IBM CertificationExam code:000-315
Number of questions: 53
Time allowed in minutes: 90
Required passing score: 58%
Test languages: English
The test consists of six sections containing a total of approximately 53 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section title reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections.
Section 1 – Connectivity and Integration (23%)
Identify the components and standards of Web services (including WSDL, XML, SOAP, HTTPS)
Select appropriate connectivity protocols
Implement a flow using WebSphere MQ nodes
Implement a flow using JMS nodes
Implement a flow using Web Services (including SOAP, HTTP, WS-Security, and WS-Addressing)
Implement a flow using WebSphere Adapters nodes
Implement a flow using File nodes.
Section 2 – Flow Development (30%)
Select appropriate built-in nodes based upon requirements
Implement a flow using transformation nodes (including ESQL, Java, mapping)
Implement a flow using routing nodes
Navigate the message tree based upon a message domain
Understand default errors processing
Develop message flows that publish or subscribe
Explain when it is necessary to implement a user defined extension (including custom plugin node) and the high level components required to create one
Design for message affinity and scalability requirements
Implement a flow using service registry nodes.
Section 3 – Message Modeling (23%)
Describe the different message domains supported by WebSphere Message Broker (including SOAP, XMLNSC, MRM, MIME, JMS) including the limitations of each
Create a message model from business requirements
Create a message model from existing definition (including XSD, Cobol copybook, C header file)
Configure physical properties of data types (including text, binary, XML)
Create a message model utilizing wildcard elements and attributes
Explain the need for and the implementation of multipart MRM messages
Create a WSDL document from a message set
Section 4 – Packaging, Deployment and Migration (11%)
Migrate WebSphere Message Brokers Toolkit projects from prior versions (including message flows, message sets, message maps)
Create a bar file and configure properties (including runtime versioning)
Explain packaging of Java code in a WebSphere Message Broker solution
Deploy a WebSphere Message Broker solution
Use version and source control management
Section 5 – Testing and Debugging (13%)
Test a flow using the facilities of WebSphere Message Brokers Toolkit
Use the interactive debugger
Use a Trace node in a message flow
Enable and interpret user trace information to diagnose problems
Find and analyze the system log