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SWE 3313 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDEBecause there are
i) more parts
ii) more developers
iii) more users
to consider in "Large Systems" than a single program developed by a single person for
a limited number of users, there is the need for Coordination of (3P's):
Which of the following is not one of the 3p"s?
A. Programs
B. Processes
C. People
D. Product - Answers- A. Programs
Software Project Success & Failure Factors (Chaos Report) listed profiling attributes for
"impaired and ultimately cancelled" projects as all but which of the following?
A. Incomplete Requirements
B. Lack of management support
C. Lack of user involvement
D. Lack of resources - Answers- B, Lack of management support
When considering Cohesion and Coupling;
A. More cohesion and less coupling is better
B. More of both is better
C. Less of both is better
D. Less cohesion and more coupling is better - Answers- A. More cohesion and less
coupling is better
Which one of the following is NOT a type of module cohesion?
A. Communicational
B. Sequential
C. Procedural
D. They are all types of cohesion - Answers- D. They are all types of cohesion
View Oriented Requirements Definition (VORD) is based on the concept that
requirements are:
A. vague
B. manifested by the user interface (UI)
,C. different for different users
D. new - Answers- C. different for different users
The distinct tasks to develop software are: A. code, compile, debug, and unit test.
B. requirements, design, code, test, integrate, and package.
C. design document, user guide, and test cases.
D. All of these are correct - Answers- A. code, compile, debug, and unit test.
Two types of prototypes can be done in design. They are:
A. Logical View, Detailed Design
B. Logical View, Process View
C. Low-fidelity, High-fidelity
D. Architecture Design, Detailed Design - Answers- C. Low-fidelity, High-fidelity
Which one of the following is NOT a type of module coupling?
A. Data coupling
B. Control coupling
C. Sequence coupling
D. They are all types of coupling - Answers- C. Sequence coupling
Which one of the following statements is true about McCabe's Cyclomatic Complexity
(MCC)?
A. It is the number of decision boxes in the flow diagram plus one.
B. It is the number of closed regions that the flow diagram divides the page into.
C. The larger the MCC, the less complex the module.
D. All of the above - Answers- A. It is the number of decision boxes in the flow diagram
plus one.
Which of the following is not a principle of Extreme Programming "XP"?
A. Rapid Feedback
B. Quality Work
C. Embrace Change
D. Complex Code - Answers- D. Complex Code
Software engineers need a process because we need to:
A. coordinate complex tasks.
B. coordinate the usage of multiple tools. C. coordinate complex tasks and coordinate a
large number of developers. D. coordinate a large number of developers. - Answers- C.
coordinate complex tasks and coordinate a large number of developers.
Which of the following phase has an objective to establish all the major and critical
requirements for the system?
A. Elaboration
, B. Construction
C. Transition
D. Inception - Answers- A. Elaboration
. Mandel's 3 "golden rules " for UI design does not include:
A. Ease of use
B. Consistency
C. Reduce the user's memory load
D. Put the user in control - Answers- A. Ease of use
An example of an architectural style is:
A. model-view-controller
B. pipes-and-filters.
C. event-driven.
D. All of these are correct. - Answers- D. All of these are correct.
Defining the components of the system and how these components are related to each
other is the:
A. requirements phase.
B. architectural design phase.
C. detailed design phase.
D. All of these are correct. - Answers- D. All of these are correct.
Designing how to represent the data required for the software system and how to store
it efficiently is part of:
A. detail design.
B. requirement design.
C. database design.
D. All of these are correct - Answers- C. database design.
Requirements "analysis" is composed of:
A. Prototyping
B. Categorizing and Prioritizing
C. Elicitation
D. All of the above - Answers- B. Categorizing and Prioritizing
McCabe's Cyclomatic complexity metric is based on the belief that program quality is:
A. based on the complexity of the program control flow
B. based on a repetitive process of programming and unit testing until errors are
minimized
C. based on good documentation and testing
D. dependent on the quality and experience of the programming team. - Answers- A.
based on the complexity of the program control flow
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