MODULE 3

Question 1

________ is any type of software that facilitates communication between two or more software systems

Answer 1

Middleware

Question 2

___________ is a technology that allows us to move information between multiple enterprises

Answer 2

Middleware

Question 3

There two types of middleware models

Answer 3

Logical Middleware Model
Physical

Question 4

__________ Uses a simple pipe to allow one application to link to another application.

Answer 4

Point-to-point middleware

Question 5

Disadvantages of point-to-point Middleware

Answer 5

• Inability to bind more than two applications
• Lacks ability to house application logic
• Lacks ability to change messages as they flow through the pipe

Question 6

Links many applications to many other applications

Answer 6

Many to Many Middleware

Question 7

Moves information between one or many applications in asynchronous mode

Answer 7

Asynchronous middleware

Question 8

Is tightly coupled to applications

Answer 8

Synchronous Middleware

Question 9

Communication Models

Answer 9

Connection-oriented communication
Connectionless communication
Direct Communication
Fire and Forget
Queued Communication
Publish/subscribe
Request response

Question 10

Two parties connect, Exchange messages and then disconnect

Answer 10

Connection-Oriented CommunicationC

Question 11

Calling program does not enter into a connection with the target process

Answer 11

Connectionless Communication

Question 12

Middleware layer accepts the message from the calling program and passes it directlu to the remote program.

Answer 12

Direct Communication

Question 13

This model allows the middleware user to “fire off” a messge and then “forget” about it.

Answer 13

Fire and Forget

Question 14

Genereally requires a queue manager to place a message in a queue

Answer 14

Queued Communication

Question 15

Frees an application from the need to understand anything about the target application

Answer 15

Publish/ Subscribe

Question 16

a ___________ is made to an application using request response middleware, and it responds to the request.

Answer 16

Request response

Question 17

Types of Middleware

Answer 17

Remote Procedure Calls
Message-oriented Middleware
Distributed objects
Database-oriented middleware
Transactional Middleware
Integration servers

Question 18

It is the oldest type of middleware

Answer 18

RPC

Question 19

it is queuing software that uses messages as a mechanism to move information from point to point.

Answer 19

Message-Oriented Middleware

Question 20

Small application programs that use standard interfaces and protocols to communicate with one another

Answer 20

Distributed Objects

Question 21

Facilitates communication with a database, whether from an application or between databases

Answer 21

Database-Oriented Middleware

Question 22

Provides mechanism for coordination information movement and method sharing between many different resources.

Answer 22

Transaction-Oriented Middleware

Question 23

provide mechanism to facilitate the communication between two or more applications as well as a location for application logic

Answer 23

TP Monitors

Question 24

Provide application logic sharing and processing and for connections to back-end resources

Answer 24

Application servers

Question 25

Facilitates **information movement between two or more resources and can account for differences in application semantics and platforms.**

Answer 25

Integration servers