Architectural Design MCQs

The UML was designed for describing _______________________?

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A. object-oriented systems
B. architectural design
C. SRS
D. Both object-oriented systems and Architectural design
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: The UML was designed for describing object-oriented systems and, at the architectural design stage, you often want to describe systems at a higher level of abstraction

Which of the following is not real-time architectural patterns that are commonly used ?

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A. Asynchronous communication
B. Observe and React
C. Environmental Control
D. Process Pipeline
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Explanation: These patterns can be combined and you will often see more than one of them in a single system.

Which of the following is/are commonly used architectural pattern(s) ?

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A. Model-View-Controller
B. Layered Architecture
C. Client–server
D. All of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: Commonly used architectural patterns include Model-View-Controller, Layered Architecture, Repository, Client–server, and Pipe and Filter

Systems that involve interaction with a shared database can be considered as ?

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A. software-based
B. transaction-based
C. server-based
D. client-based
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Answer: b

Explanation: Such systems with a shared database are also referred to as transaction based information systems.

What translates a natural or an artificial language into another representation of that language and, for programming languages also execute the resulting code ?

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A. ERP systems
B. Transaction-based information systems
C. Language processing systems
D. None of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: In software engineering, compilers translate an artificial programming language into machine code

Which of the following is applicable on software radio ?

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A. Environmental Control
B. Process Pipeline
C. Distributed system
D. None of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: A software radio accepts incoming packets of digital data representing the radio transmission and transforms these into a sound signal that people can listen to.

Control systems may make use of the Environmental Control pattern, which is a general control pattern that includes ______________processes?

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A. sensor
B. actuator
C. pipeline
D. both sensor and actuator
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: Such patterns are quite common in Environmental Control Systems

Which of these following sensor is a useful as part of a burglar alarm system for commercial buildings ?

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A. Movement detector
B. Door sensor
C. Window sensor
D. All of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: A burglar alarm system for commercial buildings include movement detectors in individual rooms, door sensors that detect corridor doors opening, and window sensors on ground-floor windows that can detect when a window has been opened