IBM Cognos COG-310 Exam - Testking

Free COG-310 Sample Questions:

1. Why would an application developer assign a negative weight to an element in a dimension?
A. To store credit balances without a negative sign.
B. To provide an alternate drill down path to the dimension.
C. To display data in different formats.
D. To store data in multiple hierarchies.
Answer: A

2. Why would a developer create a consolidated element?
A. To display comments in a cube.
B. To apply alternate names to an element.
C. To store numeric data
D. To calculate an aggregation.
Answer: D

3. Aggregation is automatically applied when building a dimension. Which of the following option is the basis for aggregation?
A. Formats
B. Rules
C. Attributes
D. Hierarchies
Answer: D

4. Which of the following element properties is used to perform subtraction within the dimension hierarchy?
A. Weight
B. Format
C. Attribute
D. Aggregation
Answer: A

5. When an application developer constructs a cube, what is the minimum number of dimensions the cube must contain?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: B

6. Which of the following attributes can be used to display element names in multiple languages?
A. Text
B. String
C. Alias
D. Format
Answer: C

7. Data is loaded into cells in a cube. A cell is identified by the intersection of items from which of the following objects?
A. Attribute
B. Subset
C. Dimension
D. Slice
Answer: C

8. Which of the following element types identifies the lowest level in a dimension hierarchy?
A. String
B. Attribute
C. Consolidation
D. Simple
Answer: D

9. Why would an application developer use a DB () function in an internal cube reference?
A. To nest another function into it.
B. To format data in a cube.
C. To clear data in a cube.
D. To display an alias.
Answer: A

10. Which of the following must be used to reference cube, dimension, and element names in a rule?
A. Curly braces
B. Single quotes
C. Square brackets
D. Double quotes
Answer: B