Software Architecture and Requirements Mapping Quiz
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What serves as the blueprint in software design?

  • Detailed Design
  • Software Design Description (SDD) (correct)
  • User Interface (UI) description
  • Software Requirements Specification (SRS)

What is the purpose of the Architectural design stage in software design?

  • Specify internal details of each component
  • Introduce new invisible components
  • Describe user accessible components and their interconnections (correct)
  • Define quality features of the software

What does an Architectural style in software design represent?

  • Semantic constraints and behaviors concerning data transfer (correct)
  • Purpose and scope of the design
  • Decomposition description
  • Internal details of each component

What is the output of the software design stage according to the text?

<p>Software Design Description (SDD) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which software architecture property refers to the ease of modifying a system to cater for different environments or problems it was not originally designed for?

<p>Flexibility (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the 'Usability' attribute of software architecture primarily focus on?

<p>Satisfaction from a human perspective (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which attribute of software architecture involves the system's ability to handle malicious attacks from both internal and external sources?

<p>Security (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the 'Time to market' attribute in software architecture refer to?

<p>The time from requirement analysis to product release (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do connectors do in architectural styles?

<p>Enable communication/coordination/cooperation among elements (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which quality attribute involves the ability to modify the system and extend it conveniently?

<p>Maintainability and extensibility (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of architecture styles in software development?

<p>Abstract common properties of similar designs (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which architectural style is associated with event-based and buffered messaging communication?

<p>Asynchronous communication (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do software architects need to consider when evaluating alternative architecture styles?

<p>Quality attributes and trade-off analysis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a task performed by software architects during system static partitioning and decomposition?

<p>Establishing dynamic control relationships between sub-systems (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Shaw and Garlan, what does system architecture encompass?

<p>Description, interactions, principles, and constraints (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important for a software architecture specification to include runtime behaviors?

<p>To guide developers on how elements should interact at runtime (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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