Given a Scenario, Recommend and Justify the Appropriate Integration Strategy and the Use of Common Integration Patterns. TECHNICAL-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11application · medium

   A telecommunications company needs to integrate Salesforce with a billing system to update customer invoices. The billing system can only process invoices in batches and requires a minimum of 1,000 records per batch. The company generates about 500 invoices per day. Which integration strategy should be recommended?

   • AEvent-driven integration for each invoice
   • BPublish-subscribe for each invoice
   • CReal-time API for each invoice
   • DBatch file transfer accumulating invoices until the minimum batch size is met
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2. 12application · medium

   A media company uses Salesforce to manage ad campaigns and needs to integrate with an external analytics platform to track campaign performance. The analytics platform provides a REST API that can accept data in real time. The company wants to see campaign metrics updated within a few seconds of a campaign event. Which integration pattern should be used?

   • AEvent-driven integration using platform events
   • BFile transfer at end of day
   • CBatch file transfer every hour
   • DSynchronous request-reply for each event
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4. 13foundation · easy

   An integration pattern where a producer publishes messages to a channel and multiple consumers receive those messages independently is known as:

   • APublish-subscribe
   • BRequest-reply
   • CPoint-to-point
   • DFile transfer
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5. 14expert · hard

   A multinational bank is integrating Salesforce with a core banking system. The integration must support real-time balance inquiries for customer service agents and also handle end-of-day reconciliation of thousands of transactions. The bank has strict security requirements and cannot expose the core banking system directly to the internet. The integration must be resilient to network failures. Which combination of integration patterns should the architect recommend?

   • APublish-subscribe for both balance inquiries and reconciliation
   • BBatch file transfer for balance inquiries and synchronous request-reply for reconciliation
   • CEvent-driven messaging for both balance inquiries and reconciliation
   • DSynchronous request-reply for balance inquiries and batch file transfer for reconciliation
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6. 15application · medium

   A logistics company needs to integrate Salesforce with a third-party mapping service to calculate delivery routes. The integration is invoked by dispatchers when planning routes, and they need the results within seconds. The mapping service has a limit of 10,000 requests per day, and the company expects about 5,000 route calculations per day. Which integration pattern is most appropriate?

   • AEvent-driven with platform events
   • BBatch file transfer of all addresses at the start of the day
   • CPublish-subscribe for route requests
   • DSynchronous request-reply API
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