BICS Certification Keys

1.
The reality of today's BI is as follows, Pick two valid answers
Mark for Review
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
BI is standardized across the organization
BI is pervasive among all the companies
Multiple Complex BI tools (*)
BI is inflexible and slow (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! BI is Inflexible and Slow & Multiple Complex BI tools
2.
What percentage of organizations will have considered moving their BI
solutions to the cloud? Mark for Review
(1) Points
1%
64%
12%
46% (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! It is 46%
3.
Why is Cloud disruptive to IT ?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
LOB's will demand IT to maintain the Software and Hardware
LOB's do not want governance over their data
LOB's will create their own analytical solutions (*)
IT will focus less on Software and Infrastructure (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! LOB's will create their own analytical solutions & IT will focus less
on Software and Infrastructure
4.
How does the Cloud help the LOB's
(1) Points
Cloud makes integration with Excel easier
It serves the LOB's with governed analytics (*)
Cloud does not help the LOB's
Cloud integrates all applications like PBCS
Mark for Review
Incorrect
Incorrect! It serves the LOB's with governed analytics
5.
According to CIO magazine, How many shadow BI projects are developed
without the help of the IT
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Less than 10 %
Around 80% (*)
Between 40% and 50%
None
Incorrect
Incorrect! Around 80%
6.
Which of the following is not a key component of Oracle's Cloud Service for ease-of use?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Self-service management
Additional IT resource required (*)
Monthly subscription
Instant Provisioning
Self-service sign-up
Incorrect
Incorrect! Additional IT resource required
7.
Which of the following is true for BICS (Business Intelligence Cloud Service)?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Increase the adoption for Business Analytic solutions
Eliminate the need for all Business Analytic on-premise solutions and replace them by Cloud
Services
One goal of BICS is to lower the IT resource requirements for managing an organization's
infrastructure for Business Analytics (*)
Increase the processing time to migrate from on-premise to cloud services
Require the customer to implement both on-premise and cloud services based business
analytic solutions
Incorrect
Incorrect! One goal of BICS is to lower the IT resource requirements for
managing an organization's infrastructure for Business Analytics
8.
Which of the following is not a key component of Oracle's Cloud Service?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Common Infrastructure Services
On-Premise deployment services (*)
Social Network Services
Platform Services
Applications Services
Incorrect
Cloud Service.
Correct. On-Premise deployment services is not a key component of Oracle's
9.
According to market research, which of the following are the top two use
cases for public cloud service? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Enterprise class applications (*)
Legacy applications
Applications used by employees (*)
Increasing IT budget
Removing applications
Correct
Correct! Enterprise class applications & Applications used by employees
10.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Platform Services
On-Premise Deployment services (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect. On-Premise deployment services is not a key component of
Oracle's Cloud Service.
11.
Which of the following is not an advantage for Software as a Service (Saas)?
Review
(1) Points
Faster implementation
Lowering operational expense
Limited infrastructure overhead
Lower short term total cost of ownership (TOC)
Security and compliance concerns (*)
Mark for
Incorrect
Incorrect! Security and compliance concerns
12.
Which of the following statements is true regarding Oracle's Cloud
implementation architecture? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Oracle Cloud components are not built on any common services infrastructure.
BICS extends the feature set and functionality of on-premise Business Analytics to the Cloud
(*)
There are only two Oracle Cloud components built on a common infrastructure.
Oracle Cloud components such as SOA and Infrastructure are common services built on a
single platform.
There is only a single Oracle Cloud component built on a single common infrastructure.
Incorrect
Incorrect! BICS extends the feature set and functionality of on-premise
Business Analytics to the Cloud
13.
Which of the following defines the "managed" deployment choice for
customers implementing on Oracle's Cloud solutions? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Customer neither owns nor operates
This is the same as subscription model
Customer owns and operates the solution and technology
Customer owns the solution and Oracle operates the technology (*)
This is the same as a "private cloud"
Correct
Correct! Customer owns the solution and Oracle operates the technology
14.
What is the highest concern for CEOs when implementing cloud computing
solutions within their organization?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Job Security
Data Integrity
Data Security (*)
Decline in customer satisfaction
Increased costs
Incorrect
Incorrect! Data Security
15.
Which of the following is the key factor for organizations in deciding to
implement a private cloud service?
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(1) Points
The cost to implement is significantly higher to implement
Security and sensitivity for external exposure to financial information (*)
Implementation time is reduced significantly compared to other solutions
The cost to implementing is significantly lower than other solutions
Data access is quicker compared to public cloud implementations
Incorrect
information
Incorrect! Security and sensitivity for external exposure to financial
Cloud Computing: Business Intelligence Cloud Service

(Answer all questions in this section)
16.
According to a CEO research survey, what are the top two benefits for
widespread adoption of cloud-based systems? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Meaningfully increase IT headcount
Meaningfully increase IT budget spending
Meaningfully improve IT function's ability to innovate (*)
Maintain budgets and headcount
Meaningfully improve IT function's ability to focus on high-value activities (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! Meaningfully improve IT function's ability to focus on high-value
activities & Meaningfully improve IT function's ability to innovate
17.
Which of the following deployment scenarios is defined by the customer
owning and operating their hardware and software required in running their cloud service?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Private deployment model (*)
Hybrid deployment model
Software as a Service (SaaS) model
Public deployment model
Platform as a Service (PaaS) model
Incorrect
Incorrect! Private deployment model
18.
What are two of the advantages of SaaS (Software as a Service) for
organizations? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Companies eliminate the requirement to run their own hardware (*)
Companies have to eliminate their on-premise applications
Companies eliminate the IT resources to manage additional infrastructure (*)
Companies have no choice on which applications can be implemented by SaaS
Companies need to hire additional IT resources for infrastructure management
Incorrect
Incorrect! Companies eliminate the requirement to run their own hardware
& Companies eliminate the IT resources to manage additional infrastructure
19.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
20.
implementation?
Which best describes the definition of a customer's "private cloud"

Mark for Review
(1) Points
Oracle owns and provides the cloud service solution
Customer owns and operates their cloud service solutions (*)
Customer owns and Oracle operates the cloud service solution
Correct
Correct! Customer owns and operates their cloud service solutions

21.
Which of the following defines the service model where a 3rd party provides
a platform to organizations so they can develop and deploy their own applications?
Mark for
Review
(1) Points
Platform as a Service (PaaS) model (*)
Hybrid as a Service (HaaS)
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Deployment as a Service (DaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Incorrect
Incorrect! Platform as a Service (PaaS) model defines the service model
where a 3rd party provides a platform to organizations so they can develop and deploy their own
applications.
22.
Organizations are concerned with SaaS (Software as a Service) on public
cloud implementations for which two of the following reasons? Mark for Review
(1) Points
It increases security risks by having sensitive data in the cloud (*)
It will significantly increase short term costs
SaaS has not been proven to work long term
Saas requires extensive in-house hardware purchases
IT may be difficult to integrate with existing on-premise systems (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! It increases security risks by having sensitive data in the cloud & IT
may be difficult to integrate with existing on-premise systems
23.
Which of the following two statements are true for Business Analytics and
Business Intelligence Cloud Service?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Customers can only run on-premise applications or cloud implementations and not both at
the same time
If an application is developed on the Cloud, you cannot deploy to on-premise solutions
Customers can implement a hybrid of both on-premise and cloud service (*)
(*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! Customers can implement a hybrid of both on-premise and cloud
service & BICS extends the feature set and functionality of on-premise Business Analytics to the
Cloud
BICS Customer Requirements and Target Markets

24.
How do you load data to a new table on Oracle Database Cloud Service ?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
You have to connect to the Oracle Database using DB Connect
You have to use an ETL tool to load the data
You use the Data Loader on the Home Page of the BI Cloud Service (*)
You have to connect to the Oracle Database using SQL Data Tools
Correct
Correct! You use the Data Loader on the Home Page of the BI Cloud Service
25.
One of the competitive advantages for Oracle's BICS (Business Intelligence
Cloud Service) is the following? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Other competitors do not offer any Saas (Software as a Service) offerings for the mid market
All other cloud solutions require equal IT resources across all environments
Competitors only offer on-premise solutions
With many customers that have successfully implemented OBIEE, this makes a strong and
compelling story for the cloud (*)
All other products offered increase the adoption barrier for Business Analytics
Incorrect
Incorrect! With many customers that have successfully implemented OBIEE,
this makes a strong and compelling story for the cloud

the day?
26.
The Oracle Data Centers operate and are monitored during what parts of
Mark for Review
(1) Points
The data centers are setup and monitored 24 hours, 7 days a week. (*)
From 3:00 AM until 2:00 AM the next day - maintenance is scheduled from 2:00 AM - 3:00
AM local time.
The data centers are setup and monitored 24 hours, 6 days a week.
From 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM local time.
The data centers are closed for maintenance once a month during the last day of the month.
Incorrect
week.
Incorrect. The data centers are setup and monitored 24 hours, 7 days a
27.
Which of the following two goal statements are true for BICS (Business
Intelligence Cloud Service)?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Require the customer to implement both on-premise and cloud services based solutions
Accelerate user adoption with a Saas subscription model and lower IT resource
requirements (*)
To provide a functional Business Analytics platform on the Cloud (*)
Increase the adoption barrier for Business Analytics solutions
Incorrect
Incorrect! To provide a functional Business Analytics platform on the Cloud
& Accelerate user adoption with a Saas subscription model and lower IT resource requirements
28.
How will you know that the data has been loaded successfully into the
Oracle Database Cloud Service ? Mark for Review
(1) Points
You will be able to look at the log files
You will have to create the Model to check for the data
You will have to query the Database using SQL Developer.
On the Summary Page, you will see the record of rows that were loaded successfully (*)
Incorrect
loaded successfully
Incorrect!On the Summary Page, you will see the record of rows that were
29.
Which of the following is not perceived as a competitor for BICS (Business
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Adobe (*)
Microsoft
SAP
IBM
Microstrategy
Incorrect
Incorrect. Adobe is not perceived as a competitor
Differentiation between BICS and On-Premise Business Intelligence Implementations

30.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Model
Validate (*)
The Oracle BI Cloud Home Page does not have this on its home page
Manage
Catalog
Correct
Correct! Validate

components
31.
Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service contains these two main
Mark for Review
(1) Points
It contains the BI Cloud Service and PBCS
It contains the BI Cloud Service and the Oracle Database Cloud Service (*)
It contains the BI cloud service and you will have to have a Database on premise or on the
cloud
It contains the BICS license for On Premise and Cloud
Correct
Correct! It contains the BI Cloud Service and the Oracle Database Cloud Service
32.
How do you sign in to BICS ( Business Intelligence Cloud Service) Mark for
Review
(1) Points
You need to create a link from your enterprise Database
You need a link from your on premise OBIEE
Sign in to Oracle Cloud (*)
You need be within your companies firewall
Correct
Correct! Sign in to Oracle Cloud
Service ) ?
33.
How will you create the Data Model within BICS ( Business Intelligence Cloud
Mark for Review
(1) Points
You will have to use Oracle Golden Gate
You will use the Admin tool within BICS to create the Model (*)
You will create the Model using Visio
You will have to use the Data Loader tool to create the dimensional schema
Correct
Correct! You will use the Admin tool within BICS to create the Model
34.
How do you load the data for your Model
(1) Points
You cannot load any data within BICS
Mark for Review
You will use the Data Loader tool within BICS (*)
You will have to use Oracle Data Integrator
You will upload the data using a data connection
Correct
Correct! You will use the Data Loader tool within BICS
BICS Deployment and Architecture

35.
Within a Hybrid deployment (both Cloud and on-premise) implementation
for a customer, which of the following statement is true?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
A customer's development system can exist on the Cloud while production deployment can
exist on-premise. (*)
A customer's development and production system must exist on-premise only.
A customer's development and production system must exist on the Cloud only.
A customer's development system cannot exist on the Cloud while their production
deployment can exist on-premise and Cloud.
If a customer develops an application on the cloud they are not allowed to deploy that
production environment for on-premise implementations.
Incorrect
Incorrect! A customer's development system can exist on the Cloud while
production deployment can exist on-premise.
scenarios?
36.
Which of the following statement is true regarding customer deployment
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Customers have flexibility in deployment choices and can combine on-premise and Cloud
Service implementations. (*)
Customers can combine two on-premise applications and two Cloud Service
implementations running at the same time.
Customers can combine only one on-premise application and two Cloud Service
Customers have flexibility in deployment choices but must decide on only on-premise
applications or only Cloud Service applications and not both.
Customers can combine only one on-premise application and one Cloud Service
implementation running at the same time.
Incorrect
Incorrect! Customers have flexibility in deployment choices and can combine
on-premise and Cloud Service implementations.
37.
Which of the following features and functions are not included for a
customer's BICS implementation?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Flat file loads and data integration
Thin Client Admin Tool
Unlimited data storage space (*)
Analyses
Dashboards
Correct
Correct! Unlimited data storage space
BICS Demonstration
38.
Which of the following steps are required to load an existing on-premise
application onto BICS - Business Intelligence Cloud Service?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
From the Landing Page -> Load Data (*)
You are required to replicate the on-premise application prior to moving to BICS
From the Landing Page -> Admin Tools you must choose "New Application"
It is not possible to load an on-premise application onto BICS
You are required to remove the on-premise application prior to moving to BICS
Incorrect
Incorrect! From the Landing Page -> Load Data
39.
When you log in to your cloud, what is the one link that you do not see ?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Manage
Load Data
Create an Analysis
Create a Pivot (*)
Model
Incorrect
Incorrect! Create a Pivot
40.
What best describes the "provisioning" process for BICS - Business
Intelligence Cloud Service?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Email notifications sent only to the Account Administrator
Submitting an order for BICS for the first time prior to usage
Provisioning BICS simply means to "Activate" the BICS service for use. (*)
Submitting multiple orders for BICS for the first time
Email notifications sent only to the Buyer
Correct
Correct! Provisioning BICS simply means to "Activate" the BICS service for use.
Overview of Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (BICS)

1.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! It serves the LOB's with governed analytics
2.
(1) Points
64%
46% (*)
1%
12%
Correct
Correct! It is 46%
3.
Which of the following two factors best describes the profile for mid-market
net new BICS customers?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Customers who are looking to increase their IT infrastructure headcount
Customers who have many on-premise applications and the required support staff
Customers without a BI Infrastructure or BI tool in place (*)
Customers who do not have hardware and/or IT resources to support on-premises

implementations (*)
Customers who have had non-positive experiences with cloud service implementations
Incorrect
Incorrect! Customers without a BI Infrastructure or BI tool in place &
Customers who do not have hardware and/or IT resources to support on-premises implementations
4.
Why would companies embark on a journey towards cloud ?
Review
(1) Points
Cloud is the new Buzz word
Mark for
LOB's have greater control of IT Spend (*)
Commodity hardware is cheap and this is the time to switch to the cloud
LOB's want IT to support them irrelevant of the cost
Incorrect
Incorrect! LOB's have greater control of IT Spend
5.
According to CIO magazine, How many shadow BI projects are developed
without the help of the IT
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Less than 10 %
None
Around 80% (*)
Between 40% and 50%
Incorrect
Incorrect! Around 80%

6.
(1) Points
Incorrect
Incorrect! Meaningfully improve IT function's ability to focus on high-value
activities & Meaningfully improve IT function's ability to innovate
7.
According to market research, which of the following two uses is not a high
priority for cloud use cases?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Removing applications (*)
Creating new applications
Extension of existing applications
Applications used by employees
Increasing IT budget (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! Removing applications & Increasing IT budget
8.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
9.
(1) Points
Legacy applications
Incorrect
Incorrect! Enterprise class applications & Applications used by employees
10.
What key term describes the limitation and difficulty of changing to another
vendor or switching to different cloud applications by an organization after they committed to a Saas
(Software as a Service) provider?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
IT Independency
SaaS Quatching
IT Dependency
Vendor Lock-In (*)
Buyer Lock-in
Incorrect
Incorrect! Vendor Lock-In

11.
Utilizing cloud service solutions by Oracle allows IT organizations to spend
less on "A" and more on "B":
Mark for Review
(1) Points
A: Maintaining Systems, B: Adding Older Capabilities
A: Maintaining Systems, B: Adding Fewer Capabilities
A: Removing Obsolete Systems, B: Adding New Capabilities
A: Maintaining Budgets, B: Adding New Capabilities
A: Maintaining Systems, B: Adding New Capabilities (*)
Incorrect
Correct !A: Maintaining Systems, B: Adding New Capabilities
12.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
(*)
the same time
Incorrect
Incorrect! Customers can implement a hybrid of both on-premise and cloud
service & BICS extends the feature set and functionality of on-premise Business Analytics to the
Cloud
13.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Platform Services
Incorrect
Cloud Service.
ease-of use?
Correct. On-Premise deployment services is not a key component of Oracle's
14.
Which of the following is not a key component of Oracle's Cloud Service for
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
Incorrect! Additional IT resource required
15.
(1) Points
Incorrect
Incorrect! It increases security risks by having sensitive data in the cloud & IT
may be difficult to integrate with existing on-premise systems
16.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
analytic solutions
Services
Incorrect
Incorrect! One goal of BICS is to lower the IT resource requirements for
managing an organization's infrastructure for Business Analytics
17.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
18.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Platform Services
Correct
Service.
Correct. On-Premise deployment services is not a key component of Oracle's Cloud
19.
Mark for
Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
Incorrect! Platform as a Service (PaaS) model defines the service model
where a 3rd party provides a platform to organizations so they can develop and deploy their own
applications.
20.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
information
Incorrect! Security and sensitivity for external exposure to financial
21.
implementation?

Mark for Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
Incorrect! Customer owns and operates their cloud service solutions
22.
(1) Points
Incorrect
Incorrect! Companies eliminate the requirement to run their own hardware
& Companies eliminate the IT resources to manage additional infrastructure
Service?
23.
Which of the following is not part of Oracle's Enterprise applications Cloud
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Business Intelligence
Human Capital Management
Talent Management
Planning and Budgeting
Endeca Information Discovery (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! Endeca Information Discovery

Centers?
(1) Points
24.
Which of the following statement is true regarding Oracle Cloud Data
Mark for Review
There are only three Oracle Cloud data center locations: North America, South America, and
Europe.
Tours are available for customers to visit these Data Centers. (*)
Customers must choose three data centers and one back-up for deployment.
Customers are not allowed within the Data Centers at all times.
Incorrect
Incorrect. Tours are available for customers to visit these Data Centers.
25.
Which of the following statements is true for BICS (Business Intelligence
Cloud Service)? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Require the customer to implement both on-premise and cloud services based BI solutions
Eliminate the need for all on-premise solutions and replace them by Cloud Services
The overall goal of BICS is to lower the adoption barrier for Business Analytics. (*)
Increase the adoption barrier for Business Analytics
Incorrect
Business Analytics.
Incorrect! The overall goal of BICS is to lower the adoption barrier for

26.
Which scenario is true for a customer that wishes to deploy an application
on-premise that was developed on Business Intelligence Cloud Service ? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Customers can develop and deploy on-premise but not on the Cloud
A customer can develop any application on the Cloud and decide to deploy on-premise (*)
Customers can only deploy on the Cloud for the Pre-Production environment only and not in
the Production environment
Customers cannot deploy their application on-premise if it has been developed on the Cloud
It is not possible to deploy on-premise if an application was developed on the Cloud
Incorrect
to deploy on-premise
Incorrect. A customer can develop any application on the Cloud and decide
27.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
IBM
Adobe (*)
Microstrategy
SAP
Microsoft
Correct
Correct. Adobe is not perceived as a competitor
the day?
28.
The Oracle Data Centers operate and are monitored during what parts of
Mark for Review
(1) Points
The data centers are closed for maintenance once a month during the last day of the month.
From 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM local time.
From 3:00 AM until 2:00 AM the next day - maintenance is scheduled from 2:00 AM - 3:00
AM local time.
The data centers are setup and monitored 24 hours, 7 days a week. (*)
Incorrect
week.
Incorrect. The data centers are setup and monitored 24 hours, 7 days a
29.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
Service
Incorrect! You use the Data Loader on the Home Page of the BI Cloud

30.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Model
Manage
Catalog
Validate (*)
Correct
Correct! Validate

Service ) ?
31.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
Incorrect! You will use the Admin tool within BICS to create the Model
32.
How can you connect to your enterprise data
(1) Points
Transfer your enterprise data to the Cloud Database Service (*)
Mark for Review
Create a service to connect on Premise data to BICS
Create a link from BICS to the Enterprise Data on premise
Use Excel to connect the data via linked data
Incorrect
Incorrect! Transfer your enterprise data to the Cloud Database Service
33.
How do you sign in to BICS ( Business Intelligence Cloud Service) Mark for
Review
(1) Points
You need to create a link from your enterprise Database
Sign in to Oracle Cloud (*)
You need be within your companies firewall
You need a link from your on premise OBIEE
Correct
OBIEE
Correct! Sign in to Oracle Cloud
34.
What is the key difference between the BI Cloud Service and On premise
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Visualizations
Dashboards
Alerts
Thin Client Admin Tool (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! Thin Client Admin Tool

35.
A customer wants to develop a new application on BICS and deploy to the
Cloud. Which two statements are correct?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
The Cloud application can never be moved to on-premise.
Developing a new application and deploying it on the Cloud is not allowed.
As an alternative deployment scenario: If an application exists on-premise, the customer can

move this application to the Cloud. (*)
The application can only be moved to on-premise as long as the customer knows ahead of
time prior to application development.
The application can be migrated to on-premise if the customer chooses to do so at a later

time. (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! The application can be migrated to on-premise if the customer
chooses to do so at a later time & As an alternative deployment scenario: If an application exists onpremise, the customer can move this application to the Cloud.
36.
Within a Hybrid deployment (both Cloud and on-premise) implementation
for a customer, which of the following statement is true?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
A customer's development system can exist on the Cloud while production deployment can
exist on-premise. (*)
A customer's development and production system must exist on-premise only.
A customer's development and production system must exist on the Cloud only.
If a customer develops an application on the cloud they are not allowed to deploy that
production environment for on-premise implementations.
A customer's development system cannot exist on the Cloud while their production
deployment can exist on-premise and Cloud.
Incorrect
Incorrect! A customer's development system can exist on the Cloud while
production deployment can exist on-premise.
scenarios?
37.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Customers have flexibility in deployment choices and can combine onpremise and Cloud Service implementations.
BICS Demonstration
38.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Create a Pivot (*)
Model
Load Data
Create an Analysis
Manage
Correct
Correct! Create a Pivot
39.
How will you create an Analysis and use the Analysis Editor
Review
(1) Points
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click Pages>New Analysis
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click Users>New Analysis
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click on Create an Analysis (*)
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click Reports>New Analysis
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click Dashboard>New Analysis
Mark for
Correct
Correct! On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click on Create an Analysis
40.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Incorrect
Incorrect! From the Landing Page -> Load Data
Overview of Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (BICS)

1.
Why is Cloud disruptive to IT ?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! LOB's will create their own analytical solutions & IT will focus less on
Software and Infrastructure
2.
Review
(1) Points
The reality of today's BI is as follows, Pick two valid answers
Mark for
BI is pervasive among all the companies
BI is standardized across the organization
BI is inflexible and slow (*)
Multiple Complex BI tools (*)
Correct
Correct! BI is Inflexible and Slow & Multiple Complex BI tools
3.
(1) Points
46% (*)
12%
1%
64%
Correct
Correct! It is 46%
4.
(1) Points
Mark for Review
Correct
5.
What Impact does Cloud BI have? Pick two valid answers.
Mark for
Review
(1) Points
It provides unlimited database storage
It allows business flexibility while maintaining control (*)
It provides enterprise data across multiple platforms
It provides rapid prototyping (*)
Correct
Correct! It provides rapid prototyping & It allows business flexibility while
maintaining control
6.
What key term describes the limitation and difficulty of changing to another
vendor or switching to different cloud applications by an organization after they committed to a Saas
(Software as a Service) provider?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Buyer Lock-in
SaaS Quatching
Vendor Lock-In (*)
IT Independency
IT Dependency
Correct
Correct! Vendor Lock-In
7.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Services
analytic solutions
Correct
Correct! One goal of BICS is to lower the IT resource requirements for managing an
organization's infrastructure for Business Analytics
8.
implementation?
(1) Points

Mark for Review
Correct
9.
The "Hybrid" deployment model for Oracle's Cloud Service is defined as?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Implementing no cloud service
Implementing a public cloud service only
Implementing both private and public cloud services at the same time (*)
Implementing a private cloud service only
Implementing on premise solutions only
Correct
Correct! Implementing both private and public cloud services at the same time
10.
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! It increases security risks by having sensitive data in the cloud & IT may be
difficult to integrate with existing on-premise systems
11.
(1) Points
Legacy applications
Correct
12.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Platform Services
Correct
Service.
ease-of use?
13.
Which of the following is not a key component of Oracle's Cloud Service for
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Additional IT resource required
14.
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Companies eliminate the requirement to run their own hardware &
Companies eliminate the IT resources to manage additional infrastructure
Service?
15.
Which of the following is not part of Oracle's Enterprise applications Cloud
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Human Capital Management
Business Intelligence
Talent Management
Planning and Budgeting
Endeca Information Discovery (*)
Correct
Correct! Endeca Information Discovery

16.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
the same time
(*)
Correct
Correct! Customers can implement a hybrid of both on-premise and cloud service &
17.
Mark for
Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Platform as a Service (PaaS) model defines the service model where a 3rd
party provides a platform to organizations so they can develop and deploy their own applications.
18.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Security and sensitivity for external exposure to financial information
19.
Which of the following best describes Oracle's Cloud Service subscription
model? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Oracle owns and provides the cloud service solution (*)
Customer owns and operates their cloud service solutions
Correct
Correct! Oracle owns and provides the cloud service solution
20.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Platform Services
Correct
Service.

21.
(1) Points
Correct
22.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
23.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Removing applications & Increasing IT budget

Centers?
24.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Europe.
Correct
Correct. Tours are available for customers to visit these Data Centers.
25.
(1) Points
Correct
successfully
Correct! On the Summary Page, you will see the record of rows that were loaded

Centers?
(1) Points
26.
Mark for Review
There are only five Oracle Cloud data center locations: North America, South America,
Europe, China, and Japan.
Europe.
There are multiple Oracle Cloud data centers worldwide and customers are free to choose
which best suits their needs. (*)
There are multiple Oracle Cloud data centers worldwide and customers must choose the
data center furthest from their company headquarters to maximize security.
There are multiple Oracle Cloud data centers worldwide and customers must choose the
closest data center to their company headquarter location.
Correct
Correct. Regarding Oracle Cloud Data Centers, there are multiple Oracle Cloud data
centers worldwide and customers are free to choose which best suits their needs.
27.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
IBM
Adobe (*)
Microsoft
Microstrategy
SAP
Correct
28.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
29.
(1) Points
Correct
on-premise
Correct. A customer can develop any application on the Cloud and decide to deploy

components
30.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
cloud
Correct

Service ) ?
31.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
32.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
33.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Validate (*)
Model
Catalog
Manage
Correct
Correct! Validate
34.
(1) Points
Mark for Review
Correct
Correct! Transfer your enterprise data to the Cloud Database Service

scenarios?
35.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
36.
Choose one of the following statements that is a design element for
BICS(Business Intelligence Cloud Service) specific to accelerating usage for customer
implementations?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Modeling tool that is easy for LOB business users to be able to create data models (*)
Data Loaded by Oracle
Deep Excel integration
Only a single user is allowed to access the application at any given instance
Data Centers that are closer to the customers Organization
Correct
models
Correct! Modeling tool that is easy for LOB business users to be able to create data
37.
A customer wants to develop a new application on BICS and deploy to the
Cloud. Which two statements are correct?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
The application can be migrated to on-premise if the customer chooses to do so at a later

time. (*)
Developing a new application and deploying it on the Cloud is not allowed.
The application can only be moved to on-premise as long as the customer knows ahead of
time prior to application development.
The Cloud application can never be moved to on-premise.
As an alternative deployment scenario: If an application exists on-premise, the customer can

move this application to the Cloud. (*)
Correct
Correct!The application can be migrated to on-premise if the customer chooses to
do so at a later time & As an alternative deployment scenario: If an application exists on-premise,
the customer can move this application to the Cloud.
BICS Demonstration
38.
What best describes the "provisioning" process for BICS - Business
Intelligence Cloud Service?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Email notifications sent only to the Account Administrator
Submitting multiple orders for BICS for the first time
Submitting an order for BICS for the first time prior to usage
Provisioning BICS simply means to "Activate" the BICS service for use. (*)
Email notifications sent only to the Buyer
Correct
Correct! Provisioning BICS simply means to "Activate" the BICS service for use.
39.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Model
Create an Analysis
Create a Pivot (*)
Manage
Load Data
Correct
40.
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To create a new dashboard you will have to do the following steps
(1) Points
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click Users>Dashboard
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click Reports>New Dashboard
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click Analyses>Dashboard
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click Pages>Dashboard
On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click New>Dashboard (*)
Correct
1.
Correct! On the Oracle BI Cloud Home Page, Click New>Dashboard

Why is Cloud disruptive to IT ? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! LOB's will create their own analytical solutions & IT will focus less on
Software and Infrastructure
2.
What Impact does Cloud BI have? Pick two valid answers.
Mark for
Review
(1) Points
It provides rapid prototyping (*)
It provides unlimited database storage
It allows business flexibility while maintaining control (*)
It provides enterprise data across multiple platforms
Correct
Correct! It provides rapid prototyping & It allows business flexibility while
maintaining control
3.
(1) Points
Mark for Review
Correct
4.
Which of the following two factors best describes the profile for mid-market
net new BICS customers?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Customers who are looking to increase their IT infrastructure headcount
Customers who have had non-positive experiences with cloud service implementations
Customers who have many on-premise applications and the required support staff
Customers who do not have hardware and/or IT resources to support on-premises

implementations (*)
Customers without a BI Infrastructure or BI tool in place (*)
Correct
Correct! Customers without a BI Infrastructure or BI tool in place & Customers who
do not have hardware and/or IT resources to support on-premises implementations
5.
(1) Points
46% (*)
64%
12%
1%
Correct
Correct! It is 46%

6.
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Meaningfully improve IT function's ability to focus on high-value activities &
Meaningfully improve IT function's ability to innovate
7.
(1) Points
Legacy applications
Correct
8.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Platform Services
Correct
Service.
9.
The "Hybrid" deployment model for Oracle's Cloud Service is defined as?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Implementing a private cloud service only
Implementing both private and public cloud services at the same time (*)
Implementing a public cloud service only
Implementing no cloud service
Implementing on premise solutions only
Correct
Correct! Implementing both private and public cloud services at the same time
10.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
analytic solutions
Services
Correct
Correct! One goal of BICS is to lower the IT resource requirements for managing an
organization's infrastructure for Business Analytics
11.
(1) Points
Correct
12.
What are two key value propositions for implementing Oracle's cloud
service: Mark for Review
(1) Points
Cloud data centers are not globally available
All cloud services must be managed by the customer
Customers must follow strict guidelines in implementation
It allows flexibility of implementation between public, private, and hybrid implementations

(*)
Customers have a choice on how to implement their cloud service including managed and
subscription models (*)
Correct
Correct! Customers have a choice on how to implement their cloud service including
managed and subscription models & It allows flexibility of implementation between public, private,
and hybrid implementations
13.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
14.
implementation?

Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
15.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Private deployment model

16.
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Companies eliminate the requirement to run their own hardware &
Companies eliminate the IT resources to manage additional infrastructure
17.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Private deployment model
18.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Removing applications & Increasing IT budget
19.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
the same time
(*)
Correct
Correct! Customers can implement a hybrid of both on-premise and cloud service &
20.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! Security and sensitivity for external exposure to financial information

21.
Which of the following best describes Oracle's Cloud Service subscription
model? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Customer owns and operates their cloud service solutions
Oracle owns and provides the cloud service solution (*)
Correct
Correct! Oracle owns and provides the cloud service solution
22.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Platform Services
Correct
Service.
23.
Which of the following statements is true regarding Oracle's Cloud
implementation architecture? Mark for Review
(1) Points
(*)
There is only a single Oracle Cloud component built on a single common infrastructure.
Oracle Cloud components are not built on any common services infrastructure.
Oracle Cloud components such as SOA and Infrastructure are common services built on a
single platform.
There are only two Oracle Cloud components built on a common infrastructure.
Correct
Correct! BICS extends the feature set and functionality of on-premise Business
Analytics to the Cloud

24.
Which of the following statements is true for BICS (Business Intelligence
Cloud Service)? Mark for Review
(1) Points
The overall goal of BICS is to lower the adoption barrier for Business Analytics. (*)
Require the customer to implement both on-premise and cloud services based BI solutions
Eliminate the need for all on-premise solutions and replace them by Cloud Services
Increase the adoption barrier for Business Analytics
Correct
Analytics.
Correct! The overall goal of BICS is to lower the adoption barrier for Business
25.
(1) Points
Correct
on-premise
Correct. A customer can develop any application on the Cloud and decide to deploy

Centers?
26.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Europe.
Correct
Correct. Tours are available for customers to visit these Data Centers.
27.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
28.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Microsoft
SAP
Microstrategy
IBM
Adobe (*)
Correct
29.
(1) Points
Correct
successfully
Correct! On the Summary Page, you will see the record of rows that were loaded
components
30.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
cloud
Correct

31.
(1) Points
Mark for Review
Correct
Correct! Transfer your enterprise data to the Cloud Database Service
Service ) ?
32.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
OBIEE
33.
What is the key difference between the BI Cloud Service and On premise
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Dashboards
Thin Client Admin Tool (*)
Visualizations
Alerts
Correct
Correct! Thin Client Admin Tool
34.
(1) Points
Correct

Mark for Review
35.
A customer wants to move an existing on-premise BI application to the
cloud utilizing BICS, which of the following is required for a successful deployment?
Mark for
Review
(1) Points
You are not allowed to move an existing on-premise application to the Cloud.
The customer must create the application a second time (re-create the application) for onpremise prior to moving to the Cloud.
You can only copy the rpd.
Verify that the customer's on-premise OBIEE is a minimum of version 11.1.1.7 or above to
insure successful migration to the cloud. (*)
There is no minimum version required to move an existing on-premise application to the

Cloud.
Incorrect
Incorrect! Verify that the customer's on-premise OBIEE is a minimum of
version 11.1.1.7 or above to insure successful migration to the cloud.
scenarios?
36.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
37.
Which of the following features and functions are not included for a
customer's BICS implementation?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Dashboards
Analyses
Unlimited data storage space (*)
Flat file loads and data integration
Thin Client Admin Tool
Correct
Correct! Unlimited data storage space
BICS Demonstration
38.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Correct
Correct! From the Landing Page -> Load Data
39.
Mark for Review
(1) Points
Model
Manage
Load Data
Create a Pivot (*)
Create an Analysis
Correct
40.
How can you add multiple users to the BICS - Business Intelligence Cloud
Service Mark for Review
(1) Points
Using the Users Tab on My Services, you will connect to the table of users
You have to add one user at a time
You will connect the LDAP accounts
Using the Load User tab on My Services you can add users
Using the Users Tab on My Services, import a csv file (*)
Incorrect
Incorrect! Using the Users Tab on My Services, import a csv file

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The reality of today's BI is as follows, Pick two valid answers

Mark for Review

(Choose all correct answers)

BI is standardized across the organization

BI is pervasive among all the companies

Multiple Complex BI tools (*)

BI is inflexible and slow (*)

Incorrect! BI is Inflexible and Slow & Multiple Complex BI tools

Why is Cloud disruptive to IT ?

Mark for Review

(Choose all correct answers)

LOB's will demand IT to maintain the Software and Hardware

LOB's do not want governance over their data

LOB's will create their own analytical solutions (*)

IT will focus less on Software and Infrastructure (*)

How does the Cloud help the LOB's

Cloud makes integration with Excel easier

It serves the LOB's with governed analytics (*)

Cloud does not help the LOB's

Cloud integrates all applications like PBCS

Mark for Review

Incorrect! It serves the LOB's with governed analytics

Around 80% (*)

Between 40% and 50%

Incorrect! Around 80%

Additional IT resource required (*)

Incorrect! Additional IT resource required

Increase the adoption for Business Analytic solutions

Increase the processing time to migrate from on-premise to cloud services

Common Infrastructure Services

On-Premise deployment services (*)

Social Network Services

Correct. On-Premise deployment services is not a key component of Oracle's

(Choose all correct answers)

Enterprise class applications (*)

Applications used by employees (*)

Correct! Enterprise class applications & Applications used by employees

Social Network Services

Common Infrastructure Services

On-Premise Deployment services (*)

Lowering operational expense

Limited infrastructure overhead

Lower short term total cost of ownership (TOC)

Security and compliance concerns (*)

Incorrect! Security and compliance concerns

Customer neither owns nor operates

This is the same as subscription model

Customer owns and operates the solution and technology

This is the same as a "private cloud"

Data Security (*)

Decline in customer satisfaction

Incorrect! Data Security

The cost to implement is significantly higher to implement

Security and sensitivity for external exposure to financial information (*)

Implementation time is reduced significantly compared to other solutions

The cost to implementing is significantly lower than other solutions

Data access is quicker compared to public cloud implementations

Incorrect! Security and sensitivity for external exposure to financial

Cloud Computing: Business Intelligence Cloud Service

(Choose all correct answers)

Meaningfully increase IT headcount

Meaningfully increase IT budget spending

Meaningfully improve IT function's ability to innovate (*)