CERTIFICATION MAKEUP EXAM FOR TIDAL

ENTERPRISE SCHEDULER TRAINING

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Instructions: Circle the correct answer or answers.

1.

What are the steps required to define an On-Demand job rule?

2.

Which of the following is the responsibility of the Agent?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

3.

Which items best describes the benefits of using Job Groups?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

4.

Jobs within groups can inherit schedule and agent information

One group can bring many jobs into the schedule
Groups can be used to categorize jobs
Jobs within groups can inherit Command Parameter information
All of the above

Which describes queues functionality?

a)
b)
c)
d)

5.

Monitoring dependencies
Tracking the job
Sending job launch requests
Alerting the operator about job errors
none of the above

A method of limiting the jobs in a group from being launched

Allow jobs to make better use of dependencies
A method to control the sequence of launching jobs
A way to utilize job classes

When does TIDAL Enterprise Scheduler assign a job to a queue?

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Anyone can run your job in TIDAL Enterprise Scheduler.

TRUE

FALSE

Explain your answer:

7.

List 3 reasons for using the inherit function in jobs with a parent group?

8.

A calendar is created for

a)
b)
c)
d)

9.

Which cannot be used in defining a File Dependency?

a)
b)
c)
d)

10.

File Exists
File Copied in
File Size <=
File Has Changed in

You can perform the release of a job when

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

11.

Defining the days a job can run on

Excluding the days a job should not run
Scheduling jobs to run on weekends
None of the above

A job is running
A job is waiting on dependencies
A job is waiting on resources
A job has completed
None of the above

Which is part of the Queue Definition window?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Add a Job to the Queue

Assign a Queue Filter
Add Runtime Users
Assign a Queue Limit
Assign Job Priority Bumping

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12.

What item or items are contained in the Job Event definition?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

13.

Jobs will still launch if the Agent is running and the Master is down.
TRUE

14.

FALSE

The Connection Light can be yellow when the Master is running and all the Agents are
connected
TRUE

18.

the Agent
the Master
the Client

Dashboard is an additional graphical interface that allows you to schedule jobs

TRUE

17.

Stop and start the Master

Stop and start the Agent
Access certain commands that apply to selected items
Access the Help menu

Who initiates the request to launch a job?

a)
b)
c)

16.

FALSE

Performing a right-click on the mouse while positioned in the Job Activity Console allows
you to:
a)
b)
c)
d)

15.

Event trigger
Associated Actions
Associated Jobs
Variable Updates
All of the above

FALSE

Which of the following job statuses is invalid?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Waiting on Dependencies
Error Occurred
Stopped
Waiting on Resources
Rerunning

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19.

Actions can be linked to multiple jobs and job groups

TRUE

20.

Email, Operator alerts, SNMP Message, Variable Updates and Job Control are different
types of actions that can be used in TIDAL Enterprise Scheduler.
TRUE

21.

When inserted into the schedule

Immediately
In the next days compiled schedule
On the first active calendar in the calendar list

Which status selections are available when defining a Job Dependency

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

25.

The current user you are logged in as

The user that installed TIDAL Enterprise Scheduler
The user who originally defined the job
On NT, the user defined at the time of agent installation

If a calendar name is not supplied when defining a job, when will the job launch?
a)
b)
c)
d)

24.

FALSE

If you dont supply a runtime user when defining a job, what runtime user will the job
launch as?
(Based on default configuration values)
a)
b)
c)
d)

23.

FALSE

Resources are user defined and are assigned to all jobs in the schedule.
TRUE

22.

FALSE

Job is Matched Occurrence

Job is Active
Job is Error Occurred
Job is Externally Defined
All of the Above

Queues can be defined using filters on

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Job Name
Job Group
Agent
Job Name Mask
None of the above

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26.

List the functions of the Master?

27.

List the functions of the Agent?

28.

List the functions of the Client?

29.

A Queue is defined with Agent and Job Name filters, a job will only be assigned into this
Queue if
a)
b)
c)

30.

Who physically launches a job?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

31.

A jobs Job Name matches the Job Name queue filter

A job runs on the Agent matching the Agent queue filter
A jobs Job Name and Agent name match both queue filters

the Agent
the Master
the Client
the Adapter
the User

If a repeating job was set up to launch every 5 minutes up to a maximum of 5 times and
each instance was a new occurrence, what could happen if the first occurrence of the job
ran longer than 5 minutes?
Name the three Configuration options and their effect on the above scenario:
a.
b.
c.

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32.

When editing a Queue definition, you can perform the following?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

33.

Assign current jobs to the Queue

Assign or remove filters
Change the limit on the number of jobs that can run in a Queue concurrently
Schedule Queue Outages
Make a Queue Launch Immediate

An Agent List will allow which of the following?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Share jobs using the Agent List with users assigned the Agent List
Share Agent runtime user with users assigned to the Agent List
Use the Agent List in place of the Agent in the Job Rule
Run a job on every Agent in the ordered list
Allow you to modify the Agents assigned to the list

34.

I right click on an enabled job that I am the owner & creator, to insert it into the current
days production schedule, but a message appears stating This job cannot be manually
inserted into the schedule. What is the cause?

35.

TIDAL Enterprise Scheduler stops checking on jobs dependencies once a dependency has
been met.

TRUE

FALSE

36.

A job resides in a job group with a calendar event of every Monday, but the job has a
calendar event of every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On which days will the job be
scheduled?

37.

The Event Activity Console is used to view and modify Events in TIDAL Enterprise
Scheduler.

TRUE
38
TRUE

FALSE
Resources can only be viewed from the Resource folder under Definitions in the Client.
FALSE

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