Master Design Patterns: Enhance Your Software Design Skills

Question 1

Which of the following is a primary advantage of using design patterns in software engineering?

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Simplified codebase and reduced complexity

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Increased code maintainability and flexibility

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Enhanced performance and efficiency

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Reduced necessity for extensive testing

Question 2

Which design pattern is responsible for creating objects without specifying the exact class of the object to be created?

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Factory Method

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Singleton

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Prototype

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Adapter

Question 3

Which design pattern is used to provide a surrogate or placeholder for another object to control access to it?

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Proxy

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Facade

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Decorator

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Composite

Question 4

Which design pattern defines an interface for creating a family of related objects without specifying their concrete classes?

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Abstract Factory

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Builder

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Prototype

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Singleton

Question 5

Which design pattern is used to convert the interface of a class into another interface clients expect?

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Adapter

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Facade

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Proxy

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Decorator

Question 6

Which design pattern is used to define a common interface for a set of classes, allowing objects to be composed dynamically?

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Composite

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Strategy

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Adapter

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Proxy

Question 7

Which design pattern is used to define a family of algorithms, encapsulate each one, and make them interchangeable?

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Strategy

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Command

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Observer

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Adapter

Question 8

Which design pattern ensures that only a single instance of a class can be created?

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Singleton

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Factory

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Observer

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Strategy

Question 9

The Factory pattern is primarily used to:

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Create objects without specifying the exact class of the object.

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Ensure that only one instance of a class is created.

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Notify objects when a state change occurs.

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Define a family of algorithms that are interchangeable.

Question 10

Which design pattern represents a one-to-many dependency between objects?

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Observer

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Mediator

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Decorator

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Builder

Question 11

The Strategy pattern allows you to:

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Define a family of algorithms.

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Encapsulate the creation of an object.

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Control the access to an object.

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Notify objects when a state change occurs.

Question 12

When is the Singleton pattern most appropriate to use?

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When you need to control the creation and access to a single, global object.

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When you need to create multiple instances of an object with different states.

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When you need to notify objects when a state change occurs.

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When you want to define a family of interchangeable algorithms.

Question 13

Which design pattern is categorized as a creational pattern?

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Factory

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Observer

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Decorator

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Adapter

Question 14

The Adapter pattern is used to:

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Make unrelated classes work together.

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Create objects without specifying the exact class of the object.

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Notify objects when a state change occurs.

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Define a family of interchangeable algorithms.

Question 15

Which design pattern provides a simplified interface to a complex system?

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Facade

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Decorator

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Proxy

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Mediator

Question 16

What is an advantage of using design patterns?

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Reduced code complexity

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Longer development time

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Increased maintenance costs

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More security flaws

Question 17

Which of the following is a potential drawback of using design patterns in software development?

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Increased code testing complexity

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Improved code reusability

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Reduced application complexity

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Increased code maintainability

Question 18

Which design pattern defines an interface for object creation while allowing subclasses to determine the actual class to be instantiated?

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Factory

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Builder

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Prototype

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Strategy

Question 19

Which design pattern enables multiple objects to subscribe to and respond to events from a single object?

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Observer

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Decorator

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Proxy

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Composite

Question 20

Which design pattern allows an object to change its behavior based on its internal state changes?

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State

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Strategy

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Template Method

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Command

Question 21

Which design pattern defines a family of algorithms, encapsulates each one, and makes them interchangeable, enabling algorithms to vary independently from their clients?

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Strategy

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Decorator

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Factory

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Adapter

Question 22

Which design pattern encapsulates the interaction between a set of objects, providing a simplified interface for users to interact with the system without understanding its internal structure?

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Facade

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Composite

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Mediator

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Bridge

Question 23

Which design pattern enables objects to be organized hierarchically and allows clients to treat individual objects and compositions of objects uniformly?

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Composite

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Decorator

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Builder

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Iterator

Question 24

Which design pattern provides an object representation of a hierarchy, allowing a user to interact with it without knowing its internal structure?

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Composite

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Adapter

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Proxy

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Command

Question 25

Which design pattern combines multiple objects into a single entity, providing a simpler interface for interacting with them collectively?

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Facade

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Decorator

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Bridge

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Proxy

Question 26

What is the primary purpose of the Singleton pattern?

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To ensure that only one instance of a class exists

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To create multiple instances of a class

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To manage the state of an object

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To provide an interface for creating objects

Question 27

What is the key distinction between a concrete class and an abstract class?

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A concrete class can be instantiated, while an abstract class cannot

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An abstract class can be instantiated, while a concrete class cannot

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They both can be instantiated

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They both cannot be instantiated

Question 28

In the context of the Observer pattern, what is the primary role of an observer?

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To receive notifications from a subject

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To notify other objects of changes

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To manage the state of a subject

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To create new subjects

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of utilizing design patterns?

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Boosted performance

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Code reusability

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Enhanced maintainability

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Reduced development time

Question 30

The Singleton pattern ensures a class has a single instance and provides global access to it. Which class structure would implement this pattern?

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public class MyClass { private static MyClass instance; ... }

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public class MyClass { ... }

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private class MyClass { ... }

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abstract class MyClass { ... }

Question 31

Which design pattern defines an interface for creating objects, but allows subclasses to alter the created object's type?

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Factory Method

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Singleton

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Prototype

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Builder

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT a factor to consider when choosing a design pattern?

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Developer familiarity

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Applicability

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Complexity

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Performance overhead

Question 33

Which popular design pattern guarantees that there is exactly one instance of a class and provides a global access point to that instance?

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Singleton

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Factory Method

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Observer

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Bridge

Question 34

Which design pattern models a one-to-many dependency between objects, where changes to one object automatically propagate to its dependents?

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Observer

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Strategy

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Iterator

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Adapter

Question 35

Which design pattern enables the behavior of an object to be modified dynamically by replacing its associated strategy object?

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Strategy

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Chain of Responsibility

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Facade

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Bridge

Question 36

Which design pattern conceals the complexity of a subsystem by providing a simplified interface, thereby making the subsystem easier to use?

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Facade

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Bridge

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Adapter

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Decorator

Question 37

Which design pattern is commonly used for event handling and asynchronous programming, where objects can subscribe to events and receive notifications when those events occur?

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Observer

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Strategy

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Iterator

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Facade

Question 38

Which design pattern establishes a one-to-many dependency between objects, where changes to the state of one object automatically propagate updates to all dependent objects?

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Observer

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Composite

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Mediator

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Strategy

Question 39

Which design pattern ensures that a class has only one instance?

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Singleton

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Factory

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Bridge

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Command

Question 40

Which design pattern provides an interface for creating objects but allows subclasses to alter the type of objects that will be created?

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Factory Method

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Iterator

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Adapter

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Builder

Question 41

Which design pattern describes a one-to-many dependency between objects so that when one object changes state, all its dependents are notified and updated automatically?

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Observer

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Decorator

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Strategy

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Facade

Question 42

Which design pattern allows objects to be wrapped with additional responsibilities without changing their class?

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Decorator

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Composite

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Proxy

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Template Method

Question 43

Which design pattern is primarily used to simplify the design of a complex system by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable components?

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Facade

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Iterator

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Decorator

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Strategy

Question 44

Which design pattern allows objects to vary independently from the clients that use them?

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Strategy

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Visitor

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Observer

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Adapter

Question 45

Which design pattern provides a way to traverse elements of an aggregate object sequentially without exposing the underlying representation?

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Iterator

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Composite

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Observer

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Decorator

Question 46

Which design pattern is used to create a new object by copying an existing object, while providing the ability to modify the cloned object?

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Prototype

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Observer

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Singleton

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Builder

Question 47

Which design pattern guarantees that a class has only one instance throughout the application?

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Singleton

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Facade

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Observer

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Builder

Question 48

Which design pattern is employed to instantiate objects without explicitly specifying the exact class?

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Factory

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Strategy

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Builder

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Decorator

Question 49

Which design pattern defines a family of algorithms, encapsulates each one, and makes them interchangeable?

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Strategy

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Facade

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Singleton

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Builder

Question 50

Which design pattern constructs complex objects step by step, without specifying their internal representation?

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Builder

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Prototype

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Observer

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Factory

Question 51

Which design pattern provides a simplified interface to a complex subsystem or set of classes?

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Facade

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Observer

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Adapter

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Composite

Question 52

Which design pattern passes requests along a chain of objects until one handles it or all fail?

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Chain of Responsibility

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Observer

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Decorator

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Command

Question 53

Which design pattern represents a request as an object, allowing for parametrization, queuing, logging, or undoing?

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Command

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Builder

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State

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