Task 2.3: Design and Implement Enterprise Integration Architectures. AIP-C01 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   Which event-driven pattern is most appropriate when multiple downstream services need to react to a single foundation model output event, each performing a different action?

   • APoint-to-point queue where only one consumer receives the event.
   • BDatabase trigger that directly invokes each service.
   • CSynchronous request-reply pattern where each service is called sequentially.
   • DPublish-subscribe (pub/sub) topic where each service subscribes to the event.
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2. 12application · medium

   A logistics company uses an event-driven architecture on AWS. When a package is scanned, an event is published to an Amazon EventBridge bus. The company wants to use a foundation model to generate delivery notifications in multiple languages. The FM invocation is slow and can fail intermittently. The team needs to ensure that the notification generation is retried and that failures do not block the scanning process. What should the team do?

   • AUse AWS Step Functions to orchestrate the FM call, but invoke it synchronously from the scanning application.
   • BHave the scanning application call the FM API directly and wait for the response before continuing.
   • CConfigure an EventBridge rule to invoke an AWS Lambda function that calls the FM API synchronously and sends the notification.
   • DUse an EventBridge rule to send the event to an Amazon SQS queue, and have a Lambda consumer that calls the FM API with retry logic and sends the notification.
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4. 13application · medium

   A retail company uses an order management system that generates a JSON event every time an order is placed. The company wants to use a foundation model to generate personalized product recommendations and send them to customers via email. The recommendation generation can take up to 30 seconds, and the order management system cannot wait that long. The team needs to decouple the order event from the recommendation generation and ensure that every order is eventually processed. Which architecture should the team implement?

   • APlace the order event in an Amazon SQS queue and have a consumer process it asynchronously, invoking the recommendation API and sending the email.
   • BUse AWS DataSync to transfer order files to Amazon S3 and trigger a batch job that generates recommendations nightly.
   • CPublish the order event to an Amazon SNS topic and have an AWS Lambda function subscribed that invokes the recommendation API and sends the email.
   • DHave the order management system call the recommendation API synchronously and store the response in a database.
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5. 14foundation · easy

   A legacy mainframe system exposes only a COBOL-based API over TCP/IP. A developer needs to expose a foundation model's text-generation capability to this system. Which integration approach directly addresses the protocol translation requirement?

   • AUse a message queue to asynchronously send requests from the mainframe to the foundation model, avoiding protocol translation.
   • BDeploy an API gateway that translates the mainframe's proprietary protocol to HTTPS and maps the payload to the foundation model's REST API.
   • CInstall the foundation model directly on the mainframe to eliminate the need for any network protocol translation.
   • DCreate a custom TCP/IP socket listener that directly forwards raw bytes to the foundation model's endpoint.
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6. 15foundation · easy

   An enterprise application needs to send a request to a foundation model and then, based on the response, route the result to different downstream systems (e.g., CRM, ERP, or notification service). Which enterprise integration pattern is most appropriate?

   • AMessage translator that converts the response format.
   • BService orchestrator that always sends the response to all systems.
   • CMessage queue that stores the response for later retrieval.
   • DContent-based router that examines the FM response and directs it to the appropriate system.
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