IBM Power Systems with POWER7 and IBM i Sales Skills -v2 Sample Questions:

1. Which of the following describes an IBM i solution that is designed to prevent long-running or excessive query jobs from impacting the overall performance of a system?

A) The DB2 Predictive Query Governor can prevent the initiation of a query if the estimated run time exceeds a user defined limit.
B) DB2 uses the Open Query File manager to provide a filter between the query and database records which gradually reduces job priority over time.
C) The IBM i Universal DB2 Query subsystem (QQUERY) defines how, where, and how many queries may operate, as well as which resources the request may use.
D) DB2 Query Management Facility provides a comprehensive set of features and functions to control query, reporting, and analytics jobs.

2. What information should be provided to a customer who wants to move from a 4-core POWER5 550 to a 4-core POWER7 system and keep the same serial number?

A) Migrations are supported but not upgrades, so the serial number will change.
B) The upgrade path is to an 8-core Power 720, but they only need to license 4 cores to IBM i.
C) The upgrade path which preserves the serial number is to a 4-core Power 740.
D) Upgrades from the POWERS 550 are to a POWER7 or POWER7+ 750 or above.

3. A POWER7 customer running IBM i 7.1 acquired another company. The acquired company uses a POWER4 model 825 running IBM i V5R4 with a small set of home-grown RPGIII applications.
The customer has determined that the POWER7 system can accommodate the new workload1 but is concerned with the migration effort to move those applications from such an old system.
Which of the following statements will ease the customer concern?

A) Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) is included with IBM i V7.1 to transform each V5R4 RPG object the first time it is referenced.
B) IBM i 7.1 with VIO Server can host an IBM i LPAR running 5.4 so no migration will be required
C) IBM i allows observable programs to move from one release and one processor family to another without recompilation
D) Rational Development Studio for i provides migration tools to modernize legacy RPG programs automatically.

4. Which of the following best describes a unique characteristic of IBM i when compared to non-IBM platforms?

A) DB2 doesn't require any specific database installation procedures, and provides automatic storage allocation for all database objects.
B) IBM i comes with a performance tuner that provides network multi-pathing, based on predictive analysis, to utilize all Ethernet ports.
C) IBM i provides Processor Instruction Retry and Alternate Processor Recovery mechanisms to recover from processor errors by utilizing an available spare processor core.
D) Integration with BladeCenter and System x allows IBM i partitions to host heterogeneous applications running Microsoft Windows or Linux applications.

5. A retailer plans to introduce an internet-based ordering application for their customers. The retailer has stated that their order-entry green-screen RPG programs are antiquated and they will convert to an x86 solution.
What should be discussed?

A) The IBM Navigator for i family of products provides a graphical user interface that can host 5250 green-screen applications and extend them to the Web.
B) IBM has a utility called Rational Migration Extension that converts RPG programs and transforms them into generated Java programs that can run on IBM i orx86.
C) IBM has a flexible architecture approach that helps IBM i customers find the right tools to modernize RPG applications and extend their functions to the Web.
D) IBM i includes Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) that can dynamically transform text-based 5250 green screen applications into web applications.

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