CA Release Automation 5.x Implementation Proven Professional Exam (CAT-600) Study Guide Version 1.1

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1 Exam (CAT-600) Study Guide Version 1.1

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5 Areas of Study Best Praties Experiene support.a.om awiki.a.om Prior Knowledge ommunities.a.om CA Release Automation Courses: 88RLA10240 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Overview RLA10260 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design Conepts RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design RLA10250 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Deployment Conepts RLA20130 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Deployment Fundamentals RLA20090 CA Release Automation 5.5 Installation and Configuration RLA30020 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: System Administration RLA20140 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Rollbak Plans RLA20150 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Configuration Management with Chef RLA20220 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Configuration Management with Puppet RLA20050 CA Release Automation Rapid Development Kit 1.0 Green Books and Green Papers Use Cases & Senarios CA Teh Insider Pratial Appliation of Course Conepts Searh the CA Eduation Portal for latest ourses, as they may not have been available at the time of this doument posting: Partners & Customers look here: Employees look here: For doumentation, Communities, and more visit: Register for the exam here:

6 Exam objetives as they map to related ourseware and the body of knowledge, inluding perentage of exam devoted to topis. Related Content Exam Fous Understanding CA Release Automation 88RLA10240 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Overview 100 Desribe CA Release Automation Desribe the Purpose of CA Release Automation Doumentation and Field Experiene Appliation Planning Understanding Appliation Design 88RLA10260 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design Conepts 100 Desribe Appliation Design Identify the Artifats Being Deployed (What) Desribe the Deployment Proess (How) Identify Deployment Environments (Where) Identify IT Proesses and Tehnologies Creating an Appliation 88RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design 200 Create an Appliation Create an Appliation Doumentation and Field Experiene Manage System Agent Groups Creating an Ation 88RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design 200 Create an Ation Create an Ation That Will be Part of an Appliation Creating Parameters 88RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design 200 Create Parameters Parameterize the Input or Output Properties in Ations Creating Flows 88RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design 200 Create Flows Create Flows Defining Appliation Proesses 88RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design 200 Define Appliation Proesses Create Proesses and Identify Arhitetures and Server Types Generate Manifest from a Created Proess Creating and Managing Shared Components 88RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design 200 Create and Manage Shared Components Create and Manage Shared Components 10.0% 3.75% 5%

7 Related Content Exam Fous Creating Arrays and Loops 88RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design 200 Create Arrays and Loops Create Arrays and Loops Transferring Files 88RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design 200 Doumentation and Field Experiene Transfer Files Transfer Files Defining Artifats for Appliation Design 88RLA20120 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Appliation Design 200 Define Artifats for Appliation Design Define Artifats for Appliation Design Understanding Appliation Deployment 88RLA10250 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Deployment Conepts 100 Desribe Appliation Deployment Identify types of deployments Identify deployment projets Desribe deployments Identify requirements for management reporting Doumentation and Field Experiene Desribe deployments Preparing for Deployment 88RLA20130 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Deployment Fundamentals 200 Prepare for Deployment Configure Environment Parameters Manage Artifats for Deployment Configure Tokens Doumentation and Field Experiene Manage Artifats for Deployment Creating Deployment Plans 88RLA20130 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Deployment Fundamentals 200 Create Deployment Plans Deployment Templates Deployment Plans Managing a Deployment 88RLA20130 OnDemand CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Deployment Fundamentals 200 Manage a Deployment Create a Deployment Run a Deployment 3.75% 8.75% 6.25% 5% 5%

8 Related Content Exam Fous Installing CA Release Automation 88RLA20090 CA Release Automation 5.5: Installation and Configuration 200 Identifying Installation Prerequisites Identify Installation Prerequisites Install CA Release Automation Install CA Release Automation Desribe Log Files Desribe Log Files Understanding CA Release Automation Arhiteture Troubleshooting CA Release Automation Core Components Troubleshooting CA Release Automation Using Log Files 88RLA30020 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: System Administration 300 Desribe CA Release Automation Arhiteture Desribe CA Release Automation Arhiteture 88RLA30020 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: System Administration 300 Troubleshoot CA Release Automation Core Components Troubleshoot CA Release Automation Core Components 88RLA30020 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: System Administration 300 Troubleshoot CA Release Automation Using Log Files Troubleshoot CA Release Automation Using Log Files Troubleshooting REST API 88RLA30020 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: System Administration 300 Troubleshoot REST API Troubleshoot REST API Defining Rollbak Plans 88RLA20140 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Rollbak Plans 200 Doumentation and Field Experiene Define Rollbak Plans Define Rollbak Plans Defining the Configuration Management Platform 88RLA20150 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Configuration Management with Chef 200 Doumentation and Field Experiene Define the Configuration Management Platform Define the Configuration Management Platform 88RLA20220 CA Release Automation 5.5.x: Configuration Management with Puppet 200 Configure Integration between CA Release Automation and Puppet Integration Options for Puppet Manage a Release with Puppet Run a deployment Understanding the Rapid Development Kit 88RAL20050 CA Release Automation Rapid Development Kit 1.0 Desribe the Rapid Development Kit Desribe the Rapid Development Kit 11.25% 5.0% 5.0% 3.75%

9 Sample Certifiation These sample questions are very similar to the questions in the atual exam. Some questions may inlude several orret options. Questions Options Question 1 To exeute a proess against a speifi group of omputers, the proess designer must assign the proess to: A. a projet. B. an environment. C. an artifat pakage. D. a deployment template. Question 2 Whih features haraterize tokens? (Choose three) A. They have limited interation with artifats. B. They provide the flexibility to replae file ontents. C. They are lassified as either publi or private token types. D. They help you to redue the number of errors at deployment time. E. They enable you to provide different values for parameters within onfiguration files, based on the environment. Question 3 Ations in CA Release Automation: A. have properties and need programming. B. are operations that require installation and oding. C. are agnosti of operating system, files systems, and middleware. D. are funtions reated in Release Operations Center that are passed to Automation Studio. Question 4 In CA Release Automation, links an onnet an ation or flow with another ation or flow aross server types. Whih statement about suh links is TRUE? A. They will always have a Speifi, All, or First link type. B. They annot ombine On Passed and On Failed onditions but an ombine other onditions. C. They an only have one ondition defined, whih will be On Passed, On Failed, or On Caneled. D. If they have no onditions, the next ation will always be exeuted after the previous one is omplete. Question 5 To maintain previous versions of your proesses: A. use proess tags to identify the different revisions. B. shedule an inremental database bakup eah day. C. always reate a bakup of your urrent proess before you publish it. D. export your workspae to a separate.dat file eah time you publish your proess.

10 Questions Question 6 To extrat multiple values from an XML file: Question 7 When you reate a new deployment plan, you an: (Choose two) Question 8 In Release Operations Center, what provides a entralized view of metris and other relevant data? Question 9 You have hanged the password for the user that CA Release Automation uses to aess the database. Whih files should you now update on the Management Server? (Choose two) Question 10 Where in the deployment would you verify that the environment onfiguration ompleted suessfully? Question 11 To enable an agent to exeute two proesses simultaneously, what do you need to do? Question 12 To troubleshoot data management issues, whih log should you hek? Options A. use an XML loop. B. use "Find text in file". C. use "extrat text using regex". D. use "Exeute Multiple Queries Using XPath". A. selet an appliation. B. load a manifest XML file. C. attah an artifat pakage. D. add one or more ation paks. A. Templates B. Dashboard C. Report View D. Environments A. ontext.xml B. server.xml C. distributed.properties D. nodemanager.properties A. Summary step B. Deployment step C. Pre-Deployment step D. Post-Deployment step A. Remove the exlusive exeution dependeny. B. Create a dependeny between two server types. C. Nothing, beause an agent an do this by default. D. Clear the Requires exlusive exeution hek box for the assoiated server types. A. nimi.log B. exeution.log C. nolio_dm_all.log D. nolio_exe_all.log

11 Questions Question 13 Whih CA Release Automation omponent ommuniates with a database? Question 14 Your Release Operations Center sessions are timing out sporadially. To address this issue, whih step should you perform? Question 15 Instead of developing a ustom ation pak using the Rapid Development Kit (RDK), a ustomer asks you if it is possible to use ation paks that others might have already developed. What should you say in response? Question 16 Where must you install an agent for diret integration between CA Release Automation and Puppet? Options A. Agent B. Repository C. Exeution Server D. Management Server A. Run the sessions sript. B. Restart the Management Server. C. Modify server.xml to extend the session timeout. D. Log out of Release Operations Center and log in again. A. You an only use ation paks developed using the RDK liensed to you. B. Chek for open soure RDK-developed ation paks, whih are now available on GitHub. C. You an now searh an extensive library of open soure RDK-developed ation paks diretly from the CA Release Automation wiki. D. Beause the RDK requires extensive knowledge of Java programming and CA Release Automation, it is best to avoid any open soure ation paks, whih might ause issues. A. On the Puppet onsole and target Puppet nodes B. On the Puppet database and the Puppet onsole C. On the Puppet Master server and the Puppet onsole D. On the Puppet Master server and target Puppet nodes

12 Answers Question 1 = B Question 2 = B, D, and E Question 3 = C Question 4 = B Question 5 = A Question 6 = D Question 7 = B and C Question 8 = B Question 9 = A and C Question 10 = C Question 11 = A Question 12 = C Question 13 = D Question 14 = C Question 15 = B Question 16 = D