M2090-626 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A prospective customer puts heavy emphasis on finding a solution with easy dashboard creating capabilities. Which IBM Cognos interface would you demonstrate first?

A. IBM Cognos Workspace

B. IBM Cognos TM1

C. IBM Cognos Framework Manager

D. IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced

A prospective customer has expressed a desire for a business intelligence tool and is not interested in really changing how things are done in their Accounting and Finance department. Which product are you LEAST likely to include and demonstrate in the proposed IBM solution?

A. IBM Cognos TM1

B. IBM Cognos Workspace

C. IBM Cognos Report Studio

D. IBM Cognos Framework Manager

An existing IBM Cognos Business Intelligence enterprise customer has expressed frustration with the time it takes for them to prepare, compile and update their quarterly financial reports for review at Board meetings. Which IBM product is most appropriate to try to up-sell to this customer?

A. IBM InfoSphereDataStage

B. IBM Cognos Disclosure Management

C. IBM Cognos TM1

D. IBM Cognos Insight

Which IBM product includes IBM Cognos Business Intelligence for self-service reporting?

A. IBM Cast Iron

B. IBM Endpoint Manager

C. IBM Rational ClearQuest

D. IBM Sterling Order Management

What is the preferred price metric for IBM Cognos Business Intelligence?

A. Processor Value Unit (PVU)

B. Authorized User

C. Resource Value Unit (RVU)

D. End User License Agreement (EULA)

An existing IBM Cognos Business Intelligence customer is complaining that their users are unhappy because their reports take too long to process. After further investigation, it is determined that some reports are in fact taking over 10 minutes to generate, while the same reports previously would run in under 30 seconds. What is the next best action with this customer?

A. Recommend they upgrade to the latest version of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence.

B. Suggest the customer call IBM Support.

C. Recommend conducting a Business Intelligence Health Check.

D. Suggest the customer schedule the reports be run in off peak hours.

A new client asks about the core differentiators between IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and the competition. Which topic favorably positions IBM Cognos Business Intelligence?

A. It provides a unified workspace for all users.

B. Its license cost.

C. Its implementation.

D. It provides write back capabilities.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence's capabilities can be seen and implemented through which need?

A. The customer is looking for driving factors for sales performance.

B. A college is looking for a way to find out how to predict student enrollment for sophomores.

C. A college wants to employ a dashboard solution to better understand student enrollment numbers.

D. A retail company is looking for a solution which will take current data and predict future sales.

Which prospective customer fits the profile of an ideal IBM Cognos Business Intelligence candidate?

A. A start-up company with venture capital funding and 20 employees.

B. An organization with 700 employees that has culture of decentralized data.

C. A public company with 2300 employees, $2.7 billion in revenue using Business Objects along with SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP).

D. A company with 1100 employees looking to become analytically driven, constrained by traditional business intelligence including wide use of spreadsheets.

A typical reason organizations look to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence is:

A. The end user is using Business Objects to manually create reports.

B. It is a small, organized company with no enterprise resource planning (ERP).

C. One-to-many reports flow from the enterprise to business users.

D. Their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system currently provides standardized reporting.