Architectural Design MCQs

1. Which of the following examples is/are models of application architectures ?

A. a means of assessing components for reuse

B. a design checklist

C. a vocabulary for talking about types of applications

D. all of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: Application architectures encapsulate the principal characteristics of a class of systems

2. Which of the following examples is/are models of application architectures ?

A. a means of assessing components for reuse

B. a design checklist

C. a vocabulary for talking about types of applications

D. all of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: Application architectures encapsulate the principal characteristics of a class of systems

3. _________________ view shows the system hardware and how software components are distributed across the processors in the system ?

A. physical

B. logical

C. process

D. all of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Explanation: A physical view is implemented by system engineers implementing the system hardware.

4. An example of a system that may use a process pipeline is a high-speed_________________?

A. data distributing system

B. data acquisition system

C. data collector system

D. none of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: Data acquisition systems collect data from sensors for subsequent processing and analysis.

5. ERP stands for____________________?

A. Enterprise Research Planning

B. Enterprise Resource Planning

C. Enterprise Resource Package

D. Enterprise Research Package

✅ The correct answer is option B.

6. All the operations in a transaction need to be completed before the database changes are made _________________?

A. functional

B. available to the users

C. permanent

D. none of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: This ensures that failure of operations within the transaction does not lead to inconsistencies in the database.

7. ____________________ can be associated with a separate processor or core, so that the processing steps can be carried out in parallel ?

A. Process Pipeline

B. Environmental Control

C. Observe and React

D. None of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Explanation: The Process Pipeline pattern makes this rapid processing possible by breaking down the required data processing into a sequence of separate transformations, with each transformation carried out by an independent process.

8. A language-processing systems may translate an XML data description into__________________?

A. a machine code

B. an alternative XML representation

C. machine code and alternative XML representation

D. a software module

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: Such is the property and function of language processing system

9. Which of the following pattern is the basis of interaction management in many web-based systems ?

A. architecture

B. repository pattern

C. model-view-controller

D. different operating system

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: Model-View-Controller pattern is the basis of interaction management in many web-based systems.

10. What describes how a set of interacting components can share data ?

A. model-view-controller

B. architecture pattern

C. repository pattern

D. none of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: The majority of systems that use large amounts of data are organized around a shared database or repository.