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somesh

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Hi,

Refer the following blogs:

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/06/28/xipi-faq-frequently-asked-questions

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Boopathi

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Hi Venkata,

Refer the following links,

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/06/28/xipi-faq-frequently-asked-questions

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Rohit.

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Refere this very nice blog for faq's

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/06/28/xipi-faq-frequently-asked-questions

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Hi,

These faq's might be helpful for u.

SAP XI Certification Sample Questions

1. SAP XI is an Integration technology and platform……(select the correct answers)

a) for SAP and non SAP applications.

b) for A2A and B2B scenarios

c) for asynchronous and synchronous applications

d) for cross-component Business Process Management.

2. XI represents the following layer in the NetWeaver stack: (select the correct answer)

a) People Integration

b) Information Integration

c) Process Integration

3. XI uses the following web standards (select the correct answers)

a) WSDL

b) XSD

c) SOAP

4. XI components include……..(select the correct answers)

a) SLD (System Landscape Directory)

b) Integration Builder

c) Integration Server

d) Central Monitoring

e) Adapter Engine

5. Integration Builder is a ……..(select the correct answer)

a) Java application

b) ABAP application

c) .NET application

6. Java Web Start is required for…….(select the correct answer)

a) Caching java clients

b) Drawing pictures

c) Connect to SUN systems

7. SLD is a……….(select the correct answer)

a) Client application

b) Server application

8. XI is technically a client of SLD

a) TRUE

b) FALSE

9. SLD adheres to ………(select the correct answer)

a) Common Information Model

b) Web Services Definition Language

c) XML Schema Definition Language

d) XML

10. Usage of PCK (Partner Connectivity Kit) is……(select the correct answer)

a) Allow small partners and subsidiaries to communicate natively with XI

b) For Partners to connect to database systems7444

c) Allow Partners to connect to .NET and Java applications

11. Certain adapters are needed in cases where the Integration Server is to exchange messages with an R/3 system based on basis kernel lower than……..(choose the correct answer)

a) 6.10

b) 6.20

c) 6.40

d) 4.5

12. XI supports the following QoS (Quality of Services)…….(choose the correct answers)

a) BE (Best Effort)

b) Exactly Once (EO)

c) Exactly Once In Order (EOIO)

d) Exactly Twice In Order (ETIO)

13. QoS BE is equal to (choose the correct answer)

a) Synchronous RFC (sRFC)

b) Asynchronous RFC (aRFC)

c) Transactional RFC (tRFC)

d) Queued RFC (qRFC)

14. QoS EO is equal to (choose the correct answer)

a) Synchronous RFC (sRFC)

b) Asynchronous RFC (aRFC)

c) Transactional RFC (tRFC)

d) Queued RFC (qRFC)

15. QoS EOIO is equal to (choose the correct answer)

a) Synchronous RFC (sRFC)

b) Asynchronous RFC (aRFC)

c) Transactional RFC (tRFC)

d) Queued RFC (qRFC)

16. Adapter Framework is based on (choose the correct answer).

a) JCA (Java Connector Architecture)

b) NCA (.NET Connector Architecture)

c) PCK (Partner Connectivity Kit)

d) WSDL (Web Services Definition Language)

17. XI Adapter Engine is based on the integrated……(choose the correct answer)

a) ABAP engine

b) J2EE engine

c) .NET engine

d) JCA (Java Connector Architecture)

18. Integration Processes are built using……..(choose the correct answer).

a) WSDL (Web Services Definition Language)

b) BPEL (Business Process Execution Language)

c) XSD (XML Schema Definition Language)

d) JCL (Java Connector Language)

19. Runtime Workbench in XI is the central monitoring tool for the following…….(choose the correct answers)

a) Component Monitoring

b) Message Monitoring

c) End-to-End Monitoring

d) Performance Monitoring

e) Queue Monitoring

f) Schedule Monitoring

20. XI uses enhanced version of SOAP protocol called……(choose the correct answer)

a) XI XML

b) XI SOAP

c) XI XSD

d) XI PML

21. What is the cardinality of MESSAGE TYPES : DATA TYPES

a) 1:1

b) 2:1

c) 2:2

d) 1:0

22. What are the advantages of ASYNCHRONOUS updates? (choose the correct answer)

a) Acknowledgement can be sent back

b) Messages can be persisted.

23. What are the advantages of SYNCHRONOUS updates? (choose the correct answers)

a) Acknowledgement can be sent back (messages can be persisted with additional configuration)

b) Messages can be persisted.

c) Messages cannot be persisted.

24. What is the Message format used in XI for processing?

a) Specific implementation of SOAP which is XI XML

b) JMS

c) RFC

d) CIDX

25. What is an Adapter? (choose the correct answer)

a) Adapters are used to communicate to Legacy or SAP systems with WAS version < 6.2

b) Adapters are used to retrieve information from Java, .NET systems

c) Adapters are used to import IDOC, RFC information.

26. In the Integration Repository, what is the KEY of an object or how can an object be uniquely identified?

a) SWCV, Namespace, Name

b) Namespace, Name, Description

c) Name, Description, SWCV

d) SWCV, SWCV1, SWCV2

27. How do you classify NAME SPACE in an R/3 Environment?

a) Equivalent to function group

b) Equivalent to development class

c) Equivalent to function module

d) Equivalent to BAPI

28. What is ICM?

a) Internet Console Manager

b) Internet Communication Manager

c) Infrastructure Communication Manager

d) Intranet Communication Manager

29. A Customer has WAS 6.2 and has decided to use XI? (choose the correct answer)

a) He cannot use XI unless WAS 6.2 is upgraded to WAS 6.4

b) Can use XI with some additional patches

c) WAS 6.2 already has XI in it. No need of any additional software

30. What is the name space of an IDOC? (choose the correct answer)

a) urn:sap-com:document:sap:idoc:messages

b) urn:sap-com:document:idoc:sap:messages

c) urn:sap-com:sap.document:idoc:messages

d) urn:sap-com:document:idoc:messages

31. What is the name space of an RFC ? (choose the correct answer)

a) urn:sap-com:document:rfc:sap:functions

b) urn:sap-com:document:bapi:rfc:functions

c) urn:sap-com:document:sap:rfc:functions

d) urn:sap-com:document:remote:rfc:functions

32. What doesn’t get transported when the configuration is released? (Choose the correct answer)

a) All Objects will get transported

b) Generated proxies and application coding in the application components does not get transported when the configuration is released.

c) Only application coding will not get transported.

d) Only generated proxies will not get transported.

33. How many Pipelines are there in the integration server? (choose the correct answer)

a) Receiver Identification, Interface Identification, Message Branch, Request Message Mapping, Outbound Binding, Call Adapter, Request Message Mapping.

b) Receiver Identification, Interface Identification, Message Branch, Request Message Mapping, Outbound Binding.

c) Message Branch, Request Message Mapping, Outbound Binding, Call Adapter, Request Message Mapping.

34. What are the possible Trace Levels? (choose the correct answer)

a) 0 – No Trace,1 – Low Trace Level,2 – Medium Trace Level,3 – High Trace Level,4 – Expert Trace Level

b) 0 – No Trace,1 – Low Trace Level,2 – Medium Trace Level,3 – High Trace Level

c) 10 – Low Trace Level,20 – Medium Trace Level,30 – High Trace Level,40 – Expert Trace Level

35. Does JMS adapter need additional driver to communicate to database? (choose the correct answer)

a) Yes

b) No

c) JMS adapter is not available in XI

36. What is use of PCK? (choose the correct answer)

a) Partner Connectivity Kit that helps Partner Systems with no ability to communicate in XML speak to the Business Systems.

b) PCK is used to deploy additional drivers

c) PCK can be used as an alternative to XI

37. What is Context Object? What is its role?

a) Context Objects are pointers to a specific element within the message, for future reference. Encapsulate the access to data that is contained in the payload or in the header of the message.

b) Another form of data types

c) Can be used instead of message types

38. What adapters don’t need Sender Agreement?

a) HTTP, IDOC.

b) IDOC, RFC

c) IDOC, JMS

d) JDBC, JMS

39. What is the Protocol followed for Mail Adapter? (choose the correct answers)

a) SMTP

b) IMAP

c) POP3

d) POP4

40. Where do you configure an Adapter?

a) Sender Agreement

b) Receiver Determination

c) Business System

d) Communication Channel

41. Can a JDBC adapter query the database table? If yes, what are different possibilities?

a) Yes. You can configure sender and receiver communication channels. A special XML format is defined for content coming from the Integration Engine. This canonical format enables SQL Insert, Update, Select, Delete or stored procedure statements to be processed. A message is always processed in exactly one database transaction.

b) JDBC adapter cannot insert records in the database.

c) We should not insert, update records in the database directly.

42. The message monitoring status DLNG means ? (choose the correct answer)

a) DLNG = Delivering.

b) DLNG = Dialing

c) DLNG = Detailing

d) DLNG = Dismantling

43. Where do you perform Content Based Routing?

a) Receiver Determination

b) Receiver Agreement

c) Sender Agreement

d) Communication Channel

44. What are the various supported mapping types? (choose the correct answer)

a) Message Mapping, Java Mapping, XSLT Mapping, ABAP Mapping.

b) XSLT, Java, JDBC, JMS

c) XSLT, WSDL, XSD

45. With respect to ABAP proxies, what are the methods that can be coded?

a) EXECUTE_SYNCHRONOUS, EXECUTE_ASYNCHRONOUS.

b) EXECUTE_SYNCHRONOUS, EXECUTE_ASYNCH.

c) EXECUTE_SYNCH, EXECUTE_ASYNCH

46. “ Fields under a node with a minoccurs of ZERO has been mapped.” The values don’t appear in the target result, what could be wrong?

a) The parent node has not been assigned.

b) Parent node has cardinality 0…unbounded

c) Parent node has many fields

47. What is a SENDER COMM CHANNEL?

a) Sender Communication Channel is where you define the source system from where the message/information goes to XI and also the adapter, the Sender System uses.

b) Sender Communication Channel is where you define the target system from where the message/information goes out of XI and also the adapter, the Receiver System uses.

c) Sender Communication Channel is where you define the how the interface mapping takes place between Sender and Receiver.

48. XSLT is supported but two statements were not supported. What are they?

a) <xsd:include>, <xsd:import>

b) <xsd:including>, <xsd:importing>

c) <xsd:includes>, <xsd:imports>

d) All statements are supported.

49. What steps can be inserted in an Exception branch?

a) Terminate a process, trigger an alert.

b) Terminate the interface, trigger IDOC.

c) Terminate exception, branch integration process.

50. What is multi mapping? When can it be used?

a) Multi Mapping is used to map abstract interfaces and can only be used in ccBPM.

b) Can be used when there are multiple interfaces from Sender systems.

c) Can be used when there are multiple interfaces from Receiver systems.

51. The first step in the Integration process can be ?

a) Receive step

b) fork Step

c) Send Step

d) Block Step

52. An Exception raised by a step can be handled by

a) Only by exception handler in the same step

b) Only by exception handler in the outer step

c) By exception handler in the same step or in the outer step

53. An exception is raised by

a) Async or sync send step, transformation step and Control Step

b) Sync send step

c) By control step only

54. A message can be received by

a) Only a receive step

b) By receive, fork or loop step

c) By receive and block step

d) By send, block and Fork

55. What are the types of containers

a) Abstract

b) Simple & Abstract

c) Simple, Abstract and receiver

56. Which of these are true/false with user defined functions?

a) User defined functions are accessible only in the mapping where they are created

b) User defined functions are visible across namespace

c) User defined functions accessed in other mapping by copying it to that mapping

d) User defined functions are accessible in any mapping in a software component version

57. Java Mapping is executed by implementing the interface ?

a) com.sap.aii.mapping.api.StreamTransformation

b) com.sap.api.mapping.StreamTransformation

c) com.sap.api.mapping.aii.StreamTransformation

d) com.sap.mapping.api.StreamTransformation

58. An Idoc has been sent by a sender system to XI, but the idoc is not received at the XI system which of these could be true/false

a) The destination system from the sender system to XI is not configured correctly.

b) The metadata in XI was copied/generated from the sender Idoc is corrupted

c) The destination system from XI to sender system is not defined correctly

d) Sender channel is not configured

59. While mapping which of these is true ? Can I use different mapping ?

a) You can use only one mapping at a time

b) You can use ABAP & JAVA mapping

c) You can use any mapping in any sequence any number of times

d) Different mapping can’t be used together

60. To import the metadata from an R/3 system which of this is true/false

a) The import permitted in Software component need to be selected

b) You have to create ‘ALE’ Name in SLD

c) You need to login to the destination (R/3) with a valid user

d) You need to login to destination(R/3) with a User having administrator rights

61. You are implementing XI for your customer, you have very good experience

working in ABAP. While mapping you want to do it in abap, but the option

available are only ‘Message Mapping’ ‘Java Mapping’ What would you do to

add the ‘ABAP Mapping’ option. Where would you configure it?.

a) In Exchange profile

b) In s/w component

c) In Integration Repository

62. From the WSDL description from application server, you can generate:

a) Java Proxies only

b) ABAP proxies

c) Java and ABAP proxies.

63. JMS adapter can be used for

a. IBM web sphere MQ

b. Sonique

c. Web services

64. Which of the following is true/false about HTTP plain adapters?

a. Sender channel is not required to be configured

b. Receiver channel is not required to be configured

c. Using this system can directly connect to integration server

65. You would install Adapter engine de-centrally

a. To install PCK

b. To monitor the messages de-centrally

c. To share load with the central adapter engine and increase performance.

66. To Receive the data using ‘Select with JDBC adapter you would

a. You would configure a receiver channel

b. you would configure a sender channel

67. You find that the status in transaction ‘SXI_CACHE’ is not equal to 0. Which of the following would you perform?

a. Check the condition of BP in Integration Repository

b. Activate the BP in ‘SXI_CHACHE’.

c. Activate the BP in Integration Directory

68. Which are the methods that you need to call compulsorily in java mapping.

a) execute(), setParameter()

b) Exit() Systemproperties()

c) Execute(), SetProperties()

69. What is the relationship between an integration process and business workflow?

a) The Business Process Engine is the same as the Workflow Engine.

b) The Business Process Engine needs external Workflow Engine

c) Business Process Engine is a new name for Workflow Engine

70. What are the different types that a container element can be based on?

a) Simple XSD types : XSD:DATE, XSD:TIME, XSD: INTEGER, XSD: STRING

b) Abstract Integer

c) Receiver

71. Which of the following is true with regards to Container Elements?

a) Elements of a super container are visible in sub container.

b) Elements of sub container are visible in super container

c) Container cannot have super or sub containers

d) Containers can have multiple elements.

72. Send message within an integration process to 8 receivers at the same time, how can I do this?

a) Create a FORK statement with 8 branches

b) Create 8 interfaces

c) Create a loop with 8 interfaces

d) Create 8 branches

73. Which of the following Objects can be used in BPM ?

a) Context Object

b) Receiver Determination

c) Message Mapping

d) Interface Mapping

74. Could multiple instances of Integration process run at the same time ?

a) Yes

b) No

75. For ABAP mapping which of the following settings have to be done in Exchange Profile ?

a) Com.sap.aii.repository.mapping.additionaltypes = R3_ABAP | Abap-class; R3_XSLT | XSL

b) Com.sap.aii.repository.mapping.additionaltypes = R3_JAVA | Abap-class; R3_XSLT | XSL

c) Com.sap.aii.repository.mapping.additionaltypes = | Abap-class; R3_XSLT | XSL

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1. What are the Three types of XI Cache? How are they used?

2. Name four Adapters and their use. Which 2 reside on the ABAP stack of the WEB AS 640.

3. Where would you look to find Logical System in the SLD. Why is this important, or is it?

4. What 2 Data Types are automatically created when the Namespace is saved in the Integration Repository?

5. Which Development Object in SAP XI forms the "ROOT NODE" of an XML document when an XI message is generated?

6. T/F. To generated a Java or ABAP proxy, the WSDL must be created for the "Message Map"?

7. Describe the setting to "Permit Importing of SAP IDOCs or BAPI/ RFCs". Where is this configured?

8. What are the valid types of Message Mappings? Which is configured with the Graphical User Interface and requires no coding?

9. What actions should you take if your Business System does not show when attempting to "Transfer from the SLD"?

A. Call the SAP Hotline and report this as a BUG.

B. Go back to sleep and let someone else worry about it.

C. Execute transaction SXI_CACHE and refresh the XI Cache.

D. Execute Clear SLD Data Cache from the Integration Repository.

10. What is the relationship between Product, Product Version, Software Component and Software Component Version. Give an example.

11. Describe the Design Repository (DR) objects you created to configure a scenario.

12. Describe the Configuration Directory objects you created to configure a scenario.

13. What are the different design time components used by XI?

14. What service does the integration server provide?

15. What functions does adapter framework provide?

16. What is Java webstart? Why is it used? What version do you need?

17. What are the different XI components?

18. What is XI domain?

19. What is XI pipeline? How many different types? What is pipeline service and elements?

20. Describe the alert functionality of the runtime workbench.

21. Name different monitoring functions of the runtime workbench.

22. Web AS 6.2 has an integration engine. Why is this so? Can it do LTM?

23. In BPM, if you have async-sync bridge, does the QOS change?

24. List 4 ways to enable logging/ trace?

25. What is logging/ trace?

26. Properties of an async message?

27. Invound XI message has problem, where do you look for solution?

28. Describe XI message format.

29. Describe end-to-end monitoring. What is it? How is it configured? What are the different views?

30. In XI 3.0, where do you configure adapters?

31. Different steps to make a Sender IDOC adapter work?

32. What is a mail adapter?

33. JMS adapter can talk with what type of systems? Give some examples...

34. What format can JDBC adapter communicate in? Should you use native SQL?

35. If communications with JDBC using XML format, what are 4 actions you could do?

36. Installing PCK what platforms can you install it on?

37. How does PCK and adapter framework engine differ?

38. Can JDBC adapter query DB tables? Can it insert?

39. JMS adapter scenario messaging system provider needs to submit what?

40. List some properties of receiving IDOC adapter.

41. JDBC/ JMS required certain steps before they can work?

42. Properties of the PCK who developed it? What is it similar to? Does it support BWB?

43. What is ALEAUDIT with respect to IDOCS? When will they use it?

44. Properties of the HTTP adapter, does it use or need a sender or receiver communications channel or agreement?

45. What does a RFC adapter support?

46. Is EOIO supported by RFC?

47. What are the advanted and why would you use decentralized adapter engine?

48. Comment on the following, adapter engine is also known as a PCK..

49. What are the different monitoring statuses? Where do you find them?

50. What adapters are not in adapter engine?

51. Which ABAP proxy, in or outbound has code you can type in? Which one used classes? With regards to Sync/ Async what is the method call?

52. With an optional node what would be the cardinality? How do you make sure the subordinate fields get mapped?

53. WSDL what is it? Where do you find it in Repository? Is it used in Java or ABAP proxy?

54. XI 3.0, what are the supported mapping types?

55. What are the prerequisites for importing customer defined IDOC?

56. What are the prerequisites to re-import custom IDOC?

57. What are the three IDOC transactions in XI?

58. Context object replace what?

59. Two things can make up a collaboration agreement, what are they?

60. What is a logical system, with respect to SLD? Where would you assign it?

61. What is the sender communications channel?

62. If error during inbound or outbound binding, where do you look to solve?

63. URI, URL and URN what are they and what are their differences?

64. To perform content based (logical) routing, two places it can be done. What are the two places?

65. What is an integration process? Where is it executed? What stake?

66. In a message mapping you have advanced user defined function, can you test for context changes, if yes how?

67. What is multi-mapping? Where is it used? What are the advantages?

68. What are the two XSLT tags, previously that could not be used in XI?

69. Using a simple user defined function how can you send trace information to be monitored?

70. What is function "exists" in message mapping?

71. What Jar file is required to perform Java Mapping?

72. What is context in message mapping and how is it used?

73. What is remove context and splitby value?

74. Where can you use user defined function? What is its scope?

75. If you are building Java mapping class which class interface must it implement?

76. What is the scope of mapping template?

77. How does a Boolean function work in message mappings?

78. Source message occurs 3 times, target only once, what is wrong?

79. In simple mapping - one source results in 4 identical target messages, with regarding cardinality what is the problem?

80. What is a prerequisite to do ABAP mapping for a comple transformation?

81. What step can be inserted into an exception branch?

82. Where can you find business process engine?

83. How do you get an error condition to generated an alert?

84. What actions can you perform in SXI_CACHE?

85. What is a wait step and why is it used?

86. What is a block step and why is it used?

87. Could multiple instances of an integration process be running at the same time? If so, how does a message find its way to the correct instance?

88. Which XI objects can be used in an integration process? Which ones from Repository?

89. What happens after an exception is raised in BPM?

90. Send message within an integration process to 8 receivers at the same time, how can you do this?

91. Describe the triggering of exceptions in BPM?

92. What is a correlation? What is a local correlation?

93. Which steps can trigger an alert?

94. What does a control step do?

95. How does integration process kill itself? What are other possibilities?

96. What is the 2 visibility of container elements?

97. What are the different types that a container element can be based on? Can container elements be based on dictionary structure MARA?

98. What is the relationship between an integration process and business workflow?

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