ICC System Architecture & Design 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In Informatica Cloud (IICS), which runtime environment executes mappings and tasks in a customer's private network?
- Cloud Server
- Secure Agent (Correct answer)
- Microgateway
- Data Integration Hub
Correct answer: Secure Agent
The Secure Agent is an on-premises component that runs in the customer's network and executes mappings, tasks, and workflows.
Question 2: Which IICS service is specifically designed to manage master data and eliminate duplicates across enterprise systems?
- Cloud Data Integration
- Cloud MDM (Correct answer)
- Cloud Application Integration
- Cloud Data Quality
Correct answer: Cloud MDM
Cloud MDM (Master Data Management) consolidates master data records and resolves duplicates across enterprise systems.
Question 3: When designing a high-availability Secure Agent setup, what is the recommended approach?
- Deploy a single agent with maximum CPU cores
- Create a Secure Agent Group with multiple agents (Correct answer)
- Use the Cloud Server for all critical tasks
- Enable auto-scaling on a single agent
Correct answer: Create a Secure Agent Group with multiple agents
A Secure Agent Group distributes workloads across multiple agents, providing redundancy and load balancing for high availability.
Question 4: Which connection property ensures that IICS can connect to an on-premises database behind a corporate firewall without opening inbound ports?
- SSL tunneling
- Secure Agent proxy
- Reverse proxy connection
- Outbound-only agent communication (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Outbound-only agent communication
The Secure Agent initiates outbound HTTPS connections to Informatica Cloud, so no inbound firewall ports need to be opened.
Question 5: In IICS, what does the term 'Organization' represent architecturally?
- A single mapping job
- A tenant-level container isolating users, connections, and assets (Correct answer)
- A Secure Agent group
- A data integration pipeline template
Correct answer: A tenant-level container isolating users, connections, and assets
An Organization is a tenant-level boundary in IICS that isolates all assets, users, connections, and configurations.
Question 6: Which IICS architecture layer is responsible for orchestrating multiple tasks, including decisions and loops, in a sequential or parallel flow?
- Mapping
- Taskflow (Correct answer)
- Data Preview
- Connection Manager
Correct answer: Taskflow
A Taskflow orchestrates multiple tasks with decision branches, loops, and error handling in a defined sequence or parallel flow.
Question 7: When migrating assets between IICS environments (e.g., Dev to Prod), which feature is used to export and import packaged assets?
- Data Replication
- Application Integration Console
- Import/Export utility (packages) (Correct answer)
- Secure Agent upgrade tool
Correct answer: Import/Export utility (packages)
IICS provides an Import/Export utility that packages assets like mappings, tasks, and connections for migration across organizations.
ICC System Architecture & Design 2
In Informatica Cloud (IICS), which runtime environment executes mappings and tasks in a customer's private network?