A00-250 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which statement is an advantage of pre-assigned libraries?

A. Libraries are available in stored processes with no additional steps.

B. Metadata security is always applied to pre-assigned libraries.

C. User-written formats are only available to pre-assigned libraries.

D. Maintenance is reduced for the platform administrator.

Which statement regarding precedence principles for authorization is FALSE?

A. Settings on an item have priority over settings on the item's parent.

B. If identity precedence and the type of setting do not resolve a conflict, the outcome is a denial.

C. Explicit settings have priority over ACT settings.

D. A direct member of multiple groups cannot have conflicting settings.

An identity hierarchy specifies a list of identities and the order of precedence of those identities. Which listing of identities is ranked from highest priority to lowest priority?

A. User, direct group, indirect group, SASUSERS, PUBLIC

B. User, SASUSERS, PUBLIC,directgroup, indirect group

C. SASUSERS, PUBLIC, User, direct group, indirect group

D. direct group, indirect group, User, PUBLIC, SASUSERS

If a server or spawner is failing to start, what would be the most appropriate first step in troubleshooting the cause of the failure?

A. Run the SAS Deployment Manager to reconfigure the servers.

B. Modify the SAS Server configuration files.

C. Copy the command line used to invoke the server and issue it directly in the operating system, noting any errors or information generated.

D. Use SAS Management Console to modify the server's configuration.

If you are unable to connect to or use a server, which of the following would NOT be a viable first step in troubleshooting?

A. Verify that the server is running at the operating system level.

B. Modify the SAS Server configuration files and attempt to restart.

C. Verify that the objectspawner is running at the operating system level for the workspace and stored process servers.

D. Examine logs to identify warnings or errors.

How many object spawners, at a minimum, need to be defined in the metadata?

A. One per machine running a stored process server, workspace server, and/or pooled workspace server.

B. One for each type of server instantiated byanobject spawner.

C. One for every three servers that need to be instantiated by an objectspawner.

D. Never more than one per environment.

Your environment contains a restore program named restoreServer.sas. Which statement regarding restoreServer.sas is FALSE?

A. It connects to the metadata server using the SAS Trust credentials.

B. It writes a log to the metadata server directory.

C. You can execute the program in a SAS session with XCMD option enabled.

D. It restores the backup files from theSASBackup directory to the appropriate subdirectories in the metadata server directory.

Which statement is FALSE regarding the use of the OMABAKUP macro to backup the SAS environment?

A. It can be used to restore the backup files.

B. It can be used to reclaim unused disk space with the REORG option.

C. It stops the metadata server while performing a backup.

D. It creates a backup with minimal disruption in service.

In what state must the metadata server be in if you choose to use operating system commands to backup metadata repositories?

A. Online

B. Running

C. Administration

D. Stopped

Which role is not pre-defined?

A. Enterprise Guide: Unrestricted

B. Enterprise Guide: Advanced

C. Enterprise Guide: Programming

D. Enterprise Guide: OLAP

The suffix of a SAS Internal account is:

A. @sas

B. @saspw

C. @LocalHost

D. @sasMain

In most deployments of the Platform for SAS Business Analytics, which type of access requires passwords for external accounts to be stored in the metadata?

A. seamless access to the SAS datasets

B. seamless access to SAS OLAP cubes

C. seamless access to external databases

D. all of the above

Place the Log events in order of Diagnostic Level for severity from Highest (most severe) to Lowest.

A. DEBUG, INFO, ERROR, WARN

B. WARN, ERROR, DEBUG, TRACE

C. ERROR, DEBUG, TRACE, WARN

D. ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG

Which process does NOT create a log file by default?

A. Metadata server

B. Workspace server

C. Objectspawner

D. OLAP Server

Which of following statement is FALSE? Updating table metadata enables you to:

A. update table security settings at the metadata and operating system level.

B. update table definitions to match corresponding physical tables.

C. add table metadata for tables that exist in the physical library but have no metadata in the repository.

D. delete metadata for table definitions that exist in the metadata repository but do not have a corresponding table in the physical library.