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The best representation of system architecture is an operational software prototype. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The architectural representations can be an enabler for communication among project stakeholders. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which of these characteristics are true of a data warehouse, but not a typical data base? |
| | A) | business level orientation |
| | B) | currency of information |
| | C) | integration |
| | D) | nonvolatility |
| | E) | both c and d |
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Data design actually begins during the creation of the analysis model, not the architectural model. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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An architectural style encompasses which of the following elements? |
| | A) | constraints |
| | B) | set of components |
| | C) | semantic models |
| | D) | syntactic models |
| | E) | a, b and c |
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To determine the architectural style or combination of styles that best fits the proposed system, requirements engineering is used to uncover |
| | A) | algorithmic complexity |
| | B) | characteristics and constraints |
| | C) | control and data |
| | D) | design patterns |
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Before an architectural pattern can be chosen for use in a specific system it must have a code implementation to facilitate its reuse. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The criteria used to assess the quality of an architectural design should be based on system |
| | A) | accessibility |
| | B) | control |
| | C) | data |
| | D) | implementation |
| | E) | both b and c |
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During the process of modeling the system in context, systems that interact with the target system are represented as |
| | A) | Peer-level systems |
| | B) | Subordinate systems |
| | C) | Superordinate systems |
| | D) | Working systems |
| | E) | a, b and c |
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Once selected, archetypes always need to be refined further as architectural design proceeds. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which of the following is not an example of infrastructure components that may need to be integrated into the software architecture? |
| | A) | Communications components |
| | B) | Database components |
| | C) | Interface components |
| | D) | Memory management components |
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In the architecture trade-off analysis method the architectural style should be described using the |
| | A) | data flow view |
| | B) | module view |
| | C) | process view |
| | D) | user view |
| | E) | a, b and c |
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Quantitative methods for assessing the quality of proposed architectural designs are readily available. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A useful technique for evaluating the overall complexity of a proposed architecture is to look at the component |
| | A) | cohesion flow |
| | B) | dependencies |
| | C) | sharing dependencies |
| | D) | size |
| | E) | both b and c |
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When the overall flow in a segment of a data flow diagram is largely sequential and follows straight-line paths, _________ is present. |
| | A) | low coupling |
| | B) | good modularity |
| | C) | transaction flow |
| | D) | transform flow |
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When a single item that triggers other data flow along one of many paths of a data flow diagram, ________ characterizes the information flow. |
| | A) | high coupling |
| | B) | poor modularity |
| | C) | transaction flow |
| | D) | transform flow |
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When you encounter both transform flow and transaction flow in the same DFD the flow is partitioned and the appropriate mapping technique is used on each part of the DFD. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In transaction mapping the first level factoring results in the |
| | A) | creation of a CFD |
| | B) | derivation of the control hierarchy |
| | C) | distribution of worker modules |
| | D) | refinement of the module view |
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A successful application of transform or transaction mapping to create an architectural design is supplemented by |
| | A) | entity relationship diagrams |
| | B) | module interface descriptions |
| | C) | processing narratives for each module |
| | D) | test cases for each module |
| | E) | both b and c |
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