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Clarity Technical Specialist 1. You are configuring the database to connect to Clarity in an Apache Tomcat environment. Where do you configure the database connection? A) Clarity System Administration (CSA) B) Open database connectivity (ODBC) configuration C...

Clarity Technical Specialist 1. You are configuring the database to connect to Clarity in an Apache Tomcat environment. Where do you configure the database connection? A) Clarity System Administration (CSA) B) Open database connectivity (ODBC) configuration C) WebSphere database configuration screen D) Classic PPM Studio 2. You need to restrict project editing rights for project managers to only the projects within their own team. Which best practice should you follow? A) Assign the Global project — Edit right to the selected users directly. B) Create a security group With the Global Project — Edit Management right and associate users to that group. C) Assign the Project — Edit or project — Edit Management right (as appropriate), based on the team's project Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS), to the selected users directly. D) Create a security group with the team's project OBs-based project - Edit Management right and associate users to that group 3. You can configure Clarity to support multiple IdPs. A) True B) False 4. Assuming that the booking manager finally decides which resource will work on an investment, what right does the booking manager need? A) Role - Hard 300k B) Role - soft Book C) Resource - Soft 300k D) Resource - Hard Book 5. What are Some of the key prerequisites for working With Roadmaps in Clarity? Select all (three) correct answers. A) Ensure you have defined at least one rate matrix. B) Grant users the relevant access rights. C) Configure monthly, quarterly, and annual fiscal time period types for the default entity. D) You need to have a default entity. 6. When you define a financial Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS), which guideline should you follow  A) Do not base an OBS on the enterprise's departments or on geographical locations. B) Immediately after you create the Department OBS, add department units. C) If you need to disable access rights after an OBS and financial entity association occurs, do so from the Financial Organizational Structure page. D) Because financial OBS data elements are key to defining the enterprise's financial structure, define these data elements before any others. 7. Select all the TRUE statements (three) associated with the new Staffing grid introduced in Clarity 16.0.0. A) You can quickly know if a resource is over or under-allocated by looking at the color associated with each row. B) You need to have the Staffing - Navigate access right to this page. C) You can configure the Staffing page to show ETCs and Actuals and get greater visibility into the allocation and availability of resources D) The cross-object grid displays all your investments (projects, ideas, and custom investments) in Clarity. Note: You can edit the allocation associated with investments by using the Staffing page. This capability is not available on the Staffing Plan page. The Staffing Plan page only shows investments that fall within the telescope period configured by you. This limitation no longer applies to the new Staffing page. 8. Which statement about Clarity password management is TRUE? A) You can specify an error message for all password rules. B) You can only define password rules using regular expressions. C) TO manage password options, you need the Administration Application access right, D) Changing a password expression affects existing passwords in addition to new passwords. 9. For a resource to enter time against a project, which conditions must be TRUE? Choose three answers: A) The task is open for time entry. B) The resource is open for time entry. C) The project Track Mode is set to PPM. D) The resource has Resource - Approve Time rights E) The project Track Mode is set to Other. 10. In Classic PPM, a loading pattern is the utilization model that arranges resources to complete project tasks. Which loading patterns does Classic PPM support? Choose three answers: A) Reverse, Front, Static B) Front. Contour, Uniform, Back, Fixed  C) Static, Contour, and Reverse D) Contour, Front. Reverse 11. In Clarity, you can prevent users from editing their (choose three answers): A) custom objects under Resource objects B) Passwords C) Skills D) Allocation 12. Which document management options can you set in CA PPM? Choose three answers: A) Warning File Size for Document Download B) Enable File Scanning Of Documents C) Authorized File Extensions D) File Extension Appliance to Documents uploaded with XOG E) Set File Encryption Level 13. Which statement about currency in Classic PPM is FALSE? A) projects that are part of the same program must have the same project currency, B) All financial plans within a single investment can be edited in the same currency only. C) All financial plans within a single investment can be represented in multiple currencies. D) In a portfolio, investments with different currencies are automatically recalculated and represented against a single currency. 14. Which of the following out of the box targets can you specify in the Clarity 16.0 roadmaps grid? Select all correct (two) answers. A) Goal B) Objective C) Constraint D) Overruns 15. Which technology is Generic Execution Language (GEL) based on? A) SAP Business Objects B) Oracle Java C) Clarity D) Apache Jakarta Jelly 16. When you create a roadmap item with no start date, which of the following symbols would you see? A) Rectangle B) Circle -> enter only start date but not finish date C) Square D) Diamond -> no start date only finish date is given E) Bar -> both start and finish date are there 17. When you configure a time slice, what does the Rollover Interval property define? A) The period to use for each time slice request B) How Often the From Date updates for processing an updated time slice request  C) HOW Often timeslice data is updated D) How often time slice data is transferred to a Character Large Object (CLOB) 18. What is the highest organizational level within the Classic PPM financial structure? A) Company B) Department C) Location D) Entity 19. What does the remaining availability of a role depend on? Choose two answers: A) The calendar of the resources that have the corresponding primary role B) Resources in the same Organizational Breakdown Structure (035) C) The role's allocation to investments D) The actual and estimated values of resources that have the corresponding primary role 20. Which of the following jobs are typically used for financial management? Select all (four) correct answers. A) post Incident Financials B) Synchronize AgileCentral C) SaaS user Sync D) Post Timesheets E) Import Financial Actuals F) Rate Matrix Extraction 21. Which of the following databases does Clarity support? Select all (three) correct answers? A) Oracle B) MongoDB C) Maria0B D) SQL server E) postgreSQL 22. If your organization is not maintaining allocation at the project level, you may have no need to maintain slice data for allocation. A) True B) False 23. To have Clarity authenticate users against Microsoft Active Directory, you need to (choose two answers): A) use a third-party single Sign-on (SSO) tool. B) select the Use I-DAP check box in the CA PPM System Administration (CSA) Application tab C) select the External Authentication check box in the resource record. D) select the Trusted Authentication check box in the resource record.  24. When you create a new label for custom or stock attributes by using the Attributes grid, which of the following statements are true? Select all Correct (three) answers. A) Clarity will not apply the new labels while viewing attribute labels On the cross-object task grid B) You can change the attribute label for an attribute associated with the abstract investment object and the inherited investment Object. C) The labels are only applicable in Clarity and do not impact Classic PPM D) You can only provide labels for objects that are supported on the attributes grid. Note: To update a label for a target language, ensure that the Account Settings associated with your username are set to the same language. Clarity will not apply the new labels to the following scenarios: o When you create a cost plan in the Financials and Financial Plans Modules, the grouping attribute will not display the changed labels. o When using Filter parameters on the Project Tiles and "My Tasks" pages. o When viewing attribute labels on the cross-object task grid. o When viewing the Conversation Notification Modal. o When viewing the Work Progress and Work Stage attributes on Custom Investment Types. When viewing the Integration Field Mappings and the Lookup Mapping popover. 25. You can now use the Attributes grid in Clarity 16.0 to create labels for stock and custom attributes. A) False B) True 26. Which operations can be recorded by the Audit Trail functionality? Select all (three) correct answers: A) Update B) Move C) Delete D) Insert E) Archive 27. When you are setting up a risk category, which item needs to be modified in Classic PPM? A) A new number field for the category B) The Project Risk sub-page view C) The risk calculation D) Dependent lookups 28. When you create an integration object to integrate Clarity and Rally, what are some of the mandatory parameters you need to provide? Select all correct (four) answers A) Integration Instance B) REFERRER URL C) Integration URL  D) Integration API Key E) Proxy port 29. Which statements about Clarity password policy are TRUE if the system is configured appropriately? Choose all correct (two) answers: A) The password and username cannot be the same. B) You can reuse a password only after 60 days and following the use of four consecutive unique passwords. C) The minimum password length is 16 characters and does not need to include a mix of upper- and lower-case, numeric, or special characters, D) After an upgrade, users are forced to specify a new password. E) Separate rules can be applied to Clarity New user Experience (MUX) users. 30. Which Clarity feature helps you to troubleshoot resource-related issues? A) A custom log category on the bg-ca.logs page B) user action tracing C) A Support Actions job D) A Clarity logger.xml file 31. What are some of the key benefits of implementing the Clarity Rally integration? Select all (three) correct answers. A) It's simple to maintain since the integration Can be Set up and maintained Clarity administrators Who have basic Classic PPM knowledge. B) ft's easily extensible and configurable. You can map objects and attributes between Clarity and Rally to ensure the integration meets your specific requirements. C) It requires no setup and does not require the Clarity administrator to do any additional configuration. D) It's validated and supported by Broadcom, so you don't need to perform regression testing after every release. 32. What are the pre-requisites to using the new Clarity-Rally integration? Select all (two) correct answers. A) Assign the Integration Mapping - Navigate access right to the administrators who will configure the Clarity -Rally integration, B) Ensure the latest version of the PMO-Accelerator content add-in is installed C) Always run the Load Datawarehouse job before configuring the integration. D) Restart the Clarity server after setting up the integration. 33. Which tab can you use to associate the relevant processes with the blueprint in Clarity 16.07  A) properties B) Actions C) Channels D) Modules 34. Which service in Clarity(on-premises) supports the management of a cluster? A) Beacon B) CA Business Intelligence (CASI) C) Open Workbench O) CA PPM System Administration (CSA) 35. You are creating a Generic Execution Language (GEL) script to invoke a web service. The response received after a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) call is an XML object with data in a tree-like structure. Which tag do you use to extract nodes from this object? A) gel:choose B) qel:parse C) gel:set D) gel:catch 36. How is the availability of a resource in hours per day determined? A) Only by Availability field B) By a combination Of the Availability field and the base and resource calendars C) Only by the resource calendar D) Only by the base calendar 37. When you customize the logo in Clarity (Modern UX), which of the following statements are true? Select all (three) correct answers. A) The restrictions imposed by Classic PPM on file types and file size do not apply to logos used in Clarity. B) The height of your logo should be 24 pixels and it can have a maximum width of 240 pixels. C) You can upload logos in PNG or transparent GIF formats. D) You can also specify the tool tip for the logo 38. A customer needs to integrate Classic PPM with a financial system. Following the integration, 12 cost categories, which group different resources, will need to be represented in Clarity. In an empty Clarity environment, what is the most appropriate placeholder for these categories? A) An input type code B) A charge code C) A WIP class D) A transaction class or resource class 39. Which statement about Participants on a project is TRUE? A) participants can be roles. B) Staff members cannot be Participants.  C) A participant must be a staff member to enter time against the project. D) Participants CANNOT Create an action item on the project. 40. Which financial transaction types are available in Clarity? A) Effort, Expense, Equipment, and Quantity B) Labor, Expense, Material, and Consumable C) Effort, Cost, Quantity, and Consumable D) Labor, Material, Expense, and Equipment 41. A customer wants to be able to easily compare the forecast cost of an agreed business case with the realized actual cost. What should she use to capture the forecast cost? A) A budget plan B) A benefit plan C) An idea D) A cost plan 42. The customer asks you how he should set up the rate matrix. Which statement should form part of your response. A) Enter lines in the matrix representing rates for the different cities. B) It’s not mandator,' to have an entity to create the rate matrix. C) Begin by creating a new OBS that only represents the regions. D) Enter lines in the matrix representing the rates for the different regions. 43. A Clarity administrator creates a resource and provides the resource with Advanced Reporting access rights. The resource Will require a user-specific folder. In jasper-soft, a user specific folder (choose two answers): A) Will be available for viewing by all Jaspersoft users by default after the Load Data Warehouse Access Rights job is run. B) Will be automatically created under the Users folder, the Create and Update Jaspersoft users’ job, C) Can be created under the users folder by the Jaspersoft administrator, D) Needs to include at least one view, report, or dashboard to prevent it from being overwritten when the Load Data Warehouse job is run. 44. Which attribute is typically used to capture and designate a resource such as an architect, tester, or developer? A) Manager B) Skill C) Role D) parent Role 45. Which of the following can perform by using Blueprints in Clarity 16.07 Select all correct options. A) Embed external Content using Channels B) Delete timesheets associated with specific investments  C) Associate processes that can be executed directly from the Modern UX in Clarity D) Enforce business logic by using Business Rules 46. The auto-suggest function enables users to type several characters and then select from a result set in a lookup display. The auto-suggest function (choose two answers): A) works with dynamic lookup sources only B) does not apply to dependent lookups C) can be turned Off for Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) lookups. D) is enabled by default 47. What are some of the key activities you need to perform when setting up SAML 2.0 authentication on a development server and copying the production data to the server? Select all (three) correct answers A) Restart the Clarity services on the development server B) Delete the SAML configuration that has been copied over C) Ensure you don't truncate the database tables D) Import SAML metadata again 48. You can use the View option button to perform the following actions for Hierarchies. Select all 3 correct answers. A) Export the hierarchy as a PDF file B) Create and manage custom metrics for the hierarchy C) Select the card title, card fields, and card metrics for various investment types D) Add investments to the hierarchy E) Determine the color of Investment cards. 49. You are creating a new custom object. Which Properties do you define? A) Name, ID, Description, end Master Object or Sub-object B) Name, Attributes, Master Object, and Views C) Attributes, Links, Views, and Audit Trails D) Master Objects, Sub-objects, Attributes, Links, and Views 50. Clarity allows on-premises Customers to use the credentials issued by an idp - that supports SAML 2.0 - and log into Clarity. A) True B) False 51. Which of the following can you configure by using General System Settings? Choose 3 answers: A) Enable SAML Authentication B) View Advanced Reporting Options C) Configure calendars and timeslices D) Setup Telemetry 52. The XML Open Gateway (XOG) utility enables Clarity developers to: A) transform Clarity XML documents into other formats, such as XHTML B) move data in and out Of Clarity Without direct access to the CA PPM database. C) define the legal building blocks Of XML documents in Clarity  D) exchange Clarity information between modules using Resource Description Framework (ROF). 53. What are Some of the key things you need to do before setting up a cost rate matrix? Select all (three) Correct answers. A) Ensure you have setup currency B) Ensure you have created and set up a financial entity, C) Ensure that you have a naming convention for the matrix. D) Ensure that you have enabled timesheets. 54. To access the server page that lists the XML Open Gateway (XOG) invoke action web services, you specify the following URL: http:///niku/vvsdI/InvokeAction Which types of invoke action web services are listed here? Choose three answers: A) process B) Productivity data C) Flush cache D) Synchronize external links E) Aggregate Date 55. Which job enables you to synchronize the mapped information between Clarity and Rally? A) Synchronize Mapped Information B) Import Integration Mapping C) Create Agile Central Investments D) Agile Role Sync 56. If you secure the Planned Cost for the abstract financial object and projects but don't secure it for ideas, you Will see the planned cost for ideas in the cross-object grid in Hierarchies. A) False B) True 57. A customer asks you if you can classify requisitions according to geographical location in Classic PPM What should you say in response? A) No, because this functionality is outside the scope of Clarity B) Yes, by using the Staffing Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) in the allocation C) Yes, by configuring a new OBS field in the team object D) Yes, by using a role in the allocation 58. Which statement about Locations is TRUE? A) Locations can be used to determine rates and costs in the Cost and Rate matrix, B) There can be only one Location assigned to an Entity, C) A Location must be a recognized geographical place. D) When you create a Location, you must also go to the OBS link and add the Location there. 59. An administrator wants to ensure that only the Portfolio Managers group can access specific fields in Clarity projects. Which grid in Clarity should they use to setup this configuration?  A) Attributes B) Secure Administration C) Secure Access D) Integration Mapping 60. Using the SQL tag library, you can create Generic Execution Language (GEL) scripts with proper tags to work with java database connectivity (3DBC) data sources. To run a stored procedure in SQL Server, you use the gel:setDataSource tag. Then, to call the procedure, which SQL tag do you use? A) sql:top B) sql:select C) sql:in D) sql: update 61. In the Clarity Process Engines event flow, what is the function of the Wakeup Signal? A) Displays detailed process Engines instance information B) Interacts With the CA PPM database on a consistent basis to proceed with the workflow steps or instructions C) Keeps track of all executing processes, controls the event flow and helps manage the Workflow Execution D) Triggers the Background Engine as soon as an event is fired 62. Which of the following areas are not impacted by field-level security in Clarity? Select all (four) correct answers. A) Open Workbench B) GEL Scripts C) Clarity Generic Boards D) Classic PPM E) Clarity Generic Grid F) Microsoft project 63. Select all the correct (three) statements about Staging Tables when you integrate Clarity and Rally? A) You can execute relevant jobs directly from the Staging table to synchronize data between Clarity and Rally. B) The staging tables are only accessible to members of the PMO System Admin group. C) If you want to manually provide access to the staging table, you can use assign the access rights to users. D) Review all the data that is copied from Rally to Clarity and Clarity to Rally after the Synchronize Mapping Information job is successfully executed. 64. You need to process approved timesheets into financial transactions visible on a financial plan. To do this, Which job sequence do you need to run? A) Import Financial Actuals, post Transactions to Financial, post WIP B) Post Timesheets, Post Transactions to Financial, Post to WIP C) Post Timesheets, Post to WIP, Post Transactions to Financial D) Post Timesheets, Import Financial Actuals, Post to WIP 65. Which of the following statement about field-level security apply to Blueprints in Clarity? Select all correct (three) answers A) If a user does not have access to even one of the attributes within the section, then the section will not be displayed in preview mode. B) As a Blueprint administrator, you should be able to view all the secure and non-secure attributes when you configure the Blueprint for Projects, Ideas, or Custom Investment Items. C) If a user has access to at least one of the attributes Within the section, then the section Will be displayed in Preview mode. D) If a user does not have access to secured fields within a section, the user cannot view the secured fields in preview mode. 66. When you use System Settings to specify a message that every user in your organization can see when they log into Clarity, which of the following statements are correct? Select all (three) correct answers A) The login message is displayed for users using SSO Authentication. B) The login message is displayed for users in all supported languages. C) The login message is displayed for users using Basic Authentication. D) The login message is displayed for users navigating from Classic PPM to Clarity. 67. What will prevent the removal of a team member from a project? Choose two answers: A) An open requisition with a Booked Status B) The member being an active participant C) An estimate assigned D) Transactions assigned 68. Which of the following statements about Custom Investments is TRUE? Select all correct (three) answers. A) All custom investments you create will automatically be available to be included in Hierarchies. B) You can now create custom sub objects for Custom Investment and API Enable it. C) When you create a custom investment type in Classic PPM, a custom investment type blueprint is automatically generated in Clarity. D) When you change the name of Custom Investments, you can use the Push Object Captions icon to update the name of the access rights associated with it. 69. What can be used as a column in a rate matrix? A) Resource Category B) Resource C) Item D) Custom project attribute  70. Resources with the Views — Administer access right can perform the following functions. Select all (two) Correct answers. A) Assign specific views as default views for all users B) Delete views created by other users that have been shared C) Delete views created by other users that have not been shared D) Create views on behalf of other users. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71. Which optional software integrations are available for Clarity? Choose three answers: A) Microsoft Project B) Smartsheet C) Rally D) CA Open Workbench E) CA SSO F) CA Software Asset Manager (CA SAM) 72. When you are defining Business Rules in Clarity, you need to provide the following information: Define a Target Object, Define the Rule Type, define a Condition, Define Actions, Define Action Targets 73. When you want to import investments into hierarchies, you need to consider the following key points: Select all (two) correct answers A) You do not need any access rights to view all types of investments in the INVESTMENT TYPE drop-down list when you click the IMPORT button. B) you will only be able to view and add Investments for which you have - create access rights. C) You will only be able to view and add investments for which you have - view or higher access rights. D) You need to have atleast - navigate right to ensure that the investment is visible in the INVESTMENT TYPE drop-down list when you click the IMPORT button 74. Which job will you execute to enable Clarity to retrieve the portfolio item type objects and supported attributes from the configured Rally workspace A) Agile Role Sync B) Create Agile Central Investments C) Synchronized Mapped Information D) Import Integration Mapping 75. How do you indicate a resource is part-time? Choose two answers: A) By using the Availability field B) By creating and completing a custom field on the Resource object  C) By decreasing all allocations D) By setting up shifts in the resource calendar Note: Determine whether the matrix is based on the resource role, resource, input type code, or charge code, and so on. If it is based on investments or resources, verify that they are financially enabled. Establish a naming convention for the matrix. Verify and activate the currency that is required for the matrix. Determine if the matrix must be marked private. If so, determine who must have access to it. Verify that any data to be used in the matrix is created before the matrix is established. For example, you cannot add the resource manager role to the matrix until it is added in Resource Management. Optionally set up cost plus codes to use them for marking up actual or standard costs in the cost/rate matrix. 76. Select the relevant pre-requisites for creating a roadmap in Clarity. Select all (two) correct answers. A. You need to have a default entity. B. You need to have relevant fiscal time periods for the entity. C. You need the Roadmap Edit - All access right. D. You need to have the Roadmap – Author access right. 77. What are the various things you need to consider when you link a project to a roadmap item? Select all correct (three) options. A) The project should be active. B) The project should not be linked to any other roadmap item in the same scenario. C) The project cannot be a template. D) The project needs to be financially enabled Note: Other options could be 1. The investment type must be included for roadmaps. 2. The investment must not be a program. 78. Identify the powerful roll-up features of hierarchies to ensure stakeholders can see the total cost of ownership for the product. Select all correct (two) answers. A. Aggregation metrics B. Summation metrics C. Average Cost metrics D. Calculation metrics 79. If you secured the Planned Capital Cost attribute for the abstract financial object and projects but don’t secure it for ideas, you will see the planned capital cost for ideas in the cross-object grid in Hierarchies. A. True B. False 80. With Clarity PPM 15.9.3 and Jaspersoft 7.8, which of the following statements is true? Select all correct (three) answers. A. You need to be on Clarity 15.9.1 and Jaspersoft 7.1.3 to upgrade to Jaspersoft 7.8. B. Jaspersoft 7.8.0 includes an installation keystore. C. Jaspersoft 7.8.0 now supports TCPS for the Oracle 19c database D. Jaspersoft 7.8.0 requires you to install Firefox on the server where you plan to install Jaspersoft 81. Select 3 correct statements about labels in MUX. Below is incorrect option rest of the 4 options will be correct ones: Labels can be defined for the field created on the abstract object and on the inherited object. 82. Does Clarity on premise support IDP SSO – True 83. Choose two correct statements about adding investment to hierarchies 1. Investment navigate right must be granted to the user adding the investments 2. Investment view right must be granted to the user to add the investment to the hierarchy 84. If a project edit rights must be granted to the managers only on the project belonging to their team, what is the best way to grant access rights Give project edit or edit management to resources via obs rights on the appropriate obs unit 85. If a the requirement is to ensure that the planned cost from project is editable only by the portfolio managers on the hierarchies, what is the best way to implement this? Apply field level security on planned cost attribute on hierarchy object attribute. 86. To change the results of a dynamic nsql query as per the values entered on that page/view, which type of lookup must be used? - Parameterized Lookup 87. How can we understand the role demand by a specific location? Use the staff obs on the staff page to do the allocation of role 88. Where is risk threshold updated or maintained? Administration > Project Settings > Risk Settings 89. What options are available when creating attachment style field Single select or multi select 90. Which of these is true about setting the attribute as read-only using a Business Rule? Choose 3 All except for the below: Cannot be modified via XOG, processes, classic UI, 91. Choose possible actions if rally lookup value is marked inactive. If a Rally lookup value is marked inactivate or deleted, Clarity will display the (inactivate or deleted) Rally value within the Lookup Mapping configuration pages. 92. Tables which store SAML details in database CMN_SEC_CERTS and CMN_SEC_SAML_CONFIGS tables 93. Three jobs for Clarity-Rally Integration. Import Integration Mappings job-brings the portfolio type objects and attributes from rally to clarity Synchronize Mapped Information job-brings the data for the objects and attributes configured in integration from Rally to Clarity into staging tables. Import staging tables