IBM Cognos Real-time Monitoring Developer Sample Questions:

1. A data stream uses a query that returns a data set that contains the following fields: Order_id -- a unique row ID Num_Ordered -- the quantity of items contained in the orders Order_Timestamp -- time that the order was placed in the source systemA view containing a column measure named Order_Count is defined to be "mov_count(Order_ID, HOUR, 3, Order_Timestamp)" is created using this data stream. Which records from the data stream result set will be included in the Order_Count calculation?

A) order records processed within three hours of the current system time
B) order records processed where the Order_Timestamp of the record is within three hours of the most recent Order_Timestamp record in the view
C) order records processed where the Order_Timestamp of the record is within three hours of the current system time
D) order records processed where the Order Timestamp of the record is within three hours of the current system time for any order record in the view

2. A customerswitches from internal authentication to external LDAP authentication. They have an existing internal user "Bob" with a password "internal". They have another user named "Bob" in the external LDAP server with password "external". They synchronize the usersfrom the external LDAP server to Real-time Monitoring. Why is the customer unable to login with the username and password "Bob/external"?

A) Synchronization failed but the internal user Bob was deleted and no new external user was imported.
B) Synchronization failed as there was an existing internal user Bob in the metadata, so no new external user was imported.
C) Synchronization succeeded and the external user Bob was skipped because there was an existing internal user Bob in the metadata.
D) Synchronization succeeded and the external user Bob replaced the existing internal user Bob.

3. Real-time Monitoring (RTM) is used as a performance management tool in a call center. An alert with the agent name and agent code is generated when the performance of an agent is below a specified threshold value. Managers have requested that the alert message provide a link to the ERP system. The link should contain the agent code as a parameter in the URL. How would you accomplish this goal?

A) Use an external reportlet with a static parameter for the agent code.
B) Insert a direct link to the ERP system in thealert body.
C) Use an external reportlet with a dynamic parameter.
D) Use an external portlet with a dynamic parameter.

4. A customer has a database containing account information which is updated daily at 1:00 am. The updating process runs for about five minutes. How should the invalidation schedulefor a lookup table built on this data source be configured?

A) by invalidating at 1:15 am every day
B) by not specifying an invalidation schedule
C) by invalidating hourly every day
D) by invalidating at 1:00 am every day

5. In an event stream, the data stream query returns 100 total rows on the first polling, 200 rows on the second polling, and 50 rows on the third polling. The "Treat all rows in the result set as a single event" property is selected. If a stateless view is created (with all settings set to default) based on this data stream, how many rows will exist in that view after the third polling?

A) 50
B) 200
C) 1
D) 350

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