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3/28/2021 SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Integrated Business Planning - Full | ERPPrep
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Integrated

Business Planning - Full
You got 26 of 69 possible points.

Your score was: 38 %
Question Results
Question: Score 1 of 1
Which header name displays are available in the report options menu of the
Excel interface?
There are 2 correct answers to this question.
Response:
Full unique name including technical name
Captions
Business meaning, as defined in configuration
Changed number names created by user
You want to grant only display rights to a specific user in the Microsoft Excel UI.
How do you do this?
Please choose the correct answer.
Response:
Create a filter in the Administration Console
Create user preferences
Create value-based filter in Microsoft Excel add-in
Create permission filter and assign it to a specific user
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For a PA you need to create time periods for the time profile. What should you
take care of when executing the Create Time Periods application job?
Response:
The planning area with this time profile must be activated so that the application
job can proceed.
Multiple time profiles can be run with this application job.
Job cannot be scheduled to start immediately.
A time profile has to be activated so that the application job can proceed.
Model a large machine with high capital request, where you need to run it cost
effectively with minimum utilization, even if it is means producing more than
required/ demand.
Which solution would apply to this scenario?

Response:
Balance between excessive prebuild and minimum utilization by incorporating

violation costs.
Excess stock to be staged in an overflow warehouse.
Capacity levelling will be possible for production and storage resources.
Enough demands can be pulled forward and pull production will occur.
Which of the following segmentation options can you use when you configure
the segmentation profile?
Response:
Use ABC classification only to provide classification based on two available

segmentation strategies.
Use ABC classification and XYZ segmentation with three segments each resulting in
six segments.
Use time independent key figures as segmentation measures for both ABC
classification and XYZ segmentation.
Use XYZ segmentation only to provide classification basing on relative importance.
Which algorithm type can you use to plan the supply?

Response:
Local updates
Compute quotas
Time-series based optimizer
Statistical forecasting
Which of the following approaches could you take to reduce run times of an
optimizer?
Response:
Increase the use of incremental lot size beyond the frozen horizon.
Use a sub network ID.
Avoid telescopic time buckets.
Split into multiple planning areas to support weekly vs. Daily planning needs.
Which of the following modes can you use when creating a constrained plan?
Response:
Profit maximization
Production maximization
Resource maximization
When can you use the TS optimizer?

Response:
Create a short – term distribution plan
For creating simulations for tactical planning
When generating a procuremental plan for raw materials and components.
When generating an operational production plan in daily or weekly buckets.
What are S&OP operator (optimizer) parameters associated with demand fair
share?
Response:
- Number of fair share segments

- Maximum days of coverage
- Number of fair share segments late delivery

- Maximum inventory
- Additional tiering costs (default)
- Additional tiering costs (default)

- Target inventory violation cost

- Additional tiering costs (defaults)
You are creating an Advanced Simulation (ADVSIM) operator. Which operations

are supported?
Response:
Pre-copy
Disaggregate key figures
Simulate statistical forecast
Post-copy
Create time periods
Which of the following key functions are supported by IBP for Sales &
Operations planning?
Response:
Supports an advanced demand planning process
Supports manual creation of feasible constrained plans
Supports a finite resource planning
Supports a basic demand planning process
You set up periodic activities to support S&OP and want to use a

job chain to sequence these multiple steps. What must you do to use a job chain
to sequence these multiple steps?
Response:
Ensure that the job chain can continue after the most error-prone step fails.
Schedule the job chain for recurring execution in the application job tile.
Select the recurrence pattern in the Application Job Template app.
Set up the job chain with five steps or less in the application job template.
For which of the following jobs can you enter planning filters as parameters?
Response:
Create Time Periods for Time Profiles
Purge Non – Conforming Data
Purge Key Figure Data
Purge Master Data
You create an S&OP operator for heuristics on an SAP IBP project. What must
you enable for the S&OP operator which is specifically relevant for sub
networks?
Response:
Compute Expected Supply parameter
Normalize Quotas parameter
Node-Based isolation check
Balance Receipts parameter
You would like to persistently enhance the layout, for example by underlining a
key figure, of your planning view template. What can you use to do this?
Response:
SQL
Microsoft Excel with Power Pivot
Microsoft Excel with EPM
ABAP
A planning area can include one or more planning levels. What are the functions
of a planning level?
Response:
A planning level is defined for each planning area; it is the level at which data is
saved.
A planning level is scenario specific.
A planning level is version specific.
A planning level enables users to analyze and plan at different levels.
Which of the following functional areas are included in the out-of-the-box

Integrated Business Planning Sales and Operations model provided by SAP?
Response:
Consensus demand planning
Finite resource capacities planning
Demand Driven Materials Requirement planning
Executive review
Rough cut supply planning
What is a prerequisite for modelling outsourced manufacturers with production

capacity?
Response:
Use production lead times and offsets to manage components at the outsourced
location.
Model production cost for internal and external production resources to model
priority.
Ensure set up of multiple modes of transportation.
Model target inventory and stocks at the outsourced location.
How is minimum resource utilization considered by the optimizer?

Response:
Achieved in short term and then tail off in future buckets, due to discounts.
Minimum resource utilization may not be achieved in full for restricted storage
capacity.
For all buckets and all quantities that represent the minimum utilization.
It depends on demands in future buckets; if there is no demand, no utilization.
What are the feasible solution for TS optimiser?

Response:
Violation of minimum aggregated inventory values
Violation of minimum resource utilization
Not respecting production capacity
Not adhering to maximum transport values
Not – fully satisfied demands
You need to monitor the capacity of your Distribution Center goods receipt
employees. Every goods receipt takes two working days of a warehouse
employee.
How would you model this?

Response:
Maintain a storage resource on the DC and maintain the number of days on the
location product attribute.
Maintain a warehouse-resource on the DC and maintain the number of days on the

location product
Maintain a handling resource with available capacity on the DC and maintain the
number of days on the location product attributes.
Maintain a regular production resource and change the description in goods receipt
employee capacity. Maintain the number of days on the location product attribute.
What are the main features of alert key figures?

Response:
They can be set to both calculated and stored
Data for these key figures can be loaded into the system
They can be defined as a key figure in the same way as the unit price
They check the conditions of other key figures
You need to limit value in projected periods of coverage to 999. What must you
doing the S&OP operator profile's configuration?
Response:
Enter 999 as an allowed quota deviation parameter.
Enter 999 as an additional parameter.
Enter 999 as global limit per message type.
Enter 999 as infinite coverage parameter.
Analytics charts are created by user in the advanced analytics application. What
actions are possible in the Advanced Analytics app?
Response:
Merge charts together
Open graphics in Excel
Query data.
Group data
What does ABC/XYZ segmentation allow you to do?

Response:
Assign more appropriate inventory algorithms to planning objects.
Identify inventory items that require closer attention.
Analyze forecast accuracy by product class
Tailor your forecast strategy and inventory optimization to segment characteristics.
Which of the following global parameters can be used to initialize the value of
the forecast input key figure to a small value when historical data is missing for
some periods?
Response:
MTHMISSIONS parameter in SCENARIO group
FORECAST_ESCAPENULL parameter in FORECAST group
MAX_DIM_MEMBERS parameter in PLAN_VIEW group
FORECAST_ALLOW parameter in FORECAST group
Which of the following are functions of the Snapshot Key Figures feature?
Response:
A snapshot takes a copy of a key figure at a particular point in time
You can create up to nine time snapshots at periodic intervals, producing a time-
lapsed view of your data
A snapshot is taken only if a snapshot operator is run
Not exposed to the user in planning views
The most recent snapshot is numbered with the highest number
What are some of the prerequisites for configuring a planning area that results
in a successful consistency check?
Response:
Specify a planning horizon in the planning area for each level of the assigned time
profile.
Configure at least one calculated key figure for the planning area.
Assignment of a compound master data type necessitates the assignment of its

component master data types too.
Configure at most two input key figures on the same planning level in a key figure
calculation.
You are creating a planning view in the SAP IBP for Microsoft Excel add-in.
Which settings can you maintain as default values?
Response:
Permission filter
Default Planning Area
Language
Default Display Time (Zone)
What are some of the available ABC segmentation methods in IBP?

Response:
By Pareto Principle (Sorted and Cumulated %)
By number of items (Sorted Average)
By number of items (Sorted values)
By Pareto Principle (Sorted and Calculated Values)
You are working on a mid – range plan that spans the seasonal peak and you are
evaluating the need for additional crewing. Which of the following parameters
can you model to plan production with extra shift(s)?
Response:
Incremental production values
Production source validity at the start of seasonal peak
Cost based capacity expansion.
Adjusted production interactive values
What can you use the Disaggregation (DISAGG) operator for in planning areas?
Response:
Copy master data and key figures from one planning area version to another.
Copy key figure values between the same versions of different planning areas.
Check master data and key figures to reveal inconsistencies.
Create missing planning objects
What function would you use to configure year to date calculation?

Response:
IBP_CAGGR with parameter for time profile level restart of a quarter
IBP_LPA with static configuration as you are aggregating across broader time
period
IBP_CAGGR with aggregation mode parameter set to SUM
IBP_LPA with dynamic configuration to query key figures at request level
You want to setup Demand Sensing to analyze demand changes in execution or

close to execution windows. Which of the following conditions must you consider
during the setup?
Response:
It is mandatory to load historical lag-based snapshot data
Set up the forecast model to be executed at product-location level
At setup test the system to run the Demand Sensing (full) algorithm weekly and
the Demand Sensing (update) on a daily basis.
The result generates sensed demand data at the monthly time granularity for the
time horizon defined in the forecast model
Which conditions are prerequisites for key figure disaggregation?

Response:
The key figure is stored and editable in the current and future.
The key figure is set to Not Editable.
The key figure is calculated and editable in the current and future.
The calculated key figure is available and aggregation mode is selected.
Which of the following can be used as an input for inventory level optimization?
Response:
Lead time variance
Reorder point
Lot sizes
Target inventory level
You are designing the planning area granularity. How do you construct the
granularity of the data which is saved?
Response:
Assign, besides the base planning level, a separate time profile for every additional
planning level in the planning area
Define a base planning level and assign a storage profile with the required
granularity
Assign a time profile and define the smallest granularity for every additional
planning level
Assign a time profile and a storage profile in the planning area header configuration
and for any additional planning level
Which library is used by the forecasting engine for the Demand Sensing
algorithm?
Response:
Demand library
Supply Chain Algorithm library
Predictive Analytics library
Heuristics library
Which objects can you query on in the Advanced Analytics application?

Response:
Only on the base version
On simulations
On all versions
On scenarios
Which of the following checks for master data and key figures does the Check
Mode algorithm trigger?
Response:
Checks whether the required planning level master data exists for a subset of input
key figures.
Checks whether the heuristic detects cycles formed by nodes (such as location
products) in the supply chain network.
Checks whether the location resource specified in the master data form a cycle in
the supply chain network.
Checks whether the location products specified in the master data are connected
by customer sourcing rules within the supply chain network.
Checks whether the sourcing in the Production Source Item Master Data type
exists.
What must you do to enable change recording for a key figure?

Response:
Set the key figure to active for change logging.
Set the planning levels to active for change logging.
Set the change log to active for master data type used.
Set the planning area to active for change logging.
Which configuration elements can be used to add meaning to the planning

activities?
Response:
Planning View notes
Business Meaning Key figure Definition
Reason codes
Microsoft Excel notes in Planning
What objects do you need to upload before key figure data?

Response:
Time periods and time profile attributes
Time periods and business roles
One simple master data record and one compound master data record
Time periods and relevant master data
You created a time profile and want to use time levels. In which of the following
cases is it mandatory to set the time level?
Response:
Assign a time profile level for a planning level of a planning area.
Maintain a time profile level as parameter in a disaggregation planning operator.
Assign a time profile level during the load of key figure values with the Data
Integration Jobs app.
Choose a time profile level in a planning view in Microsoft Excel.
You model the following supply chain:
- A finished product is manufactured on 2 different packaging lines

- Production takes place for 40 % on line A. 60 % on line which varies over time
- Produced products are immediately shipped to two warehouses, respecting the required
minimum safely stock values
- One warehouse is temporarily closed sometime during the next three months.
Which sourcing rules do you use?

Response:
U-rule
T-rule, time independent
P-rule
T-rule, time dependent
End users are validating the SAP IBP solution, and are concerned with how long
it takes to open templates. Which can impact performance the most, that should
you consider checking?
Response:
Number of local members and complexity of calculations
Key figures complex calculation
Excessive IBP formatting in Excel UI
Number of analytics charts displaying Key figures’ values
Co-production allows you to model co-products. The output of a production

process is several different products, which are produced concurrently.
Which parameters apply to the co-product?

Response:
Production Lot Size
Output Product Coefficient
Consumption of components
Capacity Consumption
What is a possible technique used by forecast models in IBP S&OP Module?

Response:
Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP)
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Statistical Algorithms
Predictive Analytics
What are the mandatory when creating a new time profile?

Response:
A start and end date
ID and name
At least one attribute for the time profile levels
Description
Why do you run a consistency check for a key figure?

Response:
To verify that all key figures are marked as stored input in a key figure calculation.
To verify that all key figures have a calculation defined at REQUEST level.
To verify that you used at most two input planning levels.
To verify that SUM() calculation is used for a key figure only if the Aggregation
Mode of the key figure is set to Sum or Custom
You have set up a planning area and data is available. You adjust the necessary
time profile settings and run the consistency check.
Which settings can you change and still run a successful consistency check?
Response:
Change the past and future horizon of the levels in the time profile.
Remove an attribute assigned to the time profile level if the attribute is used in a
planning level.
Change the description of the attributes in a time profile.
Add a new time profile level to the time profile.
Your project requires end-to-end visibility and basic supply and demand
planning. Which one of the following IBP Solution components do you
recommend?
Response:
IBP for Sales and Operations

IBP for Demand
Supply Chain Control Tower

IBP for Supply

IBP for Sales and Operations

IBP for Response
Which of the following stages can be modeled using scenarios from the S&OP
planning cycle?
Response:
Demand sensing stage
Demand review
Data input review for inventory
Demand-Supply balancing
Which master data types can you reference to create a reference master data
type?
Response:
Reference
Virtual
Simple
Compound
How many different time levels can be selected within one planning view?
Response:
Only base time levels of planning area
Only time levels from base planning level of selected key figures
All time levels available in the time profile. Restricted by global configuration
parameter
All time levels available in the time profile
A time profile is defined with the levels week, month, quarter, and year. Which
PERIODID will be assigned to quarter?
Response:
PERIODID1
PERIODIDO
PERIODID2
PERIODID3
Which of the following SAP Integrated Business Planning modules supports

Operational Supply Planning?
Response:
SAP IBP Sales and Operations Planning
SAP IBP Supply
SAP IBP Response and Supply planning
SAP Integrated Business Planning for Inventory
What are the ways to achieve period shift in SAP IBP calculations?
Response:
Use an attribute as a key figure.
Use eisting IBP formula.
Use a local member.
Use attribute transformation.
What are some of the ways to create network visualization?

Response:
Dedicated supply chain network app
Use an application job for network visualization
Chart functionality in the planning view
Use the Analytics Advanced app and create a supply chain network
Which of the following are functions that represent milestone steps of the S&OP
process templates?
Response:
All process templates are assigned to dashboards
Each step depicted in tl1e template can have tasks associated with it
New instances of templates allow for re-use of the same processes again
Number of steps in a process template is the same for all implementations
Which of the following are features of the S&OP process templates?

Response:
The number of steps in a process template is the same for all implementations
New instances of templates allow for re-use of the same processes again
All process templates are assigned to dashboards.
Each step depicted in the template can have tasks associated with it
What differentiates the Create New (Simple copy) and the Create New with
Dependencies (Advanced copy) functions of a planning area?
Response:
Master data is only shared between the original and the new planning area when
you use the Create New (Simple copy) function.
The planning view favorites are only copied when you use the advanced copy.
A copy of the time profile is only created when you use the Create New with
Dependencies (Advanced copy) function.
Associated attributes are only shared between the original and the new planning
area when you use the Create New (Simple copy) function.
Which of the following planning entities must you set up when you configure a
planning area?
Response:
Time Profile
Planning Operator
Planning View Template
Attribute
What global config parameter can be used to limit the number of planning
versions in a system?
Response:
ANALYTICS->MAX_RECORDS
SCENARIO->SCN_COUNT_MAX
PLAN_VIEW->PV_COUNT_MAX
You run a what-if analysis and use the Scenario planning function. Which actions
can you perform?
Response:
Run a scenario-specific demand sensing job.
Share data with other users.
Run scenario-specific inventory optimization job
Change scenario-specific master data.
Display data in analytics.
Which of the following are the key features of SAPIBP Control tower?
Response:
Task and case management
Create a feasible plan
Balance demand and supply and attain financial targets
What if simulation capabilities
Smart alerts
What kinds of algorithms can you combine to come up with the best forecast in
IBP?
Response:
Mid-term ones, and long - term ones.
Short - term ones, and mid-term ones.
Short - term ones, and machine - learning ones
Mid-term ones, and machine - learning ones
You have set up infinite S&OP Heuristics for unconstrained planning. What must
you do to model inputs as constraints?
Response:
Create product substitutions.
Model adjusted transport receipts.
Enter transportation lead times.
Set minimum and maximum lot sizes.
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3/28/2021 SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Integrated Business Planning - Full | ERPPrep

SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Integrated

You got 26 of 69 possible points.

Full unique name including technical name

Business meaning, as defined in configuration

Changed number names created by user

Create a filter in the Administration Console

Create user preferences

Create value-based filter in Microsoft Excel add-in

Create permission filter and assign it to a specific user

Multiple time profiles can be run with this application job.

Job cannot be scheduled to start immediately.

Which solution would apply to this scenario?

Balance between excessive prebuild and minimum utilization by incorporating

Excess stock to be staged in an overflow warehouse.

Capacity levelling will be possible for production and storage resources.

Use ABC classification only to provide classification based on two available

Use XYZ segmentation only to provide classification basing on relative importance.

Which algorithm type can you use to plan the supply?

Time-series based optimizer

Use a sub network ID.

Avoid telescopic time buckets.

When can you use the TS optimizer?

Create a short – term distribution plan

For creating simulations for tactical planning

When generating a procuremental plan for raw materials and components.

When generating an operational production plan in daily or weekly buckets.

- Number of fair share segments

- Number of fair share segments

- Number of fair share segments

- Additional tiering costs (default)

- Number of fair share segments

You are creating an Advanced Simulation (ADVSIM) operator. Which operations

Disaggregate key figures

Simulate statistical forecast

Create time periods

Supports an advanced demand planning process

Supports manual creation of feasible constrained plans

Supports a finite resource planning

Supports a basic demand planning process

You set up periodic activities to support S&OP and want to use a

Select the recurrence pattern in the Application Job Template app.

Create Time Periods for Time Profiles

Purge Non – Conforming Data

Purge Key Figure Data

Purge Master Data

Compute Expected Supply parameter

Normalize Quotas parameter

Node-Based isolation check

Balance Receipts parameter

Microsoft Excel with Power Pivot

Microsoft Excel with EPM

A planning level is scenario specific.

A planning level is version specific.

A planning level enables users to analyze and plan at different levels.

Which of the following functional areas are included in the out-of-the-box

Consensus demand planning

Finite resource capacities planning

Demand Driven Materials Requirement planning