Adobe AD0-E722 Adobe Commerce Architect Master Exam Practice Test

The Architect can take the following steps to ensure validation of the configuration files with unique validation rules for the individual and merged files:

• Create validation rules in marketplace.schema.xsd. This file defines the structure and constraints of the XML elements and attributes for the marketplace.feeds.xml configuration file. The Architect can use this file to specify the required and optional elements, data types, values, and patterns for the configuration file.
• Provide schema to validate a merged file. This schema is used to validate the final configuration file that is generated after merging all the individual configuration files from different modules. The Architect can use this schema to check the consistency and completeness of the merged configuration file.
• Provide schema to validate an individual file. This schema is used to validate each individual configuration file from each module before merging them. The Architect can use this schema to check the syntax and validity of each configuration file.

References: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/commerce-cloud-service/user-guide/architecture/starter-architecture.html?lang=en#configuration-files 1 https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.4/extension-dev-guide/build/XSD-XML-validation.html 2

These two options are both valid ways to manage routing for the bespoke news section and adhere to best practice. Option B leverages the existing URL rewrite functionality of Adobe Commerce, which allows creating custom URLs for any entity type and storing them in the database. This option requires creating a standard controller route for the news entity type, such as news/article/view/id/i, where i is the news article ID. Then, on saving each news article, a rewrite rule is generated that maps the internal URL to the desired SEO-friendly URL, such as news/{date}/{article_url_key}. The rewrite rule is stored in the url_rewrite table, which is used by the standard router to match and redirect requests.

Option C involves creating a custom router class that implements \Magento\Framework\App\RouterInterface and runs before the standard router in the routing process. The custom router class can match the news portion of the URL and extract the date and URL key parts from it. Then, it can look for and load a news articlethat matches those values using a model or repository class. If a match is found, it can set the request parameters accordingly and dispatch the request to a controller action that renders the news article page.

References:

• Routing | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• URL Rewrites | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• Custom Router | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide

• Option A is correct because updating the session host value to a shared Redis instance in the “app/etc/env.php” file will allow the session to be saved properly and prevent users from being redirected to the sign-in page after logging in. Redis is a fast and reliable in-memory data store that can be used for session storage in Magento 2. By using a shared Redis instance, the session data can be accessed by any of the backend web servers behind the load balancer, regardless of which server handled the initial request. This ensures that the user’s session is maintained and consistent across different servers1.
• Option B is incorrect because increasing the session size with the command config:set system/security/max_session_size_admin will not solve the issue of session not being saved properly. This command only affects the admin session size limit, not the customer session size limit. Moreover, this command does not address the root causeof the issue, which is that the session data is not shared among the backend web servers2.
• Option C is incorrect because utilizing the Remote Storage module to synchronize sessions between the servers is not a viable solution for this issue. The Remote Storage module is a feature of Magento Commerce Cloud that allows storing media files and other static content on a remote storage service such as AWS S3 or Azure Blob Storage. This module does not support synchronizing sessions between servers, as sessions are dynamic and transient data that need to be stored in a fast and accessible data store such as Redis3.

References:

• 1: Use Redis for session storage | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• 2: Security | Adobe Commerce User Guide
• 3: Remote storage | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide

According to the Adobe Commerce documentation, the Source Selection Interface is the main interface for implementing custom source selection algorithms. The interface defines a method called execute(), which takes a list of items to be shipped and a stock ID as parameters, and returns a SourceSelectionResultInterface object, which contains the recommended sources and quantities for each item. The Architect can create a new class that implements this interface and provides the logic for finding the lowest-cost warehouse that is open for each item. The Architect can then register the new class as an option for the source selection algorithm in the di.xml file of the custom module.

References:

• Source Selection Algorithm | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• Source Selection Interface | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide

This solution ensures that the data returned by the GraphQL queries is up to date, while also maintaining performance. By specifying a $cache(cacheidentity: Path\To\identityclass) directive for each GraphQL query, the relevant brands and associated products will be added as cache tags. 

The issue here is that the site breaks every time the users change interface locale in the Admin Panel. This is because the static content for the different locales is not generated during the deployment process. The solution is to adjust the tools build script and specify required locales during *setup:static-content:deploy’ command. This will ensure that the static content for all the needed locales is generated and deployed to the project servers. References: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/commerce-cloud-service/user-guide/develop/deploy/static-content.html?lang=en#deploy-static-view-files 1

Private content blocks are sections of the page that are specific to each customer and are not cached by the server. To update these blocks when a customer performs an action, such as adding a gift registry item to the quote, the Adobe Commerce Architect needs to specify the new action in a sections.xml configuration file. This file defines which blocks need to be updated for each action and how often they should be updated.By doing this, the Architect can ensure that the private content blocks are refreshed with the latest data from the server. References:

• Private content | Magento 2 Developer Documentation
• Configure private content | Magento 2 Developer Documentation

To make sure the vcl_hash function of Varnish considers the newly created attribute, the Architect needs to do the following steps:

• Create a new class that implements the Magento\GraphQlCache\Model\CacheId\CacheIdFactorProviderInterface interface. This interface defines two methods: getFactorName and getFactorValue. The getFactorName method should return the name of the attribute, in this case, my_attribute. The getFactorValue method should return the value of the attribute for the current customer, which can be obtained from the customer session or customer repository1.
• Add this class to the idFactorProviders array of Magento\GraphQlCache\Model\CacheId\CacheIdCalculator through dependency injection. The CacheIdCalculator is responsible for generating a cache ID for each GraphQL request based on the factors provided by the idFactorProviders. By adding the new class to this array, the Architect ensures that the cache ID will include the value of my_attribute1.
• The cache ID is then used by Varnish to hash and lookup the cached response for each request. By including my_attribute in the cache ID, the Architect ensures that Varnish will serve different responses based on the attribute value of the customer2. References:
• Magento_GraphQlCache module | Magento 2 Developer Documentation
• Varnish caching | Adobe Commerce 2.4 User Guide - Magento

According to the Adobe Commerce documentation, to create a new xml configuration file, the Architect needs to create a Data class and a Reader class for the custom module. The Data class is responsible for storing and retrieving the configuration data from the cache or the Reader class. The Data class should implement the “\Magento\Framework\Config\Data” interface or extend the “\Magento\Framework\Config\Data” class. The Reader class is responsible for reading and validating the xml configuration files from the file system. The Reader class should implement the '\Magento\Framework\Config\Reader\Filesystem" interface or extend the '\Magento\Framework\Config\Reader\Filesystem" class. The Architect also needs to declare the Data class and the Reader class in the di.xml file of the custom module, and specify the name of the xml configuration file, the converter class, and the schema locator class for the Reader class.

References:

• Configuration types | Adobe Commerce - Experience League
• Create configuration types | Adobe Commerce - Experience League

• Option A is correct because enabling asynchronous indexing can improve the checkout performance by reducing the database load and avoiding locking issues. Asynchronous indexing allows the indexers to run in the background without affecting the frontend operations. The command bin/magento config:set dev/grid/async_indexing 1 can be used to enable this option in the production mode1.
• Option C is correct because creating a new database and splitting the sales tables can also improve the checkout performance by distributing the database load and avoiding contention. Splitting the database allows the checkout and order management operations to use a separate master database from the rest of the Magento application tables. The command bin/magento setup:db-schema:split-sales --host="" --dbname="" --username="" --password="" can be used to configure this feature2.
• Option B is incorrect because enabling asynchronous email notifications does not affect the checkout performance directly. Asynchronous email notifications allow the order confirmation emails to be sent in batches by a cron job instead of immediately after placing an order. This option can reduce the server load and improve the customer experience, but it does not impact the checkout process itself3.
• Option D is incorrect because there is no such deploy mode as siege in Magento 2. The available deploy modes are default, developer, and production. Changing the deploy mode can affect the performance, caching, and error handling of the Magento application, but it does not directly affect the checkout performance4.
• Option E is incorrect because there is no such admin panel setting as multithreaded checkout processing in Magento 2. The number of PHP threads used for checkout is determined by the web server configuration and the PHP-FPM settings, not by the Magento application settings. Increasing the number of PHP threads may improve thecheckout performance, but it also requires more server resources and may cause other issues5.

References:

• 1: Asynchronous indexing | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• 2: Split database performance solution | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• 3: Sales Emails | Adobe Commerce User Guide
• 4: Set up Magento modes | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• 5: PHP-FPM configuration settings | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide

• Option A is correct because setting the consumers_wait_for_max_messages variable true in the deployment stage is the best way to meet the requirement. This variablecontrols whether the queue consumers should wait for a maximum number of messages to process before terminating. If this variable is set to true, the consumers will not terminate after processing the available messages in the queue, but will wait until they reach the max_messages limit or the cron job timeout. This way, the consumers can keep the TCP connections open and avoid delays in processing messages1.
• Option B is incorrect because increasing the multiple_process limit to spawn more processes for each consumer will not solve the issue of queue consumers closing TCP connections too often. The multiple_process limit determines how many parallel processes can be run for each consumer. Increasing this limit may improve the throughput of message processing, but it will also consume more server resources and may cause conflicts or errors. Moreover, it will not prevent the consumers from terminating after processing the available messages in the queue2.
• Option C is incorrect because changing the max_messages from 10,000 to 1,000 for CRON_CONSUMERS_RUNNER variable will worsen the issue of queue consumers closing TCP connections too often. The max_messages variable defines how many messages each consumer should process before terminating. Decreasing this variable will make the consumers terminate more frequently, which will result in more TCP connections being closed and reopened. This will increase the delays in processing messages3.

References:

• 1: Configure message queues | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• 2: Configure message queues | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• 3: Configure message queues | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide

• Option A is correct because enabling the config flag under deployment/blue_green/enabled is one of the steps to ensure zero downtime during the deployment process of Magento 2 on-premises. This flag enables the blue-green deployment feature, which allows deploying a new version of the Magento application to a separate environment (blue) without affecting the current live environment (green). Once the new version is ready, the traffic can be switched from green to blue with minimal or no downtime1.
• Option C is correct because running bin/magento setup:upgrade --keep-generated is another step to ensure zero downtime during the deployment process of Magento 2 on-premises. This command updates the database schema and data without deleting the generated code and static view files. This way, the Magento application can still serve requests from the cache while the database is being upgraded2.
• Option B is incorrect because running bin/magento setup:upgrade --dry-run=true does not upgrade the database, but only checks if there are any errors or conflicts in the database schema or data. This command can be used for testing purposes, but it does not affect the deployment process or the downtime3.
• Option D is incorrect because there is no such option as --convert-old-scripts-true for the bin/magento setup:upgrade command. This option does not exist in Magento 2 and does not have any effect on the deployment process or the downtime.
• Option E is incorrect because there is no such config flag as developer/zero_down_time/enabled in Magento 2. This flag does not exist in Magento 2 and does not have any effect on the deployment process or the downtime.

References:

• 1: Blue-green deployment | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• 2: Deploy Magento to production | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide
• 3: Command-line installation options | Adobe Commerce Developer Guide

The issue here is that the gather_reporting_data job is running for a long time and blocking the sitemap_generate job from running. The solution is to create a new cron group for the reporting job and specify i so that the reporting job runs in a separate process and does not block the sitemap_generate job. References: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/commerce-cloud-service/user-guide/architecture/starter-architecture.html?lang=en#cron-groups-and-processes