Exam : Hyperion Essbase 6dbmanagement.info/Books/MIX/Interview_Questions_and_Answers_o… · When loading data into an Essbase database that contains Attribute dimensions._____

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QUESTION 1: When loading data into an Essbase database that contains Attribute dimensions._______ A. you can load data to members in Attribute dimensions B. each Attribute dimension must be represented in the data load C. attribute associations with Base dimensions can be done after data load D. attribute associations with Base dimensions are derived during the data load Answer: C

QUESTION 2: Exhibit:

Given the Rules files in the exhibit, how many row (s) will NOT be loaded? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

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Answer: C


Given the Rules file in the exhibit, what is the correct heading for field 9? A. DATA B. A member name C. A dimension name D. Numeric Attribute type Answer: B

QUESTION 4: How can you improve dataload speed? (choose two) A. load the file from the client B. Load the file from the server C. Sort data file in order by Dense dimensions D. Sort data file in order by Sparse dimensions Answer: B,D

QUESTION 5: Which level of access can limit a user to a subsection of a database? A. Read B. Filter

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C. Calculate D. Read/Write E. Database Designer Answer: B

QUESTION 6: What is the approximate maximum size for each database page file? A. 200 MB B. 1 GB C. 2 GB D. 4 GB Answer: C

QUESTION 7: A corporate database has three partitions, one for each of three divisions. When updating the partitions, which database will be validated through VALIDATEPARTITIONDEFFILE in ESSCMD? A. Corporate only B. The three divisions only C. Corporate and the three divisions D. Corporate and the divisions with linked partitions only Answer: C


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Given the filter in the exhibit, which two statements are true? (choose two) A. Read access is granted to the market East OR the Scenario Budget. B. Write access is granted to the market East OR the Scenario Budget. C. Read access is granted to the market East and the Scenario Budget. D. Write access is granted to the market East and the Scenario Budget. Answer: C,D

QUESTION 9: What occurs upon execution of DISABLELOGIN in ESSCMD? A. All server logins are disabled. B. Logins to a specific database are disabled C. Logins to a specific application are disabled. D. It logs out any users currently on a specific database. Answer: C

QUESTION 10: The -quicklogin parameter during the Essbase Server startup is used to _______ (choose two) A. speed up parallel login processing B. cache the Security File in memory C. Facilitate single sign-on functionality

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D. Allow backup of the Security file while Essbase is running Answer: A,B

QUESTION 11: Which statement about the function of the <database> tct file is true? A. It tracks free fragments for data and index files B. It tracks transactions and records their processing state. C. It coordinates pointers to keep track of old and new data locations. D. It defines the name of the database, its location, and various database settings. Answer: B


Given the filter in the exhibit and the users permission to run the default calculation, what will a CAIC AII calculate? A. The entire database B. Budget only, no other Scenarios C. The Market East only, no other Markets D. Budget and all inclusive descendants of East only Answer: A

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QUESTION 13: Members in the Attribute Calculations dimension can be_________ A. used in calc scripts B. viewed in the Outline Editor C. used to create crosstab reports with other Measures D. invoked without any Attribute dimension members involved Answer: C

QUESTION 14: When the Aggregate Missing Values setting is enabled, it will_______ A. require data to be at upper levels B. permit a dataload to delete existing values C. overwrite upper level data during calculation D. NOT overwrite upper level data during calculation Answer: C

QUESTION 15: Which two statements are true about how IFERROR operates in ESSCMD? (choose two) A. IFERROR may be used only once in a batch script. B. IFERROR may be used after every statement in a batch script. C. If a previously executed command fails, IFERROR skips to a predefined label where it resumes execution D. If an executed command after the IFERROR statement fails, IFERROR skips to a predefined label where it resume execution. Answer: B,C

QUESTION 16: You have a production database named Sales. Which three files should be included to back up a database? (choose three) A. sales.db B. sales.otn C. sales.esm D. ess00001.ind Answer: A,C,D

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QUESTION 17: What is the proper use of the two Substitution Variable, Current_Month and Prior_Month, in a calculation script? A. Prior_Month = Current_Month / 1.5. B. &Prior_Month = &Current_Month / 1.5. C. @Prior_Month = @Current_Month / 1.5. D. "Prior_Month = "Current_Month / 1.5. Answer: B

QUESTION 18: The Essbase cfg setting DATAFILECACHESIZE can be used to______ A. alter Data File Cache size for existing databases B. optimize calculation performance on large flat dimensions C. manage Data File Cache sizes for specific applications and databases D. define the initial Data File Cache size for all newly created databases Answer: D

QUESTION 19: When should you use the CALCHASHTBL command? A. To specify the size of the Calculator Cache B. To optimize the calculation of a large, flat database outline. C. To optimize the calculation of the Sparse dimension formulas in a large database outline. D. To specify the maximum number of blocks that Essbase can lock concurrently when calculating a sparse member formula Answer: B

QUESTION 20: Which type of member is associated with the most efficient use of multiple IF commands in a calculation script? A. Dense B. Sparse C. Locked D. Unlocked

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Answer: A

QUESTION 21: A default calculation is performed on an outline with Two-Pass Account members. Which data storage setting will ensure one pass through the database? A. Accounts-Dense, Time-Dense,Scenario-Dense, Market-Sparse, Product-Sparse B. Accounts-Dense, Time-Sparse,Scenario-Dense, Market-Sparse, Product-Sparse C. Accounts-Sparse, Time-Dense,Scenario-Dense, Market-Sparse, Product-Sparse D. Accounts-SPARSE, Time-SPARSE,Scenario-Dense, Market-Sparse, Product-Sparse Answer: A

QUESTION 22: Time is a Dense dimension and QTR1, QTR2 AND qtr3 ARE STORED MEMBERS. How many passes through the database result from the following calculation script? (QTR1; QTR2;) QTR3; A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 Answer: B

QUESTION 23: Given the following statistics:

Five members of Measures dimension are changed to be Dynamic Calc and Store and a Dynamic Time Series for YTD is added. What is the new block size? A. 36,000 B. 38,400 C. 48,000

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D. 51,200 Answer: D

QUESTION 24: When optimizing your database, which type of members are optimal candidates for the Dynamic Calc tags? A. Parent level with a label only tag B. Parent level member on a large Spare dimension C. Level 0 members with formulas on a Dense dimension D. Level 0 members without formulas on a Sparse dimension Answer: C

QUESTION 25: How can you optimize query retrieval of databases that contain Attribute dimensions? (Choose two) A. Order Attribute dimensions from smallest to largest B. Place Base dimensions before other Sparse dimensions C. Place the most-queried Base dimension at the end of the Sparse dimensions D. Place Attribute dimensions in the outline after all Dense and Sparse dimensions Answer: B,D

QUESTION 26: Which two commands should be used in a report script to optimize data export? (choose two) A. <ORDERBY> B. <SORTLEVEL> C. {OUTALTNAMES\\} D. {SUPZEROROWS\\} E. {SUPMISSINGROWS\\} Answer: D,E

QUESTION 27: Which type of member is associated with the most efficient use of multiple FIX commands in a calculation script?

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A. Dense B. Sparse C. Locked D. Unlocked Answer: B


Given the outline in the exhibit, which member is incorrectly tagged as Lable Only? A. Diet B. Ratios C. Measures D. Scenarios Answer: A

QUESTION 29: Which statement about the Data File Cache is true?

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A. It is not configurable by the Administrator B. It is used in conjunction with the System File Cache to hold data files. C. It is the amount of dedicated memory space used by an Essbase database D. It is used during data loading and dimension building to cache the input data file. Answer: C

QUESTION 30: Given the following settings:

What is the optimal outline order? A. Measures, Time Period, Years, Clients, Products B. Measures, Time Period, Years, Products Clients, C. Years, Time Period, Clients, Measures,Products D. Years, Time Period, Measures, Products,Clients, Answer: A

QUESTION 31: What is the effect of deleting the sparse shared member Diet Cola assuming data values exist? A. The outline file shrinks. B. The page file size shrinks C. There is smaller block size D. The block density increases E. The existing number of blocks decreases Answer: A

QUESTION 32: You should consider using Dynamic Calc and Store when you have_______ A. a level 0 Dense dimension member B. a level 0 Sparse dimension member C. a Sparse dimension member with a complex formula D. an upper level Sparse dimension member with 1000 children

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Answer: C

QUESTION 33: Given the following settings:

What is the optimal outline order for calculation performance? A. Dept, Material Type, Measures, Products, Time B. Dept, Material Type, Measures, Time, Products C. Measures, Material Type, Dept, Products, Time D. Measure, Material Type, Time, Dept, Products, Answer: B


Fields 1 and 2 are ignored during the dimension build, and given the Data Prep Editor in the Exhibit. What defines the field 3 header to build Regions dimension? A. Gen2, Regions B. Level3, Regions C. Level0, Regions D. Parent1, Regions

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E. UserAttribute2,Regions Answer: A

QUESTION 35: How should you have Essbase assign a tilde ( ~)unary operator to members in a dimension build? A. Add "~" as a prefix to each member in the source file B. Add "~" as a suffix to each member in the source file C. Add a column to the left of member column and assign "~" as a property D. Add a column to the right of member column and assign "~" as a property Answer: D

QUESTION 36: When two dimension build methods create shared members that are at different generations? A. None B. Level C. Generation D. Parent/Child Answer: B,D


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Given the Data prep Editor in the exhibit, what defines the field 2 header to build Markets dimension? A. Level 1, Markets B. Parent 0, Markets C. Userattrib 1, Markets D. UserAttrib0, Markets Answer: D

QUESTION 38: Which development tool should be used to construct a complex read/write budgeting application that requires the capability to add members to the outline on the server? A. Custom application using the Essbase API B. Basic Spreadsheet Add-in with template files C. Hyperion Wired for OLAP deployed over their internet D. Basic Spreadsheet Add-In with template files and Extended Spreadsheet Macros Answer: A

QUESTION 39: Which statement about Dynamic Time Series is true?

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A. It provides to-date functionality B. It performs stored consolidations C. It allows for Dynamic Time dimension builds D. It creates alternate alias table based on Time DIMENSION Answer: A

QUESTION 40: Which function generates a list members with a common User-Defined Attribute (UDA)? A. @uda B. @isuda C. @isiuda D. @udambr Answer: A

QUESTION 41: Which two statements about Attribute dimensions are true? (choose two) A. Attribute dimensions can contain hierarchies B. Attribute dimension can be based on Dense dimensions C. Attribute dimensions are dynamically calculated at query time. D. Attribute dimensions can be used by multiple base dimensions Answer: A,C

QUESTION 42: Where can you set the default alias table? A. In the essbase.cfg file B. Through the ESSCMD utility C. Through a dimension build rule D. In the database settings dialog box in Application Manager Answer: B

QUESTION 43: Which two statements describe th relationship between Base dimnsion member associations and Attribute dimensions? (choose two)

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A. All Base members must be associated with an Attribute member B. Base members must be associated with a level-o attribute member C. All Base members assigned to a given Attribute dimension must be from the same level. D. A Base member can be associated with multiple members in a given Attribute dimension Answer: B,C

QUESTION 44: When would you select Shared Member functionality, as opposed to Attribute dimension functionality? A. When creating crosstab reports B. When desiring to precalculate results C. When associating with a Dense dimension D. When utilizing alternate consolidation properties (=,-,~etc...) for member E. When increasing the amount of dimensionality without increasing the sparsity of the database Answer: A,B,C

QUESTION 45: When a Location Alias is defined it__________ A. Defines a subsituation variable reference B. Allows for the user of the @XREF function in a database C. Indicates where a database page and index files are stored D. Allows defining of multiple alias tables to facilitate internationalization Answer: B

QUESTION 46: Given the following data: Cola, East, Actual, January,Ending Inventory, 50 Cola, East, Actual, February,Ending Inventory, 60 Cola, East, Actual, March,Ending Inventory, 0 You mark the Ending Inventory member as TBLast with a skip attribute of #missing. What is the value of Ending Inventory for QTR1? A. 0 B. 50 C. 60

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D. 110 Answer: A

QUESTION 47: Which two statements about shared members are true? (choose two) A. Shared members reduce data storage B. You can assign UDAs to shared members C. You can assign formulas to shared members D. Shared members must be in the same dimension Answer: A,D

QUESTION 48: Which statement is true when using Attributes in the Areas section of your Partition definition? A. Area definition can be defined by Attribute dimension members only. B. Attribute functions can be used to partition on Attribute dimensions C. Attribute dimension members cannot be used for a partition definition D. Attribute dimension members must be the same between target and source databases. Answer: B

QUESTION 49: Which statement about outline synchronization is true? A. All outline changes are synchronized. B. Member formulas cannot be synchronized C. User-Defined Attribute cannot be synchronized. D. Changes can flow from a source outline to a target outline or from a target outline to a source outline. Answer: D

QUESTION 50: Which three are disadvantages of a transparent partition? (choose three) A. redundant storage B. stale level 0 data C. increased network load

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D. higher degree of outline synchronization E. slower query and calculation performance Answer: A,B,C

QUESTION 51: Which two partition methods do NOT significantly increase disk usage? (choose two) A. Linked B. Joined C. Shared D. Replicated E. Transparent Answer: A,B

QUESTION 52: You need to view Employee information. You have a target model (Corporate) with Payroll Expense but no Employee dimension. You also have a source model (West) with detailed Payroll Expense with an Employee dimension. Disregarding network speed and disk space, what would be the recommended partitioning method? A. Linked B. Joined C. Shared D. Replicated E. Transparent Answer: A

QUESTION 53: Which file should be deleted on both the source and target databases when repairing a corrupted partition? A. *db B. *dbb C. *ddb D. *par Answer: C

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QUESTION 54: Partitioning along a Dense dimension versus a Sparse dimension can greatly slow performance for which two partition methods? (Choose two) A. Linked B. Joined C. Shared D. Replicated E. Transparent Answer: A,B

QUESTION 55: What does partition validation check for ? (choose three) A. Valid area definition B. Synchronized outline C. Valid connection information D. Overlapping partition definitions Answer: A,C,D

QUESTION 56: Given default settings and three partitions on a source outline, how many change log files are created when the target outlines are modified? A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 Answer: A

QUESTION 57: Given a transparent partition, what is the correct sequence for calculating the target database?

A. 1,4,2

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B. 3,1,4 C. 1,4,3,2 D. 3,1,4,2 E. 3,2,4,1 Answer: A

QUESTION 58: In the Member Selection Dialog available in the Essbase Spreadsheet add-in, what should you use to select members based on User Defined Attributes dimensions? A. Find B. Subset C. Generation Name D. Member Information Answer: B


Which spreadsheet (s) in the exhibits are retrievable? A. Spreadsheet A only B. Spreadsheet B only C. Both spreadsheets A and B D. Neither spreadsheet A nor B Answer: D

QUESTION 60: Where do you set the default time period to use with DYNAMIC time Series in a

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spreadsheet? A. In the Outline Editor B. In the Essbase Options screen in Spreadsheet add-in C. In the Database Settings screen in Application Manager D. In the Application Settings screen in Application Manager Answer: B

QUESTION 61: When creating Data Filtering in the Essbase Query Designr, which kind of data values cannot be used for the filter criteria? A. Zero data values B. Fixed data values C. #MISSING data values D. Date-type date values Answer: D

QUESTION 62: What cannot be linked to a cell with Linked Reporting Objects (LRO)? A. A text note B. A sound file C. An Excel file D. A link to www. Certkiller .com E. A link to another cell in the same database Answer: E


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Given the information in the exhibit, what will happen when the user clicks OK in the Member Selection window? A. Nothing will happen. B. An error message will appear. C. Year members will be displayed going down the page in Column A. D. Year members will be displayed going down the page in Column B. Answer: D

QUESTION 64: What is the default column delimiter in the Data PrepEditor? A. Tab B. Comma C. White space D. Single quote E. Double quote Answer: A

QUESTION 65: The average block density is between 10% and 90% and there are few consecutive repeating values or zeros. Which data compression type is recommended?

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A. RLE B. Bit map C. No compression Answer: B

QUESTION 66: What creates fragmentation in a database? A. Renaming a member in the outline B. Deleting a member from a Dense dimension C. Deleting a member from a Sparse dimension D. Deleting a shared member from a Dense imension Answer: C


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Given the input data and the outline shown in the exhibits, if products and market are sparse which three are input level data blocks? A. East->Root Beer B. New York-> Colas C. New York-> Diet Cola D. New York->Root Beer Answer: A,B,D


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In the outline in the exhibit, Year, Measures, and Scenario are Dense dimensions. What is the block size? A. 120 B. 480 C. 960 D. 1440 Answer: C

QUESTION 69: If Product and Market are the only Sparse dimensions, which files would be restructured if a new member were added to the Product dimension? A. None B. Data files only C. Index files only D. Both index and data files

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Answer: C


In the outline in the exhibit, Year and Measures are Dense dimension, Data are located for every Month, Measure, Market and Scenario. After a CALC ALL is run, how many blocks are there? A. 12 B. 18 C. 24 D. 30 Answer: A

QUESTION 71:

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The stored members in the Dense dimension Scenario are Actual and Budget. Database A has Actual and Budget data loaded for all products in all markets. Database B has only the Budget data loaded for all products in all markets. Which statement about Database B is true? A. The index is half as large as Database A. B. Block density is reduced by 50% from Database A. C. It has half the number of blocks that exist in Database A. D. Fifty percent fewer blocks fit in the Data Cache as in Database A. Answer: B

QUESTION 72: Incremental Restructuring is enabled. Product and Market are the only Sparse dimensions. If you reserve the order of these two Sparse dimensions, what is the incremental restructuring implication? A. None B. Restructure deferred C. Overrides incremental restructuring and restructures data files only D. Overrides incremental restructuring and restructures index files only E. Overrides incremental restructuring and restructures both index and data files Answer: D

QUESTION 73: Within Database | information |Statistics, what does block density indicate? A. The actual number of blocks existing within the database B. The average percentage of data cells within each block that contain data C. The maximum possible number of blocks that could exist for this database D. The percentage of blocks that exist compared to the total potential number of blocks Answer: B

QUESTION 74: The average block density is very low (<3%). Which data compression type is recommended? A. RLE B. Bit map C. No compression

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Answer: A

QUESTION 75: Which option lists the cache settings from the highest priority to the lowest propriety for optional performance? A. Index Page size, Data File Cache size, index Cache size, Data Cache size B. Date File Cache size, Index Cache size, Data Cache size, Index Page size C. Data Cache size, Index Cache size, Data File Cache size, Index Page size D. Index Cache size, Index Page size, Data File Cache size, Data Cache size Answer: D

QUESTION 76: Given the following : Committed access Pre-image disabled Wait time equal to 0 While a calculation is being performed, what is the result if a spreadsheet retrieval is attempted? A. The data is retrieved. B. Precalculated data is retrieved C. A time-out error message is displayed D. The user waits a specified number of seconds. Answer: C

QUESTION 77: Which statement describes the @ATTRIBUTEVAL function? A. It is used for NUMERIC and Boolean attribute types only. B. It returns the numeric value associated with level-0 attribute members C. It returns a list of all Base members that are associated with a specific attribute member name. D. It returns a list of all attribute dimension members that are associated with a specific Base member name. Answer: B

QUESTION 78:

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Within which two functions could @CURMBRRANGE be embedded? (choose two) A. @PRIOR B. @AVERAGE C. @SUMRANGE D. @DESCENDENT Answer: A,B

QUESTION 79: Year, Measures, and Scenario are Dense dimensions and Product and Market are Sparse. Which three Formulas reference only one block? A. Qtrl->Sales=100; B. Cola->Florida=100; C. Colas->"New York"=100; D. jan->Sales->Actual=100; E. Jan->Sales->Actual->Cola->"NewYork" = 100 Answer: A,B,C

QUESTION 80: When is a member formula likely to utilize the @XREF functionality? A. When outline synchronization is required B. When implementing the Linked Reporting Objects functionality C. When referencing external data from other relational sources D. When accessing values from another Essbase database to be used in a calculation Answer: D

QUESTION 81: At which level of an application does intelligent Calculator operate? A. Cell B. Block C. Outline D. Database Answer: B

QUESTION 82:

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When will a default calc (CALC ALL) calculate Two-Pass members in one pass? A. When Time is dense and Accounts is sparse B. When the Account and Time dimensions are dense C. When the Time tag is used and the dimension is dense D. When the Accounts tag is used and the dimension is dense Answer: B


You are using the input data, calculation script, and results. Variance member has a formula of@var(Actual,budget); Which account type is required for the calculation of the Variance member? A. TB First B. Dynamic Calc C. Two-Pass Calc D. Expense Reporting Answer: D

QUESTION 84: Which SET command is duplicated in the Database Settings? A. MSG B. NOTICE

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C. AGGMISSG D. CLEARUPDATESTATUS Answer: C

QUESTION 85: You have a calculated database with all blocks marked clean. A member formula in a Sparse dimension is changed in the outline and saved. What is the status of the corresponding sparse member block? A. Dirty B. Clean C. Locked D. Unlocked Answer: B

QUESTION 86: Given the following calculation script and a total of 32 data blocks: SET CLEARUPDATESTATUS ONLY; CALC ALL; How many blocks will be calculated? A. 0 B. 8 C. 16 D. 32 Answer: A

QUESTION 87: Which dimension is typically the anchor dimension when optimizing Calculator Cache? A. Smallest dense B. Smallest sparse C. Largest dense D. Largest sparse Answer: D

QUESTION 88:

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Exhibit:

Actual Sales data have been loaded and calculated. Payroll for Budget is input by level 0 Markets at the Product level as shown by the input data. Which calculation allocates Payroll to the level 0 Product members based on the relationship of Actual Sales for the level 0 Product members to the total Sales (Product member)? A. Fix (Budget,@LEVMBRS (Product,0)) Payroll = Payroll->East*(Sales->Actual / Sales->Actual->Product). ENDFIX B. Fix (Budget,@LEVMBRS (Product,0)) Payroll = Payroll->Products *(Sales->Actual / Sales->Actual->Product). ENDFIX C. Fix (Budget,@LEVMBRS (Product,0)) Payroll=Payroll->Product*(Sales->Actual/@PARENTVAL(Product,Sales->Actual)); ENDFIX D. Fix (Budget,@LEVMBRS (Product,0)) Payroll = Payroll->Product*(Sales/@PARENTVAL(Product,Sales));ENDFIX Answer: B

QUESTION 89: Which displayed calculation event in the Log file is unique to SET MSG DETAIL? A. The number of data cells calculated B. The total number of data blocks created C. A message after each block is calculated D. The number of data blocks read or written Answer: C

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