ABC Corp. has determined its Accounting Key Flexfield structure for the Implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. The Accounting Key Flexfield structure contains five Segments: Company…

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Options

• AThe Product Value Set is dependent on the Accounts.
• BThe Business Unit Value Set is defined as Independent.
• CThe Account Segment has a Value Set with no Validation.
• DThe Company Segment is qualified as the Balancing Segment.
• EThe Department Segment Is qualified as an Intercompany Segment.
• FCross-validation rules are required to enforce dependency of Departments on the Business Units.

• A
  26% (5)
• B
  53% (10)
• C
  11% (2)
• E
  11% (2)

Explanation

B is correct because when Department uses a Dependent Value Set (tied to Business Unit), the parent segment (Business Unit) must be defined as Independent - a Dependent Value Set cannot be a child of another Dependent Value Set. D is correct because producing a Balance Sheet per Company requires the Company segment to carry the Balancing Segment qualifier, which forces debits to equal credits for each company value and enables company-level financial reporting. F is correct because enforcing the Business Unit–Department relationship across the flexfield combination requires Cross-Validation Rules; without them, users could enter any Department with any Business Unit, violating the stated requirement.

Why the distractors are wrong: A is wrong because no requirement links Product to Account - that dependency is invented. C is wrong because the Account segment must have an Independent or Dependent Value Set for proper financial validation; "No Validation" allows any free-text entry, which is inappropriate for a Chart of Accounts. E is wrong because the Intercompany qualifier applies to the segment used to identify the trading partner company in intercompany transactions - nothing in the requirements calls for this on the Department segment.

Memory tip: Remember "BDF - Balance, Dependency, Flexfield rules." The Balancing segment produces statements, the parent of a Dependent set is always Independent, and cross-validation rules police combinations when you need to restrict values across segments.

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