Software Engineering - I (CS504)

1. Performance, Security and maintainability are the types of ________ requirements.

   1. Business
   2. Non-Functional
   3. Domain
   4. Functional

2. More powerful hardware resulted into the development of ________ powerful and ________ software.

   1. more, complex
   2. less, complex
   3. more, simple
   4. less, simple

3. In Collaboration diagrams, sequence of messaging is shown by ________.

   1. Numbering each message in an increasing order of numeric value
   2. Ordering of the messages in time
   3. Vertical ordering of the messages
   4. Horizontal ordering of the messages

4. ________ structure represents the internal organization of the various data and control items.

   1. Value
   2. Data
   3. Information
   4. Conceptual

5. The method of dividing and assigning different portions of a large system to different groups for construction is called ________.

   1. Work Basic Structure
   2. Working Boundary Structure
   3. Work Breakdown Structure
   4. Work Breakdown System

6. The modules that interact with each other through message passing have ________.

   1. High Cohesion
   2. Low Cohesion
   3. High Coupling
   4. Low Coupling

7. Performance, Security and maintainability are the types of ________ requirements.

   1. Business
   2. Non-Functional
   3. Domain
   4. Functional

8. Software Engineering is the combination of tools, techniques and ________.

   1. Testing
   2. Processes
   3. Design
   4. Maintenance

9. Prototyping is used when there is ________ regarding requirements.

   1. Confirmation
   2. Consensus
   3. Uncertainty
   4. Conflict

10. The focus of sequence diagrams is:

    1. On object constraints
    2. On static Model of system
    3. On objects/classes and messages exchanged among them
    4. on the flow of Control

11. The goal of ________ is to translate the customer's desire for a set of defined capabilities into a working product.

    1. Electrical Engineering
    2. Product Engineering
    3. Mechanical Engineering
    4. Hardware Engineering

12. A ________ is not the real product but just a real looking mock-up of what would be eventually delivered.

    1. Software
    2. Test Case
    3. Program
    4. Prototype

13. Defining the services of an object means:

    1. Whome it knows?
    2. What it does?
    3. What it knows?
    4. Who knows it?

14. The criteria used to assess the quality of an architectural design should be based on system

    1. functionality
    2. accessibility and reliability
    3. implementation details
    4. data and control

15. A ________ relationship indicates that one entity is composed of one or more parts which are themselves instances of that or another entity.

    1. Generalization
    2. Specialization
    3. Inheritance
    4. Whole-part

16. In UML based Object Oriented model of a system, the diamond sign is used to depict ________ relations between two objects/classes.

    1. Composition and Aggregation
    2. Aggregation and Association
    3. Inheritance and Association
    4. Composition, Aggregation and Association

17. In data flow diagram (DFD), Create, Update, Delete and Read operations are normally called:

    1. DURC operations
    2. CDUR operation
    3. RUDC operations
    4. CRUD operations

18. A life line represents the object's life during the interaction in a sequence diagram while its notation is depicted by ________.

    1. Dotted Lines
    2. Solid Lines
    3. Curved Lines
    4. Full Arrow

19. In UML based Object Oriented model of a system, a composition relation between two objects is shown by a ________ sign on the Whole side of a relation line.

    1. A filled diamond
    2. A dot
    3. An unfilled diamond
    4. A half arrowhead

20. Which of the following sentence is true regarding user interface design?

    1. The simpler the interface, the efficient is the system.
    2. The higher the response time, the better is the interface.
    3. GUI interfaces are good for all tasks which a user needs to perform at an interface.
    4. Commabd-line interfaces are faster for some tasks which the user needs to perform.

21. An external entity that interacts with a system is called a(n):

    1. association
    2. stakeholder
    3. use case
    4. actor

22. Which of the following is NOT among one of the four layers of the Object Oriented (OO) design pyramid

    1. The subsystem layer
    2. The message layer
    3. The class and object layer
    4. The Abstract layer

23. Return values in synchronous messages are:

    1. Compulsory
    2. represented by solid lines
    3. Not used at all
    4. May not used when response is obvious

24. A context diagram is used

    1. as an aid to system design
    2. as the first step in developing a detailed DFD of a system
    3. in systems analysis of very complex systems
    4. as an aid to programmers

25. Different messages in sequence diagrams includes:

    1. Notify
    2. Both Simple and Asynchronous
    3. Asynchronous
    4. Simple

26. ________ diagram does not capture control flow information, it just shows the flow of the data in a system.

    1. Sequence
    2. Data Flow
    3. Activity
    4. Class

27. If Cat is derived from Mamal Class, and Mamal is derived from Animal Class, then:

    1. Cat will not ba able to access any class
    2. Cat will inherit Animal's fubctions and data
    3. Cat will not inherit Animal's fubctions and data
    4. Cat is allowed to access only the Mamal's Class

28. The architecture components for product engineering are

    1. data, hardware, software, procedures
    2. data, documentation, hardware, software
    3. data, hardware, software, people
    4. documentation, hardware, people, procedures

29. In ________ the analyst determines all the sources of requirements and where do theses requirements consume

    1. Source and Sink Analysis
    2. Down Parsing
    3. Data Flow Analysis
    4. Up Parsing

30. Transactions are the ________ that must be remembered through time.

    1. Triggers
    2. Events
    3. Methods
    4. Actions

31. The system specification describes the

    1. function and behavior of a computer-based system
    2. implementation of each allocated system element
    3. algorithmic detail and data structures
    4. time required for system simulation

32. The context diagram is used as the top level abstraction in a ________ developed according to principles of structured analysis.

    1. Dataflow diagram
    2. Activity Diagram
    3. State Transition Diagram
    4. USe Case Diagram

33. A use case represents:

    1. a class, its attributes and operations.
    2. an operation’s interface and signature.
    3. the role a user plays when interacting with the system.
    4. the system’s functionality for a particular purpose.

34. In use case diagram, an ellipse signifies a(n):

    1. actor
    2. class
    3. use case
    4. system boundary

35. System ________ are built to allow the System Engineer to evaluate the system components in relationship to one another.

    1. Requirements
    2. Documents
    3. Models
    4. Test Cases

36. In Data Flow Diagram, the entity or system, outside the boundary of this system is called

    1. Process
    2. Data Flow
    3. External Agent
    4. Data Store

37. An arrow in Data Flow Diagram (DFD) represents

    1. Direction of flow of data
    2. Processing of data
    3. External agent
    4. Internal agent

38. Data cannot flow from one external entity to other external entity because:

    1. It will get corrupted
    2. It is not allowed in DFD
    3. An external entity has no mechanism to read or write
    4. Both are outside the context of the system

39. ________ is a technique that can be used to reduce customer dissatisfaction at requirement stage.

    1. Analysis
    2. Negotiation
    3. Prototyping
    4. GUI

40. ________ requirements cause frequent modifications in user interface.

    1. Functional
    2. Non-functional
    3. Unstable
    4. User

41. Software Design discusses ________ aspect of software development.

    1. What
    2. How
    3. When
    4. Who

42. In the case of action-oriented approach, data is decomposed according to:

    1. Object requirements
    2. Functionality requirements
    3. Corresponding domain model
    4. Compatibility with object interface

43. Coupling is a measure of ________ of a module or component.

    1. Independence
    2. Dependence
    3. Aggregation
    4. Composition

44. ________ is a technique in which we construct a model of an entity based upon its essential characteristics and ignore the inessential details.

    1. Inheritance
    2. Polymorphism
    3. Aggregation
    4. Abstraction

45. Strong cohesion implies that:

    1. All parts of a component have a close logical relationship with each other.
    2. All parts of a component do not have a close logical relationship with each other.
    3. Component is dynamic in nature
    4. Component is static in nature

46. A change becomes ________ because of close presence of data and functions.

    1. Accessible
    2. Global
    3. Private
    4. Localized

47. ________ and ________ are two important tools that helps in managing the program complexity.

    1. Composition, Inheritance
    2. Abstraction, Encapsulation
    3. Aggregation, Inheritance
    4. Modularity, Composition

48. The three most important characteristics of an object are:

    1. Identity
    2. State
    3. Behavior
    4. All of the given.

49. ________ is an extremely powerful technique for dealing with complexity.

    1. Aggregation
    2. Abstraction
    3. Inheritance
    4. Association

50. The intent of Object Oriented Analysis (OOA) is to define:

    1. All classes
    2. Relationships among classes
    3. Behavior of classes
    4. All of the given.

51. While establishing the services for an object, the following fundamental questions should be asked

    1. Why does the system need this object any way?
    2. What useful questions can it answer?
    3. What useful action can it perform?
    4. All of the given.

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