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

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

2. A manufacturing company is looking to provide its customers an online version of its order maintenance application. Customers will be able to check status, update the order, or delete the order. The existing solution is currently WebSphere MQ based, and the online interface will have strict performance requirements. If the customer updates or deletes an order, the message cannot be lost. Which one of the following solutions will BEST meet the requirements stated?

A) Port the existing application to z/OS which has the highest performance and availability qualities of service
B) Ensure the queue data and logs are located together on the fastest disk possible
C) Design the query and modify operations to use nonpersistent and persistent messages respectively, and utilize two phase commit only where Necessary
D) Alter the channel to set NPMSPEED(FAST), and send the messages down multiple channels.

3. An application queue is triggered for trigger type of DEPTH. Following this, what action should the job or program that was started as a result of the trigger take before it ends, so that the queue will be triggered again the next time that trigger depth (TRIGDPTH) is reached?

A) It needs to reset trigger depth (TRIGDPTH) and triggering (TRIGGER) for the queue, using MQSET or an ALTER QLOCAL command.
B) It needs to reset trigger depth (TRIGDPTH) for the queue through an MQSET or ALTER QLOCAL command.
C) It needs to use MQSET or an ALTER QLOCAL command to reset triggering (TRIGGER) for the queue.
D) No action needs to be taken. The queue manager will create the next trigger message when the current depth of the queue once again reaches trigger depth (TRIGDPTH).

4. A solution designer is evaluating distribution scenarios and wants to understand the circumstances where messages are not delivered as expected. Which of the following are reasons that a message is placed on the DLQ?

A) The program tries to put a message to an invalid local queue
B) A sending message channel agent is unable to perform data conversion when required for the message
C) The destination queue is full when the program puts the message to the local queue
D) The queue manager is quiescing when the program puts the message to the queue
E) A trigger monitor is unable to start the triggered program

5. There are multiple instances of a cluster queue. Which of the following is recommended practice for the default binding (DEFBIND) parameter?

A) Require the WebSphere MQ administrators to set default binding to the same value for allinstances of the queue in the cluster.
B) The solution designer should consult with the development team and local WebSphere MQadministrator to determine how best to configure default binding of each queue manager.
C) The best option is to accept the default setting for default binding on each queue manager, asit should have been given the optimal setting by its WebSphere MQ administrator.
D) Allow the local WebSphere MQ administrators to define default binding as they think best foreach instance of the queue.

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