CMP7174 Introduction

What is the primary purpose of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)?

• To increase the complexity of application development

• To enable communication between disparate services

• To eliminate the use of APIs

• To create monolithic applications

Which of the following is a key characteristic of Microservices?

• Monolithic structure

• Tight coupling of services

• Scalability through independent deployment

• Single database for all services

In SOA, what is a "service" typically defined as?

• A collection of functions that run on a single machine

• A reusable software component that provides a specific business function

• A database that stores all application data

• A database that stores all application data

Which of the following best describes the communication style commonly used in Microservices?

• Synchronous communication only

• Direct method calls between services

• Asynchronous messaging or APIs
  

• Shared memory access

What is one of the main benefits of using Microservices over a monolithic architecture?

• Simplified deployment

• Improved performance for all services

• Independent scaling of individual components

• Reduced development time for large applications

In Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), what is a common way for services to communicate?

• Direct database access

• HTTP/REST APIs or messaging protocols

• Shared code libraries

• User interface interactions