Test 996: IBM WebSphere MQ V6.0 Solution Design

Section 1 - Assessing and Positioning WebSphere MQ (18%)

1. Conduct a requirements study
2. Use information sources pertaining to WebSphere MQ and related products and services
3. Assess the suitability of WebSphere MQ to meet the requirements
4. Position WebSphere MQ in the middleware landscape

Section 2 - WebSphere MQ Solution Concepts (23%)

1. Demonstrate knowledge of basic messaging and queuing concepts
2. Demonstrate knowledge of WebSphere MQ features (e.g., triggering, data conversion, exits, etc.)
3. Demonstrate knowledge of products related to WebSphere MQ
4. Provide education on application message flows, structure and WebSphere MQ capabilities that support the solution requirements

Section 3 - Design a Solution Using WebSphere MQ Features (51%)

1. Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. clustering, shared queues, etc.) to address high availability requirements
2. Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. event queues, PCF commands, etc.) to address systems management requirements
3. Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. persistence/non-persistence, etc.) to address data integrity/transactionality requirements
4. Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. SSL channels, etc.) to address security requirements
5. Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. clustering, etc.) to address scalability and capacity requirements
6. Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. logging, persistent messages, etc.) to address disaster recovery requirements
7. Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. point-to-point, publish/subscribe) to address message distribution requirements
8. Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ techniques to address solution performance requirements
9. Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features and/or techniques to address overall solution requirements
10. Develop deployment scenarios for WebSphere MQ based upon business requirements and project constraints

Section 4 - Message and Naming Standards (8%)

1. Design appropriate messaging standards to address solution requirements
2. Design appropriate intra-enterprise naming standards to meet solution requirements and WebSphere MQ naming requirements
3. Design acceptable inter-enterprise naming and messaging standards