Exam 1Z0-971 – Oracle Incentive Compensation Cloud 2017 Implementation Essentials

Another certification that Oracle offers for validating the ‘Cloud Implementation’ skills is known as ‘Exam 1Z0-971’. This exam is based on the skills that are required for setting up as well as start up the business and defining and assigning the roles & tasks, objectives & goals of the business. The certification checks either a candidate are competent enough to implement the essential and fundamental technical task & functionalities successfully or not. The qualified individuals of this exam are recognized as the ‘Incentive Compensation Cloud Implementation Specialists’.

The details, as well as the available training options, have been discussed in this article for guiding candidates for the exam.

About the Exam

The exam 1Z0-971 is the ‘Oracle Incentive Compensation Cloud 2017’. The knowledge & understanding as well as the skills and abilities about the implementation of the ‘Incentive Cloud essentials’ is checked in this exam. These implementation skills are related to developing or initiating the ‘Business Setup’ for the enterprise. This certification is also validated against the ‘Oracle Sales Cloud R12’ technology.

The exam is about 2 hours long in which the candidates are required to answer around 75 questions, on which the assessment of their skills & knowledge is based. The questions of the exam are in ‘Multiple Choice’ format and candidates are required to select ‘single’ or ‘multiple’ answers according to the requirement of the question. To qualify this exam a candidate must secure 66% marks in total.

Overview of the Topic Structure

Oracle provides a list of topics that are checked in this exam and these topics are based on the skills that are required for successful implementation of ‘Incentive Compensation Cloud 2017’ essentials. The topics on which the assessment of the candidate in this exam is done are ‘initial setup, compensation plans, participants, Crediting & roll up and credits & earnings’.

The exam also revolves around the ‘adjustments, disputes & payment approval, advanced plan structures & calculations, web service integrations, data import/export & process automation and business intelligence (BI) & Analytics’ topics. The complete list of the exam topics is available at Oracle Online.

Training or Preparation Courses

With Oracle training and preparation training one can increase its chance of passing the exam. The training course that Oracle offers for this exam is ‘Oracle Sales Cloud’. It is recommended for the candidates to have a hands-on experience too. The training courses and additional preparation material for this exam are available at Oracle.