Aim of the Certificate Exam

The certification exam is designed to help the candidate excel and command his future progression. It is designed to

• Differentiate individual in a crowded job market
• Provide individuals with a mark of excellence that is extremely recognized by the clients and seeks within across the industries
• Empower individuals to execute tasks with confidence and skill

Topics to Cover

Oracle 1z0-996 certification exam is based on the learnings, key topics, and activities encountered during oracle pieces of training and implementations.

Following are the major topics along with the sub-skills, a candidate should cover while preparing for the examination. These topics will give the candidates a clear view of which topics and skills inclusive, one should focus on for the certification.

Note: The list and details are not an all-inclusive content list. Oracle reserves the right to change and update the content (topics and sub-skills) at any point in time.

• Usage Explain usage calculation process Explain usage transactions and usage subscriptions Use Get Scalar Details usage rule and retrieve scalar measurements for scalar internal measuring components

• Measurements Explain differences between initial measurements, final measurements, and usage Explain the high level process of loading measurements to calculating usage Explain derived values and their association with the final measurements Configure new derive value algorithm Explain different types of IMDs and differences between them Explain IMD exception statuses and Automatic Retry functionality

• Devices and Measuring Concepts Explain the measuring component and its structures Explain the relationship between devices and measuring components Explain different types of measuring components Ability to Configure device types Ability to Configure measuring component types Ability to Configure device config type Ability to associate measuring component to the device

• Monitor Overdue Debts Ability to Configure and Manage Credit & Collections Manage Payment Arrangements and Pay Plans

• FieldWork and Service Order Management Explain Service Order Activity Explain Service Order Children Activities

• Customer Information Manage and Maintain Customer information based on the need and requirement

• Billing Maintain and Manage Bill Segments Complete Bills

• Rates Manage and Apply Rates for individual commodities and customer Apply Proration Apply Bill Factors

• Financial Transactions Manage and Maintain Financial transactions

• Usage Subscription Explain usage subscriptions Explain relationships between measuring components, service points, and usage subscriptions Set up and design admin data required to configure a usage subscription

• Payments Manage and Maintain Payments Manage Overpayment and Payment Distribution

• Operational Device Management Explain assets and components Explain specifications and asset relationship

• VEE Explain the difference between critical validations, validation rules, and their executions Explain the concept of VEE process Ability to configure VEE groups containing base package VEE rules Ability to apply VEE group to device or device types Ability to configure eligibility criteria and criteria field value retrieval algorithms Explain categories of IMD exceptions

• Service Points and Install Events Explain the concept of the install event Describe the relationship between devices and service points

• Adjustments Ability to configure and manage payment adjustments

The candidate needs to go through and be proficient in every topic.

Reference: https://education.oracle.com/oracle-utilities-customer-cloud-service-2019-implementation-essentials/pexam_1Z0-996

Exam Content

The examination consists of 70 Questions. Candidates should score 68% to clear the examination.

Formats of Question

• Single Response Multiple-choice questions: Only One correct response from the given options best suits the statement or answers the question.
• Multiple Response Multiple-choice questions: Two or More Correct response from the given options best suits the statement or answers the question.

Exam Duration

Candidates will have 120 minutes for attempting 70 questions. So, it becomes important for the candidates to time-box the exam and restrict spending too much time on one question or one topic.

Exam Results

The Oracle 1z0-996 certification is a pass or fail examination and the candidate has to score a minimum of 68% to be termed as pass in the certification exam.

Candidates will receive an email with the result from Oracle within 30 minutes of completing the Certification exam. Exam results are also available on the CertView web portal and the candidate can visit the portal and login to the CertView account to view the exam results and get further details.