MuleSoft-Platform-Architect-I Exam Dumps : Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Platform Architect (Mule-Arch-201)

Explanation

Correct Answer: Implement required changes to the Process API implementation so that, whenever possible, the Process API’s RAML definition remains unchanged.

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Key requirement in the question is:

>> Approach that minimizes the impact of this change on API clients

Based on above:

>> Updating the RAML definition would possibly impact the API clients if the changes require any thing mandatory from client side. So, one should try to avoid doing that until really necessary.

>> Implementing the changes as a completely different API and then redirectly the clients with 3xx status code is really upsetting design and heavily impacts the API clients.

>> Organisations and IT cannot simply postpone the changes required until all API consumers acknowledge they are ready to migrate to a new Process API or API version. This is unrealistic and not possible.

The best way to handle the changes always is to implement required changes to the API implementations so that, whenever possible, the API’s RAML definition remains unchanged.

In MuleSoft CloudHub, autoscaling is essential to managing application load efficiently. CloudHub supports horizontal scaling based on CPU usage, which is well-suited to applications experiencing variable demand and needing responsive resource allocation.

Autoscaling on CloudHub:

Horizontal scaling increases the number of workers in response to CPU usage thresholds, allowing the application to handle higher loads dynamically. This approach improves performance without downtime or manual intervention.

Why Option C is Correct:

Setting up autoscaling based on CPU usage aligns with MuleSoft’s best practices for scalable and responsive applications on CloudHub, particularly in an environment with fluctuating load patterns.

Option C correctly leverages CloudHub’s autoscaling features based on resource metrics, which are part of CloudHub’s managed scaling solutions.

Explanation of Incorrect Options:

Option A (based on HTTP request thresholds) and Option B (separate policies for CPU and memory) do not represent CloudHub’s recommended scaling practices.

Option D suggests vertical scaling based on response time, which is not how CloudHub handles autoscaling.

ReferencesFor more on CloudHub’s autoscaling configuration, refer to MuleSoft documentation on CloudHub autoscaling policies​.

Explanation

Correct Answer: Allow System APIs to return data that is NOT currently required by the identified Process or Experience APIs.

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>> All customizations for the end-user application should be handled in "Experience API" only. Not in Process API

>> We should use tiered approach but NOT always by creating exactly one API for each of the 3 layers. Experience APIs might be one but Process APIs and System APIs are often more than one. System APIs for sure will be more than one all the time as they are the smallest modular APIs built in front of end systems.

>> Process APIs can call System APIs as well as other Process APIs. There is no such anti-design pattern in API-Led connectivity saying Process APIs should not call other Process APIs.

So, the right answer in the given set of options that makes sense as per API-Led connectivity principles is to allow System APIs to return data that is NOT currently required by the identified Process or Experience APIs. This way, some future Process APIs can make use of that data from System APIs and we need NOT touch the System layer APIs again and again.