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

1. A solution designer and the development team are discussing whether the "Read Ahead" feature of WebSphere MQ can improve performance for the application they are developing. Which of the following would be MOST able to benefit from this feature?

A) Persistent or nonpersistent messages consumed by a client program
B) Nonpersistent messages consumed by a client program.
C) Nonpersistent messages consumed by a client or a bindings program
D) Persistent or nonpersistent messages consumed by a client or a bindings program

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B) Store messages in separate queues for each region and use the expiration feature of themessaging system to delete outdated messages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

3. A company is implementing a new solution on HP-UX that will send orders to the Order Processing system, which is a WebSphere MQ application on the mainframe. Which of the following configurations for the new solution on HP-UX provides the function needed for this scenario? The solution on HP-UX would run:

A) as a standalone application, accessing a WebSphere MQ-enabled adapter on the mainframeto access the Order Processing system.
B) as a client or full server, using either the WebSphere MQ client or a full WebSphere MQ serveron HP-UX to access the Order Processing system.
C) only as a server, using the WebSphere MQ server on HP-UX to access the Order Processingsystem.
D) only as a client, using the WebSphere MQ client on HP-UX to access the Order Processingsystem.

4. A company is porting a solution written in C to i5/OS (successor to OS/400) that will send orders to the Order Processing system, which is a WebSphere MQ application on z/OS. Which of the following configurations for the new solution on i5/OS provides the function needed for this scenario? The solution on i5/OS would run:

A) as a standalone application, accessing a WebSphere MQ-enabled adapter on the mainframeto access the Order Processing system.
B) as a client or full server, using either the WebSphere MQ client or a full WebSphere MQ serveron i5/OS to access the Order Processing system.
C) only as a client, using the WebSphere MQ client on i5/OS to access the Order Processingsystem.
D) only as a server, using the WebSphere MQ server on i5/OS to access the Order Processingsystem.

5. 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) No significant throughput improvements can be achieved with WebSphere MQ V7.0.
B) WebSphere MQ V7.0 Client channels can be configured to compress message data and thus save on network transmission time.
C) 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.
D) 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.

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