SOA lifecycle quiz – modeling and design

1. In message-centric design, the focus is on …

a. partitioning services

b. the collaboration of two or more services

c. the service domain

d. the API

e. all of the above

f. none of the above

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2. UML has a nomenclature for application architecture.

a. True

b. False

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3. The Hartford's SOA implementation has concentrated on …

a. standards and technology

b. lowering the cost of IT

c. the enterprise service bus

d. BPM

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4. Orchestration standards like BPEL help to …

a. model business services

b. integrate application components

c. track changes in business logic

d. automate business logic

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5. When you change the process logic in an entity-centric business service model it can invalidate original service operation groupings and necessitate service redesign.

a. True

b. False

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6. Task-centric business model generally have less reusability potential than entity-centric business models.

a. True

b. False

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7. Put these steps of the SOA delivery lifecycle in order.

a. perform service-oriented analysis

b. test service operations

c. compose SOA

d. define enterprise service model

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8. Agile service delivery …

a. aligns with current state business models at the start and end of the process

b. is based on a bottom up service delivery approach

c. requires the use of BPEL

d. doesn't leverage an enterprise services model

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9. Which of the following is NOT one of the three primary steps that comprise service-oriented analysis?

a. Identifying automation systems

b. Review existing process logic

c. Model service candidates

d. Define analysis scope

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10. According to IDC's Maureen Fleming, BPM will always be dependent on the underlying architecture.

a. True

b. False

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11. Which of the following is NOT a standard aimed at business process execution?

a. XPDL

b. BPMN

c.UBL

d. BPEL

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12. Zapthink's Ron Schmelzer believes BPM tools need to improve in the area of …

a. representing the runtime system

b. UML support

c. integrating with service registries

d. service design

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13. Burton Group's Anne Thomas Manes argues SOA governance should be …

a. a one-size-fits-all approach

b. automatic

c. added on top of the existing development process

d. focused on implementation concerns

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14. Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels' marching orders to his developers are …

a. Time is money.

b. Code is king.

c. Don't stray from the approved house standards.

d. You build it. You own it.

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15. Dun & Bradstreet's goal with its SOA implementation are …

a. to future-proof its aging platforms

b. to commoditize certain business processes

c. provide cost-effective migration to new platforms

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

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16. Which of the following is NOT part of the technical foundation of SOA governance?

a. asset tracking

b. Web services management

c. asynchronous messaging

d. a service registry/repository

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