Basic Software Architecture Questions and Answers on “Architectural Reviews-Cost and Benefits”.
1. Which of the following are different cost techniques?
a) Staff Time
b) Organization overhead for architecture review unit
c) Consumption of senior designers for architecture review teams
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: All of the mentioned are different cost techniques.
2. Which of the following are different form of benefits?
a) Financial Benefits
b) Forced Preparation for the Review
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: All the mentioned are benefits.
3. Which of the following is correct?
a) AT&T, having performed 300 full scale architecture reviews on projects requiring a minimum 700 staff days
b) Rational Software has performed around 30 reviews
c) The SAAM reviews done cost approximately 14 to 20 staff days
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: All of the mentioned are correct.
4. Which of the following is true?
a) Some organizations have established corporate units that are responsible for defining and conducting architecture reviews
b) All organizations are established corporate units that are responsible for defining and conducting architecture reviews
c) Organizations may or may not be established corporate units that are responsible for defining and conducting architecture reviews
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Some organizations have established corporate units that are responsible for defining and conducting architecture reviews.
5. Which of the following is true about Architecture review teams?
a) Architecture review teams should normally include members of the development project
b) Architecture review teams normally may or may not include members of the development project
c) Architecture review teams should normally not include members of the development project
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: Architecture review teams should normally not include members of the development project.
6. Which of the following are anecdotes of estimated cost savings for the customers of reviews?
a) Early analysis of an electronic funds transfer system showed 50$ billion transfer capability per night
b) In architecture review of a revision control system, a number of severe limitations in achieving system portability and modifiability
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: All of the mentioned are anecdotes of estimated cost savings for the customers of reviews.
7. Which of the following is correct?
a) Very few systems do not have architecture that are understandable by all the developers
b) Many systems do have architecture that are understandable by all the developers
c) Many systems do not have architecture that are understandable by all the developers
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: Many systems do not have architecture that are understandable by all the developers.
8. Which of the following is true and can be achieved?
a) High performance, security, fault tolerance and low cost are difficult demands and impossible to achieve simultaneously
b) High performance, security, fault tolerance and low cost are easy demands and impossible to achieve simultaneously
c) High performance, security, fault tolerance and low cost are easy demands and possible to achieve simultaneously
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: High performance, security, fault tolerance and low cost are easy demands and impossible to achieve simultaneously.
9. Which of the following is true for architectural review?
a) Architectural review tend to increase quality,control cost and decrease budget risk
b) Architectural review tend to decrease quality,control cost and decrease budget risk
c) Architectural review tend to decrease quality,control cost and increase budget risk
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: None.
10. Which of the following is true about architecture?
a) An architecture does guarantee high quality or low cost
b) An architecture hardly points out areas of risk in a design
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: An architecture does not guarantee high quality or low cost and an architecture points out areas of risk in a design.
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