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IBM C2070-987 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Data Modeling and Item Types | 12% | - Indexing and search design - Defining item types and attributes - Containment and relationships |
| System Planning and Design | 18% | - Storage strategy and planning - Hardware and software requirements - Database design and configuration |
| IBM Content Manager Architecture | 15% | - Resource Manager architecture - System components and interactions - Library Server components and functions |
| Content Management Operations | 10% | - Backup and recovery strategies - Storage management policies - Migration and replication rules |
| Installation and Configuration | 20% | - Client installation and integration - Resource Manager configuration - Library Server installation and setup |
| Integration and Customization | 6% | - API usage and development - IBM Content Navigator integration |
| Security and Access Control | 10% | - Transport and content security - Authentication and authorization - LDAP integration |
| Troubleshooting and Performance | 9% | - Log analysis and diagnostics - Common problem resolution - Performance tuning |
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The C2070-987 exam — officially titled IBM Content Manager V8.5 Solution Designer — is the IBM test you pass to earn the IBM Certified Solution Designer - Content Manager V8.5 certification. It sits at the Intermediate / Solution Designer level of the IBM certification program. If that is the credential you are after, the 67 practice questions at Real4Prep map directly to its official objectives.
The IBM Content Manager V8.5 Solution Designer blueprint is organized into 8 domains. The first three are:
- IBM Content Manager Architecture (15%)
- Content Management Operations (10%)
- Installation and Configuration (20%)
The complete, current topic list appears in the exam outline section above — review it before you start drilling the Real4Prep practice questions.
Recommended: Hands-on experience with IBM Content Manager V8.5, DB2, WebSphere Application Server, and LDAP; knowledge of enterprise content management concepts
Eligibility rules do change, so confirm the current requirements on the official exam page before you apply: https://www.ibm.com/certify/certifications/C2070-987.
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IBM Content Manager V8.5 Solution Designer Sample Questions:
An IBM Content Manager system administrator has completed the following definitions:
1.Create volume for file system Diskl. assign it to storage group Group01
2.Create volume for file system Disk2, assign it to storage group Group0l
3.Create volume For file system Disk3, assign it to Overflow
4.Create volume for file system Disk4, assign it to Overflow Documents are then stored to storage group GroupOl. Which of the following statements is true?
- A. If both Diskl and Disk2 are suspended, documents will be stored to Disk3 and Disk4 evenly.
- B. Documents are stored to Disk1 and Disk2 evenly.
- C. If Diskl is suspended, documents will be stored to Disk3 whether or not Disk2 is suspended
- D. Documents are not stored to Disk2 until Diskl is suspended.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
A company would like to deploy a library -server and two resource manager databases on IBM AIX servers with IBM DB2 for a supported IBM Content Manager High Availability solution. They want to deploy the active library server database on an AIX server without any active resource manager databases for performance consideration in the initial configuration.
At a minimum, how marry AIX servers are needed to meet the solution requirement?
- A. 2
- B. 4
- C. 6
- D. 3
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
In IBM Content Manager V8.5, if the IBM DB2 instance that is used for the library server database is db2inst1 on AIX, which of the following lines should be added to the library
server administration user's logon profile?
- A. ./home/db2inst1/sqllib/db2profile
- B. ./home/db2inst1/sqllib/.profile
- C. ./home/db2inst1/sqllib/userprofile
- D. ./home/db2inst1/sqllib/profile.env
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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A solution designer is designing an IBM Content Manager (CM) system. As the company already has a Microsoft Active Directory <LDAP) server, the designer needs to create the same users and group-, in CM.
Which of the Following features is supported when imploring users and groups usrng the system administration client?
- A. Automatically synchronize users and groups from LDAP server to CM.
- B. Maintain LDAP nested group structure in CM.
- C. Allow user names or group names to contain characters that CM does not support.
- D. Import LDAP passwords to CM
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
A solution designer is creating the data model for a system that will be used by an online store. The item type that will be used to store orders will require attributes for the
customer's billing as well as shipping address, since they could be different.Most of the attributes are the same for both addresses: two address lines, and city, state and zip code attributes. The IBM Content Manager system will be connected to an existing payment processing system which will use the customer's billing address, as well as a warehouse system that uses the shipping address. The payment system uses a city field that has a length of 24 characters, while the warehouse system's city field is 32 characters.
How should the solution designer define the attribute for city?
- A. Create 1 attribute for the city. CITY with a length of 32 and use it in both billing and shipping addresses.
- B. Creole 1 attribute for the city. CITY with a length of 24 and use It in the billing addresses, then change the attribute length to 32 characters in the system administration client and use it in the shipping address.
- C. Create 2 attributes for the city, BILL1NG_CITY with a length of 24 and SHIPPING_CITY with a length of 32 and use them in the appropriate addresses.
- D. Create 1 attribute for the city. CITY, and 2 attribute groups for the addresses. BILLING with CITY length of 24 and SHIPPING with CITY length of 32
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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