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Test 416: WebSphere IIS QualityStage v7.5

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  1. Section 1 - Methodology (10%)
    1. Describe the four phases
      1. Identify the four phases
      2. Define the four phases
    2. Describe the interaction among the four phases
      1. Define how to improve match through standardize adjustments
      2. Describe cycles within the methodology
      3. Define how methodology translates into actual process steps

  2. Section 2 - Installation (10%)
    1. Demonstrate knowledge of product installation.
      1. Batch Server
      2. Designer Client
      3. Add-ons
        1. Postals
        2. real-time
        3. plug-in
      4. Configuration
        1. ODBC
        2. User IDs
        3. FTP Access
      5. Configure a run profile
      6. Installation verification (validate script, FTP, and real-time)

  3. Section 3 - Architecture (15%)
    1. Define architectural components.
      1. Demonstrate knowledge of different stages.
    2. Identify the directory structure
    3. Describe data sources
      1. Fixed fielded flat file
      2. delimited flat files
      3. ODBC compliant
    4. Describe international capabilities.
    5. Describe how QualityStage uses the Enterprise Edition framework.
      1. Partitioning data not required
    6. Describe run modes.
      1. File mode
      2. Stream mode
      3. EE mode

  4. Section 4 - Add-ons (10%)
    1. Demonstrate knowledge of postal add-ons.
      1. Define the WAVES product
      2. Define postal certification
    2. Demonstrate knowledge of integrating QualityStage with other solutions.
      1. Describe issues with redefines and holes in QualityStage meta data when integrating with DS
      2. Describe the ways that QualityStage can integrate with DS
        1. Plug-in
        2. DS Director (Scheduler)
    3. Demonstrate knowledge of QualityStage real-time
      1. Describe generic real-time client dialog with QualityStage Real-time server
      2. Describe the QualityStage Real-time architecture
        1. Components
        2. Interface languages (client side)
        3. adapters

  5. Section 5 - Investigate (15%)
    1. Describe the purpose of investigation.
      1. When to use character vs word investigation
      2. When to use character vs character concatenation
      3. Data match with meta data
        1. Use word investigation results
        2. Use of n.dlt
        3. Use of character investigation results
      4. Describe the use of investigation in other phases
        1. Match blocking analysis
        2. Standardization result analysis
        3. Match results analysis

  6. Section 6 - Standardization (15%)
    1. Describe the purpose of standardization.
      1. Demonstrate production of consistent data representations
      2. Support elemental match comparisons
      3. Create match blocking keys
      4. Format data for business intelligence use
    2. Describe how the standardization engine works.
      1. External rule sets
      2. Pattern driven
      3. Classification table
      4. Dictionary
      5. Table lookups
      6. Retyping and actions
      7. Seplist and striplist
    3. Given a scenario, describe optional names handling.
    4. Given a scenario, describe ways to customize rules.
      1. Rules overrides
      2. Modification to out-of-the-box rules
      3. Copy rules
      4. Apply input/output text overrides vs pattern overrides
      5. Preprocessor rule sets
      6. Testing standardization rules

  7. Section 7 - Match (15%)
    1. Demonstrate knowledge of matching
      1. Describe differences between deterministic and probabilistic matching
      2. Use of frequency information
      3. Use of blocking
      4. Use of multiple passes
      5. Inexact comparisons
      6. How records are scored
      7. Information content and data reliability
      8. Describe what constitutes a good match
    2. Determine fields used for blocking and matching comparisons
      1. Identify optimal blocking characteristics
      2. Describe the impact of large block sizes on match throughput
    3. Demonstrate knowledge of match configuration and fine tuning
      1. Describe how match score is generated
      2. Describe how scores are overridden
      3. Define clerical review and steps involved
      4. Describe m-prob and u-prob and their impact
      5. Identify different types of matching
      6. Describe what match extracts are used for

  • Section 8 - Survivorship (10%)
    1. Describe the purpose of survivorship
      1. Describe use of field level and record level options for selecting /creating survived records
      2. Rules precedence
      3. Simple vs complex
        1. Best record vs current record
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