To configure the Maven Resources plugin to exclude parsing binary files in the project’s src/main/resources/certs directory, option C should be used. This option specifies that any files with .cer or .jks extensions under the certs directory should be excluded from filtering. Filtering is a process of replacing placeholders with actual values in resource files during the build process. Binary files should not be filtered because they may become corrupted or unusable. References: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/examples/filter.html https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/examples/include-exclude.html

To encrypt the data before sending it to the backend application using PGP encryption, the application needs the public key from the backend service. PGP encryption uses a public-key cryptography system, which means that each party has a pair of keys: a public key and a private key. The public key is used to encrypt data, and the private key is used to decrypt data. Therefore, to encrypt data for a specific recipient (the backend service), the application needs to use the recipient’s public key. The recipient can then use its own private key to decrypt the data. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/cryptography-pgp

When the HTTP Request operation raises an HTTP CONNECTIVITY error, it triggers an on-error-continue handler that sets a payload with ‘Error in processing your request’. Since no status code is explicitly set in this handler, it defaults to 500 (INTERNAL SERVER ERROR). Therefore, the web client receives an HTTP response with status code 500 and body ‘Error in processing your request’. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/error-handling#on-error-continue

To get the average number of requests and average response time of the Salesforce Connector, the developer should access Anypoint Monitoring’s built-in dashboard, select a resource (such as an application or an API), and locate the information under the Connectors tab. The Connectors tab shows metrics for each connector used by the resource, such as average requests per minute, average response time, and failures. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/monitoring/built-in-dashboard-reference

The result of accessing route C failure is Error,errorMessage,payload.failures[‘2’]. This is because a scatter-gather router returns an aggregated message that contains an array of results from each route and an array of failures from each route. The failures array contains error objects with information about each failed route execution. To access route C failure, which is the third route (index 2), the developer needs to use Error.errorMessage.payload.failures[‘2’] expression. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/scatter-gather-reference#scatter-gather-output

To use Maven to successfully deploy the application, the developer needs to modify the pom.xml file inside the Mule project. The pom.xml file contains the configuration and dependencies of the Mule application, as well as the deployment information such as the CloudHub region, environment, and worker size. The developer needs to specify these properties in the pom.xml file before using Maven to deploy the application. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/mmp-concept#application-deployment-descriptor

To reuse Mule Maven plugin configuration across multiple individual Mule applications, the developer should use a parent pom.xml file. A parent pom.xml file defines common configuration for one or more child projects that inherit from it. The developer can specify common properties and dependencies for all child projects in the parent pom.xml file, such as Mule Maven plugin configuration, and then reference them in each child project’s pom.xml file using placeholders. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/mmp-concept#parent-pom https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html#Project_Inheritance

To invoke multiple HTTP APIs in parallel and roll back failed requests in sequence, the developer should use a Scatter-Gather router as a central Saga orchestrator for all API requests with compensating actions for failing routes. A Scatter-Gather router executes multiple routes concurrently and aggregates the results. A Saga orchestrator coordinates a series of actions across different services and handles failures by executing compensating actions. Therefore, using a Scatter-Gather router as a Saga orchestrator allows invoking multiple HTTP APIs in parallel and rolling back any failed requests in sequence. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/scatter-gather-concept https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/saga

The HTTP Request operation will use the default truststore of the JRE to validate the certificate of the target API. If the CA’s certificate is present in the truststore, the operation will succeed. Otherwise, it will fail with a handshake exception. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/tls-configuration#tls-default

To get response data from the external API after it completes processing, the developer should expose an HTTP callback API in Mule and register it with the external system. This way, the external API can invoke the callback API with the response data when it is ready, instead of making the Mule application wait for a long time or poll for a response repeatedly. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/http-listener-ref#callback

Mutual TLS (mTLS) is an extension of TLS that requires both parties (client and server) to present their certificates to each other during the handshake process. This way, both parties can verify each other’s identity and establish a secure connection. The authentication of the server happens before the authentication of the client, as the server sends its certificate first and then requests the client’s certificate. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/tls-configuration#mutual-authentication

To ensure idempotent behavior within a Mule flow that contains a subflow with a Scatter-Gather scope, the developer should ensure an error-handling flow performs corrective actions to roll back all changes if any leg of the Scatter-Gather fails. Idempotency means that multiple identical requests have the same effect as a single request. Therefore, if one of the HTTP requests inside the Scatter-Gather fails, the error-handling flow should undo any changes made by other successful requests to ensure consistency and avoid partial updates. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/scatter-gather-concept https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/error-handling

To configure API Functional Monitoring to monitor the health of 10 public APIs periodically while minimizing operational overhead and cost, the developer should use one public location with all 10 APIs in a single schedule. A public location is a worker that runs in a CloudHub shared environment, which is cheaper and easier to maintain than a private location. A single schedule allows running all 10 APIs tests at the same time and frequency, which reduces complexity and resource consumption. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/functional-monitoring/fm-create-monitor#create-a-monitor

To allow more than one major version of the same API to be exposed by the implementation, the developer should modify the baseUri property in the RAML file to include a variable that indicates the version number. The baseUri property defines the base URL of the API and can include variables that are replaced with actual values when mocking or deploying the API. By using a variable for the version number, the developer can expose different versions of the API using different base URLs and avoid conflicts or confusion. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-designer/design-modify-raml-specs#baseuri https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/2.x/api-versioning

The result of the flow is nullPayload if processing between os:store and os:retrieve takes 10 seconds. This is because the entry TTL of the object store is one second, which means that any stored value expires after one second and is removed from the object store. The expiration interval of 30 seconds only determines how often the object store checks for expired values, but it does not affect the TTL. Therefore, when os:retrieve tries to get the value after 10 seconds, it returns nullPayload because the value has already expired and been removed. References: https://docs.mulesoft.com/object-store/osv2-faq#how-does-the-time-to-live-work