Which service is required when a user views saved report output?

A. presentation service

B. report data service

C. report service

D. batch report service

Which of the following statements best describes the Iterative Approach of applicationdevelopment?

A. A prototype solution is developed after the initial user interviews. This prototype is then usedas a basis for refining specific design requirements.

B. The design step is repeated multiple times before proceeding to the development step. Eachpass through the design step further refines the eventual solution.

C. The solution is developed and delivered to the users. After approximately 2 weeks, the usersare interviewed for any missing requirements and any new requirements form the basis for thenext iteration.

D. A prototype is created that addresses 80 to 90% of the business requirements. This isdemonstrated to the users and their feedback is used to refine the prototype in subsequentiterations.

A user makes the following request:"I need to see the number of flights throughout the year thatarrived or departed more than 15 minutes early or late by origin and destination airport, by carrier,and by time of day. I want to see if the number of flights delayed is greater for large carriers orsmall carriers."This request requires clarification to make the user's intention clear.

Which of thefollowing will NOT further clarify the user's request?

A. Determine if origin and destination airports should be considered joined pairs (for example,from DFW to ORD) or as separate dimensions.

B. Determine if 15 minutes is the only significant grouping of late or early departures or arrivals.

C. Determine the definition of a large and small carrier.

D. Determine if Date and Time of Day should be split into separate dimensions.

A company wishes to coordinate the anticipated hiring activities of all of the departments in agiven division of the organization. The CEO has mandated a limit of 50 total new hires for thecoming fiscal year. The various departments must coordinate future hiring. The CEO would alsolike to see reports comparing the projected hiring vs. the actual number of new hires bydepartment.

Which set of Cognos 8 components BEST supports the company's needs?

A. Planning and Report Studio

B. Report Studio and Analysis Studio

C. Event Studio and Report Studio

D. Planning and Data Manager

Which of the following is NOT a critical feature or function of a scorecard?

A. Targets

B. Projections

C. Tolerances

D. Histories

Which combination of Cognos 8 components is considered the BEST fit for addressing the needsof company executives?

A. Analysis Studio reports and Query Studio

B. Metric Studio scorecards and Event Studio jobs

C. Report Studio reports and Query Studio

D. Metric Studio scorecards and Report Studio dashboards

When considering the differences between Analysis, Reporting, and Querying, which of thefollowing is NOT a user who needs Analysis?

A. A user who takes answers from one question as a starting point for other questions

B. A user who needs to understand multiple factors influencing performance

C. A user who needs to identify and understand trends from multiple perspectives

D. A user who views detailed data, which is optionally totaled and subtotaled

When deploying an application from a development environment to a production environment, which of the following is correct when each environment uses a separate LDAP instance?

A. There are no issues because the Access Control List (ACL) references the same usernames.

B. Use theCognos BIsecurity objects.

C. Do not useCognos BIsecurity unless you are deploying your application using Series 7Cognos Access Manager for authentication.

D. There are no issues because LDAP objects are always replicated between the environments.

Which of the following describes the design goals of a reporting database?

A. provide fast access to corporate data for analysis and reporting

B. provide near real time access to summarized corporate data for analysis and reporting

C. provide fast access to corporate data and act as a system of record

D. provide near real time access to summarized transactional data

Which of the following must be moved manually instead of as part of a Cognos 8 deploymentpackage?

A. report output versions

B. run history

C. schedules

D. system.xml