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.

Unit 1 -- ERP basics

Lesson: 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 services
Self service procurement
Internet sales
SEM

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? People integration

(4)
Multi-channle access
Portal
Collaboration
Information integration
BI, KM, MDM
Process integration
Integration broker
BPM
Application 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 ERP
mySAP PLM
mySAP CRM
mySAP SCM
mySAP SRM

Unit 1 -- ERP Basics

Lesson -- 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 Basics

Lesson -- 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 Basics

Lesson -- 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 Netweaver

Lesson -- SAP Netweaver

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 Cycle

Lesson -- 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

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 Cycle

Lesson -- 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 nonconsumable materials? (75)

48.

Name 5 account assignment objects

applicable to consumable materials (76)

49.

What types of materials can be procured for

consumption? (76)

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 Cycle

Lesson -- 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

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 Cycle

Lesson -- 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

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 Cycle

Lesson -- 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)

81.

What flexible analysis features does LIS

support? (136)

Period units
Key figures -- performance values
(e.g., PO value)

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 Planning

Lesson -- 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

proposals
Procurement type -- in-house production
or external procurement
Strategy 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)

89.

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

Yes, in customizing

(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 nonstock 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 Planning

Lesson -- 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 SIS

Transfer from CO/PA
Forecast based on history
Transfer from another product group
Manual

104
.

What are the different options in the planning

table for creating a production plan? (177)

Sync to sales
Target stock level
Target days supply
Inv to zero
Manual 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)

107
.

What options exist for transferring planning

data to demand management? (178)

All data for product group

Single 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

Disaggregate production plan

Disaggregate sales plan and then
derive production plans

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)

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Sales order for finished goods can be

fulfilled quickly since only the final
assembly step needs to be carried out.

112
.

What are the three production planning

strategies? (181)

Made to stock production

Subassembly planning
Made 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)

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 horizon

NETPL -- 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 date

MRP 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.

Total planning for the plant (all

materials) OR
Individual material (single or multilevel)

Unit 5 -- Lifecycle data management

Lesson -- Lifecycle data management
132
.

What are the components of Lifecycle data

management? (223)

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DIPE
Document management
Product structure management
Integration
Engineering change and configuration

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

Replication of product data
system for engineering process in addition to a
production system?

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 originals

Controls process flow
Integrates to ECC through object links
Allows viewing of originals
DMS system allows easy way to handle
documents

140
.

How are original documents made available to By linking document info records to them
other SAP objects? (225)

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)

157
.

What are the components of a change

number?

158
.

What is the general workflow for engineering

changes? (238)

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
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)
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 execution

Lesson -- Organization levels and master III
159

What different types of production does SAP

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Order controlled production with

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)

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 execution

Lesson -- Manufacturing execution -- discrete
173
.

Which of the following steps cannot be

automated in production order processing
(select all that apply)? (279-80)

a, b and e

a)Order creation, b)machine reservation, c)

order release, d)material withdrawal posting,
e)WIP determination
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 BOM

With routing
With routing and BOM
From 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 reservation
b)Material document is created
c)Planned order is deleted
d)Determination of actual costs
181
.

Which of the following activities is part of

order-related confirmation? (285)

a) Time event confirmation

b) Progress confirmation
c) Milestone confirmation
d) None of the above
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 FI only -- for WIP balances
order settlement? (288)
Both FI and CO -- for variances

Unit 7 -- Inventory and warehouse management

Lesson -- 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)

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)

Unit 7 -- Inventory and warehouse management

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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

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 management

Lesson -- Physical inventory procedures
205
.

Why is physical inventory performed? (350)

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Correction of incorrect stock

quantities
Determination of current assets for

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 block
Book inventory can be frozen by setting
the Freeze Book Inventory indicator in
the Pi document.

209
.

What options exist for physical inventory

procedures? (358)

210
.

In cycle counting with ABC analysis, what

options exist for performing the ABC
analysis? (361)

Enter count without physical

inventory document
Enter count and post difference IPI
doc exists)
Enter count without PI document and
post differences

Consumption analysis
Requirements analysis

Unit 8 -- Sales order management

Lesson -- 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 Yes

organization? (380)

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 to
Ship to
Bill to
Payer

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 management

Lesson -- Order to cash business process
223
.

What are the steps in the order to cash

process? (404)

Pre-sales activities
Sales order processing
Inventory sourcing
Shipping
Billing
Payment 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 Yes

order? (408)

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 cash
Credit 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 management

Lesson -- 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 Service

Lesson -- Enterprise Asset Management and Customer Service Organization Structures
247. What are the organization levels in EAM/CS?
(463)

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Client
Company code,

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)

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)

252. What are the organization levels in service

provision? (468)

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.

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

Plant, planning plant, planner groups,

work centers, employees

Unit 9 -- Enterprise Asset Management and Customer Service

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

Functional locations -- places

Serial 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 Service

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

Notification -- what?, where?

Planning -- Work, material, tools
Scheduling -- Release, availability chk
Execution -- material usage plnd/unplnd
Completion -- 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)

Equipment
Functional Location
BOM
Serial 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)

266. What is the structure of a maintenance order?

(493)

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
Order header
Object list
Operation
o Material lists
o 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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 Value category level

(cost elements are assigned to value
categories in customizing)

be performed for a maint order? (497)

273. What subsequent activities does order release

enable? (497)

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 unlocked
Deletion flag can be set
Post costs to order

281. An order cannot receive costs after TECO;

T/F? (502)

282. What activities take place automatically after

TECO? (502)

283. What date determines location and account

assignment data for an order? (502)

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Reservation becomes effective

Printing of papers
Confirmation becomes possible
Goods movements become possible

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

Date of order creation (not date entered

during TECO)

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 Service

Lesson -- Reporting and analysis
288. What reports are available? (520)

Maintenance history
Completed notifications and orders
Historical orders
Material usage

Unit 9 -- Enterprise Asset Management and Customer Service

Lesson -- Service order process
289. What are the components of a service order?
(528)

Order header
Operations and sub operations
Components (materials) and PRT
Cost overview
Partner overview
Object list including notifications

290. What are the ways in which a service order

may be created? (530)

Direct
From service notification
From several notifications

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Generate from sales order item

Automatically from maintenance item
291. Which service orders are non-revenue bearing?
(531)

With assignments to a sales order item

Return 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 Put in process allows papers to be
and release for a service order? (534)
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 management

Lesson -- 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 management

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

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 processing
External processing
Services (externally procured)
Cost activities
(Where is this specified?)

Unit 10 -- Program and project management

Lesson -- 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 services
Acceptance of services

309. What are the steps in an externally processed

activity? (582)

Purchase requisition
Bid invitation
Quotation entry
Vendor selection
Po processing
PO monitoring
Goods receipt
Invoice verification

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310. What are the advantages of cost planning

through activities? (584)

Can be copied to other projects

Plans shift along with activities

311. What is the difference between header-assigned Header assigned -- relevant for sales
network orders and activity assigned networks? orders
(586)
Unit 10 -- Program and project management
Lesson -- 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 management

Lesson -- 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 management

Lesson -- 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 object
Multi-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 management
Lesson -- Information system
317. Structure information systems only allows us to
view information: T/F? (615)

F. Also allows changes

318.
Unit 11 -- Human Capital Management
Lesson -- 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 code
Personnel 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)

322. What are the main functions of personnel sub

areas? (630)

Allows to set default values for data

entry
Selection criterion for reporting
Unit in authorization checks

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)

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Defining payroll procedures

Wage types

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 Management

Lesson -- Employee records
330. What are infotypes? (642)

Logical groupings of data fields

They have names and 4 digit keys

331. What are the different ways of processing

infotype records? (643)

332. What is a personnel file?

Single screen (individual infotype)

Personnel actions -- 1 person many
actions
Fast entry -- 1 action, many persons

Lists all infotypes for which records

have been created for a personnel
number

Unit 11 -- Human Capital Management

Lesson -- HCM processes
333. What processes does HCM comprise? (655656)

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Recruitment
Hiring

Training and personnel development

Managing work time
Compensation and benefits
Payroll administration
Travel planning
Personnel cost planning and reporting
Employee 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 use
Default 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)

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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Create account assignment

Record times
Release times
Approve times
Transfer data to follow-on processes

component support? (671)

Insurance
Savings
Stock purchase
Credit
Misc

342.
Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial Accounting
Lesson -- Tasks in financial accounting
343. What are the main tasks in financial
accounting? (699)

Recording of monetary and value flows

Evaluation 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

FA -- legal purposes
accounting and management accounting? (701) MA -- Internal management information
Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial Accounting
Lesson -- 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

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All company codes allocated and the

controlling area should have the same

area? (706)

chart of accounts and fiscal year

Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial Accounting

Lesson -- GL accounting
351. What are the types of GL accounts? (712)

Balance sheet
Profit and loss

352. It is possible to define an unlimited number of

charts of accounts in an SAP system: T/F?
(713)

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 segment

Company 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)

361. Which feature allows a single invoice to be

posted to multiple segments? (718)

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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

On line document splitting

362. What does the posting key specify? (723)

Account type
Debit or credit
Field status of additional data

Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial Accounting

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

Client
Company code
Purchasing organization

364. Explain the account posting during a goods

receipt into warehouse and subsequent
activities against a PO. (735)

365. What is the purpose of a GR/IR account? (735)

Goods Receipt -- Debit stock, credit

GR/IR
Invoice receipt -- debit GR/IR,
credit vendor
Pay vendor -- debit vendor, credit
cash

It is a clearing account used to ensure

that goods are received for each invoice
and vice versa

366.
Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial Accounting
Lesson -- 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 revenue
Debit customer

374. What are the accounting postings of an

incoming payment? (754)

Credit customer
Debit bank account

Unit 12 -- ERP Financials -- Financial Accounting

Lesson -- 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 Different
balance sheet have to be assigned to _______
asset classes. (764)
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 order

Vendor, but without PO
Via 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 After depreciation posting run
and in the G/L? (768)
Unit 13 -- Management Accounting
Lesson -- Overview of management accounting

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384. What are the basic components of management

accounting? (792)

Cost element accounting

Overhead cost controlling
Product cost accounting
Profitability analysis
Profit 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 Accounting

Lesson -- 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 Accounting

Lesson -- 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 affected
Cost element used
Amount

408. When a primary cost is initially posted to

One sided
management accounting, it is treated as a _____
journal entry. (812)
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 Credited, Debited
is ____ and the receiving cost objects are
_____. (816)
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 Accounting

Lesson -- 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)

Investment
Accrual
Revenue (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 Accounting

Lesson -- 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)

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 Accounting

Lesson -- 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 Accounting

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

Product cost planning

Cost object controlling
Actual 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 prices

Process prices
Overhead costs

433. What needs to be specified while creating a

cost estimate with quantity structure? (873)

Costing variant
Material
Plant
Lot 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

updated
Inventory is re-valuated

436. What are the pre-requisites for marking and

releasing a standard cost estimate? (875)

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Should be free of errors (status KA)

Marking and release must be

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 Intelligence

Lesson -- Business information warehouse
439. What are the various sources of data that SAP
BW can use? (892)

mySAP ERP
Non-SAP
XML
Database

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?

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 selfcontained

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 Intelligence

Lesson -- 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 Management

Lesson -- ERP Analysis: Strategic Enterprise Management
454. What are the components of SEM? (924)

Strategy Management
Performance Measurement
Business consolidation
Business planning
Stakeholder 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 -- Financial
Red -- market, customer and competitor
analysis
Blue -- internal processes
White -- Strategic projects

463. What are the components of walls(932)

Logical views

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