isaqb cpsa-fl practice test

Question 1

What are the four key terms in common definitions of software architecture? (Choose four.)

• A. Source code
• B. Building Blocks
• C. Functionality
• D. Relationships
• E. Components
• F. Requirements
• G. Interfaces

Question 2

What role does understandability play for architecture documentation? (Choose three.)

• A. It is desirable, but not essential.
• B. It is less important than completeness.
• C. It is an important quality characteristic.
• D. It is a quality characteristic together with correctness and efficiency.
• E. It is a quality characteristic together with simplicity and brevity.
• F. It is a quality characteristic together with scope and completeness.

Question 3

HOTSPOT
Which statements regarding top-down and bottom-up design are true? (Assign all answers.)

Question 4

HOTSPOT
Which statements with regard to project objectives and architectural objectives are true and which
are false? (Assign all answers.)

Question 5

HOTSPOT
How does management and architects work together? Decide which statements are true and which
are false. (Assign all answers.)

Question 6

HOTSPOT
How are written documentation and verbal communication of software architectures related? Please
mark the following statements as true or false. (Assign all answers.)

Question 7

Name the three most important fields of template-based architecture documentation. (Choose
three.)

• A. To describe module structures (white boxes)
• B. To describe individual architectural modules and their external interfaces (black boxes)
• C. To use copyright templates for a consistent description of project/system meta information within documents and source codes
• D. To use a standardized document structure
• E. To reuse code and test case templates

Question 8

HOTSPOT
Which characteristics of a black-box building block are you able to specify as an architect? (Assign all
answers.)

Question 9

HOTSPOT
Which characteristics of a building block are only visible in the whitebox view, and for which
characteristics does the blackbox view suffice? (Assign all answers.)

Question 10

Which of the following techniques are best suited to illustrate the interaction of runtime building
blocks? Select the four most suitable techniques.

• A. Activity diagrams
• B. Sequence diagrams
• C. State diagram
• D. Flowcharts
• E. Class diagrams
• F. Tabular description of interfaces
• G. Depiction of screen flows (sequence of user interactions)
• H. Numbered lists of sequential steps

Question 11

Which two of the following statements about quality characteristics are most accurate? (Choose
two.)

• A. Flexibility reduces testability
• B. Increased flexibility improves robustness
• C. Simplicity increases comprehensibility
• D. Increased efficiency results in reduced performance

Question 12

For which quality characteristics is the software architect responsible?
Please name the two characteristics that best match the role of the software architect. (Choose two.)

• A. The performance of the software
• B. The technical quality of the software implementation
• C. The suitability of the software design for its purpose
• D. The software is free of errors

Question 13

Which of the following statements regarding iterative and incremental design are correct? Please
name the three statements that fit the best. (Choose three.)

• A. Iterations help to deal with uncertainties.
• B. The iterative approach helps to detect design problems at an earlier stage.
• C. If the incremental approach is used, risks are detected at a later stage.
• D. Iterative design leads to project delays.
• E. If iterative design is used; the customer will be less involved.
• F. If incremental design is used; key functionality is considered as early as possible.

Question 14

HOTSPOT
Which of the following aspects are more of a domain-related nature, and which more of technical
nature? (Assign all answers.)

Question 15

Which four of the following items can be building blocks of a software architecture? (Choose four.)

• A. an algorithm
• B. a component
• C. a test harness
• D. a class
• E. a processor
• F. a method/procedure/function/operation
• G. a local variable
• H. a package