Thursday, 31 August 2017

C2150-604 IBM Security SiteProtector System V3.1.1 Security Analysis

Test information:
Number of questions: 50
Time allowed in minutes: 90
Required passing score: 62%
Languages: English

Related certifications:
IBM Certified Analyst - Security SiteProtector System V3.1.1

The test consists of 5 sections containing a total of approximately 50 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section title reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections.

Section 1 - Monitor, analyze, categorize, and manage the events (22%)
View event details, and understand their criticality and security event information. For example, utilize the Guided Questions to gather information about an event or group of events and the Baseline function to monitor changes in the number of events.

Use filters in event analysis including basic filtering, incident/exceptions baseline and events aggregation.
Use the ticketing system to manage security incidents.

Section 2 - Monitor the system�s health (19%)
Monitor the components of the SiteProtector system.
Monitor the agents managed by the SiteProtector system.
Manage system alerts, notifications and health status indicators.
Configure notifications to receive alerts for specific health status.

Section 3 - Tuning (18%)
Manage SiteProtector policies.
Apply and manage PAM tuning parameters.
Manage and maintain the SiteProtector database.

Section 4 - Maintain the SiteProtector system components (22%)
Demonstrate understanding of SiteProtector architecture.
Update SiteProtector components.
Maintain the license.
Correct common SiteProtector error messages.

Section 5 - Report (18%)
Identify the appropriate report template for report generation.
Create a report.
Manage reports.
Schedule the report.
Use the Analysis tab for report generation.
Troubleshoot common report generation issues.

IBM Certified Analyst - Security SiteProtector System V3.1.1

Job Role Description / Target Audience
This intermediate level certification is for security analysts who monitor, analyze, categorize, and manage the events, monitor the system-s health, tune, maintain the SiteProtector system components and create reports. They also perform routine software operational tasks and product maintenance.

These security analysts are generally self-sufficient and able to perform most of the tasks involved in the job role with limited assistance.

To attain the IBM Certified Analyst - Security SiteProtector System V3.1.1 certification, candidates must pass 1 test. To prepare for the test, it is recommended to refer to the job role description and recommended prerequisite skills, and click the test link below to refer to the test objectives (skills measured on the test) and the test preparation tab (for educational sources and sample questions).

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Basic product knowledge of IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System (GX) V4.6.2 and IBM Security Network Protection (XGS) V5.3.1
SQL Server function and basic administration of Windows server operating system
Knowledge of network security

Thursday, 24 August 2017

C5050-300 Foundations of IBM DevOps V1

Test information:
Number of questions: 61
Time allowed in minutes: 90
Required passing score: 70%
Languages: English, Japanese

Related certifications:
IBM Certified Solution Advisor - DevOps V1

Section 1 - DevOps Principles
Define DevOps
Summarize different development approaches
Explain and identify delivery pipelines
Explain lean principles
Explain DevOps practices
Describe Collaborative Development
Describe Continuous Integration
Describe Continuous Delivery
Describe Continuous Deployment
Describe Continuous Availability / Service Management / Monitoring
Describe Continuous Security / Security for DevOps
Explain Shift-Left Test /Continuous Test
Explain Shift Left Ops
Explain Multi-speed IT
Explain Continuous Feedback
Explain the implications of the �12 Factor app� design principles for DevOps
ITIL and DevOps

Section 2 - Adopting DevOps
Describe business and IT drivers of DevOps
Explain the barriers to adoption of DevOps
Explain how to build a roadmap for DevOps adoption
Explain how to adopt DevOps in Multi-speed IT environment
Explain other continuous improvement approaches
Illustrate the cultural & organizational differences when transforming from traditional to DevOps processes
Explain the benefits of Design Thinking for DevOps process adoption

Section 3 - IBM DevOps Reference Architecture & Methods
Describe IBM DevOps Reference Architecture pattern
Explain the IBM point of view on DevOps
Explain DevOps for Microservices
Explain DevOps for Cloud Native
Explain DevOps for Cloud Ready
Explain Cloud Service Management Operations
Describe the IBM Bluemix Garage Method
Define and identify the common components of a DevOps Tool chain
Describe the key architectural decisions made to adopt DevOps
Describe the concepts of Software Defined Environments

Section 4 - Open Standards, Open Source & Other Common Components of DevOps
Identify tools for Build & Deploy
Identify other common tools and their uses
Describe common container technology
Explain the applicability of open standards for DevOps

Section 5 - IBM Solution for DevOps
Describe the IBM solutions for the THINK phase in DevOps
Describe the IBM solutions for the CODE phase in DevOps
Describe the IBM solutions for the DELIVER phase in DevOps
Describe the IBM solutions for the RUN phase in DevOps
Describe the IBM solutions for the MANAGE phase in DevOps
Describe the IBM solutions for the LEARN phase in DevOps
Describe the IBM solutions for the CULTURE phase in DevOps
Describe the IBM solutions for Security in DevOps
Describe the IBM solutions for transformation and connectivity in DevOps
IBM Certified Solution Advisor - DevOps V1

Job Role Description / Target Audience
An IBM Certified Solution Advisor - DevOps V1 is a person who can clearly explain the benefits and underlying concepts of DevOps, and has practical experience of implementing DevOps processes and solutions for clients. They can advise stakeholders on how to adopt DevOps, how to overcome barriers, and how to realize the business benefits of DevOps. They can also demonstrate how the leading industry, Open and IBM solution offerings can help customers realize these benefits.

Key areas of competency include:
Clearly articulate the benefits of DevOps for driving business agility and continuous innovation.
Advise stakeholders on how to remove barriers to the adoption of DevOps, and implement organizational change and continual process improvement.
Have a deep working experience of Continuous delivery (integration, delivery, collaboration, innovation) practices.
Experience of application development lifecycle, operational methods, SCM, version control and common tooling for cloud-ready and cloud-native application development.
Working knowledge of development, test automation and virtualization, deployment, and operational best practices.
Understand the IBM DevOps reference architecture patterns, and can apply them to DevOps solutions.
Recommend the best approach, tooling and consumption models (on premises / public / SaaS) across the IBM solution portfolio (and leading open toolchain components).

Recommended Prerequisite Skills

The following qualifications are requirements for success:
Advanced knowledge of DevOps principles, practices, and development approaches
Advanced experience of Continuous delivery (integration, delivery, collaboration, innovation) practices.
Working knowledge of the IBM DevOps Reference Architecture and associated adoption patterns.
Working knowledge of tooling and consumption models (on-premises / public / SaaS) from the IBM DevOps portfolio.
Working knowledge of the IBM DevOps solution offerings.

Requirements
This certification requires 1 test(s).



QUESTION 1
Which type of tests are designed to verify that security features such as authentication and logout work as expected?

A. build verification
B. network vulnerability
C. functional security
D. synthetic user

Answer: B


QUESTION 2
When long lived source control management (SCM) branches are merged, significant amounts of network can be required to resolve code conflicts. Which DevOps practice addresses this problem?

A. continuous integration
B. test-driven development
C. A/B testing
D. continuous deployment

Answer: B


QUESTION 3
What are two key metrics for cloud native applications? (Choose two.)

A. performance
B. stability
C. mean time between failures (MTBF)
D. first failure data capture (FFDC)
E. speed of change

Answer: A,E

Explanation: References:


QUESTION 4
Which volume of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) should be an integral part of every stage of the ITIL service management framework?

A. ITILService Design
B. ITIL Service Operations
C. ITIL Continual Service Improvement
D. ITIL Service Strategy

Answer: C

Explanation: References:


QUESTION 5
How does adopting DevOps help improve insight into the real value of applications?

A. by using mean time between failure (MTBF) metrics
B. by using customer feedback
C. by using usage statistics for cloud native applications
D. by using analytical analysis for return on investment (ROI) calculations

Answer: A


Friday, 11 August 2017

C2150-210 IBM Security Identity Governance Fundamentals V5.1

Test information:
Number of questions: 47
Time allowed in minutes: 90
Required passing score: 58%
Languages: English, French, Latin American Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)

Related certifications:
IBM Certified Associate - Security Identity Governance V5.1

Certifications (13%)
Define certification dataset and campaign�
Define signoff options
Define supervisor and reviewer activities
Define notification configuration�

Role Management (9%)
Define role structure
Publish role and define visibility
Consolidate role

Role Mining (15%)
Load Access Optimizer data
Create Role Mining session
Analyse statistics charts to identify candidate role
Analyse assignment map to identify candidate role
Analyse entitlement and user coverage to identify candidate role�
Leverage candidate role in IAG warehouse

Role Maintanence and Health (6%)
Identify unused roles
Retire role
Setup Role Certification campaign

Reporting (13%)
Identify standard report
Customize report layout
Configure scope visibility
customize query and add filter criteria
configure authorization to report for selected users

Separation of Duties (17%)
Define Business Activities
Define SoD Policy
Define Technical Transformation
Analyse Risk Violations
Define Mitigation Controls
Setup Risk Violation Certification Campaign

Installation (9%)
Prepare database server and schema
Configure virtual machine
Install virtual appliance
Configure database connections

Enterprise Integration (4%)
Identity ISIM and ISIG integration options
Identify supported connectors

ISIG Authorization Model (9%)
Define functional authorization for ISIG users
Restrict the data portion for a functional authorization
Define and use Attribute Groups

Access Request Management (9%)
Identify common process activities
Identify UI customization options
Review access request status

IBM Certified Associate - Security Identity Governance V5.1
Job Role Description / Target Audience
An IBM Certified Associate - Security Identity Governance V5.1 is an individual with entry level knowledge and experience with IBM Security Identity Governance V5.1 . This individual is knowledgeable about the fundamental concepts of IBM Security Identity Governance V5.1 through hands on experience. The associate should have an in-depth knowledge of the basic to intermediate tasks required in day-to-day use of IBM Security Identity Governance V5.1 . The individual should be able to complete these tasks with little to not assistance from documentation, peers or support.

Key Areas of Competency
IBM Security Identity Governance UI from an admin and end user perspective
Identify the key ISIG features
Understand the benefits of using ISIG for identity and access governance.

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Working end user knowledge of IBM Security Identity Governance V5.1
Understand Identity Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) infrastructure such as audit, reporting, access
review, and certification.
Experience with role modeling and role mining
Experience with role healthcare and maintenance.
Understand the ISIG entitlement model and how to leverage it to build target application authorization models.
Understand the ISIG authorization model and access governance responsibilities.
Experience performing an RFP in the access governance space.
Understand business activity-based separation of duties modeling for better business and auditor readability.
Understand typical functionality of access request workflows such as manager approvals.

Requirements
This certification requires 1 test(s).


Tuesday, 8 August 2017

C2150-201 Fundamentals of Applying IBM Security Systems Identity and Access Assurance

Test information:
Number of questions: 64
Time allowed in minutes: 105
Required passing score: 62%
Languages: English, French, Latin American Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)

Related certifications:
IBM Certified Solution Advisor - Security Systems Identity and Access Assurance

Discovery (21%)
Application: Discover customers needs.
Application: Discover problems the customer is trying to solve.
Application: Analyze the maturity of the customer environment as related to security and IT process.
Application: Assess the current environment and map it to the technical requirements.
Application: Identify and map requirements into product capabilities.
Application: Prioritize the capabilities based on business value drivers and analysis.
Application: List the existing limitations of the customer environment.

Planning (23%)
Application: Prepare a conceptual view of the architecture.
Application: Prioritize and document the technical requirements.
Application: Plan requirements for performance, security, reporting, usability, availability, logging, and regulations. - performance includes product sizing
Comprehension: Identify general requirements for performance, security, reporting, usability, availability, logging, and regulations.
Application: Identify the feasibility requirements in terms of integration.
Application: Define integration points for in scope products with their existing architecture.
Comprehension: Describe product licensing models.
Application: Determine the cost benefit analysis for hardware and software implementation.

Design (26%)
Application: Prepare a Logical view of the architecture.
Application: Create scenarios that address customer's use cases.
Application: Provide suggestions based on product capability.
Application: Streamline and standardize the design based on industry best practices.
Application: Determine data flow model.
Application: Identify the scope and effort involved for customization.
Application: Demonstrate a proof-of-concept to showcase solution capabilities.
Application: Document solution customizations requirements and scope.
Application: Describe business/technical advantages of IBM Security Identity and Access Assurance solutions.
Application: Apply security and compliance concepts to the solution document.
Comprehension: Identify the prerequisites for software installation and configuration.

Develop (17%)
Application: Perform customizations that meet specific needs.
Application: Develop the Physical view from the Logical view.
Comprehension: Describe the basic installation and configuration options.
Application: Describe the basic performance tuning options.
Application: Determine the robustness and scaleability of the solution.

Transition (12%)
Application: Create a go-live plan based on UAT / pre-prod implementation steps including identifying potential pitfalls.

Comprehension: Identify skills a customer needs to have to maintain the solution.

Application: Identify best practices and work around to maintain the solution. - includes backup and restore. These topics are covered in the operational guide.

IBM Certified Solution Advisor - Security Systems Identity and Access Assurance

Job Role Description / Target Audience
An IBM Certified Solution Advisor - IBM Security Identity and Access Assurance is a person who identifies opportunities and influences direction for IBM security solutions within the customer environment and is responsible for educating and influencing key decision makers.

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Map customer business requirements to IBM Security solutions.
Apply security and compliance concepts and standards to a customer's IT infrastructure.
Assess IT process maturity.
Assess the IT environment for security and compliance gaps.
Align IBM and business partner products and services to security and compliance opportunities.
Assess requirements and create a solution document.
Describe business/technical advantages of IBM Security Identity and Access Assurance solutions.
Apply security and compliance concepts to the solution document.
Recommend education opportunities to customer based on the IBM Security Identity and Access Assurance solutions.
Supply a transition document to interested parties.
Align the security solution with the architectural framework of the customer.
Understand the customer's business needs for identity and access management.
Understand government and industry regulatory compliance needs and requirements.

Requirements
Knowledge of IT security and compliance services (authorization, authentication, confidentiality, data integrity, non-repudiation). - Skill Level 3
Knowledge of IT process model (i.e. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)). - Skill Level 2
Knowledge of process maturity models (i.e. Six Sigma). - Skill Level 1
Knowledge of IT security and compliance standards (government and civil), regulations, and certifications (PKI, SSL, SAML, Liberty, etc.). - Skill Level 2
Knowledge of IT professional security and compliance certifications such as CISSP. - Skill Level 1
Knowledge of IT directory/LDAP functionality. - Skill Level 2
Knowledge of IBM Pricing Model - Skill Level 2
Familiarity with key IBM Security Partner products (PKI - VeriSign etc.). - Skill Level 1
Understanding of IBM IBM Security Identity and Access Assurance products -DB2, Directory Integrator, WebSphere, IBM HTTP Server etc.). - Skill Level 2
Conceptual knowledge of networking environments and operating systems.


QUESTION 1
A customer has a requirement which is currently unavailable in an out-of-the-box product.
Who would be able to assist in troubleshooting the customer when developing a custom solution?

A. IBM Sales
B. IBM Support
C. IBM LAB Services
D. Raise an enhancement request with IBM

Answer: C

Explanation:


QUESTION 2
A customer's IT infrastructure includes ten different directories, one for each country branch. The
customer now needs a single directory for some centralized applications. The customer would like
to make as few changes in the environment as possible.
Which product do you recommend?

A. IBM Security Identity Manager
B. IBM Security Directory Server
C. IBM Security Directory Integrator
D. IBM Security Access Manager for Web

Answer: C

Explanation:


QUESTION 3
A company is planning to design an identity and access management solution across multiple data
centers which will automate the user life cycle management and streamline their access
management process.
Which two key design principles should be factored in for designing a comprehensive identity and
access management solution? (Choose two.)

A. Design for integrity
B. Design with single zone
C. Design for accountability
D. Design for single layer of defense
E. Design for single data center and then extend it

Answer: C,D

Explanation:


QUESTION 4
Which scenario is typical for onboarding a new web application into IBM Security Access Manager
for Enterprise Single Sign-On?

A. Use AccessStudio to create a profile in the test environment. Confirm the profile works and use
it directly in the production environment.
B. Create a junction configuration in the test environment, confirm successful authentication,
export configuration from test import into production environment.
C. Use AccessStudio directly in production environment to create a new application profile,
confirm by using the test functionality in AccessStudio, and upload new application profile to
production IMS server.
D. Use AccessStudio to create a new application profile. Add a condition so the profile is only
available to your test users. After confirmation of the test users, remove the condition to enable the
profile for all users in the production environment.

Answer: D

Explanation:


QUESTION 5
A company is using IBM Security Access Manager and wants to extend the functionality of the
help desk users so that they can assist the end user in troubleshooting and diagnostics.
Which WebSEAL functionality is used to allow help desk users to assume the identity of the user
who is a member of the Security Access Manager Domain?

A. Switch User function
B. Switch Admin function
C. Transfer User function
D. Switch Application function

Answer: A

Explanation:




Tuesday, 18 July 2017

C2090-620 IBM Cognos 10 BI Author

Test information:
Number of questions: 50
Time allowed in minutes: 60
Required passing score: 74%
Languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish Castilian

If your job role includes building reports using relational data models, as well as enhancing, customizing, and managing professional reports, then you may consider adding this certification to your professional portfolio.

The Cognos 10 BI Author exam covers key concepts, technologies, and functionality of the Cognos products. In preparation for an exam, we recommend a combination of training and hands-on experience, and a detailed review of product documentation.

Create reports (14%)
Describe how to create list, crosstab, and repeater reports
Present data graphically

Focus reports (12%)
Describe how to focus reports using filters
Describe how to focus reports using prompts

Enhance reports (44%)
Describe the use of calculations in reports
Identify techniques to enhance layout and content
Describe how to customize reports with conditional formatting
Identify steps to set-up Drill-through Access

Create reports using the query model (18%)
Identify the purpose and components of the query model
Describe how to create the query model
Describe techniques used in the query model that determine how data is aggregated
Identify the effects on the query model(s) of creating a master/detail relationship in the report layout

Setup reports for bursting (6%)
Describe the function of the settings required to distribute reports through bursting

Manage events using agents (6%)
Describe the use of Event Studio in Cognos 8 BI

IBM Certified Designer - Cognos 10 BI Reports

Job Role Description / Target Audience
The professional report author is responsible for building reports using relational data models, as well as enhancing, customizing, and managing professional reports. This individual is new to Report Authoring and will be able to participate as an effective team member.

To achieve the IBM Certified Designer - Cognos 10 BI Reports certification, candidates must possess the skills identified under Recommended Prerequisite Skills, if any, and pass one (1) exam.

Click the test link below to see the overview, objectives, and test preparation recommendations.

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Prior to your preparation for this associate-level certification, the following knowledge and skills are recommended and assumed:

Experience using Windows operating system and a web browser
Knowledge of XML

QUESTION 1
In Report Studio, which chart lets the report author plot a third measure?

A. Area
B. Bubble
C. Scatter
D. Progressive Column

Answer: B


QUESTION 2
An author wants to create a report that displays certain list columns depending on the user's prompt selection. What property of the list column must the author define to create this variable?

A. Text source variable
B. String variable
C. Style variable
D. Render variable

Answer: D


QUESTION 3
An author creates a report in Report Studio. The report contains a parameter for the Product line query item. The author wants to let users drill through to this report from a variety of reports created using the GO Data Warehouse (query) package. To ensure that this target report contains data for the appropriate products, the author wants to limit the report cells that users can drill through from in source reports. What must the author do when creating the drill-through definition?

A. Set the Product line query item as the target of the drill-through definition.
B. Set the Product line query item as the scope of the drill-through definition.
C. Add a parameter for the Product line query to the drill-through definition.
D. Delete all data items except for the Product line query item from the drill-through definition.

Answer: B


QUESTION 4
Which statement about the tabular data retrieved by Report Studio queries is true?

A. Tabular data includes a column for each data item in the query. No grouping is applied to the tabular data.
B. Tabular data includes a column for each data item in the query. Grouping applied in the report layout is also applied to the tabular data.
C. Tabular data can only include columns for data items that appear in the layout. No grouping is applied to the tabular data.
D. Tabular data includes a column for each data item that appears in both the query and the layout. Grouping applied in the report layout is also applied to the tabular data.

Answer: A


QUESTION 5
In Report Studio, what is a baseline?

A. A value in a list report that other values are compared against.
B. A constant value that represents the x-axis in a chart.
C. A constant value drawn on a chart to indicate major divisions in the data.
D. A break point that keeps part of a report stationary while the user scrolls.

Answer: C

Wednesday, 7 June 2017

C7020-230 IBM Watson V3 Application Development

Test information:
Number of questions: 63
Time allowed in minutes: 105
Required passing score: 71%
Languages: English, , Japanese

Section 1 - Fundamentals of Cognitive Computing
Define the main characteristics of a cognitive system
Explain neural nets
Explain machine learning technologies (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning approaches)
Define a common set of use cases for cognitive systems
Define Precision, Recall, and Accuracy
Explain the importance of separating training, validation and test data
Measure accuracy of service
Define types of entities, relationships and co-references
Define Intents and Classes

Section 2 - Use cases of Cognitive Services
Select appropriate combination of cognitive technologies based on use-case and data format
Explain the uses of IBM Watson services available in the Application Starter Kits�
Describe the IBM Watson Conversation service
Explain use cases for integrating external systems such as Twitter, Weather API
Describe the IBM Watson Discovery service

Section 3 - Fundamentals of IBM Watson Developer Cloud
Distinguish cognitive services on IBM Watson Developer Cloud for which training is required or not
Provide examples of text classification using the IBM Watson Natural Language Classifier
Explain the IBM Watson SDKs available as part of the services on the IBM Watson Developer Cloud
Explain the IBM Watson REST APIs available as part of the services on the IBM Watson Developer Cloud
Explain and configure the IBM Watson Natural Language Classificer service
Explain and configure the IBM Watson Visual Recognition service
Explain and execute the IBM Watson Personality Insight service
Explain how the BM Watson Tone Analyzer service works
Explain, setup, configure and query the IBM Watson Discovery service
Explain and configure the IBM Watson Conversation service

Section 4 - Developing Cognitive applications using IBM Watson Developer Cloud
Call an IBM Watson service to analyze content
Describe the tasks required to implement the IBM Watson Conversational Agent / Digital Bot
Manipulate service outputs for consumption by other services
Define common design patterns for composing multiple IBM Watson services together
Explain the process to provision and use an instance of an IBM Watson Bluemix service instance
Explain the advantages of using IBM Bluemix as the cloud platform for Cognitive application development and deployment

Section 5 - Administration & DevOps for applications using IBM Watson services
Describe the process of obtaining credentials for IBM Watson services

Examine error logs provided by services

Job Role Description / Target Audience
This intermediate level technical professional is an individual who understands concepts essential to the development of applications using IBM Watson services. They have experience using the IBM Bluemix Platform-as-a-Service offering and are able to consume IBM Watson services in an application. This individual is able to perform these tasks with little to no assistance from product documentation, support or peers.

Key Areas of Competency:
Fundamentals of IBM Watson services
Use cases of Cognitive Services
Developing cognitive applications using IBM Watson services
Administering applications using IBM Watson services

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Working knowledge of developing an application using IBM Watson services
Working knowledge of core Cloud services (monitoring, logging, scaling), and security
Working knowledge with designing, developing and deploying RESTful APIs
Working knowledge of use cases using IBM Watson services
Working knowledge of cognitive concepts such as intent, relationships, entities, and ground truth
Working knowledge of the application starter kits and demos available on the IBM Watson Developer Cloud
Working knowledge of open technologies like CloudFoundry and Git like repositories
Basic knowledge of application development using common web technologies such as Node.js, Javascript, HTML, and css
Basic knowledge of machine learning methods and technologies

Requirements
This certification requires 1 test(s).

Test(s) required:

Click on the link(s) below to see test details, test objectives, suggested training and sample tests.

Test C7020-230 - IBM Watson V3 Application Development

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QUESTION 1
Which type of learning do regression, support vector machines, and Bayesian classifiers typically fall under?

A. cognitive learning
B. supervised learning
C. unsupervised learning
D. reinforcement learning

Answer: B

QUESTION 2
What information does the IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding service extract from html, text, or web-based content when it analyzes entities?

A. text and title information
B. people, companies, organizations
C. topic keywords
D. subject-action-object relations

Answer: D

QUESTION 3
Why would the data crawler be used with the IBM Watson Discovery service?

A. The data crawler automates the upload of content to the Discovery service.
B. Use the data crawler when structured data must be mined from other services.
C. When working with the tooling, the data crawler can be used to upload sample documents.
D. When there is a business need to dynamically crawl websites, Twitter and constantly changing content.

Answer: A

Explanation:
Reference https://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/doc/discovery/data-crawler.html

QUESTION 4
In a neural network, what is the name of the region marked with a question mark?


A. Hidden Layer
B. Computational Layer
C. Cognitive Layer
D. Intelligence Layer

Answer: A

QUESTION 5
What is the formula for recall in a classification system?

A. True Positives/ (True Positives+False Negatives)
B. True Positives/ (True Positives+False Positives)
C. False Positives/ (True Negatives+False Negatives)
D. True Positives/ (True Positives+True Negatives)

Answer: A


Friday, 19 May 2017

C2090-102 IBM Big Data Architect

Test information:
Number of questions: 55
Time allowed in minutes: 90
Required passing score: 60%
Languages: English

This test consists of 5 sections containing a total of 55 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section title reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections.

Requirements (16%)
Define the input data structure
Define the outputs
Define the security requirements
Define the requirements for replacing and/or merging with existing business solutions
Define the solution to meet the customer's SLA
Define the network requirements based on the customer's requirements

Use Cases (46%)
Determine when a cloud based solution is more appropriate vs. in-house (and migration plans from one to the other)
Demonstrate why Cloudant would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why SQL or NoSQL would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why Open Data Platform would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why BigInsights would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why BigSQL would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why Hadoop would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why BigR and SPSS would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why BigSheets would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why Streams would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why Netezza would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why DB2 BLU would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why GPFS/HPFS would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why Spark would be an applicable technology for a particular use case
Demonstrate why YARN would be an applicable technology for a particular use case

Applying Technologies (16%)
Define the necessary technology to ensure horizontal and vertical scalability
Determine data storage requirements based on data volumes
Design a data model and data flow model that will meet the business requirements
Define the appropriate Big Data technology for a given customer requirement (e.g. Hive/HBase or Cloudant)
Define appropriate storage format and compression for given customer requirement

Recoverability (11%)
Define the potential need for high availability
Define the potential disaster recovery requirements
Define the technical requirements for data retention
Define the technical requirements for data replication
Define the technical requirements for preventing data loss

Infrastructure (11%)
Define the hardware and software infrastructure requirements
Design the integration of the required hardware and software components
Design the connectors / interfaces / API's between the Big Data solution and the existing systems

Job Role Description / Target Audience
The Big Data Architect works closely with the customer and the solutions architect to translate the customer's business requirements into a Big Data solution. The Big Data Architect has deep knowledge of the relevant technologies, understands the relationship between those technologies, and how they can be integrated and combined to effectively solve any given big data business problem. This individual has the ability to design large-scale data processing systems for the enterprise and provide input on the architectural decisions including hardware and software. The Big Data Architect also understands the complexity of data and can design systems and models to handle different data variety including (structured, semi-structured, unstructured), volume, velocity (including stream processing), and veracity. The Big Data Architect is also able to effectively address information governance and security challenges associated with the system.

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Understand the data layer and particular areas of potential challenge/risk in the data layer
Ability to translate functional requirements into technical specifications.
Ability to take overall solution/logical architecture and provide physical architecture.
Understand Cluster Management
Understand Network Requirements
Understand Important interfaces
Understand Data Modeling
Ability to identify/support non-functional requirements for the solution
Understand Latency
Understand Scalability
Understand High Availability
Understand Data Replication and Synchronization
Understand Disaster Recovery
Understand Overall performance (Query Performance, Workload Management, Database Tuning)
Propose recommended and/or best practices regarding the movement, manipulation, and storage of data in a big data solution (including, but not limited to:
Understand Data ingestion technical options
Understand Data storage options and ramifications (for example , understand the additional requirements and challenges introduced by data in the cloud)
Understand Data querying techniques & availability to support analytics
Understand Data lineage and data governance
Understand Data variety (social, machine data) and data volume
Understand/Implement and provide guidance around data security to support implementation, including but not limited to:
Understand LDAP Security
Understand User Roles/Security
Understand Data Monitoring
Understand Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Data Security considerations

Software areas of central focus:
BigInsights
BigSQL
Hadoop
Cloudant (NoSQL)

Software areas of peripheral focus:
Information Server
Integration with BigInsights, Balanced Optimization for Hadoop, JAQL Push down capability, etc
Data Governance
Security features of BigInsights
Information Server (MetaData Workbench for Lineage)
Optim Integration with BigInsights (archival)
DataClick for BigInsights (Future: DataClick for Cloudant - to pull operation data into Hadoop for Analytics - scripts available today)
BigMatch (trying to get to a single view)
Guardium (monitoring)
Analytic Tools (SPSS)
BigSheets
Support in Hadoop/BigInsights
Data Availability and Querying Support
Streams
Interface/Integration with BigInsights
Streaming Data Concepts
In memory analytics
Netezza
DB2 BLU
Graph Databases
Machine Learning (System ML)


QUESTION 1
What are the two levels documented in the Operational Model? (Choose two.)

A. Logical
B. Rational
C. Theoretical
D. Physical
E. Middleware

Answer: A,C


QUESTION 2
The inputs to the Architectural Overview document do NOT include which of the following?

A. Architectural Goals
B. Key Concepts
C. Architectural Overview Diagram
D. Component Model

Answer: D


QUESTION 3
The downside of cloud computing, relative to SLAs, is the difficulty in determining which of the following?

A. Root cause for service interruptions
B. Turn-Around-Time (TAT)
C. Mean Time To Recover (MTTR)
D. First Call Resolution (FCR)

Answer: A

Explanation:
References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-level_agreement


QUESTION 4
“The programming model for client developers will hide the complexity of interfacing to legacy systems” is an example of which of the following?

A. A use case
B. An architectural decision
C. A client imperative
D. An empathy statement

Answer: B


QUESTION 5
Which of the following is the artifact that assists in ensuring that the project is on the right path toward success?

A. Component Model
B. Empathy Map
C. Viability Assessment
D. Opportunity Plan

Answer: C