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A set of tests must be performed prior to deploying API implementations to a staging
environment. Due to data security and access restrictions, untested APIs cannot be
granted access to the backend systems, so instead mocked data must be used for these
tests. The amount of available mocked data and its contents is sufficient to entirely test the
API implementations with no active connections to the backend systems. What type of
tests should be used to incorporate this mocked data?


A.

Integration tests


B.

Performance tests


C.

Functional tests (Blackbox)


D.

Unit tests (Whitebox)





D.
  

Unit tests (Whitebox)



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: Unit tests (Whitebox)
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Reference: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/3.9/testing-strategies
As per general IT testing practice and MuleSoft recommended practice, Integration and
Performance tests should be done on full end to end setup for right evaluation. Which
means all end systems should be connected while doing the tests. So, these options are
OUT and we are left with Unit Tests and Functional Tests.
As per attached reference documentation from MuleSoft:
Unit Tests - are limited to the code that can be realistically exercised without the need to
run it inside Mule itself. So good candidates are Small pieces of modular code, Sub Flows,
Custom transformers, Custom components, Custom expression evaluators etc.
Functional Tests - are those that most extensively exercise your application configuration.
In these tests, you have the freedom and tools for simulating happy and unhappy paths.
You also have the possibility to create stubs for target services and make them success or
fail to easily simulate happy and unhappy paths respectively.
As the scenario in the question demands for API implementation to be tested before
deployment to Staging and also clearly indicates that there is enough/ sufficient amount of
mock data to test the various components of API implementations with no active
connections to the backend systems, Unit Tests are the one to be used to incorporate this

A customer wants to host their MuleSoft applications in CloudHub 1.0, and these applications should be available at the domain https://api.acmecorp.com.
After creating a dedicated load balancer (DLB) called acme-dib-prod, which further action must the customer take to complete the configuration?


A. Configure the DLB with a TLS certificate for api.acmecorp.com and create an A record for api.acmecorp.com to the public IP addresses associated with their DLB


B. Configure the DLB with a TLS certificate for api.acmecorp.com and create a CNAME record from api.acmecorp.com to acme-dib-prod.|lb.anypointdns.net


C. Configure the DLB with a TLS certificate for acme-dib-prod.Jb.anypointdns.net and create a CNAME record from api.acmecorp:com to acme-dlb-prod.lb.anypointdns.net


D. Configure the DLB with a TLS certificate for aplacmecorp.com and create a CNAME record from api.aomecorp.com to acme-dib-prod.ei.cloubhub.io





B.
  Configure the DLB with a TLS certificate for api.acmecorp.com and create a CNAME record from api.acmecorp.com to acme-dib-prod.|lb.anypointdns.net

Explanation:
When setting up a custom domain for MuleSoft applications hosted on CloudHub 1.0 using a Dedicated Load Balancer (DLB), follow these steps:
Set Up the TLS Certificate: Configure the DLB (acme-dib-prod) with a TLS certificate that covers the custom domain api.acmecorp.com. This certificate will allow HTTPS traffic to be securely directed through the DLB to your Mule applications.

  • DNS Configuration with CNAME:
  • Why Option B is Correct:
  • Explanation of Incorrect Options:

Refer to the exhibit. An organization needs to enable access to their customer data from
both a mobile app and a web application, which each need access to common fields as
well as certain unique fields.
The data is available partially in a database and partially in a 3rd-party CRM system.
What APIs should be created to best fit these design requirements?



A.

Option A


B.

Option B


C.

Option C


D.

Option D





C.
  

Option C



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: Separate Experience APIs for the mobile and web app, but a common
Process API that invokes separate System APIs created for the database and CRM system
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As per MuleSoft's API-led connectivity:

>> Experience APIs should be built as per each consumer needs and their experience.
>> Process APIs should contain all the orchestration logic to achieve the business
functionality.
>> System APIs should be built for each backend system to unlock their data.
Reference: https://blogs.mulesoft.com/dev/api-dev/what-is-api-led-connectivity

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

What best explains the use of auto-discovery in API implementations?


A. It makes API Manager aware of API implementations and hence enables it to enforce policies


B. It enables Anypoint Studio to discover API definitions configured in Anypoint Platform


C. It enables Anypoint Exchange to discover assets and makes them available for reuse


D. It enables Anypoint Analytics to gain insight into the usage of APIs





A.
  It makes API Manager aware of API implementations and hence enables it to enforce policies

Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: It makes API Manager aware of API implementations and hence enables it
to enforce policies.
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>> API Autodiscovery is a mechanism that manages an API from API Manager by pairing
the deployed application to an API created on the platform.
>> API Management includes tracking, enforcing policies if you apply any, and reporting
API analytics.
>> Critical to the Autodiscovery process is identifying the API by providing the API name
and version.
References:
https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/2.x/api-auto-discovery-new-concept
https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/1.x/api-auto-discovery
https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/2.x/api-auto-discovery-new-concept

An organization is deploying their new implementation of the OrderStatus System API to
multiple workers in CloudHub. This API fronts the organization's on-premises Order
Management System, which is accessed by the API implementation over an IPsec tunnel.
What type of error typically does NOT result in a service outage of the OrderStatus System
API?


A.

A CloudHub worker fails with an out-of-memory exception


B.

API Manager has an extended outage during the initial deployment of the API
implementation


C.

The AWS region goes offline with a major network failure to the relevant AWS data centers


D.

The Order Management System is Inaccessible due to a network outage in the
organization's on-premises data center





A.
  

A CloudHub worker fails with an out-of-memory exception



Explanation: Explanation
Correct Answer: A CloudHub worker fails with an out-of-memory exception.
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>> An AWS Region itself going down will definitely result in an outage as it does not matter
how many workers are assigned to the Mule App as all of those in that region will go down.
This is a complete downtime and outage.
>> Extended outage of API manager during initial deployment of API implementation will of
course cause issues in proper application startup itself as the API Autodiscovery might fail
or API policy templates and polices may not be downloaded to embed at the time of
applicaiton startup etc... there are many reasons that could cause issues.
>> A network outage onpremises would of course cause the Order Management System
not accessible and it does not matter how many workers are assigned to the app they all
will fail and cause outage for sure.
The only option that does NOT result in a service outage is if a cloudhub worker fails with
an out-of-memory exception. Even if a worker fails and goes down, there are still other
workers to handle the requests and keep the API UP and Running. So, this is the right
answer.

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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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


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