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An API implementation returns three X-RateLimit-* HTTP response headers to a requesting API client. What type of information do these response headers indicate to the API client?


A.

The error codes that result from throttling


B.

A correlation ID that should be sent in the next request


C.

The HTTP response size


D.

The remaining capacity allowed by the API implementation





D.
  

The remaining capacity allowed by the API implementation



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: The remaining capacity allowed by the API implementation.
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>> Reference: https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/2.x/rate-limiting-and-throttling-slabased-
policies#response-headers


What should be ensured before sharing an API through a public Anypoint Exchange portal?


A.

The visibility level of the API instances of that API that need to be publicly accessible should be set to public visibility


B.

The users needing access to the API should be added to the appropriate role in
Anypoint Platform


C.

The API should be functional with at least an initial implementation deployed and accessible for users to interact with


D.

The API should be secured using one of the supported authentication/authorization mechanisms to ensure that data is not compromised





A.
  

The visibility level of the API instances of that API that need to be publicly accessible should be set to public visibility



Explanation: Explanation

What Mule application deployment scenario requires using Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition or Anypoint Platform for Pivotal Cloud Foundry?


A.

When it Is required to make ALL applications highly available across multiple data centers


B.

When it is required that ALL APIs are private and NOT exposed to the public cloud


C.

When regulatory requirements mandate on-premises processing of EVERY data item, including meta-data


D.

When ALL backend systems in the application network are deployed in the
organization's intranet





C.
  

When regulatory requirements mandate on-premises processing of EVERY data item, including meta-data



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: When regulatory requirements mandate on-premises processing of EVERY data item, including meta-data.
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We need NOT require to use Anypoint Platform PCE or PCF for the below. So these
options are OUT.
>> We can make ALL applications highly available across multiple data centers using
CloudHub too.
>> We can use Anypoint VPN and tunneling from CloudHub to connect to ALL backend
systems in the application network that are deployed in the organization's intranet.
>> We can use Anypoint VPC and Firewall Rules to make ALL APIs private and NOT
exposed to the public cloud.
Only valid reason in the given options that requires to use Anypoint Platform PCE/ PCF is -
When regulatory requirements mandate on-premises processing of EVERY data item,
including meta-data

An API has been updated in Anypoint exchange by its API producer from version 3.1.1 to
3.2.0 following accepted semantic versioning practices and the changes have been
communicated via the APIs public portal. The API endpoint does NOT change in the new
version. How should the developer of an API client respond to this change?


A.

The API producer should be requested to run the old version in parallel with the new one


B.

The API producer should be contacted to understand the change to existing functionality


C.

The API client code only needs to be changed if it needs to take advantage of the new features


D.

The API clients need to update the code on their side and need to do full regression





C.
  

The API client code only needs to be changed if it needs to take advantage of the new features



When could the API data model of a System API reasonably mimic the data model
exposed by the corresponding backend system, with minimal improvements over the
backend system's data model?


A.

When there is an existing Enterprise Data Model widely used across the organization


B.

When the System API can be assigned to a bounded context with a corresponding data
model


C.

When a pragmatic approach with only limited isolation from the backend system is deemed appropriate


D.

When the corresponding backend system is expected to be replaced in the near future





C.
  

When a pragmatic approach with only limited isolation from the backend system is deemed appropriate



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: When a pragmatic approach with only limited isolation from the backend
system is deemed appropriate.
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General guidance w.r.t choosing Data Models:
>> If an Enterprise Data Model is in use then the API data model of System APIs should
make use of data types from that Enterprise Data Model and the corresponding API
implementation should translate between these data types from the Enterprise Data Model
and the native data model of the backend system.
>> If no Enterprise Data Model is in use then each System API should be assigned to a
Bounded Context, the API data model of System APIs should make use of data types from
the corresponding Bounded Context Data Model and the corresponding API
implementation should translate between these data types from the Bounded Context Data
Model and the native data model of the backend system. In this scenario, the data types in
the Bounded Context Data Model are defined purely in terms of their business
characteristics and are typically not related to the native data model of the backend system.
In other words, the translation effort may be significant.
>> If no Enterprise Data Model is in use, and the definition of a clean Bounded Context
Data Model is considered too much effort, then the API data model of System APIs should
make use of data types that approximately mirror those from the backend system, same
semantics and naming as backend system, lightly sanitized, expose all fields needed for
the given System API’s functionality, but not significantly more and making good use of
REST conventions.
The latter approach, i.e., exposing in System APIs an API data model that basically mirrors
that of the backend system, does not provide satisfactory isolation from backend systems
through the System API tier on its own. In particular, it will typically not be possible to
"swap out" a backend system without significantly changing all System APIs in front of that
backend system and therefore the API implementations of all Process APIs that depend on
those System APIs! This is so because it is not desirable to prolong the life of a previous
backend system’s data model in the form of the API data model of System APIs that now
front a new backend system. The API data models of System APIs following this approach
must therefore change when the backend system is replaced.
On the other hand:
>> It is a very pragmatic approach that adds comparatively little overhead over accessing
the backend system directly
>> Isolates API clients from intricacies of the backend system outside the data model
(protocol, authentication, connection pooling, network address, …)
>> Allows the usual API policies to be applied to System APIs
>> Makes the API data model for interacting with the backend system explicit and visible,
by exposing it in the RAML definitions of the System APIs
>> Further isolation from the backend system data model does occur in the API

A company deployed an API to a single worker/replica in the shared cloud in the U.S. West Region. What happens when the Availability Zone experiences an outage?


A. CloudHub will auto-redeploy the APL in the U.S. East Region


B. The APT will be unavailable until the availability comes back online, at which time the worker/replica will be auto-restarted


C. CloudHub will auto-redeploy the API in another Availability Zone in the U.S. West Region


D. The Anypoint Platform admin is alerted when the AP] is experiencing an outage and needs the trigger the CI/CD pipeline to redeploy to the US. East Region





B.
  The APT will be unavailable until the availability comes back online, at which time the worker/replica will be auto-restarted

Explanation:
In a CloudHub deployment with a single worker/replica located in a specific Availability Zone (AZ), if an AZ experiences an outage, here’s what happens:
Worker Availability: Since the application is deployed in a single AZ, CloudHub does not automatically redeploy the application in a different zone or region during an outage. Thus, if the current AZ is unavailable, the application will be offline.
Auto-Restart upon AZ Recovery: Once the affected AZ is back online, CloudHub will auto-restart the worker in the same AZ without manual intervention. This ensures that as soon as the AZ is functional, the application resumes automatically.

An API with multiple API implementations (Mule applications) is deployed to both CloudHub and customer-hosted Mule runtimes. All the deployments are managed by the MuleSoft-hosted control plane. An alert needs to be triggered whenever an API implementation stops responding to API requests, even if no API clients have called the API implementation for some time. What is the most effective out-of-the-box solution to create these alerts to monitor the API implementations?


A. Create monitors in Anypoint Functional Monitoring for the API implementations, where each monitor repeatedly invokes an API implementation endpoint


B. Add code to each API client to send an Anypoint Platform REST API request to generate a custom alert in Anypoint Platform when an API invocation times out


C. Handle API invocation exceptions within the calling API client and raise an alert from that API client when such an exception is thrown


D. Configure one Worker Not Responding alert.in Anypoint Runtime Manager for all API implementations that will then monitor every API implementation





A.
  Create monitors in Anypoint Functional Monitoring for the API implementations, where each monitor repeatedly invokes an API implementation endpoint

Explanation:
In scenarios where multiple API implementations are deployed across different environments (CloudHub and customer-hosted runtimes), Anypoint Functional Monitoring is the most effective tool to monitor API availability and trigger alerts when an API implementation becomes unresponsive. Here’s how it works:

  • Using Anypoint Functional Monitoring:
  • Why Option A is Correct:
  • Explanation of Incorrect Options:
References:
For further information, refer to MuleSoft documentation on Anypoint Functional Monitoring setup and usage for API availability monitoring.

A circuit breaker strategy is planned in order to meet the goal of improved response time and demand on a downstream API.

  • Circuit Open: More than 10 errors per minute for three minutes
  • Circuit Half-Open: One error per minute
  • Circuit Closed: Less than one error per minute for five minutes
Out of several proposals from the engineering team, which option will meet this goal?


A. Create a custom policy that implements the circuit breaker and includes policy template expressions for the required settings


B. Create Anypoint Monitoring alerts for Circuit Open/Closed configurations, and then implement a retry strategy for Circuit Half-Open configuration


C. Add the Circuit Breaker policy to the API instance, and configure the required settings


D. Implement the strategy in a Mule application, and provide the settings in the YAML configuration





C.
  Add the Circuit Breaker policy to the API instance, and configure the required settings


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