ATA02 practice questions, page 2 of 2, with answer review and explanations.
Question 6
What security is applied to data that is encrypted by Credential Manager when stored? (Select 1)
The credentials are managed by the Windows Credential store and the security applied is proprietary to Microsoft
The credentials are encrypted by the Application Server for storage in the database using either 3DES or AES-256 and a user generated key
The credentials are encrypted by the Application Server for storage in the database using either 3DES or AES-256 and a secure key hardcoded within the application
Credential Management is handled using session variables and security is applied based on the process logic that is defined.
Question 7
What should be considered when configuring high availability and disaster recovery scenarios for the Blue Prism Runtime Resources? (Select 2)
Providing high availability for the Runtime Resource will guarantee the SLAs for a business process.
External Load balancing solutions may be used to direct connections from a runtime resource to an appropriate application server.
DNS round robin with a low Time to live (TTL) setting may be employed as a simple mechanism for distributing connections between multiple application servers.
Set each Runtime Resource to point to at least 2 application servers in its configuration file.
Question 8
What are the primary reasons for regularly backing up Blue Prism production databases (Select 2)
To assure performance
To maintain the latest copy of live process automations and configuration
To maintain an accurate record of the processing history
To maintain a copy of the base VM image that is used to generate Runtime Resources
To avoid losing the configuration of applications on the Runtime Resources
Question 9
What is the difference between a Runtime Resource and a Process? (Select 1)
There is no difference, the terms are synonymous
A Process represents a definition of the automation steps and logic; Runtime Resources execute the steps defined within a Process
A Process represents a definition of the automation steps and logic; and a Runtime Resource is an executable containing all of the logic within a single process.
A Runtime Resource represents a collection of Processes which is used as part of Release Management