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Which of the following best describes the phased-release process of incremental development?A. partial system; full functionalityB. partial system; partial functionalityC. full system; partial functionalityD. full system; full functionalityE. perfect system; perfect functionality
Which of the following is NOT a property of an attribute in the UML?A. data typeB. multiplicityC. visibilityD. signatureE. changeability
SRS stands for _____A. Software Resource SolutionB. System Refinement SolutionC. Structured Requirements SpecificationD. System Requirements SpecificationE. Structured Refinement Solution
Which of the following is NOT a software engineering activity?A. rationale managementB. hiring programmersC. modelingD. problem solvingE. knowledge acquisition
Which of the following is a generalization coverage constraint?A. complexB. disunionC. overloadedD. commonE. disjoint
Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of software quality?A. correctB. portableC. profitableD. reliableE. reusable
Having quality design goals is of most help in reducing the complexity of:A. designing the system.B. building the system.C. maintaining the system.D. cost and time estimates for developing the system.E. understanding the system.
An alternative flow of events for a use case cannot show what type of behaviour?A. ExceptionalB. SharedC. variantD. OptionalE. Error
The degree to which the design specifications are followed during manufacturing is known as§ quality of adherence.§ quality of conformance.§ quality of design.§ quality of performance.§ quality of testing.
Which of the following is a benefit of having a software development process?A. It is not necessary to train the developers.B. We have to gather fewer requirements from users.C. It is easier to divide up the work among development team members.D. It is not necessary to maintain the system.E. There is less need for the development team to communicate with the users.
Which statement is NOT true about a state in a state machine diagram?§ It has duration.§ It can be anonymous (unnamed).§ It can only be entered by the triggering of an event.§ It may be characterized by the value of one or more attributes.§ It may be characterized by the existence of a link to another object.
The incomplete coverage constraint for a generalization relationship means that:A. a superclass instance can be a member of one or more of the subclasses. [overlapping]B. some subclass instance is not a member of any superclass. [not possible]C. a superclass instance can be a member of at most one of the subclasses. [disjoint]D. each superclass instance is a member of some subclass. [complete]E. some superclass instance is not a member of any subclass.
Which of the following statements is not true about an association relationship?A. It is inherently bi-directional.B. It can be restricted to be only unidirectional.C. It represents an instance of the relationship.D. It can normally only be read meaningfully in one direction.E. It is a description of a group of instances of the relationship.
Which of the following is not likely to contribute to the complexity of software development?A. The vocabulary of the application domainB. The number and size of the programs that need to be implementedC. The nature of the application domainD. A large development teamE. Insufficient hardware resources
Test cases for state-based testing can be derived from the§ use case model.§ state machine diagrams.§ basis paths.§ domain model.§ nonfunctional requirements.
Which of the following is NOT a way to deal with risks in software development?A. avoid (replan or change requirements)B. ignore (act as if it won't happen)C. mitigate (devise tests to see if it occurs)D. confine (restrict the scope of its effect)E. monitor (constantly be on the lookout for it)
All required functionality is described in theA. actor directory.B. class library.C. use cases.D. scenario book.E. task description.
In terms of software quality assurance, the purpose of both the SEI Process Capability Maturity Model (SEI-CMM) and the People Capability Maturity Model (PCMM) is to:A. educate and train managers.B. provide feedback on current practices.C. assess and improve current practices.D. develop best practices.E. improve the standards handbook.
Which of the following is NOT true about design patterns?§ They help novices behave like experts.§ They are described using program code.§ They represent a solution to a problem in a context.§ They can be used to handle nonfunctional requirements.§ They make extensive use of inheritance and delegation.
In the UML, the interface of an object contains onlyA. attributes.B. values.C. data types.D. operations.E. variables.