ICC DevOps & Deployment 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Informatica IICS feature allows you to promote objects from one organization to another without manual re-creation?
- Data Integration export/import packages (Correct answer)
- Application Integration REST calls
- Cloud Data Quality rules copy
- Monitor > Activity Log export
Correct answer: Data Integration export/import packages
IICS export/import packages bundle mappings, connections, and schedules so they can be promoted across orgs (dev → test → prod).
Question 2: In Informatica IICS CI/CD, what is the primary purpose of the Repository API?
- To run mappings on demand via REST
- To programmatically export and import design objects for automation (Correct answer)
- To configure Secure Agents remotely
- To monitor active sessions in real time
Correct answer: To programmatically export and import design objects for automation
The IICS Repository API lets scripts export objects as ZIP packages and import them into target orgs, enabling automated CI/CD pipelines.
Question 3: When setting up a Secure Agent group for high availability, what is the minimum recommended number of agents in the group?
- 1
- 2 (Correct answer)
- 3
- 4
Correct answer: 2
A minimum of 2 Secure Agents in a group ensures failover so jobs continue if one agent goes offline.
Question 4: Which environment variable controls the maximum heap size for the Informatica Secure Agent JVM?
- INFA_JAVA_OPTS (Correct answer)
- AGENT_MAX_HEAP
- JAVA_HEAP_SIZE
- INFA_AGENT_MEM
Correct answer: INFA_JAVA_OPTS
INFA_JAVA_OPTS is used to pass JVM arguments including -Xmx to control the Secure Agent's maximum heap allocation.
Question 5: What happens to running tasks when a Secure Agent is upgraded using the auto-upgrade feature?
- All running tasks are immediately terminated
- The upgrade waits until all running tasks complete before restarting (Correct answer)
- Running tasks are migrated to another agent automatically
- The agent restarts mid-task and resumes from the last checkpoint
Correct answer: The upgrade waits until all running tasks complete before restarting
The IICS auto-upgrade process is graceful: it waits for active jobs to finish before applying the update and restarting the agent.
Question 6: Which IICS deployment strategy allows you to schedule a job to run immediately after another job completes successfully?
- Chained schedules via the Scheduler
- Task flows with sequential execution (Correct answer)
- Monitor API polling with webhooks
- Sub-mapping triggers
Correct answer: Task flows with sequential execution
Taskflows in IICS let you wire tasks in sequence so a downstream task starts automatically upon successful completion of an upstream task.
Question 7: In IICS, which log level provides the most verbose output useful for debugging mapping execution issues in production?
- Error
- Warning
- Info
- Verbose (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Verbose
Verbose log level captures row-level transformation data and detailed execution steps, making it the most useful for deep debugging.
ICC DevOps & Deployment 2
Which Informatica IICS feature allows you to promote objects from one organization to another without manual re-creation?