C2090-424

Number: C2090-424
Passing Score: 800
Time Limit: 120 min
File Version: 1.0

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Exam C

QUESTION 1
Assume you have before and after data sets and want to identify and process all of the changes between the two
data sets. Assuming data is properly partitioned and sorted, which of the following should be used?

A. Difference
B. Change Apply
C. Change Capture
D. Change Capture and Change Apply

Correct Answer: C
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https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.parjob.dev.doc/topic
s/c_deeref_Change_Capture_Stage.html

QUESTION 2
In the Masking Policy Editor in the Data Masking stage of your job, you have specified for a column containing
credit card numbers the Random Replacement masking policy. For the Copy option you have specified
"(1,2)(3,4)". What changes will be made to a credit card number, such as 6327664369, to mask it?

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A. Digits 1 through 2 and digits 3 through 4will be randomly changed. The rest of the digits will remain the
same.
B. Digits 1 through 2 and digits 3 through 4 will remain the same. The rest of the digits will be randomly
changed.
C. The 2 digits starting at digit 1 and the 4 digits starting at digit 3 will remain the same. The rest of the
digitswill be randomly changed.
D. The 2 digits starting at digit 1 and the 4 digits starting at digit 3 will be randomly changed. The rest of the
digits will remain the same.

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Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 3
What is the primary advantage of creating data rules within Information Analyzer as opposed to creating them
within the Data Rules stage?

A. Data rules cannot be created within the Data Rules stage. They must first be created in Information Analyzer
before they can be used in the Data Rules stage.
B. Rules created within Information Analyzer can be tested and debugged on non-operational data in a testing
environment before they are put into production.
C. Rulescreated in the DataStage Data Rules stage have to be compiled into an executable form before they can
be used.
D. The variables in rules created in DataStage Data Rules stage must first be bound to data columns or literals
before they can be run.

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 4
Which stages will require a schema file when runtime column propagation (RCP) is enabled? (Choose two.)

A. Data Set
B. Column Import
C. Internal Source
D. External Target
E. Make Subrecord

Correct Answer: BD
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Reference:
https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.parjob.dev.doc/topic
s/c_deeref_using_rcp_with_sequential_stages.html

QUESTION 5
Which of the following actions are available when editing a message handler?

A. Abort Job
B. Demote to warning
C. Promote to warning
D. Promote to informational

Correct Answer: C
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http://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_8.5.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.design.help.doc/topics
/editmessagehandlerswindow.html

QUESTION 6
The Lookup stage is one of three stages that join records based on the values of key columns. What are the other
stages? (Choose two.)

A. Join
B. Merge
C. Modify
D. Funnel
E. Difference

Correct Answer: AB
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https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.parjob.dev.doc/topic
s/c_deeref_Lookup_Stage.html

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QUESTION 7
Which type of data can be extracted using the Unstructured Data stage?

A. XML data
B. Microsoft Word data
C. Microsoft Excel data
D. BigInsights HDFS file data

Correct Answer: C
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https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.unstructureddatasta
ge.usage.doc/topics/uds_extract_data.html

QUESTION 8
Consider a customer with multiple environments, Development, Test and Production. Which statement is
TRUE?

A. Each environment must have a C++ compiler.

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QUESTION 9

A. It is not possible to revert to a previous version of a package.

B. A package can contain an improved version of a job which will replace the old one.

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 10
Which of the following is TRUE when using a data set created with a 4 node config file?

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A. Data sets are operating systemfiles

B. Data is stored in a non-persistent form
C. The data set control file holds all your data
D. A Data Set stage can have 1 input link and multiple output links

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 11
Which statement about restartable sequence jobs is TRUE?

A. If a restartable sequence aborts, it can be restarted from Director.

B. Choosing "Reset job" from Director will start the job where it left off.
C. Checkpoints are always added to every eligible Job Activity stage in the sequence.
D. There is no way to force a Job Activity stage to return if the sequence got beyond it.

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 12
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the DataStage job score?

A. It includes the operators automatically inserted at runtime

B. It helps to determine the number of actual operating system processes
C. It reports the amount of memory used by the inter-operatortransport buffers
D. It outlines the connection topology between adjacent operators and persistent data sets

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 13
Given this configuration file:
Which of the following describes the resulting behavior for a job consisting of Row Generator -> data set?

A. Conductor, section leader and player processes are executed on the server is1 and is2.
B. Conductor process is executed on the server is1. Section leader and Player processes are executed on the
server is2.
C. Conductor and section leader processes are executed on the server is1. Player processes are executed on the
server is2.
D. Conductor process and player processes are executed on the server is1. Section leader process is executed on
the server is2.

Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 14
Given this score:
It runs 3 processes on 2 nodes.
How does the job run?

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A. On two physical nodes and two logical nodes
B. On two physical nodes and single logical node
C. On a single physical node and two logical nodes
D. On a single physical node and single logical node

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 15
Which one of the following is an implicit data type conversion?

A. date -> char

B. char -> date
C. varchar -> char
D. char -> timestamp

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 16
Which of the following are valid stage options for a parallel DataStage job which uses a configuration file with
multiple nodes and a File Connector as a source running in parallel mode? (Choose two.)

A. Provide a specific file name in the file name property.

B. In the file name property, provide a file name with a wildcard that matches the existing file names.
C. Provide a specific file name in the file name property and select the option "Number of Readers Per Node" to
be greater than1.
D. Set the read method with specific file(s), set the Read From Multiple Nodes = yes, and provide the specific
file in the file property.
E. Set the read method with a file pattern and provide a file name with a wildcard that matches the existing file
names in the file pattern property.

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Correct Answer: CD
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QUESTION 17
Which statement about the ISD input stage is NOT TRUE?

A. A job must have zero or one ISD input stages

B. A job with an ISD input stage must have an ISD output stage
C. Buffer size and timeout values can be supplied as job parameters
D. Text over JMS binding is only available if you are using Network Deployment

Correct Answer: D
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Reference:
https://www-
01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.infoservdir.user.doc/topi
cs/t_isd_user_configuring_wisd_input_stage.html

QUESTION 18
In order to collect operational metadata, you must do which of the following?

A. Enable "Generate operational metadata" in the Execution tab of the job properties using the Designer client
B. Enable "Generate operational metadata" in the General tab of the project properties using the Director client
C. Enable "Record job performance data" in the General tab of the project properties using the Administrator
client
D. Enable "Generate operational metadata" in the General tab of the Job Run Options dialog box in the Director
client

Correct Answer: C
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aclref_Capturing_Process_Meta_Data.html

QUESTION 19
Which statement is TRUE about Balanced Optimization?

A. Balanced Optimization is installed with InfoSphere DataStage.

B. BalancedOptimization creates a parameter set called BalOpJA QUESTION LParams in the underlying project
if it does not exist.
C. Balanced Optimization will change or optimize machine configurations, InfoSphere DataStage
configurations, database configurations, or HDFS configurations.
D. Balanced optimizations are performed in a priority order. When there is ambiguity (for example, some
processing could be performed either in a source or target database) processing is pushed into database sources.

Correct Answer: D
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https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.parjob.dev.doc/topic
s/whatbalanceoptimizationdoestoyourjobs.html

QUESTION 20
To run multiple copies of the same job within Director, which of the following must be supplied?

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A. Job name
B. Invocation ID
C. Parameter values
D. Username and password

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Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 21
Which statement about looping in sequences is TRUE?

A. The Start Loop stage only supports numeric loops

B. Numeric loops must increment by one unless you supply a parameter
C. The current loop counter value can be passed to the stages in the loop
D. The compiler will insert an End Loop as the last stage in the sequence if one is omitted

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 22
Which of the following environment variables can help in verifying whether data is evenly partitioned across all
nodes?

A. $OSH_PRINT_SCHEMAS
B. $APT_RECORD_COUNTS
C. $APT_PARTITION_COUNT
D. $APT_DEBUG_OPERATOR

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 23

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Which of the following is TRUE about Transformer Stage when
$APT_TRANSFORM_COMPILE_OLD_NULL_HANDLING is set?

A. A Modify Operator is inserted at run time before a Transformer stage to handle null values
B. If an input column that is used in the derivation expression of an output column contains a null value, then the
resulting output column contains a null.
C. If an input column that is used in the derivation expression of an output column contains a null value, then
that row will be dropped or, if a reject link had been defined, rejected
D. If an input column that is used in the derivation expression of an output columncontainsa null value, then the
resulting output column will be calculated ignoring the Null value.

Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 24
Which of the following is the default data type for the Aggregator stage during calculation?

A. Integer
B. Double
C. VarChar
D. Decimal

Correct Answer: B
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https://datastage4u.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/the-aggregator-stage-datastage/

QUESTION 25
Which of the following is TRUE about working with assets and artifacts?

A. Rational Team Connect is not supported at all

B. Information Server Manager has no logging capability

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C. You cannot lock and unlock assets in Rational Team Concert, regardless of tool used
D. You must import the source control project into your own source control workspace in Information Server
Manager before you can submit assets

Correct Answer: D
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https://www-
01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.deploy.help.doc/topi
cs/importmanproj.html

QUESTION 26
Which is NOT a valid native operator for OSH?

A. Sort
B. Copy
C. Import
D. Generator

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 27
A job consist of Sequential File Stage -> Copy Stage using auto partitioning -> Sequential File stage. We need
the target Sequential File stage rows to be in the same order as the source file. Which collection algorithm should
be chosen in the target Sequential File stage?

A. Auto
B. Same
C. Round robin
D. Sorted merge

Correct Answer: D

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QUESTION 28
Which restructure stage has a single reject link?

A. Split Vector
B. Column Import
C. Make Subrecord
D. Combine Records

Correct Answer: D
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http://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_8.5.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.parjob.dev.doc/topics/
c_deeref_Column_Import_Stage.html

QUESTION 29
Which of the following will run the DataStage job in the Unix environment for the domain is1:9445, server is1
for the user srv_etl?

A. dsjob -domain is1:9445 -server is1 -user srv_etl -run dstage1jTest101

B. dsjob -domain is1:9445 -server is1 -userid srv_etl -password {iisenc}infosphere -run dstage1 jTest101
C. dsjob -domain is1:9445 -server is1 -username srv_etl -password iisenc_infosphere -run dstage1 jTest101
D. dsjob -domain is1:9445 -server is1 -user srv_etl -password {iisenc}
QHw0Q6i1zBuHhM3HcHPQrw= = -run dstage1 jTest101

Correct Answer: B
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ing_metadata_into_staging_area.html

QUESTION 30
How do you create a shared table definition from the DataStage client?

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A. Use the save button on the columns tab of the stage editor
B. Use the shared table creation wizard from the repository window
C. Do nothing. They are created automatically when table definitions are imported
D. It cannot be done within the DataStage client. Use the InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager (IMAM) utility
instead.

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 31
When building an UPDATE statement in SQL Query builder, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Predicates cannot refine what rows are updated

B. Table(s) referenced must have table definitions imported previously
C. Column values can be job parameters or input columns but not expressions
D. Columns to update must be selected individually from the column selection grid

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 32
You are experiencing performance issues for a given job. You are assigned the task of understanding what is
happening at run time for that job. What steps should you take to understand the job performance issues?
(Choose two.)

A. Use the resource estimation tool

B. Use the performance analysis tool
C. Replace Join stages by Lookup stages
D. Run the job with $APT_TRACE_RUN set to true
E. Run the job with $APT_DUMP_SCORE set to true

Correct Answer: BE
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QUESTION 33
Your job consists of a DB2 Connector stage followed by a Sort stage followed by a Transformer stage followed
by another DB2 Connector stage.
The following two Balanced Optimizer options have been selected:
- Push processing to data sources
- Push processing to data targets
The following two Balanced Optimizer options have NOT been selected:
- Push data reduction processing to data targets
- Push all processing into the(target)data server
Assuming the job design allows for maximum optimization, what does the optimized job design look like?

A. Row Generator stage followed by a DB2 Connector stage

B. DB2 Connector stage followed by a DB2 Connector stage
C. DB2 stage followed by a Transformer stage followed by a DB2 Connector stage
D. DB2 Connector stage followed by a Sort stage followed by a Transformer stage followed by another DB2
Connector stage

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 34
Which of the following is an FTP Collection method?

A. Hash
B. Same
C. Random
D. Sort Merge

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 35
Which of the following will determine the running row number within a group?

A. Insert an Aggregator stage, hashing on the key column, prior to the Transformer stage
B. Use a Surrogate Key Generator stage to generate the running row number prior to the Transformer stage
C. Use a Remove Duplicates stage prior to the Transformer stage based on the key column, with the Duplicate
set to retain = last option
D. Use a Sort stage prior to the Transformer stage based on the key break column. Then, use the
LastRowinGroup() function to determine the last row in a group

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 36
Which of the following statements about checkpoint/restart is TRUE?

A. The parallel framework does not support checkpoints inside jobs

B. You must set the environment variable $APT_DISABLE_COMBINATION to TRUE

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C. To perform checkpoint inside a parallel job, selectthecheckpoint option in each stage
D. If the checkpoint/restart is turned on for a sequence job, all components of this sequence job must perform
checkpoint recording

Correct Answer: A
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Reference:
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nfosphere+checkpoint/restart+parallel+framework+does+not+support+checkpoints+inside+jobs&s
ource=bl&ots=KUEtZqtgCe&sig=cN-tkK9MAbllyhSzX5yvFTiq-
ZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitq9rqnKLJAhUEJJQKHb6pD6QQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=info
sphere%20checkpoint%2Frestart%20parallel%20framework%20does%20not%20support%20che
ckpoints%20inside%20jobs&f=false

QUESTION 37
When you read or write to a sequential file, and wish to have a value be identified with DataStage as NULL,
which of the following is the correct option?

A. Set format's fill char option using the value

B. Set string type default option using the value
C. Set format's null field value option using the value
D. Set $APT_IMPEXP_REJECT_NULLS using the value

Correct Answer: B
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https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.serverjob.dev.doc/to
pics/r_dsvjbref_Defining_Sequential_File_Output_Data.html

QUESTION 38
Which partitioning method requires a key?

A. Entire
B. Same

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C. Range
D. Random

Correct Answer: B
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https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.parjob.dev.doc/topic
s/r_deeref_Partitioning_Tab_difference_stage.html(third para)

QUESTION 39
Record Count property is set to zero in Connector stage. How many rows are written out?

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A. All Rows
B. One Row
C. Zero Rows
D. 2000 Rows

Correct Answer: A
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01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_8.7.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.conn.db2db.help.doc/topi
cs/props_input_db2.html?lang=en

QUESTION 40
Which statement is TRUE?

A. The configuration file needs to be copied to all processing nodes

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B. The configuration file needs to be copied to the conductor nodes and all processing nodes
C. The configuration file needs to be copied to all nodes to which the parallel engine has been configured
D. The configuration file only needs to be copied to the conductor nodes from which parallel engine applications
are started

Correct Answer: D
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01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.parjob.dev.doc/topic
s/c_deeref_The_Default_Path_Name_and_the_APT_CONFIG_FILE.html

QUESTION 41
Which of the following is the correct schema format for a Time column?

A. record (tField:time[hour:minute:second];)
B. record (tField:nullable time[];)
C. record (tField:time[seconds];)
D. record (tField:time[microseconds];)

Correct Answer: C
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s/r_deeref_Time_Columns.html

QUESTION 42
Which statement about shared containers is TRUE?

A. A shared container is an independently compiled unit

B. A local container can be converted to a shared container
C. A shared container can be converted to a local container
D. A container cannot be created by selecting a group of stages and links in a job

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Correct Answer: B
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https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.design.doc/topics/t_
ddesref_Converting_Containers.html
NOTE: Both B and C are correct according to the reference provided above.

QUESTION 43
A job is designed with 3 Join stages in sequence. Join_1 keys are "Account", "Customer" and "PO_Date"
Join_2 keys are "Account", "Customer" and "Txn" Join_3 keys are "Account", "Product_CD" and "Txn"
Which of the following will lead to the best run time performance?

A. Left links are Hash partitioned on "Account" for all joins Right links are Hash partitioned on "Account" for
all joins
B. Both left and right links are Hash partitioned as follows: Join_1 by "Account", "Customer" and "PO_Date"
Join_2 by "Account", "Customer" and "Txn" Join_3 by "Account", "Product_CD" and "Txn"
C. Both left and right links are Hash partitioned as follows: Join_1 by "Account" and "Customer"
Join_2 by "Account" and "Customer" Join_3 by "Account"
D. Left links are Hash partitioned on "Account" for the first two joins and on "Product_CD" for the third.
Right links are Hash partitioned on "Account" for all joins

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 44
You want to retain the record with the largest value in the TotalAmount column for each CustID and
ProductType using a Remove Duplicates stage. How can this be accomplished?

A. Hash partition onTotalAmount. Sort on CustID, ProductType and TotalAmount

B. Hash partition on ProductType. Sort on CustID, ProductType and TotalAmount
C. Hash partition on CustID and ProductType. Sort on CustID, ProductType and TotalAmount
D. Hash partition on CustID, ProductType and TotalAmount. Sort on CustID, ProductType and TotalAmount

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Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 45
Which client Tool is used to export environment variables from a Project?

A. InfoSphere DataStage Director

B. InfoSphere DataStage Manager
C. InfoSphere DataStage Designer
D. InfoSphere DataStage Administrator

Correct Answer: D
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https://www-
01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.productization.iisinfsv.m
igrate.doc/topics/a_merging_ds_settings_files.html

QUESTION 46
What COBOL data type is defined by Decimal data within the Complex Flat File stage?

A. COMP
B. COMP-1
C. COMP-2
D. COMP-3

Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 47
Which of the following locations will allow you to obtain a job's runtime logs? (Choose two.)

A. Designer
B. ISManager
C. Workload Manager
D. Operations Console
E. Performance Monitor

Correct Answer: CE
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QUESTION 48
In order to use Cognos TM1 Connector, which statement is TRUE?

A. Installing the Cognos TM1 API component alone is sufficient.

B. Import the IBM Cognos TM1 certificate and create a property file that stores truststore password
C. Install the Cognos TM1 API component and create a property file that storestruststore password
D. Install theCognos TM1 API component and import the IBM Cognos TM1 certificate and create a property file
that stores truststore password

Correct Answer: D
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01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.conn.tm1.usage.doc/top
ics/tm1_installing_configuring.html

QUESTION 49
Your job aggregates data before writing the results out to a DB2 table. You have since learned that this job will
be required to aggregate very large amounts of data. To ensure high performance you create a new, non-default
configuration file for the job that defines a node pool named "highperfnodes" that includes only nodes with very

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high processing power. What additional design changes do you need to make to the job to ensure that it
aggregates the data using the "highperfnodes" pool? (Choose two.)

A. Select the "highperfnodes" pool in the Execution tab of the Job Properties window
B. Add the $APT_CONFIG_FILE environment variable as an additional job parameter
C. Add a Sort stage before the Aggregator stage to sort the data before the data is aggregated
D. Change properties in the Aggregator stage to force it to use the nodes in the appropriate pool
E. Change properties in the Aggregator stage to force it to use the new non-default configuration file

Correct Answer: AD
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QUESTION 50
Parallel job column definitions have an SQL type associated with them. Which of the following is TRUE?

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A. Use the SQL type when specifying a schema via a file

B. The SQL type is what the parallel job data set understands
C. Use the Parallel tab of the Edit Column Meta Data dialog box to view the SQL type
D. The SQL type is mapped to an underlying data type that the parallel job data set understands

Correct Answer: C
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Reference:
https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_9.1.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.parjob.dev.doc/topics/
c_deeref_Data_Types.html

QUESTION 51

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A Parameter Set is a named object that can contain which of the following?

A. Multiple parameters and only one value file

B. Only one parameter and only one value file
C. Multiple parameters and multiple value files
D. Only one parameter and multiple value files

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 52
Which Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) stage statement is TRUE?

A. Surrogate keys are used to join a dimension table to a fact table in a normalized schema database
B. Each SCD stage processes multiple dimensions and performs lookups by using an equality matching
C. Purpose codes are part of the table metadata that the SCD stage propagates to the dimension insert link.
D. Actual dimensions changes are applied to the lookup table in memory and are mirrored to the dimension
update link

Correct Answer: B
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Reference:
https://www-
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s/c_parjdev_Slowly_Changing_Dimension_Stage.html

QUESTION 53
Which of the following is NOT a valid use of stage variables?

A. Storing values to be used in both derivations and constraints

B. Storing values that can be referenced by name in downstream stages
C. Storing values from one row to compare with values in the next row read

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D. Storing the result on an expression to be used in multiple output columns

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 54
By default, how much internal memory does the Sort use per partition?

A. 10MB
B. 20MB
C. 25MB
D. 30MB

Correct Answer: B
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Reference:
https://datastage4u.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/sorting-in-datastage/

QUESTION 55
The encrypt.sh or the encrypt.bat script can be used to do which of the following?

A. Secure sensitive personal data

B. To set up credentials files used by the dsjob command
C. Assisting in decoding encrypted rows of input during debugging
D. Assisting in preparing encrypted rows of output during job execution

Correct Answer: D
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https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.conn.filecon.usage.doc/

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topics/filecon_t_enable_ssl_connect.html

QUESTION 56
The APT_SubProcessOperator is used for what purpose?

A. It allows you to incorporate a third-party executable into the framework

B. It provides the capability to break predefined operatorsinto sub processes
C. It provides the capability to define custom operators at the sub process level
D. It allows you to incorporatecomposite operators, which contain more than one operator

Correct Answer: A
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Reference:
https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.pxop.dev.doc/topics/
creatingopers.html

QUESTION 57
Which one of the following stages requires a schema file when using Runtime Column Propagation?

A. Modify Stage
B. Data Set Stage
C. Transformer Stage
D. Sequential File Stage

Correct Answer: D
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Reference:
https://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ds.parjob.dev.doc/topic
s/c_deeref_using_rcp_with_sequential_stages.html

QUESTION 58
Which one of the following is NOT an XML Pack stage?

A. XMLInput

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B. XML Output
C. XML Connector
D. XML Transformer

Correct Answer: C
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Reference:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-1103datastages/

QUESTION 59
Archive files can contain assets from multiple exports of multiple tools. When importing into a project from an
archive file with the istool command, which order of asset types below would yield the best performance?

A. Users and groups, Common metadata, InfoSphere

DataStage and QualityStage assets, Reports,
Custom attributes for InfoSphere Information Covernance Catalog
B. Common metadata,
Users and groups,
Custom attributes for InfoSphere Information Governance
Catalog, InfoSphere DataStageand QualityStage assets, Reports
C. Common metadata, Users and groups, Custom attributes for
InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog, InfoSphere
Data Stage and QualityStage assets
D. Users and groups, Common metadata, InfoSphere
DataStage and QualityStage assets,
Custom attributes for InfoSphere Information Governance
Catalog, Reports

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 60
In your project there is a top level Sequencer job which has multiple sub sequencers and jobs. You have to move

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this Sequencer job to a new project. How do you determine which objects have to be exported?

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A. Select top level sequencer job and click on "Export" option

B. Select top level sequencer job and click on "Find dependencies" option
C. Select top level sequencer job and click on "Find dependencies (deep)" option
D. Select top level sequencer job and click on "Edit->Job Properties -> Dependencies"

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 61
For very large records, you may need to set the following environment variable with an appropriate value in
order to allow the job to run successfully:

A. $APT_MONITOR_SIZE
B. $APT_RECORD_COUNTS
C. $APT_DISABLE_COMBINATION
D. $APT_DEFAULT_TRANSPORT_BLOCK_SIZE

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 62
Which of the following is TRUE?

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A. The Modify stage can keep or drop records
B. The DB2 Connector stage can have, at most, one input link
C. The Copy stage can be used for implicit data type conversions
D. When runtime column propagation is enabled, you can use output mapping on a stage to rename or drop
columns

Correct Answer: D
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Reference:
https://www-
01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_9.1.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.conn.oracon.usage.doc/t
opics/r_runtime_column_propagation.html(Useage).

QUESTION 63
Which Connector Stage doesn't support reject Link

A. DB2 Connector
B. ODBC Connector
C. Oracle Connector
D. Netezza Connector

Correct Answer: B
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Reject links are not supported by any connectivity source stage. This includes the Px Sybase, Px ODBC, Px
DB2Z, Px Classic Federation stages,Px DB2and Px Oracle stages.

QUESTION 64
Select the correct command to reset a password to Info1234 for user srv_etl in the Information Server internal
registry, in the Unix environment.

A. iisAdmin.sh -user srv_etl -password Info1234

B. iisAdmin.sh -user -userid srv_etl -password Info1234
C. SessionAdmin.sh -user -userid srv_etl -password Info1234

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D. DirectoryAdmin.sh -user -userid srv_etl -password Info1234

Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 65
Which of the following statements about real time job design is TRUE?

A. DSJobInvocationId is not required for the target sequential file.

B. A non-Multiple Instance DataStage job can be activated for ISD service.
C. A DataStage job must have an ISD Input stage, but an ISD Output stage is not required.
D. The Information Services Director server starts job instances on one or more DataStage servers for load
balancing and scalability.

Correct Answer: D
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Reference:
https://www-
01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.infoservdir.user.doc/topi
cs/c_isd_user_ds_qs_job_topologies.html(See 2nd paragraph).

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