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An organization requires several APIs to be secured with OAuth 2.0, and PingFederate has been identified as the identity provider for API client authorization, The PingFederate Client Provider is configured in access management, and the PingFederate OAuth 2.0 Token Enforcement policy is configured for the API instances required by the organization. The API instances reside in two business groups (Group A and Group B) within the Master Organization (Master Org). What should be done to allow API consumers to access the API instances?


A. The API administrator should configure the correct client discovery URL in both child business groups, and the API consumer should request access to the API in Ping Identity


B. The API administrator should grant access to the API consumers by creating contracts in the relevant API instances in API Manager


C. The APL consumer should create a client application and request access to the APT in Anypoint Exchange, and the API administrator should approve the request


D. The APT consumer should create a client application and request access to the API in Ping Identity, and the organization's Ping Identity workflow will grant access





C.
  The APL consumer should create a client application and request access to the APT in Anypoint Exchange, and the API administrator should approve the request

An API implementation is deployed to CloudHub.
What conditions can be alerted on using the default Anypoint Platform functionality, where
the alert conditions depend on the end-to-end request processing of the API
implementation?


A.

When the API is invoked by an unrecognized API client


B.

When a particular API client invokes the API too often within a given time period


C.

When the response time of API invocations exceeds a threshold


D.

When the API receives a very high number of API invocations





C.
  

When the response time of API invocations exceeds a threshold



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: When the response time of API invocations exceeds a threshold
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>> Alerts can be setup for all the given options using the default Anypoint Platform
functionality
>> However, the question insists on an alert whose conditions depend on the end-to-end
request processing of the API implementation.
>> Alert w.r.t "Response Times" is the only one which requires end-to-end request
processing of API implementation in order to determine if the threshold is exceeded or not.
Reference: https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/2.x/using-api-alerts

A large organization with an experienced central IT department is getting started using MuleSoft. There is a project to connect a siloed back-end system to a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. The Center for Enablement is coaching them to use API-led connectivity. What action would support the creation of an application network using API-led connectivity?


A. Invite the business analyst to create a business process model to specify the canonical data model between the two systems


B. Determine if the new CRM system supports the creation of custom: REST APIs, establishes 4 private network with CloudHub, and supports GAuth 2.0 authentication


C. To expedite this project, central IT should extend the CRM system and back-end systems to connect to one another using built in integration interfaces


D. Create a System API to unlock the data on the back-end system using a REST API





D.
  Create a System API to unlock the data on the back-end system using a REST API

Explanation:
For an organization starting with API-led connectivity to integrate a siloed back-end system with a new CRM, the following approach aligns with best practices and MuleSoft’s Center for Enablement (C4E) guidance:
API-led Connectivity: This model organizes APIs into distinct layers (System, Process, and Experience) to improve reusability, modularity, and manageability.

  • Step to Support Application Network:
  • Why Option D is Correct:
  • Explanation of Incorrect Options:

A system API is deployed to a primary environment as well as to a disaster recovery (DR)
environment, with different DNS names in each environment. A process API is a client to
the system API and is being rate limited by the system API, with different limits in each of
the environments. The system API's DR environment provides only 20% of the rate limiting
offered by the primary environment. What is the best API fault-tolerant invocation strategy
to reduce overall errors in the process API, given these conditions and constraints?


A.

Invoke the system API deployed to the primary environment; add timeout and retry logic to
the process API to avoid intermittent failures; if it still fails, invoke the system API deployed
to the DR environment


B.

Invoke the system API deployed to the primary environment; add retry logic to the process
API to handle intermittent failures by invoking the system API deployed to the DR
environment


C.

In parallel, invoke the system API deployed to the primary environment and the system API
deployed to the DR environment; add timeout and retry logic to the process API to avoid
intermittent failures; add logic to the process API to combine the results


D.

Invoke the system API deployed to the primary environment; add timeout and retry logic to
the process API to avoid intermittent failures; if it still fails, invoke a copy of the process API
deployed to the DR environment





A.
  

Invoke the system API deployed to the primary environment; add timeout and retry logic to
the process API to avoid intermittent failures; if it still fails, invoke the system API deployed
to the DR environment



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: Invoke the system API deployed to the primary environment; add timeout
and retry logic to the process API to avoid intermittent failures; if it still fails, invoke the
system API deployed to the DR environment
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There is one important consideration to be noted in the question which is - System API in
DR environment provides only 20% of the rate limiting offered by the primary environment.
So, comparitively, very less calls will be allowed into the DR environment API opposed to
its primary environment. With this in mind, lets analyse what is the right and best faulttolerant
invocation strategy.
1. Invoking both the system APIs in parallel is definitely NOT a feasible approach because
of the 20% limitation we have on DR environment. Calling in parallel every time would
easily and quickly exhaust the rate limits on DR environment and may not give chance to
genuine intermittent error scenarios to let in during the time of need.
2. Another option given is suggesting to add timeout and retry logic to process API while
invoking primary environment's system API. This is good so far. However, when all retries
failed, the option is suggesting to invoke the copy of process API on DR environment which
is not right or recommended. Only system API is the one to be considered for fallback and
not the whole process API. Process APIs usually have lot of heavy orchestration calling
many other APIs which we do not want to repeat again by calling DR's process API. So this
option is NOT right.
3. One more option given is suggesting to add the retry (no timeout) logic to process API to
directly retry on DR environment's system API instead of retrying the primary environment
system API first. This is not at all a proper fallback. A proper fallback should occur only
after all retries are performed and exhausted on Primary environment first. But here, the
option is suggesting to directly retry fallback API on first failure itself without trying main
API. So, this option is NOT right too.
This leaves us one option which is right and best fit.
- Invoke the system API deployed to the primary environment
- Add Timeout and Retry logic on it in process API
- If it fails even after all retries, then invoke the system API deployed to the DR
environment.

A client has several applications running on the Salesforce service cloud. The business requirement for integration is to get daily data changes from Account and Case Objects. Data needs to be moved to the client's private cloud AWS DynamoDB instance as a single JSON and the business foresees only wanting five attributes from the Account object, which has 219 attributes (some custom) and eight attributes from the Case Object. What design should be used to support the API/ Application data model?


A. Create separate entities for Account and Case Objects by mimicking all the attributes in SAPI, which are combined by the PAPI and filtered to provide JSON output containing 13 attributes.


B. Request client’s AWS project team to replicate all the attributes and create Account and Case JSON table in DynamoDB. Then create separate entities for Account and Case Objects by mimicking all the attributes in SAPI to transfer ISON data to DynamoD for respective Objects


C. Start implementing an Enterprise Data Model by defining enterprise Account and Case Objects and implement SAPI and DynamoDB tables based on the Enterprise Data Model,


D. Create separate entities for Account with five attributes and Case with eight attributes in SAPI, which are combined by the PAPI to provide JSON output containing 13 attributes.





D.
  Create separate entities for Account with five attributes and Case with eight attributes in SAPI, which are combined by the PAPI to provide JSON output containing 13 attributes.

An organization uses various cloud-based SaaS systems and multiple on-premises
systems. The on-premises systems are an important part of the organization's application
network and can only be accessed from within the organization's intranet.
What is the best way to configure and use Anypoint Platform to support integrations with
both the cloud-based SaaS systems and on-premises systems?
A) Use CloudHub-deployed Mule runtimes in an Anypoint VPC managed by Anypoint
Platform Private Cloud Edition control plane



A.

Option A


B.

Option B


C.

Option C


D.

Option D





B.
  

Option B



Explanation: •Explanation
Correct Answer: Use a combination of CloudHub-deployed and manually provisioned onpremises
Mule runtimes managed by the MuleSoft-hosted Platform control plane.
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Key details to be taken from the given scenario:
>> Organization uses BOTH cloud-based and on-premises systems
>> On-premises systems can only be accessed from within the organization's intranet
Let us evaluate the given choices based on above key details:
>> CloudHub-deployed Mule runtimes can ONLY be controlled using MuleSoft-hosted
control plane. We CANNOT use Private Cloud Edition's control plane to control CloudHub
Mule Runtimes. So, option suggesting this is INVALID
>> Using CloudHub-deployed Mule runtimes in the shared worker cloud managed by the
MuleSoft-hosted Anypoint Platform is completely IRRELEVANT to given scenario and silly
choice. So, option suggesting this is INVALID
>> Using an on-premises installation of Mule runtimes that are completely isolated with NO
external network access, managed by the Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition control
plane would work for On-premises integrations. However, with NO external access,
integrations cannot be done to SaaS-based apps. Moreover CloudHub-hosted apps are
best-fit for integrating with SaaS-based applications. So, option suggesting this is BEST
WAY.
The best way to configure and use Anypoint Platform to support these mixed/hybrid
integrations is to use a combination of CloudHub-deployed and manually provisioned onpremises
Mule runtimes managed by the MuleSoft-hosted Platform control plane.

An API experiences a high rate of client requests (TPS) vwth small message paytoads.
How can usage limits be imposed on the API based on the type of client application?


A.

Use an SLA-based rate limiting policy and assign a client application to a matching SLA
tier based on its type


B.

Use a spike control policy that limits the number of requests for each client application
type


C.

Use a cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) policy to limit resource sharing between
client applications, configured by the client application type


D.

Use a rate limiting policy and a client ID enforcement policy, each configured by the
client application type





A.
  

Use an SLA-based rate limiting policy and assign a client application to a matching SLA
tier based on its type



Explanation: Correct Answer: Use an SLA-based rate limiting policy and assign a client
application to a matching SLA tier based on its type.
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>> SLA tiers will come into play whenever any limits to be imposed on APIs based on client
type
Reference: https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/2.x/rate-limiting-and-throttling-slabased-
policies

Which two statements are true about the technology architecture of an Anypoint Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)?
(Choose 2 answers)


A. Ports 8081 and 8082 are used


B. CIDR blacks are used


C. Anypoint VPC is responsible for load balancing the applications


D. Round-robin load balancing is used to distribute client requests across different applications


E. By default, HTTP requests can be made from the public internet to workers at port 6091





B.
  CIDR blacks are used

E.
  By default, HTTP requests can be made from the public internet to workers at port 6091

Explanation:
An Anypoint Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) provides a secure and private networking environment for MuleSoft applications, using specific architectural elements:

  • CIDR Blocks
  • Port 6091 for HTTP Requests
  • Explanation of Correct Answers (B, E)
  • Explanation of Incorrect Options


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