EDI Implementation and Integration 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which EDI testing phase verifies that transaction sets are syntactically correct before live trading partner exchange?
- Regression testing
- Compliance testing (Correct answer)
- Pilot testing
- User acceptance testing
Correct answer: Compliance testing
Compliance testing checks that EDI documents conform to the applicable standard's syntax rules and segment requirements.
Question 2: What is the purpose of an ISA acknowledgment in an EDI implementation?
- Confirms functional group receipt
- Confirms interchange envelope receipt at the transport level (Correct answer)
- Approves the business content of the transaction
- Triggers an automatic invoice payment
Correct answer: Confirms interchange envelope receipt at the transport level
The ISA-level TA1 acknowledgment confirms that the interchange envelope was received and structurally valid at the transport layer.
Question 3: In an AS2 EDI connection, what does the MDN (Message Disposition Notification) confirm?
- The trading partner's bank has processed payment
- The receiver successfully received and decrypted the message (Correct answer)
- The EDI translator mapped all segments correctly
- The VAN forwarded the message to the correct mailbox
Correct answer: The receiver successfully received and decrypted the message
An AS2 MDN is a receipt that confirms the message was received, integrity-checked, and optionally decrypted by the recipient.
Question 4: When integrating EDI with an ERP system, what is the role of the EDI middleware or translator?
- It stores EDI data in a relational database permanently
- It converts EDI flat files into ERP-native formats and vice versa (Correct answer)
- It replaces the need for trading partner agreements
- It manages user authentication for the ERP login
Correct answer: It converts EDI flat files into ERP-native formats and vice versa
The EDI translator maps between EDI standard formats and the internal data formats used by the ERP or back-end system.
Question 5: Which document type is commonly used in EDI retail supply chain integration to authorize a supplier to ship goods?
- EDI 810
- EDI 856
- EDI 850 (Correct answer)
- EDI 997
Correct answer: EDI 850
The EDI 850 is the Purchase Order transaction set, which authorizes a supplier to fulfill and ship an order.
Question 6: What is the main advantage of using a Value-Added Network (VAN) during EDI implementation?
- Eliminates the need for any trading partner agreements
- Provides a managed mailbox service with protocol translation and message routing (Correct answer)
- Enables real-time streaming of EDI data
- Requires no additional software on the sender's side
Correct answer: Provides a managed mailbox service with protocol translation and message routing
A VAN acts as an intermediary that stores, routes, and translates EDI messages, simplifying connectivity with multiple trading partners.
Question 7: During EDI implementation, a 'cutover' refers to:
- Terminating an existing trading partner relationship
- Switching from test mode to live production EDI transactions (Correct answer)
- Cutting network cables to isolate systems during testing
- Reducing the number of EDI transaction sets in use
Correct answer: Switching from test mode to live production EDI transactions
Cutover is the go-live event when EDI processing transitions from the testing environment to live, production-grade exchanges.
EDI Implementation and Integration 2
Which EDI testing phase verifies that transaction sets are syntactically correct before live trading partner exchange?