Quiz 2

Question 1

Treating architecture as a phase _______ its foundational role in _______________.

Answer 1

denies

software devlopment

Question 3

Our understanding of what works now, and how it works ______________.

Answer 3

affects our wants and perceived needs

Question 4

Traditional design phase suggests translating _______ into ________, so a programmer can implement them.

Answer 4

requirements into algorithms

Question 5

Pros of Object Oriented Design:

Answer 5

• UML Modelling Notation

- Design Patterns

Question 6

Cons of Object Oriented Design:

Answer 6

Provides only
- One level of encapsulation (the object)
– One notion of interface
– Programming language might dictate important design decisions
– Assumes a shared address space

Question 7

Domain Specific Software Architecture (DSSA) captures and characterizes the best solutions and best practices from _____________.

Answer 7

past projects within a domain

Question 8

Architecture is a set of ________________ about a software system.

Answer 8

principal design decisions

Question 12

The Turbine model (bottom to top):

Answer 12

– Requirements
– Design
– Implementation / coding
– Testing

Question 13

The Turbine model: (bottom to top)

Answer 13

– Requirements
– Design
– Implementation / coding
– Testing

Question 15

In an “unfaithful implementation,” there is a failure to recognize the distinction between ________ and __________ architecture.

Answer 15

planned

implemented

Question 17

Implementation strategies include (5):

Answer 17

– Generative techniques
– Frameworks
– Middleware
– Reuse-based techniques
– Writing all code manually

Question 18

In the implementation phase, the code should be ________ to the architecture.

Answer 18

faithful

Question 20

The objective of the implementation phase is to create ___________ .

Answer 20

machine-executable source code

Question 21

The visualization of the turbine model is _______ not _________.

Answer 21

Illustrative

perspective

Question 22

In a “faithful implementation” all of the structural elements found in the architecture are implemented in ____________.

Answer 22

the source code

Question 23

In “faithful implementation”, source code must not utilize major _______________ that have no corresponding elements in the architecture.

Answer 23

new computational elements

Question 24

In “faithful implementation”, source code must not contain __________ between architectural elements that are not found in the architecture.

Answer 24

new connections

Question 25

In an “unfaithful implementation,” the implementation does have an _________. It is _______, as opposed to what is documented.

Answer 25

architecture, latent

Question 27

The earlier an error is detected and corrected, the ______________.

Answer 27

lower the aggregate cost

Question 28

The ____________ of a new application begins before the requirements.

Answer 28

perceived need

Question 29

In the turbine model, the core of the turbine contains:

Answer 29

Requirements and Design documentation.

Question 30

The requirements activity is a co-equal partner with _________:

Answer 30

design activities

Question 31

The design activity is enriched by techniques that exploit knowledge gained in _______ product developments.

Answer 31

previous

Question 32

The implementation activity is centered on creating a _________ implementation of the architecture.

Answer 32

faithful

Question 33

The implementation activity utilizes a variety of techniques to achieve this in a _________ manner

Answer 33

cost-effective

Question 34

Analysis and testing activities can be focused on and guided by the ___________.

Answer 34

architecture

Question 35

Evolution activities revolve around the product’s __________.

Answer 35

architecture

Question 36

The three fundamental understandings of software architecture:

Answer 36

• Every application has an architecture
• Every application has at least one architect
• Architecture is not a phase of development

Question 37

Architecture-centric design deals with (6):

Answer 37

• Stakeholder issues
• Decision about use of COTS components
• Overarching style and structure
• Package and primary class structure
• Deployment issues
• Post implementation / deployment issues

Question 38

In addition, architecture is not a phase because:

Answer 38

• It is more than “high level design”

- It is represented by source code, object code, etc

Question 39

The context of software architecture are the following (6):

Answer 39

• Requirements
• Design
• Implementation
• Analysis and testing
• Evolution
• Development process

Question 40

Traditional SE suggests that requirements analysis should remain ________________.

Answer 40

unsullied by any consideration for design

Question 41

It is difficult to assess practicality, schedules or costs without ______________.

Answer 41

reference to existing architectures

Question 42

Specifics instead of abstract concepts are discussed in __________________.

Answer 42

building architecture

Question 43

New products engineering comes from the observation of ____________ and _____________.

Answer 43

existing solutions

their limitations

Question 44

Existing designs and architecture provide the ___________.

Answer 44

solution vocabulary

Question 45

Decisions in the traditional design phase concern:

Answer 45

• A system’s structure
• Identification of its primary components
• Their interconnections

Question 46

The (3) basic conceptual tools of design techniques:

Answer 46

• Separation of concerns
• Abstraction
• Modularity