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This intermediate-level IBM exam leads to the IBM Certified Administrator - WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v9.0.5 credential. Its 60 questions in 90 minutes cover installation and updates, high availability, security, monitoring and tuning, troubleshooting, administration, application deployment, and modernization with Liberty Advisor, containers and cloud. Passing demonstrates the ability to run a traditional WebSphere ND v9.0.5 environment.

Exam Topics

  • Install and Update the Environment13%
  • Create a High Availability Configuration13%
  • Manage Security12%
  • Monitor and Tune the Environment8%
  • Troubleshoot post-installation8%
  • Administer and Configure the environment18%
  • Deploy and Administer Applications15%
  • Modernization13%

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QuestionQ1

Monitor and Tune the Environment

Which statement is accurate about Cross Component Trace (XCT) log settings?

Explanation

For XCT, specifying REQUEST ID instead of LOG configures logging to include only request IDs in the log and trace files. The default setting includes request IDs and XCT log records; basic log and trace mode requires RASLoggingService and does not store request IDs.

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QuestionQ2

Administer and Configure the environment

To periodically purge FFDC files, which file or files must be updated to change the value of the ExceptionFileMaximumAge property?

Explanation

The ExceptionFileMaximumAge property must be set to the same value in ffdcRun.properties, ffdcStart.properties, and ffdcStop.properties. This ensures FFDC file purging uses the configured retention age during runtime, server startup, and server shutdown.

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QuestionQ3

Manage Security

In WebSphere Application Server, which approach should be used to implement an outbound SSL connection in an application?

Explanation

Programmatic selection is the application-level approach for outbound SSL connections: application code can use the com.ibm.websphere.ssl.JSSEHelper API to set SSL properties or an SSL configuration on the running thread before making the connection. This selection has the highest precedence.

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QuestionQ4

Monitor and Tune the Environment

Which statement is accurate about lightweight memory leak detection in WebSphere Application Server ND?

Explanation

WebSphere Application Server lightweight memory leak detection operates within the WebSphere Performance and Diagnostic Advisor framework. It is limited to Java heap leaks, provides early notification rather than root-cause analysis, and does not require an additional agent.

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QuestionQ5

Administer and Configure the environment

Which statement characterizes the Service Integration Bus?

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The Service Integration Bus is part of WebSphere Application Server’s service integration technology and underlies the default messaging provider’s messaging infrastructure. The default messaging provider uses service integration functions, and applications connect to a service integration bus to use JMS messaging resources.

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