Oracle Communications BRM Elastic Charging Engine 2017 Implementation Essentials v7.0 (1z0-321)

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Which two actions does Elastic Charging Engine (ECE) perform when it receives a prepare-to-rerate request for a subscriber? (Choose two.)

  • A. ECE retrieves all events to be re-rated from BRM by using the BRM Gateway.
  • B. ECE marks the subscriber with an in-rerating status.
  • C. ECE suspends all subsequent rating requests until re-rating has finished.
  • D. ECE pushes rated events for the subscriber to BRM.
  • E. ECE ensures that the EM Gateway is running before acknowledging that re-rating can start.


Answer : B,D

Explanation:

Reference -
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E39804_01/doc.112/e39807/cpt_chrg.htm#ICPCP147

Identify three valid service lifecycle states. (Choose three.)

  • A. Pre-active: The subscriber has never used the service. Typically, the service is provisioned in this state.
  • B. Credit Expired: The subscriber cannot make or receive calls.
  • C. Sleeping: A Sleeping service has the same available features as an active service.
  • D. Deleted: The subscriber has been moved to an archive database and cannot use the service.
  • E. Suspended: No aspect of the service can be used. A subscriber might ask a CSR to suspend a service while on vacation or when his or her mobile handset is lost.


Answer : A,B,E

Explanation:

Reference -
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16754_01/doc.75/e16700/mng_service_life_cycles.htm#BRM

CU957 -

Identify four valid third-party remittance (or settlement) scenarios. (Choose four.)

  • A. A subscriber receives a monthly bill for downloading specific content from the Internet.
  • B. An ISP offers online games to its subscribers for an extra fee and pays a portion of those fees to the company that provides the games.
  • C. An operator pays a call termination fee to the carrier that completes a call.
  • D. An ISP pays a commission for each subscriber that its sales representatives sign up.
  • E. A host provider pays a flat fee for every new subscriber the branded service provider signs up.
  • F. A subscriber is charged for receiving a SMS message while roaming.


Answer : B,D,E,F

Problems can occur before, during, and after the re-rating process. If the Elastic Charging
Engine (ECE) cannot re-rate events for a subscriber, where are re-rating errors logged to if errors occur during re-rating?

  • A. the Customer Updater log file
  • B. the Pricing Updater log file
  • C. the EM Gateway log file
  • D. the Rated Event Formatter log file
  • E. the Diameter Gateway log file


Answer : C

Explanation:
Reference https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E39804_01/doc.112/e39806/adm_tr.htm#ICPSA412

In a charge offer, which two options are valid when defining when to apply taxes? (Choose two.)

  • A. after computing the charge
  • B. at billing
  • C. at invoicing
  • D. before discounting
  • E. during re-rating


Answer : B,C

By default, BRM-BI Integration is disabled in Billing and Revenue Management (BRM).
How do you enable it?

  • A. Save the /config/business_params object in an XML file by using pin_bus_params, and then update the file and apply the change to the database by using pin_bus_params.
  • B. Use the testnap utility to read and update the /config/invoice_target object in the database.
  • C. Change the invoice_target attribute in the pin.conf file of the Connection Manager (CM) used by the invoicing and billing utilities.
  • D. Change the invoice_target attribute on the business configuration screen of Pricing Design Center (PDC).


Answer : A

Explanation: References:

How is the Elastic Charging Engine (ECE) Coherence cache primed with pricing data when the ECE cluster first starts up?

  • A. You need to extract pricing data from PDC into ASCII flat files so that they can be read by the Pricing Updater process at startup.
  • B. The pricing data is loaded into ECE automatically.
  • C. You need to run ImportExportPricing to trigger PDC to send all pricing data to ECE.
  • D. The Pricing Updater process reads the pricing data from the Pricing Design Center (PDC) database at startup.
  • E. You need to extract pricing data from PDC into XML files so that it can be read by the Pricing Updater process at startup.


Answer : C

You submit a changeset by using Pricing Design Center (PDC). After submitting the changeset, you notice that the changeset remains in pending state.
What is the cause of this pending state?

  • A. The BRM Gateway is not running.
  • B. You did not run ImportExportPricing to send the changes to Elastic Charging Engine (ECE).
  • C. The transformation engine is not running.
  • D. The EM Gateway is not running.
  • E. The Pricing Updater is not running.


Answer : C

Explanation:

Reference -
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E22185_01/doc.111/e24095/ins_troubleshoot.htm#PDCIN254

You need to implement a discount offer, which contains two distinct discounts. For the second discount, you want to discount whatever charge amount remains after the first discount has been applied.
On the Discount Offers Settings screen, which setting do you select for "Apply This
Discount To"?

  • A. Remaining Charge and Quantity
  • B. Remaining Charge
  • C. Original Charge
  • D. Complete Charge
  • E. Partial Charge


Answer : E

In a Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) instance, where Elastic Charging Engine
(ECE) rating and suspense management is installed, a CDR from Offline Mediation
Controller (OMC) fails during the ECE rating phase because the subscriber MSISDN cannot be mapped to a subscriber in the ECE cache. However, you cannot see the rejected CDR in Suspense Manager.
Identify three reasons for this. (Choose three.)

  • A. The Rated Event Loader (REL) is down.
  • B. The NAR Collection Cartridge (CC) is not running.
  • C. The suspense event loader (SEL) is down.
  • D. You did not select the "Output bad records as NAR" check box in the ECE Distribution Cartridge (DC).
  • E. The BRM Gateway is not running.


Answer : A,C,D

You need to set up an offering where the subscriber pays 10 dollars and is granted 1000
SMS messages per month. Thereafter, the subscriber will pay 5 cents to send each SMS message. Consequently, you need to enable the discount only if the subscriber has any
SMS messages left in their SMS bundle.
Which two steps do you perform to configure this discount? (Choose two.)

  • A. Define a discount filter.
  • B. Credit 100% of StepCharge for the USD resource.
  • C. Credit 100% of StepQuantity for the USD resource.
  • D. Configure a quantity range from 0 to the balance of the included SMS messages.
  • E. Select Evaluate Charge.


Answer : D,E

Having configured some pricing objects in Pricing Design Center (PDC), you submit the changeset.
Which component or process is involved in the transmission of pricing data to BRM?

  • A. LoadPriceList
  • B. BRM Gateway
  • C. Pricing Updater
  • D. EM Gateway
  • E. ConfigLoader


Answer : C

Explanation:

Reference -
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E22185_01/doc.111/e22186/usr_overview.htm#PDCUG108

You want to remove the capability from the PDC UI for the user to configure pricing based on Time and Zone.
How do you achieve this?

  • A. Export the required pricing profile by using the ImportExportPricing utility. Remove the Zone Modelling and Time Modelling capability entries from the exported file. Re-import the modified pricing profile using Pricing Updater.
  • B. Export the required pricing profile by using the ImportExportPricing utility. Remove the Zone Modelling and Time Modelling capability entries from the exported file. Re-import the modified pricing profile using Pricing Loader.
  • C. Export the required pricing profile by using the ImportExportPricing utility. Remove the Zone Modelling and Time Modelling capability entries from the exported file. Re-import the modified pricing profile by using the ImportExportPricing utility.
  • D. Log in to the PDC WebLogic server instance and modify the Time- and Zone-based configuration settings.
  • E. Remove the Zone Modelling and Time Modelling capability by using the Set-Up objectsconfiguration window in the PDC UI.


Answer : C

Using immediate revenue recognition for a customer with a last billing date on February
15th, a General Ledger report was run on February 28th.
How are cycle forward arrears fees, which occur between February 15 and February 28, reported in the General Ledger?

  • A. as unbilled unearned revenue
  • B. as billed earned revenue
  • C. as unbilled earned revenue
  • D. as billed revenue
  • E. as unbilled revenue


Answer : E

Explanation: References:

Identify two correct statements about payment fees applied by the
PCM_OP_PYMT_APPLY_FEE opcode. (Choose two.)

  • A. PCM_OP_PYMT_APPLY_FEE calls PCM_OP_BILL_REVERSE to reverse suspense payments.
  • B. PCM_OP_PYMT_APPLY_FEE calls PCM_OP_BILL_REVERSE_PAYMENT to apply reversal payments.
  • C. PCM_OP_PYMT_APPLY_FEE calls the PCM_OP_PYMT_POL_APPLY_FEE policy opcode to perform custom checks before the failed payment fee is applied.
  • D. PCM_OP_PYMT_APPLY_FEE calls PCM_OP_ACT_USAGE to create the payment fee event to be processed.
  • E. PCM_OP_PYMT_APPLY_FEE calls PCM_OP_PYMT_COLLECT to apply payment fees to customer accounts.


Answer : B,E

Explanation: References:

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