* Organization can continue using existing load balancer even if backend application changes are there. So option A is ruled out.
* As Mule runtime is within their datacenter, this model is RTF and not PCE. So option C is ruled out.
Mule runtime deployment model within their datacenter, so each Mule runtime hosts several Mule applications -- This mean PCE or Hybird not RTF - Also mentioned in Question is that - Mule runtime is hosting several Mule Application, so that also rules out RTF and as for hosting multiple Application it will have Domain project which need redesign to make it microservice architecture
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correct answer: Required redesign of Mule applications to follow microservice architecture principles

Before we answer this question , we need to understand what median (50th percentile) and 80th percentile means. If the 50th percentile (median) of a response time is 500ms that means that 50% of my transactions are either as fast or faster than 500ms.
If the 90th percentile of the same transaction is at 1000ms it means that 90% are as fast or faster and only 10% are slower. Now as per upstream SLA , 99th percentile is 800 ms which means 99% of the incoming requests should have response time less than or equal to 800 ms. But as per one of the backend API , their 95th percentile is 1000 ms which means that backend API will take 1000 ms or less than that for 95% of. requests. As there are three API invocation from upstream API , we can not conclude a timeout that can be set to meet the desired SLA as backend SLA's do not support it.
Let see why other answers are not correct.
1) Do not set a timeout --> This can potentially violate SLA's of upstream API
2) Set a timeout of 100 ms; ---> This will not work as backend API has 100 ms as median meaning only 50% requests will be answered in this time and we will get timeout for 50% of the requests. Important thing to note here is, All APIs need to be executed sequentially, so if you get timeout in first API, there is no use of going to second and third API. As a service provider you wouldn't want to keep 50% of your consumers dissatisfied. So not the best option to go with.
*To quote an example: Let's assume you have built an API to update customer contact details.
- First API is fetching customer number based on login credentials
- Second API is fetching Info in 1 table and returning unique key
- Third API, using unique key provided in second API as primary key, updating remaining details
* Now consider, if API times out in first API and can't fetch customer number, in this case, it's useless to call API 2 and 3 and that is why question mentions specifically that all APIs need to be executed sequentially.
3) Set a timeout of 50 ms --> Again not possible due to the same reason as above Hence correct answer is No timeout is possible to meet the upstream API's desired SLA; a different SLA must be negotiated with the first downstream API or invoke an alternative API

1 way SSL : The server presents its certificate to the client and the client adds it to its list of trusted certificate. And so, the client can talk to the server.
2-way SSL: The same principle but both ways. i.e. both the client and the server has to establish trust between themselves using a trusted certificate. In this way of a digital handshake, the server needs to present a certificate to authenticate itself to client and client has to present its certificate to server.
* TLS is a cryptographic protocol that provides communications security for your Mule app.
* TLS offers many different ways of exchanging keys for authentication, encrypting data, and guaranteeing message integrity Keystores and Truststores Truststore and keystore contents differ depending on whether they are used for clients or servers:
For servers: the truststore contains certificates of the trusted clients, the keystore contains the private and public key of the server. For clients: the truststore contains certificates of the trusted servers, the keystore contains the private and public key of the client.
Adding both a keystore and a truststore to the configuration implements two-way TLS authentication also known as mutual authentication.
* in this case, correct answer is Support for TLS mutual (two-way) authentication with HTTP clients.

Correct answer is VM VM support Transactional Type. When an exception occur, The transaction rolls back to its original state for reprocessing. This feature is not supported by other connectors.
Here is additional information about Transaction management: