The Mule-Arch-202 exam evaluates both strategic and technical competencies across the full integration lifecycle. The following domains and weightings define the scope of the exam:

Initiating Integration Solutions on the Anypoint Platform (8%)
Covers solution initiation, stakeholder alignment, and architectural planning.

Designing for the Runtime Plane Technology Architecture (15%)
Focuses on deployment models, runtime planes, CloudHub, and hybrid architectures.

Designing Architecture Using Integration Paradigms (10%)
Assesses understanding of API-led connectivity, messaging patterns, and event-driven architectures.

Designing and Developing Mule Applications (15%)
Tests architectural oversight of Mule application design, modularity, and maintainability.

Designing Automated Tests for Mule Applications (5%)
Emphasizes test strategy, MUnit design, and quality assurance practices.

Designing Integration Solutions to Meet Persistence Requirements (10%)
Covers state management, data persistence, and transactional consistency.

Designing Integration Solutions to Meet Reliability Requirements (8%)
Evaluates fault tolerance, error handling, retries, and resiliency patterns.

Designing Integration Solutions to Meet Performance Requirements (7%)
Focuses on scalability, throughput, latency, and performance optimization.

Designing Integration Solutions to Meet Security Requirements (8%)
Includes authentication, authorization, encryption, and compliance considerations.

Applying DevOps Practices and Operating Integration Solutions (14%)
Assesses CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational governance.