- 1. What is the primary purpose of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)?
A) o limit data sharing between departments for enhanced security.
B) To replace older, legacy systems with new cloud-based applications.
C) To connect an organization's business applications, services, databases, and other systems into an integrating framework.
- 2. Which of the following is a key problem EAI seeks to solve in organizations?
A) Over-reliance on a single, centralized application for all operations.
B) Difficulty in integrating on-premises systems with other on-premises systems.
C) The creation of multiple data silos, resulting in duplicate and inconsistent data.
- 3. Which technology operates like a type of middleware to connect disparate systems together without significant reprogramming of the participating systems?
A) Human Capital Management (HCM)
B) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
C) An EAI Platform
- 4. EAI platforms enable integration at several levels. Which level involves removing duplicate data, reformatting, and transforming data to ensure consistency between applications?
A) Interface integration
B) System integration
C) Data integration
- 5. Which EAI design is the simplest form, where data is taken from one system, reformatted, and then ingested by the next, but can quickly grow large and difficult to manage as more applications are added?
A) Hub-and-spoke integration
B) Point-to-point integration
C) Bus integration (ESB)
- 6. Which of these is a technology an EAI platform might use to enable systems to work together?
A) Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
B) Assembly Line Technology (ALT)
C) Solid State Drives (SSD)
- 7. A key benefit of an effective EAI platform is:
A) Guaranteed elimination of all security risks.
B) Streamlined operations and greater operational efficiency.
C) Complete replacement of all existing legacy systems.
- 8. ntegrating legacy systems with other applications is often a major challenge for EAI implementation because:
A) Legacy systems are too easy to integrate, leading to complacency.
B) Older systems are often incompatible with modern applications or other legacy systems.
C) They are always compatible with modern applications.
- 9. The goal of EAI to allow users to interact with integrated systems through a single interface is referred to as:
A) Workflow integration
B) Middleware integration
C) Interface integration
- 10. In a hub-and-spoke integration approach, what facilitates data communications and keeps workflows moving in the event of an application slowdown?
A) The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
B) A central component (hub)
C) A dedicated point-to-point connection.
- 11. What is a potential issue with relying on a single interface provided by an EAI platform?
A) Even a minor change to an application can potentially impact the interface's functionality.
B) It requires all applications to be cloud-based.
C) It prevents the synchronization of data stores.
- 12. By offering a unified view of accurate and consistent data, EAI helps improve which of the following?
A) Customer experience
B) System scalability for on-premises systems
C) Initial setup complexity
- 13. Which EAI design is described as an evolution of the hub-and-spoke design where all participating applications use a set of standards to send and receive data through the central component?
A) Bus integration (ESB)
B) Middleware integration
C) Point-to-point integration
- 14. When discussing the challenges of EAI, what concern arises as data volumes grow and the number of transactions increases, potentially leading to serious performance degradation for on-premises systems?
A) Scalability
B) Legacy systems
C) Complexity
- 15. Automating a process like employee onboarding, where HR updates payroll, personnel records, and IT resources all in a single sequence, is an example of which type of integration?
A) Interface integration
B) Legacy system integration
C) Workflow integration
- 16. What are software tools that act as intermediaries between different applications, systems, or services, facilitating their communication and interaction?
A) Clients
B) Middleware
C) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
- 17. Which of the following tasks is typically handled by middleware to facilitate system integration?
A) Data translation, message queuing, and authentication
B) Only client-side rendering
C) Managing user interface design
- 18. Middleware is crucial in which of the following areas related to system management?
A) Creating digital certificates
B) Writing database queries in SQL
C) Load balancing, transaction management, and concurrent processing
- 19. Which category of middleware facilitates the development and delivery of software by providing an application program logic a runtime hosting environment, like a container?
A) Transactional middleware
B) Enterprise application integration middleware
C) Platform middleware
- 20. What type of middleware is used to enable integration and communication between real-time operating systems and embedded applications?
A) Messaging middleware
B) Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
C) Embedded middleware
- 21. What is defined as a set of rules that allow different software applications to communicate with each other?
A) An API (Application Programming Interface)
B) A Web Server
C) An XML Document
- 22. In the restaurant analogy for an API, what represents the waiter?
A) The customer (client)
B) The prepared food (response)
C) The API
- 23. APIs play a crucial role in building which type of software systems?
A) Monolithic and isolated
B) Unstable and fixed
C) Flexible, scalable, and connected
- 24. What is the final step in the simple step-by-step process of how an API works?
A) The server processes the request and sends the response back to the API (Response)
B) The API forwards the request to the server (Processing)
C) The API returns the server's response to the client (Delivery)
- 25. What type of API architecture is simple, flexible, and uses HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) for communication?
A) REST (Representational State Transfer)
B) XML-RPC
C) SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
- 26. Which API type is an open-source interface extensively used over the web and can be easily accessed using HTTP protocols?
A) Web APIs (Web Services)
B) Program APIs
C) Local APIs
- 27. In the context of system integration, what is the primary purpose of middleware?
A) To act as a communication layer between applications
B) To enable web and mobile app connectivity
C) To define how software components should interact
- 28. Which of the following is given as a real-world scenario for the use of APIs?
A) Connecting a website, inventory, and payment gateways for an e-commerce site (Middleware use)
B) Linking patient management systems to insurance databases (Middleware use)
C) Enabling banking mobile apps to retrieve balances and transactions
- 29. What advantage of APIs enhances the integrated user experience by allowing the movement of data between various sites?
A) Efficiency
B) Integration
C) Flexible delivery of services
- 30. What is a common disadvantage or issue associated with using APIs?
A) They are a lightweight architecture only following the SOAP protocol
B) Security issues, as using APIs adds another layer of surface prone to attacks
C) They eliminate the need for any complex code
- 31. What real-world industry uses EAI to connect ATM systems, online banking, and fraud detection?
A) Manufacturing
B) Healthcare
C) Banking
- 32. What problem does EAI primarily aim to eliminate?
A) Limited storage capacity
B) Data silos and inconsistent data across systems
C) Excessive use of bandwidth
- 33. EAI acts as what type of technology between applications?
A) API server
B) Firewall
C) Middleware
- 34. The EAI platform is implemented as an intermediary layer that connects the applications, data and users.
A) Microservices.
B) Middleware integration.
C) Bus integration.
- 35. An EAI platform can be implemented through microservices, which are small, lightweight applications that each serve a specific purpose.
A) Microservices.
B) Point-to-point integration.
C) Hub-and-spoke integration.
- 36. An EAI platform provides a single interface that enables users to connect with the applications, services, databases and other systems integrated into the platform.
A) Interface integration.
B) Data integration.
C) Workflow integration.
- 37. The EAI platform integrates data to facilitate communications and improve data quality. also The platform also synchronizes data stores and keeps them up to date with changes.
A) Data integration.
B) Workflow integration.
C) Interface integration.
- 38. An EAI platform often includes tools for enabling the applications and services to work together. This can increase productivity by making common tasks easier to perform.
A) Interface integration.
B) Data integration.
C) Workflow integration.
- 39. onboarding an employee might require human resources to update payroll systems, personnel records, floor plans, door access controls and IT resources. is an example of
A) Data integration.
B) Workflow integration.
C) Interface integration
- 40. When implementing an EAI platform, an organization must ensure that the platform includes effective security and privacy protections and adheres to all applicable regulations.
A) Legacy systems.
B) When implementing an EAI platform, an organization must ensure that the platform includes effective security and privacy protections and adheres to all applicable regulations.
C) Scalability.
- 41. Integrating legacy systems with other applications and services can be difficult. Older systems are often incompatible with modern applications or even other legacy systems.
A) Legacy systems.
B) Complexity.
C) Scalability.
- 42. Applications, services and database systems often vary substantially. Not only can the underlying technologies differ, but also the way in which data is stored, formatted, delivered and presented.
A) Complexity.
B) Scalability.
C) Legacy systems.
- 43. Because an EAI platform streamlines operations, business processes are more efficient and employees are more productive, both of which can help reduce overall costs.
A) Improved customer experience.
B) Streamlined operations.
C) Reduced costs.
- 44. An EAI platform provides a unified view of the data that is accurate, consistent and up to date.
A) Improved customer experience.
B) Streamlined operations.
C) Reduced costs.
- 45. Data that is integrated through an EAI platform is more accurate and consistent.
A) Improved customer experience.
B) Improved data quality.
C) Streamlined operations.
- 46. can present a number of challenges.
A) Purchased
B) Silos data
C) Siloed data
- 47. It uses JSON for data transfer and is a lightweight remote procedural call defining a few data structure types.
A) REST
B) JSON-RPC
C) XML-RPC
- 48. It defines messages in XML format used by web applications to communicate with each other.
A) SOAP (SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL)
B) REST (Representational State Transfer)
C) JSON-RPC
- 49. It is based on XML and uses HTTP for data transfer. This API is widely used to exchange information between two or more networks.
A) REST
B) JSON-RPC
C) XML-RPC
- 50. It makes a remote program appear to be local by making use of RPCs (Remote Procedural Calls). SOAP is a well-known example of this type of API.
A) LOCAL APIs
B) PROGRAM APIs
C) WEB APIs
A) WEB APIs
B) LOCAL APIs
C) PROGRAM APIs
- 52. acts as an interface that allows proper communication between two programs whereas a web application is a network-based resource responsible for completing a single task.
A) LOCAL APIs
B) API
C) Silos data
- 53. :A more rigid protocol that requires XML- based messaging for communication.
A) REST
B) SOAP
- 54. :A simple, flexible API architecture that uses HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) for communication.
A) SOAP
B) REST
- 55. A client (user) sends a request through the API's URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).
A) Processing
B) Response
C) Request
- 56. The API returns the server's response to the client.
A) Processing
B) Delivery
C) Request
- 57. The server processes the request and sends the response back to the API.
A) Processing
B) Request
C) Response
- 58. The API forwards the request to the server.
A) Delivery
B) Processing
C) Response
- 59. A program can ask for a service from another program running on a different computer or network using this protocol, which is provided via middleware.
A) Embedded middleware:
B) Remote Procedure Call
C) Messaging middleware:
- 60. It makes it easier for dispersed apps and services to communicate with one another.
A) API middleware:
B) Embedded middleware:
C) Messaging middleware:
- 61. By duplicating data streams in an intermediary repository, asynchronous data streaming middleware facilitates data exchange between apps.
A) Remote Procedure Call
B) Messaging middleware:
C) Asynchronous data streaming middleware
- 62. •Converts data formats between different systems.
A) prelim
B) Data Translation
- 63. is the blueprint that outlines how different software applications, systems, and data sources within an organization are connected to work together.
A) mommy oni
B) Integration Architecture
- 64. All-in-one system, single codebase. simple, but rigid.
A) Monolithic Architecture
B) daddy rob
- 65. Multi-layer system (presentation, business logic, database). scalable and secure, but costly.
A) N-tier Architecture
B) hot maria clara
- 66. Systems built from independent services. integrates diverse systems, but complex.
A) Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
B) lisa
- 67. software layer between OS and applications.
A) middleware
B) daddy finger
- 68. Banking and financial services (where strict security and compliance are required). is an example of
A) REST
B) SOAP
- 69. A weather app fetching forecast data via a REST API (returns JSON). is an example of
A) REST
B) SOAP
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