IBM Assessment: IBM WebSphere MQ V7.0, Solution Design Sample Questions:

1. Which of the following is NOT a generally recommended best practice for naming conventions?

A) Use full uppercase for WebSphere MQ objects, including the queue manager, to preventportability issues in heterogeneous environments.
B) Queue and channel names should be limited to less than 24 characters because of platformportability concerns.
C) When possible, avoid forward slash (/) and percent (%) special characters because they cancause cross-platform difficulties.
D) Queues should not have the word QUEUE in their name, nor should they have the topology inthe name (local, remote, alias, etc).

2. A weather bureau plans to offer a service to its customers whereby they can receive weather station information (e.g. temperature, humidity) up to one year old. Customer applications should be able to select from which region they want to get datA. What is the best way of implementing such a solution?

A) Store information in a database and access it using a request-reply pattern
B) Store information in a database and access it using a publish/subscribe pattern
C) Store messages in separate queues for each region and use the expiration feature of themessaging system to delete outdated messages
D) Store messages in separate queues for each region and use a scheduled process to deleteoutdated messages

3. The topic object for the topic x/y is defined with WILDCARD=PASSTHRU. Which of the following is the most appropriate use of a wildcard for this topic?

A) Subscribe to topic x/y/#
B) Publish the information to topic x/y/+
C) It is not possible to use a wildcard with this topic
D) Publish the information to topic x/y/#

4. A company is using WebSphere MQ V7 publish/subscribe to publish status information about an application on the topic string ustomer/status?A company is using WebSphere MQ V7 publish/subscribe to publish status information about an application on the topic string ?ustomer/status? A new MQI application wants to subscribe to the status information, but is only interested in the information when the status is navailable? TheA new MQI application wants to subscribe to the status information, but is only interested in the information when the status is available The solution designer is evaluating ways to design the solution so that the application only receives a subscription when the status is available solution designer is evaluating ways to design the solution so that the application only receives a subscription when the status is available. The company does not mind writing additional code as long as it does not impact existing subscribers, but they do not want to change the topic. Which set of product(s)
can provide the needed publish/subscribe function using the least components?

A) WebSphere MQ V7.0 with WebSphere Message Broker
B) WebSphere MQ V7.0
C) WebSphere MQ V7.0 with WebSphere Message Broker and the WebSphere MQ Explorer Publish/Subscribe plug-in SupportPac
D) WebSphere MQ V7.0 with the WebSphere MQ Explorer Publish/Subscribe plug-in SupportPac

5. Which of the following best explains under which circumstances synchronous put can be useful for a client application?Which of the following best explains under which circumstances ?synchronous put?can be useful for a client application?

A) Asynchronous put cannot be used for messages put under syncpoint, but is a good option touse otherwise.
B) The designer wants to improve the performance of puts, and the application needs immediateconfirmation that the put was successful.
C) The designer wants to improve the performance of puts, and the application does not needimmediate confirmation that the put was successful.
D) If all the messages put by the application are nonpersistent, as they are required to be forasynchronous put, it would be appropriate to use this option to improve performance.

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