IBM Cognos BI Professional Set 1

A company receives new orders each night. Those orders must be filled and packed for shipment before the end of each day. The users need to know which orders have arrived during the night and which still require filling throughout the day. Supervisors also need the flexibility to inquire against the database on a variety of items outside of the standard order filling process (e.g. customer outstanding balance or shipping rates). Which of the following Cognos 8 components BEST fills the company's needs?

Which of the following statements describes the critical differences between a managed report and a query?

Which of the following allows greatest flexibility in formatting but generally has the lowest interactivity with the users?

Which of the following issues is Iterative Development specifically designed to address?

Which of the following BEST describes the group of users who would typically use these Cognos 8 components: Metric Studio, Analysis Studio, and Query Studio?

 

A company records when customers check into a service center. If there are too many customers waiting for the number of service representatives on hand, a manager wishes to be notified by an e-mail that contains a report showing the current condition. Which of the following Cognos 8 Components would BEST address their needs?

A company wishes to coordinate the anticipated hiring activities of all of the departments in a given division of the organization. The CEO has mandated a limit of 50 total new hires for the coming fiscal year. The various departments must coordinate future hiring. The CEO would also like to see reports comparing the projected hiring vs. the actual number of new hires by department. Which set of Cognos 8 components BEST supports the company's needs?

A company has a manufacturing database they wish to interrogate. They know there are issues that have affected production quality over the last year but they are unsure exactly what factors are contributing to the problem. They would like to be able to quickly examine manufactured batches from multiple perspectives and, if there are any anomalies or any unusual trends over time, they would then like to focus on specific batches to understand the details. Which of the following Cognos 8 Components would BEST address their needs?

A company has several operational data stores. They wish to compare data from the various data stores against one another. The data in the various stores must be manipulated to match. Eventual report performance is more important than development time. Which of the following Cognos 8 components would BEST address their requirements?

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