1.which of the following type of sources are supported for sorter transformation?

A.relational database & flat filesB. relational database & COBOL filesC. relational database & COBOL files & FLAT FILESD. relational database ONLY

ANS:A

2.with which of the following the master gateway is associated?

A.Node if you do not have high availability and domain if you doB.nodeC.domainD.Repository

ANS :C

3.which of the following is related to character sets during the repository configuration?

 

A.CodepageB.none of the listed optionsC.Char typeD.Code char

ANS:A

4.In which of the following tab of Domain in Administration console you can view or modify the user permission?

A.PermissionB.user activity monitoringC.manage userD.resources

ANS:A

5.the integration services holds two different values for a workflow variable what are they?A.start value and end valueB.current value and end value

C.start value and current valueD.none

ANS:C

 

6.what are the available windows in workflow manager?

 

A. navigator, workspace, overviewB.workspace, outputC.navigator, workspace, output, overviewD.navigator, workspace, output

ANS:C

 

 

7.which of the following components integration service does not use to move data from souurce to target?

A.data transformation manager(DTM)processB.service managerC.load balancerD. integration service process

ANS:C

8.we can run session task ………….?

A.concurrentlyB.both concurrently & sequentiallyC.sequentiallyD.one sessin at a time

ANS:B

9.which of the below statement is not true about reusable transformation?

 

A.when you add a reusable transformation to a mapping you add an actual transformationB.you can create reusable transformation in transformation developer or mapping developerC.reusable transformation can be used in multiple mappingsD.the transformation marked as reusable in mapping designer cannot be reversed

ANS:A

 

10.how can you identify source bottleneck in case of relational source?

 

A.use a filter transformationB.all of the listed optionsC.use a read test mappingD.use a database query

ANS:B

11.where can you create workflow task?

 

A.in task developerB.in task developer or workflow designerC. in task developer or workflow designer, or the worklet designerD. in task developer or workflow designer, or the worklet designer or session wizard

ANS:B

 

12.what power center does while validating an expression which contain an user defined function?

A.a power center does not validate the user-defined function it just validate expressionB.a power center validates fails with validation error as it contain UDFC.noneD.power center validates both the user-defined function and expression

ANS:A (NOT SURE)

13.you can configure expression syntax for a user-defined function by using the argument, as well as custom function TRUE/FALSE

14.parameter file contain which of the following parameter and variables?1.service processvariable2.workflow variable3.worklet variable4.workflow parameter

A.1,2 &4B.1,2,3 & 4C.1,2 & 3D.1,2 &4

ANS:C

15.which of the following objects are required to create grid?

A.nodes, workflow & sessionB.domainsC.nodes and domainD.nodes

ANS:C

16.integration services rolls back transaction under which circumstances?

A.invalid transactionB.open transactionC.roll back or session failureD. closed transaction

ANS:C

The Integration Service rolls back transactions in the following circumstances: Rollback evaluation. The transaction control expression returns a rollback value.

Open transaction. You choose to roll back at the end of file.

Roll back on error. You choose to roll back commit transactions if the Integration Service encounters a non-fatal error.

Roll back on failed commit. If any target connection group in a transaction control unit fails to commit, the Integration Service rolls back all uncommitted data to the last successful commit point.

 

17.what can be done to improve integration services performation?

A.cache power center metadata for the repository servicesB.use native drivers instead of ODBC drivers for the integration servicesC.all of the listed optionsD.run integration service with high availability

ANS:C

18.which of the following target definition does power center 8 support?

 

A.relational. Flat fileB. relational. Flat file, XML filesC.relational onlyD. relational. Flat file, XML files, COBOL files

ANS:B

19.which of the following setting you can configure while configuring the load balancing for a node?

A.resourceB.service levelC.dispatch modeD.you cannot configure load balancing for node

ANS:C

20.which of the following transformation can be placed b/w the sort origin and the joiner transformation?

 

A.rankB.filterC.unionD.normalize

ANS:D

21.folder and session name are case sensitive ,mapping parameter and variable name are not case sensitive in parameter file TRUE/FALSE?

Session parameter names are not case sensitive.Mapping parameter and variable names are not case sensitive TRUE.

22.What are the different states of debugger?

A.initializing running and pausedB.running, paused & abortedC.starting, running & stoppedD.running, aborted & stopped

23.what happen when you use $target in a stored procedure transformation and the pipeline contain multiple relational target?

 

A.none of the listed optionB.the DB server uses the database connections you specify for the targetC.the informatica server uses the database connection you specify the targetD. the session fails

ANS:D

 

24.how many output group can you create in a java transformation?

 

A.equal to no of output portsB.not limitedC.equal to no of input portsD.1

ANS:D

25.what type of cache he give performance benefit in Lookup?

A.dynamicB.shared & persistenceC.cache dosent give performance benefitD.static

ANS:B

 

26.which of the following is true about enabling a high precision data handling?1.use the decimal datatype with a precision of 16 to 28 in the mapping2.select enable high precission in the session properties3.power center will automatically process the high precession data no explicit setting are requiredA .1 & 2B.1C.2D.3

ANS:A

27.which of the following statement accurately describes the repository service?

A.each repository service can manage multiple repositoriesB.a repository service may be located on two or more domainsC.each repository service can manage only one repositoryD.each node must be assigned at least one repository service

ANS:C

28.in which of the following tabs of administration console-you can manage users, monitor user activity & domain activity?

 

A.domain tabB.you cannot manage user and monitor user activity in administration consoleC.logs tabD.administration tab

 

ANS:D NOT SURE

  29.workflow schedule can be ……………………?

 

A.both reusable & non-reusableB.nonreusableC.globalD.reusable

ANS:A

30.under which of the following condition you can edit the ports of a target definition in the mapping designer?

A.you cannot change the ports of a target definition in mapping designer under any conditionB.alwaysC.if target definition is reusableD.if mapping is saved in the repository

ANS:C

31.in joiner transformation to get performation benefits unsorted master source should be ?

1.large2.small3.don’t depend on source size4.master source should not be cached

 

A.1B.2C.3D.4

ANS:B

32.workflow manager concist of how many tools?

 

A.4B.3C.5D.2

ANS:3

33.a user sets the “treat rows as ” session property as “update” what is the effect of making this selection?

 

A.all records processed by the session will be treated as update statement on the target table provided that the primary key constraint exists on the corresponding target table definitionB.all records processed by the session will be treated as update statement on the target tableC.the session allowa us the sue of the update strategy transformation provide that one or more update strategy transformation are present in the mapping run by the sessionD. the session allowa us the sue of the update strategy transformation provide that one or more update strategy transformation are present in the mapping run by the session & provided that the primary key constraint exists on the corresponding target table definition

ANS:A

34.when you import the COBOL source in the source analyser how does the designer interpret each occurs clause?

A.it creates the different column for each occurs statement in the COLOB fileB.each occurs produce multiple output column for each column in the COBOL data setC.each occurs produce multiple unique identifier in the mapping pipeline, which may correspond to multiple rows or columns in the COBOL data setD.it has no effect

ANS:A

35.what you can do to improve session performance?

 

A.reduce the number of log events generated by the integration service when it run the sessionB.set tracing level to verbos dataC.do not set session tracing level to terseD.all of the listed options

ANS:A

36.the sql always returns one row for each input row in which of the following modes?

 

A.scriptB.queryC.outputD.input

ANS:A

 

37.where can you create a reusable task?

A.in task developer or workflow designerB.in task developerC. in task developer or workflow designer or the worklet designerD. in task developer or workflow designer or the worklet designer or session wizard

ANS:A

38.which of the following statement about DTM is incorrect?

 

A.retrieve and validate session information from the repositoryB.reads the parameter file and expandsworkflow variableC. verifies connection object permissionD.runs post-sessions stored procedure SQL and shell commands

ANS:A

 

39.can an active java transformation be converted into passive?

A.need to remove active transformation logic from code firstB.noC.yesD.yes, but reverse is not true

ANS:B

40.what are the threads that will be created when you start a session for execution?

 

A.reader thread and writer threadB.writer thread and transformation threadC. reader thread and transformation threadD.reader, writer and transformation thread

ANS:D

 

41.what happen in a router transformation when the filter condition for more than one output groups evalutes to true?

A.the router will pass the output data from all the output group where the expression is trueB.the roiuter will generate a transformation errorC.the router will pass the data from first output group where the expression is trueD. the router will pass the data from first output group where the expression is true & where the output port is mapped to another transformation

ANS:A

 

42.which statement is not true about bulk loading?

A.buk loading improves the performance of a session that insert a target amount of data to target databaseB. integration service invokes a database bulk utility and bypass the database logC.we can enable recovery by bulk loadingD. we can enable recovery by bulk loading when you load to DB2, Sybase, oracle or Microsoft SQL Server

ANS:C & D

43.what system variable can be used within a workflow?

A.workflow start timeB.session start time & workflow start timeC.sys date & workflow start timeD.session start time & sys date

ANS:C

44.what happen when you use $source in a stored procedure transformation and the pipeline contain multiple relational sources joined by a joiner transformation?

 

A.noneB.the session failsC.integration service uses different database connectionsD.DB server uses different database connection

ANS:B

45.which of the following is an optional JAVA transformation property?

 

A.is activeB. transformation scopeC.languageD.generate transactions

ANS:A

46.what are the different dispatch mode of load balancing?

A.adaptiveB.all listed optionsC.round robinD.metric based

ANS:B

47.what happen when transaction control expression evaluates to a value other then commit. Rollback or continue?

 

A.the integration service fails the sessionB. the integration service rollback the transactionC. the integration service does not perform any transaction changesD. the integration service commit the transaction

ANS:A

48.what happen if you edit reusable task instance in workflow designer?

 

A.you cannot edit the task instance of a reusable task in workflow designerB.task cannot be reusable, you can only create it inside workflowC. the original task definition changesD.the task definition remain unchanged in task developer

ANS:D

49.when 3 session are running in a parallel in a workflow and suspension is enabled what will be the status of the workflow when one of the task fails and other two are still running?

 

A.suspendingB.runningC.failedD.suspend

ANS:A

50.under what circumstances is it desirable to alter the datatype in the source qualifier?

 

A.to alter the way the source definition binds data when it is importing into the mappingB.when the precession required by the mapping is less then the precesion of the data stored in the table of flat file being read by the source qualifier

C.when the precision required by the mapping is greater than the D.never. The data type in the source qualifier and the corresponding sources must match

ANS:D

51.aggregator function that cannot be used in incremental aggregator?

 

1.percentage2.standard deviation3.variance4.count

A.2 4 & 1B.1 2 & 3C.2 4 & 3D.1 2 & 4

NOT CLEAR

 

52.by which of the following you access the data in informatica using the ODBC data source?

 

A.noneB.excelC.excel & SybaseD.flat files

ANS:C

53.you might use stored procedures to complete which of the following task?

 

A.determine if enough space exist in databaseB.drop and recreate indexesC.all of the listed optionsD.check the status of the target database

ANS:C

54.which of the following types of objects are visible in repository manager navigation window?

 

A.mapping, repository user,source & target definitionB.repository, source, target, mappingC.repository service, integration service, domain, folderD.source & target definition, integration service, nodes

ANS:B

 

55.what value of new lookup row specifies that integration service updates the row in the cache?A.0B.1C.2D.3

ANS:2

 

56.which of the following are true about recovering the workflow?

A.when you recover the workflow, integration service recover the entire workflow and continue running the workflow pathB. when you recover the workflow, integration service recover the failed session and restart the workflow pathC. when you recover the workflow, integration service recover the failed session and continue running the rest of the task in the workflow pathD. you cannot recover a workflow if it fails you need to abort it and restart

ANS:B

57.in which of the following operating modes an integration service can run?

 

A.normal & safeB.normal & exclusiveC.enabled & disabledD.enabled, disabled & exclusive

ANS:A

 

58.what will be the relationship b/w the code page and the informatica server, source & target?A.source & target code pages must be subsets of informatica serverB.informatica server and source code page must be subsets of targetsC.informatica server & target code pages must be subsets of source

D.none

ANS:A

 

59.metadata is stored in……………………….?

 

A.DBB.flat fileC.repositoryD.ODBC

ANS:A

 

60.following filter condition used in filterIIF(ISNULL(FIRST_NAME), TRUE,FALSE) All the rows having NULL as FIRST_NAME…………………………………..

 

A.this will give error at run time and the record will be logged in the session log fileB. will bw discardedC.the condition is invalidD.will be passed to the next transformation

ANS:D

Sample Test Questions Advanced Mapping Which of the following transformations may be unconnected in a valid mapping?Option Text

A. Lookup, stored procedure, external procedure

B. Lookup, stored procedure, java

C. Java, lookup, transaction control

D. Transaction control, java, lookup

Ans : AThe order in which the PowerCenter Integration Service encounters variable functions in the mapping may not be the same for every session run. Why should the SETCOUNTVARIABLE function be used only once in a pipeline? Option TextA. This may cause the SETCOUNTVARIABLE to set to

the value 0.B. This may cause inconsistent results when you use

the same variable function multiple times in a mapping

C. This may cause a runtime error in the session.D. This may cause a runtime error in the workflow

Ans: B

In the TO_CHAR (date) function, what do the format strings D, DD, and DDD produce? Option TextA. Character day of week, character day of month,

and character day of year respectivelyB. Day of week, day of month, and Julian date since

4713 B.C. 00:00:00 (midnight) respectivelyC. Each produces numerical day of weekD. Numerical day of week, day of month, and day of

year respectively

Ans :D

Mapping Design In a PowerCenter mapping, a database deadlock has been created. What are the results? Option TextA. The mapping immediately fails.B. The mapping fails after the

database resilience period has passed.

C. The mapping fails after sending a notification.

D. A database deadlock does not cause a failure.

Ans :B

Admin & Architecture Which PowerCenter component cannot be made Highly Available? Option TextA. PowerCenter

Repository ServiceB. PowerCenter

Integration ServiceC. PowerCenter

Reporting ServiceD. Gateway Node

Ans: C