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

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

2. There is concern about the security of an application data, so the solution designer is asked to explain what protection is available from SecureThere is concern about the security of an application? data, so the solution designer is asked to explain what protection is available from Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Which of the following best describes the SSL support in base WebSphere MQ?

A) authentication, confidentiality (data encryption) and integrity
B) authentication, confidentiality (data encryption), integrity and non-repudiation
C) authentication and confidentiality (data encryption)
D) confidentiality (data encryption)

3. An application is using the WebSphere MQ V7.0 MQI to read a message that has been created using JMS on a WebSphere MQ V6 queue manager. How can the developer access the JMS user defined properties?

A) Use the MQGMO_PROPERTIES_IN_HANDLE option and provide the MsgHandle when getting messages from a queue.
B) Read the whole message and convert the MQRFH2 header using the MQMHBUF function, because the message has been created using a previous version of the JMS API.
C) Read the whole message and parse the MQRFH2 header, because the message has been created using a previous version of the JMS API.
D) Ask the administrator to set PROPCTL to COMPAT on the receiving channel, so the MQRFH2 header will be transformed into message properties.

4. An application needs to display the last published message every five minutes. What is the best way of doing this?

A) Use MQSUB with SubExpiry set to 300.
B) Use MQSUB with MQSO_PUBLICATIONS_ON_REQUEST option and SubExpiry set to 300.
C) Use MQSUB with MQSO_PUBLICATIONS_ON_REQUEST and call MQSUBRQ every five minutes.
D) Use MQSUB with MQSO_NEW_PUBLICATIONS_ONLY and call MQSUBRQ every five minutes.

5. The business wants to alert administrators and business owners to any service disruptions as soon as possible. This is to include any applications that receive request messages on input queues and have to respond to them as quickly as possible. The ideal solution will not introduce significant overhead to the environment. The WebSphere MQ solution designer is asked to evaluate the available features in WebSphere MQ that can be used to address this requirement.
Which of the following is the most responsive mechanism to address outages as soon as they develop?

A) Trace Route messages
B) Activity Recording
C) Queue depth events
D) Queue service interval events

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