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Oracle 1Z0-1017 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Oracle |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Oracle Benefits Cloud 2018 Implementation Essentials |
| Exam Number: | 1Z0-1017 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 70 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Response, Multiple Choice |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Oracle Cloud certifications for a specific release version are generally tied to that product release; recertification may be required for newer releases. |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Exam Price: | $245 USD |
| Related Certifications: | Oracle Benefits Cloud 2018 Certified Implementation Specialist |
| Passing Score: | 68% |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | Delivered through Oracle Testing Centers and Oracle-authorized online proctored testing where available. |
| Pre Condition: | Oracle recommends training and hands-on implementation experience with Oracle Benefits Cloud 2018. No mandatory prerequisite exam. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://education.oracle.com/oracle-benefits-cloud-2018-implementation-essentials/pexam_1Z0-1017 |
Oracle 1Z0-1017 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
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| Topic 1: Eligibility Management | 20% | - Eligibility Profiles
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| Topic 2: Rates and Coverage | 15% | - Rate Configuration
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| Topic 3: Life Events and Enrollment | 20% | - Enrollment Processing
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| Topic 4: Administration and Maintenance | 10% | - Benefits Administration
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| Topic 5: Program and Plan Configuration | 25% | - Programs and Plans
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| Topic 6: Benefits Fundamentals | 10% | - Benefits Concepts
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1Z0-1017 Exam Basics: What Every Candidate Asks
The 1Z0-1017 exam is the required test for earning the Oracle Benefits Cloud 2018 Implementation Essentials certification from Oracle. It assesses your command of the official exam objectives through scenario-based and knowledge questions, and the resulting credential is widely recognized by employers. Its reputation for difficulty is real but manageable — candidates who practice consistently with quality materials routinely walk in well prepared.
The official outline for the 1Z0-1017 exam highlights these domains:
- Rates and Coverage (15%)
- Benefits Fundamentals (10%)
- Eligibility Management (20%)
Seeing the topics laid out this way often shrinks the exam's intimidation factor — each domain is a finite, learnable block, and the Oracle Benefits Cloud 2018 Implementation Essentials practice questions at RealVCE follow the same structure.
Oracle recommends training and hands-on implementation experience with Oracle Benefits Cloud 2018. No mandatory prerequisite exam.
The 1Z0-1017 exam is demanding, but its difficulty is specific, not mysterious: unfamiliar question formats, time pressure, and a few heavily weighted domains. All three respond to the same remedy — repeated, timed exposure to exam-style questions. That is what the Oracle Benefits Cloud 2018 Implementation Essentials practice materials at RealVCE provide, and the free demo lets you measure the real difficulty yourself before committing, which is usually the moment the fear starts shrinking.
The 1Z0-1017 exam consists of 70 questions with a time allowance of 120 minutes minutes. Practicing full sets under a similar time cap is the most direct way to make sure pacing never costs you points on exam day.
Because seeing beats guessing. The free demo of the 1Z0-1017 exam materials at RealVCE contains genuine samples from the full Oracle Benefits Cloud 2018 Implementation Essentials question set — same format, same expert-verified answers — and downloading it costs nothing. If you are unsure whether the materials match your level or your study style, the demo answers that question with evidence rather than marketing, and every demo on the site is free of charge.
The passing score is 68% and the exam fee is $245 USD. Knowing both numbers early helps you plan: aim to be consistently above the passing mark in timed practice sessions before you spend the fee on a booking.
Oracle Benefits Cloud 2018 Implementation Essentials Sample Questions:
How do you set up a Termination life event to end coverage at the end of the month?
- A. Coverage and Rate Date Ranges:
Coverage Start Date: First of the Next Month
Previous Coverage End Date: End of the Month - B. Coverage and Pate Date Ranges:
Coverage Start Date: End of the Month
Previous Coverage End Date: End of the Month - C. Coverage and Rate Date Ranges:
Coverage Start Date: First of the Month
Previous Coverage End Date: End of the Month - D. Coverage and Rate Date Ranges:
Coverage Start Date: End of the Month
Previous Coverage End Date: First of the Next Month
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
XX Life insurance plan has two options: Option 1 enrolls a dependent of age 21 or above and Option 2 enrolls a dependent aged 18 or less.
How do you define a benefit configuration for these two options?
- A. Create two eligibility profiles. One with age as 21 or above and a second with age 18 or less. Then attach these eligibility profiles to XX Life Insurance Plan.
- B. Create one derived factor. Create an eligibility profile and configure the derived factor under the eligibility profile. Then attach the eligibility profile to XX Life Insurance Plan.
- C. Create two derived factors, one with age as 21 or above and a second with age 18 or less. Create an eligibility profile and configure these two derived factors under the eligibility profile. Then attach the eligibility profile to XX Life Insurance Plan
- D. Create one derived factor. Create an eligibility profile and configure the derived factor under the eligibility profile. Then attach the eligibility profile to XX Life Insurance plan at Option 1, and then attach the same eligibility profile at Option 2.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
You are a benefits consultant implementing for a company that offers a life Insurance plan for employees with only one option -Employee Plus Family. The rate for this option is dependent on various factor5 like age/smoking status/gender:
A female employee in the under 40 age group, who is a smoker, wants to purchase $100,000 of life insurance.
The plan would be 2.1 (100,000 * 0.21/1000), considering 5100,000 is the coverage she opts for. The calculation is -> {Coverage* [{Rate applied as per gender/smoking status/ aqe)/1000l).
How can you configure a rate for the company's plan?
- A. Configure an eligibility profile with age-derived factors. Attach it to the plan. Then create a standard fate with the calculation method as Multiple of Coverage.
- B. Configure a fast formula calling this table. Configure a secondary standard rate with the calculation method as Formula. Then create another standard rate with type and the calculation method aS Multiple of Parent.
- C. Configure a primary rate with the calculation method as Multiple of Coverage.
- D. Configure a secondary rate with the calculation method as Multiple of Coverage.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
Your customer wants to run a report which displays, by participant, a choice list of programs, plans, and options in which the participant may elect to enroll, as well as areas for the participant to designate dependents and beneficiaries.
How do you accomplish this requirement?
- A. Run the Person Enrollment Summary Report from Benefits Self Service.
- B. Run the Real Time Analysis: Participant Enrollment Results from the Reports and Analytics work area.
- C. Run the Enrollment Kit Report from Benefits Self-Service.
- D. Run the Person Enrollment Summary Report from the Enrollment work area.
- E. Run the Enrollment Kit Report from the Benefits Enrollment work area.
Correct Answer: E 🗳️
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A company has XX fusion Benefits Program with seven different plans attached to it. They have gone live with benefits data in 3 production instance. The company wants to run enrollment for executives and send the data for internal discussion.
How can the benefits administrator perform this task?
- A. Create a default life event for this I ask XX Admin Life event. Create a benefit group listing all the executives. Create an eligibility profile with this group and attach it to all the plans. Then trigger the life event and enroll into a sample data, and send the summary reports to the company.
- B. Create a default life event for this task XX Admin Life event. Create a benefit group listing all the executives. Create an eligibility profile with this group and attach it to the program. Then trigger the life event and enroll into a sample data, and send the summary reports to the company.
- C. Create a default life event for this task XX Admin Life event. Attach it to the Plan. Then trigger the life event and enroll into a sample data, and send the summary reports to the company.
- D. Create a default life event for this task XX Admin Life event. Create a separate-eligibility profile. Then enroll the first of executives into a sample data and send the summary reports to the company.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️



