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Informatica Online Test

The Informatica test evaluates a candidate's ability to use PowerCenter for ETL. It assesses ability to execute data synchronization/ replication tasks, design data transformations, manage source/ target definitions and data wrangling by applying filter, join, aggregate, categorize, merge, and expression logic without writing SQL.

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Test duration:  ~ 35 mins
Difficulty level:  Moderate
Availability:  Available as custom test
Questions:
  • 7 PowerCenter MCQs
  • 3 SQL MCQs
  • 3 ETL MCQs
  • 3 Data Warehouse MCQs
Covered skills:
Data warehousing
Extract Transform Load (ETL)
Data integration
Relational database CRUD operations
Database Joins
Mapplets
Parameterization
Workflows
Sessions and Tasks
Transformations
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The test screens for the following skills that hiring managers look for in candidates:

  • Ability to design and implement data warehousing solutions
  • Capability to perform Extract Transform Load (ETL) operations on large datasets
  • Proficiency in integrating various data sources into a unified database
  • Skill in executing relational database CRUD operations
  • Ability to construct and optimize database joins
  • Knowledge in working with Mapplets for data transformation
  • Expertise in parameterization of data workflows
  • Competence in managing sessions and tasks in a data integration process
  • Proficiency in using various data transformations
  • Capability to troubleshoot and handle errors in data processing
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🧐 Question

Medium

Multi Select
JOIN
GROUP BY
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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How many rows does the following SQL query return?
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Medium

nth highest sales
Nested queries
User Defined Functions
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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Which of the following SQL commands will find the ‘nth highest Sales’ if it exists (returns null otherwise)?
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Medium

Select & IN
Nested queries
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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Which of the following SQL queries would return the year when neither a football or cricket winner was chosen?
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Medium

Sorting Ubers
Nested queries
Join
Comparison operators
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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What will be the first two tuples resulting from the following SQL command?
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Hard

With, AVG & SUM
MAX() MIN()
Aggregate functions
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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How many tuples does the following query return?
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Medium

Data Merging
Data Merging
Conditional Logic
Solve
A data engineer is tasked with merging and transforming data from two sources for a business analytics report. Source 1 is a SQL database 'Employee' with fields EmployeeID (int), Name (varchar), DepartmentID (int), and JoinDate (date). Source 2 is a CSV file 'Department' with fields DepartmentID (int), DepartmentName (varchar), and Budget (float). The objective is to create a summary table that lists EmployeeID, Name, DepartmentName, and YearsInCompany. The YearsInCompany should be calculated based on the JoinDate and the current date, rounded down to the nearest whole number. Consider the following initial SQL query:
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Which of the following modifications ensures accurate data transformation as per the requirements?
A: Change FLOOR to CEILING in the calculation of YearsInCompany.
B: Add WHERE e.JoinDate IS NOT NULL before the JOIN clause.
C: Replace JOIN with LEFT JOIN and use COALESCE(d.DepartmentName, 'Unknown').
D: Change the YearsInCompany calculation to YEAR(CURRENT_DATE) - YEAR(e.JoinDate).
E: Use DATEDIFF(YEAR, e.JoinDate, CURRENT_DATE) for YearsInCompany calculation.

Medium

Data Updates
Staging
Data Warehouse
Solve
Jaylo is hired as Data warehouse engineer at Affflex Inc. Jaylo is tasked with designing an ETL process for loading data from SQL server database into a large fact table. Here are the specifications of the system:
1. Orders data from SQL to be stored in fact table in the warehouse each day with prior day’s order data
2. Loading new data must take as less time as possible
3. Remove data that is more then 2 years old
4. Ensure the data loads correctly
5. Minimize record locking and impact on transaction log
Which of the following should be part of Jaylo’s ETL design?

A: Partition the destination fact table by date
B: Partition the destination fact table by customer
C: Insert new data directly into fact table
D: Delete old data directly from fact table
E: Use partition switching and staging table to load new data
F: Use partition switching and staging table to remove old data

Medium

SQL in ETL Process
SQL Code Interpretation
Data Transformation
SQL Functions
Solve
In an ETL process designed for a retail company, a complex SQL transformation is applied to the 'Sales' table. The 'Sales' table has fields SaleID, ProductID, Quantity, SaleDate, and Price. The goal is to generate a report that shows the total sales amount and average sale amount per product, aggregated monthly. The following SQL code snippet is used in the transformation step:
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What specific function does this SQL code perform in the context of the ETL process, and how does it contribute to the reporting goal?
A: The code calculates the total and average sales amount for each product annually.
B: It aggregates sales data by month and product, computing total and average sales amounts.
C: This query generates a daily breakdown of sales, both total and average, for each product.
D: The code is designed to identify the best-selling products on a monthly basis by sales amount.
E: It calculates the overall sales and average price per product, without considering the time dimension.

Medium

Trade Index
Index
Solve
Silverman Sachs is a trading firm and deals with daily trade data for various stocks. They have the following fact table in their data warehouse:
Table: Trades
Indexes: None
Columns: TradeID, TradeDate, Open, Close, High, Low, Volume
Here are three common queries that are run on the data:
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Dhavid Polomon is hired as an ETL Developer and is tasked with implementing an indexing strategy for the Trades fact table. Here are the specifications of the indexing strategy:

- All three common queries must use a columnstore index
- Minimize number of indexes
- Minimize size of indexes
Which of the following strategies should Dhavid pick:
A: Create three columnstore indexes: 
1. Containing TradeDate and Close
2. Containing TradeDate, High and Low
3. Container TradeDate and Volume
B: Create two columnstore indexes:
1. Containing TradeID, TradeDate, Volume and Close
2. Containing TradeID, TradeDate, High and Low
C: Create one columnstore index that contains TradeDate, Close, High, Low and Volume
D: Create one columnstore index that contains TradeID, Close, High, Low, Volume and Trade Date

Medium

Marketing Database
Columnar Storage
Data Warehousing
Analytical Queries
Solve
You are a data warehouse engineer at a marketing agency, managing a large-scale database that stores extensive data on customer interactions, campaign metrics, and market research. The database is used predominantly for complex analytical queries, such as segment analysis, trend identification, and campaign performance evaluation. These queries often involve aggregations, filtering, and joining over large datasets.

The existing setup, using traditional row-oriented storage, is struggling with performance issues, particularly for ad-hoc analytical queries that span multiple tables and require aggregating large volumes of data.

The main tables in the database are:

- Customer_Interactions (millions of rows): Stores individual customer interaction data.
- Campaign_Metrics (hundreds of thousands of rows): Contains detailed metrics for each marketing campaign.
- Market_Research (tens of thousands of rows): Holds market research data and findings.

Considering the nature of the queries and the structure of the data, which of the following changes would most effectively optimize the query performance for analytical purposes?
A: Normalize the database further by splitting large tables into smaller, more focused tables and creating indexes on frequently joined columns.
B: Implement an in-memory database system to facilitate faster data retrieval and processing.
C: Convert the database to use columnar storage, optimizing for the types of analytical queries performed in the marketing context.
D: Create a series of materialized views to pre-aggregate data for common query patterns.
E: Increase the hardware capacity of the server, focusing on faster CPUs and more RAM.
F: Implement partitioning on the main tables based on commonly filtered attributes, such as campaign IDs or time periods.

Medium

Multidimensional Data Modeling
Multidimensional Modeling
OLAP Operations
Data Warehouse Design
Solve
As a senior data warehouse engineer at a large retail company, you are tasked with designing a multidimensional data model to support complex OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) operations for retail analytics. The company operates in multiple countries and deals with a wide range of products. The primary requirement is to enable efficient analysis of sales performance across various dimensions such as time, geography, product categories, and sales channels.

The source data resides in a transactional system with the following tables:

- Transactions (Transaction_ID, Date, Store_ID, Product_ID, Quantity, Unit_Price)
- Stores (Store_ID, Store_Name, Country, Region)
- Products (Product_ID, Product_Name, Category, Supplier_ID)
- Suppliers (Supplier_ID, Supplier_Name, Country)

You need to design a schema in the data warehouse that facilitates fast querying for aggregations and comparisons along the mentioned dimensions. Which of the following schemas would best serve this purpose?
A: A star schema with a central fact table linking to dimension tables for Time, Store, Product, and Supplier.
B: A snowflake schema where dimension tables for Store, Product, and Supplier are normalized.
C: A galaxy schema with separate fact tables for Transactions, Inventory, and Supplier Orders, linked to shared dimension tables.
D: A flat schema combining all source tables into a single wide table to avoid joins during querying.
E: An OLTP-like normalized schema to maintain data integrity and minimize redundancy.
F: A hybrid schema using a star schema for frequently queried dimensions and a snowflake schema for less queried, more detailed dimensions.

Medium

Optimizing Query Performance
Query Optimization
Indexing Strategies
Data Partitioning
Solve
As a senior data warehouse developer, you are tasked with optimizing query performance in a large-scale data warehouse that primarily stores transactional data for a global retail company. The data warehouse is facing significant performance issues, particularly with certain types of queries that are crucial for business operations. After analysis, you identify that the most problematic queries are those that involve filtering and aggregating transaction data based on time periods (e.g., monthly sales) and specific product categories.

The main transaction table (Transactions) in the data warehouse has the following structure and characteristics:

- Columns: Transaction_ID (bigint), Transaction_Date (date), Product_ID (int), Quantity (int), Price (decimal), Category_ID (int)
- Row count: Approximately 2 billion rows
- Most common query pattern: Aggregating Quantity and Price by Category_ID and Transaction_Date (e.g., total sales per category per month)
- Current indexing: Primary key index on Transaction_ID, no other indexes

Based on this information, which of the following approaches would most effectively optimize the query performance for the given use case?
A: Add a non-clustered index on Transaction_Date and Category_ID.
B: Normalize the Transactions table by splitting Transaction_Date and Category_ID into separate dimension tables.
C: Implement partitioning on the Transactions table by Transaction_Date, and add a bitmap index on Category_ID.
D: Convert the Transactions table to use a columnar storage format.
E: Create a materialized view that pre-aggregates data by Category_ID and Transaction_Date.
F: Increase the hardware capacity of the data warehouse server, focusing on CPU and memory upgrades.
🧐 Question🔧 Skill

Medium

Multi Select
JOIN
GROUP BY

2 mins

SQL
Solve

Medium

nth highest sales
Nested queries
User Defined Functions

3 mins

SQL
Solve

Medium

Select & IN
Nested queries

3 mins

SQL
Solve

Medium

Sorting Ubers
Nested queries
Join
Comparison operators

3 mins

SQL
Solve

Hard

With, AVG & SUM
MAX() MIN()
Aggregate functions

2 mins

SQL
Solve

Medium

Data Merging
Data Merging
Conditional Logic

2 mins

ETL
Solve

Medium

Data Updates
Staging
Data Warehouse

2 mins

ETL
Solve

Medium

SQL in ETL Process
SQL Code Interpretation
Data Transformation
SQL Functions

3 mins

ETL
Solve

Medium

Trade Index
Index

3 mins

ETL
Solve

Medium

Marketing Database
Columnar Storage
Data Warehousing
Analytical Queries

2 mins

Data Warehouse
Solve

Medium

Multidimensional Data Modeling
Multidimensional Modeling
OLAP Operations
Data Warehouse Design

2 mins

Data Warehouse
Solve

Medium

Optimizing Query Performance
Query Optimization
Indexing Strategies
Data Partitioning

2 mins

Data Warehouse
Solve
🧐 Question🔧 Skill💪 Difficulty⌛ Time
Multi Select
JOIN
GROUP BY
SQL
Medium2 mins
Solve
nth highest sales
Nested queries
User Defined Functions
SQL
Medium3 mins
Solve
Select & IN
Nested queries
SQL
Medium3 mins
Solve
Sorting Ubers
Nested queries
Join
Comparison operators
SQL
Medium3 mins
Solve
With, AVG & SUM
MAX() MIN()
Aggregate functions
SQL
Hard2 mins
Solve
Data Merging
Data Merging
Conditional Logic
ETL
Medium2 mins
Solve
Data Updates
Staging
Data Warehouse
ETL
Medium2 mins
Solve
SQL in ETL Process
SQL Code Interpretation
Data Transformation
SQL Functions
ETL
Medium3 mins
Solve
Trade Index
Index
ETL
Medium3 mins
Solve
Marketing Database
Columnar Storage
Data Warehousing
Analytical Queries
Data Warehouse
Medium2 mins
Solve
Multidimensional Data Modeling
Multidimensional Modeling
OLAP Operations
Data Warehouse Design
Data Warehouse
Medium2 mins
Solve
Optimizing Query Performance
Query Optimization
Indexing Strategies
Data Partitioning
Data Warehouse
Medium2 mins
Solve

Test candidates on core Informatica Hiring Test topics

Data Warehousing: Data warehousing is the process of collecting and managing data from various sources to support business intelligence and reporting. It involves designing and implementing a centralized repository for storing large volumes of data that can be queried and analyzed efficiently. This skill is measured in the test to assess candidates' knowledge in building and maintaining data warehouses, which is crucial for organizations to make informed decisions based on data-driven insights.

Extract Transform Load (ETL): ETL is the process of extracting data from various sources, transforming it into a consistent format, and loading it into a target system, typically a data warehouse. This skill is assessed in the test to evaluate candidates' ability to handle complex data integration tasks and ensure the quality and reliability of data in the target system.

Data Integration: Data integration involves combining data from multiple sources, which may be structured or unstructured, to provide a unified view for analysis and reporting. Candidates' proficiency in this skill is measured in the test to gauge their capability to integrate diverse data sources and ensure data consistency and accuracy across the organization.

Relational Database CRUD Operations: CRUD operations refer to Create, Read, Update, and Delete actions performed on a relational database. This skill is evaluated in the test to assess candidates' understanding of database management and their ability to manipulate data using SQL statements. Proficiency in CRUD operations is essential for maintaining and retrieving data efficiently from relational databases.

Database Joins: Database joins are used to combine data from multiple tables based on common fields or keys. This skill is measured in the test to determine candidates' expertise in constructing complex SQL queries involving different types of joins, such as inner join, outer join, and cross join. Proficiency in database joins is essential for retrieving and analyzing data from relational databases efficiently.

Mapplets: Mapplets are reusable mapping components in Informatica PowerCenter, which allow developers to define and store common transformations that can be called from multiple mappings. This skill is assessed in the test to evaluate candidates' knowledge of Mapplet creation, configuration, and usage, as well as their understanding of data transformations and mapping design principles.

Parameterization: Parameterization is the process of making mapping components dynamic and configurable by using parameters. This skill is measured in the test to assess candidates' ability to design mappings that can adapt to different runtime scenarios by parameterizing various properties and values. Proficiency in parameterization helps in creating flexible and reusable mappings in Informatica PowerCenter.

Workflows, Sessions, and Tasks: Workflows, sessions, and tasks are building blocks of Informatica PowerCenter that allow developers to create and manage complex data integration processes. This skill is assessed in the test to evaluate candidates' understanding of workflow design, session configuration, and task dependencies. Proficiency in working with workflows, sessions, and tasks is essential for effectively orchestrating data integration processes in Informatica PowerCenter.

Transformations: Transformations in Informatica PowerCenter are used to manipulate, validate, and aggregate data during the ETL process. This skill is measured in the test to determine candidates' knowledge and expertise in different types of transformations, such as Aggregator, Expression, Lookup, and Filter. Proficiency in transformations is crucial for data cleansing, enrichment, and integration in data warehousing projects.

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What roles can I use the Informatica Test for?

Here are few roles for which we recommend this test:

  • Informatica Developer
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  • Informatica Architect
  • Data Integration Developer (Informatica)
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Can I combine the Informatica Online Test with ETL questions?

Yes, recruiters can request a custom test combining Informatica with ETL-related questions. Check out our ETL Assessment Test for more details on how we assess ETL skills.

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Use the test as a pre-screening tool at the start of your recruitment. Add a link to the assessment in the job post or invite candidates directly by email.

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What is the Informatica Online Test?

The Informatica Online Test is designed to assess a candidate's proficiency in Informatica tools and data warehousing concepts. It is used by recruiters to evaluate skills such as ETL, data integration, and SQL operations.

What kind of questions are used to evaluate senior Informatica candidates?

Senior roles are assessed on advanced topics like data quality management, error handling in ETL processes, performance optimization, real-time data integration, and metadata management.

What are the main Data Warehousing tests?

The main Data Warehousing tests in our library include:

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