- Exam Code: A2180-376
- Exam Name: Assessment: IBM WebSphere MQ V7.0, Solution Design
- Updated: Sep 01, 2026
- Q & A: 98 Questions and Answers
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| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: IBM WebSphere MQ Overview | - Queue manager fundamentals - Messaging concepts and architecture |
| Topic 2: Solution Design Principles | - Designing messaging topologies - High availability and scalability considerations |
| Topic 3: Monitoring and Troubleshooting | - Logging and error handling - Performance tuning basics |
| Topic 4: Messaging Channels and Connectivity | - Client-server connectivity - Sender and receiver channels |
| Topic 5: Security and Access Control | - Channel security and encryption concepts - Authentication and authorization |
| Topic 6: Queue Configuration and Management | - Local and remote queues - Queue definitions and attributes |
| Topic 7: Clustering and Distributed Queuing | - MQ clustering concepts - Workload balancing in MQ networks |
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The IBM Assessment: IBM WebSphere MQ V7.0, Solution Design is organized into 7 domains. Among the first ones are IBM WebSphere MQ Overview, Monitoring and Troubleshooting, Solution Design Principles, and the remaining domains cover the rest of the official objectives. For the complete topic breakdown with every subtopic, see the full A2180-376 exam outline above on this page.
Question 1
Which of the following is NOT a generally recommended best practice for naming conventions?
A. When possible, avoid forward slash (/) and percent (%) special characters because they cancause cross-platform difficulties.
B. Use full uppercase for WebSphere MQ objects, including the queue manager, to preventportability issues in heterogeneous environments.
C. Queue and channel names should be limited to less than 24 characters because of platformportability concerns.
D. Queues should not have the word QUEUE in their name, nor should they have the topology inthe name (local, remote, alias, etc).
Question 2
A client application is subscribing to as many as five different topics (no wildcards are possible). Given that the number of client applications may vary and subscriptions are not durable, what is the best option for creating a subscription?
A. Use MQSUB with the MQSO_MANAGED option for the first topic and subsequent calls withMQSO_ALTER for other topics.
B. Create a temporary dynamic queue and call MQSUB for each topic.
C. Create a temporary dynamic queue and use MQSUB with the list of topic names separated bycommas and stored in the ObjectString field of the MQSD structure.
D. Use MQSUB with the MQSO_MANAGED option and the list of topic names separated bycommas and stored in the ObjectString field of the MQSD structure.
Question 3
Which of the following contains the best mix of items to utilize in a queue name?
A. Environment Identifier, Object Type, Application Identifier
B. Queue Purpose, Object Type, Function
C. Application Identifier, Function
D. Application Identifier, Environment Identifier, Location
Question 4
A company has a large network of WebSphere MQ clustered queue managers that span multiple applications. When migrating such a cluster to a new version, which one of the following is a good practice?
A. Perform a staged migration, in which queue managers are migrated one at a time.
B. At a minimum, migrate the full repositories at the same time, to avoid incompatibilities in thedefinitions that they store.
C. Migrate all the queue managers in the cluster at the same time to make sure there are noincompatibilities between versions.
D. Stage the migration, but migrate all the queue managers on a particular operating system atthe same time.
Question 5
The topic object for the topic x/y is defined with WILDCARD=PASSTHRU. Which of the following is the most appropriate use of a wildcard for this topic?
A. It is not possible to use a wildcard with this topic
B. Publish the information to topic x/y/+
C. Publish the information to topic x/y/#
D. Subscribe to topic x/y/#
Solutions:
| Question 1 Answer: C | Question 2 Answer: B | Question 3 Answer: C | Question 4 Answer: A | Question 5 Answer: D |
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