Number of questions: 70
Time allowed in minutes: 105
Required passing score: 63%
Languages: English
The IBM Certified Specialist - InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM) v11.3 (Physical) will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure and deploy MDM on a development workstation along with extending the MDM capabilities using the MDM Workbench. The successful candidate will also understand the architecture components and solution building blocks of Physical MDM.
Design and Architecture (7%)
Describe a Virtual vs Physical vs Hybrid MDM implementation
Describe the Physical MDM technical architecture
Describe the Physical MDM solution building blocks
Data Model (8%)
Describe the Physical MDM business entities and their relationships
Describe common domain entities
Describe administration tables
Install and Configure Physical MDM (4%)
Identify environment setup and configuration
Extending the Physical MDM Capabilities (20%)
Demonstrate knowledge of the Request Response Framework
Demonstrate knowledge of data additions
Demonstrate knowledge of data extensions
Identify how to create code tables
Demonstrate knowledge of behavior extensions
Identify the steps to create a new service
Demonstrate knowledge of composite services
Identify how Physical MDM invokes custom code
External Rules and Validation (5%)
Describe External Rule Framework
Describe external validation and when to use it
Identify how to create and modify an external rule
Data Management (17%)
Describe Suspect Duplicate Processing work flow
Describe Deterministic Matching
Demonstrate knowledge of Probabilistic Matching
Identify components of a Probabilistic Matching Engine algorithm
Describe Physical MDM Standardization
Demonstrate knowledge of search capabilities in Physical MDM
Describe Data Governance
Features and Functionality (10%)
Describe knowledge of management of historical data
Demonstrate knowledge of configurable inquiry levels
Describe Batch Job Processing
Describe the IBM Stewardship Center
Describe Event Manager
Describe language and locale
Describe knowledge of Transaction Audit Information Log
Security (5%)
Describe Physical MDM Authentication and Authorization
Describe Physical MDM security entitlements
Integration (12%)
Describe how to invoke a Physical MDM service
Describe the Adaptive Service Interface
Describe the Notification Framework
Describe the Broadcast Framework
Describe the bulk import and extraction of data
Troubleshooting (12%)
Demonstrate knowledge of configuring and analyzing Physical MDM log files
Demonstrate knowledge of error handling
Describe troubleshooting an installation
Describe Workbench debugging
Describe the Physical MDM support tools
Job Role Description / Target Audience
The IBM Certified Specialist - InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM) v11.3 (Physical) will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure and deploy MDM on a development workstation along with extending the MDM capabilities using the MDM Workbench. The successful candidate will also understand the architecture components and solution building blocks of Physical MDM.
Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Java EE Architectural design - intermediate
OSGI Framework knowledge - intermediate
WebSphere Application Server - intermediate
Rational Application Developer - intermediate
Database Skills - intermediate
JAVA programming - intermediate
General knowledge of XML - intermediate
General knowledge of JMS, RMI and Webservices - basic
General knowledge of MQ - basic
