SAP – OVERVIEW Exam 88 Questions with Verified Answers
Business Technology Platform - CORRECT ANSWER provides data management and analytics and
... [Show More] supports app development and integration. Also allows for use of intelligent tech like AI, Machine learning, RPA, IoT-- to drive innovation.
Business Network - CORRECT ANSWER helps customers digitalize cross-company business processes. network builds on procurement, travel and contingent workforce solutions. helps customers work together to build flexible value chains
Experience management - CORRECT ANSWER helps org evaluate and act on customer, partner, and employee sentiment. important to understand stakeholders' needs to making right business decisions
Intelligent suite - CORRECT ANSWER helps to run agile, integrated business processes. SAP manages every part of the org through embedded analytics of employees, customers, products, spend, finance, and IT.
Industry Cloud - CORRECT ANSWER discover and deploy vertical solutions from SAP and partners. helps customers apply leading-edge industry best practices and extend current business processes
Sustainability Management - CORRECT ANSWER helps customers understand and manage their impact on people and the environment. Climate 21 = initiative behind new crop of sustainability management solutions. These solutions help businesses understand and manage greenhouse gas emissions.
SAP offers an _________ ______ of apps supporting end-to-end business processes - CORRECT ANSWER integrated suite
Business Applications in _____ __ ______ for 25 industries - CORRECT ANSWER Lines of Business
SAP _____ ___ will enable you to discover and deploy ____ solutions from SAP and partners. Helps in applying leading-edge industry ____ ____ and extend your current business processes. - CORRECT ANSWER Industry Cloud; vertical; best practices
What are the three integrated suite of applications that support your end-to-end business processes
1. SAP S/4 HANA ____ _____
2. SAP S/4 HANA _____ Solutions
3. Suite ____ ___ ____ Solutions - CORRECT ANSWER Enterprise Management; LoB Solutions; Line of Business
What does this diagram depict? - CORRECT ANSWER SAP S/4 HANA Intelligent ERP system
What are three key areas that are innovative in end-to-end business processes? - CORRECT ANSWER Digital Age UX; Intelligent Automation; End-to-End Analytics
What are the four stages of decision-making in which SAP S/4 HANA empowers business users ? - CORRECT ANSWER Data acquisition, Information Analysis, Decision making, Action execution
What is the UX of the Intelligent Enterprise? - CORRECT ANSWER SAP Fiori
What does SAP Fiori provide for both users and creators? - CORRECT ANSWER it allows for new ideas to be implemented into great applications as quickly as the market demands
SAP Fiori key aspects - CORRECT ANSWER - runs on any device, and present a modern consumer-grade quality.
- They focus on specific job functions (as opposed to an overcomplicated screen filled with functions for different users).
- essential user information to get job done no clutter.
- task over in few clicks and screen changes.
- apps are intuitive to use, little or no required training.
- include embedded analytics to support in-process decision making.
- look-and-feel can be consistent across all apps.
What is still used in the on-premise version of SAP S/4 HANA in addition to SAP Fiori - CORRECT ANSWER SAP GUI
Why is SAP GUI still used if SAP Fiori is supposed to improve UX? - CORRECT ANSWER There are certain transactions not converted to SAP Fiori, no 1:1 relationship between classic SAP GUI Transaction and a SAP Fiori-based application
How is the SAP Fiori Reference library structured? - CORRECT ANSWER Product, Role, Line of Business, and/or industry
What are some services that cloud computing affords? - CORRECT ANSWER data storage, security, networking, software apps, business intelligence, all provided via subscription-based model
What are the benefits of cloud computing? Reliable - CORRECT ANSWER 24/7 system access, access from anywhere with instant response time, secure with full-time security experts, data is redundant and remotely backed up
What are the benefits of cloud computing? Flexible - CORRECT ANSWER Get computing power when needed, add or reduce servers, expand to new geographies, get new users on board easily
What are the benefits of cloud computing? Financial - CORRECT ANSWER no hardware/facility costs, reduced IT staff time on maintaining and upgrading systems
What are the benefits of cloud computing? Up to date - CORRECT ANSWER latest version of platform, software and database, also take advantage of the latest emerging tech like ML (Machine Learning), AI (Artificial Intelligence), RPA (Robotic Processing Automation), and IoT (Internet of Things)
What are the types of cloud computing services ? - CORRECT ANSWER SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
SaaS is ______ as a _______ in which the vendor hosts software via a _____ _____ that customers can access anytime, anywhere from a ____ or a standard ____ _____ - CORRECT ANSWER Software-as-a-Service; remote server; web browser, web integration
SaaS examples - CORRECT ANSWER Cloud ERP, Procurement, Analytics, HR
Paas (_______ as a _________) is a _______-based, application _____ environment that provides developers with everything they need to build and deploy apps. With PaaS, developers can choose the ___ and ____ _______ they want on a _____or ____-___-____ basis. An example of this is SCP, which is ______ - CORRECT ANSWER Platform as a Service; cloud; development; features; cloud services; subscription; pay-per-use; SAP Cloud Platform
Iaas (_______ as a ______) lets companies ___ ________ resources, such as servers, networks, storage, and operating systems, on a ____-____-___ basis. The infrastructure scales - and customers don't have to invest in the hardware. - CORRECT ANSWER Infrastructure as a Service; rent computing, pay-per-use
What are the three SAP S/4 Hana deployment options? - CORRECT ANSWER Cloud, Any-Premise, Hybrid
What are the types of cloud deployment? - CORRECT ANSWER Public, Private, Hybrid
Public Cloud Deployment Model - CORRECT ANSWER -Available to everyone over the internet
- services are delivered to customers over a network that's available for usage by the provider's clients.
- efficient and affordable, often multi-tenant - provider runs your service in a shared environment.
-Example is Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure
Private Cloud Deployment Model - CORRECT ANSWER org's create and host private clouds using their own resources
-org is resp for all maintenance
-org can also rent resources from a 3rd party and split maintenance requirements
- services are maintained on a private network protected by a firewall.
- build a private cloud within your own data center - or subscribe to one hosted by a vendor.
- offer the most security and control.
Hybrid Cloud Deployment Model - CORRECT ANSWER -A mix of public and private
-Part of the cloud-based services running in a private data center; other aspects of the service running in a public provided cloud
- combination of public cloud, private cloud, and on-premise infrastructure.
- keep sensitive information in a traditional data center or private cloud while taking advantage of public cloud resources
When customer determines cloud deployment is the route to implement SAP S/4 Hana, what three dimensions should they consider? - CORRECT ANSWER Scope, Governance, Standardization
Scope - CORRECT ANSWER - includes business processes support (finance, inventory, etc.), industry support and geography support
Govnernance - CORRECT ANSWER - occurrence of updates to SAP S/4 HANA Cloud via enhancement packs and bug fixes in relation to running the infrastructure
Standardization - CORRECT ANSWER - customizations, extensions, modifying configurations and code
SAP S/4 Hana Release Strategy: On-Premise vs. Cloud - CORRECT ANSWER - On-premise: ships one major release each year followed by 3 feature pack stacks (FPS) on quarterly basis in addition to Support Pack Stacks (SPS) fo further improvement solely for stability
- Cloud: faster paced and SAP ships major release each quarter, NO FSP or SPS releases
What business functions are organizational units provided for ? - CORRECT ANSWER accounting, logistics, human capital management
What are the organizational units in SAP ? In ascending order of their heirarchy - CORRECT ANSWER Client, Company Code, Plant, Storage Location, Sales organization, Distribution Channel, Personnel Area, Personnel subarea,
purchase-to-pay process (Req Deter Vend Pop Pom Good Inv Pp) - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Requirements determination
2. Determination of source supply
3. Vendor selection
4. Purchase order processing
5. Purchase order monitoring
6. Goods receipt
7. Invoice verification
8. Payment processing
What is the first step of a typical procurement cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER Demand Determination, what are the material requirements
What is the second step of a typical procurement cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER Source determination, identify sources of supply
Supplier selection is which step in a typical procurement cycle? what do you do here to determine which is the optimal supplier - CORRECT ANSWER the third step, compare supplier quotations
What is the fourth step of a typical procurement cycle? what is done in this step? (MC) - CORRECT ANSWER purchase order creation
What is the fifth step in a typical procurement cycle? What is the purpose of this step? - CORRECT ANSWER Purchase order monitoring. The purpose is to track orders by monitoring the up-to-date status of all purchase requisitions, quotations and purchase orders
What is the sixth step in a typical procurement cycle? what is the purpose of this step? - CORRECT ANSWER Goods Receipt. Confirm goods received
What is the seventh step in a typical procurement cycle? what is the purpose of this step? - CORRECT ANSWER Invoice verification. check and match invoice for processing
What is the eighth step in a typical procurement cycle? what is the purpose of this step? - CORRECT ANSWER Payment processing. Process payment to supplier
What stage of the procurement cycle does SAP S/4 HANA simplify?What is the advantage of this ? - CORRECT ANSWER source of supply, it takes less time to figure out which supplier to use for orders
What are the items that inventory management supports ? - CORRECT ANSWER ID, classification, valuation and storage of stock items cross complex supply chain networks
What is back-flushing? - CORRECT ANSWER - a product costing system generally used in a just-in-time (JIT) inventory system
- an accounting method that records the costs associated with producing a good or service only after they are produced, completed, or sold.
Inventory Management: By seeing accurate costs associated with all levels of the bill of material (BOM) in real-time, what advantage does that provide? - CORRECT ANSWER calculate real-time profitability of products based on accurate direct and indirect costs
Stock buffers are still used in real-time inventory to make up for inaccuracies and allow for discrepancies in inventory management systems. (t/f) - CORRECT ANSWER False.
What solutions are offered through operational procurement ? - CORRECT ANSWER Self-service requisitioning
requirement processing
purchase order processing
Service purchasing
Purchase order collaboration
procurement analytics
What solutions are offered through end-to-end invoice and payables management - CORRECT ANSWER Invoice processing
Accounts payable
invoice collaboration
A standard integration into the SAP Ariba network is provided natively in SAP S/4 HANA. (t/f) - CORRECT ANSWER True
What are the three methods that invoice processing can be generated ? - CORRECT ANSWER SAP Fiori and SAP Ariba for supplier invoice collaboration, or SAP GUI for "Create a Supplier Invoice" transaction
What process is procurement concluded by ? (LIV process) What happens during this process? _______ and _______ memos checked for _______ and entered into the system - CORRECT ANSWER Logistics Invoice Verification process; invoices; credit memos; accuracy
What is the link between procurement and accounting ? - CORRECT ANSWER Logistics Invoice Verification process
What completes the Logistics Invoice Verification process ? - CORRECT ANSWER Invoice posting
Plan-to-produce processing includes all business processes required for _____________.(Frcst/Prodplansched/Shpflrcntrl/Prodcostcntrl/prodrprt) - CORRECT ANSWER includes all the business processes required for Forecasting, Production Planning & Scheduling, Shop Floor Control and Execution, Production Cost Controlling, and Production reporting.
What is discrete manufacturing ? - CORRECT ANSWER order-based production scenario using the production order
what is process manufacturing ? - CORRECT ANSWER order-based production scenario using the process order
Are there production scenarios that exist without being order-based ? What are they commonly referred to as ? - CORRECT ANSWER Yes. Repetitive manufacturing
Discrete Manufacturing: Production Order scenario (10 steps > POCOMOCGPA) - CORRECT ANSWER Production Planning, Order Creation, Capacity/Requirements Planning, Order Release, Material Staging, Order Execution, Confirmations, Goods Receipt, Period-end Closing, Archiving/Deleting
What three criteria does a production order contain ? (OPRTN-2 + $$) - CORRECT ANSWER Operations: material components, required production resources / tools
Costs
You cannot produce multiple products jointly in one production order as the system cannot account for distributing incurred costs between the different products. (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER False. (These products listed in one production order are commonly referred to as co-products)
what is MRP - CORRECT ANSWER Material Requirements Planning
MRP supports ____-____ _____ component planning over a ____ to _____-term horizon - CORRECT ANSWER multi-level BOM; short; medium
What does SAP S/4 HANA allow for with regards to MRP ? - CORRECT ANSWER allows businesses to plan orders more frequently with smaller batch sizes, allowing for more accurate product and component availability
Available to Promise - CORRECT ANSWER
What does SAP stand for - CORRECT ANSWER Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing
What is SAP position in the software market - CORRECT ANSWER started in Germany, world's largest vendor of standard application software, the 4th largest software vendor in the world, and the market leader in enterprise application software
What is SAP R/3 - CORRECT ANSWER utilizes client server technology and contains over 30,000 relational tables that enable a company to link its business processes in a real-time environment
Basic SAP Modules - CORRECT ANSWER 1. MM: Materials Management
2. PP: Production
3. SD: Sales and Distribution
4. FI: Financial Accounting
5. CO: Cost Accounting
6. HR: Human Resources
SAP Competitors - CORRECT ANSWER -Oracle
-Microsoft Business Solutions
-The Sage Group
Business Process - CORRECT ANSWER a set of linked activities that transform an input into a more valuable output thus creating value
Examples of SAP logistic and administrative processes - CORRECT ANSWER Logistics- MM, PP
Admin- adding/deleting users
Instance - CORRECT ANSWER an installation
Client - CORRECT ANSWER highest level in a SAP instance; self contained unit with a separate set of master records and its own set of configuration tables
Company Code - CORRECT ANSWER represents an independent legal accounting entity that contains a balanced set of books as required by law or regulation
Chart of Accounts - CORRECT ANSWER a list of all accounts in the General Ledger for a company code; each company has one, however more than one company code can use the same chart of accounts, SAP is preconfigured, can be modified
Types of SAP Data - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Configuration
2. Master
3. Transaction
Configuration Data - CORRECT ANSWER include system and technical functions of the SAP system itself; drive the logic of the applications within the system and is primarily used for defining the details of business processes
Master Data - CORRECT ANSWER represent the various business entities present in the system, both internal (company, plant, sales area) and external (vendors, customers, employers)
-Material
-Vendor
-Customer
-General Ledger
Transaction Data - CORRECT ANSWER describes a business event or may be the result of a business process; represent the recorded attributes, elements, and results or outcomes of business events and activities, and is the most volatile and frequently used data in day-to-day business operations [Show Less]