CPSA-FL Online Practice Questions and Answers

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Which characteristics of a building block are only visible in the whitebox view, and for which characteristics does the blackbox view suffice? (Assign all answers.)

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You are the software architect of a system that has run for many years and been extended repeatedly. An analysis of the source code has revealed a multitude of dependencies between the classes. Which of the following measures are possible solutions? (Assign all answers.)

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What are the four key terms in common definitions of software architecture? (Choose four.)

A. Source code

B. Building Blocks

C. Functionality

D. Relationships

E. Components

F. Requirements

G. Interfaces

What role does understandability play for architecture documentation? (Choose three.)

A. It is desirable, but not essential.

B. It is less important than completeness.

C. It is an important quality characteristic.

D. It is a quality characteristic together with correctness and efficiency.

E. It is a quality characteristic together with simplicity and brevity.

F. It is a quality characteristic together with scope and completeness.

Name the three most important fields of template-based architecture documentation. (Choose three.)

A. To describe module structures (white boxes)

B. To describe individual architectural modules and their external interfaces (black boxes)

C. To use copyright templates for a consistent description of project/system meta information within documents and source codes

D. To use a standardized document structure

E. To reuse code and test case templates

Which of the following statements are covered by the term 'coupling'? (Choose two.)

A. A building block uses an interface of another building block.

B. Two building blocks offer operations with the same name.

C. A building block only contains operations that belong together logically.

D. A building block uses internal data structures of another building block.

You want to demonstrate to colleagues that certain building blocks are suitable for the implementation of a use-case scenario. Which of the following UML diagrams is best suited for this?

A. Use-case diagram

B. Sequence diagram

C. Activity diagram

D. Class diagram

Which three artifacts does the assessment team create when conducting an ATAM evaluation? (Choose three.)

A. Architecture-specific chapters of the quality management manual

B. The concrete quality tree

C. Description of quality scenarios

D. A quality model

E. Architecture documentation

F. Selection of the quality attributes of the architectural building blocks

G. List of the architectural risks

What do you have to take into account when designing external interfaces? (Choose three.)

A. Volatility of neighbouring systems

B. Adequate usage of the broker pattern

C. Protocols enforced by neighbouring systems

D. Expected amount of parallel calls

E. Ease of implementation

F. Effect on the coupling in the building block view

Which of the following statements about (crosscutting) concepts are most appropriate? (Select four.)

A. The definition of appropriate concepts ensures the conceptual integrity of the architecture.

B. Concepts are a means to increase consistency.

C. For each quality goal there should be an explicitly documented concept.

D. Uniform exception handling is most easily achieved when architects agree with developers upon a suitable concept prior to implementation.

E. A concept might be implemented by a single building block.

F. Uniform usage of concepts reduces coupling between building blocks.

G. A concept can define constraints for the implementation of many building blocks.