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Exam Code/Number: S90-01A
Exam Name/Title: Fundamental SOA & Service-Oriented Computing
Certification Provider: SOA Certified Professional
Corresponding Certification: SOACP

Exam Questions: 100
Updated On: Jun 26, 2026

Question #1

A fundamental means of achieving business and technology alignment in support of service-oriented computing is:

A. through the creation of a vendor-specific architecture because this supports both the vendor-neutral and business-driven SOA characteristics

B. through the creation of business services because this enables services to encapsulate and express business logic

C. through the use of a business registry because this allows for the centralized registration of business analysts

D. through the use of a service registry because this allows business and technology-centric services to be located in the same place

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #2

Two common, yet opposing SOA delivery approaches are:

A. none of the above

B. top-down and left-to-right

C. bottom-up and upside-down

D. upside-down and left-to-right

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #3

Four IT managers from different organizations have chosen to adopt SOA. When subsequently interviewed, each was asked to explain why this decision was made. One of the IT managers is confused and chose to adopt SOA for the wrong reasons. Study the following responses and select the one that is not accurate:

A. "SOA will help us streamline our IT enterprise. Our goal, ultimately, is to turn the IT department into a part of the organization that provides increased value to the business while reducing its overall burden."

B. "SOA will help us increase the amount of value we get from the software programs we build as reusable services. Over time, this will allow us to improve the cost-effectiveness of IT as a whole."

C. "SOA will help our IT department overcome cultural challenges we've traditionally had with the ownership of EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) platforms. Through the use of proven bridging and transformation technologies introduced by SOA, any IT staff that have historically disagreed with each other about ownership issues, will now be able to overcome their differences."

D. "SOA will help us increase the responsiveness of the organization as a whole. When our business encounters change, our IT department will be able to adapt and respond to this change more efficiently and effectively than before."

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #4

Which of the following statements is false?

A. Industry standards are usually created by standards committees so that they do not favor any one vendor or organization.

B. Industry standards are usually produced by standards organizations.

C. XML is an example of an industry standard.

D. The use of industry standards alone automatically results in fully standardized service-oriented solutions.

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #5

Service Composition A is comprised of 4 services. Service Composition B is comprised of 6 services. Because both service compositions are comprised of services from the same service inventory, the service inventory will have a total of how many services?

A. 10

B. Based on the information provided, it's impossible to know how many services reside in the service inventory because we don't know how many other service compositions exist.

C. 24

D. Based on the information provided, it's impossible to know how many services reside in the service inventory because the quantity of services within a service inventory is not determined by the quantity of services in service compositions.

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #6

Which of the following is an expected result of successfully adopting SOA?

A. The fact that the existing IT organizational structure will not have to change because of how well a service-oriented enterprise fits into traditional IT departmental structures that are focused on project-centric application delivery.

B. The strategic (long-term) target state that is attainable when many of the services delivered are interoperable and reusable, thereby allowing for them to be repeatedly composed in response to new and changing business requirements.

C. The tactical (short-term) focus of service-orientation, which allows for the initial rapid delivery of services without concerns about their subsequent governance.

D. A natural increase in runtime performance that you will gain as a result of the fact that service compositions will often be comprised of a greater amount of individually participating programs (services) than traditional distributed applications.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #7

"A primary focus of service modeling is the encapsulation and abstraction of business logic in support of defining business service candidates." What is wrong with this statement?

A. The service modeling process results in the implementation of services, not the definition of service candidates.

B. There is no such thing as a business service when creating service-oriented solutions.

C. Service modeling is a phase dedicated to defining non-business service logic only.

D. There is nothing wrong with this statement.

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #8

Service-oriented architecture must be designed to be both integration-centric and silo-based.

A. True

B. False

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #9

The distinct ownership and governance requirements introduced by agnostic services can introduce the need for more __________ staff and less __________ staff.

A. enterprise-centric, project-centric

B. development-centric, quality assurance-centric

C. management-centric, administration-centric

D. development-centric, communication-centric

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #10

Which of the following statements is false?

A. The governance burden of services is not impacted by the SOA project delivery approach.

B. The bottom-up approach to SOA project delivery results in less up-front impact, but will usually increase the eventual governance burden of services.

C. Alternative approaches exist that provide a compromise between bottom-up and top-down SOA project delivery approaches.

D. Up-front analysis as part of a top-down SOA project delivery approach helps reduce the eventual governance burden of services.

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

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