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The document contains a series of questions and answers related to Cognos V11.1.X, covering topics such as report layout components, visualization types, query performance techniques, and dashboard functionalities. It addresses various functionalities and best practices for using Cognos Analytics, including data modeling, report scheduling, and user interactions. The content is structured as a quiz format, testing knowledge on the software's features and capabilities.

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COGNOS V11.1.

10. What is a Layout component reference intended to do in a report?

A. Allow pinned objects to be displayed in a report.

B. Allow reuse of Active Report components with other Active Reports.

C. Allow consumers to use report objects in Dashboards and Explorations.

D. Allow for the reuse of report objects between and within reports for consistency

This type of visualization is similar to a stacked column visualization. It shows data through varying heights and
includes an added dimension of data through varying column widths. The width of the columns is based on the
value that is assigned to the width data slot. Individual segment height is a percentage of the respective column
total value. Which type of visualization is this?

A. Treemap

B. Waterfall

C. Marimekko

D. Network

Which two techniques can result in slower query performance?

A using calculations in filters

B. using calculations in a join

C. using common functions in place of database functions

D. using aggregated tables

E. enabling the Interactive Performance Assistant (IPA)

A Dimensionally Modelert Relational (DMR) model created in Framework Mariager provides an OLAP type user
experence. Dimensional information is defined through which three of the following?

A. Measure Dimensions

B. Parameter maps

C. Query Subjects

D. Dimensional Queries

E. Regular Dimensions

F. Scope Relationships
in a report, what must first be done to create a Master detail relationship using queries that referens: two different
dimensional data sources?

A. Link the members by aliasing the levels that contain the members.

B. Create a single query containing all required fields.

C. Ensure that the cardinality defining the parent-child relationship is an inner join

D. Ensure that the parent container's Data property contains the linking query items.

What is a Related Visualization in a Cognos Exploration?

A. a term used to describe the spacing and distance between visualization objects on a dashboard

B. a specialis! tree diagram used to depict ancestry

C. a set of visualizations in context that are displayed in the interface and generated by Al to aid the user

D. a list of custom visualizations available to the end user within the Exploration interface

Which two data source protocols are used by Dynamic Qur Query Mode natively?

A. OIDC

B. ODBC

C. JDBC

D. RDBMS Native connectors

E . XML A

in a report, what must first be done to create a Master detail relationship using queries that reterence two different
dimensional cata sources?

A. Link the members by aliasing the levels that contain the members.

B. Create a single query containing all required fields

C. Ensure that the cardinality defining the parent child relationship is an inner join.

D. Ensure that the parent container's Data property contains the linking query items.

A Dimensionally Modeled Relational (DMR) mudel created in Framework Manager provides an OLAP lype user
experience. Dimensional Information is defined through which three of the following?

A Measure Dimensions

B. Parameter maps

C. Query Subjects

D. Dimensional Queries

E. Regular Dimensions
F. Scope Relationships

Which two techniques can result in siower query performance?

A using calculations in filters

B. using calculations in a join

C using common tunctions in place of database functions

D using aggregated tables

E enabling the Interactive Performance Assistant (IPA)

This type of visualization is similar to a stacked column visualization. It shows data ihrough varying heights and indudes
an added dimension of data through varying column widths. The width of the columns is based on the value that is
assigned to the width data siol Individual segment height is a percentage of the respective column total value.
Which type of visualization is this?

A. Treemap

B. Waterfall

C. Marimekko

D. Network

Wha tis a Layout componente reference intended to do in a report?

A. Allow consumers to use report objects in Dashboards and Explorations.


B. Allow reuse of Active Report componentes with Other active Reports.
C. Allow pinned objects to be displayed in a report
D. Allow for the reuse of report objects between and within reports for consistency and efficiency

When developing a report , which of the following query operations can be defined?

A. Intersect, Join, Union, Minus


B. Merge, Join, Union, Intersect
C. Union, Join, Manual SQL
D. Join, Union, Intersect, Except

Where can the SQL for all queries be viewed in a multi-query report?

A. Under the More button, ‘Show generated SQL/MDX’


B. In the audit logs
C. On the report Properties, ‘Show JDBC Calls’
D. On the query Properties, ‘Show queries’
Which of the following are valid Drill-through targets in a report?

A. Target Report, Pae set, Bookmark


B. Target Report, Bookmark, Label
C. Dashboard, Target Report, Table of Contents
D. Target Report, Label, Page set

A user has uploaded two Excel files, one with Account niams' and 'Account code ant the other with Sales", "Montic anil
Account code What would a developer do to allow the end user to create a das ticard chart showing Sales by
Month for the top ten accounts?

A Create a Date Module joining the files casing the 'Account code with a catdiraitity of one to many (one Account
name with many Sales)

B Create Framework Manager modet joining the files using the "Account code with a cardinality of one to many (one
Account name with many Sales)

C. Create a Data Module joining the files using the Account code with a cardinality of one to many (one Sales with
many Accounts)

D Greate a Master detail report with the master section being the account names, key being the account codes and
details being the Sales by month then save as a Cogrios Analytics data set for the end user dashboard

Why might a prompi imacro expression be found in a Query calculation in a report Oata item?

A. to filter the results of the Query based on the prompt values selected at runtime

B. to allow a Data itern to be referenced more livan one time in a single query

C. to pass static values from a prompt Into the Query's filter expression at runtime

D. to dynamically alter the query generated based on a Data item chosen through a prompt at runtime

Which statement is true regarding Insights in dashboards?

A. A user must be an administrator to be able to set default properties for Insights

B. A user cannot control which Insights are turned on or off by default.

C. A user can control which Insights are turned on or off.

D Insights can be defaulted on the Dashboard property sheet.


What is the purpose of using a render variable in a report?

A. to set a condition that decides it a report object should be displayed at runtime

B to control the color formatting of a chart based on a condition

C. to ensure the SQL for all data ohjects is always generaled

D. to set a condition that modities the render size of a visualization at runtime but not before

To display HTML report output directly in the body of an emailed report, which of the following is required in the
delivery options pane?

Options:

A. Select "Attach the report" and leave the email body blank.

B. Select "Save report".

C. In the email body, choose "Display a report" and follow the dialog box instructions

D. Select "Include a link to the report’’

What is an animation in a Cognos Analytics Story?

A. a developer's pototyping tool for story creation

B. the animation used for the entrance or exit of a widget

C. Ine animated icons used in the Cognos Analytics interface

D. an animated gif used to "bring the story to life"

To change the text item in a list column tittle or the data in the column body of a list object in a report, what first
needs to happen?

A. Select the cell and change the Box Type to None

B. Click on the Lock Page Objects icon to unlock the report.

C. Select the cell and change the data format.

D. Select one of the cells and from the menu click Select Columns Style or Select Columns body style.
The developer has added multiple packages to a report. Which of the following is lue?

A A query can only reference one package

B. The last package added is set as the default

C. Set operations are enabled

D. Drill-through is enabled across packages

Which statement is true when setting up a page in a Dashboard?

A. Absolute positioning results in one large ares that is divided into sections.

B. If a developer chooses absolute layout positioning, the objects retain their size and position, regardless of the
screen size of the device on which they are being viewed.

C. Select absolute layout positioning if you want the size and position of visualizations to adjust to fit into the screen
size of the devi on which they are being viewed

D. If a developer chooses relative layout positioning, the objects do not adjust their size and position, their relation to
each other, amount of data they show depending on the screen size of the device on which they are being viewed.

Which statement is true for selecting columns/fields from a different data asset within a dashboard?

A. A user can use data from more than one data asset in their dashboard.

B. Columns/Fields cannot be formatted once they have been added to a visualization.

C. A calculated measure from one data asset can be used in a visualization that uses a different data assel.

D A user can use data from two different data assets to build a visualization.

A developer creates a visualization with a forecast in a dashboard. What does the 95% confidence bounds mean?

A the forecast is a 95% improvement on last year

B the forecast is a 5% periou-on-period decrease on the last actual value

C. a growing funnet showing 95% of the actual data

D. there is a 95% confidence that the true value lies within that range
Whuil property needs to be set to ensure that any JavaScript and Prompt APIs are executed when a report is run as
HTML?

A Ensure Enable bidirectional support is checked

B Guided report layout is checked

C. Enable drill up and drill down in the report output

D. Run with full interactivity is set to No

A developer selects 'New table' in a data module and then the option to Create a copy of a table. Why would the
developer n this?

A. to save a backup of the original table before they make changes

B. to save the original data in a new table within the database

C. to create an alias table to be joined twice ie, to a 'sold date and 'retum date

D. to improve performance of the system by giving the optimizer multiple choices for metadata retrieval

Whion two statements are true when defining a report schedule?

A. A schedule can be set to end on a specified date.

B. A schedule can be set to run daily.

C schedule can be set to end on a calculated date.

D. A schedule can be set to run on annual company holiday dates

E. A schedule can be set to run on uploaded dates.

What data is needed to add a Forecast to a column chart in a dashboard?

A. Time periods and measures

B. Two measures are required

C. Sales data

D. Planning Analytics data


What is a Sunburst visualization used for?

A A sunburst visualization is a specialized visual for the analysis of solar energy production.

B. A sunburst visualization is a novel approach to show how the relationships in self referencing hierarchies in
dimensions expand

C. A sunburst visualization is the way in which a developer can see the relationships and cardinality when focussing on
a single snowflake schema

D. A sunburst visualization is used to illustrate now underlying data predicts a chosen target and highlights key insights.

What is a timeline in a Cognos Analytics Story?

A a Tlimeline is used to control the points at which objects are displayed and removed

B a set of scenes in the Story

C. the animations that are defined by an end user with the benefit that Cognos Analytics prompts the user to move to
the next scene

D. the timeline in the project plan for creating the Story assets and data feeds

A developer has nested two non-measures in a Column visualization in a theshboard. How would the developer
manually order the columns to get the column order to show properly?

A. Use automatic sorting.

B. Use custom sorting.

C. Uncheck sort automatically, and drag the columns to the correct order

D. Select Sort remaining items by Auto.

Which method would a developer use to read Cognos Analytics data from a notebook?

A. CADataConnection.read_data()

B. df.get()

C read to_notebook()

E. HTTP.get()
Which dashboard formatting option would be used to take several images and text objecis and combine them into one
object to enable ease of movement andfor alignment?

A. Group objects

B. Pack objects

C. Combine objects

D Layer objects

How can the package used for a query in a report be changed?

A. using the Package set reference option on the report properties

B. using the Data source property of the query

C using the Replace package menu item

D using the Default package property

The business has a requirement to schedule staffing on a construction site. They need to visualize the schedule, and it
needs to take into aramunt some constraints (such as a safety officer should always be on-site). Which statement
would give an optimal solution?

A. Use Cognos Analytics Exploration to calculate the optimized schedule and write back the data.

B. Use the Jupyter Notebook integration to read, calculate the optimized schedule and write the data back for
visualizing

C. This is not possible with Cognos Analytics.

D. Use freehand SQL in a data module against the data to filter and calculate a view for visualization.

Which twc key factors influence rendering performance?

A. Auto group is enabled

B. Global configuration

C Rendering Type

D. Indexing strategy

E Output format
in a data module, wil is the split function used for?

A to undo a joined view and split its contents back to the original tables

B. to split an existing lable into two or more tables by column

C to split an existing table into two or more tables by row

E. to create two or more new data items from the contents of a single data item based on a delimiter

When using Framework Manager to work with fact tables aggregated to different levels, peterminants allow thee
desvesinpess to defines the correct grain for each level in the hierarchy. What would the developer use to do this in data
moduies?

A Select the properties of the fact table, and define filters

B. Select the properties of the fact table, and define it's usage.

C. Specify column dependencies.

D. Add determinants to the data module.

Which statement is true regarding color palettes in dashboards?

A Changing a Group Object color palette will not change individual objects' color palette within that group.

B. Only administrators can create color paiettes.

C Not ali objects have a color palette.

D If a user changes the Dashboard color palette all objects will default to that color palette.

Which of the following stafruments about the sourcing of data within a dashboard is correct?

A A usor can use data from more than one data asset in their dashboard.

B. A user can use data from multiple data assets in the sarne visualization.

C. Only a single Data Module may be used as a catasource for a dashboard.

D. Only a single uploaded file may be used as a datasource for a dashboard.


Which statement is true in a report when creating a multidimensional query that is focused on a single member le for year
20200 where sales occurred via the 'online' category?

A A Slicer focuses on the data matching it but still displays all members on the axes of a chart irrespective of whether
intersection dat exists or not ie the axis contains the 'online' calegory but has blank values in the corresponding
intersections.

B. Detail/Summary filters in the interface have the same impact on a chart as using a Slicer ie, the axis does not contain the
'online' category and all data is filtered from view.

C. Multidimensional queries must use a slicer on the year 2020

D. A Slicer hiters all the data and axes on a chart so only axes with data values are displayed le. the axis does not contain
the o category

Which statement is true if a developer is reiinking a dashboard to a new uploaded datasource?

A. If old columns are removed in the new source, the visualizations are updated automatically.

B. For files, the new source file name must match exactly the oid source file name.

C. To resolve any mismatched columns, expand the visualization and select Update Source.

D. If the file is a multi sheet spreadsheet, then all sheet names must match between the two files.

Which of the following features allows a collection of contacts to be frequently and easily added to scheduled sealed
nepods?

A. Group List

B. Distribution List

C. User Collection

D Contact Collection

Which slatement is true regarding multiple Datasources within a Dashboard?

A. A developer can create calculations using botn Datasources.

B. When a dimensional data point is selected on a canvas it will automatically filter the relational data visualization as long
as the field has the same name

C. Multiple Datasources can exist in the same dashboard but not on the same tab.

D. Visualizations that use different data sources also communicate with each other if there are matching column names
across the different visualizations.
Whist technique could be used to investigate report performance?

A Log off and log back on.

B. Disable the guided report layout feature

C Break down the report to smaller components

D. Enable auto-correct on the report properties.

Which three are the different types of layers in a 11.1 Map Visualization object in a report?

A Point Layer

B. Region Layer

C Drill Layer

D. Data Layer

E Area Layer

F. Latitude/Longitude Layer

Which statement is true regarding Data Groups?

A Data Groups can only be created for Measures and Members.

B. Data Groups can only be created for Measures and Calculations

C Data Groups can only be created for Measures.

D. Data Groups can be created for Measures, Attributes, Identifiers and Calculations.

After adding a prompt to a relational sourced report it is decided that the consumers require multi-select functionality
instead of a single- seeled Whal two modifications must be made to the report?

A Change the Prompt property Multi-select to Yes.

B. Change the Filter expression of the Query from "=" to use "in"

C. Change the Prompt property Usage to Select many

D. Change the Cascade source property of the Prompt to represent more than one value

E Change the Filter property Muiti-select to Yes.


In an Exploration when looking at a visualization, what does the Details section show?

A Details of the system infrastructure usage with thresholds so that a developer can monitor RAM, CPU and Disk activity
for the exploration

B Al driven insights automatically generated by Cognos Analytics in plain text to help the user understand more about the
data.

C. Metadata about the exploration such as time created, the author and data models used.

D. Developer notes, comments and the calculations/attributes from the metadata about the data items used in the
exploration and they are calculated.

What does a Framework Manager DMR (Dimensionally Modeled Relational) acilitate?

A MDX-based reporting functions against a relational database

B. Entity relationship diagrams against a Cube

C. Relational reporting against a Star Schema data mart

D SQL relational based reporting against a multidimensional database

What does a Framework Manager DMK (Dimensionally Modelec Relational) facilitate?

A MDX-based reporting functions against a relational database

B. Entity relationship diagrams against a Cube

C. Relational reporting against a Star Schema data mart

D SQL relational based reporting against a multidimensional database

What is the significance of "for [Product Categoy]" in the following Query calculation expression found in a report Data
item? average (Sales] for [Product Category))

A. It tells the query engine to calculate the average Sales for everything in the report

B. II tells the query engine to calculate the average Sales for ali Product Category values combined.

C It tells the query engine to calculate the average Sales for each Product Category found in the data.

D It tells the query engine to calculate the average overall Sales by summing the averages at the Product Category level
What is the purpose of session logging7

A. to log queries sent to the database

B. to log detailed user activity of every component and service

C. to trace user traffic to the server

D. to log session clicks

When validating a report what is the default validation level?

A Key Transformation

B. Error

C. Information

D. Warning

What occurs in the HTMI nutput of a report when the Rows per Page property of a List object is set to 10?

A Only 10 rows for every data container displayed on the page will appear.

B. The rows of the List object are evenly distributed across 10 report pages.

C. The user must choose to page down after every 10 rows displayed in the List.

D. Only the first 10 rows of data are rendered for that List object and all other rows are discarded.

Which two statements are truc regarding Custom calculations in dashboards?

A Custom calculations can use other custom calculations.

B. Custom calculations can only be created using items within the same Datasource.

C. Custom calculations cannot include vendor specific functions.

D. The calculation will not be created if the expression is not valid

E. Custom calculations can only be created in a Data Module.

In which two ways can a specific visualization in a dashboard be filtered?

A A developer can create a Calculation within the dashboard that will filter a specific visualization.

B. A developer can build an embedded filter in a data module.

C A developer can only keep or exclude data points within an axis.

D. A developer can keep or exclude a few data points in the visualization.

E. A developer can also add a local filter to filter a column or to define a filter condition.
Which two statements are true in regards to the default behavior when highlighting data points across visualizations on sa
Cognos Dashboard?

A Selecting dashboard filter values overrides any local filter definitions.

LIB. A developer may select multiple data points using the lasso/selection tool (for maps only)

C. If a visualization doesn't contain the data points, its data is filtered for the selected data points.

D. A developer may select visualization data points using the connection tool.

E Select one or more data points in one visualization to see these data points highlighted in other visualizations that
contain those points.

For Cognos Analytics which of the following is considered to be a multidimensional datasource?

A. Hive

B IBM DB2 Warehouse

C. Microsoft SQL Server

D. IBM Planning Analytics

Which two statements are true in regards to the default behavior when highlighting cata points across visualizations on a
Cognos Dashboard?

A. Selecting dashboard filter values overrides any local filter definitions

B. A developer may select multiple dala points using the lasso/selection tool (for maps only).

C. If a visualization doesn't contain the data points, its data is filtered for the selected data points.

D. A developer may select visualization data points using the connection tool.

E. Select onc or more data points in one visualization to see these data points highlighted in other visualizations that
contain those points

When copying a List object from one report to another, and both reports are using the same data model, what is the
expected outcome?

A. Only the List object is copied to the report

B. The List and the Query are copled into the new report.

C An error is generated stating that the underlying Query is required.

D. It is not possible to copy and paste report objects between reports.


Select all that apply Ordered Options

Place these tasks in order for how a Style Variable is applied to a report object. Unordered Options

A Create a new Variable

B Apply desired formatting properties

C Set the Conditional state

D Define the conditional statements or calculations

1 A Create a new Variable

2 D Define the conditional statements or calculations

3 C Set the Conditional state

4 B Apply desired formatting properties

When developing a report, which two are truc when creating a UNION IN query?

A. the two queries must have the same number of data items

B. a user needs to edit the relationship to specify the cardinality

C a user can join any two queries

D. the data types need to match

F the order of columns does not matter

When defining a detail filter in a report query, what effect does selecting After Auto Aggregation Tavernaliter?

A The filter can only be applied to aggregated data items

B. The filter is applied to the aggregated values returned in the result set.

C After Auto Aggregation can't be set on a detail filter.

D The filter is applied on the Cognus server.


Which approach would be used to create a populated dashboard from a selected data source?

.А. Орел и report and save as dashboard.

B. Click on Create dashboard and type in 'create dashboard' in the assistant

C Click on Create New dashboard and then select a template.

D. Select a story and convert if to a dashboard.


 Questão 46
When using an OLAP data source, summaries that use 'For' clauses give incorrect results. Which best
describes the reason for this?

A. Time state rollups against OLAP data sources are not supported

B. OLAP data sources do not have detail rows

C. The 'For' clause does not generate incorrect summaries.

D. Incorporating context filters using MDX functions is not supported.

 Questão 1

In which two places is Al used in a dashboard line chart visualization?


A. The legend

B. Forecast

C. Data point shape

D. Axis tick marks RESPOSTA DO DUMP

E. Meaningful diferences

 Questão 53

In which two ways can a specific visualization in a dashboard be filtered?

A. A developer can only keep or exclude data points within an axis.

B. A developer can create a Calculation within the dashboard that will filter a specific visualization.

C. A developer can also add a local filter to filter a column or to define a filter condition.

D. A developer can build an embedded filter in a data module.

E. A developer can keep or exclude a few data points in the visualization.


 Questão 49
Where does a developer change which package is marked as the default package in a report?

A. on the package properties

B. on the query properties

C. on the context menu for a package

D. on the report properties

 Questão 10
A developer is given the task of creating an information panel to be displayed in the foyer of the office.
Which Cognos Analytics capability gives the best impact with minimal work?

A. Story played in Kiosk mode with a loop

B. Bespoke report using JavaScript

C. Cognos Viewer Report

D. Dashboard based on Exploration content

 Questão 16
After adding a prompt to a relational sourced report it is decided that the consumers require multi-select
functionality instead of a single-select. What two modifications must be made to the report?

A. Change the Filter property Multi-select to Yes

B. Change the Cascade source property of the Prompt to represent more than one value.

C. Change the Prompt property Usage to Select-many.

D. Change the Filter expression of the Query from "=" to use "in".

E. Change the Prompt property Multi-select to Yes.


 Questão 38

A fast and user friendly way to create an initial dashboard is to use the text-based Assistant. When using
the Assistant, which option below will develop a dashboard?

A. In the Assistant, enter 'show data', select a datasource from the list, and enter 'create dashboard' or
'build dashboard1.

B. In a new dashboard, select a datasource, and enter 'create visualization'.

C. In a new dashboard, select a template and a datasource.

D. In a new dashboard, search for data, select a template and enter 'create'.

 Questão 7

How might a report output type of PDF be secured?


A. by setting a password in the schedule PDF Options

B. by giving the PDF a name that starts with "confidential'

C. by selecting the "Secure this Report" option in the report Properties.

D. by specifying a PDF encryption code in the schedule settings

 Questão 14
What technique could be used to investigate report performance?

A. Increase the size limit for the user session.

B. Review the system metrics.

C. Enable the interactive performance assistant

D. Enable legacy user interface.

Resposta do Chat GPT: B

 Questão 39

Which of the following is true about integration with collaboration platforms?


A. Integration with any collaboration platform can be used with report objects but not dashboard objects.

B. Integration with IBM Connections is si

C. A link to a report in "my content" can be shared to a team Slack channel if the integration is enabled.

D. Integration with Slack is supported.

Resposta do Chat GPT: C

 Questão 22

Select all that apply place in order the Steps that need to performed in order to set up a ultilingual dashboard.

Answer:

Place dashboard in edit mode


Set default language
Add language
Enter translated string

 Questão 21
To display HTML report output directly in the body of an emailed report, which of the following is
required in the delivery options pane?

A. Select "Attach the report" and leave the email body blank.

B. Select "Save report".

C. In the email body, choose "Display a report" and follow the dialog box instructions
D. Select "Include a link to the report’’

 Questão 30

Which of the following is an example of when the query cache would avoid roundtrips to the database?

A. repetitive master-detail requests

B. drill through reports

C. reports with multiple queries

D. drill down reports

 Questão 45

Which is true about creating a context filter for a crosstab report using a dimensional data source?

A. it changes the measure values and the items in the rows and columns

B. it is applied after aggregation and changes the rows and columns

C. it changes the measure values and suppresses zeros

D. it filters only the measure values, not the items in the rows and columns

 Questão 24
A Framework Manager model may be designed to incorporate Dimensionally Modeled Relational (DMR)
objects, designed to offer the end user OLAP behavior when navigating data. Which of the following
statements is valid when designing DMR structures in Framework Manager?

A. Measures and Dimensions can reside in the same query subject.

B. The DMR structures need to resemble the objects in the star schema.

C. The order of the Determinants drives the hierarchy levels.

D. Each level in a hierarchy must reference a text-based attribute for its caption.
 Questão 20
A dashboard developer notices that Age is available in the sourced data module. A request has been made
to 'bucket' those age values into 5 groups, Ages 0-6, 7-12, 13-21, 22-55, and 55 and over. How would one
define this logic in the source data module?

A. set range values in the data module

B. use the Create new table feature

C. select the Age column, and select Create data group

D. define a Case..When calculated attribute in the dashboard

 Questão 28
Which dashboard formatting option would be used to take several images and text objects and combine them
into one object to enable ease of movement and/or alignment?

A. Group objects

B. Layer objects

C. Combine objects

D. Pack objects

 Questão 15
Which two types of saved report outputs can be used when the Drill-through target type is set to
Bookmark?

A. Excel Data

B. HTML

C. XML

D. CSV
E. PDF

 Questão 3

Which technique is most likely to improve query performance?


A. Set the auto-sort property to maximum.

B. Set the detail aggregation to 'Calculated' for measures.

C. Avoid functions in filters.

D. Add more joins between queries.

 Questão 44

Which of the following is a reason to use a Conditional block on a report?

A. to allow users to select values that will filter the report for certain data types

B. to allow a report to run during certain blocks of time based on conditions set by the user

C. to show or hide report objects based on prompt selections a user made at run time

D. to block defined groups of users from accessing a folder of reports based on a condition

 Questão 55
When Insights are turned on what are all of the generated outcomes, depending on the visualization selected ?

A. Average, Predictive Strength, Fit Line, Meaningful Difference and most frequent values

B. Average, Standard Deviation, Best Fit values

C. Average, Max and Min values

D. Top five and Bottom Five values

 Questão 6
What is the difference between a Cognos Analytics Story and Dashboard?
A. Stories use report objects to present information in an exported format whilst a dashboard is
interactive.

B. A dashboard is a Cognos Analytics story.

C. Dashboards are live and interactive whereas a Story is the notes attached to the dashboard that
help explain the content of a widget.

D. A story adds to a dashboard's capability by augmenting it with animation and scene changes.

 Questão 8

When selecting the Layout positioning property for a dashboard, which is the correct option for
dashboards that will be presented on different mobile devices?
A. Unbounded

B. Relative

C. Conditional

D. Absolute

 Questão 40
Which two items can the opposite edge Crosstab in a report?

A. The value of a member

B. A selected measure

C. Member caption

D. Node member

E. Crosstab intersection

 Questão 42

A developer has nested two non-measures in a Column visualization in a dashboard. How would the
developer manually order the columns to get the column order to show properly?
A. Use automatic sorting.

B. Uncheck sort automatically, and drag the columns to the correct order.

C. Select Sort remaining items by Auto.

D. Use custom sorting.

 Questão 54
What advantage does multidimensional report writing have on query maintenance for complex queries?

A. There is no need to use calculations as the data source contains all the required data items.

B. Fewer queries are required and the need for unions of queries is reduced due to the flexibility of MDX.

C. Unions and Joins are always required for queries making it easier for a developer to understand
the query intent.

D. There is no advantage and multidimensional query constructs should be avoided.

 Questão 36
A developer can make a Cognos PowerCube available to end users by creating a package and publishing it.
From which three components is this possible?

A. Administration console

B. PowerPlay Client

C. PowerPlay Studio

D. Framework Manager

E. Transformer

F. Microsoft Studio
 Questão 31

Which two statements are true when creating navigation paths?

A. A data module can have multiple navigation paths.

B. A modeler must delete the navigation path and re-create it to change the path.

C. Columns from different tables cannot be added to a navigation path.

D. A navigation path is a collection of Group Data columns.

E. A navigation path is a collection of non-measure columns.

 Questão 56
What property needs to be set to ensure that any JavaScript and Prompt APIs are executed when a report is
run as HTML?

A. Ensure Enable bidirectional support is checked

B. Run with full interactivity is set to No

C. Enable drill up and drill down in the report output

D. Guided report layout is checked

 Questão 29
When developing a report, which two should be defined for a JOIN query?

A. a reference to two queries

B. only cached results

C. an expression editor

D. an intersection of two queries


E. a relationship defining cardinality

 Questão 9
What is the effect of changing the Default measure property of a Crosstab in a report if a measure is
already set by one of the existing edges?

A. the Crosstab values remain the same and the Crosstab comer displays the Default measure's name

B. the Default measure replaces the existing measure in the Crosstab edges

C. the Default measure is displayed in the Crosstab intersections

D. an error is produced

 Questão 25
To change the text item in a list column title or the data in the column body of a list object in a report,
what first needs to happen?

A. Select the cell and change the data format.

B. Click on the Lock Page Objects icon to unlock the report.

C. Select one of the cells and from the menu click Select Columns Style or Select Columns body style.

D. Select the cell and change the Box Type to None.

 Questão 17
How can a data module developer ensure that when a user drags an attribute onto a dashboard that the
Map visualization is the default?

A. Change the Represents property for the attribute to Geographic location.

B. Set the visualization property to Map.


C. Use the create map wizard.

D. Select an empty Map visualization then drag this onto the data.

 Questão 5
To optimize the user experience for dashboards and explorations. Framework Manager packages must
be enriched. Which statement is true about enriching Framework Manager packages?
A. A developer can't enrich a package that includes dimensionally modeled (DMR) relational objects.

B. Framework Manager packages are automatically enriched when published to Cognos Analytics.

C. To access the enrich package functionality, you need read/execute/traverse permissions for the package.

D. In order to have enough data to support the Al-functions in your dashboards and explorations, the
entire Framework Manager package must be enriched.

 Questão 43

In a Data Module a developer creates a joined view from two tables (a and b) and then joins this to another
table (c). What would be the execution logic in the database?

A. All queries are collapsed and a standard join across all three tables (a, b, c) is performed.

B. The columns used in table (c) are are joined on the key to table (b) first and then the results are
post-joined to table (a).

C. It makes no difference to the execution as a joined view is only used to group data items in a logical
manner to help the business user find their data.

D. The joined view (a and b) is evaluated and all results are then post-joined to the other table (c).

 Questão 26
Which statement is true when adding a data source in a dashboard?

A. Framework Manager Packages, Data Modules and Data sets are the only three types of data sources
that can be used when creating a dashboard.

B. Only data sources that have been added to a Data Module can be used as a data source.
C. Framework Manager Packages, OLAP Packages, Data Modules, Data sets and CSV files can all be
used when creating a dashboard.

D. Once a data source has been added it can only be removed by deleting all data sources within
the dashboard.

 Questão 18

What is a Jupyter Notebook?

A. An interface in Cognos Analytics that uses Cognos syntax to produce statistical and predictive model

B. An open-source web application that allow you to create and share documents that contain live
code, equations, visualizations and narrative text

C. An area where the developer can comment on Cognos Analytics assets to help the end user
and embedded AI understand what is available

D. The core component used by Cognos Analytics for its AI in Intent based model, Nature
Language processing and Explorations

 Questão 19
A user complains that the table they're using within a data module has too much historical data in it. The
user would like to keep the old data available, but when using the table for any new reports would like to see
only newer entries based on an 'Order Date' column. What does the developer need to do to accomplish this?

A. Create a navigation path for the newer entries.

B. Apply a filter to the "Order Date' attribute.

C. Create a calculated 'Order Date'.

D. Create a copy of the table, and apply a filter to the 'Order Date' attribute.
 Questão 57
A developer may improve the look and feel of a dashboard or story by adding images and shapes from
the Widgets panel. Which statement is true when adding widgets to a dashboard?

A. The widgets panel may contain an Image library tab that the administrator made available

B. Images may only be made available by URL reference.

C. Images can be uploaded to the Image through the upload option on the widgets panel.

D. Text widgets may only be positioned vertically or horizontally.

 Questão 32
Which statement is true when formatting text in a dashboard crosstab or table?

A. Table summary row may be formatted with a different color.

B. Column formatting gets inherited for the table/crosstab summary row.

C. Column titles may be individually formatted in any font/color/size.

D. The default object does not wrap text, but it is an option.

 Questão 52
In a report, which of the following is true when enabling the local cache property on a query?

A. Local cache is only supported on batch re|

B. Data is cached and may improve performance.

C. A complete result set is cached for all queries in the model.

D. The scalability of a report is negatively impacted.

 Questão 60
How does Dynamic Query Analyzer assist in troubleshooting?
A. troubleshooting Data Modules

B. analyzing Dynamic Reports

C. analyzing packages that have Dynamic Queries

D. providing graphical representations for the query logs produced by DQM queries

 Questão 2

To create a Layout Component Reference in a report, which object property needs to be provided?
A. Conditional Reference

B. Label

C. Name

D. Render Variable

 Questão 27
Which two of the following statements are true when creating a Drill-through for a visualization in
a dashboard?
A. A developer can create Drill-throughs to a specific story that is created.

B. A developer can create a Drill-through to a Webpage

C. One can pass selected data points to the target Drill-through as long as its data source uses the same
values.

D. A developer can create Drill-throughs to other dashboards and reports.

E. Each visualization can only have a single Drill-through.

 Questão 47

What is the significance of 'Clothes' in the following filter expression of a report query?
[Product Group] = # sq( prompt( 'productgroups', 'token', 'Clothes' ) )#

A. 'Clothes' is the default text to include in the generated query at runtime.

B. The string 'Clothes' will precede the text of the prompt value selected at runtime.

C. The string 'Clothes' will be appended to the end of the text of the prompt value selected at runtime.

D. 'Clothes' is a required value to include in the generated query at runtime.

 Questão 23

What is a Cognos Analytics data set?

A. The data that is returned from the datasource and displayed within a report, dashboard or exploration.

B. The Cognos Analytics name for a Python DataFrame in a Jupyter Notebook.

C. An extract from a package or data module compressed, locally stored and refreshed periodically or
manually.

D. A realtime set of data held in a streaming cache on the Cognos Analytics server.

 Questão 59

What is a Layout component reference intended to do in a report?

A. Allow pinned objects to be displayed in a report.

B. Allow reuse of Active Report components with other Active Reports.

C. Allow consumers to use report objects in Dashboards and Explorations.

D. Allow for the reuse of report objects between and within reports for consistency and efficiency.
 Questão 50

Which of the following is done for a report to use a Data set as a data source?

A. Ask the administrator to add the file as an external data source.

B. Add the Data set to a Data Module.

C. Add the Data set to a Framework Manager package.

D. Add the Data set as a source on the report.

 Questão 58
When a developer needs to share dashboard content with another application, the Share option provides
which benefit?

A. the ability to export the dashboard to Excel

B. the ability to generate the HTML to create an iFrame and reference the dashboard

C. the ability to export the dashboard directly to SharePoint.

D. the ability to send a notification to a phone

 Questão 34

When should a dimensional function be used in a report's Query calculation?

A. when the data source is a dimensional or dimensionally-modeled data source


B. to allow relative date functions to be performed against a non-dimensional data source

C. to convert a non-dimensional data source into a dimensionally-modeled data source

D. to allow drill up and down on a non-dimensional data source

 Questão 41

In an Exploration 'Data relationships' view, what does the thickness of the lines between data items represent?

A. the statistical strength of the relationship between the data items

B. the flow of information between categories, ie. money transfers between countries

C. the cardinality of one data item when grouped by another, ie. thicker signifies more unique values

D. the weighted average of each measure value compared with other measures

 Questão 4
After upgrading from Cognos version 10 what needs to be selected in order to create a data module on a
data server?
A. Select "Allow web-based modeling" in Cognos Configuration when starting the server
B. Select "Allow web-based modeling" in the Cognos installer when upgrading the server components.

C. Under the Data Server Connection in the Administration Console configuration select
"Allow Framework Manager".

D. Under the Data Source Connection in the Administration Console configuration select
"Allow web-based modeling".

 Questão 35

Which statement is true regarding Custom Sorts in dashboards?


A. A user can create a custom sort on any type of data.

B. Custom sorts cannot be created on measures.

C. Custom sorts may only be created in a Data Module.

D. Custom sorts may be created by selecting a field in the source pane and going to properties.

 Questão 37
The default output Format for a report may be set on which of the following two items?

A. Query

B. Visualization

C. Report

D. Report Folder

E. Report View

 Questão 12
Which of the following can result in poor report performance?

A. reports with filters

B. models with outer joins and cross joins

C. queries with database only processing

D. an optimized metadata model

 Questão 48
A Conditional format may be set on a List object in a report, generated and processed but is hidden from
view?

A. Show/Hide Variable

B. Hidden Variable

C. Render Variable

D. Style Variable

 Questão 11
What is a Compare card in a Cognos Analytics Exploration?

A. A static view/card used to compare and view data across visualizations with different filters.

B. A view/card that uses a specialized algorithm (XGCompare) to analyse data and generate a driver

C. A view/card used to allow the interactive comparison of data across two visualizations with different
filters.

D. A view/card used to compare data from one database with a different set of data from another database.

Resposta do Chat GPT: B

 Questão 33

A developer has a source system provided by another company. One of the columns in a table has spaces
before each piece of data and is in uppercase which makes the reports unreadable. How can this be solved in
a data module?

A. there is no built in capability for this in a data module and the developer needs to create a calculation
for this

B. there is no built in capability for this in a data module and the report needs Trim and Lower
calculations added to it

C. using the 'Clean' menu item on the data item

D. using the 'Prepare' menu item on the data item


 Questão 51

What time saving feature is available for a developer when developing a new data module using AI intent
based modeling?

A. Specify column dependencies

B. Add new sources

C. Add more tables.

D. Discover related tables.

 Questão 13
What benefit does the Cognos Analytics integration with Jupyter Notebooks provide a developer?

A. Weather data can be used from the Jupyter service to enrich information and help identify trends
Example: Ice cream sales on sunny days.

B. A Developer can augment Cognos Analytics with Python and data science libraries as well as embed
output in a dashboard to provide the end user with greater insight.

C. A Developer can add notes to content to better describe to an end user what data is available and how
calculations work.

D. Cognos Analytics does not integrate with Jupyter Notebooks.

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