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

1. A Windows application using the WebSphere MQ client to connect to a Linux queue manager on a pSeries server receives messages originating from an iSeries system. The message data appears incomprehensible. Select the most likely explanation for this.

A) No message conversion was requested in the receiving application MQGET request nor on thesending channel agent.No message conversion was requested in the receiving applicationMQGETrequest nor on the sending channel agent.
B) Message conversion failed because an incorrect CCSID was specified in a MQCCSIDenvironment variable on the Windows system.
C) Message conversion was requested both on the sending channel agent and in the receivingapplication MQGET request, resulting in doubleMessage conversion was requested both onthe sending channel agent and in the receiving application? MQGET request, resulting indouble conversion.
D) A message conversion exit was not provided.

2. An application running on Unix is reading MQ messages that were created on z/OS and consist of multimedia content. A small percentage of the messages are large. The application should allocate a big buffer only when needed. The queue is opened with the MQOO_INPUT_EXCLUSIVE and the MQOO_BROWSE option. In addition to MQGMO_BROWSE_FIRST, which options should be used for getting messages?

A) MQGMO_MSG_UNDER_CURSOR
B) MQGMO_MSG_UNDER_CURSOR, MQGMO_CONVERT
C) MQGMO_MSG_UNDER_CURSOR, MQGMO_LOCK
D) MQGMO_MSG_UNDER_CURSOR, MQGMO_LOCK, MQGMO_CONVERT

3. Which one of the following statements is true about the use of message properties and message selectors?

A) Message selectors are specified in MQGET calls to filter out unwanted messages.
B) Filtered out messages are discarded by the queue manager.
C) MQMD fields but not MQRFH2 fields can be used in selectors like message properties forfiltering.
D) Message selectors are specified in MQOPEN and MQSUB calls to filter out unwantedmessages.

4. 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

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

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