2013-01TD14 Live Exam Detailed Objectives v 1.7

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2 | P a g e Teradata 14 Certification Exam Objectives (v. 1.7) November 2013

o Load/Unload, query tools, Teradata Analyst Pack, dualsystems (Unity Ecosystem Manager, Unity Director,Unity Data Mover), ARC

Workload Managemento response time, throughput, tactical, strategic, row vs.

set processing, workload management tools (TASM,TDWM, Priority Scheduler)

Security and Privacyo LDAP, single sign-on, passwords, views, macros, UDFs,

row level security

TE0-142 Teradata 14 SQL

Basic Teradata Extensions Data Definition Language (DDL) (Non-Temporal) Data Manipulation Language (DML) (Non-temporal) Views and Macros (Non-temporal) Logical and Conditional Expressions Data Conversions and Computations CASE Expressions Subqueries and Correlated Subqueries Joins (Non-temporal) Attribute and String Functions Set Operations Analytical Functions Time/Date/Timestamp/Intervals (ANSI vs. Teradata) (Non-

temporal) Aggregations SQL Optimization Concepts Temporal Concepts


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TE0-143 Teradata 14 Physical Design and Implementation

Physical Database Design Overviewo extending the logical data model, denormalization,

primary index choices, derived data, databasehierarchy (databases and users)

Table Attributeso Set tables, Multi-set tables, Queue tables, temporary

tables, ALTER TABLE, CREATE TABLE, table-leveloptions

Column Attributeso data types, Referential Integrity, UNICODE

Statisticso multi-column statistics, SAMPLE statistics, SUMMARY

statistics, MAXINTERVAL, ROLLUP, tables and viewsused for statistics collection

Primary Indexeso UPI, NUPI, NoPI

Table Partitioningo PPI, MLPPI, Character PPI, NO RANGE, Column

Partitioning, ALTER TABLE TO CURRENT Compression

o Multi-value Compression, Block Level Compression,Algorithmic Compression, temperature-based BlockLevel Compression, column partitioning (compressoptions)

Secondary Indexeso USI, NUSI

Other Index Typeso STJI, AJI, Multi-table join indexes, other join indexes

(compressed, non-compressed, covering) Physical Database Operations


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Attribute and String Functions,Time/Date/Timestamp/Intervals (ANSI vs. TERADATA) (Non-temporal), Temporal Concepts

Physical Database Design Overview, Physical DatabaseOperations, Teradata Query Analysis

Table Attributes, Column Attributes Statistics Primary Indexes, Secondary Indexes Table Partitioning Compression Temporal Design Considerations

*TE0-14B is eligibility based. Only candidates in good standing holding a Teradata 12Technical Specialist Certification or more advanced certification levels are eligible to takethis exam.

TE0-144 Teradata 14 Database Administration

System Software Setup and Parameterso ctl/xctl, DBSControl, DIP, Reconfiguration

User and Security Management

o access rights, profiles, roles, row-level security, userauthentication, views

Session Managemento identify and resolve session management, response

time, and throughput problems, includingauthentication time; identify users in shared useridsituations and use of trusted sessions

Load and Extracto load utilities, Teradata Parallel Transporter, utility

limits, recovery procedures for load utility failures System Administration Tools

o tools and resources used for performance, monitoring,management and maintenance (E.g., Access Logging,


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Data Dictionary, DBQL, Ferret, Locking Logger,Recovery Manager, ResUsage, Show Locks, SQL hashfunctions, Teradata Administrator, Teradata IndexWizard, Teradata Multi-System Manager (TMSM),Teradata Statistics Wizard, Teradata System EmulationTool, Teradata Visual Explain, Viewpoint)

System Workload Analysis and Managemento "Account String Expansion (ASE), AMPUsage, AWTs,

bottlenecks, DBQL, Priority Scheduler, ResUsage,Viewpoint Workload Designer (SLES 11 ), workloadmanagement (SLES 11)

Performance Optimizationo causes of poor performance, techniques to improve

performance, effects of Rollback, use of DBQL, ahistorical operational repository from Dictionary tables,and levels and types of statistics collection

Capacity Management and Planningo inputs needed for planning, calculating space

requirements, diagnosing capacity shortfalls, adding

compression Business Continuityo archive/restore/recover (including partitions), copy,

data protection, Online Archive, online reconfiguration Object Maintenance

o altering tables, partition maintenance, storedprocedures, table functions, triggers, user definedfunctions and types

TE0-145 Teradata 14 Solutions Development

Solution development processo Data integration and access, performance analysis

tools, and data model characteristics


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Solution development considerations:o Active data warehouse and BI environments, row and

set manipulation, data integration performance,partitioning, security and privacy tools and features.

Transaction Processing and Lock Managemento Deadlocks, utility locks, explicit and implicit

transactions, transaction mode. Solution development planning process

o Capacity, security, and database object planning,analyzing solution performance metrics

Advanced SQL Conceptso Triggers, temporary tables, date and time

manipulation, join processing, NULL processing,recursive queries, stored procedures, OLAP.

Data integration strategieso export options, load strategies, referential integrity,

locking, set and multi-set tables, TPT, TPump, BTEQ,MultiLoad.

Access Layer and Data Delivery Strategieso

Impact of application requirements on data accessstrategy, relationship between data integration optionsand data access performance, partitioning,

Solution optimizationo performance improvement, statistics collection,

secondary and join indexes, partitioning, understandingEXPLAINs, and Load utility performance.

TE0-146 Teradata 14 Enterprise Architecture

General Conceptso the analytic architecture framework, workload

management, operational and capacity considerations,


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creating a representative test environment, methodsfor archiving and deleting excessive and obsolete data

System Planning and Space Managemento identifying methods for developing system sizing

estimates, determining appropriate hardwareconfiguration, planning system and applicationavailability characteristics, describing the features andfunctions of TVS

Optimizationo balancing and reserving system resources, establishing

a query management and workload policy, determiningimprovement options for slow-running queries,determining the tools necessary for performanceevaluation, optimizing an application database

Data Integration (Data Source to Database Target)o utilize the most efficient data integration strategy,

evolve the logical data model to the physical datamodel, client software and connectivity protocols,consider application requirements such as Referential

Integrity to integration strategies, identify the impactto data integration during a system restart Data Protection

o data protection and availability options, considerationsfor controlling user access, methods to meet privacyrequirements and user access auditing requirements,backup and recovery approaches

Data Governanceo purpose and benefits of master data management and

metadata capture on a growing data warehouse Information Delivery Strategies

o using in-database analytics, ROLAP technology, orexternal cube technology, exporting data from a


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Teradata environment, migrating applications from anEDW to another Teradata system, designing for a datamart or ad hoc environment, developing optimizedaccess and semantic layers

TEB-147 Teradata 14 Comprehensive Mastery

Workload Managemento TASM system and workload level events; utility session

usage; workloads, exception rules, throttles; SLES 11Priority Scheduler; workload management on SLES 11;

AWT exhaustion Performance Management and Query Optimization

o evaluating query performance and implementingperformance optimizations , including use of statisticscollection, DBQL, indexes (PI, SI, JI, AJI, PPI, etc.)

Database Designo use of columnar, partitioning (PPI and MLPPI), and

temporal. Configuration/Space Management and Capacity Planning

o estimating resource requirements for an application;usage and monitoring of compression; managingsystem capacity

Data Management and Integrationo optimizing data load strategies; identifying areas for

data integrity improvements; improving single-systemavailability; routing queries and synchronizing data in amulti-system environment


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