IBM C9550-400

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What is the C9550-400 exam all about?

The IBM WebSphere Operational Decision Management V8.0 Application Development exam (code: C9550-400) is the official IBM exam that leads to the IBM Certified Application Developer certification. It sits at the Professional level of the IBM certification track. It is also connected with related credentials such as IBM Certified Application Developer - WebSphere Operational Decision Management V8.0. Passing it proves to employers that your skills have been validated by IBM itself, which is why the C9550-400 credential keeps showing up in job postings.

How many questions are in the C9550-400 exam, and how long does it take?

The IBM WebSphere Operational Decision Management V8.0 Application Development exam gives you 90-120 to work through 55-65. Pacing matters more than most candidates expect, so before exam day, run at least one full timed session in the Dumpkiller test engine to learn how long you can afford per question. If an item stalls you, flag it and move on — coming back later beats burning five minutes on a single question.

Are there any prerequisites for the C9550-400 exam?

According to IBM, the following applies: Recommended experience in Java application development and basic knowledge of business rule management systems.. Certification policies do change from time to time, so confirm the latest requirements on the official exam page at https://www.ibm.com/certify before you register.

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What topics are covered in the C9550-400 exam?

The official IBM WebSphere Operational Decision Management V8.0 Application Development syllabus is organized into 5 main domains. The first three are Business Object Model and Rule Modeling, IBM Operational Decision Management Overview, and Decision Center and Governance. For the full domain-by-domain breakdown, see the complete Exam Topics outline above.

IBM WebSphere Operational Decision Management V8.0 Application Development Sample Questions:

Question 1

A Record instance is passed to the ruleflow as a ruleset parameter. A rule task performs validation and should accumulate all the issues found in the Record. The associated rules have the following characteristics:
-There are numerous action rules and decision tables. ?The rule conditions only involve the
Record class and its attributes. -The rule conditions perform many different tests in various order. -The action part of the rules only adds messages to a list that is not involved in the conditions of the rules.
Which execution settings should the application developer choose for the validation rule task?

A. Algorithm: Sequential Exit Criteria: None
B. Algorithm: RetePlus Exit Criteria: RuleInstance
C. Algorithm: Fastpath Exit Criteria: RuleInstance
D. Algorithm: RetePlus Exit Criteria: None

Question 2

An application developer is required to implement the following business policy represented by this pseudo code which has a set of non-symmetrical rules.

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What rule artifact(s) should the application developer author?

A. A decision table without preconditions, four condition columns, and multiple action columns.
B. A decision table with a precondition, three condition columns, and multiple action columns.
C. A decision tree with multiple branches.
D. Two business action language rules using the else statement in both.

Question 3

An application developer needs to implement the following business policy. All customers get a minimum discount of 5%. Customers that are 60 years old or older with an income over 100,000 get a 25% discount. All other customers 60 years old or older get a 10% discount.
The application developer already authored the following rule.

Which additional rule should the application developer author?

A. Option D
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option A

Question 4

A company implemented a report data validation system with business rules. As there is a large volume of data, the design team has decided to run validations in batch and parallel mode. The ruleset will be executed in Java SE and the maximum number of threads executing rules is 20). When an application developer tests the rule execution code, the following exception comes up: ilog.rules.res.session.IlrSessionException: An error occurred while the rule session was called: ilog.rules.res.xu.cmanager.impl.IlrLocalizedResourceAllocationException: Default connection manager pool is full, error code: GBRXU0200E ilog.rules.res.xu.pool.IlrPoolException: Pool of connections is full What should the application developer do to resolve the exception?

A. Edit the resource adapter descriptor file ra.xml to set the pool.maxSize property to 20.
B. Set pool size of the Execution Unit (XU) connection factory in the application server to 20.
C. Configure the IlrSessionRequest class to set connection pool size to 20.
D. Set the ruleset property pool.maxSize to 20.

Question 5

The following user groups are in the Decision Center: ?Authors: can create rules and set the status to defined after authoring is complete ?Testers: can only view rules in defined status and change status to validated after testing is complete ?Deployers: can only view rules in validated status and change status to deployed ?Administrators: have all permissions What mechanism can the application developer use to implement the above governance policy?

A. Implement a rule session interceptor in Decision Center.
B. Set up the user group permissions in Decision Center.
C. Use the built-in Decision Center permission management.
D. Set up the user group permissions and implement a session controller in Decision Center.

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