CA Spectrum r9.

x Professional Exam
(CAT-080)
Study Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents .............................................................................................iii
1 Exam Information ....................................................................................... 1
2 Areas for Study ........................................................................................... 2
3 Sample Certification Exam Questions .......................................................... 5

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1 Exam Information
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2 Areas for Study

Information from a variety of sources can represent the body of knowledge covered by the exam.

Figure 1. Learning path and body of knowledge

support.ca.com
communities.ca.com
Best Practices

Use Cases & Scenarios

Practical Application of
Course Concepts

cawiki.ca.com
Prior Knowledge

CA Tech Insider
Green Books
Green Papers

CA Spectrum r9.3 Courses:

44SPC20201 Foundations 200
44SPC30011 Optimization and Customization 300

Experience

Search the CA Education Portal for courses covering the latest product releases, as they may not have been
available at the time of this document posting:
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Visit Communities at CA for documentation and more: https://support.ca.com
Register for the exam here: www.webassessor.com/catechnologies/index.html

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Table 1
Exam objectives as they map to related courseware and the body of knowledge, including percentage of exam
devoted to topics.

Exam
Focus

Exam Objectives

Related Content

Understanding CA Spectrum

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201)

Describe CA Spectrum

4%

Modeling the Network with

CA Spectrum Discovery

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201)

Model the Network with CA Spectrum Discovery

4%

Modeling Networks

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201)

Model Networks

4%

Navigating OneClick

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201)

Navigate OneClick

4%

Manipulating Models

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201)

Manipulate Models

2%

Configuring User Security

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience

Configure User Security

2%

Managing CA Spectrum
Databases

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201)

Manage CA Spectrum Databases

4%

Investigating Fault Isolation

and Alarm Notification

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201)

Investigate Fault Isolation and Alarm Notification

2%

Establishing a Distributed
SpectroSERVER Environment

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201)

Establish a Distributed SpectroSERVER Environment

8%

Creating a Fault-tolerant
Environment

CA Spectrum r9.3: Foundations 200 (44SPC20201)

Create a Fault-tolerant Environment

4%

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience

Customizing OneClick Menus

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Customize OneClick Menus

4%

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience

Extending Enhanced Device
Certifications

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Extend Enhanced Device Certifications

2%

Creating CA Spectrum
Attributes from MIB Objects

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Create CA Spectrum Attributes from MIB Objects

6%

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Exam
Focus

Exam Objectives

Related Content

Configuring CA Spectrum
Trap Handling

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Configure CA Spectrum Trap Handling

12%

Customizing Network and

Systems Monitoring

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Customize Network and Systems Monitoring

4%

Customizing Subviews

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Customize Subviews

8%

Customizing Tables

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Customize Tables

4%

Customizing Privileges

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Customize Privileges

4%

Implementing Management
Policies

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Implement Management Policies

4%

Customizing OneClick
Branding

CA Spectrum r9.3: Optimization and Customization 300 (44SPC30011)

Customize OneClick Branding

2%

Understanding Network
Configuration Manager

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience

Describe Network Configuration Manager

4%

Troubleshooting CA
Spectrum

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience

Troubleshoot CA Spectrum

2%

Configuring Southbound
Gateway

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience

Configure Southbound Gateway

2%

Understanding Secure
Domain Manager

Documentation at support.ca.com, Field Experience

Describe Secure Domain Manager

4%

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3 Sample Certification Exam Questions

These sample questions are very similar to the questions in the actual exam. Some questions may include several
correct options.

Question 1
When planning a fault-tolerant deployment of CA Spectrum, which factor should you consider?
A. Archive Manager is, and always has been, fully fault tolerant.
B. Your goal is to ensure continuous monitoring of the network, not to create a full copy of CA Spectrum.
C. The fault-tolerant secondary SpectroSERVER can be left running indefinitely without any negative
consequences.
D. The fault-tolerant secondary SpectroSERVER has exactly the same functionality as the primary SpectroSERVER.

Question 2
Which file can you use to configure Archive Manager?
A. .locrc
B. .vnmrc
C. .configrc
D. .archmgrrc

Question 3
Which statement about trap-based modeling is FALSE?
A. Unmanaged trap handling is configured from the SpectroSERVER Control subview.
B. CA Spectrum discovers and models the source of a trap based on the subnet mask of the device.
C. By default, all models created using Trap Based Continuous Discovery are placed in the New Device Container.
D. When a SpectroSERVER receives an unmanaged trap, it asserts an event on the Virtual Network Machine (VNM)
model indicating that an unmanaged trap was received.

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Question 4
You installed CA Spectrum Alarm Notification Manager (SANM) on a SpectroSERVER. Where can you access SANM?
A. User tab
B. Locater tab
C. Navigation tab
D. Information tab

Question 5
You are defining a new device model type in a distributed SpectroSERVER environment. Where must the new
model type be created?
A. On the OneClick Server
B. On the SpectroSERVER acting as the Main Location Server (MLS)
C. On all SpectroSERVERs in the distributed SpectroSERVER environment
D. On any SpectroSERVER in the distributed SpectroSERVER environment

Question 6
What are the benefits of using user groups and roles to manage user accounts? (Choose two)
A. They enable you to synchronize all user groups to the same access level simultaneously.
B. They enable you to administer multiple users simultaneously, based on geographic area, function, or
department.
C. They enable you to implement more in-depth granular access control to models and views than security
communities provide.
D. They enable you to group users into a hierarchical structure that coincides with your organization's current
security conventions.

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Question 7
You need to make sure that the SpectroSERVER database is backed up before you shut it down. Which method
should you use?
A. Run the SSdbsave -cm command.
B. Select the Backup option in the Modeling Gateway.
C. Perform an online backup from the CA Spectrum Control Panel.
D. Manually copy all the .SSdb files from the <$SPECROOT>/SS directory.

Question 8
You need to configure the Distributed Data Manager (DDM) database for weekly automated backups. Which steps
should you perform? (Choose two)
A. Edit the .vnmrc file.
B. Configure the Virtual Network Machine (VNM) to run scheduled backups.
C. Make configuration changes to the post_olb_script script in the custom directory.
D. Write a custom CA Spectrum CLI script in the $SPECROOT/custom/scripts folder on the OneClick Web Server.

Question 9
Which module filters alarms before they are passed to AlarmNotifier?
A. Attention!
B. Policy Manager
C. SpectroSERVER
D. CA Spectrum Alarm Notification Manager (SANM)

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Question 10
When you deploy CA Spectrum in a distributed environment, which factor should you consider?
A. Each SpectroSERVER must be running on the same operating system version.
B. Each SpectroSERVER must be on the same subnet so that they can communicate with each other.
C. Each landscape must contain an identical modeling catalog, containing the model types and their relations.
D. The etc_hosts and the .hostrc file on each SpectroSERVER must contain references to all other SpectroSERVERs
using fully qualified domain names (FQDNs).

Question 11
In a distributed CA Spectrum environment, what is the PRIMARY reason for designating a model as a proxy model?
A. To increase the total model count in CA Spectrum
B. To completely disable event and alarm creation for the proxy model
C. To optimize the efficiency of the distributed SpectroSERVER environment
D. To enable the proxy model to participate in fault isolation on the landscape on which it was modeled as a proxy

Question 12
In a fault-tolerant environment, SpectroSERVER alarm synchronization between a primary and secondary
SpectroSERVER occurs in warm standby mode using:
A. SNMP.
B. Web Services.
C. Global Alarm Service (GAS).
D. SpectroSERVER Application Programming Interface (SSAPI).

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Question 13
Which statements about SpectroSERVER failover scenarios and standby modes are TRUE? (Choose two)
A. In cold standby mode, the secondary SpectroSERVER is not running and must be started when the primary
SpectroSERVER fails.
B. In the OneClick Navigation and Content panes, a switch to the secondary SpectroSERVER is indicated by the
yellow border in the interface.
C. In hot standby mode, the secondary SpectroSERVER is actively polling and is available to take over when the
primary SpectroSERVER fails.
D. To configure a secondary SpectroSERVER for warm standby, you need to add the following line to the .vnmrc
file:
is_secondary = TRUE

Question 14
When configuring a redundant OneClick environment, you can (Choose two):
A. enable fault tolerance between the OneClick servers.
B. install multiple instances of OneClick on a single server.
C. install multiple OneClick servers and provide a list of URLs to all the users.
D. configure multiple OneClick servers behind a load balancer using the Primary/Secondary method.

Question 15
When you are modifying a OneClick menu that has already been customized, you should:
A. edit the menu definition with the same name as the target menu.
B. add a menu item definition with a name that is different to the target menu item name.
C. open the existing custom-menu-config.xml file in the custom folder, edit the file, then cut and paste this file to
the default location.
D. copy the custom-menu-config.xml file from the default location and overwrite the custom-menu-config.xml file
in the custom folder.

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Question 16
What can you conclude from the following custom event trap mapping configuration?
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.5 0x180000 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1.5.1.3(1,2)\
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.13.1.5.1.2(4,0)
A. The Specific Trap Identifier for this configuration is 6.
B. The first trap variable binding value is assigned to both event variables 1 and 2.
C. The first and second trap variable bindings are assigned to event variables 1 and 4 respectively.
D. 0x180000 is the event cause code of the alarm that is generated when the trap is received by the
SpectroSERVER.

Question 17
Which file contains CA Spectrum event processing rules?
A. AlertMap
B. CsVendor
C. EventDisp
D. Event_Rules.xml

Question 18
The Management Information Base (MIB) objects that are read to calculate the source of CPU and memory
utilization can be customized for an individual device model or set as the default for a given model type. Attribute
redirection is the process of using well-known attributes as a pointer, or redirector, to proprietary attributes.
When you use attribute redirection, which factor should you consider?
A. If the MIB object containing the data is a list object, attribute redirection cannot be configured as the source for
the CPU and memory utilization.
B. The device model will not need to be configured after configuring attribute redirection because CA Spectrum
will detect the changes automatically.
C. Generally, when CA Spectrum needs to identify sources for CPU and memory utilization, it first uses CA
proprietary intelligence, followed by attribute redirection and standard intelligence, in that order.
D. Attribute redirection can be configured as the source for CPU utilization by modifying the NRM_CPUUtilAttr and
NRM_CPUModelTypeToRead device model attributes to refer to an appropriate MIB object.

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Question 19
Using the Policy Manager utility in the OneClick Console, the rule settings are applied to a:
A. Landscape.
B. Model Type.
C. Global Collection.
D. Network Container.

Question 20
Your customer wants to add a custom Splash screen to their existing CA Spectrum OneClick environment. To
accomplish this, you will need to copy a file from its original location and modify it under the custom directories.
Which file should you copy?
A. custom-app-config.xml
B. custom-menu-config.xml
C. custom-oneclick-config.xml
D. custom-branding-config.xml

Question 21
Which CA Business Intelligence (CABI) web-based interface is used to generate reports for CA Spectrum?
A. Xcelsius
B. InfoView
C. Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
D. BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation

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Question 22
Which component must be running before you can start other CA Business Intelligence (CABI) components?
A. Cache server
B. Report processing server
C. Server Intelligence Agent (SIA)
D. Central Management Server (CMS)

Question 23
You need to merge new content into the running configurations of a device. Which task should you use?
A. Synch task
B. Reload task
C. Upload task
D. Global Synchronization task

Question 24
You add the following line to a .vnmrc file:
event_disp_error_file=<file name>
What does this line enable you to troubleshoot?
A. EventDisp syntax errors
B. SpectroSERVER display events
C. SpectroSERVER runtime errors
D. OneClick custom display errors

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Question 25
To isolate a problem, you need to enable CA Spectrum debug mode on a OneClick Server. To do this, which step
will you need to perform?
A. At a bash shell, type debug=true.
B. In the OneClick Console, on the Help menu, click Debug Console.
C. In OneClick, select the Virtual Network Manager (VNM) model and enable Dynamic Debugging.
D. On the OneClick Home page, click Administration > Debugging > Web Server Debug Page (Runtime).

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Answers
Question 1 = B
Question 2 = C
Question 3 = B
Question 4 = B
Question 5 = B
Question 6 = B and D
Question 7 = C
Question 8 = B and C
Question 9 = D
Question 10 = C
Question 11 = D
Question 12 = C
Question 13 = A and B
Question 14 = C and D
Question 15 = A
Question 16 = C
Question 17 = C
Question 18 = D
Question 19 = C
Question 20 = D
Question 21 = B
Question 22 = C
Question 23 = C
Question 24 = A
Question 25 = D

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