1.

Which of the following function converts a date to a string

IS_DATE

MAKE_DATE_TIME

TO_CHAR

TO_DATE

2. Dates on the julian Calander are not supported in PowerCenter?

True

False

3. Which folder property determines if folder is a shared folder?

Is shared

Sharable

Allow Shortcuts

All

None

4. Date explorer can import definitions directly?

SAP

VSAM

IMS

Oracle

PeopleSoft

5. Select the statement below that is false.

A single mapping can support both parameters and variables at the same time

A developer can call a parameter or a variable within a reusable transformation

A parameter or variable used by a mapplet can be used by any mapping the mapplet is associated
with

A parameter value can be changed between session task runs

NONE

6. How does the OCCURS statement in a COBOL file effect the operation of Normalizer
transformation?

Each OCCURS produces multiple output columns for each column in the COBOL data set
Each OCCURS produces multiple unique identifiers in the mapping data flow, which may correspond
to multiple rows or columns in the COBOL data set

Each OCCURS produces multiple output rows for one source row in the COBOL data set

It has no effect

7. A union transformation removes duplicates when merging two data pipeline branches?

True
False

8. Which of the following are semi-structured formats?

ACCORD

Word documents

eMail

HIPPA

9. In PowerCenter 8.x how many repositories are managed by one Repository Service?

Any number

10. What does UTF stand for?

UTF stands for Unicode Transformation Format.

11. The string literals in expression editor should be include in

Single Quotes

Double Quotes

Square Brackets

Curly Brackets

None

12. Check all the PowerCenter8.x application services from the following

Core Service

SAP BW Service

Web Services

Hub Grid Service

Log service

13. What is example of subscription-based reference data

Customer ratings

Name and Address

Credit ratings

All

None

14. Which of the following statements is or are true for filter transformation

Filter is an active, connected transformation

Variable ports can be created in a filter transformation

Filter condition is case in sensitive

Any expression that returns Boolean values can be used as filter condition

15. Which components are required to run a debug session?

Designer

Designer and Workflow Manager

Designer and running integration service

Designer, Workflow Manager and integration service

16. Integration services set the value to NULL if current value exceeds maximum value?

True

False

17. Which of the following are XML specific transformations?

Source Qualifier

Parser

Generator

All

None

18. Which datatype is not supported in normalizer transformation?

String

NString

Number
Date

19. In transformation language FALSE is equivalent to integer

20. When number of input groups is not equal to number of Occurrences set in Normalizer
transformation, which error is thrown

TE_3034

TE_3035

Fatal Error

TE_11071

21. Integration service uses which for sorting data using sorter transformation

Hash Keys

Bubble Sort

Heap Sort

Merge Sort

22. In Metadata Manager architecture, what product used as a reporting platform

PowerCenter

IDQ

IDE Crystal reports

Data Analyzer

23. What are enabled by high availability feature in PowerCenter 8.x

Resilience

Reliability

Failover

Performance gains

24. Which of the following is NOT a Data Cleaning function?

RTRIM

TO_CHAR
SUM

ISNULL

25. ISNULL evaluates an empty string as FALSE.

True

False

26. All ports in filter transformation are input/output ports

True

False

27. Which data sources can be read via a source qualifier

Relational tables

Flat files

Relational and Flat files

Cobol copybooks

28. Which of the following means 'Not Equal To'

<+

<>

!=

^=

+>

29. Which transformation can be concurrently cached with

Source qualifier

Aggregator

LookUp

Sorter Filter

30. Mixed datatypes can be used with Comparison operators

True

False

31. The group of functions which help in eliminating data errors are

Conversion functions

Data Cleaning functions

Date Functions

Numeric Functions

32. LAST function returns the last character of a string

The last NOT NULL value in the selected port

Last NULL value for selected port

Any of the above choices is true

33. TE_7034 and TE_7035 messages give what information?

Aggregator cache locations

Caches used for incremental aggregation

Location of index cache

Location of data cache

34. The ADD_TO_DATE function is available in

Designer

Repository manager

Workflow manager

Workflow Monitor

35. Which function can be used for pivoting data in aggregator transformation

Last

First

Middle

Decode

36. NULL is equivalent to empty string

True

False

37. What is the former name of Metadata Manager product?

PowerGlue

Metadata Manager

SuperGlue

Metadata Consolidator
 38. When using an ORDER BY clause in a Source Qualifier or making use of a Sorter
transformation, what transformation attribute can be checked within the Aggregator or
Joiner transformations to make them more efficient?
Sorted Output

Sorted Input

Sorted Data

Sorted Information

39. For following transformations, processing is pushed only to the target database with
Pushdown optimization

Update Strategy

Expression

Lookup

Target Definitions

40. LN function returns

The number of characters in a string

The natural logarithm of a numeric value

Log of a number to base 10

Number of spaces

41. Data Quality workbench and Data Quality Integration are packed with which PowerCenter
option?

High Availability

Multilingual Support

Team Based Development

Data Cleanse and Match

42. IN () functions return a NULL when

Input value is not in LOV

Input value is one of the values in LOV

Input value matches multiple values in LOV

Input value is NULL

43. NULL||'ABC' returns

Option 1: NULL
Option 2: ABC

Option 3: NULL||'ABC'

Option 4: abc

44. Which function cannot be used in UDF

Conversion functions

Character Functions

Aggregate Function

Date Functions

45. CUME function is available in

Designer

Repository Manager

Workflow Manager

Workflow Monitor

46. Informatica External procedure is deployed as which in Windows environment

DLL

Driver

Utility

Executable

47. Informatica External procedure is deployed as which in Unix environment

Shell script

Shared Library

Folder

Any of the above choices are true

48. Which of the following can be utilized for capturing incremental data for Aggregation?

Filter

Stored Procedure

Mapping Variables

Source Qualifier
 49. What is the primary advantage of the METAPHONE function over SOUNDEX function?
Performance
Accuracy

Flexibility with respect to sound matching criteria

A greater number of constant-vowel combinations are supported

50. Which table holds the repository username and encrypted password?

OPB_REPOSIT

OPB_REPOSITORY

OPB_REPO

Repo

51. Which components make up content master?

Parser

Serializer

Mapper

Transformer

52. What does D stand for in WSDL?

Designer

Decimal
Definition

Description

53. What is UDF?

Custom functions defined in PowerCenter using APIs

Functions created by users using PowerCenter Transformation Language

Above two options

None

54. Oracle bulk loading fails when constraints are enabled on the table

True

False

55. Joiner Condition for string comparisons are not case sensitive

True

False
 56. What is service manager?

Service in Window’s environment

Deamon process in Unix environment

A physical component that is installed during PowerCenter installation

A service instance

Process thread

57. In informatica 8.5 which service maps to Data Analyzer?

Metadata Service Integration Service

Reporting Service

Repository Service

58. Which of the following is an unstructured data?

Reports in word

59. Index cache is Aggregator transformation sums column size of

All ports

Aggregate ports

Group By ports

Local variable ports

60. Depending on the return value of transaction control variable, the XXX commits, rolls back
or makes no transaction change for the row. XXX is

Core service

Integration service

Repository

Repository Service

Web Service

61. In latest PowerCenter version, lookup can be created on

Relational tables

Flat file

JMS

MSMQ
 62. What architecture component connects IDE client with the server?

ODBC Call

TCP/IP

Listener

63. What privilege is required to delete a UDF?

Use Designer

Admin Repository

Both

None

Custom transformation is always an active transformation

True

False

64. Removing default error codes from all output ports is a good practice?

True

False

65. -and-are the default groups available in PowerCenter

Administrator and Public

Administrator and People

Admin

Users and Public

66. Which PowerCenter parameter lets you run the same session using the different types of
pushdown optimization?

PushdownConfig

$PushdownConfig

$$PushdownConfig

$$Pushdown

67. Which functions can be used to avoid Null errors or divide by zero errors in informatica
mappings

Conversion

Character
Test

Special

68. Filter conditions are case sensitive

True

False

69. IDE reports can be viewed via which reporting product?

Data Analyzer

Cognos

Crystal

Packaged Java reports

70. NULL is equivalent to Zero

True

False

71. Joiner transformation can be used as an alternate to which transformation?

Source Qualifier

Lookup

Sorter

Filter

72. AES_DECRYPT function returns data in which format

String

Binary

Number

Date

73. For following transformations, processing is pushed only to the Source database with
Pushdown optimization

Aggregator

Lookup

Expression

Joiner

Filter
 74. COMPRESS, DECOMPRESS functions use which data compression algorithm

PKZIP

Gzip

JBIG

Zlib

75. Which of the following used to eliminate the rows apart from Filter?

Sorter

Update Strategy

Source Qualifier

Expression

76. For following transformation, processing is pushed to either Source or Target with
Pushdown optimization

Filter

Union

Lookup

Expression

77. CDE is used for handling unstructured data?

True

False

78. Select the group of transformations that can sometimes made efficient by using
transformation level

Expression, Lookup

Expression

Aggregator, Filter, Lookup

Aggregator, Expression, Rank

79. Which data types are supported as input for the ROUND() function?

Decimal

Decimal, Double, Real

Date/Time, Double, Real

String, Decimal
 80. In SOA, S stands for

Service

Software

Source

Server

81. What is meant by direct path loading when using external loader in Oracle

The data directly gets loaded to Oracle target

The data is staged to flat files and then loaded to Oracle target

All transactions are logged in Achieve Log

82. If the current year is between 0 and 49 (Such as 2003) and the source string year is
between 50 and 99, in RR format

The integration Service returns the current century plus the two-digit from the source string

The integration Service returns the previous century plus the two-digit from the source string

The integration Service return anything

83. What is the default user that gets generated for logging on to Administrator Console?

Option 1: Administrator

Option 2: Admin

Option 3: admin

Option 4: Any user

84. In what scenario is Dynamic lookup a good option

No constraints on using Dynamic lookup in any scenario

Duplicate records exist in source table

When both parent and child table get loaded by single source in a mapping

85. Which tool can be utilized for creating dummy mapping flows?

Designer

Vision

Power Point

Excel Spreadsheets

86. Gateway node is named so because service requests are received by this node first

True
False

87. When there are unconnected input ports in Normalizer transformation, what error
message is seen in Session Log?

TE_3034

TE_3035

Fatal Error

TE_11071

88. If the current year is between 50 and 99 (Such as 1998) and the source string year is
between 50 and 99, in RR format

The integration Service returns the next century plus the two-digit from the source string

The integration Service returns the current century plus the two-digit from the source string

The integration Service return anything

89. What is/are the Dynamic partitioning in PowerCenter 8.x?

Number of session partitions are defined dynamically by integration Service

Maps to Hash partitioning in source system

Maps to Key-Range partitioning in target system

Number of session partitions depends on Source database partitions or number of nodes in grid

90. In transformation language TRUE is equal to integer

91. ABORT function available in

Designer

Repository Manager

Workflow Manager

Workflow Monitor

92. In relational mapping flow, Normalizer transformation is utilized for converting rows to
columns

TRUE

FALSE
 93. Which of the following is not a core service

Authentication Service

Web Service Hub

Log Service

Licensing Service

Configuration Service

94. PowerCenter transformation language supports which comments specifiers?

/**/

//

!--

--

95. Filter transformation should be placed as close to the target as possible for maximising the
performance?

TRUE

FALSE

96. The ADD_TO_DATE function is available in

Designer

Repository manager

Workflow manager

Workflow Monitor

97. The following function tests whether a string represents a date?

IS_DATE

MAKE_DATE_TIME

TO_CHAR

TO_DATE

98. Informatica has which relationship with composite to provide EII capabilities

Composite is acquired product

OEM

No relationship

99. What minimum privilege is required to use a connection object in Session?

Read

Edit

Execute

Admin

100. Which product is available as part of Power Exchange from INFA version 8.5
onwards?

PowerAnalyzer

PowerCenter Connect

IDE

No changes to Power Exchange

101. What minimum privilege is required to use a connect to the integration service?

Workflow Operator

Admin Integration Service

Administrator

None

102. In which of the following scenario is it better to use joiner transformation rather
than lookup?

Both source and Lookup table are in same schema

Number of rows in source and lookup tables are comparable

Hardly rows from source have matching values in Lookup

103. What datatypes are limited to only reading and writing?

CLOB

GLOB

BLOB

Option 1 and 3

All

104. For which of the following a shortcut cannot be created?

Normalizer

Mapping

Mapplet
Session

105. Which product comes packaged with Informatica PowerCenter for reporting
PowerCenter metadata

Metadata Manager

MX Views in PowerCenter Repository

Metadata Reporter

All

None

106. Object queries can be executed from all client tools of PowerCenter?

TRUE

FALSE

107. ABS Function available in

Designer

Repository Manager

Workflow Manager

Workflow Monitor

108. PowerCenter Stores dates internally in

Binary format

String format

Date/time format

109. Integration service uses what join for joining data from two streams in Joiner
transformation

Hash Join

Sort Merge Join

Transpose Join

Anti Joins

110. VSAM Normalizer Transformation is reusable

TRUE

FALSE

111. The use of local variable in any transformation expression in a mapping will
increase performance
TRUE

FALSE

112. Which services get installed default while installing PowerCenter product?

Application service

Core Services

both

none

113. Which of the following are products acquired from similarity systems?

Athanor

Axio

Item Field

PowerCenter Connect for SAP

114. The format string MM in TO_CHAR function represents

Minutes

Month

Mod

Mode

115. The ABORT function Returns

That last row in the selected port

Stops the session and issues a specified error message in session logs

Returns the absolute value of a number

116. On Which node does the log service run by default?

Any node

Worker node

Gateway node

117. Which transformation convert source specific datatype to informatica native

datatype?

Normalizer

Expression

Target
Aggregator

118. Folders can contain nodes, services, grids, licenses and other folders?

TRUE

FALSE

119. Installing a domain is equivalent to

Configuring any node

Configuring all services

Configuring gateway node

Configuring core services on any node

120. The operator || converts operands of any datatype to?

String
121. What capabilities are added with team-based development option?

Import Export of PowerCenter components

Multiuser environment

In-product version management

All

122. ASCII function returns the numeric ASCII value of the

first character of the string

last character of the string

all characters of the string

any characters that have lowest ASCII value

123. Partitioning defined in a session also gets pushed down to source or target
database via Pushdown optimization?

True

False

124. What factor determines whether a custom transformation is active or passive?

The procedure code algorithms

choice of custom transformation function used

this property can be set by the user

custom transformations are always active

125. In which mode Stored Procedure is always connected

Source Preload

Target Preload

Source Postload

Target Postload

Normal

126. Transaction control transformation is what type of transformation?

Active, connected

Passive, connected

Active, unconnected

Passive, unconnected

127. What is the purpose of the mapping variable property “Aggregation type”?

It is used to determine the final value of the variable across sessions with multiple partitions.

It is used to determine how the Aggregator transformation will calculate values of the variable across
rows.

It is used to determine how the Aggregator and Rank transformation will calculate values of the
variable across

It is passed to the source database server to determine how aggregations of variable fields are
handled.

128. In what mode should the Repository Service be running to upgrade repository
contents

Normal

Repository Service should be running at all

Exclusive

Safe Mode

129. Select the statement below that is true

The Repository Service must be running before a repository can be created.

A valid repository must be created before the Repository Service can be started.

The Repository Service must be installed on the same physical machine as the gateway node.

The Repository Service may be installed on different physical machine that the gateway node
provided the operating system is the same, i.e bothUnix or both Windows2000/XP.

130. Which of the following is a character function?

AVG

TO_CHAR

LENGTH

TO_INTEGER

131. Which of the following function converts a string to a date?

IS_DATE

MAKE_DATE_TIME

TO_CHAR

TO_DATE

132. Self Join is supported from which version of Informatica?

8.5

8.x

7.x

6.x

133. In which scenario will a default query not get generated in SQL override of a Source
Qualifier?

The datatypes in Source Qualifier do not match the source

The Source Qualifier property "Allow Default Query" is unchecked

The Source Qualifier is not connected to Source database

The Source Qualifier does not have one or more ports connected to downstream transformation in
the mapping

134. What is the Core functionality or feature provided by PowerExchange?

PowerExchange extends the connectivity of PowerCenter to enterprise applications, mainframe

systems, web services, etc

PowerExchange connects Metadata Manager to all types of platform for metadata exchange For
mainframe systems,

PowerExchange is informatica's ETL product

PowerExchange enables extraction or pull of information in realtime, CDC and batch modes

135. How many default ports are created in normalizer transformation?

3
5

None of the options

136. Debugger session runs on which port?

6005

6001

6010

The port on which the integration services is configure

137. In which scenario incremental aggregation should be used?

Median scenario incremental aggregation should be used

Aggregation does not significantly change the target

When mapping includes transaction control transformation

When mapping includes filter transformation

138. One of the inputs streams to joiner transformation can be from update strategy?

True

False

139. What is the primary purpose of using mapping parameters and variables?

To improve mapping performance

To make mappings easier to interpret

To improve mapping reusability and flexibility

To simplify mapping design and development

140. IS_SPACE evaluates an empty string as True?

True

False

141. Maximum value for sequence generator is 2147486647?

True

False

May be

142. ERROR function is available in

Designer

Repository Manager
Workflow Manager

Workflow Monitor