Mulesoft MCPA-Level-1 Exam Questions

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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.

Which statement is true about identity management and client management on Anypoint Platform?


A. If an external identity provider is configured, the SAML 2.0 bearer tokens issued by the identity provider cannot be used for invocations of the Anypoint Platform web APIs


B. If an external client provider is configured, it must be configured at the Anypoint Platform organization level and cannot be assigned to individual business groups and environments


C. Anypoint Platform supports configuring one external identity provider


D. Both client management and identity management require an identity provider





C.
  Anypoint Platform supports configuring one external identity provider

Explanation:
Anypoint Platform allows organizations to integrate one external identity provider (IdP) for identity and access management (IAM), supporting SSO and centralized user authentication.

  • Identity Provider Limit:
  • Explanation of Correct Answer (C):
  • Explanation of Incorrect Options:
References:
For further details on identity management options, consult MuleSoft documentation on Anypoint Platform’s IAM capabilities.

What do the API invocation metrics provided by Anypoint Platform provide?


A.

ROI metrics from APIs that can be directly shared with business users


B.

Measurements of the effectiveness of the application network based on the level of reuse


C.

Data on past API invocations to help identify anomalies and usage patterns across various APIs


D.

Proactive identification of likely future policy violations that exceed a given threat
threshold





C.
  

Data on past API invocations to help identify anomalies and usage patterns across various APIs



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: Data on past API invocations to help identify anomalies and usage
patterns across various APIs
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API Invocation metrics provided by Anypoint Platform:
>> Does NOT provide any Return Of Investment (ROI) related information. So the option
suggesting it is OUT.
>> Does NOT provide any information w.r.t how APIs are reused, whether there is effective
usage of APIs or not etc...
>> Does NOT prodive any prediction information as such to help us proactively identify any
future policy violations.
So, the kind of data/information we can get from such metrics is on past API invocations to
help identify anomalies and usage patterns across various APIs.
Reference:
https://usermanual.wiki/Document/APAAppNetstudentManual02may2018.991784750.pdf

Which statement is true about Spike Control policy and Rate Limiting policy?


A. All requests are rejected after the limit is reached in Rate Limiting policy, whereas the requests are queued in Spike Control policy after the limit is reached


B. In a clustered environment, the Rate Limiting.and Spike Control policies are applied to each node in the cluster


C. To protect Experience APIs by limiting resource consumption, Rate Limiting policy must be applied


D. In order to apply Rate Limiting and Spike Control policies, a contract to bind client application and API is needed for both





B.
  In a clustered environment, the Rate Limiting.and Spike Control policies are applied to each node in the cluster

A large company wants to implement IT infrastructure in its own data center, based on the corporate IT policy requirements that data and metadata reside locally. Which combination of Mule control plane and Mule runtime plane(s) meets the requirements?


A. Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition for the control plane and the MuleSoft-hosted runtime plane


B. The MuleSoft-hosted control plane and Anypoint Runtime Fabric for the runtime plane


C. The MuleSoft-hosted control plane and customer-hosted Mule runtimes for the runtime plane


D. Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition for the control plane and customer-hosted Mule runtimes for the runtime plane





D.
  Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition for the control plane and customer-hosted Mule runtimes for the runtime plane

Explanation:

  • Understanding Control and Runtime Planes
  • Evaluating the Options
Conclusion:
Refer to MuleSoft's documentation on Private Cloud Edition deployment and on-premise runtime configurations for further details.

A company wants to move its Mule API implementations into production as quickly as
possible. To protect access to all Mule application data and metadata, the company
requires that all Mule applications be deployed to the company's customer-hosted
infrastructure within the corporate firewall. What combination of runtime plane and control
plane options meets these project lifecycle goals?


A.

Manually provisioned customer-hosted runtime plane and customer-hosted control plane


B.

MuleSoft-hosted runtime plane and customer-hosted control plane


C.

Manually provisioned customer-hosted runtime plane and MuleSoft-hosted control plane


D.

iPaaS provisioned customer-hosted runtime plane and MuleSoft-hosted control plane





A.
  

Manually provisioned customer-hosted runtime plane and customer-hosted control plane



Explanation:
Explanation
Correct Answer: Manually provisioned customer-hosted runtime plane and customerhosted
control plane
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There are two key factors that are to be taken into consideration from the scenario given in
the question.
>> Company requires both data and metadata to be resided within the corporate firewall
>> Company would like to go with customer-hosted infrastructure.
Any deployment model that is to deal with the cloud directly or indirectly (Mulesoft-hosted
or Customer's own cloud like Azure, AWS) will have to share atleast the metadata.
Application data can be controlled inside firewall by having Mule Runtimes on customer
hosted runtime plane. But if we go with Mulsoft-hosted/ Cloud-based control plane, the
control plane required atleast some minimum level of metadata to be sent outside the
corporate firewall.
As the customer requirement is pretty clear about the data and metadata both to be within
the corporate firewall, even though customer wants to move to production as quickly as
possible, unfortunately due to the nature of their security requirements, they have no other
option but to go with manually provisioned customer-hosted runtime plane and customerhosted
control plane.

A company has created a successful enterprise data model (EDM). The company is
committed to building an application network by adopting modern APIs as a core enabler of
the company's IT operating model. At what API tiers (experience, process, system) should
the company require reusing the EDM when designing modern API data models?


A.

At the experience and process tiers


B.

At the experience and system tiers


C.

At the process and system tiers


D.

At the experience, process, and system tiers





C.
  

At the process and system tiers



Explanation: Explanation Correct Answer: At the process and system tiers
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>> Experience Layer APIs are modeled and designed exclusively for the end user's
experience. So, the data models of experience layer vary based on the nature and type of
such API consumer. For example, Mobile consumers will need light-weight data models to
transfer with ease on the wire, where as web-based consumers will need detailed data
models to render most of the info on web pages, so on. So, enterprise data models fit for
the purpose of canonical models but not of good use for experience APIs.
>> That is why, EDMs should be used extensively in process and system tiers but NOT in
experience tier.

What is a key requirement when using an external Identity Provider for Client Management in Anypoint Platform?


A.

Single sign-on is required to sign in to Anypoint Platform


B.

The application network must include System APIs that interact with the Identity
Provider


C.

To invoke OAuth 2.0-protected APIs managed by Anypoint Platform, API clients must submit access tokens issued by that same Identity Provider


D.

APIs managed by Anypoint Platform must be protected by SAML 2.0 policies





C.
  

To invoke OAuth 2.0-protected APIs managed by Anypoint Platform, API clients must submit access tokens issued by that same Identity Provider



Explanation: https://www.folkstalk.com/2019/11/mulesoft-integration-and-platform.html
Explanation
Correct Answer: To invoke OAuth 2.0-protected APIs managed by Anypoint Platform, API
clients must submit access tokens issued by that same Identity Provider
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>> It is NOT necessary that single sign-on is required to sign in to Anypoint Platform
because we are using an external Identity Provider for Client Management
>> It is NOT necessary that all APIs managed by Anypoint Platform must be protected by
SAML 2.0 policies because we are using an external Identity Provider for Client
Management
>> Not TRUE that the application network must include System APIs that interact with the
Identity Provider because we are using an external Identity Provider for Client Management
Only TRUE statement in the given options is - "To invoke OAuth 2.0-protected APIs
managed by Anypoint Platform, API clients must submit access tokens issued by that same
Identity Provider"
References:
https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/2.x/external-oauth-2.0-token-validation-policy
https://blogs.mulesoft.com/dev/api-dev/api-security-ways-to-authenticate-and-authorize/


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