Oracle Financials Cloud: Payables 2016 Essentials Exam

Study Guide

Getting Started
The Oracle Financials Cloud: Accounts Payable 2016 Certified Implementation Specialist Exam Study Guide is
designed to help you prepare for the Oracle Financials Cloud: Payables 2016 Essentials Exam (1Z1-334).
Earning this certification helps OPN members differentiate in the marketplace through proven in-depth expertise, and
helps their partner company qualify for the Oracle Financials Cloud Specialization.
Target Audience
Oracle Financials Cloud: Payables 2016 Essentials exam audience defines the type of participants who are likely to pass
the exam and targets individuals with a specific level of education and expertise:
Job Role:
Functional Implementers
Senior or Principal Financial Consultant
Level of Competency:
Candidates should be able to create and implement configuration design.
Strongly recommended for the individuals to be specialized in E-Business Suite Financials with at least 2 years
implementation experience.
Participants should possess a deep knowledge of general accounting practices and regulations (multiple
geographies).
Deep Experience in at least one other Oracle product family is highly recommended.

Exam Topics
Oracle Financials Cloud: Payables 2016 Essentials Exam covers six topics:

General setup
Invoicing
Payments
Expenses
Reporting
Other Payable Topics

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Levels of Knowledge
Each exam topic contains objectives and each objective is categorized as either a learner or practitioner level of
knowledge.

Learner items test foundational grasp and

require product comprehension (not
recognition or memorization).

Example:

Practitioner items present on-the-job

scenarios and require the ability to: integrate
and apply knowledge in new contexts, analyze
and troubleshoot complex issues, and solve
problems.

Example:

When setting up price list modifiers in Advanced Pricing, which

three steps must be completed in order to successfully activate
surcharge and price break features?

1) You are creating price list modifiers in Advanced Pricing.

Your customer has three requirements: X, Y, and Z. Identify the
two steps that must be completed in order to meet those
requirements.
2) You are running a two-instance database with six redo logs
defined. You decide to add a third thread to support a third
database instance, on the third node of the cluster.
Using command line administration, which two commands will
you execute to achieve this?

Training Options
Throughout the study guide each exam topic recommends one or several training/documentation titles:
Recommended Training
Online Training - recorded or live virtual training sessions
OPN Boot Camps - a combination of classroom lectures, hands-on lab exercises, and case studies
Oracle University Training - instructor-led in-class training, live virtual class, on-demand training
Recommended Documentation
Oracle Documentation product manual in on-line format
Product tutorials - on-line information on how to use the product
Datasheets and white papers - documents that summarize the performance and other technical characteristics of a
product, machine, component
Books product information written text that published in printed or electronic form
While the Oracle PartnerNetwork facilitates free access to online training, in class training often requires a fee.

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Exam Details per Topic

This section covers details associated to all exam topics such as: exam topics overview, objectives, levels of knowledge,
recommended trainings and sample questions. Specialization exams include all application functionalities not only the
most frequently used ones.

Topic 1: General Setup

Objective

Level

Describe the Functional Setup Manager

Learner

Describe the Configuration Packages

Learner

Create an Implementation project

Practitioner

Explain how to use reports to validate setup data

Learner

Create Users and Roles

Practitioner

Recommended Training

Oracle Financials Cloud 2016 Certified Implementation Specialist Guided Learning Path

OPN Boot Camps

Oracle Financials Cloud Implementation Workshop

Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation I

Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation II

Sample Questions

Which statement is NOT true about Task List Scope?

A. Values include legal entities, business units, ledgers and tax regimes.
B. Different setup data can be entered for different scope values.
C. Scope values are defined when the implementation project is created
and cannot be changed.
D. If the parent task list of a task has scope defined, you will be prompted to
pick a scope value

Which statements are NOT true about Implementation Project? (choose two)
A. You can create custom tasks and add them to implementation projects.
B. You can assign a task to only one user.
C. You can create implementation projects to maintain setup data.
D. Once you have entered setup data for a task the status is automatically
changed to Completed.

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Topic 2: Invoicing
Objective

Level

Explain how to use standard invoices

Learner

Explain the Integrated Imaging Solution

Learner

Create an invoice using a spreadsheet

Practitioner

Explain iSupplier Invoices

Learner

Approve Invoices

Practitioner

Manage supplier information

Practitioner

Recommended Training

Oracle Financials Cloud 2016 Certified Implementation Specialist Guided Learning Path

OPN Boot Camps

Oracle Financials Cloud Implementation Workshop
Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation I
Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation II

Sample Questions

Which options allow the user to automatically create distributions for an

invoice?(choose three)
A. Matching an invoice to a purchase order or receipt
B. Distribution Sets
C. Payment Process Profile
D. Allocation of freight and miscellaneous lines
E. The Manage Distributions page

An invoice is matched to a purchase order with the following values:

Quantity

Price

Tax Rate

Exchange Rate

FromPO

10

100

10%

1.5

From Invoice

10

90

10%

1.5

The resulting variance would be characterized as:

A. Invoice price variance, tax rate variance
B. Invoice price variance, tax invoice price variance
C. Exchange rate variance, tax invoice price variance
D. Invoice price variance, tax exchange rate variance

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Topic 3: Payments
Objective

Level

Explain how to create a single payment

Learner

Execute a Payment Process Request

Practitioner

Void a payment

Practitioner

Explain Bank Reconciliations

Learner

Customize Payment Formats

Practitioner

Recommended Training

Oracle Financials Cloud 2016 Certified Implementation Specialist Guided Learning Path

OPN Boot Camps

Oracle Financials Cloud Implementation Workshop
Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation I
Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation II

Sample Questions

Which payment type/payment status can NOT be voided?

A. Quick /Negotiable
B. Payment process request/Stop initiated
C. Manual/Reconciled unaccounted
D. Refund/Negotiable
E. Quick/Issued

Your business processes multiple payment batches every week. These batches can be categorized using
similar selection criteria. Which option allows you to streamline the payment batch entry process?
A. Payment Process Request
B. Payment Process Profile
C. Payment Process Request Template
D. Payment Formats

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Topic 4: Fusion Expenses

Objective

Level

Enter Expense Reports

Practitioner

Approve Expense Reports

Practitioner

Process Expense Reimbursements

Practitioner

Manage Corporate Cards

Practitioner

Audit Expense Reports

Practitioner

Set up Expenses

Practitioner

Recommended Training

Oracle Financials Cloud 2016 Certified Implementation Specialist Guided Learning Path

OPN Boot Camps

Oracle Financials Cloud Implementation Workshop

Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation I

Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation II

Sample Questions

You would like to deploy Oracle Fusion Expenses as a stand-alone application. Which other products
require minimum setup in all cases to accomplish this? (choose three)
A. Oracle Fusion Tax
B. Oracle Fusion Payables
C. Oracle Fusion Payments
D. Oracle Fusion Accounts Payable
E. Oracle Fusion Subledger Accounting

If an approver is setup to receive email approval requests, the approver can perform which actions from
email? (choose two)
A. Request more information about the expense report.
B. Approve the expense report.
C. Transfer approval ownership of the expense report to another person.
D. Reject the expense report.
E. Delegate approval of the expense report.
F. Delete the expense report.

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Topic 5: Reporting
Objective

Level

Explain how to design and use various reporting tools

Learner

Explain Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI)

Learner

Use Business Intelligence Publisher (BIP) Reports

Practitioner

Use the Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Practitioner

Process intercompany reconciliations

Practitioner

Recommended Training

Oracle Financials Cloud 2016 Certified Implementation Specialist Guided Learning Path

OPN Boot Camps

Oracle Financials Cloud Implementation Workshop

Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation I

Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation II

Sample Questions

You have run the Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report and there is a variance reported in the
Accounting Amount column.
Which option should NOT be used to identify the source of the variance?
A. Posted Invoice Register
B. Beginning Payables Trial Balance Report
C. Posted Payment Register
D. Payables Invoice Aging Report

Which report can be run from Reports and Analytics?

A. Payables Payment Register
B. Payables Posted Payments Register
C. Payables Invoice Aging Report
D. Payables Key Indicators Report

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Topic 6: Other Fusion Payables Topics

Objective

Level

Describe the invoice and payment dashboards

Learner

Process income tax and withholding tax calculations

Practitioner

Create Accounting Entries

Practitioner

Explain the Close process

Learner

Configure Payables Setups

Practitioner

Configure Business Units

Practitioner

Recommended Training

Oracle Financials Cloud 2016 Certified Implementation Specialist Guided Learning Path

OPN Boot Camps

Oracle Financials Cloud Implementation Workshop

Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation I

Oracle Financials Cloud: Financials Implementation II

Sample Questions
Your business has a requirement to balance Payables transactions by both balancing segment and cost
center segment. How can the Payables application be configured to meet this requirement?
A. Enable Payables option: Automatic Offsets, All segments.
B. Enable Payables option: Automatic Offsets, balancing segment.
C. Configure an SLA journal line rule using the business flow method of linking journal lines.
D. Configure an SLA journal line rule using the business flow method of copying from
corresponding line.
E. This is not possible in Fusion Payables.

What task is used to define a new Pay Group?

A. Manage Common Options for Payables and Procurement.
B. Manage Payment Options.
C. Manage Invoice Options.
D. Manage Payables Lookups.

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Exam Registration Details

Full exam preparation details are available on the exam page Oracle Financials Cloud: Accounts Payable 2016
Essentials (1Z0-334), including learning objectives, number of questions, time allowance, pricing and languages
available.
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or by signing in to your OPN account.
Additional Resources

Financials Cloud Knowledge Zone

Financials Cloud Specialization

Oracle Financials Cloud 2016 Certified Implementation Specialist Guided Learning Path

Cloud Learning Center

Oracle Cloud Applications Training by Oracle University
OPN Guided Learning Paths & Assessments
OPN Certified Specialist Exam Study Guides

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