IBM C2160-669 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C2160-669 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 81:

  A business has been 'doing' SOA for a while and is becoming disillusioned with the results. They are not seeing the Return on Investment (ROI) they expected even though they have created several hundred services.

  What is the likely cause of this problem?

  A. Services are replicated based on language and geographic needs.
  B. Developers need better training on how to create reusable services.
  C. Governance processes are not in place to review and approve services.
  D. Scaling the environment is challenging for such large SOA implementations.
  C. Governance processes are not in place to review and approve services.

• Question 82:

  How are the capabilities of a Web 2.0 application enhanced by SOA?

  A. Two or more SOA services may be connected together to create a new business process, such as in the case of a mashup.
  B. Business users can visually assemble mashups by blending publicly available information and services with a company's internal information and services.
  C. Syndication of site content is enabled through the use of SOA, since it involves standardized protocols, which permit end-users to make use of a site's data in another context.
  D. The community that uses the SOA services can employ community mechanisms on the application, such as ratings and comments, to provide feedback so the application can be E.
  B. Business users can visually assemble mashups by blending publicly available information and services with a company's internal information and services.

• Question 83:

  Which three meet the requirement for SOA identity propagation?

  A. It translates between different identities.
  B. It requires the use of open standards for authentication.
  C. It handles services which each have their own identity registry.
  D. It handles identities which are coupled with application business logic.
  E. It provides a token that describes digital signature blocks within a message.
  F. It understands and operates with a variety of formats for representing identity.
  A. It translates between different identities.
  C. It handles services which each have their own identity registry.
  F. It understands and operates with a variety of formats for representing identity.

• Question 84:

  What does the information in the service registry support?

  A. The complete service lifecycle
  B. Runtime lookup of service endpoints
  C. Enhances messages through mediation
  D. Transformation of messages between different technologies
  B. Runtime lookup of service endpoints

• Question 85:

  Which statement describes the importance of SOA governance?

  A. It provides a tool for controlling the distribution of Web services for a line of business.
  B. It eliminates the risk in migrating a business from standard integration mechanisms to SOA.
  C. It creates a clearly articulated decision framework for designing, implementing and managing SOA services.
  D. It provides a mechanism for the lines of business to provide input to IT staff for the design of services.
  C. It creates a clearly articulated decision framework for designing, implementing and managing SOA services.

• Question 86:

  What provides the most value in helping developers find existing SOA services and driving reuse?

  A. Service monitoring
  B. An asset repository
  C. The Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
  D. Access services to legacy systems
  B. An asset repository

• Question 87:

  When starting to adopt SOA, which action should be taken early to help drive acceptance and success?

  A. Establish the SOA strategy and project roadmap.
  B. Identify the first services required and ensure they are designed well, considering security and scalability.
  C. Roll the SOA project in as the next phase of a project under development to prove the value to the business.
  D. Prepare the infrastructure for SOA by establishing a development environment, testing environment and the control process to promote services.
  A. Establish the SOA strategy and project roadmap.

• Question 88:

  Which three characteristics of services indicate a mature SOA environment?

  A. Services are discoverable.
  B. Services use Web 2.0 technology.
  C. Services are exposed by an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
  D. Services are composed into broader business functionality.
  E. Services contain logic to provide compatibility across technologies.
  F. Services use scripting languages to improve system responsiveness.
  A. Services are discoverable.
  C. Services are exposed by an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
  D. Services are composed into broader business functionality.

• Question 89:

  Which people, organizational or technology factors negatively impact the adoption of SOA?

  A. Putting funding mechanisms in place to encourage reuse
  B. Agreeing on policies for service reuse across lines of business
  C. Planning to perform a complete overhaul of all business processes
  D. Defining additional capabilities required, such as upgrades to the IT infrastructure
  C. Planning to perform a complete overhaul of all business processes

• Question 90:

  A recent strategic corporate directive is demanding a decrease in the operational budget of a cargo airline by 2%. The CIO has indicated a shift to SOA can help gain efficiencies in development costs. The company has just signed a partnership with a package delivery company that requires integration between the systems of the two companies.

  When preparing for SOA adoption, what is most important to document to show Return on Investment (ROI) from the shift to SOA?

  A. The current operational budget for the company and the partner company
  B. The current IT governance overlap between the company and the partner company
  C. The current Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the company and the partner company
  D. The estimated cost for point-to-point integration with the partner company using the current messaging system
  D. The estimated cost for point-to-point integration with the partner company using the current messaging system