1Z0-1054 · Question #84
The expense account of airfare was erroneously assigned to the account type "Liability". Which method should you choose to fix the problem?
The correct answer is C. Run the "Correct Misclassified Account" program. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
The expense account of airfare was erroneously assigned to the account type "Liability". Which method should you choose to fix the problem?
Options
- ADeactivate the value
- BRun the "Segment Value Inheritance" program
- CRun the "Correct Misclassified Account" program
- DRun the "Update Balance Cube Chart of the Accounting Dimension" program
How the community answered
(34 responses)- A3% (1)
- B9% (3)
- C76% (26)
- D12% (4)
Community Discussion
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Wesley A.Nov 7, 2025The answer is C, run the "Correct Misclassified Account" program. This is the tool Oracle specifically built for exactly this situation, where a segment value has been tagged with the wrong account type. What makes this tricky is that the wrong account type does not just affect how new transactions post, it corrupts how the system stores and tracks balances in the balance cubes going forward, so you need a program that corrects the classification AND reconciles what already hit the books. I got burned the first time picking D because "Update Balance Cube Chart of the Accounting Dimension" sounds like it would handle balance-related corrections, but that program is not designed to fix misclassification, it handles dimension updates in the cube structure. Option B, Segment Value Inheritance, is for pushing down accounting rules from parent values to children, which has nothing to do with account type errors. Deactivating the value in option A would just lock people out of using the account, it would not fix a single thing about the underlying misclassification. When you see a scenario on the exam about wrong account type, go straight to C every time.
Aleksei K.Nov 1, 2025Saw this exact trap on my exam, they want you to panic and pick B because "Segment Value Inheritance" sounds like it touches account attributes, but that program is for propagating parent segment values down to children, nothing to do with account type misclassification. C is the one, "Correct Misclassified Account" is the specific tool Oracle gives you to fix an account type that was set wrong after transactions already exist against it.
Mei-Ling H.Nov 27, 2025I picked B first because "Segment Value Inheritance" sounds like it touches account properties, but the word "misclassified" in option C is the exact qualifier that matches the scenario, and Oracle has a dedicated program just for correcting a wrong account type assignment, so B would not repost or fix the existing balance distortion caused by that wrong classification.
Anjali D.Dec 3, 2025Most of us initially picked B, but C is the move here.
Wesley A.Dec 4, 2025C is right, and the reason B feels so good is that the distractor is usually built around the most intuitive path, not the technically correct one, which is exactly the trap I walked into the first time around.
Yusuf A.Nov 15, 2025Deactivating the wrong value forces a clean reassignment, that fixes it.
Mei-Ling H.Nov 15, 2025Yusuf, I respect your thinking but the question says "most appropriate," not "effective," so deactivating is a workaround, not a solution, and option C directly addresses the root cause without that extra step.