Question

Q1 What is the fundamental characteristic of a repository architecture and what is the most important advantage of a client-server architecture

Q2 Suggest the components that might be part of a layered architectural design of a system that allows users to view information about flights arriving and departing from a particular airport.

Answer 1

Solution for the problem is provided below, please comment if any doubts:

Q1:

Fundamental characteristic of a repository architecture:

• The central database holds all the shared data thus it is accessible from all the sub-systems in the network.

Important advantage of a client-server architecture:

• The client-server architecture can provide services to many computers at the same time using a single or a number of servers. Also the services can be extended without affecting the existing services by adding new servers.

Q2:

The layered architecture places the components of the system in a layered manner so that the components will interact each other to get the service.

The components of the given flight details scenario are:

• Web browser
• Login and user authentication
• Manage the inputs from the user and validate the data
• Flight info manager
• Management of security
• The flight database transaction management