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Question No. 1

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Service A is an entity service that provides a set of generic and reusable service capabilities. In order to carry out the functionality of any one of its service capabilities, Service A is required to compose Service B (1) and Service C (2), and Service A is required to access Database A (3), Database B (4), and Database C (5). These three databases are shared by other applications within the IT enterprise.

All of service capabilities provided by Service A are synchronous, which means that for each request a service consumer makes, Service A is required to issue a response message after all of the processing has completed.

Service A is one of many entity services that reside In a highly normalized service Inventory. Because Service A provides agnostic logic, it is heavily reused and is currently part of many service compositions.

You are told that Service A has recently become unstable and unreliable. The problem has been traced to two issues with the current service architecture. First, Service B, which Is also an entity service, is being increasingly reused and has itself become unstable and unreliable. When Service B fails, the failure is carried over to Service

ASecondly, shared Database B has a complex data model. Some of the queries issued by Service A to shared Database B can take a very long time to complete.
What steps can be taken to solve these problems without compromising the normalization of the service inventory?

AThe Redundant Implementation pattern can be applied to Service A, thereby making duplicate deployments of the service available. This way, when one implementation of Service A is too busy, another implementation can be accessed by service consumers instead. The Service Data Replication pattern can be applied to establish a dedicated database that contains an exact copy of the data from shared Database B that is required by Service A.

BThe Redundant Implementation pattern can be applied to Service B, thereby making duplicate deployments of the service available. This way, when one implementation of Service B is too busy, another implementation can be accessed by Service A instead. The Data Model Transformation pattern can be applied to establish a dedicated database that contains an exact copy of the data from shared Database B that is required by Service A.

CThe Redundant Implementation pattern can be applied to Service B, thereby making duplicate deployments of the service available. This way, when one implementation of Service B is too busy, another implementation can be accessed by Service A instead. The Service Data Replication pattern can be applied to establish a dedicated database that contains a copy of the data from shared Database B that is required by Service A. The replicated database is designed with an optimized data model to improve query execution performance.

DThe Redundant Implementation pattern can be applied to Service A, thereby making duplicate deployments of the service available. This way, when one implementation of Service A is too busy, another implementation can be accessed by service consumers instead. The Service Statelessness principle can be applied with the help of the State Repository pattern In order to establish a state database that Service A can use to defer state data it may be required to hold for extended periods, thereby improving its availability and scalability.

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Correct Answer: C

This solution addresses both issues with the current service architecture. By applying the Redundant Implementation pattern to Service B, duplicate deployments of the service are made available, ensuring that when one implementation fails, another can be accessed by Service A. Additionally, the Service Data Replication pattern can be applied to establish a dedicated database that contains a copy of the data from shared Database B that is required by Service A. This replicated database is designed with an optimized data model to improve query execution performance, ensuring that queries issued by Service A to the database can complete more quickly, improving the overall stability and reliability of Service A. By applying these patterns, the problems with Service A can be solved without compromising the normalization of the service inventory.

Question No. 2

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Service A is a task service that is required to carry out a series of updates to a set of databases in order to complete a task. To perform the database updates. Service A must interact with three other services that each provides standardized data access capabilities.

Service A sends its first update request message to Service B (1), which then responds with a message containing either a success or failure code (2). Service A then sends its second update request message to Service C (3), which also responds with a message containing either a success or failure code (4). Finally, Service A sends a request message to Service D (5), which responds with its own message containing either a success or failure code (6).

Services B, C and D are agnostic services that are reused and shared by multiple service consumers. This has caused unacceptable performance degradation for the service consumers of Service A as it is taking too long to complete its overall task. You've been asked to enhance the service composition architecture so that Service A provides consistent and predictable runtime performance. You are furthermore notified that a new type of data will be introduced to all three databases. It is important that this data is exchanged in a standardized manner so that the data model used for the data in inter-service messages is the same.

What steps can be taken to fulfill these requirements?

AThe Compensating Service Transaction pattern can be applied so that exception logic is executed to notify Service A whenever the data access logic executed by Service B, C, or D takes too long. If the execution time exceeds a predefined limit, then the overall service activity is cancelled and a failure code is returned to Service A. The Schema Centralization pattern is applied to ensure that all services involved in the composition use the same schemas to represented the data consistently.

BThe Composition Autonomy pattern can be applied to establish an isolated environment in which redundant implementations of Services B, C and D are accessed only by Service A. The Canonical Schema pattern can be applied to ensure that the new type of data is represented by the same data model, regardless of which service sends or receives a message containing the data.

CThe Redundant Implementation pattern is applied to Service A, along with the Service Instance Routing pattern. This allows for multiple instances of Service A to be created across multiple physical implementations, thereby increasing scalability and availability. The Dual Protocols pattern is applied to all services to support proprietary and standardized data models.

DThe Service Fagade pattern is applied to all services in order to create an intermediary processing layer within each service architecture. The Content Negotiation pattern is applied so that each service fagade component within each service architecture is equipped with the logic required to defer request messages to other service instances when concurrent usage of the service is high, and to further apply the conversation logic necessary to convert proprietary data from a database into the standardized XML schema format.

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Correct Answer: B

This approach isolates the services used by Service A, allowing it to avoid the performance degradation caused by multiple service consumers. By creating redundant implementations of Services B, C, and D that are accessed only by Service A, the Composition Autonomy pattern also ensures that Service A's runtime performance is consistent and predictable. Applying the Canonical Schema pattern ensures that the new type of data is exchanged in a standardized manner, ensuring consistent representation of the data model used for the data in inter-service messages.

Question No. 3

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Service A is an entity service that provides a Get capability which returns a data value that is frequently changed.

Service Consumer A invokes Service A in order to request this data value (1). For Service A to carry out this request, it must invoke Service B (2), a utility service that interacts (3, 4) with the database in which the data value is stored. Regardless of whether the data value changed, Service B returns the latest value to Service A (5), and Service A returns the latest value to Service Consumer A (6).

The data value is changed when the legacy client program updates the database (7). When this change will occur is not predictable. Note also that Service A and Service B are not always available at the same time.

Any time the data value changes, Service Consumer A needs to receive It as soon as possible. Therefore, Service Consumer A initiates the message exchange shown In the figure several times a day. When it receives the same data value as before, the response from Service A Is ignored. When Service A provides an updated data value, Service Consumer A can process it to carry out its task.

The current service composition architecture is using up too many resources due to the repeated invocation of Service A by Service Consumer A and the resulting message exchanges that occur with each invocation.

What steps can be taken to solve this problem?

AThe Event-Driven Messaging pattern can be applied by establishing a subscriber-publisher relationship
between Service A and Service B. This way, every time the data value is updated, an event is triggered
and Service B, acting as the publisher, can notify Service A, which acts as the subscriber. The
Asynchronous Queuing pattern can be applied between Service A and Service B so that the event
notification message sent out by Service B will be received by Service A, even when Service A is
unavailable.

BThe Event-Driven Messaging pattern can be applied by establishing a subscriber-publisher relationship
between Service Consumer A and Service A. This way, every time the data value is updated, an event is
triggered and Service A, acting as the publisher, can notify Service Consumer A, which acts as the
subscriber. The Asynchronous Queuing pattern can be applied between Service Consumer A and Service
A so that the event notification message sent out by Service A will be received by Service Consumer A,
even when Service Consumer A is unavailable.

CThe Asynchronous Queuing pattern can be applied so that messaging queues are established between
Service A and Service B and between Service Consumer A and Service A. This way, messages are never
lost due to the unavailability of Service A or Service B.

DThe Event-Driven Messaging pattern can be applied by establishing a subscriber -publisher relationship
between Service Consumer A and a database monitoring agent introduced through the application of the
Service Agent pattern. The database monitoring agent monitors updates made by the legacy client to
the database. This way, every time the data value is updated, an event is triggered and the database monitoring agent, acting as the publisher, can notify Service Consumer A, which acts as the subscriber.
The Asynchronous Queuing pattern can be applied between Service Consumer A and the database
monitoring agent so that the event notification message sent out by the database monitoring agent will
be received by Service Consumer A, even when Service Consumer A is unavailable.

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Correct Answer: A

This solution is the most appropriate one among the options presented. By using the Event-Driven Messaging pattern, Service A can be notified of changes to the data value without having to be invoked repeatedly by Service Consumer A, which reduces the resources required for message exchange. Asynchronous Queuing ensures that the event notification message is not lost due to the unavailability of Service A or Service B. This approach improves the efficiency of the service composition architecture.

Question No. 4

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Service Consumer A and Service A reside in Service Inventory

AService B and Service C reside in Service Inventory B. Service D is a public service that can be openly accessed via the World Wide Web. The service is also available for purchase so that it can be deployed independently within IT enterprises. Due to the rigorous application of the Service Abstraction principle within Service Inventory B, the only information that is made available about Service B and Service C are the published service contracts. For Service D, the service contract plus a service level agreement (SLA) are made available. The SLA indicates that Service D has a planned outage every night from 11:00pm to midnight.
You are an architect with a project team that is building services for Service Inventory A. You are told that the owners of Service Inventory A and Service Inventory B are not generally cooperative or communicative. Cross-inventory service composition is tolerated, but not directly supported. As a result, no SLAs for Service B and Service C are available and you have no knowledge about how available these services are. Based on the service contracts you can determine that the services in Service Inventory B use different data models and a different transport protocol than the services in Service Inventory A. Furthermore, recent testing results have shown that the performance of Service D is highly unpredictable due to the heavy amount of concurrent access it receives from service consumers from other organizations. You are also told that there is a concern over how long Service Consumer A will need to remain stateful while waiting for a response from Service A.
What steps can be taken to solve these problems?

AThe Event-Driven Messaging pattern can be applied to establish a subscriber-publisher relationship between Service Consumer A and Service A. This gives Service A the flexibility to provide its response to Service Consumer A whenever it is able to collect the three data values without having to require that Service Consumer A remain stateful. The Asynchronous Queuing pattern can be applied to position a central messaging queue between Service A and Service B and between Service A and Service C. The Data Model Transformation and Protocol Bridging patterns can be applied to enable communication between Service A and Service B and between Service A and Service C. The Redundant Implementation pattern can be applied so that a copy of Service D is brought in-house and made part of Service Inventory A.

BThe Asynchronous Queuing pattern can be applied to position a central messaging queue between Service A and Service B and between Service A and Service C and so that a separate messaging queue is positioned between Service A and Service Consumer A. The Data Model Transformation and Protocol Bridging patterns can be applied to enable communication between Service A and Service B and between Service A and Service C. The Redundant Implementation pattern can be applied so that a copy of Service D is brought in-house. The Legacy Wrapper pattern can be further applied to wrap Service D with a standardized service contract that is in compliance with the design standards used in Service Inventory A.

CThe Containerization pattern can be applied to establish an environment for Service A to perform its processing autonomously. This gives Service A the flexibility to provide Service Consumer A with response messages consistently. The Asynchronous Queuing pattern can be applied so that a central messaging queue is positioned between Service A and Service B, between Service A and Service C, and between Service A and Service D. The Data Model Transformation and Protocol Bridging patterns can be applied to enable communication between Service A and Service B and between Service A and Service C.

DThe Asynchronous Queuing pattern can be applied to position a message queue between Service A and Service B, between Service A and Service C, and between Service A and Service D. Additionally, a separate messaging queue is positioned between Service A and Service Consumer A. The Data Model Transformation and Protocol Bridging patterns can be applied to enable communication between Service A and Service B, between Service A and Service C, and between Service A and Service D. The Redundant Implementation pattern can be applied so that a copy of Service D is brought in-house. The Legacy Wrapper pattern can be further applied to wrap Service D with a standardized service contract that is in compliance with the design standards used in Service Inventory B.

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Correct Answer: D

The Asynchronous Queuing pattern is applied to position a messaging queue between Service A, Service B, Service C, Service D, and Service Consumer A. This ensures that messages can be passed between these services without having to be in a stateful mode.

The Data Model Transformation and Protocol Bridging patterns are applied to enable communication between Service A and Service B, Service A and Service C, and Service A and Service D, despite their different data models and transport protocols.

The Redundant Implementation pattern is applied to bring a copy of Service D in-house to ensure that it can be accessed locally and reduce the unpredictability of its performance.

The Legacy Wrapper pattern is applied to wrap Service D with a standardized service contract that complies with the design standards used in Service Inventory B. This is useful for service consumers who want to use Service D but do not want to change their existing applications or service contracts.

Overall, this approach provides a comprehensive solution that addresses the issues with Service A, Service B, Service C, and Service D, while maintaining compliance with the Service Abstraction principle.

Question No. 5

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Service A, Service B, and Service C are entity services, each designed to access the same shared legacy system. Service A manages order entities, Service B manages invoice entities, and Service C manages customer entities. Service A, Service B, and Service C are REST services and are frequently reused by different service compositions. The legacy system uses a proprietary file format that Services A, B, and C need to convert to and from.

You are told that compositions involving Service A, Service B, and Service C are unnecessarily complicated due to the fact that order, invoice, and customer entitles are all related to each other. For example, an order has a customer, an invoice has an order, and so on. This results In calls to multiple services to reconstruct a complete order document. You are asked to architect a solution that will simplify the composition logic by minimizing the number of services required to support simple business functions like order management or bill payment. Additionally, you are asked to reduce the amount of redundant data transformation logic that is found in Services A, B, and C.

How will you accomplish these goals?

AThe Enterprise Service Bus pattern can be applied to introduce an intermediate processing layer between Services A, B, and C and the legacy system. The enterprise service bus can be used to consolidate and execute the necessary transformation logic currently held within the services. The Endpoint Redirection pattern can be applied to re-route calls from one service to another to provide access to related entity data.

BThe Legacy Wrapper pattern can be applied to create a service to expose the legacy system through a standardized service contract. The core logic of the wrapping service would provide all necessary data transformation functionality to convert between inventory-standardized data representations and the proprietary format. The Lightweight Endpoint pattern can be applied to establish lightweight capabilities that can return related entity data directly to service consumers.

CThe Enterprise Service Bus pattern can be applied to introduce an intermediate processing layer between Services A, B, and C and the legacy system. The enterprise service bus can be used to consolidate and execute the transformation logic currently held within the services. The Content Negotiation pattern can be applied to return a content link to related entity data to a service consumer, which allows for simpler and more dynamic composition logic. The service consumer effectively invokes the relevant service through the returned link to obtain the related entity data.

DThe Legacy Wrapper pattern can be applied to create a service to expose the legacy system through a standardized service contract. The core logic of the wrapping service would provide all necessary data transformation functionality to convert between inventory-standardized data representations and the proprietary format. The Endpoint Redirection pattern can be applied to return a link to related entity data to a service consumer, which allows for simpler and more dynamic composition logic. The service consumer effectively invokes the relevant service through the returned link to obtain the related entity data.

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Correct Answer: B

The Lightweight Endpoint pattern can be applied to establish lightweight capabilities that can return related entity data directly to service consumers, simplifying the composition logic by minimizing the number of services required to support simple business functions like order management or bill payment. This approach provides a standardized and simplified interface for the legacy system, reducing the complexity of the integration process with the entity services, and enabling them to focus on their core functionality.

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