A2180-376 by IBM Valid Free Exam Practice Test

Question 1

An application is replying to a request message, which has properties associated with it. What is the preferred way of creating a reply message?

A. Use action indicator in MQPMO and MQPMO_MD_FOR_OUTPUT_ONLY in the MQPUT options. B. Create a new MQMD for the reply message and copy the MsgId from the request MQMD structure to the CorrelId field of the reply MQM C. Use action indicator in MQPMO, provide new MQMD for reply message and use MQPMO_NEW_MSG_ID in the MQPUT options. D. Reuse the MQMD and honor the report options set in the request message.

Correct Answer: A

Question 2

An organization uses WebSphere MQ V6 client interfaces extensively for non-critical processing. The line of business announces that an increase in transaction rates will be required soon, when a new set of clients will need to be serviced. The application suite has been performing up to expectations so far, but the new requirements will be problematic in the current environment. Which of the following new features of WebSphere MQ V7.0 can potentially be used to improve throughput for the above scenario?

A. WebSphere MQ V7.0 Client channels can be configured to compress message data and thus save on network transmission time. B. WebSphere MQ V7.0 Clients can be configured to pool connections, to send messages without waiting for acknowledgement from the queue manager, and to asynchronously receive and cache incoming messages, before they have been requested by the receiving applications. C. No significant throughput improvements can be achieved with WebSphere MQ V7.0. D. WebSphere MQ V7.0 Client channels are significantly faster than their V6 counterparts by default, so the solution designer does not need to consider any functionality changes or examine performance impacts with the new traffic.

Correct Answer: B

Question 3

A solution designer is considering different API options for a new WebSphere MQ application.
Only IBM supported WebSphere MQ programming options should be considered. Which one of the following is not supported by IBM?

A. XMS B. WebSphere MQ classes for .NET C. JMS D. Perl

Correct Answer: D

Question 4

A master data management solution has been implemented for the enterprise. Updates with customer and product data need to be distributed to several applications. What is the BEST approach given that not all applications might be interested in every customer type?

A. Browse a common queue for updates. B. Use the publish/subscribe paradigm. C. Use a request-reply pattern and query the MDM (Master Data Management) application. D. Receive updates on application-specific queues. Message properties and selectors should be used for filtering.

Correct Answer: B

Question 5

While planning for a new application, the performance of nonpersistent messages sent through message channels is being discussed. If the messages will be sent through channels with NPMSPEED(FAST), which of the following BEST describes the effect this will have?

A. The queue manager will attempt to deliver the nonpersistent messages more quickly, but theiravailability on the receiving queue manager might be delayed while waiting for the channel tocommit them. B. Nonpersistent messages can be made available by the receiver channel more quickly, but theycan be discarded if they cannot be delivered. C. Nonpersistent message delivery is as reliable as if NPMSPEED(NORMAL) had been used,and nonpersistent messages can be delivered by the receiver channel more quickly. D. The channel will send nonpersistent messages with a higher priority than persistent ones.

Correct Answer: B

Question 6

In designing a solution with availability in mind, the designer is considering the following two alternatives, one using a cluster queue and the other using a shared queue. In each scenario, Queue Managers QMA and QMB will both be capable of running Application A.
In the first scenario, Application A will run on QMA and QMB on Windows accessing cluster queue QA. In the second scenario, Application A will run on QMA and QMB on z/OS accessing shared queue QA. Which of the following describes the availability scenarios in the situation where QMA fails?

A. For Windows, the delivered messages on QA that Application A on QMA did not get to process are available for processing by Application A on QMB B. For z/OS, messages from QA that were in flight on QMA when it failed are unavailable for processing by QMB C. For z/OS, the delivered messages on QA that Application A on QMA did not get to process are available for processing by Application A on QMB D. For Windows, messages from QA that were in flight on QMA when it failed are made available for processing on QMB

Correct Answer: C

Question 7

A solution designer wants to select a WebSphere MQ Publish/Subscribe architecture that does not have a single point of failure. Which one of the following would be the best topology to choose?

A. Parent/Child B. Hierarchical C. Point-to-Point D. Clustered

Correct Answer: D

Question 8

A solution designer is looking to utilize industry standard technologies but does not want to settle for the qualities of service that HTTP offers. Which of the following is not a benefit of using SOAP/WebSphere MQ over SOAP/HTTP?

A. Ability to provide access to legacy applications B. Integration with, and reuse of, existing WebSphere MQ infrastructure C. WebSphere MQ clustering for load balancing and enhanced reliability and availability D. Assured delivery

Correct Answer: A

Question 9

If a series of exceptions is thrown for a WebSphere MQ JMS program, which of the following is typical?

A. The order in which the exception messages are shown is random and cannot be relied on. B. The WebSphere MQ Reason and Completion code will not be reported in the exceptions. C. The exceptions at the top of the list will be more general, and subsequent exceptions willprovide more detail about the cause of the problem. D. The most detail about the cause of the problem should be found in the exception at the top ofthe list.

Correct Answer: C

Question 10

A solution designer has requested that several queues on a z/OS queue manager be defined with index type set to message ID, i.e., INDXTYPE(MSGID). Why would a designer use this setting?

A. It ensures that any new MSGIDs are unique as well as making the retrieval of messagesbased on message ID more efficient. B. The queue manager will keep an index of MSGIDs that have already been used to make surethat the message ID is unique when a new message is put. C. It creates a permanent index of MSGIDs that are currently in use for this queue. D. It allows MQGET commands to have significantly improved performance when gettingmessages by message ID.

Correct Answer: D

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