TERP10 Study Guide

Some important points about the TERP10 certification test:

It has multiple choice and free response (fill in the blank type) questions. There will be around 80 questions and the vast majority will be multiple choice type questions.

Questions are based on the course material only -- nothing else. A very good understanding of SAP from a practical viewpoint is essential. However, the

test also requires you to memorize details and you will need to study specially for the test and make every effort to remember these details.

It is ironical, but true that even if you have a pretty solid understanding of SAP and can carry out most transactions, you can still easily fail the test unless you prepare diligently for the test by paying attention to very specific details.

During the test, you will answer each question on-line and will have the opportunity to mark questions for which you are unsure about the answer

The four days allocated to the training session are inadequate to cover the material from start to finish. I am quite confident that you will already have covered the basics during your courses with Dr. Lian Qi, and during the extensive review sessions. Thus, the training course between June 8 and 11 will completely focus on preparing for the test. I will assume that your understanding of the basic modules (SD, MM, PP, FI and CO) is already pretty solid (at the level covered in Fitter Snacker) and will focus on what is needed to get you ready for the test.

In this document, I lay out a list of things that you should memorize in each unit. For our training session to be successful, you should cover all of these items even before we start the training sessions. You should find the answers to each of the following questions and also memorize these answers. The questions on the examination will not be in the form given below, however, studying in this form will prepare you to handle the questions in the examination easily.

In what follows, the number in the parentheses after each question indicates the page number from which the question is taken.

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Unit 1 -- ERP basicsLesson: mySAP ERP positioning

1. What is ESA and what does it enable? (2) ESA stands for Enterprise Services Architecture and enables business innovation by leveraging existing IT assets and reducing TCO.

2. What platform best supports ESA? (2) SAP NetWeaver

3. Name three additional features offered by mySAP ERP Edition 2003 over SAP R/3 Enterprise (3)

Self servicesSelf service procurement Internet salesSEM

4. Name one additional feature offered by mySAP ERP over mySAP ERP Edition 2003 (3)

Composite applications

5. What is SAP ECC? (3) ERP Central component

6. What is the technical platform used in mySAP ERP? (3)

SAP NetWeaver

7. What are the 4 main components of Netweaver? (4)

People integration Multi-channle access Portal CollaborationInformation integration BI, KM, MDMProcess integration Integration broker BPMApplication platform J2EE, ABAP OS and database abstraction

8. What are the components under each of the 4 main Netweaver components/ (4)

See above

9. What are the 5 major components of mySAP Business Suite? (5)

mySAP ERPmySAP PLMmySAP CRMmySAP SCMmySAP SRM

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Unit 1 -- ERP BasicsLesson -- Organizational Levels

10. What does each of the following organizational levels represent -- Client, Company code, Plant, Sales organization, Division, Storage location?. (8-9)

11. What is a controlling area?

12. What is a sales area?

13. Does a plant have to manufacture something? Explain

14. Can a plant belong to more than one company code?

Unit 1 -- ERP BasicsLesson -- Master Data

15. Define master data (14)

16. Why is master data organized into organizational levels? (14)

17. What is a transaction? (15)

18. What is a document? (15)

19. When is a document generated? (15)

Unit 1 -- ERP BasicsLesson -- Reporting Solutions

20. What is the difference between OLTP and OLAP? (20)

21. Which component in SAP enables OLAP? (20)

22. What is the AWB used for? (21)

Unit 2 -- SAP NetweaverLesson -- SAP Netweaver

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23. Name one SAP solution that is not based on Netweaver (29)

24. Name the components and subcomponents of Netweaver (29-30)

25. What is an enterprise service and how does it differ from a web service? (32)

26. What is the difference between basis functions and application functions?

27. Which component provides the basis functions in SAP systems?

28. What role does the adapter play in process integration? (35)

29. What is the function of Master Data Management? (36)

30. What are the three things that MDM accomplishes? (36)

Unit 3 -- Procurement CycleLesson -- Organizational Levels and Master Data I

31. What are the organizational levels in procurement? (45)

32. What is the role of a purchasing organization? (46-47)

33. What is the role of a purchasing group? (46-47)

34. What are the various options for assigning purchasing organizations to organizational elements? (47-49)

35. What step do you need to take in Customizing in order to assign a purchasing organization across company codes? (49)

36. Which material master views are used in procurement? For each view, specify one way in

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which data from that view might be used. (49)

37. What are the organizational levels among which vendor master data is divided? Give on example of a datum in each level (51)

38. What information is contained in a purchasing info record? (52)

39. Which purchase order items are affected by condition information in a purchasing info record? (53)

40. What are extended conditions used for? (53)

Unit 3 -- Procurement CycleLesson -- Purchase requisitions and purchase orders

41. What are the steps involved in an external procurement process? (71-71)

42. What is the difference between a purchase requisition and a purchase order? (73)

43. What are the ways by which a PR might be created? (73)

44. What is the difference between PRs created for materials with a master record and those without one? (73)

45. What steps could follow the creation of a PR? (73-74)

46. What are consumable materials? (75)

47. In terms of procurement, what are the differences between consumable and non-consumable materials? (75)

48. Name 5 account assignment objects applicable to consumable materials (76)

49. What types of materials can be procured for consumption? (76)

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50. What is the difference between Non-stock material and non-valuated material? (77)

51. Does a purchase order always have to go to a vendor? Explain. (78)

52. Can a purchase order specify whether the material is for stock or consumption? Explain. (78)

53. PO can be created with reference to which other documents? (79)

54. What are the different Item categories in procurement? (79)

Unit 3 -- Procurement CycleLesson -- Goods receipts and transfer postings

55. Goods receipts can be posted with reference to which documents? (94)

56. What are the advantages of posting goods receipts wrt PO? (94)

57. Which document(s) is/are always created with a goods receipt? (94)

58. Under what conditions is an accounting document created for a GR (95)

59. What characterizes a goods movement? (94)

60. Name and describe the various types of goods movements (95)

61. What is a transfer posting? (95)

62. Where in the materials master (which view), can we specify that received materials should go into QI stock? (95-96)

63. Where all can we specify that material has to go into QI stock ?(95-96)

64. When posting GR into warehouse, under what

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conditions are quantity and value updated? (96)

65. Stock overviews can show future planned goods receipts and issues -- true or false? (97)

66. What restriction applies with respect to storage locations when making a transfer posting to change the usability of a material? (98)

67. Which two documents might be created by a goods movement? (99)

68. What are the possible effects of a goods receipt? (100)

Unit 3 -- Procurement CycleLesson -- Invoice verification and vendor payment

69. Which step concludes the procurement process? (113)

Invoice verification

70. Invoice verification creates a link between _____ and _____ (113)

MM and internal or external accounting

71. Invoice can be posted with reference to ? (114)

GR, PO or Delivery note

72. What is the difference between posting an invoice wrt PO and GR? (114)

PO -- can settle all items irrespective of deliveries.GR -- Can only post invoices for qty in GR

73. What are the effects of posting an invoice? (115)

Acctg doc is created GR/IR clearing acct is reversed PO history is updated Material master is updated for

moving avg price

74. What are the various integrations for MM? (117)

FI -- Each vendor master represents a creditor in FI

SD -- Sales requirement can be passed on to purchasing. Also, a requisition can be directly assigned to

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a sales order. PP -- Production planning needs

information on materials availability Plan maintenance -- BOM linkage.

GR can be posted wrt equipment BOM. Materials can be withdrawn for plant maintenance. Serial numbers created in MM are used in maintenance

Logistics -- Warehouse management. Inventory management handles stock quantities and warehouse management handles and monitors storage.

Unit 3 -- Procurement CycleLesson -- Reporting

75. What parameters allow us to control the information presented in a list display of purchasing information? (129)

Selection parameter, scope of list parameter

76. Purchasing reports can be generated from _____ and _____. (128)

Documents and master data

77. What are the key elements of SAP List viewer and ALV grid control? (130)

Uniform design of all lists and tables Cross-application, standardized

function with uniform icons Simple creation and changing of

layouts (variants)

78. What are the common functions provided by SAP List Viewer and ALV grid control? (131)

Choose detail, set filter, sort, add values, Create subtotals, Layout

79. What are the application-specific information systems available under LIS (Logistics Information System)? (133)

SIS, PIURCHASIS, INVCO, TIS, SFIS, QMIS, PMIS

80. What are characteristics, period units and key figures? (134)

Characteristic - Criteria used for collecting data on a subject (e.g., Vendor)

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Period units Key figures -- performance values

(e.g., PO value)

81. What flexible analysis features does LIS support? (136)

Combine characteristics and key figures from many information structures into one list

Create new key figures through formulas on existing ones

Choose between a variety of layouts

Unit 4 -- Material PlanningLesson -- Organizational Levels and Master Data II

82. What organizational levels does material planning use? (152)

Client, Company Code, Plant, Storage Location

83. What master data does MP use? (153) Material master, BOM, Routings

84. Which material master views are used for manufacturing? (154)

MRP, Work scheduling, Basic data, FI

85. What does MRP type in materials master determine? (156)

How material is to be planned -- consumption-based, MRP, no planning

86. What do lot sizing procedure, procurement type, and strategy group in the MRP views of materials master determine? (156)

Lot sizing -- lot size of procurement proposalsProcurement type -- in-house production or external procurementStrategy group -- behavior of planned independent requirements

87. What things are determined by material type? (157)

Screens that appear in material master record

Department-specific data that can be maintained

Material number assignment Allowed procurement types GL accounts that are updated

88. Can additional company-specific material types be created? (157)

Yes, in customizing

89. Does SAP directly support multi-level BOMs? No. These are represented through

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(157) several sinle-level BOMs

90. What is the difference between the base quantity in the BOM header and the quantity in the BOM items? (157)

Quantity in header indicates the quantity of finished product that the item quantities refer to.

91. What are the different item categories in a BOM? (160)

Stock item, non-stock item, document item, text item, variable-size item, class item, intra material

92. What are documents and text items in a BOM used for? (158)

Supplementary information (like the production process)

93. What is the difference between stock and non-stock items in a BOM? (158)

Stock items -- processed trhough warehouse. Non-stock items -- assigned directly

94. Name one item category that does not require a material number at the time of BOM creation. (158)

Non-stock item (Also Document item and Text item)

95. Routings define a fixed specific linear sequence of activities -- comment (158)

No. Routings can contain alternate and parallel sequences in addition to the standard sequence

Unit 4 -- Material PlanningLesson -- Material planning

96. What is a product group? (176) A product group groups together products with similar planning characteristics

97. Can a product group contain other groups within it? (176)

Yes

98. What is a proportion factor in a product group? (176)

It represents what proportion of the group comprises a specific product or sub group

99. The lowest level in a product group hierarchy must comprise only ________ (176)

Materials

100.

True or false -- A planning table exists for all members of a product group hierarchy (177)

True

101 What are the rows in a planning table? (177) Sales,

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production, Stock level, target stock level, Days supply Target days supply

102.

What time periods are allowed in a planning table? (177)

Days, weeks, months or a combination. Plus custom time periods.

103.

What are the ways in which a sales plan can be created? (177)

Transfer from SISTransfer from CO/PAForecast based on historyTransfer from another product groupManual

104.

What are the different options in the planning table for creating a production plan? (177)

Sync to salesTarget stock levelTarget days supplyInv to zeroManual entry

105.

What do you need to do in order to transfer production plans from one level to a lower level? (178)

Disaggregate

106.

What are the options while disaggregating? (178)

Disaggregate production plan Disaggregate sales plan and then

derive production plans

107.

What options exist for transferring planning data to demand management? (178)

All data for product groupSingle material

108.

What feature enables storing multiple planning scenarios? (178)

Version number of plan

109.

Which planning version can be transferred to demand management? (178)

Active or inactive versions

110.

What is the difference between planned independent requirements and customer independent requirements? (179)

Planned independent requirements are derived from forecasts

Customer independent requirements are actual sales orders

111.

What is the advantage of using made to stock production for sub assemblies and made to order production for finished goods? (181)

Sales order for finished goods can be fulfilled quickly since only the final assembly step needs to be carried out.

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112.

What are the three production planning strategies? (181)

Made to stock productionSubassembly planningMade to order production

113.

Using planning strategy 40, do sales orders affect requirements? (182)

Yes, sales orders that exceeded planned independent requirements will cause MRP to create planned orders to fulfill these shortfalls

114.

What is the difference between MPS and MRP? (184)

In MPS, only the critical items are scheduled to identify any issues like capacity problems. Once MPS verifies these, MRP is then run for other materials.

115.

What does MRP type determine? (185) How material planning is done for a material -- MRP, consumption based or no planning at all.

116.

Is it true that consumption based planning is done for high-value materials? (185)

No -- it is done for B and C items.

117.

How can a material be excluded from planning (185)

By using the corresponding MRP type.

118.

Explain how reorder point based planning works. (186)

119.

In what situations is reorder point based planning appropriate? (186)

When consumption is relatively constant.

120.

What happens if MRP finds shortages/ (187) Proposals are created -- planned orders or purchase requisition

121.

What can be done to the proposals generated by MRP? (187)

Purchase requisitions can be converted into purchase orders.

Planned orders can be converted into production orders or purchase requisitions.

122.

Where is the choice as to what is to be generated made? (187)

In the initial screen of the planning run.

123.

What happens when planned orders are converted into production orders? (188)

Dependent requirements are transferred to order reservations

124 How is the quantity for the procurement The demand is calculated as safety stock

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proposal calculated by MRP? (189) plus requirements and the supply is calculated as stock plus firmed planned and purchase orders plus firmed receipts. The gap is the quantity proposed.

What are firmed planned orders and purchase requisitions?

125.

How does MRP calculate the order dates for components? (190)

By backward scheduling based on procurement and production lead times and based on a BOM explosion.

126.

What control do we have on what materials are planned by an MRP run on the MRP screen? (191)

Total planning for the plant (all materials) OR

Individual material (single or multi-level)

127.

How can we further control the materials planned? (191)

Through user exits to determine materials that satisfy certain criteria

128.

When is the processing key regenerative planning (NEUPL) usually used? (192)

Planning for the first time or when consistency of data is in doubt

129.

What are the other processing keys? (192) NETCH -- Net change for total horizonNETPL -- Net change for planning horizon

130.

What is the difference between the stock/requirements list and the MRP list? (194)

Stock/Requirements list is up to dateMRP list is static and shows only the results of the last MRP run

131.

What determines whether planned order of MRP run is converted into a production order or a purchase requisition? (195-6)

Procurement type of the material. If external procurement then PR else Production Order.

Unit 5 -- Lifecycle data managementLesson -- Lifecycle data management

132.

What are the components of Lifecycle data management? (223)

DIPE Document management Product structure management Integration Engineering change and configuration

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management

133.

What interface is used to transfer engineering information to the ERP system? (223/226)

PLM interface

134.

What is used to manage the product data? (223)

Product structure browser

135.

What method can be used to run a separate system for engineering process in addition to a production system?

Replication of product data

136.

How are external files integrated into mySAP ERP? (224)

Document Management system

137.

How are the original documents made available to other objects?

By linking the Document Info Record to them

138.

Document is made up of ____ and ____ Document info record and the originals, which can be in paper, folder or electronic form.

139.

What is the purpose of the document info record? (224)

Helps to manage originalsControls process flowIntegrates to ECC through object linksAllows viewing of originalsDMS system allows easy way to handle documents

140.

How are original documents made available to other SAP objects? (225)

By linking document info records to them

141.

What kinds of systems can be connected to mySAP ERP through PLM? (226)

CADand CAx, GIS, Classification systems and Office apps

142.

What kind of data exchange does the PLM link offer? (227)

Bi-directional

143.

SAP GUI is always used to interact with linked applications T/F? (227)

F. GUI and non-GUI mode are available

144.

Under which mode is the SAP system invisible to the end user in the context of PLM? (228)

When working without GUI

145.

What technology options are used in PLM? (227)

BAPI and RFC

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146.

What is the main purpose of Classification? (228)

To enable flexible searching

147.

Explain how searching with the classification system works. (230)

Create characteristics and allowed values

Create classes and assign characteristics to them

Create objects and assign classes to objects (also assign characteristic values for this object)

Search for objects by specifying the class to which it belongs and then specifying the values for the characteristics of the class

148.

How does classification take place? (231) Directly in the object or indirectly in a transaction within the classification system

149.

What is a configurable material? (232) A product that can be made in several variants. Configurable material is not a finished product.

150.

Are all materials in a BOM always used to produce an item that the BOM represents? (232)

No. In the case of configurable materials, the BOM mentions all the materials for all variants. Thus some of the materials will be used only in some variants.

151.

What feature is used to select the materials and operations for a specific variant of a configurable material? (232)

Dependencies

152.

What is the central navigation tool in lifecycle data management? (234)

Product structure browser. It allows us to call up information on materials, BOM, documents, characteristics and routings

Filters allows to limit the detail that is displayed.

153.

What component allows the direct viewing of originals in the product structure browser? (234)

Enterprise Application Integration

154.

What is the single tool that can be used to maintain BOMs and routings? (234)

Engineering workbench (EWB)

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155.

What other advantage does EWB provide? (235)

Locking individual items of BOM rather than the whole BOM. Thus many users can work on different items of the same BOM simultaneously

Also provides information on how to contact other persons who are working on locked items

156.

What are the advantages of using Engineering Change Management (ECM) for making changes? (236)

Can group related changes for many objects

Allows documenting and monitoring of changes

Good tracking of changes as multiple change statuses are allowed

Can specify effective dates for changes

Changes can be integrated into the logistics chain through release keys

157.

What are the components of a change number?

Change header (general info -- date, validity, status)

Object types Object management records (Actual

objects affected) Other info (accompanying docs,

Classification -- facilitates search for changes, alternate dates for individual objects)

158.

What is the general workflow for engineering changes? (238)

User creates a change record User makes changes by creating an

ECR (Engineering change request) The ECR is converted into an ECO

(Engineering change order) The actual change takes place once

the ECO is checked and released.

Unit 6 -- Manufacturing executionLesson -- Organization levels and master III

159 What different types of production does SAP Order controlled production with

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support? (259-260) production order Order controlled production with

process order Period and quantity oriented

production -- not order oriented Project oriented production with

production lots Kanban -- replenishment controlled

using stock transfer, external procurement and in-house production via self controlled control cycle

160.

What organization levels does manufacturing execution use? (260)

Client, company code, plant, storage location

161.

What master data are used in manuf exec? (261)

Material, BOM, Work center/resource, Task lists, PRT (Production resources/tools)

162.

What material type should materials to be produced have? (261)

In-house production (X or E)

163.

What are the types of task lists? (261) Routings, rate routings, master recipes

164.

PRTs are assigned to ______ ? (261) The routing of operations

165.

Which material master views are maintained for manufacturing? (262)

MRP, Work scheduling

166.

What does task list usage determine in a Work Center (Resource) master? (265)

The task lust types (routing, rate routing, ) in which this resource can use used.

167.

How is a resource connected to cost accounting? (265)

By assigning a cost center

168.

Standard and default values for operations can be assigned in a resource master T/F? (265)

T

169.

What data in the resource master allows capacity planning? (265)

Available capacity and formula key

170.

What data in the work center master p;lay a role in calculating operation timings in routings? (267)

Operation standard values in the scheduling formulas

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171.

BOM components can only be assigned at the level of the routing and not at the level of individual operations T/F? (268)

F. BOM components and PRT can be assigned at the operation level -- however, if this is not specified in the routing, they are then assigned at the BOM level (see page 280 also)

172.

How is the procurement time for BOM components related to operations? (268)

Procurement (and consumption) takes place as per the start time of the operation for which the material is needed.

Unit 6 -- Manufacturing executionLesson -- Manufacturing execution -- discrete

173.

Which of the following steps cannot be automated in production order processing (select all that apply)? (279-80)

a)Order creation, b)machine reservation, c) order release, d)material withdrawal posting, e)WIP determination

a, b and e

174.

Which activities generally occur in the background? (280)

WIP determination, variance calculation and order settlement

175.

What are the available options for order creation? (280)

Without routing and BOMWith routingWith routing and BOMFrom planned order

176.

What happens if a BOM is changed after a planned order is created but before the planned order is subsequently converted into a production order? (280)

The BOM is not re-read and the production order uses the old BOM

177.

What is the action that sets in motion further processing of a production order? (282)

Releasing the order

178.

What are the levels at which order release can be performed? (282)

Individual operation, whole order or several orders together

179.

What are the things checked during availability check for an order? (283)

Material, capacity, PRT)

180.

Which of the following activities occur (select all) during a goods issue posting for

a, b, d

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production? (284)

a)Reduction of reservationb)Material document is createdc)Planned order is deletedd)Determination of actual costs

181.

Which of the following activities is part of order-related confirmation? (285)

a) Time event confirmationb) Progress confirmationc) Milestone confirmationd) None of the above

d

182.

What kinds of settlement are possible for production orders? (287)

Order related and product related

183.

What kinds of FI and CO postings are made in order settlement? (288)

FI only -- for WIP balancesBoth FI and CO -- for variances

Unit 7 -- Inventory and warehouse managementLesson -- Stock transfer and transfer posting

184.

Which of the following must necessarily involve a physical movement of goods: Stock transfer, Transfer posting ?(321)

Stock transfer has to involve physical movement. Transfer posting can involve physical movement, but need not. It could simply change stock from QI to unrestricted use, for example.

185.

Which of the following apply (multiple) to stock transfer: stock to stock, stor loc to stor loc, comp code to comp code, plant to plant (321)

stor loc to stor loc, comp code to comp code, plant to plant

186.

In stock transfer/transfer posting, GI and GR must always be entered in a single posting; T/F? (322)

F. They can be, but need not always be. In a two-step procedure, these are done separately.

187.

What is the advantage of using the two-step transfer procedure? (323)

Enables tracking of materials in transfer. After the first step, the material enters the state in transfer

188 When the one-step procedure is used to One material document with two items,

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transfer stock from one storage location to another within the same plant, what documents are generated? (323)

one each for the removal and the placement. An accounting document is generated only if the material is split valuated and the valuation type changes during transfer. (page 324)

189.

Can the material use category be changed during the above stock transfer in addition to the physical movement? (323)

Yes, see dashed arrows in the figure.

190.

What restriction applies to a stock transfer from sloc to sloc within the same plant using the two-step procedure? (324)

Can only be moved from unrestricted use to unrestricted use.

191.

How many documents are generated in the above scenario? (324)

Two material documents. No accounting document because valuation type cannot change.

192.

What restriction applies to cross-plant stock transfer? (325)

Can only be booked out of unrestricted use stock.

193.

Stock transfer can only be done across two plants in the same company code; T/F? (325)

F

194.

Under what conditions will valuation not take place in the case of a plant to plant stock transfer? (325)

If the two plants are assigned to the same valuation area

195.

In the case of a stock transfer involving valuation, which valuation price applies? (325)

Price of the originating plant.

196.

What are the advantages of doing a stock transfer against a stock transport order over an independent stock transfer? (327)

Integrated within MRP. PR generated by MRP can be converted into a stock transport order

Receipt can be planned at receiving plant

Can specify delivery cost and carrier GR can be posted to consumption Can post material into QI or blocked

stock -- not just unrestricted use stock PO history can be used to monitor the

process

Unit 7 -- Inventory and warehouse management

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Lesson -- Logistics execution

197.

What is a transfer order? (336) It is the document with which all material movements in the warehouse are executed.

198.

What organization levels are used in logistics execution? (336)

Client, company code, plant, Transport planning point, shipping point, storage location, warehouse

199.

What is the relationship of warehouse to storage location? (336)

Storage location enables inventory management. Linking it to a warehouse allows warehouse management. Each storage location - plant combination can be assigned to at most one warehouse number.

200.

A shipping point can serve only one plant: T/F? (337)

F.

201.

Transportation planning point is assigned to _______? (337)

Company code

202.

What is the purpose of interim storage areas? (338)

To serve as the link between inventory and warehouse management. (Goods receipt and goods issue areas)

203.

When does a warehouse management tab appear in the items section of a PO? (338)

When the plant-storage location combination for that item has been assigned to a warehouse number.

204.

What happens when a goods receipt is booked to a storage location that is subject to warehouse management? (339)

A transfer requirement is generated Material is booked into the goods

receiving section (interim storage area)

Transfer requirement is converted into a transfer order

Material is then put away

Unit 7 -- Inventory and warehouse managementLesson -- Physical inventory procedures

205.

Why is physical inventory performed? (350) Correction of incorrect stock quantities

Determination of current assets for

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accounting

206.

What characterizes a Stock Management Unit? (350-351)

SMU is a non-divisible part of a stock of materials for which a separate book inventory exists. It is uniquely defined by:Material, plant storage location, stock type, batch and special stock

207.

What are the steps in the physical inventory process? (351)

Create physical inventory documents, Count and enter stock, Analyze and post differences

208.

During physical inventory procedures, what kinds of restrictions can be placed on the materials? (354-355)

All goods movements can be blocked by posting a blockBook inventory can be frozen by setting the Freeze Book Inventory indicator in the Pi document.

209.

What options exist for physical inventory procedures? (358)

Enter count without physical inventory document

Enter count and post difference IPI doc exists)

Enter count without PI document and post differences

210.

In cycle counting with ABC analysis, what options exist for performing the ABC analysis? (361)

Consumption analysisRequirements analysis

Unit 8 -- Sales order managementLesson -- Organizational units and master data

211.

What are the organizational units relevant to sales order management? (378)

Company code, Sales area (sales organization, division, distribution channel), Plant, Storage location, Shipping point

212 Can a sales organization be assigned to more No

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than one company code? (380)

213.

Can a company code have more than one sales organization? (380)

Yes

214.

What is a sales area? (383) Combination of sales organization, division and distribution channel

215.

Can a shipping point be assigned to more than one plant? (385)

Yes

216.

Can a plant have more than one shipping point? (385)

Yes

217.

A plant represents only a manufacturing facility: T/F? (384)

F. Plant can also represent a location where stocks are kept or where services are delivered (like an office)

218.

Which partner functions are mandatory for sales order processing? (388)

Sold toShip toBill toPayer

219.

Where is partner function information kept for customers? (388)

In the partner functions tab of customer master

220.

Which master data contains information about customer-specific material information? (390)

Customer-material information record

221.

Which master data determines the medium through which a sales order will be sent to a customer? (391)

Output master

222.

Which master contains data about prices? (392)

Condition master

Unit 8 -- Sales order managementLesson -- Order to cash business process

223.

What are the steps in the order to cash process? (404)

Pre-sales activitiesSales order processingInventory sourcingShippingBillingPayment receipt and posting

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224.

What prior sales documents can a sales order reference? (408)

Quotation, Inquiry

225.

Can multiple sales orders result from one quotation? (408)

Yes

226.

Can multiple quotations result in a single sales order? (408)

Yes

227.

What is the structure of a sales order? (408) Header, items, schedule lines

228.

Where do we determine which fields are included in the incompletion log? (410)

In customizing

229.

For a specific material, what determines the type of availability check performed for sales? (412)

Entry in the material master, Gen/Plant tab of material master

230.

What is the connection between a delivery document and warehouse operations? (413)

Picking materials can create a transfer request (if warehouse management is active)

231.

What is the relationship between sales orders and outbound deliveries? (414)

One order can result in many outbound deliveries and one outbound delivery can be for many orders. The later is allowed only if all the orders being combined have the same values for shipping point, due date and ship to address.

232.

Which of the following are part of a delivery document? Header, items, schedule lines? (415)

Header and items (no schedule lines)

233.

What are the different views available for delivery documents? (415)

Overview, header and items

234.

Which step in the sales process creates a transfer order? (416)

Picking

235.

What document enables efficient picking? (416)

Picklist

236.

During picking, are transfer orders created immediately (on-line)? (416)

Not necessarily. They can be on-line or batched.

237 Which of the following occur when goods a, b and d

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issue is posted: a) Qty in inventory management is updated, b) billing due list is generated, c) accounts payable is updated, d) status in relevant sales documents is updated, e) GR/IR account is updated (418)

238.

Which SD document forms the basis for invoicing? (419)

Billing document

239.

What accounting postings result from creating a billing document? (419)

Customer accounts receivables acct is debited

Revenue account is credited

240.

A billing document/invoice can be generated for a ______ or a _______. (420)

Delivery, sales order

241.

What is the structure of a billing document? (421)

Header, Items

242.

What are the accounts updated when a customer payment is posted? (423)

Debit cashCredit customer receivables

243.

Which view allows us to view all related sales documents on one screen? (423-4)

Document flow

244.

Which of the following modules does sales and distribution have an integration with: a) FI, b) Project systems, c) Materials management, d) Warehouse management, e) Profitability analysys? (424)

All of them

Unit 8 -- Sales order managementLesson -- Reporting and analysis tools

245.

Which reporting tool allows efficient organization of ones work? (444)

Worklists

246.

What worklists are available? (446) Delivery list, picking worklist, goods issue worklist, billing due list

Unit 9 -- Enterprise Asset Management and Customer ServiceLesson -- Enterprise Asset Management and Customer Service Organization Structures

247. What are the organization levels in EAM/CS? (463)

ClientCompany code,

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Maintenance plant, Location maintenance work center, Maintenance planning plant, Maintenance planner group

248.

Maintenance requirements can come from _____ or _____ (464)

Maintenance plant or maintenance planning plant

249. What constellations are possible for maintenance? (465)

Plant specific -- where planning and execution are done for a plant in the plant.

Cross-plant -- Planning is done in plant that is different from the maintenance plant. The materials and actual work could occur in the maintenance planning plant or locally.

250. Which of the following can be a maintenance work center: a) Plant, b) Work center, c) group of machines d) machine, e) group of people? (466)

All except a) b)

251. What are the different ways in which work centers can be used in plant maintenance? (466)

Main work center in master record for material or functional location

Main work center in a maintenance item

Main work center in a task list header

Performing work center in then operations for a task list

Main work center in the order header

Performance work center in the operations for an order

252. What are the organization levels in service provision? (468)

Plant, planning plant, planner groups, work centers, employees

Unit 9 -- Enterprise Asset Management and Customer ServiceLesson -- Technical objects

253. What are the different types of technical objects? (470)

Functional locations -- placesSerial numbers --

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Bills of Materials -- Equipment -- Individual objects

254.

According to what criteria can functional locations be organized? (471)

Spatial, technical and functional

255. What type of characters can a coding template for a structure indicator distinguish between? (474)

Numeric, Alpha and alphanumeric

256. Each material has a unique serial number: T/F? (478)

F. The combination of material number and serial number is unique, not the serial number by itself.

257. Which master record is created for each serial number? (479)

Equipment master record

258. What kind of BOM is used in plant maintenance? (480)

Maintenance BOM

259. What kinds of maintenance BOMs exist? (480) Material BOM, Equipment BOM, Functional Location BOM

260. When a material BOM is used as maintenance BOM, where is this indicated? (481)

In the Structure view of the technical object (construction type field)

Unit 9 -- Enterprise Asset Management and Customer ServiceLesson -- Corrective maintenance process

261. What are the steps in the corrective maintenance process? (489)

Notification -- what?, where?Planning -- Work, material, toolsScheduling -- Release, availability chkExecution -- material usage plnd/unplndCompletion -- Time, settlement

262.

What is the structure of a maintenance notification? (490)

Maintenance Notification Header * Notification items - Activities - Tasks

263. Maintenance notification can be created for which types of technical objects? (491)

EquipmentFunctional LocationBOMSerial number

264. Can a maintenance notification be created Yes

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without specifying an object number? (491)

265. What are the options for creating maintenance orders? (492)

Directly Based on one notification Based on many notifications Order is first created and then a

notification/activity report is created Order is automatically created based

on a maintenance plan

266. What is the structure of a maintenance order? (493)

Order header Object list Operation

o Material listso PRT

Settlement rule Costs (est/pld/act)

267. Where does the information for the settlement rule proposal come from? (493)

Master record for the object being maintained

268. The object list in a maintenance order can comprise (494)

Equipment, functional locations, Notifications

269. If there are notifications attached, what is the first such notification called? (494)

Header notification

270. What is the process flow for the use of stock materials for a maintenance order? (495)

Component assignment (with availability check)

Material reservation Order release (auto avail chk) Print Goods issue (planned wrt

reservation, unplnd wrt order no)

271. What is the process flow for use of non-stock material? (496)

Component assignment Purchase application Purchase order Order release Goods receipt -- wrt PO Invoice receipt

272. What are the ways in which cost analysis can Cost element level

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be performed for a maint order? (497) Value category level(cost elements are assigned to value categories in customizing)

273. What subsequent activities does order release enable? (497)

Reservation becomes effective Printing of papers Confirmation becomes possible Goods movements become possible

274. Under what conditions can graphics associated with a maintenance order be printed?

If system is connected to Document Management system

275. What documents are printed along with an order? (498-9)

Job ticket, Operation control ticket, Material pick list, object list, Time ticket, Confirmation slip, Material withdrawal slip

276. Which report enables us to see planned and unplanned material withdrawals for a material? (499)

Material where used list

277. Which feature allows a comprehensive view of a maintenance order? (general)

Document flow

278. What options exist for entering time confirmations? (500)

Individual, collective, overall, CATS (cross-application-time-sheet)

279. What information does completion confirmation of an operation contain? (501)

Time, Material, Measurement documents

280. After TECO (technical completion) what changes can be made to the order? (502)

Locked or unlockedDeletion flag can be setPost costs to order

281. An order cannot receive costs after TECO; T/F? (502)

F

282. What activities take place automatically after TECO? (502)

If there is no settlement rule, one is created automatically

PRs for which there are no POs are marked for deletion

Close the open capacities Close open requisitions

283. What date determines location and account assignment data for an order? (502)

Date of order creation (not date entered during TECO)

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284. Can cost center information be updated if there are changes subsequent to order creation? (502)

Yes, using Update reference object data

285. What are the effects of reversing TECO? (503) Order becomes modifiable Status becomes RELeased Location and account assignment

data are re-copied from object Open purchase requisitions are

recompiled Open reservations are recompiled Open capacities are recompiled

286. What documents are available under document flow? (503)

Notification Completion confirmation Goods movement Purchase requisition Purchase order

287. Which report shows the changes made with respect to a maintenance order? (504)

Action log

Unit 9 -- Enterprise Asset Management and Customer ServiceLesson -- Reporting and analysis

288. What reports are available? (520) Maintenance history Completed notifications and orders Historical ordersMaterial usage

Unit 9 -- Enterprise Asset Management and Customer ServiceLesson -- Service order process

289. What are the components of a service order? (528)

Order headerOperations and sub operationsComponents (materials) and PRTCost overviewPartner overviewObject list including notifications

290. What are the ways in which a service order may be created? (530)

DirectFrom service notificationFrom several notifications

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Generate from sales order itemAutomatically from maintenance item

291. Which service orders are non-revenue bearing? (531)

With assignments to a sales order itemReturn and repair processing

292. What is the result of a revenue bearing service order? (531)

Difference between revenues and costs

293. To what is the result of a revenue bearing charged? (531)

To the settlement receiver

294. In the case of a non-revenue bearing service order for which a billing document is created, to which object is the revenue posted? (532)

To the superior sales document item

295. In the case of a non-revenue bearing service order to which object are the costs posted? (532)

To the superior sales document item

296. What is the difference between put in process and release for a service order? (534)

Put in process allows papers to be printed. Release is a paperless release.

297. What is possible once an order is released? (534)

Revenues and costs can be posted Time confirmations, goods receipts

and material withdrawals can be posted.

Technical and business completion are possible.

Unit 10 -- Program and project managementLesson -- Program and project management

298. What is a work breakdown structure useful for? (559)

Operative basis for planning costs, revenues, payments, budgeting and scheduling

299. What does linking activities to WBS elements enable? (559)

Aggregation at the level of WBS elements becomes possible. Checking against budgets also becomes possible.

Unit 10 -- Program and project managementLesson -- Project structures

300. Which tool enables the maintenance of most Project builder (other than PRT

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objects in the Project System? (564) assignment, it enables maintenance of all other objects)

301. What are planning elements? (565) WBS elements for which we want to plan costs manually

302. What are account assignment elements? (565) WBS elements for which we want to post actual costs

303. What are billing elements? (565) WBS elements for which we want to post revenues

304. What are the different activity categories? (567) Internal processingExternal processingServices (externally procured)Cost activities

(Where is this specified?)

Unit 10 -- Program and project managementLesson -- Project planning

305. Project planning board is based on ______ (579)

Interactive Gantt Chart

306. What is the difference between service activities and externally processed activities? (580)

We can draw up service specifications for service activities and set value limits for unplanned activities

307. What is the link between an externally processed activity and purchasing? (582)

When such an activity is created a Purchase Requisition is also created and purchasing data can be accessed from PS.

308. What are the steps in goods receipt for services? (582)

Entry of servicesAcceptance of services

309. What are the steps in an externally processed activity? (582)

Purchase requisitionBid invitationQuotation entryVendor selectionPo processingPO monitoringGoods receiptInvoice verification

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310. What are the advantages of cost planning through activities? (584)

Can be copied to other projectsPlans shift along with activities

311. What is the difference between header-assigned network orders and activity assigned networks? (586)

Header assigned -- relevant for sales orders

Unit 10 -- Program and project managementLesson -- Project budgeting

312. What is the difference between active and passive availability control? (595)

Under active control, certain events can be triggered if certain tolerance limits are exceeded

Unit 10 -- Program and project managementLesson -- Project execution

313. What transactions are triggered by confirmations? (605)

Posting actual costs, actual dates, actual labor, changing activity status

314. What are the ways in which confirmations can be created? (605)

Individually for activity, element or capacity

Collectively Using the structure information

system Through CATS Via Internet Palm Pilot PDC interface

Unit 10 -- Program and project managementLesson -- Period end closing

315. Which tool is used to carry out period end closing? (610)

Schedule Manager

316. What is the difference between direct and multi-level settlement? (611)

Direct -- each project object is directly settled to a cost objectMulti-level -- activities, orders and WBS elements are first settled to higher level WBS elements. The top level

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WBS element then settles the costs

Unit 10 -- Program and project managementLesson -- Information system

317. Structure information systems only allows us to view information: T/F? (615)

F. Also allows changes

318.

Unit 11 -- Human Capital ManagementLesson -- HCM Structures

319. What are the different structures in HCM? (626)

Enterprise structure, Personnel structure and organizational structure

320. What makes up the enterprise structure? (627) Company codePersonnel area (code unique in a company code)Personnel sub-area (principal HR aspects are controlled at this level)

321. What are the functions of personnel areas? (629)

Allows to set default values for data entry

Selection criterion for reporting Unit in authorization checks

322. What are the main functions of personnel sub areas? (630)

Specify country group Groupings for time management and

facilitate substitutions, absences and leave times can be set up

Pay scale types Public holiday calendar Wage types

323. What are the components of personnel structure? (630)

Employee groups Employee sub groups Payroll areas

324. What are employee groups used for? (630) To create various types of employees

325. What are employee sub groups used for? (632) Defining payroll procedures Wage types

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Default values

326. What are payroll areas used for? (633) Defining payroll run batches. Payroll for all employees of an area are run together.

327. What does organization structure deal with? (634-637)

Organizational units -- Positions - reporting relationships.

One job may have many positions Jobs -- Task definitions People -- Occupy positions

328. Employees are assigned in infotype _____ (627)

Organizational assignments (0001)

329. If personnel planning and administration are integrated, positions can be entered in infotype ____ (638)

Action (0000)

Unit 11 -- Human Capital ManagementLesson -- Employee records

330. What are infotypes? (642) Logical groupings of data fieldsThey have names and 4 digit keys

331. What are the different ways of processing infotype records? (643)

Single screen (individual infotype) Personnel actions -- 1 person many

actions Fast entry -- 1 action, many persons

332. What is a personnel file? Lists all infotypes for which records have been created for a personnel number

Unit 11 -- Human Capital ManagementLesson -- HCM processes

333. What processes does HCM comprise? (655-656)

RecruitmentHiring

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Training and personnel developmentManaging work timeCompensation and benefitsPayroll administrationTravel planningPersonnel cost planning and reportingEmployee self-services

334. Which tool can managers use to carry out their recruitment processes? (656)

Managers desktop

335. Which component supports web based browsing for openings and applications? (658)

Employment Opportiunities

336. What are the features of CATS? (667) Cross app standard screens for entering time data

Ease of useDefault values and data entry templates

Integrated approval process Support for corrections Flexibility in definitions of auth

checks, plausibility checks and default values

337. What is the CATS process? (668) Create account assignment Record times Release times Approve times Transfer data to follow-on processes

338. Which component allows for the analysis of salary data to enable the organization to stay competitive wrt its pay structure? (669)

Compensation management (enables job pricing)

339. Which component enables the distribution of salary raises and shares to employees? (669)

Compensation administration

340. What types of long-term incentives does Compensation Management support? (670)

Incentive stock options Non-qualified stock options Performance shares Performance units Restricted stock

341. Which plan categories does the benefit Health

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component support? (671) Insurance Savings Stock purchase Credit Misc

342.

Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial AccountingLesson -- Tasks in financial accounting

343. What are the main tasks in financial accounting? (699)

Recording of monetary and value flowsEvaluation of inventories

344. Every general ledger is structured according to a ______________________ (700)

Chart of accounts

345. _______ accounts connect the subledgers to the GL in real time. (700)

Reconciliation

346. The general ledger is managed at the ______ level. (701)

Company code

347. What is the main difference between financial accounting and management accounting? (701)

FA -- legal purposesMA -- Internal management information

Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial AccountingLesson -- Organization levels ERP/FA

348. What is the main purpose of Business Areas? (705)

To facilitate reporting across company codes.

Can make posting to a business area from several company codes.

349. What is a controlling area? (706) Self-contained org structure for which costs and revenues can be managed and allocated.

IT enables cross-company code cost accounting

350. Under what conditions can more than one company code be allocated to a controlling

All company codes allocated and the controlling area should have the same

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area? (706) chart of accounts and fiscal year

Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial AccountingLesson -- GL accounting

351. What are the types of GL accounts? (712) Balance sheetProfit and loss

352. It is possible to define an unlimited number of charts of accounts in an SAP system: T/F? (713)

T

353. Each company code is associated with how many charts of accounts? (713)

One

354. One chart of accounts can be assigned to how many companies? (713)

Many

355. What are the segments of a GL account? (714) Chart of accounts segmentCompany code segment

356. The account type is defined in the _____ segment. (712)

Chart of accounts segment

357. What are account groups? (714) Account groups classify GL accounts into user-defined segments (cash, asset, material, P/L, etc)

358. Field status of an account (suppress, required, Display, optional) is specified in which segment? (714)

Company code segment

359. Transactions can be posted to all G/L accounts: T/F? (715)

F. Cannot be posted to reconciliation accounts

360. What are the advantages of the new G/L? (716) Extended data structure: allows additional fields

Document split allows for balance sheets for entities like segments

Real time reconciliation between FI and CO is supported

Multiple books can be maintained

361. Which feature allows a single invoice to be posted to multiple segments? (718)

On line document splitting

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362. What does the posting key specify? (723) Account type Debit or credit Field status of additional data

Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial AccountingLesson -- Accounts payable

363. What are the levels at which vendor master is defined? (733)

ClientCompany codePurchasing organization

364. Explain the account posting during a goods receipt into warehouse and subsequent activities against a PO. (735)

Goods Receipt -- Debit stock, credit GR/IR

Invoice receipt -- debit GR/IR, credit vendor

Pay vendor -- debit vendor, credit cash

365. What is the purpose of a GR/IR account? (735) It is a clearing account used to ensure that goods are received for each invoice and vice versa

366.

Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial AccountingLesson -- Accounts receivable

367. What are the levels at which a customer master record is defined? (748)

Client, company code, sales area

368. Credit control area is specific to a company code: T/F? (749)

F. A credit control area can be assigned to a group of company codes

369. Credit management master record is an extension of the customer master record: T/F? (750)

T. It is used to keep data relevant to credit management for a customer

370. What are the sections in a credit control master record? (750)

General data, Credit control area data, Overview

371. In SD, at what stage do effects in accounting start to appear? (751)

When an outbound delivery document is created

372. What are the accounting postings of a goods Credit inventory,

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issue for external stock sales? (751) Debit cost of goods sold

373. What are the accounting postings for billing a customer? (751)

Credit revenueDebit customer

374. What are the accounting postings of an incoming payment? (754)

Credit customerDebit bank account

Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial AccountingLesson -- Fixed asset accounting

375. To what organizational levels is an asset assigned? (763)

Company code and business area (and to CO objects like cost center, internal order and activity type -- 764)

376. Each asset has to be assigned to an asset _____ (764)

Class

377. Assets that do not appear in the same line of the balance sheet have to be assigned to _______ asset classes. (764)

Different

378. Which SAP component is used to manage financial assets?

TR (treasury)

379. What are the different ways in which an asset transaction can be posted? (765)

Without a vendor or purchase orderVendor, but without POVia MM

380. What additional information must be included when posting an asset transaction? (765)

Transaction type, to enable the asset to be correctly listed in the asset history sheet

381. Which tool offers a clear overview of activities for an asset? (766)

Asset Explorer

382. What is the use of depreciation areas? (767) To enable assets to be valued in different ways for different purposes.

383. When is depreciation posted in asset accounting and in the G/L? (768)

After depreciation posting run

Unit 13 -- Management AccountingLesson -- Overview of management accounting

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384. What are the basic components of management accounting? (792)

Cost element accountingOverhead cost controllingProduct cost accountingProfitability analysisProfit center accounting

385. Under what conditions can costs flow back from management accounting back into financial accounting? (792)

Production costs for finished product valuation and WIP valuation, if activated

386. What is the difference in focus between profitability analysis and profit center accounting? (794)

Profitability analysis has an external focus -- looks at how profitable various market segments are.

Profit center accounting has an internal focus -- looks at how individual profit enters are performing.

Unit 13 -- Management AccountingLesson -- Organization levels

387. What are the primary organization levels in controlling? (799)

Company code, cost center, controlling area, operating concern

388. How many company codes can be allocated to a controlling area? (799)

Many

389. How many controlling areas can be allocated to an operating concern? (799)

Many

390. Under what conditions can multiple company codes be allocated to a controlling area? (799)

The controlling area and its associuated company codes must use the same chart of accounts and the same fiscal year variant (no of special periods may vary)

391. Profit analysis is used with which level in CO? (800)

Operating concern

392. What are the restrictions on cost allocation within a controlling area? (799)

You can assign costs only with a controlling area.

393. Currency for a controlling area has to be one of the currencies of its assigned company codes: T/F? (801)

F. It can be a completely different currency from any of the assigned company codes

394. When more than one company code is allocated Alternative account number in the

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to a controlling area, what enables accounts to be linked to country-specific accounts? (801)

account master

Unit 13 -- Management AccountingLesson -- Cost center accounting

395. What is the relationship between cost elements and expense accounts to which costs are posted? (804)

There must be a cost element corresponding to each such expense account.

396. What is the difference between primary and secondary cost elements? (804)

Primary cost elements gave a direct, one to one, correspondence with G/L expense accounts. Secondary cost elements are only created in CO and have no corresponding accounts in FI

397. Cost center is an organizational unit with a _____ area.

Controlling

398. What information does an activity document contain? (806)

Activity type and quantity of the activity performed. (e.g., Consulting, 10 hours)

399. What information is needed for direct activity allocation? (807)

Activity type, cost center, quantity of activity consumed. The first two determine the unit price)

400. When is direct activity allocation useful? (807) When the price of the activity is easily calculated -- e.g., when it is internally determined or externally specified b a vendor.

401. What is the use of a statistical key figure (SKF)? (808)

Used for cost allocation as a tracing factor

402. What are the types of SKFs Fixed and total (Total is based on some actually measured figure, whereas fixed is unchanging)

403. How are SKF values from LIS transferred to CO? (808)

By linking key figures from LIUS with SKFs in CO.

404. Can one value e part of many master data groups? (809)

Yes.

405. Can one value occur more than once in a No

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master data group? (809)

406. Can two company codes within a client have the same master data group name? (809)

No. It has to be unique within a client.

407. What happens in CO when a financial Accounting document is posted to an expense or revenue account/ (812)

A CO document is created showing:CO object affectedCost element usedAmount

408. When a primary cost is initially posted to management accounting, it is treated as a _____ journal entry. (812)

One sided

409. What kinds of CO transactions are balanced entries in CO? (812)

Cost movements within management accounting

410. _____ objects cannot allocate costs to other objects. (813)

Statistical

411. During activity allocation the sender cost center is ____ and the receiving cost objects are _____. (816)

Credited, Debited

412. How is the cost element determined for direct allocation? (816)

Activity type master data

413. Under what conditions can an expense posting in FI be posted to CO as a cost? (814)

Primary cost element corresponding to the FI expense account has been created in CO and a valid cost center is referenced in the FI line item

414. How might goods issue affect management accounting postings? (815)

Goods issue could be posted as an expense in FI and be posted to an associated primary cost element in CO.

Unit 13 -- Management AccountingLesson -- Internal order

415. What is the purpose of an internal order? (840) It is a cost collector. Provides detailed view into costs when these costs cannot be itemized in detail within a cost center. Useful for planning, monitoring and reporting.

416. What are the different types of internal orders? Overhead

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(839) InvestmentAccrualRevenue (SD lite when SD is not being used; for misc revenues))

417. What types of internal orders are usually planned? (839)

Orders with long lifecycles

418. What are the various options for planning of internal orders? (840)

Overall -- gross figure Primary/secondary cost and revenue

planning (when details are available)

Unit costing (when more sophistication is needed)

419. Internal orders must always be real: T/F? (840) F. Can be statistical

420. What is the connection between goods receipts and commitments? (841)

Goods receipts decreases commitments and increases actuals

421. The commitment feature is activated at the level of ______? (841)

Controlling area

422. When can the settlement of an internal order occur? (842)

Periodically or at the end of the orders life, depending on type of order and its business purpose.

Unit 13 -- Management AccountingLesson -- Profit center accounting

423. What are the various ways of setting up profit centers? (854-5)

Products, geographical factors, functions

424. When CO is active, each posting to a revenue or expense account requires a ____ object? (855)

Account assignment

425. A profit center can be an account assignment object: T/F? (855)

F

426. How is controlling linked to profit centers? (855)

The master records of controlling objects contain a profit center field. This is the link to debits and credits posted to those controlling objects.

427. Where does the initial data fore profit center Cost centers, internal orders,

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planning come from? (856) profitability analysis and product cost planning

Unit 13 -- Management AccountingLesson -- Profitability analysis

428. What is a profitability segment? (864) The combination of characteristics and characteristic values. The value fields for this combination provide a view of a segment of the business.

Unit 13 -- Management AccountingLesson -- Product cost accounting

429. What are the elements of product cost accounting? (871-2)

Product cost planningCost object controllingActual costing and material ledger

430. What are the various cost objects? (872) Partial list:

Sales orders, production orders, process orders and production cost collectors

431. What are the various quantity structures used in product cost accounting? (872-3)

BOM, Routing

432. What is included under value structures in PCA? (872-3)

Material prices, Activity pricesProcess pricesOverhead costs

433. What needs to be specified while creating a cost estimate with quantity structure? (873)

Costing variantMaterialPlantLot size

434. Assigning costs to lower level elements in a BOM enables _______? (874)

Cost component rollup

435. What is the effect of marking and releasing a standard cost estimate? (875)

Standard price in material master is updatedInventory is re-valuated

436. What are the pre-requisites for marking and releasing a standard cost estimate? (875)

Should be free of errors (status KA) Marking and release must be

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allowed

437. What needs to be done to change a released standard cost estimate in the same period? (875)

The old one has to be deleted from the database using a special program

438. What setting determines whether the standard or moving average price is used to valuate inventory? (876-7)

Price control setting in material master

Unit 14 -- Business IntelligenceLesson -- Business information warehouse

439. What are the various sources of data that SAP BW can use? (892)

mySAP ERPNon-SAPXMLDatabase

440. The BW system is pre-configured for core areas and functions by ______. (892)

Business content

441. Sap Business Information Warehouse has its own database and SAP system: T/F?

T

442. What are the types of InfoObjects used in BIW? (893)

Characteristics and Key figures

443. What is the relationship between characteristics and key figures? (894)

Characteristics define the affiliations of key figures

444. What are InfoCubes? (895) Central data stores that from the basis for reports and analyses in BW

445. What do InfoCubes contain? (894-5) Key figures and links to its associated characteristics (master data)

446. Generally queries run against how many InfoCubes? (895)

One -- hence InfoCubes should be self-contained

447. In an InfoCube, ____ table contains the key figures. (895)

Fact

448. In an InfoCube, ____ tables contain links to characteristics. (895)

Dimension

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449. How many key figures and dimension tables can one InfoCube contain? (895)

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450. Analogous to folders in an OS are _____ in BW. (895)

InfoAreas

451. What is an InfoProvider? (895-6) Object that we can use to create reports in business Explorer (BEx)

452. What are the kids of InfoProviders supported in BI? (895-6)

Physical data stores and Logical views of physical data stores

Unit 14 -- Business IntelligenceLesson -- Reporting in business warehouse

453. What are the components of business explorer? (899)

BEx Analyzer, Web application, Formatted reporting (using Crystal reports) and mobile intelligence

Unit 15 -- Strategic Enterprise ManagementLesson -- ERP Analysis: Strategic Enterprise Management

454. What are the components of SEM? (924) Strategy ManagementPerformance MeasurementBusiness consolidationBusiness planningStakeholder relationship

455. What does strategy management accomplish? (924)

With Balanced Scorecard, it allows the breakdown of strategic goals into meaningful targets

The individual targets are assigned to views

456. What are the views in Strategy Management? (924)

Financial, Customer, Internal Process, Learning and Growth

457. What is the main tool in Performance Measurement? (924)

Management cockpit

458. Which component of SEM can pass data back to the ERP system? (926-7)

Business Planning System

459. What is the Balanced Scorecard? (928) Management system to model

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strategies, deploy them and measure their execution by linking them to key process indicators

460. What tools does the corporate performance monitor support? (928)

Risk management, Value driver trees, management cockpit, Measure builder

461. What are the components of the management cockpit? (931)

Walls (4 walls)Each wall reflects pre-defined targets and key figures used for measurement(Virtual management cockpit room has 9 walls)

462. What does each wall color stand for? (931) Black -- FinancialRed -- market, customer and competitor analysisBlue -- internal processesWhite -- Strategic projects

463. What are the components of walls(932) Logical views

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