Vocabulary

Question 1

Component State Persistence

Answer 1

A portable Components Segment, Platform-Specific Services Segment, or Transport Services Segment Unit of Conformance internal state saved to a Data Store.

Question 2

A set of related models, specifications, and governance policies with the primary purpose of providing an unambiguous description of the exchanged data and an

Answer 2

Data Architecture

Question 3

A language specified as an EMOF metamodel or OCL constraints used to capture data element syntax and semantics

Answer 3

Data Model Language

Question 4

PCS

Answer 4

Portable Components Segment

Question 5

TSS

Answer 5

Transport Services Segment

Question 6

PSSS

Answer 6

Platform-Specific Services Segment

Question 7

IOSS

Answer 7

Input/Output Services Segment

Question 8

OSS

Answer 8

Operating System Segment

Question 9

Name the Five Segments of the FACE Reference Architecture

Answer 9

1. Portable Component Segment
2. Transport Services Segment
3. Platform Specific Services Segment
4. Operating System Segment
5. Input/Output Standardized Interfaces

Question 10

A segment where the normalization of vendor-supplied interface hardware device drivers occurs.

Answer 10

I/O Service Segment

Question 11

A segment where normalization of vendor-supplied interface hardware device drivers occurs.

Answer 11

I/O Services Segment

Question 12

The segment where foundational system services used by all other segment and vendor-supplied code reside

Answer 12

Operating System Segment

Question 13

Sub-segment where management of data and translation between platform-unique ICDs and the FACE Data Model occurs

Answer 13

Platform-Specific Common Services

Question 14

Sub-segment where management of data and translation between platform-unique ICDs and the FACE Data Model occurs.

Answer 14

Platform-Specific Device Services

Question 15

Platform-Specific Services Segment

Answer 15

Segment comprised of sub-segments including Platform-Specific Common Services, Platform Specific Device Services, and Platform-Specific Graphic Services.

Question 16

What are the three sub-segments of the Platform-Specific Services Segment?

Answer 16

1. Platform-Specific Common Services
2. Platform-Specific Device Services
3. Platform-Specific Graphic Services

Question 17

Portable Components Segment

Answer 17

A segment where software components providing capabilities and/or business logic reside.

Question 18

Security Transformation

Answer 18

Transformation of data to meet system-level security controls.

Question 19

Security Transformation Boundary

Answer 19

A boundary between a software component function and the Security Transformation algorithm. This boundary may exist at a FACE Interface, or internal to a Unit of Conformance that contains its own Security Transformation.

Question 20

Shared Data Model

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An instance of a Data Model whose purpose is to define the commonly used item and to serve as a basis for all other data models

Question 21

TPM enables interoperability between Transport services Domains providing connectivity to physical transport (eg, TCP, UDP, RTPS, IIOP, Queues, IPC, IP, shared memory) not natively supported by a TSS.

Answer 21

Transport Protocol Module

Question 22

A Segment that abstracts transport mechanisms and data access from software components facilitating integration into disparate architectures and platforms using different transports.

Answer 22

Transport Services Segment

Question 23

The ability to exchange and use information between Transport Services Domains without re-engineering the TSS UoCs in either TSS Domain. Configuration and/or access to additional TSS capabilities may be required.

Answer 23

TS to TS Interoperability

Question 24

Unit of Conformance

Answer 24

A software component or domain-specific

Question 25

Shared Data Model is necessary for the conformance of any other data model.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

The Shared Data Model is not governed by a Configuration Control Board.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

A software component or domain-specific data model designed to meet the application requirements defined in the FACE Technical Standard. It is referenced as a UoC at any point in its development, and becomes a FACE Certified UoC upon completion of the FACE Conformance Process.

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Unit of Conformance Package

Question 28

Unit of Portability

Answer 28

A UoC that residees within a PCS or PSSS

Question 29

UoP Supplied Model

Answer 29

A data model provided by a software supplier that documents the data exchanged by a Unit of Conformance via the Transport Services Interface.