Siebel 8 Recommended Questions

Question 1

In order to change the fonts used by your Siebel application, what file(s) should you modify? Select one answer.
A. Siebel.exe file
B. Siebel template files
C. Cascading style sheets
D. SQL scripts to change the data model

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which Link property must be populated for a MVG with a M:M relationship, but is not populated for a MVG with a 1:M relationship?
A. Inter Table
B. Destination Field
C. Child Business Component
D. Parent Business Component

Answer 2

A

Question 3

You have enabled the Workflow Management component group on the server through the Siebel user interface, but you are unable to run workflows using Workflow policies. Which step might have you forgotten to execute? (Choose two.)
A. restarting the Siebel Server service
B. running a Generate Triggers batch job
C. enabling the Generate Triggers component
D. setting the Workflow Policy properties in Tools
E. specifying the triggering event in the detail applet for the workflow step branch following the Start Step

Answer 3

AB

Question 4

Which three are true about a task in Siebel task UI? (Choose three.)
A. It implements process automation.
B. It must be invoked by a run-time event.
C. It consists of a sequenced set of views.
D. It does not support conditional processing.
E. It does not support transactional processing.
F. It is designed for novice users performing complex tasks.

Answer 4

ACF

Question 5

Business rules consist, in part, of concepts. Which two are examples of concepts? (Choose two.)
A. Field
B. Entity
C. Value
D. Object

Answer 5

BC

Question 6

Which describes the role of Assignment Objects for Assignment Manager?
A. to identify the people that will be assigned to records
B. to describe when a record should be assigned to candidates
C. to identify the types of data to assign using Assignment Manager
D. to evaluate all people for a matching skill in order to assign records

Answer 6

C

Question 7

Which statement is true regarding making changes to assignment rules?
A. To make changes you must first deactivate the rule.
B. If you make changes to a released assignment rule, you must release the rule again.
C. Changes to a released assignment rule take affect automatically when the record is saved.
D. Once an assignment rule is released it cannot be changed, it must be revised before it can be edited.

Answer 7

B

Question 8

Which two statements concerning interface tables are true? (Choose two.)
A. An interface table can populate only one base table.
B. An interface table may populate more than one base table.
C. A base table may be populated by more than one interface table.
D. A base table is always populated by one and only one interface table.

Answer 8

BC

Question 9

When should you use implicit primaries through Enterprise Integration Manager?
A. any time you have more than one child record in the dataset
B. when you need to have multiple primaries associated with a record
C. when the external system defines which child record should be the primary
D. when the external system does not define which child record should be the primary

Answer 9

D

Question 10

Your Accounts.ifb file appears as follows:
[Siebel Interface Manager]
USER NAME = “SADMIN”
PASSWORD = “SADMIN”
PROCESS = Import Accounts
[Import Accounts]
TYPE = Import
BATCH = 100
TABLE = EIM_ACCOUNT

After running the import, you find that the IF_ROW_STAT for all of your accounts is PARTIALLY IMPORTED, yet you can see the accounts in the Accounts Administration view.
What is the most likely cause of this?
A. Not all of the required flags were set.
B. The EIM job generated an internal error.
C. Some of the required flags were set incorrectly.
D. Not all of the base tables that EIM_ACCOUNT maps to were populated.
E. EIM_ACCOUNT did not contain required information for the S_ACCOUNT base table.

Answer 10

D

Question 11

How do you set up a Siebel new consultant?

1. Create him as a user on the OS
2. Create him as a user in the Database
3. Create him as an employee in Siebel
4. Give him position and responsibility
5. Authenticate him

Answer 11

You likely not to see answers one and two, so start from answer 3

Question 12

What you do use for access control?

Answer 12

1. Position
2. Responsibility

Division is not a means of access control, used for company structure

Question 13

When are you allowed to use SQL against Siebel database tables?

Answer 13

During EIM insert into an interface table (answer not exact), NOT into the Base table

Question 14

What do you use to load large data into Siebel? Question not exact

Answer 14

EIM

Question 15

What is a dynamic drilldown?

Answer 15

Contact name hyperlink > contact details > US contacts > Non-US contacts

Question 16

What is the base table for the contact business component?

Answer 16

S_PARTY (it could also say S PARTY without the underscore

Question 17

What is the difference between an organization and a division?

Answer 17

See previous answer to division

Question 18

Where should you look for Siebel tags that begins with swe?

Answer 18

SWSE files

Question 19

What do you use to control access to master data?

Answer 19

1. Catalog
2. Category

Question 20

How do you control access to Customer data?

Answer 20

Access is controlled at the record level

Question 21

What option would you set to delete specific words during EIM import?

Answer 21

Use EIM “delete matches” to delete specific words (do not remember the question)

Question 22

Name the two clients that obtain initialization settings from the cgf and the oam component parameters

Answer 22

1. web client
2. wireless web client

Question 23

How do you authenticate web users?

Answer 23

Use Directory Server authentication

Question 24

Where can a run-time event be specified in a Workflow process?

Answer 24

The branch following the start step

Question 25

Who can forecast opportunity, merge and delete records in a team?

Answer 25

The Primary (Although the primary can do this, but he must have admin right to do so; If you chose ‘Administrator’ you will be wrong because ‘administrator right’ has to do with authentication, the question has to do with position and responsibility)

Question 26

Why do you need the Siebel File System?

Answer 26

1. To support long and case-sensitive filenames
2. The file must be accessible from machines running Siebel Servers

Question 27

What do you use to check your installation in a High Interactivity client environment?

Answer 27

Run Health Check. (You see the configured Health Check displays on Siebel Browser Check. The Auto fix and then Run tells you are running on HI whenever you log on to Siebel Apps

Question 28

Name the component of the Siebel architecture that contains virtual directories?

Answer 28

Siebel Web Server

Question 29

What is the use of user keys to EIM?

Answer 29

To prevent data duplication during a load

Question 30

What is the default method of authentication in Siebel?

Answer 30

Database authentication( others are LDAP(IBM TIM and TAM), ADSI, and SSO, etc

Question 31

what do you use to give position to employees in different geographical locations

Answer 31

use the dynamic pick list to set them up in Assignment manager

Question 32

What is SDDC

Answer 32

Siebel Diagnostic Data Collector

Question 33

What is SARM

Answer 33

Siebel Application Response Measurement

Question 34

the question is about saved selections options in dashboards….

Answer 34

Ans: we need to pick 3 options and the one which we need to eliminate out of 4 is the one with excel import option

Question 35

Oracle recommended OBI implementation practice?

Answer 35

Ans. iterative approa

Question 36

question on oracle BI security capabilities

Answer 36

describe

Question 37

question on the oracle BI configuration file description

Answer 37

Ans:

• The name of the web catalog is specified in the instanceconfig file on the web server
• BI server uses DBfeatures.ini to optimize query generation

Question 38

There are 2 questions on the stage of a project

Answer 38

one is on define stage and one is on deploy stage

Question 39

question on components of a cluster server

Answer 39

describe

Question 40

Oracle recommendations on performance improvements

Answer 40

Ans:

• using caching
• dash boards design should have less data to return

Question 41

what are iBots

Answer 41

describe

Question 42

describe connection pooling

Answer 42

Ans: one connection pool for each physical layer

Question 43

question on star schema

Answer 43

Ans: normalization of dimention tables

Question 44

why do we use aliases on physical layer

Answer 44

Ans: in order to avoid circular joins

Question 45

question of expression builder utility

Answer 45

Ans: we need to select 3 options….I remember I selected the last 3 options.

Question 46

question on cache manager

Answer 46

describe

Question 47

catalog manager - what are not recommended

Answer 47

Ans:

• giving access to every user
• modifying web catolog in on line mode

Question 48

steps in ETL process

Answer 48

And: first 3 options

Question 49

couple of questions of session variables and repository variables

Answer 49

describe differences and uses

Question 50

describe scatter charts

Answer 50

describe with uses

Question 51

one question on many to many relation

Answer 51

Ans: bridge table

Question 52

question on cache hit

Answer 52

describe