Free IBM Cognos Analytics v12 Administrator - Professional Practice Questions

Sample Practice Questions

Try these 10 sample questions from the IBM Cognos Analytics v12 Administrator - Professional practice bank. Each includes the answer and explanation. Continue with the interactive practice above to review the full question set.

1. 1Which component routes Cognos service requests from the web server gateway and balances them across Cognos services?

   1. A.Content Manager service
   2. B.Web server gateway
   3. C.DispatcherCorrect answer: C
   4. D.Batch report service

   Explanation: IBM states: "The dispatcher handles the routing requests and balances the load of user requests to the various IBM Cognos services." The dispatcher receives and routes these requests.

   Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 4, Dispatchers and Services, page 33

2. 2Which types of members can a Cognos group contain?

   1. A.Users and other groupsCorrect answer: A
   2. B.Users and roles only
   3. C.Groups and roles only
   4. D.Roles and distribution lists

   Explanation: IBM states: "Members of groups can be users and other groups." Cognos roles, by contrast, can contain users, groups, and other roles.

   Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 10, Groups and Roles, page 190

3. 3A user belongs to two groups. One grants access to a report and the other denies the same access. What is the user's effective access?

   1. A.Access is denied.Correct answer: A
   2. B.Access is granted.
   3. C.Access depends on which group was created first.
   4. D.Access is granted until the next login.

   Explanation: IBM states: "If the grant and deny permissions are in conflict, access to the entry is always denied." The deny from one group therefore overrides the grant from the other.

   Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 11, Granted and Denied Access, page 197

4. 4In a deployment with multiple dispatchers, an administrator stops just one dispatcher. What happens to its services?

   1. A.All services associated with the stopped dispatcher stop.Correct answer: A
   2. B.Only the Content Manager service on that dispatcher stops.
   3. C.All services associated with every dispatcher stop.
   4. D.Only application services on that dispatcher stop.

   Explanation: IBM states: "When you stop a dispatcher, all its services are stopped." The effect extends to the dispatcher's services.

   Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 4, Stopping and starting dispatchers and services, page 37

5. 5In addition to backing up the content store database, which directory does IBM instruct an administrator to copy to preserve configuration settings?

   1. A.install_location/configurationCorrect answer: A
   2. B.install_location/deployment
   3. C.install_location/logs
   4. D.install_location/webcontent

   Explanation: IBM instructs: "Copy the install_location/configuration directory to the backup location." That directory contains configuration settings.

   Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 7, Back Up the Content Store, page 171

6. 6Which Cognos service manages background requests to run reports on behalf of the monitor service?

   1. A.Report service
   2. B.Batch report serviceCorrect answer: B
   3. C.Delivery service
   4. D.Event management service

   Explanation: IBM describes the batch report service as one that "Manages background requests to run reports and provides output on behalf of the monitor service." The service handles the background report requests in the question.

   Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 4, Dispatchers and Services, page 33

7. 7In the Cognos user interface, which membership arrangement is supported for a Cognos role?

   1. A.Users, groups, and other rolesCorrect answer: A
   2. B.Users, groups, and distribution lists
   3. C.Users, roles, and distribution lists
   4. D.Groups, roles, and distribution lists

   Explanation: IBM says: "Members of roles can be users," and continues in the role description with "groups, and other roles." These membership types support nested roles.

   Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 10, Groups and Roles, page 190

8. 8Where must a user have read permission to use a dashboard according to IBM's permission guidance?

   1. A.On both the dashboard and the data sources it usesCorrect answer: A
   2. B.On the dashboard but not the data sources it uses
   3. C.On the data sources but not the dashboard itself
   4. D.On the parent folder instead of the dashboard and data sources

   Explanation: IBM states: "A dashboard requires read permission both on the dashboard itself and on any data sources that it uses." Both permissions are necessary.

   Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 11, Permissions and Permitted Actions, page 195

9. 9What happens to running and queued requests when a Cognos service is stopped immediately?

   1. A.Both running and queued requests are deleted without completion.Correct answer: A
   2. B.Both running and queued requests finish before the service stops.
   3. C.Running requests finish, while queued requests await a restart.
   4. D.Running requests are deleted, while queued requests await a restart.

   Explanation: IBM states that a service can be "stopped immediately and delete all the requests that are running or queued, without completing those requests". The delayed stop mode processes both groups instead.

   Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 4, Stopping and starting dispatchers and services, page 36

10. 10Encryption and signing keys were moved from their default location and their key stores are password protected. What should be preserved for recovery?

    1. A.The key directory and its key-store passwordsCorrect answer: A
    2. B.The key directory without the key-store passwords
    3. C.The key-store passwords without the key directory
    4. D.The default key directory and the key-store passwords

    Explanation: IBM says to "back up the directory that contains them" and, if key stores are password protected, "ensure that you retain these passwords." Both the changed directory and its passwords must be preserved.

    Reference: IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.x Administration and Security Guide — Chapter 7, Back Up Data, page 171