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4A developer for a transportation organization is implementing exactly one processing functionality in a Reservation Mule application to process and store passenger records. This Reservation application will be deployed to multiple CloudHub workers/replicas. It is possible that several external systems could send duplicate passenger records to the Reservation application.
An appropriate storage mechanism must be selected to help the Reservation application process each passenger record exactly once as much as possible. The selected storage mechanism must be shared by all the CloudHub workers/replicas in order to synchronize the state information to assist attempting exactly once processing of each passenger record by the deployed Reservation Mule application.
Which type of simple storage mechanism in Anypoint Platform allows the Reservation Mule application to update and share data between the CloudHub workers/replicas exactly once, with minimal development effort?


A. Persistent Object Store


B. Runtime Fabric Object Store


C. Non-persistent Object Store


D. In-memory Mule Object Store





A.
  Persistent Object Store


A European company has customers all across Europe, and the IT department is migrating from an older platform to MuleSoft. The main requirements are that the new platform should allow redeployments with zero downtime and deployment of applications to multiple runtime versions, provide security and speed, and utilize Anypoint MQ as the message service. Which runtime plane should the company select based on the requirements without additional network configuration?


A. Runtime Fabric on VMs / Bare Metal for the runtime plane


B. Customer-hosted runtime plane


C. MuleSoft-hosted runtime plane (CloudHub)


D. Anypoint Runtime Fabric on Self-Managed Kubernetes for the runtime plane





C.
  MuleSoft-hosted runtime plane (CloudHub)

Explanation:
For a European company with requirements such as zero-downtime redeployment, deployment to multiple runtime versions, secure and fast performance, and the use of Anypoint MQ without additional network configuration, CloudHub is the best choice for the following reasons:

  • Zero-Downtime Redeployment: CloudHub supports zero-downtime deployment, which allows seamless redeployment of applications without impacting availability. Support for Multiple Runtime Versions: CloudHub allows deploying applications across different Mule runtime versions, giving flexibility to test and migrate applications as needed.
  • Integrated Anypoint MQ: Anypoint MQ, which is fully integrated with CloudHub, provides reliable messaging across applications. Choosing CloudHub removes the need for additional network configurations, as Anypoint MQ can be directly accessed in this hosted environment.
  • Security and Performance: CloudHub offers secure networking, automatic scaling, and optimized performance without requiring a complex setup. This is managed by MuleSoft’s infrastructure, meeting the speed and security requirements with minimal overhead.
Explanation of Incorrect Options:
References:

For more information on CloudHub’s capabilities regarding zero-downtime deployments and integration with Anypoint MQ, refer to MuleSoft documentation on CloudHub.

A System API is designed to retrieve data from a backend system that has scalability challenges. What API policy can best safeguard the backend system?


A.

IPwhitelist


B.

SLA-based rate limiting


C.

Auth 2 token enforcement


D.

Client ID enforcement





B.
  

SLA-based rate limiting



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: SLA-based rate limiting
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>> Client Id enforement policy is a "Compliance" related NFR and does not help in
maintaining the "Quality of Service (QoS)". It CANNOT and NOT meant for protecting the
backend systems from scalability challenges.
>> IP Whitelisting and OAuth 2.0 token enforcement are "Security" related NFRs and again
does not help in maintaining the "Quality of Service (QoS)". They CANNOT and are NOT
meant for protecting the backend systems from scalability challenges.
Rate Limiting, Rate Limiting-SLA, Throttling, Spike Control are the policies that are "Quality
of Service (QOS)" related NFRs and are meant to help in protecting the backend systems
from getting overloaded.
https://dzone.com/articles/how-to-secure-apis

An existing Quoting API is defined in RAML and used by REST clients for interacting with the quoting engine. Currently there is a resource defined in the RAML that allows the creation of quotes; however, a new requirement was just received to allow for the updating of existing quotes. Which two actions need to be taken to facilitate this change so it can be processed? (Choose 2 answers)


A. Update the API implementation to accommodate the new update request


B. B. Remove the old client applications and create new client applications to account for the changes


C. Update the RAML with new method details for the update request


D. Deprecate existing versions of the API in Exchange


E. Add a new API policy to API Manager to allow access to the updated endpoint





A.
  Update the API implementation to accommodate the new update request

C.
  Update the RAML with new method details for the update request

Explanation:
To accommodate the new requirement of allowing updates to existing quotes, the following actions should be taken:

  • Update the RAML Definition (Option C):
  • Update the API Implementation (Option A):
  • Explanation of Incorrect Options:

An auto manufacturer has a mature CI/CD practice and wants to automate packaging and deployment of any Mule applications to various deployment targets, including CloudHub workers/replicas, customer-hosted Mule runtimes, and Anypoint Runtime Fabric. Which MuleSoft-provided tool or component facilitates automating the packaging and deployment of Mule applications to various deployment targets as part of the company's CI/CD practice?


A. Anypoint Runtime Manager


B. Mule Maven plugin


C. Anypoint Platform CLI


D. Anypoint Platform REST APIs





B.
  Mule Maven plugin

Explanation:
For organizations with established CI/CD practices, the Mule Maven plugin is the recommended tool for automating packaging and deployment across multiple environments, including CloudHub, on-premise Mule runtimes, and Anypoint Runtime Fabric. Here’s why:

  • Automation with Maven:
  • Supported Deployment Targets:
  • Why Option B is Correct:
  • Explanation of Incorrect Options:
References:
For more details, refer to MuleSoft documentation on using the Mule Maven plugin for CI/CD.

Version 3.0.1 of a REST API implementation represents time values in PST time using ISO 8601 hh:mm:ss format. The API implementation needs to be changed to instead represent time values in CEST time using ISO 8601 hh:mm:ss format. When following the semver.org semantic versioning specification, what version should be assigned to the updated API implementation?


A.

3.0.2


B.

4.0.0


C.

3.1.0


D.

3.0.1





B.
  

4.0.0



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: 4.0.0
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As per semver.org semantic versioning specification:
Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
- MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes.
- MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible manner.
- PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes.
As per the scenario given in the question, the API implementation is completely changing
its behavior. Although the format of the time is still being maintained as hh:mm:ss and there
is no change in schema w.r.t format, the API will start functioning different after this change
as the times are going to come completely different.
Example: Before the change, say, time is going as 09:00:00 representing the PST. Now on,
after the change, the same time will go as 18:00:00 as Central European Summer Time is
9 hours ahead of Pacific Time.
>> This may lead to some uncertain behavior on API clients depending on how they are
handling the times in the API response. All the API clients need to be informed that the API
functionality is going to change and will return in CEST format. So, this considered as a
MAJOR change and the version of API for this new change would be 4.0.0

In which layer of API-led connectivity, does the business logic orchestration reside?


A.

System Layer


B.

Experience Layer


C.

Process Layer





C.
  

Process Layer



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: Process Layer
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>> Experience layer is dedicated for enrichment of end user experience. This layer is to
meet the needs of different API clients/ consumers.
>> System layer is dedicated to APIs which are modular in nature and implement/ expose
various individual functionalities of backend systems
>> Process layer is the place where simple or complex business orchestration logic is
written by invoking one or many System layer modular APIs
So, Process Layer is the right answer.

What API policy would be LEAST LIKELY used when designing an Experience API that is intended to work with a consumer mobile phone or tablet application?


A.

OAuth 2.0 access token enforcement


B.

Client ID enforcement


C.

JSON threat protection


D.

IPwhitellst





D.
  

IPwhitellst



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: IP whitelist
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>> OAuth 2.0 access token and Client ID enforcement policies are VERY common to apply
on Experience APIs as API consumers need to register and access the APIs using one of
these mechanisms
>> JSON threat protection is also VERY common policy to apply on Experience APIs to
prevent bad or suspicious payloads hitting the API implementations.
>> IP whitelisting policy is usually very common in Process and System APIs to only
whitelist the IP range inside the local VPC. But also applied occassionally on some
experience APIs where the End User/ API Consumers are FIXED.
>> When we know the API consumers upfront who are going to access certain Experience
APIs, then we can request for static IPs from such consumers and whitelist them to prevent
anyone else hitting the API.
However, the experience API given in the question/ scenario is intended to work with a
consumer mobile phone or tablet application. Which means, there is no way we can know
all possible IPs that are to be whitelisted as mobile phones and tablets can so many in
number and any device in the city/state/country/globe.
So, It is very LEAST LIKELY to apply IP Whitelisting on such Experience APIs whose
consumers are typically Mobile Phones or Tablets.


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