Quiz I |
1 What is Configuration management? 1 is the discipline of managing and controlling change in the evolution of software systems. 1 is the discipline of managing softwares 1 is the discipline of controlling the changes 2 Most errors found by users in software are the result of 1 coding errors. 1 difficulties understanding the problem statement. 1 system integration errors. 1 errors in the design of the solution. 3 Mutable objects cannot be interned. 1 True 1 False 4 Decentralized organization permits meetings to proceed effectively without a leader. 1 True 1 False 5 A good design does not rule out any future extension to a project. 1 True 1 False 6 In a well-managed large project typically the least time is spent on 1 planning 1 coding 1 component testing 1 integration testing 7 Which phase of software projects is usually the most costly? 1 requirements 1 design 1 implementation 1 testing 1 maintenance 8 During which decade was the term "software engineering" coined? 1 The 1920's 1 The 1940's 1 The 1960's 1 The 1980's 9 Which of the following activities are part of the requirements phase? (Choose all that apply.) 1 Clarification of the users' needs. 1 Development of a project plan, including the process to be followed. 1 Development of a verification & validation plan. 1 Writing a system test plan. 10 You are a software manager at a large software company. You are asked to bid on a project that would automate the air traffic control system for a large airport. The current (largely manual) system works reasonably well, but your potential client hopes to save money by automating the system. However, the client is very flexible about the terms of the contract. You realize that there are extremely high safety and reliability requirements and the corporate lawyers advise you that the company could be liable for damages if the system fails to operate properly. In addition, there are many unknowns about the feasibility of the system that may not be resolved until much later in development. Which lifecycle model would you choose? 1 The waterfall model 1 The incremental model 1 The spiral model 1 The synchronize-and-stabilize model 11 You work for a small start-up company trying to secure venture capital funding. The product you intend to develop is mass-market consumer software for an unprecedented application; thus there are many questions about the user interface. Which lifecycle model would you choose? 1 The build-and-fix model 1 The waterfall model 1 The rapid prototyping model 1 The incremental model 12 Which of the following are examples of nonexecution-based testing? (Choose all that apply.) 1 System test plan 1 Walkthroughs 1 Inspections 1 Unit testing 1 Correctness proofs 13 Which of the following statements about software process is not true? 1 The process covers all steps from initial idea and requirements to delivery, maintenance, and final retirement. 1 Having a good process guarantees that you will have a good product. 1 Different processes are needed for different kinds of software. 1 The process is the key factor in determining key properties or qualities of the product. 14 Which of the following principles does not directly help manage complexity? 1 Rigor and formality 1 Separation of concerns 1 Modularity 1 Abstraction 15 Which of the following software qualities is an internal software quality? 1 Correctness 1 Evolvability 1 Performance 1 User friendliness 16 Which of the following would not be appropriate to include in a requirements document? 1 Non-functional requirements 1 A rough description of the user interface 1 Module interface specifications 1 A description of how the potential users do their work without the proposed system |
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17 a 18 b 19 a 20 b 21 b 22 b 23 e 24 c 25 a,b,c,d 26 c 27 c 28 b,c,e 29 b 30 a 31 b 32 C 33 |
Quiz II |
1 Which question no longer concerns the modern software engineer? 1 Why does computer hardware cost so much? 1 Why does software take a long time to finish? 1 Why does it cost so much to develop a piece of software? 1 Why can't software errors be removed from products prior to delivery? 2 Today the increased power of the personal computer has brought about an abandonment of the practice of team development of software. 1 True 1 False 3 Software is a product and can be manufactured using the same technologies used for other engineering artifacts. 1 True 1 False 4 Software deteriorates rather than wears out because 1 Software suffers from exposure to hostile environments 1 Defects are more likely to arise after software has been used often 1 Multiple change requests introduce errors in component interactions 1 Software spare parts become harder to order 5 Most software continues to be custom built because 1 Component reuse is common in the software world. 1 Reusable components are too expensive to use. 1 Software is easier to build without using someone else's components 1 Off-the-shelf software components are unavailable in many application domains. 6 The nature of software applications can be characterized by their information 1 complexity 1 content 1 determinacy 1 both b and c 7 Modern software applications are so complex that it is hard to develop mutually exclusive category names. 1 True 1 False 8 The so called "new economy" that gripped commerce and finance during the 1990s died and no longer influences decisions made by businesses and software engineers. 1 True 1 False 9 The functionality of most computer systems does not need to be enhanced the lifetime of the system. 1 True 1 False 10 Change cannot be easily accommodated in most software systems, unless the system was designed with change in mind. 1 True 1 False 11 Most software development projects are initiated to try to meet some business need. 1 True 1 False 12 In general software only succeeds if its behavior is consistent with the objectives of its designers 1 True 1 False 13 Which of the items listed below is not one of the software engineering layers? 1 Process 1 Manufacturing . 1 Methods 1 Tools 14 Software engineering umbrella activities are only applied during the initial phases of software development projects. 1 True 1 False 15 Which of these are the 5 generic software engineering framework activities? 1 communication, planning, modeling, construction, deployment 1 communication, risk management, measurement, production, reviewing 1 analysis, designing, programming, debugging, maintenance 1 analysis, planning, designing, programming, testing 16 Process models are described as agile because they 1 eliminate the need for cumbersome documentation 1 emphasize maneuverability and adaptability 1 do not waste development time on planning activities 1 make extensive use of prototype creation 17 Which of these terms are level names in the Capability Maturity Model? ? 1 Performed 1 Repeated 1 Reused 1 Optimized 1 both a and d 18 Software processes can be constructed out of pre-existing software patterns to best meet the needs of a software project. 1 True 1 False 19 Which of these are standards for assessing software processes? 1 SEI 1 SPICE 1 ISO 19002 1 ISO 9001 1 both b and d 20 The best software process model is one that has been created by the people who will actually be doing the work. 1 True 1 False 21 Which of these is not a characteristic of Personal Software Process? 1 Emphasizes personal measurement of work product 1 Practitioner requires careful supervision by the project manager 1 Individual practitioner is responsible for estimating and scheduling 1 Practitioner is empowered to control quality of software work products 22 Which of these are objectives of Team Software Process? 1 Accelerate software process improvement 1 Allow better time management by highly trained professionals 1 Build self-directed software teams 1 Show managers how to reduce costs and sustain quality 1 both b and c 23 Process technology tools allow software organizations to compress schedules by skipping unimportant activities. 1 True 1 False 24 It is generally accepted that one cannot have weak software processes and create high quality end products. 1 True 1 False |
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25 a 26 b 27 b 28 c 29 d 30 d 31 a 32 b 33 b 34 a 35 a 36 b 37 b 38 b 39 a 40 b 41 e 42 a 43 e 44 a 45 b 46 e 47 b 48 a |
Quiz III |
1 The linear sequential model of software development is 1 A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined. 1 A good approach when a working program is required quickly. 1 The best approach to use for projects with large development teams 1 An old fashioned model that cannot be used in a modern context. 2 The linear sequential model of software development is also known as the 1 Classical life cycle model 1 Fountain model 1 Spiral model 1 Waterfall model 1 both a and d 3 The incremental model of software development is 1 A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined. 1 A good approach when a working core product is required quickly 1 The best approach to use for projects with large development teams 1 A revolutionary model that is not used for commercial products. 4 The rapid application development model is 1 Another name for component-based development 1 A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly 1 A high speed adaptation of the linear sequential model 1 All of the above. 5 Evolutionary software process models 1 Are iterative in nature . 1 Can easily accommodate product requirements changes 1 Do not generally produce throwaway systems 1 All of the above 6 The prototyping model of software development is 1 A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined 1 A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly. 1 The best approach to use for projects with large development teams 1 A risky model that rarely produces a meaningful product. 7 The spiral model of software development 1 Ends with the delivery of the software product 1 Is more chaotic than the incremental model 1 Includes project risks evaluation during each iteration 1 All of the above 8 The concurrent development model is 1 Another name for the rapid application development model. 1 Often used for the development of client/server applications 1 Only used for development of parallel or distributed systems. 1 Used whenever a large number of change requests are anticipated. 9 The component-based development model is . 1 Only appropriate for computer hardware design. 1 Not able to support the development of reusable components. 1 Works best when object technologies are available for support 1 Not cost effective by known quantifiable software metrics 10 The formal methods model of software development makes use of mathematical methods to 1 Define the specification for computer-based systems 1 Develop defect free computer-based systems 1 Verify the correctness of computer-based systems 1 All of the above 11 Which of these is not one of the phase names defined by the Unified Process model for software development? 1 Inception phase 1 Elaboration phase 1 Construction phase 1 Validation phase 12 In the Unified Process model requirements are determined iteratively and may span more than one phase of the process 1 True 1 False 13 Agility is nothing more than the ability of a project team to respond rapidly to change 1 True 1 False 14 Which of the following is not necessary to apply agility to a software process? 1 Eliminate the use of project planning and testing 1 Only essential work products are produced 1 Process allows team to streamline tasks 1 Uses incremental product delivery strategy 15 How do you create agile processes to manage unpredictability? 1 Requirements gathering must be conducted very carefully 1 Risk analysis must be conducted before planning takes place 1 Software increments must be delivered in short time periods 1 Software processes must adapt to changes incrementally 1 both c and d 16 In agile software processes the highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software 1 True 1 False 17 It is not possible to build software that meets the customers' needs today and exhibits the quality characteristics that will enable it to be extended tomorrow 1 True 1 False 18 Which of the following traits need to exist among the members of an agile software team? 1 Competence 1 Decision-making ability 1 Mutual trust and respect 1 All of the above 19 All agile process models conform to a greater or lesser degree to the principles stated in the "Manifesto for Agile Software Development" 1 True 1 False 20 What are the four framework activities found in the Extreme Programming (XP) process model? 1 analysis, design, coding, testing 1 planning, analysis, design, coding 1 planning, analysis, coding, testing 1 planning, design, coding, testing 21 What are the three framework activities for the Adaptive Software Development (ASD) process model? 1 analysis, design, coding 1 feasibility study, functional model iteration, implementation 1 requirements gathering, adaptive cycle planning, iterative development 1 speculation, collaboration, learning 22 The Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) suggests a philosophy that is based on the Pareto principle (80% of the application can be delivered in 20% of the time required to build the complete application). 1 True 1 False 23 Which is not one of the key questions that is answered by each team member at each daily Scrum meeting? 1 What did you do since the last meeting? 1 What obstacles are you encountering? 1 What is the cause of the problems you are encountering? 1 What do you plan to accomplish at the next team meeting? 24 In Feature Driven Development (FDD) a "feature" is a client-valued function that can be delivered in two months or less 1 True 1 False 25 Agile Modeling (AM) provides guidance to practitioner during which of these software tasks? 1 Analysis 1 Design 1 Coding 1 Testing 1 both a and b
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26 a 27 e 28 b 29 c 30 d 31 b 32 c 33 b 34 c 35 d 36 d 37 a 38 b 39 a 40 e 41 a 42 b 43 d 44 a 45 d 46 d 47 a 48 c 49 b 50 e |
Quiz IV |
1 The essence of software engineering practice might be described as understand the problem, plan a solution, carry out the plan, and examine the result for accuracy. 1 True 1 False 2 Which of the following is not one of Hooker's core principles of software engineering practice? 1 All design should be as simple as possible, but no simpler 1 A software system exists only to provide value to its users 1 Pareto principle (20% of any product requires 80% of the effort) 1 Remember that you produce others will consume 3 Every communication activity should have a facilitator to make sure that the customer is not allowed to dominate the proceedings. 1 True 1 False 4 The agile view of iterative customer communication and collaboration is applicable to all software engineering practice. 1 True 1 False 5 Software engineers collaborate with customers to define which of the following? 1 Customer visible usage scenarios . 1 Important software features 1 System inputs and outputs 1 All of the above 6 Everyone on the software team should be involved in the planning activity so that we can 1 reduce the granularity of the plan 1 analyze requirements in depth 1 get all team members to "sign up" to the plan 1 begin design 7 What role(s) do user stories play in agile planning? 1 Define useful software features and functions delivered to end-users 1 Determine a schedule used to deliver each software increment 1 Provide a substitute to performing detailed scheduling of activities 1 Used to estimate the effort required build the current increment 1 both a and d 8 Which of the following activities is not one of the four things that need to be accomplished by the generic planning task set? 1 Develop overall project strategy 1 Identify the functionality to deliver in each software increment 1 Create a detailed schedule for the complete software project . 1 Devise a means of tracking progress on a regular basis 9 Analysis models depict software in which three representations? 1 architecture, interface, component . 1 cost, risk, schedule 1 information, function, behavior 1 None of the above 10 The customer can directly observe both the difference between the internal quality of a design and its external quality? 1 True 1 False 11 Teams using agile software practices never create models. 1 True 1 False 12 Many of the tasks from the generic task sets for analysis modeling and design can be conducted in parallel with one another. 1 True 1 False 13 Which of the following is not one of the principles of good coding? 1 Create unit tests before you begin coding 1 Create a visual layout that aids understanding 1 Keep variable names short so that code is compact 1 Write self-documenting code, not program documentation 14 A successful test is one that discovers at least one as-yet undiscovered error. 1 True 1 False 15 Which of the following are tasks in the generic task set for construction? 1 Build a software component 1 Create a user interface 1 Unit test the component 1 Assess the quality of the component 1 both a and c 16 Which of the following are valid reasons for collecting customer feedback concerning delivered software? 1 Allows developers to make changes to the delivered increment 1 Delivery schedule can be revised to reflect changes 1 Developers can identify changes to incorporate into next increment 1 All of the above
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17 a 18 c 19 b 20 a 21 d 22 c 23 d 24 c 25 c 26 b 27 b 28 a 29 c 30 a 31 e 32 d |
Quiz V |
1 Software engineers do not need to consider hardware when designing a computer-based system . 1 True 1 False 2 Which of the following can be elements of computer-based systems? 1 documentation 1 software 1 people 1 hardware 1 all of the above 3 The system engineering process usually begins with the 1 detailed view 1 domain view 1 element view 1 world view 4 To construct a system model the engineer should consider which of the following restraining factors? 1 assumptions 1 budget 1 constraints 1 schedule 1 both a and c 5 By following modern system engineering practices simulation of reactive systems is no longer necessary 1 True 1 False 6 During business process engineering, three different architectures are examined. 1 applications, data, technology infrastructure 1 communications, organization, financial infrastructure 1 network, database, reporting structure 1 systems, requirements, data structure 7 Which elements of business processing engineering are the responsibilities of the software engineer? 1 business area analysis 1 business system design 1 construction and integration 1 information strategy planning 1 both b and c 8 The goal of product engineering is to translate the customer's desire for a set of defined capabilities into a working product. 1 True 1 False 9 The architecture components for product engineering are 1 data, hardware, software, people 1 data, documentation, hardware, software 1 data, hardware, software, procedures 1 documentation, hardware, people, procedures 10 The top level of the hierarchical model of a system is known as the 1 AFD 1 DFD 1 SCD 1 SFD 11 The system model template contains which of the following elements 1 input 1 output 1 user interface 1 all of the above 12 UML notations that can be used to model the hardware and software elements of a system are 1 Activity diagrams 1 Class diagrams 1 Deployment diagrams 1 Use-case diagrams 1 a, b, and c 13 Requirements engineering is a generic process that does not vary from one software project to another. 1 True 1 False 14 During project inception the intent of the of the tasks are to determine 1 basic problem understanding 1 nature of the solution needed 1 people who want a solution 1 none of the above 1 a, b and c 15 Three things that make requirements elicitation difficult are problems of 1 budgeting 1 scope 1 understanding 1 volatility 1 b, c and d 16 The result of the requirements engineering elaboration task is an analysis model that defines which of the following problem domain(s)? 1 information 1 functional 1 behavioral 1 all of the above 17 It is relatively common for different customers to propose conflicting requirements, each arguing that his or her version is the right one. 1 True 1 False 18 The system specification describes the 1 Function, performance and constraints of a computer-based system 1 implementation of each allocated system 1 element software architecture 1 time required for system simulation 19 The best way to conduct a requirements validation review is to 1 examine the system model for errors 1 have the customer look over the requirements 1 send them to the design team and see if they have any concerns 1 use a checklist of questions to examine each requirement 20 The use of traceability tables helps to 1 debug programs following the detection of run-time errors 1 determine the performance of algorithm implementations 1 identify, control, and track requirements changes 1 none of the above 21 A stakeholder is anyone who will purchase the completed software system under development 1 True 1 False 22 The job of the requirements engineer is to categorize all stakeholder information in a way that allows decision makers to choose an internally consistent set of requirements 1 True 1 False 23 The nature of collaboration is such that all system requirements are defined by consensus of a committee of customers and developers 1 True 1 False 24 Which of the following is not one of the context-free questions that would be used during project inception? 1 What will be the economic benefit from a good solution? 1 Who is against this project? 1 Who will pay for the work? 1 Who will use the solution? 25 In collaborative requirements gathering, the facilitator 1 cannot be a member of the software team 1 cannot be a customer 1 controls and facilitates the process 1 must be an outsider 26 Which of the following is not one of the requirement classifications used in Quality Function Deployment (QFD)? 1 exciting 1 expected 1 mandatory 1 normal 27 Developers and customers create use-cases to help the software team understand how different classes of end-users will use functions. 1 True 1 False 28 The work products produced during requirement elicitation will vary depending on the 1 size of the budget 1 size of the product being built 1 software process being used 1 stakeholders needs 29 Use-case actors are always people, never system devices 1 True 1 False 30 Which of following is not a UML diagram used creating a system analysis model? 1 activity diagram 1 class diagram 1 dataflow diagram 1 state diagram 31 Analysis patterns facilitate the transformation of the analysis model into a design model by suggesting reliable solutions to common problems 1 True 1 False 32 n win-win negotiation, the customer's needs are met even though the developer's need may not be. 1 True 1 False 33 In requirements validation the requirements model is reviewed to ensure its technical feasibility 1 True 1 False
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34 b 35 e 36 d 37 e 38 b 39 a 40 e 41 a 42 a 43 c 44 d 45 e 46 a 47 e 48 e 49 d 50 a 51 a 52 d 53 c 54 b 55 a 56 b 57 b 58 c 59 c 60 a 61 b 62 b 63 c 64 b 65 b 66 b |
Quiz VI |
1 Which of the following is not an objective for building an analysis model? 1 define set of software requirements that can be validated 1 describe customer requirements 1 develop an abbreviated solution for the problem 1 establish basis for software design 2 Object-oriented domain analysis is concerned with the identification and specification of reusable classes within an application domain. 1 True 1 False 3 The data dictionary contains descriptions of each software 1 control item 1 data object 1 diagram 1 notation 1 both a and b 4 Which of these is not an element of an object-oriented analysis model? 1 Behavioral elements 1 Class-based elements 1 Data elements 1 Scenario-based elements 5 In analysis models the only data objects that need representation are those that will be implemented using software classes. 1 True 1 False 6 The values that are assigned to an object's attributes make that object unique 1 True 1 False 7 The relationships shown in a data model must be classified to show their . 1 cardinality 1 directionality 1 modality 1 probability 1 both a and c 8 The entity relationship diagram 1 depicts relationships between data objects 1 depicts functions that transform the data flow 1 indicates how data are transformed by the system 1 indicates system reactions to external events 9 A generalized description of a collection of similar objects is a 1 class 1 instance 1 subclas 1 super class 10 Operations are object procedures that are invoked when an object receives a message. 1 True 1 False 11 In many cases there is no need to create a graphical representation of a usage scenario. 1 True 1 False 12 UML activity diagrams are useful in representing which analysis model elements? 1 Behavioral elements 1 Class-based elements 1 Flow-based elements 1 Scenario-based elements 13 The data flow diagram 1 depicts relationships between data objects 1 depicts functions that transform the data flow 1 indicates how data are transformed by the system 1 indicates system reactions to external events 1 both b and c 14 Control flow diagrams are . 1 needed to model event driven systems 1 required for all systems 1 used in place of data flow diagrams 1 useful for modeling real-time systems 1 both a and d 15 The data flow diagram must be augmented by descriptive text in order to describe the functional requirements for a software product 1 True 1 False 16 Which of the following should be considered as candidate objects in a problem space? 1 events 1 people 1 structures 1 all of the above 17 Attributes cannot be defined for a class until design has been completed. . 1 True 1 False 18 Which of the following is not one of the broad categories used to classify operations? 1 computation 1 data manipulation 1 event monitors 1 transformers 19 Which of the following items does not appear on a CRC card? 1 class collaborators 1 class name 1 class reliability 1 class responsibilities 20 Class responsibilities are defined by 1 its attributes only 1 its collaborators 1 its operations only 1 both its attributes and operations 21 An analysis package involves the categorization of analysis model elements into useful groupings 1 True 1 False 22 Events occur whenever a(n) 1 actor and the OO system exchange information 1 class operation is invoked 1 messages are passed between objects 1 all of the above 23 The state diagram . 1 depicts relationships between data objects 1 depicts functions that transform the data flow 1 indicates how data are transformed by the system 1 indicates system reactions to external events 24 For purposes of behavior modeling a state is any 1 consumer or producer of data. 1 data object hierarchy. 1 observable mode of behavior. 1 well defined process.
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25 c 26 a 27 e 28 c 29 b 30 a 31 e 32 a 33 a 34 a 35 a 36 d 37 e 38 e 39 a 40 d 41 b 42 d 43 c 44 d 45 a 46 a 47 d 48 c |
Quiz VII |
1 Which of the following are areas of concern in the design model? 1 architecture 1 data 1 interfaces 1 project scope 1 a, b and c 2 The importance of software design can be summarized in a single word 1 accuracy 1 complexity 1 efficiency 1 quality 3 Which of these are characteristics of a good design? 1 exhibits strong coupling between its modules 1 implements all requirements in the analysis model 1 includes test cases for all components 1 provides a complete picture of the software 1 both b and d 4 Which of the following is not a characteristic common to all design methods? 1 configuration management 1 functional component 1 notation quality assessment 1 guidelines refinement heuristics 5 Software design is an iterative generic process that may be applied without modification to any software project 1 True 1 False 6 What types of abstraction are used in software design? 1 control 1 data 1 environmental 1 procedural 1 a, b and d 7 Which of the following models can be used to represent the architectural design of a piece of software. 1 Dynamic models 1 Functional models 1 Structural models 1 All of the above 8 Design patterns are not applicable to the design of object-oriented software? 1 True 1 False 9 Since modularity is an important design goal it is not possible to have too many modules in a proposed design. 1 True 1 False 10 Information hiding makes program maintenance easier by hiding data and procedure from unaffected parts of the program. 1 True 1 False 11 Cohesion is a qualitative indication of the degree to which a module 1 can be written more compactly. 1 focuses on just one thing. 1 is able to complete its function in a timely manner. 1 is connected to other modules and the outside world. 12 Coupling is a qualitative indication of the degree to which a module 1 can be written more compactly. 1 focuses on just one thing. 1 is able to complete its function in a timely manner. 1 is connected to other modules and the outside world. 13 When using structured design methodologies the process of stepwise refinement is unnecessary. 1 True 1 False 14 Software designs are refactored to allow the creation of software that is easier to integrate, easier to test, and easier to maintain. 1 True 1 False 15 Inheritance provides a mechanism by which changes to lower level classes can be propagated to all super classes quickly. 1 True 1 False 16 Polymorphism reduces the effort required to extend an object system by 1 coupling objects together more tightly. 1 enabling a number of different operations to share the same name. 1 making objects more dependent on one another. 1 removing the barriers imposed by encapsulation. 17 Which of the following is not one of the five design class types 1 Business domain classes 1 Entity classes 1 Process classes 1 User interface classes 18 Which design model elements are used to depict a model of information represented from the user's view? 1 Architectural design elements 1 Component-level design elements 1 Data design elements 1 Interface design elements 19 Which design is analogous to the floor plan of a house? 1 Architectural design 1 Component-level design 1 Data design 1 Interface design 20 Which design model is analogous to the detailed drawings of the access points and external utilities for a house? 1 Architectural design 1 Component-level design 1 Data design 1 Interface design 21 Which design model is analogous to a set of detailed drawings for each room in a house? 1 Architectural design 1 Component-level design 1 Data design 1 Interface design 22 The deployment design elements specify the build order for the software components 1 True 1 False 23 One of the key problems in software reuse is the inability to find existing reusable design patterns when hundreds of candidates exist 1 True 1 False 24 Design patterns are best thought of as coding patterns 1 True 1 False 25 Frameworks and design patterns are the same thing as far as designers are concerned. 1 True 1 False
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26 e 27 d 28 e 29 a 30 b 31 e 32 d 33 b 34 b 35 a 36 b 37 d 38 b 39 a 40 b 41 b 42 b 43 c 44 a 45 d 46 b 47 b 48 a 49 b 50 b |
Quiz VIII |
1 The best representation of system architecture is an operational software prototype 1 True 1 False 2 The architectural representations can be an enabler for communication among project stakeholders 1 True 1 False 3 Which of these characteristics are true of a data warehouse, but not a typical data base? 1 business level orientation 1 currency of information 1 integration 1 nonvolatility 1 both c and d 4 Data design actually begins during the creation of the analysis model, not the architectural model. 1 True 1 False 5 An architectural style encompasses which of the following elements? 1 constraints 1 set of components 1 semantic models 1 syntactic models 1 a, b and c 6 To determine the architectural style or combination of styles that best fits the proposed system, requirements engineering is used to uncover 1 algorithmic complexity 1 characteristics and constraints 1 control and data 1 design patterns 7 Before an architectural pattern can be chosen for use in a specific system it must have a code implementation to facilitate its reuse 1 True 1 False 8 The criteria used to assess the quality of an architectural design should be based on system 1 accessibility 1 control 1 data 1 implementation 1 both b and c 9 During the process of modeling the system in context, systems that interact with the target system are represented as 1 Peer-level systems 1 Subordinate systems 1 Superordinate systems 1 Working systems 1 a, b and c 10 Once selected, archetypes always need to be refined further as architectural design proceeds. 1 True 1 False 11 Which of the following is not an example of infrastructure components that may need to be integrated into the software architecture? 1 Communications components 1 Database components 1 Interface components 1 Memory management components 12 In the architecture trade-off analysis method the architectural style should be described using the 1 data flow view 1 module view 1 process view 1 user view 1 a, b and c 13 Quantitative methods for assessing the quality of proposed architectural designs are readily available 1 True 1 False 14 A useful technique for evaluating the overall complexity of a proposed architecture is to look at the component 1 cohesion flow 1 dependencies 1 sharing dependencies 1 size 1 both b and c 15 When the overall flow in a segment of a data flow diagram is largely sequential and follows straight-line paths, _________ is present. 1 low coupling 1 good modularity 1 transaction flow 1 transform flow 16 When a single item that triggers other data flow along one of many paths of a data flow diagram, ________ characterizes the information flow. 1 high coupling 1 poor modularity 1 transaction flow 1 transform flow 17 When you encounter both transform flow and transaction flow in the same DFD the flow is partitioned and the appropriate mapping technique is used on each part of the DFD. 1 True 1 False 18 In transaction mapping the first level factoring results in the 1 creation of a CFD 1 derivation of the control hierarchy 1 distribution of worker modules 1 refinement of the module view 19 A successful application of transform or transaction mapping to create an architectural design is supplemented by 1 entity relationship diagrams 1 module interface descriptions 1 processing narratives for each module 1 test cases for each module 1 both b and c
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20 b 21 a 22 e 23 a 24 e 25 b 26 b 27 e 28 e 29 a 30 c 31 e 32 b 33 e 34 d 35 c 36 a 37 b 38 e |
Quiz IX |
1 In the most general sense a component is a modular building block for computer software. 1 True 1 False 2 In the context of object-oriented software engineering a component contains 1 attributes and operations 1 instances of each class 1 roles for each actor (device or user) 1 a set of collaborating classes 3 In traditional software engineering, modules must serve in which of the following roles? 1 Control component 1 Infrastructure component 1 Problem domain component 1 All of the above 4 Software engineers always need to create components from scratch in order to meet customer expectations fully. 1 True 1 False 5 Which of the following is not one of the four principles used to guide component-level design? 1 Dependency Inversion Principle 1 ) Interface Segregation Principle 1 Open-Closed Principle 1 Parsimonious Complexity Principle 6 During component-level design it is customary to ignore organization issues like subsystem membership or packaging. 1 True 1 False 7 The use of stereotypes can help identify the nature of components at the detailed design level. 1 True 1 False 8 Classes and components that exhibit functional, layer, or communicational cohesion are relatively easy to implement, test, and maintain. 1 True 1 False 9 Software coupling is a sign of poor architectural design and can always be avoided in every system. 1 True 1 False 10 In component design, elaboration requires which of the following elements to be described in detail? 1 Source code 1 Attributes 1 Interfaces 1 Operations 1 b, c and d 11 In component-level design "persistent data sources" refer to 1 Component libraries 1 Databases 1 Files 1 All of the above 1 both b and c 12 The object constraint language (OCL) complements UML by allowing a software engineer to use a formal grammar to construct unambiguous statements about design model elements. 1 True 1 False 13 OCL is not strong enough to be used to describe pre- or post conditions for design actions. 1 True 1 False 14 Which of these constructs is used in structured programming? 1 branching 1 condition 1 repetition 1 sequence 1 b, c, and d 15 Which of these is a graphical notation for depicting procedural detail? 1 process diagram 1 decision table 1 ER diagram 1 flowchart 16 A decision table should be used 1 to document all conditional statements 1 to guide the development of the project management plan 1 only when building an expert system 1 when a complex set of conditions and actions appears in a component 17 A program design language (PDL) is often a 1 combination of programming constructs and narrative text 1 legitimate programming language in its own right 1 machine readable software development language 1 useful way to represent software architecture 18 Which of these criteria are useful in assessing the effectiveness of a particular design notation? 1 maintainability 1 modularity 1 simplicity 1 size 1 a, b, and c
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19 a 20 d 21 d 22 b 23 d 24 b 25 a 26 a 27 b 28 e 29 e 30 a 31 b 32 e 33 d 34 d 35 a 36 e |
Quiz X |
1 Which of the following interface design principles does not allow the user to remain in control of the interaction with a computer? 1 allow interaction to interruptible 1 allow interaction to be undoable 1 hide technical internals from casual users 1 only provide one defined method for accomplishing a task 2 Which of the following interface design principles reduces the user's memory load? 1 define intuitive shortcuts 1 disclose information in a progressive fashion 1 establish meaningful defaults 1 provide an on-line tutorial 1 answers a, b and c 3 The reason for reducing the user's memory load is make his or her interaction with the computer quicker to complete. 1 True 1 False 4 Interface consistency implies that 1 each application should have its own distinctive look and feel 1 input mechanisms remain the same throughout the application 1 navigational methods are context sensitive 1 visual information is organized according to a design standard 1 both b and d 5 If past interactive models have created certain user expectations it is not generally good to make changes to the model. 1 True 1 False 6 Which model depicts the profile of the end users of a computer system? 1 design model 1 implementation model 1 user model 1 user's model 7 Which model depicts the image of a system that an end user creates in his or her head? 1 design model 1 user model 1 system model 1 system perception 8 Which model depicts the look and feel of the user interface along with all supporting information? 1 Implementation model 1 user model 1 user's model 1 system perception 9 Which of these framework activities is not normally associated with the user interface design processes? 1 cost estimation 1 interface construction 1 interface validation 1 user and task analysis 10 Which approach(es) to user task analysis can be useful in user interface design? 1 have users indicate their preferences on questionnaires 1 rely on the judgement of experienced programmers 1 study existing computer-based solutions 1 observe users performing tasks manually 1 both c and d 11 Object-oriented analysis techniques can be used to identify and refine user task objects and actions without any need to refer to the user voice. 1 True 1 False 12 The computer's display capabilities are the primary determinant of the order in which user interface design activities are completed. 1 True 1 False 13 It is sometimes possible that the interface designer is constrained by environmental factors that mitigate against ease of use for many users. 1 True 1 False 14 One means of defining user interface objects and actions is to conduct a grammatical parse of the user scenario. 1 True 1 ) False 15 Interface design patterns typically include a complete component-level design (design classes, attributes, operations, and interfaces). 1 True 1 False 16 Several common design issues surface for almost every user interface including 1 adaptive user profiles 1 error handling resolution of graphics 1 displays system 1 response time 1 both b and d 17 Add-on help facilities are almost always better received by users than integrated help facilities. 1 True 1 False 18 User interface development systems typically provide several mechanisms for building interface prototypes including 1 code generation 1 drawing tools 1 input validation 1 windows handlers 1 both c and d 19 Usability questionnaires are most meaningful to the interface designers when completed by 1 customers 1 experienced programmers 1 product users 1 project managers 20 Several usability measures can be collected while observing users interacting with a computer system including 1 down time for the application 1 number of user errors 1 software reliability 1 time spent looking at help materials 1 both b and d
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21 d 22 e 23 b 24 e 25 a 26 c 27 d 28 a 29 a 30 e 31 b 32 b 33 a 34 a 35 a 36 e 37 b 38 e 39 c 40 e |
Quiz XI |
1 In software quality assurance work there is no difference between software verification and software validation. 1 True 1 False 2 The best reason for using Independent software test teams is that 1 software developers do not need to do any testing 1 a test team will test the software more thoroughly 1 testers do not get involved with the project until testing begins 1 arguments between developers and testers are reduced 3 What is the normal order of activities in which traditional software testing is organized? a. integration testing b. system testing c. unit testing d.validation testing 1 a, d, c, b 1 b, d, a, c 1 c, a, d, b 1 d, b, c, a 4 Class testing of object-oriented software is equivalent to unit testing for traditional software. 1 True 1 False 5 By collecting software metrics and making use of existing software reliability models it is possible to develop meaningful guidelines for determining when software testing is finished. 1 True 1 False 6 Which of the following strategic issues needs to be addressed in a successful software testing process? 1 conduct formal technical reviews prior to testing 1 specify requirements in a quantifiable manner 1 use independent test teams 1 wait till code is written prior to writing the test plan 1 both a and b 7 Which of the following need to be assessed during unit testing? 1 algorithmic performance 1 code stability 1 error handling 1 execution paths 1 both c and d 8 Drivers and stubs are not needed for unit testing because the modules are tested independently of one another. 1 True 1 False 9 Top-down integration testing has as it's major advantage(s) that 1 low level modules never need testing 1 major decision points are tested early 1 no drivers need to be written 1 no stubs need to be written 1 both b and c 10 Bottom-up integration testing has as it's major advantage(s) that 1 major decision points are tested early 1 no drivers need to be written 1 no stubs need to be written 1 regression testing is not required 11 Regression testing should be a normal part of integration testing because as a new module is added to the system new 1 control logic is invoked 1 data flow paths are established 1 drivers require testing 1 all of the above 1 both a and b 12 Smoke testing might best be described as 1 bulletproofing shrink-wrapped software 1 rolling integration testing 1 testing that hides implementation errors 1 unit testing for small programs 13 When testing object-oriented software it is important to test each class operation separately as part of the unit testing process. 1 True 1 False 14 The OO testing integration strategy involves testing 1 groups of classes that collaborate or communicate in some way 1 single operations as they are added to the evolving class implementation 1 operator programs derived from use-case scenarios 1 none of the above 15 The focus of validation testing is to uncover places that a user will be able to observe failure of the software to conform to its requirements. 1 True 1 False 16 Software validation is achieved through a series of tests performed by the user once the software is deployed in his or her work environment. 1 True 1 False 17 Configuration reviews are not needed if regression testing has been rigorously applied during software integration. 1 True 1 False 18 Acceptance tests are normally conducted by the 1 developer 1 end users 1 test team 1 systems engineers 19 Recovery testing is a system test that forces the software to fail in a variety of ways and verifies that software is able to continue execution without interruption. 1 True 1 False 20 Security testing attempts to verify that protection mechanisms built into a system protect it from improper penetration. 1 True 1 False 21 Stress testing examines the pressures placed on the user during system use in extreme environments. 1 True 1 False 22 Performance testing is only important for real-time or embedded systems. 1 True 1 False 23 Debugging is not testing, but always occurs as a consequence of testing. 1 True 1 False |
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24 b 25 b 26 c 27 a 28 a 29 e 30 e 31 b 32 e 33 c 34 e 35 b 36 b 37 a 38 a 39 b 40 b 41 b 42 b 43 a 44 b 45 b 46 a |
Quiz XII |
1 With thorough testing it is possible to remove all defects from a program prior to delivery to the customer. 1 True 1 False 2 Which of the following are characteristics of testable software? 1 observability 1 simplicity 1 stability 1 all of the above 3 The testing technique that requires devising test cases to demonstrate that each program function is operational is called 1 black-box testing 1 glass-box testing 1 grey-box testing 1 white-box testing 4 The testing technique that requires devising test cases to exercise the internal logic of a software module is called 1 behavioral testing 1 black-box testing 1 grey-box testing 1 white-box testing 5 What types of errors are missed by black-box testing and can be uncovered by white-box testing? 1 behavioral errors 1 logic errors 1 performance errors 1 typographical errors 1 both b and d 6 Program flow graphs are identical to program flowcharts. 1 True 1 False 7 The cyclomatic complexity metric provides the designer with information regarding the number of 1 cycles in the program 1 errors in the program 1 independent logic paths in the program 1 statements in the program 8 The cyclomatic complexity of a program can be computed directly from a PDL representation of an algorithm without drawing a program flow graph. 1 True 1 False 9 Condition testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they 1 rely on basis path testing 1 exercise the logical conditions in a program module 1 select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables 1 focus on testing the validity of loop constructs 10 Data flow testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they 1 rely on basis path testing 1 exercise the logical conditions in a program module 1 select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables 1 focus on testing the validity of loop constructs 11 Loop testing is a control structure testing technique where the criteria used to design test cases is that they 1 rely basis path testing 1 exercise the logical conditions in a program module 1 select test paths based on the locations and uses of variables 1 focus on testing the validity of loop constructs 12 Black-box testing attempts to find errors in which of the following categories 1 incorrect or missing functions 1 interface errors 1 performance errors 1 all of the above 1 none of the above 13 Graph-based testing methods can only be used for object-oriented systems 1 True 1 False 14 Equivalence testing divides the input domain into classes of data from which test cases can be derived to reduce the total number of test cases that must be developed. 1 True 1 False 15 Boundary value analysis can only be used to do white-box testing. 1 True 1 False 16 Comparison testing is typically done to test two competing products as part of customer market analysis prior to product release. 1 True 1 False 17 Orthogonal array testing enables the test designer to maximize the coverage of the test cases devised for relatively small input domains. 1 True 1 False 18 Test case design "in the small" for OO software is driven by the algorithmic detail of the individual operations. 1 True 1 False 19 Encapsulation of attributes and operations inside objects makes it easy to obtain object state information during testing. 1 True 1 False 20 Use-cases can provide useful input into the design of black-box and state-based tests of OO software. 1 True 1 False 21 Fault-based testing is best reserved for 1 conventional software testing 1 operations and classes that are critical or suspect 1 use-case validation 1 white-box testing of operator algorithms 22 Testing OO class operations is made more difficult by 1 encapsulation 1 inheritance 1 polymorphism 1 both b and c 23 Scenario-based testing 1 concentrates on actor and software interaction 1 misses errors in specifications 1 misses errors in subsystem interactions 1 both a and b 24 Deep structure testing is not designed to 1 examine object behaviors 1 exercise communication mechanisms 1 exercise object dependencies 1 exercise structure observable by the user 25 Random order tests are conducted to exercise different class instance life histories. 1 True 1 False 26 Which of these techniques is not useful for partition testing at the class level 1 attribute-based partitioning 1 category-based partitioning 1 equivalence class partitioning 1 state-based partitioning 27 Multiple class testing is too complex to be tested using random test cases. 1 True 1 False 28 Tests derived from behavioral class models should be based on the 1 data flow diagram 1 object-relation diagram 1 state diagram 1 use-case diagram 29 Client/server architectures cannot be properly tested because network load is highly variable. 1 True 1 False 30 Real-time applications add a new and potentially difficult element to the testing mix 1 performance 1 reliability 1 security 1 time |
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31 b 32 d 33 a 34 d 35 e 36 b 37 c 38 a 39 b 40 c 41 d 42 d 43 b 44 a 45 b 46 b 47 a 48 a 49 b 50 a 51 b 52 d 53 a 54 d 55 a 56 c 57 b 58 c 59 b 60 d |