Test Yourself Questions And Answers In SAP Data Modeling

1. Which of the following occurs as a result of degenerating dimensions?
This question has more than one answer.

a. The grain of the fact table represents actual working documents like order number or invoice number
b. All descriptive attributes of the grain are located in other dimensions
c. The InfoCube becomes very weak and performs poorly when it is run
d. The degenerating dimensions cannot be modeled using normal star schema
e. None of the above
 

2. What values can a key figure retain?
This question has only one answer.

a. Last value
b. Average value
c. First value
d. Sum
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
 

3. Which of the following describes an unbalanced hierarchy?
This question has only one answer.

a. A hierarchy with too many leaves within one branch
b. A hierarchy with fewer nodes within one or more branches
c. Hierarchy without leaves
d. The term used for data that are delivered from two or more sources on different aggregation
levels
f. None of the above
 

4. How many hierarchies can be created for a key figure?
This question has only one answer.

a. 10
b. 2
c. 5
d. More than 1
e. None
 

5. Which of the following represents a characteristic that spans an entire data model and upon which all other entities are dependent?
This question has only one answer.

a. Many-to-many relationship
b. A degenerated characteristic
c. A strong entity
d. An attribute
e. A data model characteristic
 

6. Navigational attributes behave in a query like which of the following?
This question has only one answer.

a. Attributes
b. Variables
c. Characteristics
d. Filters
e. None of the above
 

7. When should an attribute be placed in a separate dimension?
This question has only one answer.

a. Always
b. If the attribute changes frequently
c. If the attributes have a large number of distinct values
d. Never
e. None of the above
 

8. Which of the following objects is not provided in business content?
This question has only one answer.

a. InfoCube
b. InfoSource
c. KPIs
d. Queries
e. SAP R/3 extractor program
f. None of the above
 

9. Which of the following objects keeps the aggregate and InfoCube in sync?
This question has only one answer.

a. Dim pointer
b. Read pointer
c. SID pointers
d. Surrogate pointer
e. None of the above
f. All of the above
 

10. A MultiCube joins numerous other InfoCubes via which of the following?
This question has only one answer.

a. A common set of characteristics
b. A common set of key figures
c. A common set of InfoSources
d. A common set of DataSource
e. None of the above

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Correct Answers:

1) a, b, c

2) e

3) b

4) e

5) e

6) c

7) b

8) f

9) b

10) a

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