MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 Exam
Demonstrate your ability to direct the emergence of an effective application network with the MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 exam.
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MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 Exam
Showcase your MuleSoft architect skills with the MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 exam.
This exam tests your ability to orchestrate an effective application network from individual integration solutions, following API-led connectivity across an organisation using Anypoint Platform.
On completion of this exam, you will be able to display your status as a MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect.
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Certification Objectives
Take the MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 exam to show your knowledge of:
- optimising and shaping the Anypoint Platform deployment in the specific organisational context, working with business, infrastructure, InfoSec, and other teams
- defining how Anypoint Platform is used in conjunction with other tools and applications in the organisation
- defining the usage of Anypoint Platform and the corresponding organisational and process changes needed to help the Platform be sustainable
- providing guidance and driving creation of standards, reusable assets, and automation required for scale and multi-LOB adoption
MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 Exam: Format
- format: multiple-choice, closed book, proctored online or in a testing centre
- length: 58 questions
- duration: 120 minutes (two hours)
- pass score: 70 percent
- language: English
- the exam can be taken a maximum of five times, with a 24-hour wait between each attempt
Delivery Methods
You can choose to take the exam in-person at a testing centre or online using a web camera, administered via the Kryterion Webassessor testing platform.
If you choose in-person at a Kryterion Testing Centre:
- over 1000 locations worldwide
- onsite instructions
- a test-taker guide
If you choose online using the Kryterion Webassessor testing platform:
- requires a webcam – a laptop webcam can be used, an external camera is not required
- requires internet connectivity with 1 Mbps upload, 1 Mbps download, jitter <50ms, ping <200ms
- use the tool to determine your internet speed and reliability
- online instructions
- a test-taker guide
If you think your connection might be unreliable, we recommend you choose a testing centre instead. An unreliable connection may cause you to be expelled from the exam.
Exam Preparation
- MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 exam takers can best prepare by taking the instructor-led Anypoint Platform Architecture: Application Networks course
- candidates should be familiar with all the course content and be able to apply it before taking the exam
Exam Topics
In the topics below, ARC:NET refers to the Anypoint Platform Architecture: Application Networks course.
The MuleSoft Certified Platform Architect – Level 1 exam demonstrates proficiency in the following tasks:
Explaining Application Network Basics Resources
- explain MuleSoft’s proposal for closing the IT delivery gap
- describe the role and characteristics of the “modern API”
- define and describe the benefits of API-led connectivity and application networks
- define outcome-based delivery (OBD)
- correctly use the terms API, API implementation, API client, API consumer, and API invocation
- describe the capabilities and high-level components of Anypoint Platform
- ARC:NET Module 1
- ARC:NET Module 2
Establishing Organizational and Platform Foundations
- describe the purpose and roles of a C4E
- identify KPIs to measure the success of a C4E
- given specific organizational requirements, preferences, and constraints, identify all suitable Anypoint Platform deployment options
- select Anypoint Platform identity management vs client management for the correct purpose
- ARC:NET Module 2
- ARC:NET Module 3
Designing APIs and API Interactions
- break down functional requirements into business-aligned APIs with effective granularity
- given a set of APIs and specific preferences and organisational characteristics, recommend the use of an Enterprise Data Model or Bounded Context Data Models
- identify changes to an API that would require or not require a major version increment
- when asynchronous execution of API invocations is needed, select when to appropriately use polling or callbacks
- identify idempotent HTTP methods and HTTP-native support for optimistic concurrency
- ARC:NET Module 4
- ARC:NET Module 6
- Bounded Context
- Why You Should Avoid a CDM
- Canonical Data Models & Microservices
- HTTP/1.1: Semantics and Content
- HTTP/1.1: Caching
- Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
Following API-Led Connectivity
- identify appropriate APIs to implement a business process and assign them to layers of API-led connectivity
- assign APIs to layers according to ownership, functional focus, and rate of change
- given specific requirements and organisational characteristics, recommend the most appropriate approach relating the API data model of System APIs to that of their backend system
- ARC:NET Module 2
- ARC:NET Module 4
- ARC:NET Module 6
Governing APIs on Anypoint Platform
- given specific preferences and constraints, select API policy enforcement with or without API proxies
- select appropriate API policies to enforce non-functional constraints on API invocations
- given an API policy with specific characteristics, identify any change required in the corresponding RAML definition
- given a layer of API-led connectivity, identify API policies that are typically applied to that layer and the scenarios needing custom policies
- identify which types of APIs and other remote interfaces are or are not amenable to management by API Manager
- ARC:NET Module 5
Controlling Access to APIs
- describe when and how to pass client ID and secret to an API
- explain how to register an API client for access to an API version
- ARC:NET Module 5
Delivering APIs
- describe the automation capabilities of Anypoint Platform for DevOps, CI/CD, and testing
- compare unit and integration tests and specify where MUnit is best employed
- explain how to use autodiscovery to link an API implementation to an API instance managed with API Manager
- specify how and when to promote APIs with API Manager
- identify when redeployment of API implementations is necessary
- ARC:NET Module 7
- ARC:NET Module 9
- Gatekeeper Enhanced Security Reference
Deploying Mule Applications to CloudHub
- describe the fundamentals of deployments, networking, and routing on CloudHub
- select CloudHub worker sizes and configuration as appropriate
- describe the scenarios for which Object Store should be used with CloudHub
- ARC:NET Module 7
Architecting Performant and Resilient APIs
- identify the factors involved in scaling API performance
- identify the differences between the CloudHub Shared and Dedicated Load Balancers
- identify single points of failure in typical CloudHub usage
- select strategies that help API clients guard against failures in API invocations
- ARC:NET Module 7
- ARC:NET Module 9
- HYSTRIX Defend Your App
- Let’s talk about Resilience
- Eclipse MicroProfile Fault Tolerance
Monitoring and Analysing Application Networks
- identify the components of Anypoint Platform that generate data for monitoring and alerting
- describe the metrics collected by Anypoint Platform on the level of API invocations
- describe and select between the options for performing API analytics within and outside of Anypoint Platform
- specify alerts to define for key metrics of API invocations for all layers of API-led connectivity
- specify alerts to define for API implementations
- ARC:NET Module 10
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