Programming

DataStage Knowledge Test

Verifies knowledge of IBM DataStage, the ETL tool: components, job types, stages and containers, plus data warehouse concepts, in 20 questions and 30 minutes.

Difficulty

Intermediate

20

questions

Time limit of

30

mins

English

About this test

A knowledge test with no coding: 20 questions on how DataStage jobs are designed and administered, and on the dimensional modeling ideas behind them. Intermediate level. It checks what the candidate knows about DataStage, not whether they can build a job from scratch; for that, combine it with a technical interview.

What it measures

  • The Administrator and Director components and how the Director window is organized

  • Job types, server components and container types

  • Stages and which one represents sources, targets and aggregation

  • Locales, maps and link partitioners

  • Hash files and converting columns into rows

  • Dimension and fact table concepts, including additive facts

Ideal for

  • ETL developers

  • Data warehouse and BI roles

  • Screening DataStage knowledge at an intermediate level

Details

Programming

Difficulty

Intermediate

Time limit of

30

mins

SQL

English

20

questions

Average duration:

0

min

3

times completed