Cs504 2016 All Quiz With Answer

External Entity may be

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source of input data only

source of input data or destination of results

destination of results only

repository of data
System ________ are built to allow the System Engineer to
evaluate the system components in relationship to one another.
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Requirements

Documents

Models
Test Cases
The __________ relationship is kind of a generalization
specialization relationship.
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Bit-Byte

Uses

Binary

Extends

All the documents related to the software are also considered as

part
of the ________.
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Physical Document

Logical Document
Relational Database

Software

In object oriented design, the structure of the system revolves

around.
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Objects

Methods

Properties

None of the given options

Which elements of business processing engineering are the

responsibilities of the software engineer?
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business area analysis

business system design

product planning

information strategy planning

The Use case diagram shows that which _______ interact with
each use case.
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Use case

Actor

Component

Relation
A class will be cohesive if:
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Class does not implement Complex interfaces

Class does not have Complex Methods

If most of the methods do not use most of the data members most
of the time

if most of the methods use most of the data members most of the
time.

_________ diagram does not capture control flow information, it

just shows the flow of the data in a system.
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Sequence

Data Flow
Activity

Class

A Process in Data Flow Diagram (DFD) represents

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Flow of data

Transformation of data

Storage of data

An external agent

Regarding Flow Chart which of the following statement(s) is/are

TRUE:
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Flow charts are usually used to describe flow of control in a

system
Flow Charts just show the flow of the data in a system.

Looping or Iterations can not be represented in Flow Chart

None of given options

The system model template contains which of the following

elements
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Input

Output

System Out

Input / Output

Which one of the following is the external quality of a software

product?
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Correctness

Concision

Cohesion

Low Coupling

________ structure represents the internal organization of the

various data and control items.
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Data

Value

Information

Conceptual
An arrow in Data Flow Diagram (DFD) represents
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Direction of flow of data

Processing of data

External agent

Internal agent

In this case of _________, intra component linkages are stronger

while inter component linkages are weak.
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high cohesion

low coupling

low cohesion
high coupling

A context diagram is used

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as the first step in developing a detailed DFD of a system

in systems analysis of very complex systems

as an aid to system design

as an aid to programmers

_____ is a technique in which we construct a model of an entity

based upon its essential characteristics and ignore the inessential
details.
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Inheritance
Polymorphism

Aggregation

Abstraction

__________________ relationship is concerned with classes not

with the class instantiates.
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Association

Inheritance

Aggregation

Composition

____________ requirements cause frequent modifications in user

interface.
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Functional

Non-functional

Unstable

User

The context diagram is used as the top level abstraction in a

_______ developed according to principles of structured analysis.

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Dataflow diagram

Activity Diagram

State Transition Diagram

USe Case Diagram

In Data Flow Diagram, the entity or system, outside the boundary

of this system is called
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Process

Data Flow

External Agent

Data Store

In the case of action-oriented approach, data is decomposed

according to:

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Object requirements

Functionality requirements

Corresponding domain model

Compatibility with object interface

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

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use case

actor

stakeholder

association

_________ requirements are often called product features.

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Functional

Non- Functional

Developer

User

When two components of a system are using the same global

data area, they are related as
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Data Coupling

Content Coupling

Common Coupling

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

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Dataflow diagram

Activity Diagram

State Transition Diagram

USe Case Diagram

Modules with high cohesion and low coupling can be treated and
analyzed as:
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White Boxes
Black Boxes

Gray Boxes

None of the given options

Identify the TRUE statement:

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Normally Object Oriented design is more

maintainable than functional oriented.

Software with Functional oriented design does not fulfill non

functional requirements.

Object Oriented design can not implement "Separation of

concerns" strategy

Function Oriented design does not lead to an efficient product.

A context diagram:
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describes detailed design of a system

is a DFD which gives an overview of the system

is a detailed description of a system

is not used in drawing a detailed DFD

The modules that interact with each other through message

passing have __________.
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Low Coupling

High Coupling

Low Cohesion

High Cohesion
A maintainable design is a design , which supports
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Change

debugging

Adding new features

All of the given

The best way to conduct a requirements validation review is to

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examine the system model for errors

have the customer look over the requirements

send them to the design team and see if they have any concerns

use a checklist of questions to examine each requirement

In _______ the analyst determines all the sources of

requirements and where do these requirements consume
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Data Flow Analysis

Source and Sink Analysis

Down Parsing

Up Parsing

Which of the following sentence is true regarding user interface

design?
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GUI interfaces are good for all tasks which a user needs to
perform at an interface.

The higher the response time, the better is the interface.

The simpler the interface, the efficient is the system.

Command-line interfaces are faster for some tasks which the user
needs to perform.

Which of the following strategy/strategies lead(s) to a good

software design:
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Separation of Concerns

Modularity

Divide-and-conquer

All of the given options

In object oriented design, the structure of the system revolves
around.
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Objects

Methods

Properties

None of the given options

Data cannot flow from one external entity to other external entity
because:
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It will get corrupted

It is not allowed in DFD

An external entity has no mechanism to read or write

Both are outside the context of the system

At which stage of software development loop, results are

delivered?
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Problem definition

Solution integration

Technical development

Status quo

A context diagram is used

Select correct option

as the first step in developing a detailed DFD of a system

in systems analysis of very complex systems

as an aid to system design

as an aid to programmers

All the documents related to the software are also considered as

part
of the ________.
Select correct option

Physical Document

Logical Document

Relational Database

Software
The condition that must be met before the use case can be
invoked, is called:
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Pre-Condition

Post-Condition

Pre-Assertion

Post-Assertion

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

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actor

class

use case
system boundary

Modules with high cohesion and low coupling can be treated and
analyzed as:
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White Boxes

Black Boxes

Gray Boxes

None of the given options

The system specification describes the

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function and behavior of a computer-based system

implementation of each allocated system element

algorithmic detail and data structures

time required for system simulation

A use case represents:

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a class, its attributes and operations.

an operation’s interface and signature.

the role a user plays when interacting with the system.

the system’s functionality for a particular purpose.

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

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Analysis

Negotiation

Prototyping

GUI

The data on which the program operates is also considered as

part of the
________.

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Important Data
Software

Logical Data

Utility Software

The modules interacting with each other through message

passing have _________ between them.
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low cohesion

high cohesion

low coupling

high couling

By leveling a DFD (adding more levels of abstraction) we mean

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Splitting it into different levels

Make its structure uniform

Expanding a process into one with more sub-processes giving

more detail

Summarizing a DFD to specify only the essentials

Following is/are example(s) of illegal data flow in Data Flow

Diagram (DFD)
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External Agents directly communicating with each other

External Agent updating information in a Data

Store

External Agent accessing information from a Data Store

All of the given options

Software Design discusses ______ aspect of software

development
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What

How

Who

When
Which one is not a part of Software Development phase ?
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Construction
Scope

Project Vision

Definition

________ structure represents the internal organization of the

various data and control items.
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Data

Value

Information

Conceptual

Modules with high cohesion and low coupling can be treated and
analyzed as:
Select correct option
White Boxes

Black Boxes

Gray Boxes

None of the given options

The best way to conduct a requirements validation review is to

Select correct option

examine the system model for errors

have the customer look over the requirements

send them to the design team and see if they have any concerns

use a checklist of questions to examine each requirement

In the functional design, the structure of the system revolves
around.
Select correct option

objects

properties

functions

All of the given options

____________ of the total cost of the software development is

spent on maintenance.
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one third

two third
one fourth

three fourth

______ is one of the techniques to document domain knowledge

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State transition diagram

Feasibility matrix

System matrix

None of given options

Which of the following sentence is true regarding user interface

design?
Select correct option
GUI interfaces are good for all tasks which a user needs to
perform at an interface.

The higher the response time, the better is the interface.

The simpler the interface, the efficient is the system.

Command-line interfaces are faster for some tasks which the user
needs to perform.

External Entity may be

Select correct option

source of input data only

source of input data or destination of results

destination of results only

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

Select correct option

Dataflow diagram

Activity Diagram

State Transition Diagram

USe Case Diagram

A Process in Data Flow Diagram (DFD) represents

Select correct option

Flow of data

Transformation of data
Storage of data

An external agent

____________ of the total cost of the software development is

spent on maintenance.
Select correct option

one third

two third

one fourth

three fourth

Construction activities are directly related to software _________.

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Management
Planning

Quality Assurance

Development

In this case of _________, intra component linkages are stronger

while inter component linkages are weak.
Select correct option

high cohesion

low coupling

low cohesion

high coupling

In Data Flow Diagram (DFD), one data store cannot directly copy
the data from another _________ .
Select correct option

Agent

Process

Data store

Flow

System models include:

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User business processes

User activities for conducting the business processes

Processes that need to be automated

All of the given options

The project manager would need _________ document to
monitor and track the progress of the project.
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Design

Project

Requirement

Planning

External Entity may be

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source of input data only

source of input data or destination of results

destination of results only

repository of data

Regarding Data Flow Model, which of the following statement(s)

is/are true:
Select correct option

It captures the transformation of data between

processes/functions of a system

Processes on a data flow can operate in

parallel

Only those processes are represented which we need to

automate

All of the given options

Use case construction is a technique used for:

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requirements determination.
requirements structuring.

user interface design.

database design.

In the functional design, the structure of the system revolves

around.
Select correct option

objects

properties

functions
All of the given options

In Data Flow Diagram (DFD), data flow can:

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Only originate from an external entity

Only terminate in an external entity

Originate and terminate in an external entity

Either originate or terminate in an external entity but not both

A context diagram:
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describes detailed design of a system

is a DFD which gives an overview of the system

is a detailed description of a system

is not used in drawing a detailed DFD

Coupling is a measure of _______ of a module or component.

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Independence

Dependence

Aggregation

Composition

Coupling is a measure of _______ of a module or component.

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Independence
Dependence

Aggregation

Composition
Software Design discusses ______ aspect of software
development
Select correct option

What

How

Who

When
Which of the following strategy/strategies lead(s) to a good
software design:
Select correct option

Separation of Concerns
Modularity

Divide-and-conquer

All of the given options

__________________ relationship is concerned with classes not

with the class instantiates.
Select correct option

Association

Inheritance

Aggregation

Composition

When two components of a system are using the same global

data area, they are related as
Select correct option

Data Coupling

Content Coupling

Common Coupling

External Coupling

The best way to conduct a requirements validation review is to

Select correct option

examine the system model for errors

have the customer look over the requirements

send them to the design team and see if they have any concerns
use a checklist of questions to examine each requirement

Data Flow Model:

Select correct option

Captures the flow of data in a system

Helps in developing an understanding of system’s functionality

Describes data origination, transformations and consumption in a

system

All of the given options

_________ diagram does not capture control flow information, it

just shows the flow of the data in a system.
Select correct option

Sequence

Data Flow
Activity

Class

To construct a system model the engineer should consider one of

the following restraining factors?
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assumptions and constraints

budget and expenses

data objects and operations

schedule and milestones

A class will be cohesive if:
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Class does not implement Complex interfaces

Class does not have Complex Methods

If most of the methods do not use most of the data members most
of the time

if most of the methods use most of the data members most of the
time.

Which one of the following is the external quality of a software

product?
Select correct option

Correctness

Concision
Cohesion

Low Coupling

Regarding Data Flow Model, which of the following statement(s)

is/are true:
Select correct option

It captures the transformation of data between

processes/functions of a system

Processes on a data flow can operate in

parallel

Only those processes are represented which we need to

automate

All of the given options

The system model template contains which of the following
elements
Select correct option

Input

Output

System Out

Input / Output

A _______ is not the real product but just a real looking mock-up
of what would be eventually delivered.
Select correct option

Software

Program

Prototype

Test Case
In the case of __________ in a system, module boundaries are
not well defined.
Select correct option

low cohesion

high coupling

low coupling

high cohesion

Data cannot flow from one external entity to other external entity
because:
Select correct option

It will get corrupted

It is not allowed in DFD

An external entity has no mechanism to read or write

Both are outside the context of the system

The process of utilizing our knowledge of computer science in

effective production of software systems is called ________.
Select correct option

Chemical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Software Engineering

Arranging information in ______ form makes it easy to read,

understand and comprehend as compared to streams of text.
Select correct option
Columns

Paragraph

Tabular

Rows

The goal of _______ is to translate the customer's desire for a set

of defined capabilities into a working product.
Select correct option

Electrical Engineering

Product Engineering

Hardware Engineering

Mechanical Engineering
In data flow diagram (DFD), Create, Update, Delete and Read
operations are normally called:
Select correct option

CRUD operations

DURC operations

RUDC operations

CDUR operation

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

Select correct option

actor

class

use case
system boundary

In the case of action-oriented approach, data is decomposed

according to:

Select correct option

Object requirements

Functionality requirements

Corresponding domain model

Compatibility with object interface

A class will be cohesive if:

Select correct option
Class does not implement Complex interfaces

Class does not have Complex Methods

If most of the methods do not use most of the data members most
of the time

if most of the methods use most of the data members most of the
time.

The design process usually involves:

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Developing a number of different models.

Looking at the system from different angles.

Describing the system at various levels of abstraction.

All of the given options

The architecture components for product engineering are
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data, hardware, software, people

data, documentation, hardware, software

data, hardware, software, procedures

documentation, hardware, people, procedures

In use case diagram, the scope of the system is defined by:

Select correct option

Actor

Entity

System Boundary
"Extends" relationship

_____________ requirements cause frequent modifications in

user interface.
Select correct option

Functional

Non-functional

Unstable

User

All the documents related to the software are also considered as

part
of the ________.
Select correct option

Physical Document
Logical Document

Relational Database

Software

The use of traceability tables helps to

Select correct option

debug programs following the detection of run-time errors

determine the performance of algorithm implementations

identify, control, and track requirements changes

none of the given