CPSA-FL Online Practice Questions and Answers

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Which characteristics of a building block are only visible in the whitebox view, and for which characteristics does the blackbox view suffice? (Assign all answers.)

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Which of the following aspects are more of a domain-related nature, and which more of technical nature? (Assign all answers.)

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Conway's law sometimes is referred to as “If you have four teams working on the compiler, you’ll get a 4-pass compiler.” Which interpretations of this law are true, which are false? (Assign all answers.)

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What is the main benefit of the layered architectural pattern? (Assign all answers.)

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Concerning external interfaces, Postel's law suggests: "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." Assume that Postel's law has been consistently applied in your system. (Assign all answers.)

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What are the four key terms in common definitions of software architecture? (Choose four.)

A. Source code

B. Building Blocks

C. Functionality

D. Relationships

E. Components

F. Requirements

G. Interfaces

Which two of the following statements about quality characteristics are most accurate? (Choose two.)

A. Flexibility reduces testability

B. Increased flexibility improves robustness

C. Simplicity increases comprehensibility

D. Increased efficiency results in reduced performance

For which quality characteristics is the software architect responsible?

Please name the two characteristics that best match the role of the software architect. (Choose two.)

A. The performance of the software

B. The technical quality of the software implementation

C. The suitability of the software design for its purpose

D. The software is free of errors

Which four of the following items can be building blocks of a software architecture? (Choose four.)

A. an algorithm

B. a component

C. a test harness

D. a class

E. a processor

F. a method/procedure/function/operation

G. a local variable

H. a package

Which of the following statements are covered by the term 'coupling'? (Choose two.)

A. A building block uses an interface of another building block.

B. Two building blocks offer operations with the same name.

C. A building block only contains operations that belong together logically.

D. A building block uses internal data structures of another building block.