Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Developer (Mule-Dev-201) Exam - Topic 2 Question 29 Discussion

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In the execution of scatter gather, the "sleep 2 sec" Flow Reference takes about 2 sec to complete, and the "sleep 8 sec" Flow Reference takes about 8 sec to complete.

About how many sec does it take from the Scatter-Gather is called until the "Set Payload" transformer is called?

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Correct answer is 8 as events are processed in parallel in case of scatter gather router

by Lavonna at May 05, 2025, 11:39 PM

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Stevie

6 months ago

Wait, are we sure it's not 10 seconds?

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Caitlin

6 months ago

Totally agree, the longest one dictates the time.

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Hannah

6 months ago

Nope, definitely 8 seconds, that's how scatter-gather works.

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Antonio

6 months ago

I thought it would be less, but I guess it makes sense!

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Mona

6 months ago

It takes 8 seconds total.

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Cordelia

7 months ago

I feel like it could be 2 seconds since the first one finishes quickly, but I guess the longest one matters here.

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Nikita

7 months ago

I practiced a similar question, and I think it was about the longest duration too. So, I would go with 8 seconds.

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Mitsue

7 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I think the "Set Payload" transformer waits for all references to finish, so maybe it’s 10 seconds?

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Lenora

7 months ago

I remember that in scatter-gather, the longest flow reference determines the total time, so it should be 8 seconds.

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Iesha

7 months ago

I think I've got this! The "Set Payload" transformer is called after both the 2-second and 8-second references have completed, so the total time should be 8 seconds.

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Asuncion

8 months ago

I'm a bit confused by the scatter-gather concept here. I'll need to review my notes to make sure I understand how the timing works.

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Sharen

8 months ago

Okay, let me think this through step-by-step. The "sleep 2 sec" and "sleep 8 sec" references take 2 and 8 seconds respectively, so the total time should be somewhere in between.

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Lera

8 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to carefully walk through the flow to figure out the timing.

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Noble

12 months ago

Oh, I see. So the correct answer is C) 2.

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Bea

1 year ago

But the 'Set Payload' transformer is called after the 'sleep 2 sec' Flow Reference, so it should be 2 seconds.

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Karl

1 year ago

Wait, so the 'Set Payload' transformer is like the alarm clock that wakes up the flow references after their beauty sleep? D) 10 seconds sounds about right to me.

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Earlean

12 months ago

D) 10

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Sommer

12 months ago

A) 8

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Noble

1 year ago

I believe it takes 8 seconds.

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Queen

1 year ago

Haha, looks like the 'sleep 2 sec' and 'sleep 8 sec' flow references are taking a nice nap while we figure out the answer. I guess D) 10 is the way to go here.

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Goldie

11 months ago

Got it, thanks for clarifying!

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Ben

11 months ago

Exactly, the Scatter-Gather will wait for all flow references to complete before moving on.

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Kenia

12 months ago

Oh, that makes sense. So it doesn't matter how long the other flow references take.

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Viola

12 months ago

I think it's actually B) 0 because the 'Set Payload' transformer is called immediately after the Scatter-Gather.

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Annelle

1 year ago

This is a straightforward question. The 'sleep 2 sec' and 'sleep 8 sec' flow references clearly indicate that the total time taken is 10 seconds. D) 10 is the correct answer.

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Dorsey

1 year ago

Great, so we all agree on D) 10 as the answer

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Annamae

1 year ago

Yes, it makes sense because 2 sec + 8 sec = 10 sec

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Haydee

1 year ago

I think the answer is D) 10

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Bea

1 year ago

I think it takes 10 seconds.

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Frederic

1 year ago

If the 'sleep 2 sec' and 'sleep 8 sec' flow references take 2 and 8 seconds respectively, then the total time for the scatter-gather process should be 10 seconds. Therefore, the answer is D) 10.

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Gerry

12 months ago

So the answer is D) 10.

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Alica

12 months ago

Yes, it should be 10 seconds since the 'sleep 2 sec' and 'sleep 8 sec' flows take that long.

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Marlon

1 year ago

I think the total time for the scatter-gather process is 10 seconds.

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