Finals Activity 1 (Architectural Design)

1. What is architectural design?

2. What are the key factors in architectural design?

3. What goes on during hardware and software specification?

4. What is the objective of architecture design?

5. What are the architectural components of a system?

6. What are the four functions of system architectural design?

7. What are the three primary hardware components?

8. What is a client-server architecture?

9. In the client-server architecture, who is responsible for what?

10. What is a thick/fat client?

11. What is a thin client?

12. What are the four benefits of client-server architectures?

13. What is the main downside of client-server architectures?

14. How do tiers work in architecture?

15. How does a server-based architecture work?

16. How does a client-based architecture work?

17. What is virtualization?

18. What is server virtualization?

19. What is storage virtualization?

20. What is cloud computing?

21. What is the cloud?

22. What are the three main implementations of cloud computing?

23. What are the main advantages of cloud computing?

24. What is the largest restriction when choosing a new infrastructure?

25. Why are client-server architectures favored?

26. What are the first steps towards creating a new architecture design?

27. What are the main types of Operational Requirements?

28. What are the main types of Performance Requirements?

29. What are the main types of Security Requirements?

30. What are the main types of cultural and political requirements?