C-S43-2023 SAP Certified Application Associate S/4HANA Quality Management Practice Questions
Prepare for C-S43-2023 with more than an answer.
- Exam fee
- $1308 USD
- Time limit
- 180 minutes
- Questions on the exam
- 80
- Passing score
- 65%
- Level
- Associate
- Valid for
- 12 months
Domains covered on the exam 7
- Managing Clean Core10%
- User Interface and User Experience10%
- Organizational Units and Master Data10%
- Technical Objects15%
- Maintenance Processing - Basic Functions25%
- Maintenance Processing - Advanced Functions15%
- Preventive Maintenance15%
- 1
A maintenance plan for a critical production conveyor is based on a performance counter that tracks meters of material transported. The counter has a defined maximum value (overflow reading) of 999,999 meters. The system administrator notices that after the counter passed this value and reset to zero, the maintenance plan did not trigger a new maintenance order as expected. What is the most likely configuration issue?
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Correct answer: B
For a performance-based maintenance plan to correctly calculate the next due date after a counter resets (overflows), the 'Counter Overflow' indicator must be set in the measuring point's master data. This tells the system that when a new reading is lower than the previous one, it should add the overflow value to its calculation, ensuring the plan continues to schedule correctly.
- 2
True or False: Once a task list is copied into a maintenance order, any subsequent changes made to the master task list are automatically reflected in that existing maintenance order.
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Correct answer: B
When a task list is assigned to a maintenance order, its operations, materials, and other data are copied into the order at that point in time. The order then becomes a standalone transactional document. Any changes to the original master task list after this point will not affect the order that has already been created. This ensures the integrity of the work plan for that specific job.
- 3
A user on the Fiori Launchpad reports that they cannot see the 'Manage Maintenance Backlog' tile, but their colleagues with the same job role can. What are the most likely causes for this issue that an administrator should investigate? (Select TWO)
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Correct answer: A, C
- 4
A manufacturing company operates plants in Germany and the United States. They want to centralize their maintenance planning activities, including the creation of maintenance strategies and task lists, at their corporate headquarters in Germany. However, the actual maintenance work and spare parts are managed locally at the US plant. How should this be modeled in the SAP organizational structure?
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Correct answer: B
This is the standard SAP solution for centralized maintenance planning. The Planning Plant (Germany) is responsible for creating and managing master data like task lists and maintenance plans. The Maintenance Plant (US) is where the technical objects are located and where work is executed. By assigning the US plant to the German planning plant, planners in Germany can create and schedule work for assets located in the US.
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Case Study: Vitalife Pharmaceuticals
Vitalife Pharmaceuticals must track the complete lifecycle of its critical manufacturing equipment to comply with regulatory standards. This includes all installations, dismantles, and transfers between different production lines (functional locations). They recently decommissioned an old tablet press (Equipment #100015) from 'Production Line A' (FLOC: VLP-PROD-LNA) and installed a new, upgraded press (Equipment #100042) in its place.
Business Requirements:
- An auditable history of equipment installation and dismantling must be available for every functional location.
- The system must prevent an equipment record from being deleted, preserving its history even after decommissioning.
- The status of the old tablet press must clearly indicate that it is no longer in operation.
Question:
To meet these requirements in SAP S/4HANA, which actions should the system administrator perform for the old tablet press (Equipment #100015)?Show answer details
Correct answer: B
This is the correct, compliant procedure. Dismantling the equipment from the functional location creates a historical record in the equipment's usage list, providing the required audit trail. Setting the deletion flag (without archiving) changes the equipment's status to prevent it from being used in new transactions (like maintenance orders) while preserving the master record and its history for reporting and compliance.
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What is the purpose of setting the 'Technical Completion' status on a maintenance order before performing the final 'Business Completion'?
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Correct answer: B
'Technical Completion' (TECO) is a critical status that indicates the maintenance work on the object is complete. It allows dependent objects (like purchase requisitions) to be closed and enables the order to be settled for the first time. However, it still allows for late costs (e.g., from an invoice) to be posted. 'Business Completion' is the final step that locks the order against all changes and marks it for archiving.
- 7
A mining company has a fleet of excavators where maintenance is triggered by multiple, independent factors: operating hours, fuel consumption, and hydraulic pressure readings. An excavator must be serviced if any of these three metrics reach their defined threshold. Which type of maintenance plan is specifically designed to handle this 'OR' condition between multiple counters?
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Correct answer: C
A multiple counter plan is the only standard plan type designed to trigger maintenance based on the cycles of several different performance counters. It can be configured with 'AND' logic (all counters must reach their limit) or 'OR' logic (the first counter to reach its limit triggers the maintenance call), which perfectly fits this scenario.
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A global pharmaceutical company is implementing SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition, and must adhere to a strict 'Clean Core' strategy. A business requirement emerges to add a custom validation check on the 'Work Center' field in the 'Create Maintenance Order' Fiori app. This validation needs to cross-reference data from a non-SAP manufacturing execution system (MES) to ensure the selected work center is certified for the specific equipment type. Which approach aligns with SAP's Clean Core principles?
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Correct answer: C
This is the correct approach for maintaining a Clean Core. It uses a standard, upgrade-safe extension point (BAdI) within S/4HANA. The external communication is handled by a side-by-side extension on the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), which decouples the custom logic from the core system. This ensures the core remains 'clean' and easily upgradeable.
- 9
A maintenance planner at a utility company needs to quickly identify all open maintenance notifications that have a high priority and are associated with a specific functional location hierarchy node representing a critical substation. Which SAP Fiori app is specifically designed to provide this type of advanced filtering and list-based reporting for maintenance items?
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Correct answer: D
The 'Find Maintenance Notification' Fiori app is the standard tool for searching, filtering, and displaying lists of maintenance notifications based on various criteria such as priority, functional location, dates, and status. It is designed for planners and supervisors to get an overview and manage incoming maintenance requests.
- 10
In an SAP S/4HANA Asset Management implementation, what is the primary structural difference between a maintenance planning plant and a maintenance plant?
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Correct answer: B
This is the core distinction. A central planning plant can manage maintenance activities (like creating task lists and maintenance plans) for multiple other plants where the assets (technical objects) are physically installed. This allows for centralized maintenance planning and decentralized execution.
