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Software Engineering → Requirement Engineering 4

What does a connector join?
virtual constructor
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Which of the following is true for a Hierarchical Control architectural pattern?
these design patterns concern class and object composition. concept of inheritance is used to compose interfaces and define ways to compose objects to obtain new functionalities.
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Which of the following is not real-time architectural patterns that are commonly used?
model-view-controller
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————- pattern splits system into a number of computationally independent execution structures to achieve optimized usage of resources.
each layer uses services in the layer immediately below it.
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Software Engineering → Software Design 4

What is an event-driven input task?
creator
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What is a software product line(SPL) C12?
this pattern refers to creating duplicate object while keeping performance in mind.
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Which diagram shows the configuration of run-time processing elements of the system? Select one:
logical
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————— pattern defines a runtime component that mediates the communication between a number of clients and servers.
a service can respond to requests from multiple clients.
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Software Engineering → Coding Standards 4

Which of the following is NOT a case of event synchronization?
decorator design pattern
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What happens in a Call/Return pattern?
this pattern is primarily used to reduce the number of objects created and to decrease memory footprint and increase performance.
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In two-tier client/server architecture,the running of application programs and the user interface programs is in control of
a class that encapsulates the details of how to access data in a database
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————– pattern describes a collection of distributed components that provide and/or consume the services.
a client communicates with a specific service provided on a fixed server configuration.
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Software Engineering → Software Testing 4

Which of the following type describes application architectures?
pure fabrication
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When designing an entity class as a relational table, which of the following is NOT true?
this type of pattern are specifically concerned with communication between objects.
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One of the fundamental characteristics of service-oriented architecture is
an object that mediates interactions between clients and services
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Architecture of software is based on?
the externally visible operations of a component
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Software Engineering → Debugging 4

What two categories of stereotypes are used in modeling SPL classes?
observer
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With a Negotiation pattern, which of the following is NOT true?
abstract factory
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There are two basic types of service-oriented solution logic:
the required port of one component to the provided port of another component
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Which one of the following are correct statements?
a message sent to all recipients
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Software Engineering → Software Maintenance 4

A producer sends a message to a consumer. <br> Which one of the following is asynchronous message communication?
to assign more functionality to an object without sub-classing it
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Yellow pages brokering is useful when a service requester:
it introduces thread safety issue when the singleton instance is instantiated on demand
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“An administrator wants to run different parts of the application in different systems, and also the system needs to exchange, add and remove the components at run-time.” Which one of the following architecture patterns will be most suitable in the context given above?
a task that receives inputs from an external device when it generates interrupts
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 Which of the statements truly concludes client and server relation with architectural styles?
it provides overall control by coordinating several control components.
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Software Engineering → Introduction to Software Engineering 4

What happens in a Layers of Abstraction pattern?
all of above
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What is the difference between an active object and a passive object?
both 2 & 3
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System’s ability to continuously provide correct service without any failure, is called
user event
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What is a use case?
a family of systems with some common components and some variable components
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Software Engineering → Software Development Models 3

How is Multiple Client/Multiple Service architectural pattern different from a Multiple Client/Single Service architectural pattern?
high cohesion
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What does the C30software architecture describe?
a recurring architecture used in a variety of systems
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Layered architecture style is best suited to develop the software applications which require
transaction processing applications and language processing systems
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Software Engineering → Waterfall Model 3

In a SOA, which of the following is NOT true?
delegation pattern
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How are feature conditions used in a software product line(SPL) C32 state machine?
database servers
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—————- pattern facilitates accessing shared resources and services for large numbers of distributed distributed clients.
reuse and application role stereotypes
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Software Engineering → Spiral Model 3

What does a component interface consist of?
this pattern builds a complex object using simple objects and using a step by step approach.
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What is a kernel system in a software product line(SPL)?
a view of the physical configuration in terms of nodes and interconnections
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—————– pattern suggests a solution in which components interact with via announced messages or events.
the producer does not wait for a response from the consumer.
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Software Engineering → Agile Model 3

What is broadcast message communication?
this pattern is used to separate application\s concerns.
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Systems that involve interaction with a shared database can be considered as.
broker
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Adding an intermediate component between two interacting modules in an application will improve:
testing the system
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