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Objectives: The Aim of The Questions in This Part Is To Evaluate Your Required Minimal Knowledge and Question 1 (15 Marks)

This document contains a final exam for a software architecture course. It includes 4 questions assessing students' knowledge of: 1. Basic software architecture concepts like architectural styles, components, connectors and non-functional properties. 2. How to apply their knowledge to solve familiar problems like a course registration system. 3. Analyzing unfamiliar problems and designing software architectures, like for an airplane flight simulator. The exam tests students' understanding, problem-solving, and ability to communicate architectural concepts through diagrams and explanations.

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Objectives: The Aim of The Questions in This Part Is To Evaluate Your Required Minimal Knowledge and Question 1 (15 Marks)

This document contains a final exam for a software architecture course. It includes 4 questions assessing students' knowledge of: 1. Basic software architecture concepts like architectural styles, components, connectors and non-functional properties. 2. How to apply their knowledge to solve familiar problems like a course registration system. 3. Analyzing unfamiliar problems and designing software architectures, like for an airplane flight simulator. The exam tests students' understanding, problem-solving, and ability to communicate architectural concepts through diagrams and explanations.

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Philadelphia University Faculty of Information Technology

Lecturer: Dr. Moayad A. Fahdil Software Engineering Department


Coordinator: Dr. Moayad A. Fahdil Marking Scheme
Internal Examiner: Dr. Mourad M.
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Software Architecture (721320) Final Exam 1st Semester - 20110/2012
Date: 24/1/2012 Section: 2 Time: 120 Minutes
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Information for Candidates
1. This examination paper contains 4 questions totaling 40 marks.
2. The marks for parts of questions are shown in square brackets:
Advice to Candidates
1. You should attempt ALL questions and write your answers clearly.
2. You are not allowed to split answers of one question and mix up sections of different questions.
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I. Basic Notions
Objectives: The aim of the questions in this part is to evaluate your required minimal knowledge and
understanding skills in the basics of Software Architecture.
Question 1 (15 marks)

1. What are the fundamental understandings of software architecture?(2 marks)


a. Every application has architecture
b. Every application has at least one architect
c. Architecture is not a phase of development

2. What are the benefits of first-class connectors? (2 marks)


 Separate computation from interaction
 Minimize component interdependencies
 Support software evolution
 At component-, connector-, & system-level
 Potential for supporting dynamism
 Facilitate heterogeneity
 Become points of distribution
 Aid system analysis & testing

3. What are the Non-Functional Properties which related to architectural choices? (2 marks)
 NFPs are the result of architectural
choices
 NFP questions are raised as the result of
architectural choices
 Specification of NFP might require an
architectural framework to even enable their statement
 An architectural framework will be
required for assessment of whether the properties are achievable

4. What are the types of connectors for Composite Connectors (Grid connectors and Peer-to-peer
connectors)? (2 marks)
 Grid connectors (e.g., Globus)
- Procedure call
- Data access
- Stream
- Distributor
 Peer-to-peer connectors (e.g., Bittorrent)
 Arbitrator
 Data access
 Stream
 Distributor
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5. What are the properties of DSSA? (2 marks)
 Capturing and characterizing the best solutions and best practices from past projects
within a domain
 Production of new applications can focus on the points of novel variation
 Reuse applicable parts of the architecture and implementation
 Applicable for product lines
àRecall the Philips Koala example discussed in the previous lecture

6.
Consider the following diagram: (2 marks)
a. Specify the software architectural pattern.
b. What are the properties of the specified pattern?
State-Logic-Display: Three-Tiered Pattern
 Front Tier
Contains the user interface functionality to access the system’s services
 Middle Tier
Contains the application’s major functionality
 Back Tier
Contains the application’s data access and storage functionality

7. For the following connectors’ diagrams: (2 marks)


“Specify the type and service of them.”

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8.For the following diagram what is the architectural pattern. (1 mark)

Sense-Compute-Control

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II. Familiar Problems Solving
Objectives: This part aims to evaluate that you have some basic knowledge of the key aspects of the lecture
material and can attempt to solve familiar problems.
Question 2 (9 marks)
Consider the Course Registration Problem Statement:
The registration process works as follows: Students send an application form containing their personal
details and their desired course The University checks that the course is available and that the student
has necessary academic qualifications. If the course is available the student is enrolled in the course,
and the university confirms the enrolment by sending a confirmation letter to the student. If the course
is unavailable the student receives a rejection letter.

1- Choose the suitable software architecture style, justify your choice. (2 marks)
2- What are the ccomponents of the architecture? (2 marks)
3- Specify the connectors and its types. (2 Marks)
4- Draw Software Architecture Style. (3 marks)

Question 3 (8 marks – 2 Marks for each)

A- For the following software architecture model determine (Components, Connectors, and Topology)
- Components: Objects (software components exposing services through well-
defined provided interfaces)
- Connector: (Remote) Method invocation
- Data Elements: Arguments to methods, return values, and exceptions
- Topology: General graph of objects from callers to callees.

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B- Consider the following diagram:
1- Specify the software architectural style.
2- What are the properties of the specified style?
Batch-Sequential: A Financial Application
Batch Sequential
Separate programs are executed in order; data is passed as an aggregate from one
program to the next.
Connectors: “The human hand” carrying tapes between the programs, a.k.a. “sneaker-net
”
Data Elements: Explicit, aggregate elements passed from one component to the next upon
completion of the producing program’s execution.
 Typical uses: Transaction processing in financial systems. “The Granddaddy of Styles”

C- For the following diagram determine its software architecture style and its advantages:
KLAX in C2
An indirect invocation style in which independent components communicate exclusively
through message routing connectors. Strict rules on connections between components and
connectors induce layering.

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D- For the following diagram determine its software architecture style and its disadvantages:
Mobile Code LL
a data element (some representation of a program) is dynamically transformed into a data
processing component.

Unfamiliar Problems Solving


Objective: This part aims to evaluate that you have some basic knowledge of the key aspects of the lecture
material and can attempt to solve unfamiliar problems.
Question 4 (8 marks)
The following concerns a simplified system of an airplane flight simulator for a video game
system:
“The video game system has already been implemented and consists of a computer with joystick
and pushbutton inputs and an output interface for a colour television. Your job is to develop the
software for the computer to display the view from the cockpit of an airplane. The joystick and
pushbutton control the airplane. The display should be based on a terrain description stored in
memory.”

Use Object-Oriented Software Architecture Style specifies:


a) Components (objects). (2 marks)
b) Connectors (messages and method invocations). (2 marks)
c) Draw Software Architecture Style. (4 marks)

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