chapter_3_quiz

Question 1

1. A software system’s ________________________

Answer 1

architecture is the set of principal design decisions about the system.

Question 2

2. How one defines principle _________________

Answer 2

depends on what the stakeholders define as the functional + non functional requirements.

Question 3

3. A system’s architecture remains constant during the development life cycle.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

4. A system’s __________ architecture _______

Answer 4

prescriptive, captures the architecture as defined by the architects prior to the system’s implementation.

Question 5

5. A system’s descriptive _______________________

Answer 5

architecture captures the architectures as defined by the system’s implementation.

Question 6

6. Architectural drift ___________________

Answer 6

occurs when developers make architectural decisions during implementation that are not found in the original architecture but do not violate the original architecture.

Question 7

7. Architectural erosion ______________________

Answer 7

occurs when developers make architectural decisions during implementation that are not found in the original architecture and violate the original architecture.

Question 8

8. Architectural recovery _________________

Answer 8

is the process of determining the architecture of a software system from its implementation-level artifacts.

Question 9

9. A software component _________________

Answer 9

encapsulates a subset of the system’s data and functionality.

Question 10

10. A software connector _________________

Answer 10

handles the interactions between components.

Question 11

11. An architectural configuration ________________

Answer 11

defines the associations that exist among the items which are discussed in questions 9 and 10.

Question 12

Which two stakeholders in a system’s architecture are most responsible for the architecture that exists at the time of system deployment?

Answer 12

Briefly support your answer.