Basis Certification 2003

No of Questions 80
Fundamentals of Application Platform 8

WEB Application Server I 16

WEB Application Server II 19

Software Logistics 14

Installation
10

Work Load
13

New Questions

In terms of ABAP what do you mean by the term “VARIANT”

Different types of RFC

i.
Synchronous RFC

ii.
Transactional and Asynchronous RFC

iii. Queued
RFC

iv. FAST
RFC

v. Rxxx
RFC

BASIS and Application support packs have their own release cycle? (T/F)
What security types and methods can you use along with WEB AS 6.20
Store and Secure Forward (SSF)
Secure Network connection (SNC)
Secure ABAP protocol (SAP)
Secure JAVA protocol (SJP)

Archiving, physical path, logical path, and start time of archiving

will be given. A screen dump will show the parameters. Need to identify the
output archive file that will be generated.
User is logged on to a logon group using logon load balancing, how does
message server allocate work processes for user ‘s request.
Xxx (False)
Yyy (False)
Message server will allocate the available work processes from the
assigned SAP instance server (True)
ZZZ (False)

Identify which statements related to “user master records” are true

It gets generated by pfcg
A profile generated from a role can be attached using PFCG
Role can be assigned directly using SU01
Role can be assigned directly using PFCG
 A generated profile from a role using PFCG can be assigned directly
using SU01

Parameters for minimum password length and maximum password length

Login/min_password_lng (T/F)
Login/max_password_lng (T/F)
Xxx
Yyy

PFCG
Input library
CCMS
You cannot create your own monitor sets (T/F)
Changing parameter value for thresholds in one operating mode, does
not affect the other operation mode (T/F)
Vvv
Fff

Total number of clients supported per SAP system

1000
bbbb
cccc

Define the Acronym ACID, used by SAP system functioning

Online documentation
You can call PLAINHTTphelp from web browser(T/F)
You can can htmlhelp from web browser (T/F)
Plainhtmlhelp takes less space compared to htmlhelp (t/f)
Can install library on web server or file system cache (T/F)

Number of updates
At least one V1 should be present per system (T/F)
At least one V2 should be present per system (T/F)
If V2 update modules are present, then V1 update modules are
reserved for critical updates (V1 updates) (T/F)

How does SAP system pick up system time

BASIS administrator needs to set up system time
It picks up the time from Database Instance
It picks up the time from Central instance

MCOD {Unicode and non-unicode in the same databse, diff tables, same
users}
work process connect to db using the one and same db user
migration from non-unicode to Unicode
Which statements regarding SAP system recommended hardware sizing are
true
Sizing starts with at least 256MB RAM and 1ghz processor
Open a call to SAP and they will answer you back with sizing
Discuss with your hardware vendor
Go to site http://service.sap.com/sizing
xxx

SAPInst
You need to install SAPinst fresh for every instance installation
You can restart the installation from the point of failure without
repeating the previous steps
It gets installated by default to the folder C:\Temp\install_log

Telephony
 SAP mail – MTA
As part of SAP Installation preparation, what is the best thing you
can do
Download the latest JDK from the site http://java.sun.com
Check for the all the installation related problems at
http://service.sap.com/installationproblems
Mount the CD-Rom and dump all CD‘s to hard disk, and create
necessary space.
Make sure there is enough RAM on server, so that you do not need to
reboot the server in between the installation.

Post Installation steps

You can use PFCG without performing any post-installation steps

Installation problem
What are the types of GUI available
GUI for windows
GUI for Java
GUI for HTML
GUI for LINUX

Which of these is a communication user in client 000

TMSADM
SAPDPIC
DDIC
SYS

What tools are provided by CTS

Client organizer
CTS Organizer
Transport Organizer
TMS

Which statements regarding Upgrade are true

Installing the new kernel is part of upgrade
Including the patches is part of the upgrade
Any modifications done, needs to be taken care of

Which statements regarding SPDD are true

SPDD needs to be done after upgrade
SPDD needs to be done before upgrade
Modifications to data elements and tables would cause to SPDD
Modifications to Data elements and reports would cause to SPDD
client copy – parallel processes dialog
What causes changes to TMS configuration
Addition of a virtual system in the landscape
Addition of a delivery route
Kernel patch application on one of the system in the landscape

When a SAP object is modified

It has to be included in a Customer package
It is to be included in pre-defined SAP standard package

ICM scalability
ITS can be used along with WAS for certain business applications
ICM can process HTTP request for J2EE
test script {refer to the question of TADM12, it is taken from there}
same test container
different test container

CUA
directory services – schema
Sm50
db request time
processing time
Memory allocation sequence for dialog work process
Customizing request
Consists of one more tasks

table Buffering
native SQL statements used, bypass buffering
Statement “BYPASS BUFFERING” uses Database access
Statement “USE BUFFERING” uses buffering

expensive sql statement

GUI time, rfc+cpic, roll wait
user has set a language in his default, which is not installed in the
SAP system, he can use it by specifying the language during the logon (T
/F)

Screen dump of system status. Find the Database host name?

Sequence of Updates V1 & V2
a) both occur independently
b) first V1 and then V2
c) both simultaneously
Screen dump on TIME_LIMIT_EXCEED explanations and some questions.
Can W-GATE and Web server be on different boxes?
Which of the following files of TP contain configuration
a) transport.ini
b) DOMAIN_DEV.cfg
c) TP_DOMAIN.PFL
d) tpimport.pfg
Uses of solution manager
Enqueue / Dequeue is related to
a) lock & unlocking at Database level
b) Lock & unlock of SAP transactions
c)
A communication is to be done between 2 systems, such that none should
use anonymous logon for misuse to do remote logon to target system
(multiple choice)
a) To create a communication user in SU01 and Test Authorization
c) To keep logon details blank so that each user has to specify the details
every time a connection is made
What is the startup sequence of the SAP system? (multiple choice)
a) Database, gateway, dispatcher
b) Dispatcher, gateway, database
c) Database, dispatcher, gateway
d) etc..
User in Client 000 used to logon to a newly installed system (single
choice)
a) SAP* , pass
b) SAP*, 06071992
c) DDIC, 07061992
d) DDIC, 19920607
c) system/pass
Allocation sequence of DIA work process
a) rollfirst, heap memory until exhausted, remaining of roll area, then
Extended memory
b) rollfirst, Extended memory until quota reached, remaining of Roll area,
then Heap memory
c)
From external programs which process is used to trigger an event within
an SAP system (Single Choice)
a) sapxpg
b) gwrd
c) dpmon
d) sapevt
e) disp+work.exe
When you do a modification then (single choice)
a) The package /dev class of the object has to be changed to Customer dev.
Class
b) The package /dev class of the object is within that of SAP and cannot
be changed
c)
d)
A customer wants to restrict modification what should he do
a) change to ‘Not modifiable’ in SE06 ‘System Change Option’ (T/F)
b) avoid modification by using enhancements & Business Addins (T/F)
Further on Modifications
a) Every Modification has to be registered as SAP Service Marketplace (T/F)
b) Every manual modification requires Developer Access key for the
developer (T/F)
c) Modification request has to be sent to SAP thru FAX (T/F)
Use of native SQL
a) Will always improve the performance (T/F)
b) Will remove the programs from being database independent (T/F)
c) Data accessed will not be buffered (T/F)
d)

Based upon the information in this R/3 System Status screen, what is the network
node name where the R/3 database is installed?
Which of the following is recommended by SAP to be used for copying very large
R/3 System clients? Client copy, export import, system copy, sapdba, r3 setup
When creating a logon group for Logon Load Balancing, which of the following can be specified?
Name the profile where where the SAPDBHOST parameter is defined in given landscape?
Analyze ST03 top transaction screen
Which operating system level program is used to transfer exported changes from
an integration system into a consolidation system?
What is the name of the parameter file used by the R/3 Transport System?
Which of the users is authorized to maintain R/3 user id parameters?
Which R/3 System user is required to start external programs from SAP background jobs?
Where does the work process trace files are written?
What are the functions possible using the SAP oss?
Which of the following can be selected during an R/3 installation with R3SETUP?
sid, module name, Average number of users, active sapgui connections
What is the command line syntax to start the saprouter with the access control,
logging, and password options disabled?
What is the name of the sapdba parameter file for an Oracle database used by an
R/3 Central Instance with SAP System ID C11?
Question based on Oracle DB02 screen.
Which are the files that are backed up during online backup?
Which are the files that are backed up during offline backup?
When is the redo log gets updated?
What should we do after adding datafile to tablespace for future complete recovery.
Find the name of database server from system->status screen
What can be specified in configuring logon load balancing.
What is the name of the parameter file used by the R/3 Transport System?
default password of ddic
default password of sap*
sapevt use
sapxpg use
ora 1652,1632 errors
Archive stuck
Who can create OSS user ids
What are the activities possible from Solution manager?
Lots of questions on file distribution for database server installation
Lots of questions on Transport Management.

1) directory where initsid.ora or initsid.sap is present

-> %oracle_home%\Database
2) ddic , sap* ,earlywatch passwords
-> 19920706,06071992,?
3) default clients ?
-> 000,001,066
4) sap* - hardcoded password
-> 06071992
5) oracle- system /manager
-> default
6) userid required for installation
-> < sidadm >
7) the sap & oracle services required
8) order of profile start,default,instance while starting & order of shutting down
-> Starting = default + start + instance
9) operationmode - can be done online or not
-> yes

10) adv , of operation mode

-> Efficient use of work process.

11) full form of OSS

-> Online SAP Support

12) can u have more than 1 enqueue process in one system

-> Yes

13) how many min diag or background or spool required in one r/3 system
-> DIA=2, BGD = 1, SPOOL =1

14) how many update service min to be present

-> ONE

15) can u have more than one spoolservice in one appl server.
-> No

16) no of instances one can have in a server for a particular sid

-> 99

17) hostname,instance no ,sid wil be given - give the instance profile name , start profile name
-> Instance Profile = __
-> Start Profile = START__

18) ques related to archive logs. when it gets created

19) how many default online logs are created during installation
-> 4

20) can u shutdown r/3 through sap

-> Yes by RZ03

21) sequence of starting sap

-> Database Server + Central Instance + Application Servers

22) how many control files are present during installation. how many are required
-> 1 ?

23) can u revert a released request

-> No ?

24) client copy methods does r/3 offer - multiple choice

25) r/3 client concept - which is not true
26) which direc. developer traces writen
-> sapmnt\\trace\work
27) if r/3 system does not start. where willl u find information the cuase eg: startdb.log,r.3 log , dev.trace,
stderr1 >>

28) logon group how it helps

-> Helps in load balancing

29) which access methods are used for mass printing

30) advantage of operation mode .

31)- rdisp/bufremode - sendon,exeauto or sendoff,exeauto(single instance)

A) Which work process managers SAP Locks

1 gateway
2 dispatcher
3 dequeue
* 4 enqueue
5 authorization management

B) Name the layers of the R/3 Architecture

(multiple choice)
1 Internet
* 2 Database
3 Communication
* 4 Application
* 5 Presentation

C) Whic is not a type of RFC call

1 Synchronous
2 Transactional
* 3 Remote
4 Asynchronous
 D) What programming language is used to develop the business applications.

1 VB
2 C++
* 3 ABAP
4 Cobol
5C

E) How many dialog steps in an SAP transaction.

* 1 At least One
2 One for every explicit database commit
3 One for every transaction in the SAP LUW
4 Only One

What is used by Basis to move repository objects across SAP Systems

1 WorkBench Organizer
2 Customizing Organizer
3 Repository Infosys
4 ABAP WorkBench
* 5 Transport System

What interface protocol is RFC based on

1 LU6.2
2 SNA
* 3 CPI-C
4 TCP/IP

What is spool request data stored

1 on the database server
2 on the operating system
* 3 on the TEMSE database
4 on the application server

What is a valid configuration for an R3 System.

(multiple choice)

* 1 One Application server and one Database server

2 No Application server and one Database server
* 3 Many Application servers and one Database server
4 One Application server and many Database servers

What link can be made from Workplace

1 R/3 Transactions
2 None of the answers are correct
* 3 All answers are correct
4 any Internet sites
5 External non R/3 systems

How many servers in a 3 tier R/3 system

1 3 for each tier

* 2 At least 3
31
4 Only 3
What administration function is not provided by CCMS

* 1 Program Syntax Checks

2 System Alerts
3 System Configuration
4 Starting and stopping SAP

What is a R/3 system

1 Instance plus system services

* 2 Instance plus Database
3 Multiple Application Servers
4 Database

What type of SQL is most commonly used in the ABAP language.

1 ANSI SQL
* 2 OPEN SQL
3 Native SQL
4 ISO 900 SQL

What are the tasks of the dispatcher.

(multiple choice)

1 performing program syntax checks

* 2 organizing communication
3 assigning users to work processes
* 4 distributing transaction load

Identify the characteristics of a business object

(multiple choice)

* 1 Business objects are business oriented

2 Business objects ONLY use BAPI's to access data
* 3 Business objects are managed in the Business Object Repository (BOR)
* 4 Business objects provide methods to implement business functions
5 Business objects require knowledge of the internal source code to be able to access the data

Which layer in the R/3 architecture processes ABAP programs

1 Database
2 Presentation
3 Internet
* 4 Application

Static data records that have a long life are considered to be :

1 Client data
* 2 Master Data
3 Customer documents
4 Transactional data

What is the customer allowed naming convention for lock objects

* 1 EZ* or EY*
2 ENQUEUE* or DEQUEUE*
3 Z* or Y*
4 ZE* or YE*

Which service is responsible for communication between distributed dispatchers

1 dialog
2 communication
* 3 message
4 gateway

1 hr of oracle + 1 hr of NT/ UNIX + 2 hrs of SAP

40 Ques + 40 ques + 80 Ques
SAP

WHEN THE "PREPARE" PROCESS IS RUN WHICH LOG FILE IS CREATED?

R3UP.LOG,R3UPCHK.LOG,R3CHK.LOG,CHECK.LOG,PREPARE.LOG
QUESTIONS BASED ON ST06 SCREEN. wHAT IS MEANING OF LOAD AVERAGE?

Count 3
Load average 1 min 0.00
5 min 0.00
15 min 0.00
Context switches/s 2,790

QUESTIONS BASED ON ST04 SCREENS. (BUFFER GETS/READS)

WHAT IS USE OF SOLUTION MANAGER?
WHERE IS A-GATE & W-GATE INSTALLED?
FROM WHERE CAN ITS BE ADMINISTRED?
DEFAULT PASSWORDS OF DDIC & SAP*.
QUESTION BASED ON SENDON/EXEAUTO.
QUESTIONS ON TMS( TP_DOMAIN.PFL, DOMAIN.CFG)
IN WHICH SITUATION STMS CONFIGURAION TO BE CHANGED (WHEN NEW SYSTEM IS ADDED,
VIRTUAL SYSTEM IS ADDED, R3 UPGRADE, KERNAL UPGRADE)
IN A THREE SYSTEM LANDSCAPE FROM WHERE WILL THE REQUEST TO BE IMPORTED ON QAS
COME FROM?
TO INCREASE SPOOL SYSTEM PERFORAMANCE WHAT CAN BE DONE?
USE OF SAPXPG & SAPEVT.
QUESTION ON SAP-> SYSTEM SCREEN TO IDENTIFY HOSTNAME OF DATABASE
STARTUP SEQUENCE OF SAP PROCESS
WHAT ARE REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN CUA? (ALE,RFC,....)
HOW MANY SPOOL WORK PAROCESS CAN BE CONFIGURED?

ORACLE
4/5 QUESTIONS ON FILE SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION (SECUTIRY & PERFORMANCE)
SAPDBA CAN BE USED FOR? (DISK MIRROR BACKUP, & OTHER OPTIONS)
QUESTION ON PARTIAL RESTORE & COMPLETE RECOVERY USING SAPDBA
QUESTION ON DATA BLOCK CURRUPTION? USE RAMN 0 & BRBACKUP -W USE_DBV
WHEN IS ONLINE REDOLOG WRITTEN TO (BEFORE UPDATING DATABASE OR AFTER
DATABASE UPDATE, SIMULTANEOUSLY)
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER EXECUTING COMMAND ALTER SWITCH LOGFILE.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STARTING DB
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STOPPING DB
WHAT HAPPENS WHILE REORG OF INDEX
1631 & 1653 PROBLEM
WHERE IS WORKPROCESS LOG STORED?
UR SAP INSTANCE IS NOT UP? WHICH LOG FILE WILL U CHECK?
TO CHANGE SGA SIZE WHICH PARAMETER WILL U CHANGE?
WHAT FILES ARE BACKED USING ONLINE & OFFLINE BACKUPS?
WHICH FILES TO BE RESTORED FROM TAPE COMPLETE RECOVERY?

Password for DDIC /SAP*

Type of files to be backed up during online /offline backups
Pre-requisities for partial restore & complete recovery
3-4 questions on distribution of datafiles on disk (disk configuration)
Questions on Roll wait & buffer –reads. ( for workload analysis)
2-3 questions on ITS/w-gate/agate
Sequence of startup of mysap components
Optimal printer config to be used
1-2 questions on CUA
Sequence of memory allocation for the dialog workprocesses
Question on checkpoint
Question on rdisp/bufrefmode
Questions on rdisp/mshost , rdisp/vbname parameters
Questions on V1/V2 updates
Background processing ( external programs )
Questions on sapevt
Questions on sapxpg
Questions on tp
Questions on table buffering
2-3 questions on troublshooting SAP startup problems
2-3 questions on PFCG / roles /profiles

No of questions
TADM12 80 qtns
Mysap technology 14
System Administration 22
Advanced System admin 3
Software Logistics 30
Workload Analysis 10
Installation requirements 1

TADM51 40 qtns
Troubleshooting 7
Administration 7
Performance Optimization 2
Restore&recovery 6
Device Config 9
Backup 9

1. Parameter rdisp/mshost found in which profile

a)default
b)start profile
c)Central instance –instance profile
c)Application Instance – instance profile
2. Parameter rdisp/vbname found in which profile
a)default
b)start profile
c)Central instance – instance profile
c)Application Instance – instance profile
3. One screen dump of sytem status . find the Database host name?
4. Performance optimization
SQL statement given –screen dump of ST04 detail analysis SQL request
& ST04 main screen dump- Single choice only
To find SQL statement is expensive or not
a)buffer gets > 5% Total Reads so Statement is expensive
b)buffer gets > 5% Physical Reads so Statement is expensive
c)Statement is not expensive
d)Very high buffer gets so statement is expensive
e)High no of execution so statement is expensive
5. Program ZZSLOW is there and it access ZZTABLE .And want to improve the performance
(multiple choice )
a) create an index on ZZTABLE and this is preferred over option of tuning SQL statement
b) Creating an index would definitely improve the performance
c)Tuning the SQL statement would solve the performance and is preferred over Index Creation
d)Optimizer may choose wrong index after creation of the index
6. One screen dump of update termination .
7. Sequence of Updates V1 & V2
a) both occur independently
b) first V1 and then v2
c)both simultaneously
8. How many minimum V1 and V2 processes should be there?
If V1 process is only there and there are not V2 process then will V1 process will handle V2 updates as well
?? True/False
9. Which of the foll. Traces can be started without restarting SAP system
a)Buffer Trace
b)SYSLOG Trace
c) Database Trace
d)Dispatcher Trace
e)Authorization
10. Analyse problem of system startup. Before anyone could login system stops . Check using(multiple choice)
A)check sm21
b)/usr/sap/log directory
c)analyse database error log in details
d)check files in \usr\sap\<instance>instance_no\work folder
e)check files in sapbackup folder
11. Sapdba –check is used to (multiple choice)
a) check & displays the status of all datafiles along with complete path name
b)lists free space usage of index & tables
c)check for consistency of database
d)check for failed brbackup & brarchive backuop
e) check for values of active database parameters
12. Update optimizer statistics jobs does … (multiple choice)
a) Not update statistics of pool and cluster tables
b)update statistics of all transparent tables.
C) update statistics of all transparent tables who doesn’t have any statictics
D) Check DBSTATCO for updation of selected tables
E) updates only statictics for DBSTATCO

13. One screen dump of sapdba…

Archive stuck situation is possible
14. One screen dump of backup failure
trying to take offline backup while R/3 is on
15. One screen dump on TIME_LIMIT_EXCEED explanations and some questions.
16. What of the foll. Components are in mysap technology
a) SAPGUI
b)mysap database
c) ITS
d)SAPDB
e)
17. Can Wgate and Webserver be on different boxes.
18. From where can ITS be adminstrerd -multiple choice
a) from within SAP system
B) from web server
c) from ITS admin instance
19. Which of the following files are required for transport in to QAS system
a)transport.pfg
b)DOMAIN_DEV.cfg
c)TP_DOMAIN_<SID>.pfl
d)tpimport.pfg
20. Which is the sapbda & brarchive parameter file
21. Files Required to do full database & recovery
22. File backed up during online backup
23. File backup up during offline backup
24. Questions on RFC+CPIC time & Roll Wait Time
25. Uses of solution manager
26. Sapdba supports following (multiple choice)
a)2 step backup, first disk then to tape
b)Replication database
c)
27. Enque table is stored in (single choice)
a) Table Tlock in database
b)In Central instance at file level
c) in shared memory of the Central instance
d)In shared memory of each SAP instance
28. Enque/deque is related to
a) lock & unlocking at Database level
b)Lock & unlock of SAP transactions
c)
29. Locking process of SAP transactions carried out by
a) Dialog process
b)enque process
c)Message server process
30. A communication is to be done between 2 systems, such that none should use anonymous logon for misuse
to do remote logon to target system (multiple choice)
a) if you do not give RFC target system,system no etc. then a default Logon is performed on to 000/own
system with user SAPCPIC.
b)To create a communication user in su01 and specify it in target destination
c)to keep logon details blank so that each user has to specify the detials every time a connection is made
31. Which process first connects to the database ?
a) Dispatcher
b) Message server
c)Work process
d) SAPGUI
e)Gateway
32. What is the startup sequence of the SAP system?(multiple choice)
a)Database ,gateway ,dispatcher
b)Dispatcher ,gateway ,database
c)Database , dispatcher ,gateway
d)etc.. etc…
33. SCU0 along with SM30 can be used to (multiple choice)
a) compare clients within same system
b)compare different clients within different systems
 c)Can be used to adjust customizing alongwith SM30
d)Can be used to comapare transaction tables
34. User in 000 used to logon to a newly installed system
a)sap* ,pass
b)sap*,19920706
c)ddic,06071992
d)ddic,19920706
c)system/pass
35. Password of SAP Dictionary user
a)DDIC,06071992
b)SAP*,pass
c)DDIC,19920706
d)SAP*,06071992
36. User/Password in newly created client
a)DDIC,06071992
b)SAP*,pass
c)DDIC,19920706
d)SAP*,06071992
37. With OPS$connect mechanism
a)OS user need not enter the password during database connection (T/F)
b)SAPDBA always uses ops$connect mechanism (T/F)
c)
d)
38. At then end of prepare phase which log file is created
a)R3up.log
b)prepare.log
c)Checks.log
d)upgrade.log
39. Allocation sequence of DIA work process
a)rollfirst,heap memory until exhausted,remaining of roll area,then Extended memory
b)rollfirst,Extended memory until quota reached,remaining of Roll area, then Heap memory
c)
40. 3-4 Questions on Device configuration …..( swap space,online logs,sapdata files on RAID5 or RAID1., on
same disks,.. etc)

41. To check & avoid block corruption

a) Use RMAN level 0 backup with SAP tools for backup
b)brbackup and brarchive always check for coruption
c)use –w use_dbv option with brbackup
d)oracle automatically checks for block corruption
42. How to create additional Sap service marketplace users (single choice)
a)one user Sapadm always there for every customer
b)At customer place the user with Administrator rights can create additional users
c)Create an oss message for creating additional users
d)has to check license& contract between SAP & customer
43. Buffering for a frequently updated table should be (single choice)
a)single record buffered
b)generic buffered
c)No buffering
c)Full buffering
44. For buffer synchronisation
a)In central system only way is to make bufrefmode=sendon/exeauto
b)In central instance and all dialog instance it should be bufrefmode=sendoff/exeauto
c) In central system it should be bufrefmode=sendoff/exeauto
d)In central system and all dialog system in exceptional conditions may be set as
bufrefmode=sendoff/exeauto
45. One screen dump on Load average of ST06 screen (Single Choice)
a)Load average is the Average CPU utilisation of the server
b)No. of CPU processes waiting in front of the CPU
c)
 d)

46. Client copy

a)Remote copy creates huge file in operating system level in target systems (T/F)
b)Client copies can be done within same system(T/F)
c)Remote Client copy can be done using parallel processes (T/F)
d)
47. From external programs which process is used to trigger an event within an SAP system(Single Choice)
a)sapxpg
b)gwrd
c)dpmon
d)sapevt
e)disp+work.exe
48. From SAP system which process is used to start external program & external commands (Single Choice)
a)sapxpg
b)gwrd
c)dpmon
d)sapevt
e)disp+work.exe
49. How many spool work process can be configured (Single Choice)
a) one per sap instance
b)one per SAP system
c) more than one per SAP instance
d)one on the Central instance

50. In 3 system landscape from where the request can be imported in QAS system (Single Choice)
a)Only from DEV
b)Only from QAS
c)From all of the 3 systems
d)only from PRD
51. Some questions on TMS
a)TMSADM are automatically created in 000 client (T/F)
b)TMS* RFC’s are automatically generated
c)
52. SAPCONNECT
a)sapconnect only works with RFC destinations (T/F)
b)if you configure sapconnect in client 000 then it is available to all other clients(T/F)
c)for Auto reaction method sapconnect needs to be configured in client 000 (T/F)
d) for External mail configuration an connection has to be maintained in SCOT (T/F)
e)No extra setting required for Mail config(T/F)
f)An program has to be scheduled so that sapconnect send external mails . (T/F)
53. RZ20/RZ21
a) in order to add create new monitor set you have to switch to ‘Activate Maintenance function mode’ (T/F)
b)It is recommended to copy Entire Monitor Set and then make changes to it (T/F)
c)It is recommended to keep monitor set with minimum monitoring objects so that loading time of the set is
minimum (T/F)
d)You should maintain the threshold values of the monitor set (T/F)
54. When you do a modification then (single choice)
a)The package /dev class of the object has to be changed to customer dev. Class
b) The package /dev class of the object is within that of SAP and cannot be changed
c)
d)
55. A customer wants to restrict modification what should he do
a) change to not modifiable in Se06 system change option (T/F)
b)avoid modification by using enhancements & Business Addins(T/F)
56. Further on modifications
a)Every modification has to be registered as SAP Service marketplace (T/F)
b)Every manual modification required Developer Acess key for the developer (T/F)
c)Modification request has to be sent to SAP thru FAX(T/F)
 d) All modifications should be done in DEV system for techincal reasons (T/F)
e)If modifications done then further work is required during upgrades (T/F)
57. Use of native SQL
a) Will always improve the performance (T/F)
b)Will remove the programs from being database independent(T/F)
c) data accessed will not be buffered (T/F)
d)
58. Operation mode switch from BTC to DIA
a)if jobs are running in BTC process then operation modes will be switched after the jobs are completed
(T/F)
b) if jobs are running in BTC process then operation modes switch will be cancelled (T/F)
c)The running jobs would be temporarily put in suspended status (T/F)
d)

1. Data is written to the Data Files before it is written to the Redo Logs. True/False

2. In an offline backup, what files are backed up?

3. In an online backup, what files are backed up?

4. What are the uses of the sapbackup and sapreorg directories?

5. What are the following files used for?

- init<SID>.sap
- init<SID>.dba
- init<SID>.ora

6. How do you verify corrupt data blocks at least once per Backup cycle?

7. What is the use of the OPS$<SID>adm user in an SAP database?

8. What happens during each of the shutdown options?

- shutdown normal
- shutdown immediate
- shutdown force

9. What happens during each of the startup phases?

- startup nomount
- startup mount
- startup open

10. Explain the 2 phase strategy recommended by SAP for maintaining Optimizer statistics?

11. What is the file to troubleshoot Oracle errors and where is it located?

12. Table and Index Reorganization?

13. If an index or a table is unable to allocate another extent, what would be the error code and the cause of it?

14. Provide a solution to resolve 13 above?

15. Which Oracle file is used during recovery and maintains information about LSNs, etc?

16. What is to be done for an index/table for which the MAXEXTENTS limit has been reached?
17. "Checkpoint not Complete" - Can an archiver stuck situation cause this condition? How about Block
Corruption?

18. If a Background Process aborts, what kind of recovery do you initiate after starting up the database?

19. During a log file switch, what is the role of the ARCH process?

20. To run Offline Backups, the database has to be running in ARCHIVELOG mode. True/False?

21. How do you adjust the size of the Shared SQL Cache?

22. How do you adjust the DB_BLOCK_SIZE of your database?

23. Know your SAPDBA Restore & Recovery Menu Paths and available options?

24. Information provided in Report for sapdba -check?

25. Identify the best disk layout for the following files w.r.t to security?

a. origlogA, origlogB, mirrorlogA, mirrorlogB.

ADM100 Questionnaire

1) What is SAP Instance? (Single Choice)

a. Group of Database that make a system runnable
b. Group of SAP instances that make a system runnable
c. Group of Services that make a system runnable
d. Group of O/S level Files that make a system runnable
2) What is the name of the DEFAULT Profile in SAP System? (Single Choice)
a. DEFAULT.imp
b. DEFAULT.prof
c. DEFAULT.pfl
d. DEFAULT.ini
3) Spool Request is created by which Work Process? (Single Choice)
a. Spool Work Process
b. Dispatcher
c. Message Server
d. Dialog Work Process
4) What is the Profile Parameter name used to set the Trace Level in SAP system? (Single
Choice)
a. rdisp/trace_level
b. rdisp/tracelevel
c. rdisp/LEVEL
d. rdisp/TRACE
5) The Standard SAP User SAP* has the following password (Single Choice)
a. 06071992
b. 19920706
c. 07061992
d. 19920607
6) What is the order in which the Profile files are read during the system start? (Single Choice)
a. DEFAULT, INSTANCE & START
b. INSTANCE, DEFAULT & START
c. START, INSTANCE, DEFAULT
d. START, DEFAULT, INSTANCE
7) Transaction Code used for Profile Maintenance / Job overview is: (Single Choice)
a. PFCG / SM37
b. RZ11 / SM36
c. RZ10 / SM37
d. RZ03 / SM37
8) What will happen if a background job is running and the Operation Mode Switch is activated
in between? (Single Choice)
a. The job will be cancelled
b. The job will be put in Suspended state
c. The Job will continue to run and once it finishes then the Operation Mode Switch will
occur
d. The Operation Mode will happen the next day
9) State whether the followings statements are True or False:
a. W Gate should always be on Web Server
b. A Gate should always be coupled with W Gate
c. SAP System should be installed on NT Operating System
d. Dual Host Installation in ITS means A Gate and W Gate are on the same host
10) From SAP System which process is used to start External Command / Program (Single
Choice)
a. sapxpg
b. sapevt
c. disp+work.exe
d. gwrd
11) ‘Event-Based Job Scheduler’ runs on every instance (True / False)
12) Printer Name in SAP is not case sensitive (True / False)
13) SAP System has a Operation Mode configured. There are performance issues in the System
and finally the BASIS administrator adds RAM (Physical Memory) to the Server. He
configures few parameters and increases the no. of work processes. The BASIS
administrator needs to redefine Operation Mode to take effect of the new processes –
(True/False)
14) The standard System Landscape recommended by SAP is: (Single Choice)
a. DEV, QAS & PRD systems on one Server
b. DEV & QAS on one server and PRD on another server
c. DEV, QAS & PRD on separate server
d. DEV on one server and QAS & PRD on one server
15) Access Method is: (Single Choice)
a. Connection between Dialog & Spool Work Process
b. Connection between OS Spool and the Actual Printer
c. Connection between Spool Work Process and OS Spool
d. Connection between Spool Request & Output Request
16) Locking Process of SAP Transactions is carried out by: (Single Choice)
a. Enqueue
b. Dialog
c. Spool
d. Background
17) Spool Data is stored in which table: (Single Choice)
a. TSP01
b. TSP03
c. TST03
d. TSP02
18) From External Program which process is used to trigger an event in SAP System? (Single
Choice)
a. sapxpg
b. sapevt
c. disp+work.exe
d. icmon
19) In 3 system landscape from where the request can be imported in QAS system (Single
Choice)
a. Only from DEV
b. Only from QAS
 c. Only from PRD
d. From all three systems
20) State whether the following statements are True/False in case of Note Assistant: (Multiple
Choice)
a. No SPDD modification adjustment required during upgrade / when importing Support
Packages
b. SSCR request is required
c. Changes are noted in Modification Assistant (SE95)
d. Changes are done through SNOTES transaction
21) While importing Support Packages you need to do the following. State True/False:
a. Update SPAM/SAINT update with latest version
b. Client 000 is not to be used for importing
c. Import must always be performed during peak operations
d. Aborted packages must be kept untouched
22) Uses of Solution Manager (Multiple Choice)
a. Operations Portal
b. Solution Monitoring
c. Support Portal
d. Transaction Creation Portal
23) CCMS Monitoring Infrastructure consists of: (Single Choice)
a. Data Migration
b. Data Collection
c. Data Storage
d. Data Archiving
24) The following are the components of a DB: (Multiple Choice)
a. Database Buffer
b. Data Files
c. SAP Kernel
d. Special DB Processes
25) ICM (Internet Communication Manager) is a Process (True/False)