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

1. A WebSphere MQ application has been designed to use triggering with TRIGTYPE(FIRST). Which of the following is recommended for the program that has been started to process the triggered queue?

A) Do MQGET without the wait option so that the application program does not keep the queueopen unnecessarily.
B) MQGET only the number of messages the program is expected to process, so additionalcopies of the program will be triggered to process subsequent messages.
C) Do MQGET with the wait option because the trigger message can be put, causing theapplication program to start, before all messages to be processed have been committed.
D) Do not allow the program to end unless it MQGETs at least one message.

2. 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) Nonpersistent messages can be made available by the receiver channel more quickly, but theycan be discarded if they cannot be delivered.
B) 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.
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.

3. A suite of server applications is to be designed to support the graceful shutdown capabilities of WebSphere MQ implemented via the ail ifA suite of server applications is to be designed to support the graceful shutdown capabilities of WebSphere MQ implemented via the mail if quiescing feature. Which of the following best describes the use of this feature?

A) Using FAIL_IF_QUIESCING options where valid with MQI calls, an application can finalize MQ processing, avoiding loss of data, before the queue manager is shut down.
B) Applications using this feature will be informed of the queue manager quiescing via a completion code of MQCC_FAILED and a reason code of MQRC_Q_MGR_QUIESCING (or MQRC_CONNECTION_QUIESCING) and will be disconnected automatically. Applications are expected to periodically attempt reconnection.
C) When a queue manager is configured with the FAIL_IF_QUIESCING option and is being shut down, it will reject all MQI calls with a completion code of MQCC_FAILED and a reason code of MQRC_Q_MGR_QUIESCING (or MQRC_CONNECTION_QUIESCING) in order to assure fast and reliable termination.
D) Applications that have this feature activated can request an extra grace period of a configurable length that will allow them to complete critical processing before the queue manager will disconnect them.

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

5. A company utilizes virtualization technologies and frequently moves workloads between servers and data centers. A WebSphere MQ solution designer is attempting to plan the MQ naming standards, and wants to provide for the greatest level of architectural flexibility and portability. Which of the following is NOT a recommended best practice to meet these goals?

A) Use generic names for MQ objects inside applications to avoid hard-coding the actual names.
B) Use alias queues and/or model queues with the application configuration.
C) Use a configuration file for the application which contains the environment specific queuenames.
D) Use full uppercase for all objects and avoid forward slash (/) and percent (%) specialcharacters, to prevent portability issues.

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