IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.5, Core Administration Sample Questions:

1. A system administrator needs to tune the connection pool size parameters fora data source based on the current pool usage and the application server CPU utilization. Which of the following will provide the system administrator a recommendation on the efficient values for pool size?

A) Request Metrics for connection pool size
B) Performance Monitoring Infrastructure counter for current pool usage
C) Performance Monitoring Infrastructure counter for connection pool size
D) Performance advisor for connection pool size

2. An administrator needs to move an application from a Liberty profile development environment to a production Network Deployment cell. What steps should the administrator take to deploy the application in the production cell?

A) Use the enhanced EAR generated by the Liberty profile ensuring that the resources used by the Liberty profile are used by the deployment manager.
B) Deploy the application EAR file through the deployment manager and define the resources defined in the server.xml.
C) Use the "Release" functionality in the administrative console and point it to the server.xml file of the development Liberty profile.
D) Use the migration tool to generate the customizedand automated wsadmin script.

3. A system administrator needs to collect Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) data on response time of a servlet. The system administrator wishes to use HTTP to avoid issues with firewalls and needs XML as output. How can the system administrator achieve this?

A) Use Performance Servlet
B) Use PMI Client API
C) Use J2EE managed object MBeans
D) Use WebSphere Application Server PMI Perf MBean

4. A system administrator is asked to increase the logging level of an e-commerce application running on a production server to help developers troubleshoot a problem that is difficult to reproduce. The requester wants lengthy comprehensive logs to locate the root cause of the problem. The application is responsible for the online shopping experience of thousands of customers daily. The administrator is concerned about degrading performance of the application with the major shopping weekendapproaching. How can the administrator address their performance concerns and satisfy the needs of the developers?

A) Enable the diagnostic trace service in-memory circular buffer.
B) Enable High Performance Extensible Logging (HPEL) and disable the HPEL text log.
C) Enable Cross Component Tracing.
D) Ask the developers to use the WebSphere Event Logging and redeploy the application.

5. Jython scripts have to be created for common administrative tasks using the IBM Assembly and Deploy Tool (IADT). For each task performed through the administrative console, a
system administrator needs to redirect the Jython commands into the IADT to quickly create these scripts. How should the system administrator do this?

A) Disable the help portlet
B) Disable workspace automatic refresh
C) Enable Command assistance notifications
D) Log Command assistance commands

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