Informatica | Beginner Question and Answers

Informatica | Beginner Mock Test

1
Which of the following services will not be created by admin
a. Application Service
b. core
c. Repository Service
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Which of the following can be the target instance?
a. Relational
b. Relational, FlatFile and XML
c. OLL
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3
Which service reads mapping and session from the repository
a. Integration service
b. Connection service
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4
In Workflow monitor, what are all the components you can view?
a. Session, Command, Workflow
b. Session,  Command, Workflow, repository
c. Session,  Command, Workflow, repository, Folders
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5
Flatfile cannot be used for
a. Source
b. Lookup
c. Aggregator
d. Target
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Gantt Chart –
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Logs can be viewed in
a. Text File
b. XML
c. Binary Code
d. All of the above
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Transformation that does not store cache file
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___________ connects Integration service to metadata
a. Repository Service
b. Repository Manager
c. Metadata Manager
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10
When a source is imported?
a. Data type/ Column name
b. Data type/ Column name/Key Constraint
c. Stored Procedure
d. Triggers
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Chronological details of workflow
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Which transformation does not have variable port?
a. Expression
b. Rank
c. Filter
d. Aggregator
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13
-sv means
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Power Center domain means?
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15
________ is a set of instruction that extract, transforms and load data?
a. command
b. Session
c. Workflow
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If the session fails, how will u identify the log?
a. log status
b. Error log code
c. log text files
d. All of the above
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Reusable components in mapping
a. Workflow
b. Mapplet
c. Transformation
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Set of instruction which transforms data from source to target
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Flat Files – Fixed/Delimited
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Which is not true about Sorter
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User defined events are possible?
a. Yes, with combination of event wait and event raise
b. Yes. On;y with workflow only
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22
Source can be created
a. table
b. table,view
c. table,view,synonmyms
d. table,view, stored procedures
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24
How to run the workflow using command?
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25
GET_DATE_PART(Column 1,’HH’.If the column 1 is null, What is the result?
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Once the source is dragged into mapping, it needs to be connected to?
a. SQ
b. Sorter
c. Agg
d. EXP
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27
Workflow log contains?
a. Status of Session, Tasks and Worklet
b. Error occured and general information
c. None of the above
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What is active transformation?
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29
If the group by is not given in the Aggregator transformation, it will return
a. All the rows
b. One row
c. Error
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30
Shortcut can be used in which of the componets
a. Source definition
b. Reusable components
c. Mapplet
d. All of the above
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Short cut can be used from
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32
You have to run a task but two different session. What is the best way?
a. Post SQL
b. Command task
c. Combination of events
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Tracing Levels
a. Normal
b. Verbose
c. None
d. Both a and b
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34
To see error logs to resolve it
a. use log events
b. use Text Code
c. use Prefix
d. All of the above
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35
Session invalid?
a. Adding table in the source databse
b. Adding Update/Joiner transformation
c. Deleting row from target table
d. Creating Index on source tables
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Which provides row by row details about insert/update/delete?
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Control M – from BNC s/w
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Target which cannot be used?
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Workflow monitor
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Types of Tasks

 
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Tasks Description
Assignment Used to assign a value to a workflow variable
Command Used to run a shell command during the workflow
Control Used to stop or abort the workflow
Decision Tells a condition to evaluate
Email Used to send email during the workflow
Event-Raise Notifies the Event-Wait task that an event has occurred
Event-Wait It waits for the event to completed in order to start the next task
Session Used to run the mapping created in Designer buy linking to session
Timer It waits for a already timed event to start

 
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