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Review Questions

1 .
You are writing a class that has been identified as a key object of the system; therefore, only one can exist in the system. What type of design pattern should you take to design the class?
  1. singleton pattern
  2. builder pattern
  3. abstract factory method pattern
  4. proxy pattern
2 .
What do you use for documenting a recurring problem and providing a reusable template in the form of a problem-solution pair within a given context?
  1. patterns management
  2. pattern hierarchy
  3. pattern
  4. pattern catalog
3 .
What is the term for abstract patterns located at the top of the pattern hierarchy that capture a set of characteristics and features that make a structure identifiable?
  1. architectural patterns
  2. architectural style
  3. architecture continuum
  4. enterprise architecture
4 .
What is the difference between architectural pattern and architectural style?
5 .
What is the difference between analysis and design models and implementation patterns?
6 .
Why are pattern catalogs needed?
7 .
What is the current state of patterns management today and are there exhaustive sources of patterns that can be easily consulted? Why or why not?
8 .
Is TOGAF primarily concerned with enterprise architecture/detailed application architecture? Explain your answer.
9 .
In what TOGAF ADM phase is business architecture gap analysis done?
  1. Phase A
  2. Phase B
  3. Phase C
  4. Phase D
10 .
How are business and technical architecture assets cataloged within enterprises?
11 .
What is a blueprinting template?
12 .
What is a key benefit of microservices?
  1. fewer lines of code to be written than in a large monolithic application
  2. increased agility and improved scalability
  3. more available design patterns
  4. specifically align with TOGAF
13 .
What software engineering process follows a linear process flow?
  1. waterfall model
  2. Agile development model
  3. Scrum
  4. DevOps
14 .
What is an example of a software stack?
  1. scripting language, object-oriented language, database
  2. client Android tablet, Windows server
  3. microservice 1, microservice 2, API gateway
  4. Windows, Java, Apache Server, Mongo DB, Java Script, React
15 .
What term is defined as a model that describes the problem set, establishes the context, and identifies the system of forces that hold sway, such as design quality attributes?
  1. architecture model
  2. requirements model
  3. business model
  4. operating model
16 .
What is a solutions architect manager responsible for?
  1. determining user and system requirements
  2. writing test cases for verification and validation of user and system requirements
  3. planning out project schedules, providing cost estimates, and generating invoices
  4. building teams, establishing relationships, setting strategy, and measuring and delivering results
17 .
Which two choices should the main drivers of determining what a technology stack should be?
  1. developer’s experience and knowledge of technologies
  2. user capability requirements and system requirements
  3. technologies the organization has already purchased and those it has integrated
  4. implementation patterns and idioms
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