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SAP Master Data Management (MDM) enables you to consolidate master data from your entire system landscape and make it available in all your systems. It improves the accuracy of the enterprise-wide data that you use to carry out business analytics and reporting and, in turn, helps you to improve the accuracy and efficacy of your key business decisions.

This beginner-level quiz covers MDM 3.0 architecture, modeling, and extraction information.

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1. Which statement is true regarding SAP MDM Content Consolidation?

a. The scenario SAP MDM Content Consolidation describes the process of consolidating master data from different systems.
b. The scenario SAP MDM Content Consolidation describes the process of consolidating master data from one system.
c. There is no such a thing as SAP MDM Content Consolidation.

2. In the business scenario SAP MDM Content Consolidation, the process initial load from trusted client is not available.

a. True
b. False

3. Why does any data cleansing activities take place at a later date on the MDS (Master Data Server)?

a. Data cleansing takes place at the same time
b. To improve system performance during the load
c. There is no cleansing data available

4. What tools are available to integrate SAP MDM and other non-SAP applications and platforms?

a. Java
b. .Net
c. API
d. All of the above

5. Is the Product Catalog Management application part of the SAP NetWeaver Integration and Application Platform? Does print publishing belong to this platform as well?

a. Yes
b. No

6. Which statement is true?

a. MDM can send changed records through API
b. MDM can send changed records through Syndicator
c. MDM can send changed fields through API and Syndicator
d. None of the above
e. a and b

7. What options are available for resending from MDM within XI or R/3 in case an update fails?

a. no resending possible
b. the same XML can be fixed and resent
c. the same XML can be processed

8. Is it possible to develop Web forms (outside of EP6) that link to standard Java MDM APIs and communicate with the MDM repository?

a. Yes
b. No

9. Is it possible to assign the saved search criteria to a role or person to restrict what he or she can view in the search?

a. Yes
b. No

10. Are adapters/extensions available in MDM for integrating monitoring tools? (i.e., does Tivoli register if an exception occurs in MDM?)

a. Yes
b. No

11. Can two servers run on the same computer?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Maybe

12. What is NULL and how is it used in MDM?

a. Blank
b. Data marker
c. Empty

13. What does "Required" stand for?

a. Mandatory
b. Not mandatory
c. Advisory

14. Can LDAP property "MDMERoles" be changed to something else?

a. Yes
b. No

15. Can an attribute have additional parameters associated with it like status or userID timestamp?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Only type, name, alias and description

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