Question

Which of the following in context to data in pipeline is correct?

(a) The format conversion should be allowed as long as data that exit the pipe are semantically equivalent to the data that enter the pipe

(b) The format conversion should be allowed as long as data that exit the pipe are syntactically equivalent to the data that enter the pipe

(c) All of the mentioned

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was asked during an online exam.

This intriguing question comes from Capturing Architectural Information in an ADL topic in section Unit Operations of Software Architecture

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) The format conversion should be allowed as long as data that exit the pipe are semantically equivalent to the data that enter the pipe

Explanation: The format conversion should be allowed as long as data that exit the pipe are semantically equivalent to the data that enter the pipe.