Oracle SOA Suite 12c Essentials test series | Exam Number: 1Z0-434

The Oracle SOA Suite 12c Implementation Specialist certification is designed for individuals who possess a strong foundation and expertise in implementing Oracle SOA Suite 12c solutions. This certification covers topics such as: BPEL modeling, adapters, business rules, human task services, service mediation, event processing, business activity monitoring, securing services, deployment, troubleshooting, installation and configuration. This certification differentiates candidates in the marketplace by providing a competitive edge through proven expertise. Up-to-date training and field experience are recommended. This certification is available to all candidates, but is geared toward members of the Oracle PartnerNetwork. OPN members earning this certification will be recognized as OPN Certified Specialists. This certification qualifies as competency criteria for the Oracle SOA Suite 12c specialization.

Exam Topics:

Fundamentals

• Explain basic SOA concepts and how they map to implementations

• Describe the components and architecture of SOA Suite

• Describe SOA Suite's role in cloud integration and mobile applications

• Use the right components to implement common integration patterns

• Analyze XPath expressions to retrieve elements in an XML document

• Describe Oracle’s SOA governance capabilities

• Describe how B2B capabilities enable trading partner relationships

• Describe the main features of the Enterprise Scheduler Service (ESS)

BPEL Modeling

• Use the BPEL Editor to create synchronous and asynchronous processes

• Use WSDL partner link types and BPEL partner link elements to interact with services

• Use the assign activity to manipulate data in BPEL variables

• Model conditional branching, looping, and parallel processing

• Implement exception handling, compensating transactions and correlation

• Create and configure BPEL and composite sensors

• Use the BPEL Debugger

Adapters

• Describe the role adapters play in a SOA composite application

• Describe the adapter architecture

• Use the file, database, and JMS adapters

• Configure adapters at design-time and run-time

• Describe cloud-related adapters

Business Rules

• Create if/then rules with Rules Designer

• Create decision table rules with Rules Designer

• Integrate a rule into a BPEL process

• Describe how rules are used with mediator and human task components

Human Task Services

• Design a human task

• Invoke a human task from a BPEL process

• Generate Application Development Framework (ADF) task forms for human tasks

• Interact with the Worklist application to act on tasks

Service Mediation

• Differentiate between when to use Mediator and Service Bus

• Explain the role of Service Bus and the benefits it provides

• Create and configure Service Bus proxies, pipelines, and business services

• Use throttling, endpoint management, and caching to scale business services in Service Bus

• Configure a service as RESTful and access it using the REST approach

Event Processing

• Explain event-driven architecture and the support provided by Event Delivery Network (EDN)

• Use components to publish and consume events

• Explain Complex Event Processing (CEP) and how it is supported by Oracle Event Processing (OEP)

• Explain Event Processing Network (EPN) and how it relates to OEP

• Explain how various OEP CQL data cartridges enhance the capabilities of the CQL engine

Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)

• Describe the role of BAM

• Use activity monitors, counters, business indicators and interval monitoring objects

• Create alert rules to launch alerts

• Build an executive dashboard

Securing Services

• Describe the role and features of Oracle Web Service Manager (OWSM)

• Describe identity propagation

• Attach security policies to end points at design-time and run-time

Deployment and Troubleshooting

• Deploy and undeploy components to SOA Suite

• Discuss the role Maven and Hudson play

• Create test cases to initiate inbound messages and to emulate outbound, fault and callback messages

• Monitor components deployed to SOA Suite

• Describe how SOA Suite applications scale to large-scale production

• Troubleshoot a deployed SOA Suite application

Installation and Configuration

• Install and configure SOA Suite

• Upgrade a production application from SOA Suite 11g

• Install and configure Oracle Event Processing (OEP)