IT503 Revision

A system context model is. a) a structural model that demonstrates the other systems in the environment of the system being developed. b) Separates presentation and interaction from the system data. c) Manage data in a central repository that is accessible to all system components. d) All of the above.

Which is one of the most important stakeholders from the following?. a) Entry level personnel. b) Middle level stakeholder. d) Users of the software. c) Managers.

3) The system architecture process view. a) shows how, at run-time, the system is composed of interacting processes. b) shows how the software is decomposed for development. c) shows the system hardware and how software components are distributed across the processors in the system. d) None of the above.

Which of the following is the output of the architectural design process?. a) Architectural model. b) Design Document. c) Requirement Document. d) All of the above.

Which of the following is known as design pattern?. a) Observer pattern. b) Viewer Pattern. c) Software Engineering Pattern. d) None of the above.

Which one of the following is generally NOT considered to be a characteristic of the waterfall model?. a) The result of each phase is one or more documents that are approved (“signed off”). b) The principal stages of the model map onto fundamental development activities. c) The software specification, design, and implementation are broken down into a series of increments that are each developed in turn. d) A phase of development should not start until the previous phase has finished.

Which of the following is considered the critical link between design and requirements engineering?. a) Architectural implementation. b) Architectural analysis. c) Architectural design. d) None of the above.

Architecture in the small is concerned with. a) With the way that an individual program is decomposed into components. b) architecture of complex enterprise systems. c) Architecture of complex systems. d) All of the above.

The most important feature in spiral model is. a) Requirement analysis. b) Risk management. c) Quality management. d) Configuration management.

One of the advantages of explicit architecture is. a) Stakeholder communication. b) System analysis. c) Large-scale reuse. d) All of the above.

For a well understood data processing application it is best to use. a) The waterfall model. b) prototyping model. c) the evolutionary model. d) the spiral model.

Each time a defect gets detected and fixed, the reliability of a software product. a) increases. b) decreases. c) remains constant. d) None of the above.

Requirements can be refined using. a) The waterfall model. b) prototyping model. c) the evolutionary model. d) the spiral mode.

“Consider a system where, a heat sensor detects an intrusion and alerts the security company.” What kind of a requirement the system is providing?. a) Functional. b) Non-Functional. c) Known Requirement. d) None of the mentioned.

Which of the following statements explains portability in non-functional requirements?. a) It is a degree to which software running on one platform can easily be converted to run on another platform. b) It cannot be enhanced by using languages, OS’ and tools that are universally available and standardized. c) The ability of the system to behave consistently in a user-acceptable manner when operating within the environment for which the system was intended. d) None of the mentioned.

Which of the following is one of the Pattern elements?. a) Name. b) Problem description. c) Consequences. d) All of the above.

What, according to Sommerville, is the principal distinction between plan- driven and agile processes?. a) Agile process activities are iterative in nature while they are sequential in plandriven processes. b) Agile process activities incorporate incremental development while plandriven process activities do not. c) Plan-driven process activities are planned in advance while planning is incremental in agile processes. d) Agile processes explicitly incorporate risk assessment and resolution while plandriven processes do not.

What views or perspectives are useful when designing and documenting a system’s architecture?. a) Logical Views. b) Implementation views. c) Testing Views. d) All of the above.

Choose the incorrect statement with respect to Non-Functional Requirement(NFR). a) Product-oriented Approach – Focus on system (or software) quality. b) Process-oriented Approach – Focus on how NFRs can be used in the design process. c) Quantitative Approach – Find measurable scales for the functionality attributes. d) Qualitative Approach – Study various relationships between quality goals.

What are the types of requirements?. a) Availability. b) Reliability. c) Usability. d) All of the mentioned.

Which is not a step of requirement engineering?. a) Requirements elicitation. b) Requirements analysis. c) Requirements design. d) Requirements documentation.

In Sequence models. a) show how objects respond to different service requests and the state transitions triggered by these requests. b) Shows the sequence of reusing abstract knowledge. c) models show the sequence of object interactions that take place. d) All of the above.

Which of the following is not defined in a good Software Requirement Specification (SRS) document?. a) Functional Requirement. b) Nonfunctional Requirement. c) Goals of implementation. d) Algorithm for software implementation.

Which project is undertaken as a consequence of a specific customer request?. a) Concept development projects. b) Application enhancement projects. c) New application development projects. d) Application maintenance projects.

Which of the following system characteristics reflected in the system architecture?. a) Performance. b) Security. c) Maintainability. d) All of the above.

Which of the following is the understanding of software product limitations, learning system related problems or changes to be done in existing systems beforehand, identifying and addressing the impact of project on organization and personnel etc?. a) Software Design. b) Feasibility Study. c) Requirement Gathering. d) System Analysis.

In architectural design we use patterns for. a) Representing Knowledge. b) Sharing Knowledge. c) Reusing Knowledge. d) All of the above.

In the MVC pattern we. a) Separates presentation and interaction from the system data. b) Organizes the system into layers with related functionality associated with each layer. c) Manage data in a central repository that is accessible to all system components. d) All of the above.

Which one of the following is an examples of design models?. a) Subsystem models that show logical groupings of objects into coherent subsystems. b) Sequence models that show the sequence of object interactions. c) State machine models that show how individual objects change their state in response to events. d) All of the mentioned.

Which of these software engineering activities are not a part of software processes?. a) Software development. b) Software dependence. c) Software validation. d) Software specification.

Requirements analysis is critical to the success of a development project. a) True. b) False. c) Depends upon the size of project. d) None of the mentioned.

Which of the following is not a diagram studied in Requirement Analysis?. a) Use Cases. b) Entity Relationship Diagram. c) State Transition Diagram. d) Activity Diagram.

) _________ and _________ are the two issues of Requirement Analysis. a) Performance, Design. b) Stakeholder, Developer. c) Functional, Non-Functional. d) None of the mentioned.

) The requirements that result from requirements analysis are typically expressed from one of three perspectives or views. What is that perspective or view?. a) Developer. b) User. c) Non-Functional. d) Physical.

Which two requirements are given priority during Requirement Management of a product?. a) User and Developer. b) Functional and Non-functional. c) Enduring and Volatile. d) All of the mentioned.

Considering the example of issue/return of a book, cataloging etc. in a library management. What type of management requirement is being depicted here?. a) Enduring. b) Volatile. c) Both Enduring & Volatile. d) All of the mentioned.

Why is Requirements Management Important? It is due to the changes. a) to the environment. b) in technology. c) in customer’s expectations. d) in all of the mentioned.

Which of the following is a requirement management activity?. a) Investigation. b) Design. c) Construction and Test. d) All of the mentioned.

According to a statistical report: “over 30% of all software projects are cancelled before completion and over 70% of the remainder fail to deliver expected features”. What must be the reason for such a situation?. a) Poor change management. b) Poor requirements management. c) Poor quality control. d) All of the mentioned.

Which is not one of the types of prototypes of Prototyping Model?. a) Horizontal Prototype. b) Vertical Prototype. c) Diagonal Prototype. d) Domain Prototype.

Which one of the following is not a phase of Prototyping Model?. a) Quick Design. b) Coding. c) Prototype Refinement. d) Engineer Product.

What are the characteristics of software?. a) Software is developed or engineered; it is not manufactured in the classical sense. b) Software doesn’t “wear out ”. c) Software can be custom built or custom build. d) All mentioned above.

Compilers, Editors software come under which type of software?. a) System software. b) Application software. c) Scientific software. d) None of the above.

Software is defined as ____ . a) Instructions. b) Data Structures. c) Documents. d) All of the above.

What are the signs that a software project is in trouble?. a) The product scope is poorly defined. b) Deadlines are unrealistic. c) Changes are managed poorly. d) All of the above.

You are working as a project manager. Your Company wants to develop a project. You are also involved in planning team. What will be your first step in project planning?. a) Establish the objectives and scope of the product. b) Determine the project constraints. c) Select the team. d) None of the above.

A Project can be characterized as _____ . a) Every project may not have a unique and distinct goal. b) Project is routine activity or day-to-day operations. c) Project does not come with a start time and end time. d) None of the above.

Choose the correct option in terms of Issues related to professional responsibility. a) Confidentiality. b) Intellectual property rights. c) Both a & b. d) Managing Client Relationships.

Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other people’s computers. “Here the term misuse refers to: a) Unauthorized access to computer material. b) Unauthorized modification of computer material. c) Dissemination of viruses or other malware. d) All of the mentioned.

are the types of requirements?. a) Availability. b) Reliability. c) Usability. d) All of the mentioned.

Which one of the following is not a step of requirement engineering?. a) elicitation. b) design. c) analysis. d) documentation.

Which is one of the most important stakeholder from the following ?. a) Entry level personnel. b) Middle level stakeholder. c) Managers. d) Users of the software.

Which one of the following is a functional requirement ?. a) Maintainability. b) Portability. c) Robustness. d) None of the mentioned.

Which model in system modelling depicts the dynamic behavior of the system ?. a) Context Model. b) Behavioral Model. c) Data Model. d) Object Model.

Which model in system modelling depicts the static nature of the system ?. a) Behavioral Mode. b) Data Model. c) Context Model. d) Structural Model.

Compilers, Editors software come under which type of software?. a) System software. b) Application software. c) Scientific software. d) None of the above.

“Consider a system where, a heat sensor detects an intrusion and alerts the security company.” What kind of a requirement the system is providing ?. a) Functional. b) Non-Functional. c) Known Requirement. d) None of the mentioned.

Which of the following statements explains portability in non-functional requirements?. a) It is a degree to which software running on one platform can easily be converted to run on another platform. b) It cannot be enhanced by using languages, OS’ and tools that are universally available and standardized. c) The ability of the system to behave consistently in a user-acceptable manner when operating within the environment for which the system was intended. d) None of the mentioned.

Choose the incorrect statement with respect to Non-Functional Requirement(NFR). a) Product-oriented Approach – Focus on system (or software) quality. b) Process-oriented Approach – Focus on how NFRs can be used in the design process. c) Quantitative Approach – Find measurable scales for the functionality attributes. d) Qualitative Approach – Study various relationships between quality goals.