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Exam : IBM COG-122

Title : IBM Certified Cognos 8 BI

Administrator exam

Version : R6.1


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1. What can an administrator create to ensure that multiple users do not have to enter database credentials

when they run reports?

A. Signon

B. Single signon

C. Collation sequence

D. Connection sequence

Answer:A

2. When creating the following Cognos 8 data sources, which one requires specifying a local path or a

network path?

A. Cognos Planning - Contributor

B. Cognos PowerCube

C. XML

D. SAP BW

Answer: B

3. From within Cognos Connection, what must an administrator deploy to move an entire Cognos 8

application into a new and empty environment?

A. Content store

B. Public Folders

C. Cognos namespace

D. Content manager

Answer:A

4. When an administrator exports entries from Cognos 8, what file gets created?

A. Content store file

B. Object extract file

C. Deployment archive file

D. Configuration export file

Answer: C


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5. The Report Upgrade task in Cognos Connection provides options for upgrading report specifications.

Which of the following is one option?

A. By folder

B. By role

C. By group

D. By namespace

Answer:A

6. An administrator wants to show the folder hierarchy of Cognos Connection in a portlet. Which portlet

must the administrator use?

A. Cognos Viewer

B. Cognos Search

C. Cognos Navigator

D. Cognos Extended Applications

Answer: C

7. Why would an administrator want to copy a user profile?

A. The user was deleted using a third-party authentication provider.

B. The administrator wants to copy trusted credentials for multiple users.

C. The user has changed names and the administrator is setting up an account in the new name.

D. The user requires enhanced security permissions before logging on to Cognos 8 for the first time.

Answer: C

8. An administrator creates a shortcut that points to an invoice report. What happens if the invoice report is

renamed?

A. The shortcut contains the original name and can be used to view the latest output before the report was

renamed.

B. The shortcut contains the original name and no longer works because the link to the report is broken.

C. Cognos Connection automatically updates the report name in the shortcut, and the shortcut remains fully


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functional.

D. Cognos Connection automatically deletes the shortcut.

Answer: B

9. A user must be able to only view the contents of the Americas Inventory folder. What permissions must

be granted to the user for the folder?

A. Write

B. Execute

C. Traverse

D. Set policy

Answer:C

10. Before sending a report by email, where must the administrator specify the mail server account?

A. Cognos Connection

B. Cognos Administration

C. Framework Manager

D. Cognos Configuration

Answer: D

11. An administrator wants to email a report to a recipient; however, this recipient is not part of the Cognos

security system. What can the administrator create in Cognos Administration?

A. Role

B. User

C. Signon

D. Contact

Answer: D

12. In Cognos Connection, how can an administrator specify different prompt values and run options for a

report without modifying the report itself?

A. Schedule a report.


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B. Create a report view.

C. Produce a report output.

D. Burst a report.

Answer: B

13. Where must an administrator set up package-based drill-through?

A. Analysis Studio

B. Cognos Connection

C. Framework Manager

D. Cognos Configuration

Answer:B

14. An administrator has set up drill-through access in a package to run the target Query Studio report. By

default, what happens when a user clicks the drill-through link?

A. The report runs in Cognos Viewer.

B. The most recent report output is shown.

C. The report runs and opens for editing in Query Studio.

D. The user is prompted to run or edit the report.

Answer:A

15. When an administrator sets up package-based drill-through, what does the scope represent?

A. The format of the drill-through target report.

B. The source report or analysis for the drill-through.

C. The target report in the drill definition that is shown to the user.

D. The Run options for the target report.

Answer: C

16. Which statement describes Cognos 8 BI architecture?

A. Communication between components is SOAP on HTTP Protocol.

B. The BIBus is the communication tier of the Cognos 8 BI architecture.


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C. The two-tiered architecture is component based and typically separated by firewalls.

D. The content manager consists of a set of protocols governing communication among Cognos BI

services.

Answer:A

17. Which is a function of the first tier in the Cognos 8 BI architecture?

A. Authenticate users to the correct namespace.

B. Pass requests to a Cognos 8 BI dispatcher for processing.

C. Render the Cognos Connection and Metric Studio interfaces.

D. Start Cognos 8 BI services configured and enabled on a computer.

Answer:B

18. Which service is responsible for generating an HTML page?

A. Job service

B. Report service

C. Delivery service

D. Content Manager service

Answer: B

19. What is true about servlets and services?

A. The Content Manager and dispatcher servlets run within the Java servlet container configured for

Cognos 8.

B. If a service fails, users get email notification.

C. The report service and batch report service run within the Java servlet container.

D. The report service and batch report service are Java-based applications.

Answer:A

20. What is one of the purposes of Tomcat in the Cognos 8 BI environment?

A. Acts as a Java servlet container for the report and batch report services.

B. Monitors the dispatcher and all user requests are lost upon failure.


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C. Monitors the Cognos 8 service and restarts the service upon failure.

D. Acts as a Java servlet container for the presentation service.

Answer: D

21. Which statement is true about the definition of the Application tier?

A. The Application tier hosts the dispatcher and content manager that reside in a servlet container.

B. The Application tier hosts the dispatcher, which includes the Cognos Application Firewall and Access

Manager.

C. The Application tier hosts the BI server and the content store.

D. The Application tier hosts the content manager, which contains data such as a report specification,

Cognos namespace, and so on.

Answer:A

22. When installing and configuring a standby Content Manager, what must the administrator do to ensure

failover?

A. Configure the content store to know the location of all standby Content Managers.

B. Install the first standby Content Manager on the machine with the highest processor speed.

C. Ensure that services are started on the machines hosting the standby Content Managers before they are

started on the machine hosting the default active Content Manager.

D. Configure authentication providers the same way on all machines hosting Content Managers.

Answer: D

23. When the user is accessing a report on a remote computer, what configuration must be made to avoid a

Cognos Application Firewall error?

A. Anonymous Access must be set to false.

B. The third-party VSS checking must be enabled.

C. The Cognos Application Firewall must be enabled on an internal dispatcher.

D. The name of the remote computer must be added to the list of valid domain or hosts.

Answer: D


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24. Below is a partial diagram of the processing that occurs when a user launches saved output in Cognos

Connection and views it in Cognos Viewer. At the level of the dispatcher, which of the Cognos 8 services is

used to process the request?

A. Report service

B. Presentation service

C. Batch report service

D. Delivery service

Answer: B

25. Which of the following is true regarding the Cognos 8 gateway?

A. The gateway can be configured to send requests directly to the Content Manager.

B. For failover, the gateway can be configured to know the location of multiple dispatchers.

C. When more than one dispatcher is available, the gateway can automatically balance the load of requests

by sending them to any dispatcher.

D. If the gateway is installed on a machine that is separate from where other Cognos 8 components are

installed, the services for the gateway must be started first.

Answer: B

26. Computer 1 is set up as a gateway.

Computer 2 is set up as a report server.

Computer 3 is set up as a report server and a failover content manager.

Computer 4 is set up as the default content manager.

Where does the administrator need to disable anonymous access?

A. Computers 1, 2, and 3 only

B. Computers 3 and 4 only

C. Computers 2 and 3 only

D. Computer 4 only


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Answer: B




Computer 4 is set up as a content manager.

To avoid performance downgrades as a result of many users running reports interactively, which of the

following configurations will achieve improved performance for report processing?

A. Disable the report service and batch report service on Computer 2.

B. Disable the presentation service on Computer 2.

C. Disable the report service on Computer 3.

D. Disable the presentation service on Computer 4.

Answer: B




Computer 4 is set up as a content manager.

When configuring, why must the administrator configure and start services for the machine hosting the

content manager first?

A. To ensure that the Gateway URI property is specified on the content manager computer before the

dispatcher is configured and services started.

B. To ensure that the certificate authority service is available to issue certificates to other computers in the

distributed installation.

C. To ensure that the BI server can connect to the underlying reporting data sources.

D. To ensure that the Dispatcher URIs for gateway property is specified on the content manger computer

before the dispatcher is configured and services started.

Answer: B

29. Which is a valid option for load balancing requests across report servers?


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