Message queues

Question 1

What is a message queue ?

Answer 1

It’s a message broker with variety of message protocols

Question 2

What protocol is RabbitMQ based upon ?

Answer 2

AMQP

Question 3

What MQs are using AMQP ?

Answer 3

1. RabbitMQ
2. Qpid
3. StormMQ

Question 4

What MQ is using a smart broker/dumb consumer model ?

Answer 4

RabbitMQ

Question 5

What model is RabbitMQ using ?

Answer 5

SmartBroker/Dumb consumer

Question 6

Is RabbitMQ using synchronous or asynchronous communication ?

Answer 6

It can use both depending on configuration

Question 7

How is the RabbitMQ communication done ?

Answer 7

• Publisher sends messages to exchanges

- Consumers fet messages from queues

Question 8

What are message exchanges ?

Answer 8

Like routers for messages, sending to various queues

Question 9

What client libraries does RabbitMQ Support ?

Answer 9

• Java
• .NET
• node.js
• Ruby
• PHP and many more

Question 10

Which MQ has dozen of plugins available to extend integration and use cases ?

Answer 10

RabbitMQ