System Architecture and Management Quiz

What is a complex task if the architecture of a large system is not flexible enough?

• Management of the system

• Development of the system

• Testing of the system

• Deployment of the system

What should any large system be decomposed into for efficient management?

• Functional primitives

• Large modules

• Complex algorithms

• Single components

Why was centrally administrated architecture not suitable for quick application development?

• It was too expensive

• It was not designed for rapid changes

• It lacked security features

• It was too decentralized

What was a major drawback of the centrally administrated architecture in terms of functionality?

• It was too flexible

• It supported rapid changes

• It was not designed to support rapid changes

• It was too user-friendly

What does the Component Based Application Development (CBD) model promote?

• Decomposition and reusability

• Complexity and redundancy

• Isolation and independence

• Centralization and control

What does CBD stand for in the context of application development?

• Component Based Design

• Component Based Development

• Centralized Business Development

• Computer Based Design

What does a heterogeneous system refer to?

• A system with uniform components

• A system with multiple types of computing resources

• A system with a single vendor

• A system with a single architecture

What need arose with the adoption of heterogeneous distributed systems?

• Increased storage

• Faster processing

• Application interoperability

• Enhanced security

What is the ultimate outcome of heterogeneity according to the text?

• Cloud computing system

• Traditional computing system

• Distributed computing system

• Centralized computing system

What architectural approach fulfilled the requirement for application building?

• Monolithic architecture

• Service oriented architecture

• Layered architecture

• Client-server architecture