Test 000-056: Rational BuildForge v7.1

The test consists of twelve sections containing a total of approximately 62 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections. 

Section 1 - Architecture & Capacity Planning (8%)

1. Console server , OS, disk & memory
2. DB server, DB selection, storage subsystem, memory
3. Single console or separate services layer server
4. Clustered Console configuration

Section 2 - Console Installation and Configuration (8%)

1. Licensing
2. IBM Installation Manager

Section 3 - Agent Installation and Configuration (8%)

1. Platform specific installation procedures (Windows, Linux, UNIX, OS X, , etc.)
2. Desktop interactive agent (Windows)
3. Max Jobs setting
4. Testing agent connectivity

Section 4 - Servers, Manifests, Collectors and Selectors (8%)

1. Weighted selectors (e.g., prefer a range of faster machines over slower machines)
2. Manifest update frequency setting
3. Broadcast, etc.

Section 5 - Projects and Libraries (12%)

1. Differences between Projects and Libraries
2. Snapshots
3. Steps and their attributes (e.g., threading, etc.)
4. Chaining and inlining.
5. Dot commands
6. Log filters

Section 6 - Environments (8%)

1. Variable expansion and substitution
2. Escape characters
3. Variable types: hidden, must change, etc.
4. Nesting

Section 7 - Jobs (8%)

1. Scheduling
2. Purging
3. Job control
4. BOM, step log

Section 8 - Adaptors, Continuous Integration, APIs, and IDEs (8%)

1. Adaptors: types, customization, use
2. Continuous integration
3. API types and use
4. Eclipse IDE Plugin
5. MD5 Checksum

Section 9 - Audit and Reporting (6%)

1. MD5 Checksum
2. Step Logs
3. Bill of Materials
4. Performance Reporting
5. Quick Report

Section 10 - Security & LDAP Integration (6%)

1. Groups, users
2. Object visibility
3. Object permissions

Section 11 - Performance Tuning (8%)

1. High load benchmark
2. DB indices
3. Performance related system configuration settings
4. Network Performance

Section 12 - Administration (8%)

1. System Configuration Settings
2. Max Console Procs settings
3. Run Queue settings
4. Max Purges settings
5. Utilities
6. Email notification
7. Buildforge.conf settings
8. Data migration