Questions for Narrowcast Server Essentials

1. __________________ is responsible for the creation, formatting, transmission and administration of information services.

2. ________________ is responsible for the gathering of user profiles and preferences through a web-based subscription site.

3. Narrowcast Server information transmitters transmit services using _________ and _________.

4. Which of the following are the featured components of Narrowcast server –

1. Narrowcast Administrator
2. Delivery Engine
3. Portal Administrator
4. Subscription Engine
5. Subscription Portal
6. Alerts Engine

Answer Choices

i. a, b, c, d, e

ii. a, b, c, e, f

iii. a, b, d, e, f

iv. a, b, c, d, e, f

5. Match the following –

Module	Function
a. Information Source	i. Connect to local or remote systems such as SMTP, SMS, WAP servers to deliver formatted content
b. Information Transmission	ii. Transforms raw data provided by information source into formatted message, output formats supported being text, HTML and Excel by default
c. Document Formatting	iii. Used to retrieve personalized information from local or remote systems such as Intelligence Server.

1. a à i, b à ii, c à iii
2. a à ii, b à i, c à iii
3. a à iii, b à i, c à ii
4. a à iii, b à ii, c à i

6. A service can have different publications each supporting a different language.
1. True
2. False

7. The three different information to defined for an e-mail (SMTP) content are _____________________, ______________________ and ______________________.

8. ________________________ is used to view the log when a service is run.

9. Which of the following are true?

1. Content information object pulls dynamic data from an information source.
2. Document is a complete formatted object which can have both static content and dynamic content
3. Document can contain only one information object
4. Publication is a collection of documents specifying the content of a service
5. Publications specify information transmission module, locale and devices

Answer Choices

i. Only a, c and d

ii. Only a, b and d

iii. Only a, b, d and e

iv. a, b, c, d and e

10. Which of the following are true?
1. Information transmission module sets the rules for the types of documents supported by a publication
2. Locale specifies regional characteristics like Language, number, date and time formats
3. Device sets the formatting and transmission properties such as cell padding and embedding image support
4. The device specified in the publication MUST match the device in the subscription set for a recipient

Answer Choices

i. Only a, b and d

ii. Only a, b and c

iii. a, b, c and d

iv. Only b, c and d

11. A service must have at least one publication and at least one distribution set (a combination of subscription set(s) and schedule(s)).
1. True
2. False

12. Service Editor does not allow a user to specify multiple publications while Service Wizard allows a user to specify multiple publications.
1. True
2. False

13. ___________________ determines the number of recipients of a service.

14. ______________________ allows the results of a single report to be parsed and personalized for individual subscribers.

1. Personalized Page Execution
2. Personalized Report Execution
3. Personalized Content Execution
4. Both a and b
5. Both b and c
6. a, b and c

15. Which of the following is true?
1. In Personalized report execution, Narrowcast Server gathers separate prompted report result for each group of subscriptions with the same personalization.
2. In Personalized page execution, Narrowcast Server gathers report results from one report execution and applies personalization separately.
3. In Personalized page execution, Narrowcast Server gathers separate prompted report result for each group of subscriptions with the same personalization.
4. In Personalized report execution, Narrowcast Server gathers report results from one report execution and applies personalization separately.

Answer Choices

i. Only a and b

ii. Only c and d

iii. Only a and c

iv. Only b and d

16. In Personalized page execution, preferences are indicated by answering prompts while in personalized report execution, preferences by selecting a specific page of the content.
1. True
2. False

17. Event-based service can be achieved by
1. Having an event table
2. Having a temporary dummy table along with pre/post SQL statements
3. Both a and b
4. None of the above

18. Personalization of dynamic content exists in different forms in Narrowcast Server namely
1. Preferences
2. Authentication
3. Security
4. Local Selection

Answer Choices

i. Only a and c

ii. a, b, c and d

iii. Only a, c and d

iv. Only a, b and d

19. Subscription preference overrides default user preference for a subscription.
1. True
2. False

20. The answers to question objects set at subscription level can be reused but the answers to question objects at user level cannot be reused.
1. True
2. False

21. What is the object that determines the information from the information source a user is allowed to see?

22. What is the object that determines the information from the information from the information source that a user wants to see?

23. User can create a preference object without a question object.
1. True
2. False

24. A security object prompt must be present in both the question object and the information object
1. True
2. False

25. Scenario: Administrator adds a required security object prompt without default answer and additional required prompt object to the question object and information object. A user does not provide his preferences to this question object.
1. Information object executes fine
2. Information object fails since the required prompt objects go unanswered
3. Information object executes and retrieves the complete result set
4. None of the above

1. Delivery Engine
2. Subscription Portal
3. SMTP and SMPP
4. i
5. c
6. a
7. E-mail subject, E-mail body (HTML) and E-mail attachment
8. System Message Viewer
9. iii
10. iii
11. a
12. b
13. Segment Size
14. a
15. i
16. b
17. c
18. ii
19. a
20. b
21. Security object
22. Preference object
23. b
24. a
25. b