Deck 14: Patterns

Question 1

Understanding that many problems are repeated and, therefore, can be handled by similar solutions is the essence of ________.

A) pattern
B) architecture
C) layers
D) analysis

Answer 1

pattern

Question 2

When designing software, how to manage the creation and the destruction of a large number of objects in an application is a ________ problem.

A) one time
B) unusual
C) repeated
D) common

Answer 2

repeated

Question 3

Patterns also hold the promise of ________.

A) recipes
B) methodology
C) reuse
D) all of the above

Answer 3

reuse

Question 4

A systematic way to describe patterns and their consequences is ________.

A) a recent concept
B) an old tradition
C) out of the question
D) redundant

Question 5

There are ________ potential patterns for developing a software system.

A) few
B) limited
C) many
D) zero

Question 6

Which of the the following professions requires finding a solution for repeated problems?

A) car manufacturing
B) agriculture
C) military
D) all of the above

Question 7

How to manage the creation, the lifetime, and the destruction of a large number of sibling objects in an application is an example of pattern in ________.

A) architecture
B) software destruction
C) software design
D) software restruction

Question 8

An expert will have the ability to recognize ________ and draw upon solutions that have worked in the past.

A) problems
B) patterns
C) solutions
D) methods

Question 9

Patterns allows us to reuse past experience to mold present solutions, hence, holding the promise of ________.

A) reuse
B) usefulness
C) avoiding uselessness
D) user friendliness

Question 10

Pattern describes a problem that occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes ________.

A) its implications
B) the core of the solution to that problem
C) its scope
D) what is wrong and what is right with it

Question 11

Alexander's book entitled A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction made a huge impact on ________.

A) object-oriented design
B) modern architecture
C) architectural design
D) building governmental structures

Question 12

Application of patterns to software design started in the late 1970s and early 1980s and one of the first was the ________.

A) application-interface-database pattern
B) inside-outside model
C) model-view-controller pattern
D) outside-inside model

Question 13

Model-View-Controller is an architectural pattern that defines application by ________ component(s).

A) data model
B) user interface
C) control logic
D) all of the above

Question 14

The Model-View-Controller pattern was the foundation for the ________ user interface.

A) graphical
B) voice-based
C) command-based
D) language-based

Question 15

According to Peter Code, a pattern in software design emerges by ________.

A) trial and error
B) building many object-oriented models
C) observing the building blocks of many applications
D) establishing relationships between models and applications.
E) all of the above

Question 16

A pattern language is a formal way to convey ________ as exactly as possible.

A) what the pattern signifies
B) what the solution involves
C) what the consequences are
D) all of the above

Question 17

A pattern must have a ________.

A) name
B) problem definition
C) context
D) all of the above

Question 18

"Transform the many-to-many association between two classes into a trio of classes by creating an intermediary class with two one-to-many relationships" is an example of a ________ of a pattern.

A) problem
B) context
C) solution
D) participation

Question 19

Risks associated with pattern include ________.

A) lack of good literature on the pattern
B) early application of the pattern as a tool for solving problems
C) misunderstanding of the consequences of the application of a pattern
D) all of the above

Question 20

________ patterns are the most well-known and elaborated patterns in software development.

A) Analysis
B) Maintenance
C) Design
D) Programming

Question 21

Design patterns consist of ________ patterns.

A) structural
B) creational
C) behavioral
D) all of the above

Question 22

The Factory Pattern method provides a way to ________ the creation (or instantiation) of the object from its consumption.

A) couple
B) decouple
C) mix
D) assess

Question 23

________ patterns propose frameworks for handling issues of communication between the application and the database.

A) Data Access
B) Structural
C) Architectural
D) Behavioral

Question 24

Patterns are ________.

A) domain-dependent
B) domain-isolated
C) domain-independent
D) domain-analysis

Question 25

When two classes have incompatible interfaces, we need an ________ to convert the interface of a class in order for the two classes to work with each other.

A) object adapter
B) object adopter
C) object interface
D) object patch

Question 26

If something is important to the problem domain, it should be defined during the ________ phase.

A) design
B) SDLC
C) analysis
D) programming

Question 27

Analysis patterns are concerned with the ________.

A) problem domain
B) solution domain
C) methods
D) interface

Question 28

Design patterns address the issues of the ________.

A) problem domain
B) solution-as-method
C) solution space
D) none of the above

Question 29

Dynamic object types are those that must change type to represent ________.

A) different things at similar times
B) similarity between objects
C) different but similar things at different times
D) differences among objects

Question 30

________ is (are) used to model dynamic behavior of objects.

A) Strings
B) Arguments
C) Constraints
D) Inheritance

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT a standard constraint for advanced inheritance relationship?

A) complete
B) incomplete
C) joint
D) overlapping

Question 32

The constraint that specifies that all children in the generalization have been specified in the model and no additional children are permitted is the ________ constraint.

A) incomplete
B) overlapping
C) complete
D) disjoint

Question 33

The constraint that specifies that the objects of the parent may have more than one of the children as a type is the ________ constraint.

A) incomplete
B) overlapping
C) complete
D) disjoint

Question 34

Anti-patterns cover ________.

A) gathering requirements
B) coding
C) design
D) all of the above

Question 35

________ is to break down the functionality of a system into successively smaller tasks and subtasks until we reach the most atomic functions.

A) Functional decomposition
B) Process re-engineering
C) Process composition
D) Process differentiating

Question 36

Classes that result from functional decomposition usually lack ________ that are exposed through methods.

A) operations
B) methods
C) individual names
D) attributes

Question 37

In functional decomposition, the possibility of ________ does not exist.

A) reuse
B) inheritance
C) polymorphism
D) all of the above

Question 38

Applying patterns in system development is not ________.

A) a separate activity
B) a useful idea
C) an integral activity
D) possible

Question 39

As you encounter problems in analysis or design, you can consult ________ to find solutions that have worked in the past.

A) problem domains
B) solution domains
C) patterns
D) methods

Question 40

Patterns are ________, but we need experience to use them wisely and effectively.

A) abstractions of experience
B) very expensive
C) very useful
D) usually useless

Question 41

A pattern provides the boundary of the solution to a problem.

Question 42

Solving problems involves problem and solution definition.

Question 43

Patterns embody the notion that someone has encountered the same problem or problems and can suggest solutions that would save you time and resources.

Question 44

Learning from patterns does not require a pattern language.

Question 45

Patterns are only used in the architecture of buildings.

Question 46

Patterns are the answer to solving repeated problems.

Question 47

Pattern are often used as recipes or methodologies.

Question 48

Patterns are a new concept.

Question 49

Model-View-Controller (MVC) is an architectural pattern that separates the application into three logical components.

Question 50

Model-View-Controller was the foundation of the modern Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Question 51

Patterns are envisioned as the building blocks of a "language."

Question 52

A pattern must have a name and might also have aliases.

Question 53

Learning an interesting pattern and forcing it on any problem has proved to be very efficient.

Question 54

Patterns are generalizations of the solutions that have worked in a certain context.

Question 55

Patterns are engineering models applicable to all kind of problems.

Question 56

Design patterns are usually classified based on the type of the problems that they address.

Question 57

Data Access patterns propose frameworks for handling issues of communication between the interface and database.

Question 58

Architectural patterns focus on the details within the information system.

Question 59

The Object Adapter lets classes work together that otherwise couldn't because of incompatible interfaces.

Question 60

In software development, Analysis patterns appeared first and are the most popular.

Question 61

Analysts frequently ignore certain objects in the problem domain because there is no need for them.

Question 62

The principles of the Measurement pattern can be applied to a single problem domain.

Question 63

An anti-pattern is a pair of two solutions: the problematic solution and the refactored solution.

Question 64

Anti-patterns do not necessarily start as solutions that have worked in the past, but they become problematic because the context and the forces that affect the problem-solution pair change.

Question 65

Atomic functions are functions that do only one thing at a time.

Question 66

A functional mechanism works well with "structured programming" methodology, but it becomes problematic when applied to an object-oriented context.

Question 67

Object-oriented methodology and technology view functions as services that objects provide - the same way as in the real world where functions are carried out by something or someone.

Question 68

Use cases cannot be viewed as some kind of large-grain "functions."

Question 69

Functional decomposition is an instrument for reuse.

Question 70

Reuse is part of functional decomposition and is basically an "application analysis," not a system analysis.

Question 71

Patterns will produce deliverables similar to other activities of software development.

Question 72

It is a good idea to read patterns and then try to find a case, any case, where you can apply it.

Question 73

Although patterns are abstractions of experience, we don't need experience to use them wisely and effectively.

Question 74

Web sites could be a good source to find solutions to similar problems.

Question 75

A pattern template should reflect a set of ideas that are essential to the proper understanding of the pattern.

Question 76

When applying a pattern, we don't need to have a description of classes or objects that participate in the pattern.

Question 77

Patterns must be used only with a thorough understanding of the problem, the context, and the consequences of applying the pattern.

Question 78

Anti-pattern is the language for systematizing and presenting patterns.

Question 79

Defining how classes and/or objects can be combined to form larger structures or components is part of creating a pattern.

Question 80

Behavioral patterns address the communication and the assignment of responsibilities among objects.