Choose the correct option for following questions.

All the Questions carry

equal marks
Q1. Which of the option is not problem of software Architectural Design
Option A: A lack of awareness of the importance of architectural design to software
development
Option B: A lack of understanding of the role of the software architect
Option C: A lack of understanding of the design process
Option D: A lack of modularization

Q2. Which statement of Software architecture is true

Option A: Software architecture design is not entirely different from existing software
design methodologies.
Option B: Software architecture design is completely different from existing software design

methodologies.
Option C: Software architecture design is same as existing software design methodologies.
Option D: Software architecture is not a natural extension of the software engineering
discipline.
Q3. Architecture styles can be sequential or ________
Option A: Parallel
Option B: Clustered
Option C: Similar
Option D: Modular
Q4. Which features listed below are not the common architectural styles
Option A: Data flow systems
Option B: Call and return system
Option C: Software maintenance
Option D: Virtual machine
Q5. Which one among the following does Arch/Slinky model contain
Option A: Dialog control
Option B: Call and return system
Option C: Abstraction
Option D: Data flow systems

Q6. Which one among the following is not applicable to 4+1 view model
Option A: Logical view
Option B: Process view
Option C: Abstraction
Option D: Physical view

Q7. Which one of the following statements describe best the term complexity in
software design
Option A: is an approximation of selected aspects of a system such as its structure,
behaviour, operation or characteristic
Option B: can be thought of being composed of private hidden information and some
visible information
Option C: requires a long description describing the relationship between the structures
within the system
Option D: Implementation, testing and maintenance post deployment

Q8. Which one of the following statements describe best the term modularity in
software design
Option A: requires a long description describing the relationship between the structures
within the system
Option B: can be thought of being composed of private hidden information and some
visible information
Option C: is an approximation of selected aspects of a system such as its structure,
behaviour, operation or characteristic
Option D: Implementation, testing and maintenance post deployment

Q9. Which one of the following statements describe best the term Model in software
design
Option A: requires a long description describing the relationship between the structures
within the system
Option B: can be thought of being composed of private hidden information and some
visible information
Option C: Implementation, testing and maintenance post deployment
Option D: is an approximation of selected aspects of a system such as its structure,
behaviour, operation or characteristic
Q10. Which statement written below best represents a connector
Option A: is an indication that there is a mechanism that relates one component to another
usually through relationships such as data flow or control flow.
Option B: defines the hardware and software building blocks that make up the overall
information system of an organization
Option C: strategy, governance, organization and key business process
Option D: Is a low level language

Q11. Which statement written below best represents an architectural description

Option A: is an indication that there is a mechanism that relates one component to another
usually through relationships such as data flow or control flow.
Option B: defines the hardware and software building blocks that make up the overall
information system of an organization
Option C: Is a low level language
Option D: strategy, governance, organization and key business process
Q12. Which statement written below is best applicable to abstraction thinking in the
General methodology of design
Option A: requires systematic thinking
Option B: reduces the complexity of the problem
Option C: the decomposition of complex systems into elements
and their interrelationships, identifying essential distinctions, and
discarding accidental distinctions
Option D: is the combining of individual modules to produce a
new entity

Q13. Which words written below are best applicable to inception phase in the
management view of software architecture
Option A: development planning
Option B: Problem definition
Option C: implementation and testing
Option D: delivering, installation training, support and documentation

Q14. Which words written below are best applicable to elaboration phase in the
 management view of software architecture
Option A: Problem definition
Option B: delivering, installation training, support and documentation
Option C: implementation and testing
Option D: development planning
Q15. What is a Reference Model?
Option A: It is a division of functionality together with data flow between the pieces
Option B: It is a description of component types
Option C: It is standard decomposition of a known problem into parts that cooperatively
solve a problem
Option D: It is a division of functionality together with data flow between the pieces, It is
standard decomposition of a known problem into parts that cooperatively solve a
problem

Q16. In Creating an Architectural Description: Identify the architectural description

consists of
Option A: Users of the system
Option B: Date of issue of status
Option C: Acquirers of the system
Option D: Developers of the system

Q17. Reusable Assets is

Option A: Code reuse
Option B: Efficient storage
Option C: Efficient query
Option D: Efficient memory management
Q18. A _____ of a software system is an abstract representation of knowledge about a
system
Option A: API
Option B: Model
Option C: GUI
Option D: Frontend
 Q19. Example of metamodel language
Option A: SQL
Option B: Prolog
Option C: Python
Option D: UML

Q20. Which of the following is NOT initial activities for creating an architectural
description
Option A: Identify the architectural description, including version and overview information.
Option B: Identify stakeholders, their roles, and their architectural concerns.
Option C: Specify viewpoints
Option D: Select viewpoints.

Q21. In 4+1 View model _____________ is a viewpoint for representing the static
organization of the software with respect to the software development
environment
Option A: Logical Viewpoint
Option B: Development viewpoint
Option C: Physical viewpoint
Option D: Scenario

Q22. An ADL is
Option A: one view of the database of a software system
Option B: one view of the GUI of a software system
Option C: one view of the analysis of a software system
Option D: one view of the architecture of a software system

Q23. Which of the option is not solution in software Architectural Design

Option A: Evangelizing(seek) the importance of software architecture
Option B: Improving software architecture education
Option C: Knowledge of the business process
Option D: Using architecture methods and tools

Q24. Six classes of properties that should characterize an ADL are

Option A: Composition, Abstraction, Reusability, Configuration, Heterogeneity,
Architectural analysis
Option B: Composition, Abstraction, Reusability, Reconfiguration, Heterogeneity,
Architectural analysis
Option C: Composition, Procedure, Reusability, Configuration, Heterogeneity, Architectural
analysis
Option D: Composition, Procedure, Reusability, Configuration, Heterogeneity, Analysis

Q25. Three-Layer Model of Knowledge Representation are ______ ____ and _____
Option A: Ontology, Analysis layer Technology layer
Option B: Ontology, Domain Layer Technology layer
Option C: Abstraction, Domain Layer Technology layer
Option D: Ontology, Domain Layer Implementation layer

Q26. Loose coupling refers to ____________

Option A: two modules that have relatively few interdependencies,
Option B: two modules that have relatively more interdependencies,
Option C: two modules that have highest interdependencies,
Option D: two modules that have no interdependencies,

Q27. Architectural Level of Design includes

Option A: Applying Design Principles
Option B: Applying Design Principles and Using system Thinking
Option C: Using System thinking
Q28. The content collaboration metamodel is also known as the______
Option A: WSN
Option B: WSE
Option C: SEW
Option D: ESW
 Q29. Which of the following is FALSE while Applying the Architectural Description
Option A: Creating an Architectural Description for an Existing System
Option B: Performing an Architectural Assessment
Option C: Specification Pragmatics
Option D: Avoiding an Architectural Assessment