What can a Designated Support Contact do?
- A . Authorize administrative requests, such as enhancement request;
- B . Upload files to share with SAP Ariba, such as service request documentation;
- C . Submit service requests and review the status of these requests
- D . Change the realm name
- E . Obtain service manager accesss to update the site
What setting dictates the language displayed on the supplier user interface?
- A . Prefered language
- B . Default currency
- C . Browser language
- D . Locale
Which of the following price attributes will be used in calculating the saving within a line item?
- A . Historic price
- B . Reserve price
- C . Initial response
- D . Ceiling/floor value
Which of the following task types must the task owner manually mark as complete when they are created as a required task?
- A . Negotiation;
- B . Approval
- C . ToDo;
D – Notification
E – Review
Which project types can contain custom header fields created within field configuration? Note: there are 3 correct answers to this question.
- A . Supplier registration questionnaire
- B . Knowledge project
- C . Contract workspace
- D . Sourcing project
- E . Sourcing request
What SAP Ariba solution allows you to find new suppliers for future events?
- A . SAP Ariba Knowledge
- B . SAP Ariba Discovery
- C . SAP Ariba Connect
- D . SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
Which of the following considerations should you keep in mind when using auction template? Note: there are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Runs over a short period of time
- B . Expected low competition between strategic and preferred suppliers
- C . Price is the most important factor
- D . Contains high price variance
What can you use the Sourcing Library for? Note: there are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Automatically archive events
- B . Search for predecessor projects
- C . Store reports
- D . Store event content
You are creating a new sourcing event.
When would you create and import event content via Microsoft Excel? Note: there are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . When creating a large number of lots
- B . When a supplier reports a technical issue and CANNOT submit their reponse
- C . When loading translations to event content
- D . When an individual needs to contribute to content creation but does NOT have an SAP Ariba account
What is required to customize the realm-level logo? Note: there are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Display size is 30 pixels high and required size is 60 pixels high
- B . Should be uploaded in administration only in a suite-integrated realm
- C . Should have transparent background
- D . Can be managed by customers
Which of the following scoring rules must be set to enable blind team grading? Note: there are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Enable blind grading on participant responses
- B . Enable scoring on participant response
- C . Allow participants to see scoring weights
- D . Defaults grading method
Which event types in SAP Ariba Sourcing can be configured to allow competition so that suppliers can see their bid rank or the current lead bid?
- A . Request for proposal
- B . Reverse Auction
- C . Quick Quote posting
- D . Request for Information
You want to allow suppliers to see the lowest bid in a reverse auction.
What event rule do you set?
- A . No tie bids for rand: 1
- B . Must participants beat lead bid: Yes
- C . Bid rank that triggers overtime: 1
- D . Show lead bid to all participants: Yes
What interface can pass sourcing requests from an SAP ERP purchasing system to SAP Ariba Sourcing?
- A . Web services
- B . HTTP requests
- C . Ul import/export
- D . Ariba Network
What are the available event types when creating a quick project? Note: there are 3 correct answers to this question.
- A . Auction
- B . RFx
- C . RFI
- D . RFP
- E . RFQ
Why would you use the Integration Tool Kit?
- A . To transfer updates from an ERP system to SAP Ariba in real time
- B . To transfer updates from an ERP system to SAP Ariba on scheduled basis
- C . To eliminate the need to manually update data in Ariba to match ERP
- D . To ensure data is synchronized across all SAP Ariba applications
Which of the following master data have a hierarchical structure?
- A . Departments
- B . Exange rates
- C . Units of measure
- D . Com odity codes
- E . Regions
What is affected when you change the value selected in the Locale field?
- A . Language for supplier correspondence
- B . Time zone used to specify event start and end dates
- C . Language for header fields and system generated messages
- D . Formatting of numbers and dates
Which factor determine how rules are displayed in event templates? Note: there are 3 correct answers to this question.
- A . Conditionals Sourcing Library content
- B . Conditional values from other rules
- C . Currency rules
- D . Rules that are preset/hidden in a template
- E . Event type
Which steps are required to set up a total cost term? Note: there are 3 correct answers to this question.
- A . Create a line item within the event
- B . Add each term to the event template
- C . Set the answer type and acceptable value for all non-numeric terms
- D . Access the sourcing Library for a list of approved terms
- E . Designate if the term is an adder, subtracter, multiplier, or percentage discount
For which of the following products or services might you conduct an index-based auction?
- A . Natural gas
- B . Promotional products
- C . Raw materials
- D . Chemical
- E . Mobile phones
What solutions are included in the SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
- B . SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
- C . SAP Ariba Spend Analysis
- D . SAP Ariba Contracts
Which of the following user groups are needed to use product sourcing functionality? Note: there are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Materials Manager
- B . Materials User
- C . Materiel viewer
- D . BOM Administrator
Which auction setting prevents a tied or near-tied lead bid?
- A . Market feedback rules
- B . Bid decrement
- C . Front buffer and back buffer
- D . Improve bid by nominal amount
You want to build the following formula: Total Cost = (Price + Inventory Charge) * Quantity + Switching Cost
What settings must you choose for the Inventory Charge cost term? Please choose
the correct answer.
- A . Include in Cost: None
Apply to cost for: Per unit - B . Include in Cost: Adder
Apply to cost for: All units - C . Include in Cost: Adder
Apply to cost tor: Per unit - D . Include in Cost: Total Cost
Apply to cost for: Quantity
Which type of information is exchanged between suppliers and customers via SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration for Buyers? Note: there are 3 correct answers to this question.
- A . Component inventory data
- B . PO confirmation
- C . RFP responses
- D . Supplier registration form
- E . Purchase order
What are the different types of alternative responses available? Note: there are 3 correct answers to this question.
- A . Lots/line items
- B . Tier
- C . Pricing
- D . Bundles
- E . Terms
Which of the following methods can be used to add suppliers to a sourcing event? There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Search for suppliers using the Ul (Invite Participant button)
- B . Added automatically from a test event
- C . Added automatically from an SAP Ariba Discovery posting
- D . Added manually vie Excel import
What does Shared Services build in a standard deployment?
- A . Up to 5 custom header fields
- B . 3 custom dashboard templates
- C . 1 sourcing request template
- D . 1 analytical report
- E . Up to 50 tasks/phases in the process
Which of the following is recommended when exchange rates will change before an event ends, and you need to capture the price changes in the event?
- A . Allow pricing conditions to have duration periods for prices
- B . Mandate suppliers to adjust bids upon submission through alternative responses
- C . Customer administrators can update/import exchange rates in the system as they change
- D . Project owners can create new versions of the event to update the rates and republish
You are using the Add Content From Library option. In addition to the Sourcing Library, where can you get content using this option? Please choose the correct answer.
- A . SAP Ariba reports
- B . Sourcing requests
- C . A Microsoft Excel file
- D . Past sourcing events
As a project owner, what advantage would you have by allowing suppliers to only see their rank?
- A . The possibility of a wide variation in bids.
- B . Price data is highly sensitive.
- C . There are many suppliers invited to the auction.
- D . The market for the product on auctions is highly competitive.
Which action can a user in the Material Manager group perform?
- A . Assign contract manufacturers to BOMs.
- B . Enter estimated pricing for materials.
- C . Create quote requests for materials.
- D . Create quote requests for materials they own.
When drafting an event, what rule will allow you to reopen the lot if the supplier have technical issues?
- A . Custom offline responses
- B . Overtime rule
- C . Review period
- D . Starting gate
How do suppliers bid in a Dutch reverse auction?
- A . They submit technical qualifications only with no pricing data
- B . They watch the buyer increase the price periodically and bid at their lowest acceptable price
- C . They read the buyers specifications and submit their best price
- D . They submit progressively lower bids to beat their competitors
Where can you access tasks that have been assigned to you? Note: there are 3 correct answers to this question.
- A . To-Do portlet
- B . Manage > My task
- C . Dashboard calendar
- D . Manage > to do
- E . Manager > Personal workspace
Which are the benefits of using advanced conditions instead of basic conditions? Note:
there are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Ability to assign conditional expression
- B . Ability to apply conditions to specific suppliers
- C . Ability to use fields from the sourcing project header
- D . Ability to include multiple questions
What are the steps for creating a BOM quote?
- A . Select material > Bom quote > using sourcing project
- B . Select material > get quote > BOM quote
- C . Select the parent BOM > Get quote > using sourcing project > Bom quote
- D . On SAP Ariba Dashboard > click on create > BOM quote
You want to ensure that any user creating an event can enable scoring and ensure that participants never see the scoring weights.
What settings do you select in the Scoring Rule section of the event template to achieve this?
- A . Set Enable scoring on participants response to Yes and delegated; Set allow partcipants to see scoring weights to Yes and delegated
- B . Set Enable scoring on participants response to No and Read only Set allow partcipants to see scoring weights to No and delegated
- C . Set Enable scoring on participants response to Yes and Hidden; Set allow partcipants to see scoring weights to Yes and delegated
- D . Set Enable scoring on participants response to Yes and delegated; Set allow partcipants to see scoring weights to No and Read only
How can BOMs be imported to SAP? Note: there are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Via Simple Excel import
- B . Via SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway
- C . Via a manual CSV import
- D . Via Cxml
What deployment activities are performed by Shared Services?
- A . Project kick-off
- B . Project go live
- C . End-of-project quality review;
- D . Onsite project management
What action would allow a user to be able to create or edit a sourcing project?
- A . Ensure a sourcing request was created before the sourcing project
- B . Ensure the user is assigned to the Sourcing Approver system group
- C . Ensure the user is assigned to the Sourcing Agent system group
- D . Ensure the user is assigned to the Project Owner group within a sourcing project;
What master data is relevant for SAP Ariba Sourcfng deployments?
- A . Purchasing organizations
- B . Partitioned suppliers
- C . Commodity codes
- D . Units of measure
- E . Departments
What limitation do large capacity events have outside of the user interface? Note: there are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . The system limits the bidding through Microsoft Excel only
- B . The system limit 125 suppliers
- C . The system limit is 2000 line items
- D . The system limit is 30 terms per line
You are configuring an approval task in a template. There is only one approver for the task.
What are the advantages of creating the approver as a group instead of a user? There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Future-proofing: You may want to have multiple approvers in the future.
- B . Ease of administration: It is easier to add/remove users to or from groups than it is to change the task.
- C . Delegation: Users cannot delegate approval tasks to others unless they are in the same group.
- D . Notifications: You can only configure the notifications for groups, not for users.
How can a customer run reports that identify the business units assigned to each sourcing project? There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . Use one of the existing header fields, such as Departments.
- B . Create a custom header field and make this field reportable.
- C . Add a new question to the full sourcing project template.
- D . Use the Ship To data for the creator of the sourcing project.
What data is shared between all SAP Ariba modules?
- A . Units of measure
- B . Documents
- C . Teams
- D . Groups
- E . Comoddity codes
What are the customer’s responsibilities when SAP Ariba provides standard site enablement services?
- A . The customer provides the necessary resources for deployment
- B . The customer leads the project kickoff session
- C . The customer provides a single point of contract;
- D . The customer selects one of the following language forall interactions with SAP Ariba:
German, French, Italian or Japanese
In a multistage event, what is the purpose of running an RFI before conducting an RFP or an auction? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
- A . To verify if suppliers can meet the specifications
- B . To narrow the list of suppliers to invite to later events
- C . To gain a preliminary bid from each supplier
- D . To gather pricing and capability information
What are some of the benefits of upgrading to Direct Materials sourcing for an SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite customer?
- A . Integrate you PLM and ERP systems
- B . Improve supplier qualification
- C . Source directly from a bill of materials
- D . Eliminate home grown portals
- E . Increase fill rates