IBM A2180-376 Exam : Assessment: IBM WebSphere MQ V7.0, Solution Design

Which of the following should generally be avoided if an application is being designed for optimal efficiency?

• A. Bundle the data to be transmitted into as few messages as possible (e.g., rather than sending a hundred 1MB messages, send one 100MB message).
• B. Code programs to open and close queues, or connect and disconnect from the queue manager only once, if the queues or connection will be used again.
• C. Make messages nonpersistent if they do not need to be recoverable.
• D. Group a batch of messages within a unit of work where appropriate, so that they can be committed all at once (e.g., get and put messages under syncpoint and commit them in groups of 10, rather than committing them individually).

An application is being designed which will send updates about customers to different applications. Given the sensitive nature of the data, the sending application needs to manage which applications receive the datA. Which of the following is the best solution to ensure this?

• A. Apply the publish-subscribe paradigm (one-to-many).
• B. All receiving applications should listen on the same queue and the sending application shouldsend separate copies of the message with attributes which allow the receiving applications tosearch the queue for their own copies.
• C. All applications should listen on the same queue and after processing the message shouldupdate its header so the last application process can remove it from the queue
• D. Each application should have its own queue on which it will listen for updates

When using the WebSphere MQ Transport for SOAP, which one of the following parameters are required in specifying a WebSphere MQ URI?

• A. priority
• B. connectionFactory
• C. timeToLive
• D. replyDestination

A solution depends on messages being dropped during a queue manager restart. These messages are defined as nonpersistent. After a queue manager restarts, the solution designer notes that the messages were not dropped as expected but got processed. Which one of the following options is the likely cause?

• A. The messages reside on a z/OS shared queue
• B. The application is putting the messages to a QALIAS with DEFPSIST(NO), however the targetqueue has DEFPSIST(YES) set
• C. The application is using permanent dynamic queues
• D. The application has not set persistence, and the default persistence at the QMGR level isDEFPSIST(YES)

A company is in the midst of a large SOA transformation initiative, and is looking to utilize Web Services protocols wherever possible. A solution designer would like to leverage the existing WebSphere MQ infrastructure and skills. The solution designer is instructed to provide guidance regarding platform coverage. Which of the following best meets both requirements and will allow the company to utilize a SOAP stack to process SOAP/MQ messages?

• A. z/OS supported UNIX and Windows systems
• B. All supported WebSphere MQ Platforms
• C. Supported Windows and UNIX based systems
• D. Supported UNIX Based systems only