QUESTION 1: A Unique Primary Index (UPI) is chosen for which three reasons?

(Choose
three)
A. A UPI guarantees even data distribution
B. A UPI is the Primary Key of the table
C. A UPI access is a one AMP operation
D. A UPI requires no duplicate row checking during loads
QUESTION 2: Which of the following are two architectural attributes of a Teradata
system? (Choose two.)
A. Disk space associated with an AMP is divided into three areas: system, permanent,
and spool.
B. Parallelism is achieved through operating system time slicing.
C. The AMPs access data from their associated vdisks as required.
D. The PEs communicate with the AMPs across the BYNET.
QUESTION 3: Which of the following is a statement that is true regarding temporary
space?
A. Temporary space is spool space currently not used.
B. Temporary space is permanent space currently not used.
C. Temporary space is subtracted from SysAdmin.
D. Temporary space is assigned at the table level.
QUESTION 4: What option can best describe Teradata's architecture?
A. shared everything
B. shared memory
C. shared nothing
D. shared data
QUESTION 5: Why would you choose a Non-Unique Primary Index (NUPI) instead of a
Unique Primary Index (UPI)?
A. A NUPI requires less disk space to store the data row.
B. A NUPI may be more effective for query access and joins.
C. A NUPI query simplifies the optimization process in the PE.
D. A NUPI provides better data distribution
QUESTION 6: You are a database administrator at BOA .com, and have defined a user
with no permanent space. Which are three objects that can be found in this user? (Choose
three)
A. tables
B. triggers
C. macros
D. views

QUESTION 7: Of the following, what are three major attributes of the Teradata database?
(Choose three)
A. parallel aware optimizer
B. portable to any platform
C. unconditional parallelism
D. automatic data distribution
QUESTION 8: Which of the following are three characteristics of the functions of the PE?
(Choose three)
A. It determines which AMP should receive a message
B. It breaks down SQL requests into steps.
C. It can manage up to 120 individual sessions
D. It handles output conversion and formatting
E. It verifies SQL requests for proper syntax
QUESTION 9: You are an administrator at BOA , BOA has a Teradata system with 100
GB of permanent space, of which 50 GB is reserved for spool space. The system currently
has 30 GB of user data. What is the total available spool space for user queries?
A. 70 GB
B. 50 GB
C. 30 GB
D. 80 GB
QUESTION 10: Which of the following are three purposes that AMP serves? (Choose
three)
A. It does the physical work associated with generating an answer set
B. It develops the least expensive plan to return the requested response set
C. It does output conversion and formatting
D. It has access to a single vdisk
QUESTION 11: You are an administrator at BOA. BOA has a Teradata system with 100
GB of permanent space and you create User A with 30 GB permanent space. How much
space will User A have, if User A creates User B with 20 GB permanent space?
A. 70 GB
B. 80 GB
C. 10 GB
D. 30 GB
QUESTION 12: What does linear scalablility provide? (Choose 2)
A. Protection on investment for application development.
B. Unconditional, quick response times for data queries.
C. Increase workload without decreased throughput.

D. Consistent results with inconsistent data

QUESTION 13: Say True or False ?. Temporary Space is Spool Space that is not currently
being used.
QUESTION 14: Teradata acts as a data store to multiple hosts to provide _____. (Choose
two.)
A.
B.
C.
D.

A single version of the truth

Multiple complex queries that run concurrently
Ease of data replication
A data mart implementation based on functional units

QUESTION 15: Which two statements are true about the way the Teradata database is
administered? (Choose two.)
A.
B.
C.
D.

Manual partitioning schemes are required.

Space management is handled internally by the AMPs.
The Database Administrator determines where data is placed.
Data distribution is automatic

QUESTION 16: Select the correct type of connection (network-attached client or

channel- attached client) from the below that corresponds to the listed software
and hardware components.
_________ Teradata Gateway
___________ Teradata Director Program
___________ Channel Driver

________ Ethernet Card

___________ "host"
QUESTION 17: What are the trade-offs of a Full Table Scan (FTS) compared to an
Index access?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Some data is replicated on all AMPs.

All data blocks are read in a single pass.
All data is traversed multiple times.
It is a few-AMP operation.

QUESTION 18: What are two reasons for choosing a Unique Primary Index (UPI) verses a
Non Unique Primary Index (NUPI)? (Choose two.)
A UPI access is a two-AMP operation.
A UPI guarantees even data distribution.
A UPI requires no duplicate row checking during loads.
A UPI is the Primary Key of the table.

QUESTION 19:Consider the following set of SQL statements:

CREATE MULTISET TABLE t1 (a INTEGER, b INTEGER)
UNIQUE PRIMARY INDEX (a);
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,1);
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,2);
UPDATE t1 SET b = b + 1 WHERE b = 1;
Which statement is true?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The INSERTs and the UPDATE succeed.

The CREATE TABLE fails.
The INSERTs succeed but the UPDATE fails.
The second INSERT fails.

QUESTION 20:
Dept_No
1
2
3

Dept_Name Internal_Cost
Research
50
Development
40
Marketing
NULL

SELECT AVG(Internal_Cost) FROM department;

Given the table and the query above, what is the result set?
A. NULL
B. 45
C. 30
D. 50
E. 90
21. Teradata Architecture

22. Which of the following is FALSE about PERM space? ____

a. PERM space can be dynamically modified.
b. The per/AMP limit of PERM space can not be exceeded.
c. Maximum PERM space can be defined at the database or table level.
d. Tables, index subtables, and stored procedures use PERM space.
23. Which of the following is FALSE about SPOOL space? ____
a. SPOOL space can be dynamically modified.
b. The per/AMP limit of SPOOL space can not be exceeded.
c. Maximum SPOOL space can be defined at the database or user level.
d. Maximum SPOOL space can be defined at a value greater than the
immediate parent's value.

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