CA PPM(Formerly CA Clarity PPM) v13.x Business Analyst Exam (CAT-241) Study Guide Version 1.3

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5 Areas of Study support.a.om awiki.a.om Use Cases & Senarios Experiene ommunities.a.om Best Praties Prior Knowledge CA Teh Insider Pratial Appliation of Course Conepts CA Clarity PPM v13.x Courses: (5 days) 33CLR2275B CA Clarity PPM 13.3: Foundations II 200 Bundle (5 days) Searh the CA Eduation Portal for latest ourses, as they may not have been available at the time of this doument posting: Partners & Customers look here: Employees look here: For doumentation, Communities, and more visit: Register for the exam here:

6 Related Content Exam Fous Understanding CA Clarity PPM Understanding Interfae Navigation Defining User Seurity Rights Creating NPIOs Creating Projets Building Projet Teams Building Projet Plans Assigning Resoures to Projet Tasks Sheduling Projets Exam objetives as they map to related ourseware and the body of knowledge, inluding perentage of exam devoted to topis. Appendix: CA Clarity PPM Overview Desribe the Integration of the Appliation with Other Produts Identify Features of the Appliation Arhiteture Review Interfae Navigation Identify Navigation Tehniques Desribe Organizer and Aount Settings Pages Define User Seurity Rights Define User Seurity Rights Create NPIOs Compare NPIOs and Projets Create Projets Create Projets Create Projets from Ideas and Other Soures Build Projet Teams Alloate Resoures to a Projet Build Projet Plans Build the WBS Configure the Gantt Chart Assign Resoures to Projet Tasks Assign Resoures to Projet Tasks Shedule Projets Shedule Projets Using the Gantt Chart

7 Related Content Exam Fous Performing Finanial Planning Managing Collaboration Information Grouping Projets Understanding Projet related Proesses Booking Projet Team Members Using Resoure Finder Analyzing Resoure Data Performing Resoure Capaity Planning Understanding Appliation Administration Options Understanding Demand Management Managing Ideas Managing Inidents Perform Finanial Planning Create Cost Plans Manage Collaboration Information Manage Ation Items Group Projets Compare Programs with Master Projets Desribe Projet related Proesses Examine Projet related Proesses Book Projet Team Members Using Resoure Finder Book Resoures to Projets Using Resoure Finder Analyze Resoure Data Analyze Resoure Data Using the Resoure Planning Portlets Perform Resoure Capaity Planning Create Capaity Planning Senarios Identify Appliation Administration Options Identify Data Administration Options Desribe Demand Management Define Demand Management Manage Ideas Create Ideas Manage Inidents Set Up Inidents Create Inidents Manage Inidents 6%

8 Related Content Exam Fous Building Requirements for Release Plans Building Release Plans Understanding the Setup of Finanial Data Defining Finanial Organizational Attributes Building a Cost/Rate Matrix Defining Finanial Properties of Companies, Resoures, and Investments Creating Transation Entries Posting Transations to Finanial Proessing WIP Transations Setting Up Chargebak Rules Build Requirements for Release Plans Create Requirements Build Release Plans Create Releases Create Release Plans Desribe the Setup of Finanial Data Desribe Finanial Management Sequene the Setup of Finanial Data Define Finanial Organizational Attributes Define the Finanial OBS Build a Cost/Rate Matrix Create a Cost/Rate Matrix Define Finanial Properties of Companies, Resoures, and Investments Define Finanial Properties of Projets Create Transation Entries Create Transation Entries Post Transations to Finanial Define Post Transations to Finanials Jobs Proess WIP Transations Post Transations to WIP Create WIP Adjustments Set Up Chargebak Rules Desribe Chargebaks Set Up Chargebak Rules 6%

9 Managing a Servie Related Content Exam Fous Understanding Business Relationship Manager Building Portfolios Analyzing Portfolios Building Portfolio Senarios Deploying Partitions Manage a Servie Build Servie Hierarhies Desribe Business Relationship Manager Identify the Data Setup to View BRM Content Examine BRM Content Building Portfolios Desribe Portfolio Management Analyze Portfolios Review the Soreard Page Portlets Build Portfolio Senarios Create Senarios Generate Senarios CA Clarity PPM Studio Developer's Guide v Deploy Partitions Define Partitioning

10 Sample Certifiation These sample questions are very similar to the questions in the atual exam. Some questions may inlude several orret options. Questions Options Question 1 In CA PPM (formerly CA Clarity PPM) v13, whih new features have been added to improve the end user experiene? (Choose three) A. Inline edits for lists B. User-defined favorites C. Objet ations on menus D. Configurable notifiations E. Multi-valued lookups in lists Question 2 Authorized projet managers should be able to edit any projet. However, you want to limit this ability to a ertain set of projet managers. Whih best pratie should you follow? A. Assign the Projet Edit or Projet Edit Management right (as appropriate), based on the projet Organizational Breakdown Struture (OBS), to the seleted users diretly. B. Create a seurity group with the projet OBS-based Projet Edit Management right and assoiate users to that group. C. Create a seurity group with the Global Projet Edit Management right and assoiate users to that group. D. Assign the Global Projet Edit Management right to the seleted users diretly. Question 3 Company A has two business units that will use CA PPM (formerly CA Clarity PPM). However, eah business unit has a different set of requirements and needs different fields ompleted for its projets on the same sreen. To meet Company A s requirement, whih CA PPM (formerly CA Clarity PPM) feature should you use? Question 4 The Planned Alloation and the Hard Alloation setion for a Staff Member do not math. If Mixed Booking is enabled, what is the resulting Booking Status? Question 5 Whih statement explains the relationship between the ost plans and budget plans? A. OBS B. Partitions C. Proesses D. Conditions A. Soft B. Hard C. Mixed D. Hard Pending A. A budget plan is submitted and beomes a ost plan when approved. B. A ost plan is submitted and beomes a budget plan when approved. C. A budget plan is submitted and beomes a benefit plan when approved. D. Values do not flow from one to another. Both are reated independently.

11 Questions Question 6 You are defining a response strategy for a risk in CA PPM (formerly CA Clarity PPM. Whih steps do you perform? (Choose three) Question 7 What MUST be established before an Entity an be reated? (Choose two) Question 8 Martin Cain has submitted his timesheet and his manager approved it. Overnight, the posting job ran and the timesheet was posted. When a timesheet status is posted, whih statement is TRUE? Question 9 Whih Chargebak rules an be used globally within an Entity to harge Departments for Investment osts? Question 10 An instane of whih objet an never be deleted? Options A. Speify a resolution date. B. Selet responses from a list. C. Create risk ategory attributes. D. Speify who the strategy is assigned to. E. Speify how you will respond to the risk using free-form text. A. Loation OBS B. Department OBS C. Fisal Period Type D. Default Billing Curreny A. The timesheet an be returned. B. The timesheet an be modified diretly. C. The resoure must reate an adjustment timesheet to make hanges. D. The projet manager must wait 48 hours before the values posted an be viewed on the investment. A. Credit rules B. Overhead rules C. Standard Debit rules D. Investment-speifi Debit rules A. Task B. Issue C. Projet D. Resoure

12 Answers Question 1 = A, B, and C Question 2 = C Question 3 = B Question 4 = C Question 5 = B Question 6 = A, D, and E Question 7 = A and B Question 8 = C Question 9 = C Question 10 = D

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