IFPUG I40-420 Exam - Topic 3 Question 99 Discussion

Actual exam question for IFPUG's I40-420 exam

Question #: 99
Topic #: 3

An ILF contains data for a company's 12 monthly budget amount fields, as well as the monthly name field. How many DETs are counted for this ILF?

C12

D13

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by Wynell at Sep 17, 2024, 10:31 PM

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Wai

5 months ago

Yup, 13 sounds right to me!

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Georgeanna

5 months ago

Wait, are we sure about that? Seems like it could be 12.

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Rickie

5 months ago

I agree, it's 13!

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Maxima

5 months ago

Definitely 13 data element types (DETs).

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Yuki

6 months ago

There are 12 budget fields plus 1 name field.

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Nakisha

6 months ago

I'm really unsure about this one. I thought it might just be 1 for the entire set, but now I'm thinking it could be more.

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Catalina

6 months ago

I practiced a similar question where we had to count fields in an ILF, and I think it was important to include all distinct fields. So, could it be 13?

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Merlyn

6 months ago

I remember something about counting each unique data element, but I'm not sure if the name field counts as one or if it's included in the budget fields.

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Carylon

6 months ago

I think the monthly budget fields are counted as separate data elements, so maybe it's 12 for those plus 1 for the name field?

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Felix

6 months ago

I'm pretty confident the answer is 13 DETs. The 12 monthly budget fields are each a separate DET, plus the monthly name field, so that's 13 in total.

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Tess

6 months ago

Okay, I think I've got it. The 12 monthly budget fields are one DET, and the monthly name field is another DET, so the total is 2 DETs.

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Noble

6 months ago

I'm not sure about this one. The question mentions 12 monthly budget fields, but also a monthly name field. I'm a bit confused on how to count the DETs.

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Christiane

7 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. Let me think this through step-by-step.

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Ligia

2 years ago

I'm going with C) 12. It's the most logical answer, unless the company has a 'Budget Leap Year' or something.

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Stevie

1 year ago

Actually, I'm sticking with C) 12. The ILF contains data for 12 monthly budget amount fields and the monthly name field, so that's 12 DETs.

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German

1 year ago

I think it's D) 13 because there's also the ILF itself that needs to be counted as a DET.

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Tamera

2 years ago

I agree, C) 12 makes the most sense. Each monthly budget amount field and the monthly name field would count as a DET.

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Mozell

2 years ago

D) 13? Seriously? That's a lot of data elements. Are we sure the company doesn't have a thirteenth month or something?

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Agustin

2 years ago

Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. Counting the fields seems straightforward, but I'll go with B) 2 just to be different.

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Willard

1 year ago

I'm going with B) 2 just to be different.

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Blythe

1 year ago

I'm not sure, but I think it might be D) 13 because there is also the monthly name field.

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Alesia

1 year ago

I agree, I'll go with C) 12 as well.

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Ezekiel

2 years ago

I think the answer is C) 12 because there are 12 monthly budget amount fields.

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Nadine

2 years ago

D) 13 is the correct answer. The ILF contains the 12 monthly budget amount fields and the monthly name field, so that's 13 DETs in total.

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Amina

2 years ago

C) 12

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Dorothy

2 years ago

B) 2

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Miriam

2 years ago

A) 1

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Heike

2 years ago

I'm not sure, but I think the answer might be D) 13 because the ILF also includes the ILF name itself as a DET.

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Malcolm

2 years ago

I agree with Sabra. Each distinct field in the ILF should be counted as a DET, so the total would be 12.

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Malinda

2 years ago

I think the answer is C) 12. There are 12 monthly budget amount fields, so that's 12 DETs.

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Keva

2 years ago

Good point, the 12 monthly budget amount fields each count as a DET for the ILF.

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Chandra

2 years ago

Exactly, each piece of data in the ILF is considered a DET, so there are 12 in this case.

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Shannan

2 years ago

That makes sense, so the total number of DETs for the ILF is 12.

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Trinidad

2 years ago

I agree, the answer is C) 12. Each monthly budget amount field counts as a DET.

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Lindsey

2 years ago

Yes, each monthly budget amount field counts as a DET, so it's 12 in total.

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Lindsey

2 years ago

I agree, the answer is C) 12.

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Sabra

2 years ago

I think the answer is C) 12 because each monthly budget amount field and the monthly name field count as separate DETs.

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