IBM A2180-400 : Assessment: IBM WebSphere Operational Decision Management V8.0, Application Development
- Exam Code: A2180-400
- Exam Name: Assessment: IBM WebSphere Operational Decision Management V8.0, Application Development
- Updated: Oct 26, 2026
- Q & A: 52 Questions and Answers
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IBM A2180-400 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: Rule Execution and Deployment | - Execution models and deployment options - Rule execution testing and monitoring - Decision services |
| Topic 2: Rule Development | - Rule Designer projects and artifacts - Rule authoring and validation - Business rules and rule flows |
| Topic 3: Architecture and Design | - Application design and integration concepts - WebSphere Operational Decision Management architecture - Decision Server and Decision Center components |
| Topic 4: Application Integration | - Web services and execution interfaces - Integrating ODM rules with applications - Application development best practices |
| Topic 5: Decision Center Development and Management | - Rule synchronization and deployment - User roles and permissions - Decision Center repository management |
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- Architecture and Design
- Rule Development
- Rule Execution and Deployment
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IBM Assessment: IBM WebSphere Operational Decision Management V8.0, Application Development Sample Questions:
A ruleset is deployed to Rule Execution Server and the rule administrators requested that Decision Warehouse be used to store trace information about ruleset executions. What should the application developer do to activate tracing on the already deployed ruleset?
- A. Navigate to the ruleset within Rule Execution Server console and add the ruleset.trace.enabled property.
- B. Tracing cannot be enabled without deploying the ruleset again with the monitoring.enabled ruleset property set to true.
- C. Navigate to the ruleset within Rule Execution Server console and click the Show Monitoring Options to enable tracing.
- D. Use the res-deploy Ant task with the correct parameters to enable tracing on the deployed ruleset.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
The Business Object Model (BOM) includes a Customer class with an Age attribute and a Score attribute both of type int. There are three rules and one query:
When the application developer runs Query 1, which rules will be returned?
- A. Rule 2 only
- B. Rule 2 and Rule 3
- C. Rule 3 only
- D. Rule 1 and Rule 2
- E. Rule 1 only
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
An application developer is validating a rule project in Rule Designer and needs to create a new DVS Excel File Run Configuration. Instead of testing all of the rules, the new run configuration must also specify a subset of the rules to test. Which setting in the run configuration must the application developer apply?
- A. On the Extraction tab, select to use an extractor which specifies the rules to test.
- B. On the Rules tab, specify the rules to test.
- C. On the Excel File tab, click Browse next to Rule Project and specify the rules to test.
- D. On the Excel File tab, specify the rules to test.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
The business users require the ability to maintain Business Object Model (BOM) domains using the Decision Center. To address this requirement, the application developer should create:
- A. domains of bounded type.
- B. domains from Excel files.
- C. domains of static references.
- D. domains of collection type.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
An application developer is preparing to deploy the ruleset that uses a Java Execution Object Model (XOM) to a Java EE environment for remote access, using stateless rule sessions. What should the application developer do to ensure optimal execution performance?
- A. Change the Execution Unit (XU) traceLevel property from WARNING to FINE on the application server.
- B. In the ra.xml file, set the transaction-support property to LocalTransaction.
- C. Set the ruleset property ruleset.sequential.trace.enabled to true.
- D. Disable Java 2 Security.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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