EDI Error Handling and Exception Management

Question 1

Which EDI transaction set is used to acknowledge the receipt and syntactic validity of an X12 interchange?

Accepted Answer

997 Functional Acknowledgment

Answer

850 Purchase Order

Answer

856 Advance Ship Notice

Answer

810 Invoice

Question 2

What AK501 value in a 997 Functional Acknowledgment indicates that a functional group was accepted with errors?

Accepted Answer

E

Answer

A

Answer

R

Answer

P

Question 3

In EDI error handling, what does a 'TA1 Interchange Acknowledgment' report on?

Accepted Answer

Structural and envelope-level errors in the ISA/IEA segments

Answer

Business-logic errors in individual transactions

Answer

Missing trading partner agreements

Answer

Duplicate transaction set control numbers

Question 4

Which error code in the AK304 element of a 997 indicates a required data element is missing?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

3

Answer

5

Question 5

When a trading partner sends a 997 with AK501 = 'R', what is the appropriate corrective action for the sender?

Accepted Answer

Correct the identified errors and resend the functional group

Answer

Resend the identical interchange without changes

Answer

Cancel the transaction and notify the partner by phone

Answer

Wait 24 hours before attempting retransmission

Question 6

What distinguishes a syntactic error from a semantic error in EDI exception handling?

Accepted Answer

Syntactic errors violate EDI structure rules; semantic errors involve incorrect business data values

Answer

Syntactic errors are caught by the receiver; semantic errors are caught by the sender

Answer

Syntactic errors cause interchange rejection; semantic errors cause functional group rejection only

Answer

There is no meaningful distinction between the two in modern EDI systems

Question 7

Which segment in an X12 999 Implementation Acknowledgment replaces the AK1 segment found in the 997?

Accepted Answer

FA1

Answer

IK1

Answer

AK5

Answer

CTX