Exam 5

Question 1

Is repurposing a reason for reverse engineering?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

Does component based architecture emphasize or de-emphasize separation of concerns?

Answer 2

Emphasize

Question 3

Is a software component a blackbox that encapsulates a set of related functions or data?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

Is military or commercial espionage a reason for reverse engineering?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Is forward engineering an inversion of the waterfall model?

Answer 5

No

Question 6

What is a component model?

Answer 6

Definition of standards for component implementation, documentation, and deployment

Question 7

What are examples of component models?

Answer 7

COM-DCOM-COM+, CORBA, .NET MODEL, ENTERPRISE JAVABEANS, ROBOCOP, OPENCOM

Question 8

Is COM OS independent?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

Is CORBA OS independent?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

What are the advantages of CORBA?

Answer 10

OS and programming language independent, legacy and custom app integration, rich distributed object infrastructure, location and network transparency, dynamic invocation interface

Question 11

What are the disadvantages of CORBA?

Answer 11

availability of CORBA services, scalability, high initial investment

Question 12

What is reverse engineering?

Answer 12

process of discovering the technological principles of a human made device, object or system through analysis of its structure, functions and operations

Question 13

What are the advantages of DCOM?

Answer 13

Provides distributing computing support on Windows

Question 14

What are the disadvantages of DCOM?

Answer 14

platform lock-in, state management, scalability, complex session management issues

Question 15

What are the reasons for reverse engineering?

Answer 15

Loss of documentation, Product analysis to determine patent infringement, Digital correction to match “as built” condition, Security audtion, Acquiring sensitive data, Remove copy protection, Academic/learning purpose
Commercial espionage, and competitive technical intelligence; Learn from others’ mistakes

Question 16

What methods used in reverse engineering?

Answer 16

Analysis through observation of information exchange, dissemble using a disassembler, decompilation using a decompiler, tools that create UML diagrams