Given a Scenario, Recommend and Justify the Appropriate Integration Strategy and the Use of Common Integration Patterns. TECHNICAL-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A university uses Salesforce for student records and needs to integrate with an alumni association's system to share alumni contact updates. The alumni system is only available during business hours and can only accept data in CSV format. The integration should run nightly. Which integration pattern is most appropriate?

   • APublish-subscribe
   • BReal-time API
   • CEvent-driven messaging
   • DFile transfer
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2. 7foundation · easy

   A scenario requires that an integration must not lose data even if the receiving system is temporarily unavailable. Which pattern is best justified for this requirement?

   • APublish-subscribe with a durable message queue
   • BFile transfer
   • CRequest-reply
   • DSynchronous API call
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4. 8expert · hard

   A financial services company is integrating Salesforce with multiple external systems: a credit scoring service (real-time), a fraud detection system (event-driven), and a regulatory reporting system (batch nightly). The architect needs to design a single integration architecture that supports all three. Which combination of patterns should be used?

   • ARequest-reply for all three systems
   • BRequest-reply for credit scoring, publish-subscribe for fraud detection, and file transfer for regulatory reporting
   • CPublish-subscribe for all three systems
   • DFile transfer for all three systems
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5. 9foundation · easy

   Which integration pattern is characterized by a client sending a request and waiting for a response from the server?

   • AEvent-driven
   • BRequest-reply
   • CPublish-subscribe
   • DFile transfer
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6. 10foundation · easy

   A requirement states that the integration must support immediate confirmation of a transaction, such as an order placement. Which pattern is most appropriate to justify?

   • AFile transfer
   • BRequest-reply
   • CEvent-driven
   • DPublish-subscribe
   Reveal Solution Discussion Select an answer first