Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Software Engineering MCQ – Application Architectures
1 - Question
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
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Answer: d
Explanation: Application architectures encapsulate the principal characteristics of a class of systems.
2 - Question
ERP stands for
a) Enterprise Research Planning
b) Enterprise Resource Planning
c) Enterprise Resource Package
d) Enterprise Research Package
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.
3 - Question
Which of the following type describes application architectures?
a) Transaction processing applications
b) Language processing systems
c) Client management systems
d) Transaction processing applications and Language processing systems
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Answer: d
Explanation: Transaction processing applications are database-centered applications that process user requests for information and update the information in a database, while language processing systems are systems in which the user’s intentions are expressed in a formal language.
4 - Question
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
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Answer: b
Explanation: This ensures that failure of operations within the transaction does not lead to inconsistencies in the database.
5 - Question
Systems that involve interaction with a shared database can be considered as.
a) software-based
b) transaction-based
c) server-based
d) client-based
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Answer: b
Explanation: Such systems with a shared database are also referred to as transaction based information systems.
6 - Question
What translates a natural or an artificial language into another representation of that language and, for programming languages also execute the resulting code?
a) ERP systems
b) Transaction-based information systems
c) Language processing systems
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: In software engineering, compilers translate an artificial programming language into machine code.
7 - Question
Properties of a system such as performance and security are independent of the architecture used.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: Properties such as performance, security, and availability are influenced by the architecture used.
8 - Question
Which of the following is/are commonly used architectural pattern(s)?
a) Model-View-Controller
b) Layered Architecture
c) Client–server
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Commonly used architectural patterns include Model-View-Controller, Layered Architecture, Repository, Client–server, and Pipe and Filter.
9 - Question
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
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Answer: c
Explanation: Such is the property and function of language processing system.
10 - Question
Transaction processing systems may be organized as a _________ architecture with system components responsible for input, processing, and output.
a) Repository
b) Client–server
c) Model-View-Controller
d) Pipe and Filter
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Answer: d
Explanation: None.