Mulesoft MCPA-Level-1 Exam Questions

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What are the major benefits of MuleSoft proposed IT Operating Model?


A.

1. Decrease the IT delivery gap
2. Meet various business demands without increasing the IT capacity
3. Focus on creation of reusable assets first. Upon finishing creation of all the possible
assets then inform the LOBs in the organization to start using them


B.

1. Decrease the IT delivery gap
2. Meet various business demands by increasing the IT capacity and forming various IT
departments
3. Make consumption of assets at the rate of production


C.

1. Decrease the IT delivery gap
2. Meet various business demands without increasing the IT capacity
3. Make consumption of assets at the rate of production





C.
  

1. Decrease the IT delivery gap
2. Meet various business demands without increasing the IT capacity
3. Make consumption of assets at the rate of production



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer:
1. Decrease the IT delivery gap
2. Meet various business demands without increasing the IT capacity
3. Make consumption of assets at the rate of production.
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Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0FpYMnMjmM

What API policy would LEAST likely be applied to a Process API?


A.

Custom circuit breaker


B.

Client ID enforcement


C.

Rate limiting


D.

JSON threat protection





D.
  

JSON threat protection



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: JSON threat protection
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Fact: Technically, there are no restrictions on what policy can be applied in what layer. Any
policy can be applied on any layer API. However, context should also be considered
properly before blindly applying the policies on APIs.
That is why, this question asked for a policy that would LEAST likely be applied to a
Process API.
From the given options:
>> All policies except "JSON threat protection" can be applied without hesitation to the
APIs in Process tier.
>> JSON threat protection policy ideally fits for experience APIs to prevent suspicious
JSON payload coming from external API clients. This covers more of a security aspect by
trying to avoid possibly malicious and harmful JSON payloads from external clients calling
experience APIs.
As external API clients are NEVER allowed to call Process APIs directly and also these
kind of malicious and harmful JSON payloads are always stopped at experience API layer
only using this policy, it is LEAST LIKELY that this same policy is again applied on Process
Layer API.

A company uses a hybrid Anypoint Platform deployment model that combines the EU
control plane with customer-hosted Mule runtimes. After successfully testing a Mule API
implementation in the Staging environment, the Mule API implementation is set with
environment-specific properties and must be promoted to the Production environment.
What is a way that MuleSoft recommends to configure the Mule API implementation and
automate its promotion to the Production environment?


A.

Bundle properties files for each environment into the Mule API implementation's deployable
archive, then promote the Mule API implementation to the Production environment using
Anypoint CLI or the Anypoint Platform REST APIsB.


B.

Modify the Mule API implementation's properties in the API Manager Properties tab, then
promote the Mule API implementation to the Production environment using API Manager


C.

Modify the Mule API implementation's properties in Anypoint Exchange, then promote the
Mule API implementation to the Production environment using Runtime Manager


D.

Use an API policy to change properties in the Mule API implementation deployed to the
Staging environment and another API policy to deploy the Mule API implementation to the
Production environment





A.
  

Bundle properties files for each environment into the Mule API implementation's deployable
archive, then promote the Mule API implementation to the Production environment using
Anypoint CLI or the Anypoint Platform REST APIsB.



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: Bundle properties files for each environment into the Mule API
implementation's deployable archive, then promote the Mule API implementation to the
Production environment using Anypoint CLI or the Anypoint Platform REST APIs
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>> Anypoint Exchange is for asset discovery and documentation. It has got no provision to
modify the properties of Mule API implementations at all.
>> API Manager is for managing API instances, their contracts, policies and SLAs. It has
also got no provision to modify the properties of API implementations.
>> API policies are to address Non-functional requirements of APIs and has again got no
provision to modify the properties of API implementations.
So, the right way and recommended way to do this as part of development practice is to
bundle properties files for each environment into the Mule API implementation and just
point and refer to respective file per environment.

A customer has an ELA contract with MuleSoft. An API deployed to CloudHub is consistently experiencing performance issues. Based on the root cause analysis, it is determined that autoscaling needs to be applied. How can this be achieved?


A. Configure a policy so that when the number of HTTP requests reaches a certain threshold the number of workers/replicas increases (horizontal scaling)


B. Configure two separate policies: When CPU and memory reach certain threshold, increase the worker/replica type (vertical sealing) and the number of workers/replicas (horizontal sealing)


C. Configure a policy based on CPU usage so that CloudHub auto-adjusts the number of workers/replicas (horizontal scaling)


D. Configure a policy so that when the response time reaches a certain threshold the worker/replica type increases (vertical scaling)





C.
  Configure a policy based on CPU usage so that CloudHub auto-adjusts the number of workers/replicas (horizontal scaling)

Explanation:
In MuleSoft CloudHub, autoscaling is essential to managing application load efficiently. CloudHub supports horizontal scaling based on CPU usage, which is wellsuited to applications experiencing variable demand and needing responsive resource allocation.

  • Autoscaling on CloudHub:
  • Why Option C is Correct:
  • Explanation of Incorrect Options:
References
For more on CloudHub’s autoscaling configuration, refer to MuleSoft documentation on CloudHub autoscaling policies.

How can the application of a rate limiting API policy be accurately reflected in the RAML definition of an API?


A.

By refining the resource definitions by adding a description of the rate limiting policy behavior


B.

By refining the request definitions by adding a remaining Requests query parameter with description, type, and example


C.

By refining the response definitions by adding the out-of-the-box Anypoint Platform ratelimit-
enforcement securityScheme with description, type, and example


D.

By refining the response definitions by adding the x-ratelimit-* response headers with
description, type, and example





D.
  

By refining the response definitions by adding the x-ratelimit-* response headers with
description, type, and example



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: By refining the response definitions by adding the x-ratelimit-* response
headers with description, type, and example
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A new upstream API Is being designed to offer an SLA of 500 ms median and 800 ms
maximum (99th percentile) response time. The corresponding API implementation needs to
sequentially invoke 3 downstream APIs of very similar complexity.
The first of these downstream APIs offers the following SLA for its response time: median:
100 ms, 80th percentile: 500 ms, 95th percentile: 1000 ms.
If possible, how can a timeout be set in the upstream API for the invocation of the first
downstream API to meet the new upstream API's desired SLA?


A.

Set a timeout of 50 ms; this times out more invocations of that API but gives additional
room for retries


B.

Set a timeout of 100 ms; that leaves 400 ms for the other two downstream APIs to complete


C.

No timeout is possible to meet the upstream API's desired SLA; a different SLA must be
negotiated with the first downstream API or invoke an alternative API


D.

Do not set a timeout; the Invocation of this API Is mandatory and so we must wait until it
responds





B.
  

Set a timeout of 100 ms; that leaves 400 ms for the other two downstream APIs to complete



Explanation:
Explanation
Correct Answer: Set a timeout of 100ms; that leaves 400ms for other two downstream APIs
to complete
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Key details to take from the given scenario:
>> Upstream API's designed SLA is 500ms (median). Lets ignore maximum SLA response
times.
>> This API calls 3 downstream APIs sequentially and all these are of similar complexity.
>> The first downstream API is offering median SLA of 100ms, 80th percentile: 500ms;
95th percentile: 1000ms.
Based on the above details:
>> We can rule out the option which is suggesting to set 50ms timeout. Because, if the
median SLA itself being offered is 100ms then most of the calls are going to timeout and
time gets wasted in retried them and eventually gets exhausted with all retries. Even if
some retries gets successful, the remaining time wont leave enough room for 2nd and 3rd
downstream APIs to respond within time.
>> The option suggesting to NOT set a timeout as the invocation of this API is mandatory
and so we must wait until it responds is silly. As not setting time out would go against the
good implementation pattern and moreover if the first API is not responding within its
offered median SLA 100ms then most probably it would either respond in 500ms (80th
percentile) or 1000ms (95th percentile). In BOTH cases, getting a successful response
from 1st downstream API does NO GOOD because already by this time the Upstream API
SLA of 500 ms is breached. There is no time left to call 2nd and 3rd downstream APIs.
>> It is NOT true that no timeout is possible to meet the upstream APIs desired SLA.
As 1st downstream API is offering its median SLA of 100ms, it means MOST of the time we
would get the responses within that time. So, setting a timeout of 100ms would be ideal for
MOST calls as it leaves enough room of 400ms for remaining 2 downstream API calls.

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.

An organization has created an API-led architecture that uses various API layers to integrate mobile clients with a backend system. The backend system consists of a number of specialized components and can be accessed via a REST API. The process and
experience APIs share the same bounded-context model that is different from the backend
data model. What additional canonical models, bounded-context models, or anti-corruption
layers are best added to this architecture to help process data consumed from the backend
system?


A.

Create a bounded-context model for every layer and overlap them when the boundary
contexts overlap, letting API developers know about the differences between upstream and
downstream data models


B.

Create a canonical model that combines the backend and API-led models to simplify
and unify data models, and minimize data transformations.


C.

Create a bounded-context model for the system layer to closely match the backend data
model, and add an anti-corruption layer to let the different bounded contexts cooperate
across the system and process layers


D.

Create an anti-corruption layer for every API to perform transformation for every data
model to match each other, and let data simply travel between APIs to avoid the complexity
and overhead of building canonical models





C.
  

Create a bounded-context model for the system layer to closely match the backend data
model, and add an anti-corruption layer to let the different bounded contexts cooperate
across the system and process layers



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: Create a bounded-context model for the system layer to closely match the
backend data model, and add an anti-corruption layer to let the different bounded contexts
cooperate across the system and process layers
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>> Canonical models are not an option here as the organization has already put in efforts
and created bounded-context models for Experience and Process APIs.
>> Anti-corruption layers for ALL APIs is unnecessary and invalid because it is mentioned
that experience and process APIs share same bounded-context model. It is just the System
layer APIs that need to choose their approach now.
>> So, having an anti-corruption layer just between the process and system layers will work
well. Also to speed up the approach, system APIs can mimic the backend system data
model.


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