Question 1 When planning a fault-tolerant deployment of CA Spectrum, which factor should you consider? A. Archive Manager is, and always has been, fully fault tolerant. B. Your goal is to ensure continuous monitoring of the network, not to create a full copy of CA Spectrum. C. The fault-tolerant secondary SpectroSERVER can be left running indefinitely without any negative

consequences. D. The fault-tolerant secondary SpectroSERVER has exactly the same functionality as the primary SpectroSERVER.

Question 2 Which file can you use to configure Archive Manager? A. .locrc B. .vnmrc C. .configrc D. .archmgrrc

Question 3 Which statement about trap-based modeling is FALSE? A. Unmanaged trap handling is configured from the SpectroSERVER Control subview. B. CA Spectrum discovers and models the source of a trap based on the subnet mask of the device. C. By default, all models created using Trap Based Continuous Discovery are placed in the New Device Container. D. When a SpectroSERVER receives an unmanaged trap, it asserts an event on the Virtual Network Machine (VNM)

model indicating that an unmanaged trap was received.


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Question 4 You installed CA Spectrum Alarm Notification Manager (SANM) on a SpectroSERVER. Where can you access SANM? A. User tab B. Locater tab C. Navigation tab D. Information tab

Question 5 You are defining a new device model type in a distributed SpectroSERVER environment. Where must the new model type be created? A. On the OneClick Server B. On the SpectroSERVER acting as the Main Location Server (MLS) C. On all SpectroSERVERs in the distributed SpectroSERVER environment D. On any SpectroSERVER in the distributed SpectroSERVER environment

Question 6 What are the benefits of using user groups and roles to manage user accounts? (Choose two) A. They enable you to synchronize all user groups to the same access level simultaneously. B. They enable you to administer multiple users simultaneously, based on geographic area, function, or

department. C. They enable you to implement more in-depth granular access control to models and views than security

communities provide. D. They enable you to group users into a hierarchical structure that coincides with your organization's current

security conventions.


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Question 7 You need to make sure that the SpectroSERVER database is backed up before you shut it down. Which method should you use? A. Run the SSdbsave -cm command. B. Select the Backup option in the Modeling Gateway. C. Perform an online backup from the CA Spectrum Control Panel. D. Manually copy all the .SSdb files from the <$SPECROOT>/SS directory.

Question 8 You need to configure the Distributed Data Manager (DDM) database for weekly automated backups. Which steps should you perform? (Choose two) A. Edit the .vnmrc file. B. Configure the Virtual Network Machine (VNM) to run scheduled backups. C. Make configuration changes to the post_olb_script script in the custom directory. D. Write a custom CA Spectrum CLI script in the $SPECROOT/custom/scripts folder on the OneClick Web Server.

Question 9 Which module filters alarms before they are passed to AlarmNotifier? A. Attention! B. Policy Manager C. SpectroSERVER D. CA Spectrum Alarm Notification Manager (SANM)


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Question 10 When you deploy CA Spectrum in a distributed environment, which factor should you consider? A. Each SpectroSERVER must be running on the same operating system version. B. Each SpectroSERVER must be on the same subnet so that they can communicate with each other. C. Each landscape must contain an identical modeling catalog, containing the model types and their relations. D. The etc_hosts and the .hostrc file on each SpectroSERVER must contain references to all other SpectroSERVERs

using fully qualified domain names (FQDNs).

Question 11 In a distributed CA Spectrum environment, what is the PRIMARY reason for designating a model as a proxy model? A. To increase the total model count in CA Spectrum B. To completely disable event and alarm creation for the proxy model C. To optimize the efficiency of the distributed SpectroSERVER environment D. To enable the proxy model to participate in fault isolation on the landscape on which it was modeled as a proxy

Question 12 In a fault-tolerant environment, SpectroSERVER alarm synchronization between a primary and secondary SpectroSERVER occurs in warm standby mode using: A. SNMP. B. Web Services. C. Global Alarm Service (GAS). D. SpectroSERVER Application Programming Interface (SSAPI).


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Question 13 Which statements about SpectroSERVER failover scenarios and standby modes are TRUE? (Choose two) A. In cold standby mode, the secondary SpectroSERVER is not running and must be started when the primary

SpectroSERVER fails. B. In the OneClick Navigation and Content panes, a switch to the secondary SpectroSERVER is indicated by the

yellow border in the interface. C. In hot standby mode, the secondary SpectroSERVER is actively polling and is available to take over when the

primary SpectroSERVER fails. D. To configure a secondary SpectroSERVER for warm standby, you need to add the following line to the .vnmrc

file: is_secondary = TRUE

Question 14 When configuring a redundant OneClick environment, you can (Choose two): A. enable fault tolerance between the OneClick servers. B. install multiple instances of OneClick on a single server. C. install multiple OneClick servers and provide a list of URLs to all the users. D. configure multiple OneClick servers behind a load balancer using the Primary/Secondary method.

Question 15 When you are modifying a OneClick menu that has already been customized, you should: A. edit the menu definition with the same name as the target menu. B. add a menu item definition with a name that is different to the target menu item name. C. open the existing custom-menu-config.xml file in the custom folder, edit the file, then cut and paste this file to

the default location. D. copy the custom-menu-config.xml file from the default location and overwrite the custom-menu-config.xml file

in the custom folder.


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Question 16 What can you conclude from the following custom event trap mapping configuration? 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.5 0x180000 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1.5.1.3(1,2)\ 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1.5.1.2(4,0) A. The Specific Trap Identifier for this configuration is 6. B. The first trap variable binding value is assigned to both event variables 1 and 2. C. The first and second trap variable bindings are assigned to event variables 1 and 4 respectively. D. 0x180000 is the event cause code of the alarm that is generated when the trap is received by the

SpectroSERVER.

Question 17 Which file contains CA Spectrum event processing rules? A. AlertMap B. CsVendor C. EventDisp D. Event_Rules.xml

Question 18 The Management Information Base (MIB) objects that are read to calculate the source of CPU and memory utilization can be customized for an individual device model or set as the default for a given model type. Attribute redirection is the process of using well-known attributes as a pointer, or redirector, to proprietary attributes. When you use attribute redirection, which factor should you consider? A. If the MIB object containing the data is a list object, attribute redirection cannot be configured as the source for

the CPU and memory utilization. B. The device model will not need to be configured after configuring attribute redirection because CA Spectrum

will detect the changes automatically. C. Generally, when CA Spectrum needs to identify sources for CPU and memory utilization, it first uses CA

proprietary intelligence, followed by attribute redirection and standard intelligence, in that order. D. Attribute redirection can be configured as the source for CPU utilization by modifying the NRM_CPUUtilAttr and

NRM_CPUModelTypeToRead device model attributes to refer to an appropriate MIB object.


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Question 19 Using the Policy Manager utility in the OneClick Console, the rule settings are applied to a: A. Landscape. B. Model Type. C. Global Collection. D. Network Container.

Question 20 Your customer wants to add a custom Splash screen to their existing CA Spectrum OneClick environment. To accomplish this, you will need to copy a file from its original location and modify it under the “custom” directories. Which file should you copy? A. custom-app-config.xml B. custom-menu-config.xml C. custom-oneclick-config.xml D. custom-branding-config.xml

Question 21 Which CA Business Intelligence (CABI) web-based interface is used to generate reports for CA Spectrum? A. Xcelsius B. InfoView C. Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) D. BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation


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Question 22 Which component must be running before you can start other CA Business Intelligence (CABI) components? A. Cache server B. Report processing server C. Server Intelligence Agent (SIA) D. Central Management Server (CMS)

Question 23 You need to merge new content into the running configurations of a device. Which task should you use? A. Synch task B. Reload task C. Upload task D. Global Synchronization task

Question 24 You add the following line to a .vnmrc file: event_disp_error_file=<file name> What does this line enable you to troubleshoot? A. EventDisp syntax errors B. SpectroSERVER display events C. SpectroSERVER runtime errors D. OneClick custom display errors


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Question 25 To isolate a problem, you need to enable CA Spectrum debug mode on a OneClick Server. To do this, which step will you need to perform? A. At a bash shell, type debug=true. B. In the OneClick Console, on the Help menu, click Debug Console. C. In OneClick, select the Virtual Network Manager (VNM) model and enable Dynamic Debugging. D. On the OneClick Home page, click Administration > Debugging > Web Server Debug Page (Runtime).


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Answers Question 1 = B Question 2 = C Question 3 = B Question 4 = B Question 5 = B Question 6 = B and D Question 7 = C Question 8 = B and C Question 9 = D Question 10 = C Question 11 = D Question 12 = C Question 13 = A and B Question 14 = C and D Question 15 = A Question 16 = C Question 17 = C Question 18 = D Question 19 = C Question 20 = D Question 21 = B Question 22 = C Question 23 = C Question 24 = A Question 25 = D

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