Q5 Service Bus Domain 3 · 20–25% of exam

Which messaging pattern does a Service Bus queue implement?

  1. A Broadcast (fan-out)
  2. B Point-to-point (competing consumers) (correct answer)
  3. C Event stream
  4. D Request-reply with correlation

Shortcut: A Service Bus queue implements point-to-point: multiple competing consumers can receive from the queue, but each message is delivered to exactly one consumer (load balancing).