IBM C2160-669 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C2160-669 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  Which two statements about security considerations in an SOA environment are true?

  A. Firewalls or routers are the mechanisms for securing an SOA business environment.
  B. Security policy decisions are made and carried out within an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
  C. Identities exist for both users and services, and both must be subject to the same controls.
  D. The creation of roles for business process task lists are used to prevent business partner access to protected assets.
  E. There is a need to manage identity and security across a range of systems and services that are implemented in a diverse mix of new and old technologies.
  C. Identities exist for both users and services, and both must be subject to the same controls.
  E. There is a need to manage identity and security across a range of systems and services that are implemented in a diverse mix of new and old technologies.

• Question 42:

  In which situation would a manufacturing plant most likely choose to use an SOA approach for their Customer Order Analysis and Tracking System?

  A. The company wanted development and operations to be as simple as possible.
  B. The company wanted to break down department silos and encourage everyone to use the same set of tools.
  C. Most of the company's processes were manual or document-centric with little opportunity for automation.
  D. The legacy system had grown in such a way that it was not easy to update and could not handle the emerging business demands.
  D. The legacy system had grown in such a way that it was not easy to update and could not handle the emerging business demands.

• Question 43:

  Which two roles do Web services play in an SOA?

  A. They provide mediation for service requests.
  B. They provide the framework for information as a service.
  C. They support interoperability between disparate technologies.
  D. They provide an open standard means for describing service interfaces.
  E. They provide the messaging infrastructure for the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
  C. They support interoperability between disparate technologies.
  D. They provide an open standard means for describing service interfaces.

• Question 44:

  In applying SOA, which principle can reduce overall cost?

  A. Reuse services across lines of business.
  B. Build services for only the most important business functions.
  C. Build general services that can perform a variety of business tasks.
  D. Reimplement all services on a consistent hardware and software platform.
  A. Reuse services across lines of business.

• Question 45:

  Which basic characteristics of SOA can contribute to business agility?

  A. Reuse and security
  B. Loose coupling and reuse
  C. Governance and integration
  D. Point-to-point integration and extensibility
  B. Loose coupling and reuse

• Question 46:

  Which technique improves a business process?

  A. Perform analysis of the resources being used by the process
  B. Simulation of the process to identify and test improvements
  C. Domain decomposition to identify the correct granularity of tasks
  D. Monitoring availability of components that are used by the business process
  B. Simulation of the process to identify and test improvements

• Question 47:

  When is an SOA implementation most appropriate?

  A. Real-time performance is critical.
  B. An immediate Return on Investment (ROI) is required.
  C. The application interfaces require a high degree of customization.
  D. Business functionality is required by many parts of the organization.
  D. Business functionality is required by many parts of the organization.

• Question 48:

  Which role does XML play in an SOA design?

  A. XML is used to implement the UML design.
  B. XML schema drives the messaging payloads.
  C. XML is used for Web services which are required in SOA.
  D. XML is used to describe interfaces and message bindings.
  D. XML is used to describe interfaces and message bindings.

• Question 49:

  From an IT perspective, what is the primary goal of moving to SOA?

  A. Make IT more accountable
  B. Increase the flexibility of IT
  C. Technology and platform independence
  D. Reduce short-term development and maintenance costs
  B. Increase the flexibility of IT

• Question 50:

  Which two statements define a service in SOA?

  A. It is a transaction that supports a business function.
  B. It is a standard way for messaging between service providers and consumers.
  C. It exposes business functionality with a well-defined interface that can be invoked.
  D. It is a language-specific operation that executes across an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
  E. It is a loosely-coupled component that can be choreographed to create a composite business function.
  C. It exposes business functionality with a well-defined interface that can be invoked.
  E. It is a loosely-coupled component that can be choreographed to create a composite business function.