[a] I and
III
[b] II and
III
[d] III and
IV
2. The typical elements of the
requirements engineering process
are:
I. problem analysis
II.
software design
III. analysis of staffing needs
IV. external
behavior
specification
[a] I and IV
only
[b] II and III
only
[c] I, III, and IV
only
[d] I, II, and III
only
3. Domain engineering consists of
which of the following sets of
activities?
[a] Data modeling,
requirements elicitation, and requirements
verification
[b] Analysis, modeling, and
infrastructure development
[c] Classifying components,
designing a library, and populating the
library
[d] Understanding the user
community, building an E-R model, and establishing
traceability
4. What activities need to be
completed prior to performing the allocation of system requirements?
I. System
architecture
II. System requirements and system
architecture
III. System requirements and software requirements
[a] I
[b]
II
[c] I and
III
[d]
III
5. In a large real-time systems
project, the following items ( or components) of the system were included
in the component list produced as part of the architectural design:
I. Input signal
pre-processing
II. Main control
processing
III. Network
interfacing
Where would the
non-functional requirement of reliability be
allocated?
[a] I
[b] I and
II
[c] II and
III
[d] I, II and III
6. Suppose that the problem of
defending a nation against enemy missiles is undergoing problem
analysis. A defensive missile
can be examined from the perspectives of the missile system operator, the
commander making the decision, the intelligence analyst, and the enemy
missile. This analysis is an
example of:
[a]
Abstraction
[b]
Partitioning
[c]
Elicitation
[d]
Projection
7. According to IEEE Standard
830-1998, which of the following are characteristics of a good Software
Requirements Specification?
I. Complete
II.
Hierarchical
III. Verifiable
IV. Provable
V.
Traceable
[a] I, II, and
IV
[b] I, III, and
V
[c] II, III, and
IV
[d] II, III, and
V
8. Which of the following is NOT an
attribute of a well-written software requirements
specification?
[a] Everything that the
software is supposed to do is included in the
specification.
[b] Every requirement stated
therein has only one
interpretation.
[c] Some of the requirements
specify a target software
architecture.
[d] All of the requirements
are understandable by non-computer-specialist
customers.
9. A software system that has been
validated but not verified may
not:
[a] meet user
expectations
[b] meet specified
requirements
[c] be
testable
[d] be
reusable
10. An object identified during
object-oriented analysis:
[a] Is always preserved
identically as an object in the subsequent
design.
[b] Has no relationship with
any object identified during subsequent
design.
[c] May have a mapping to one
or more objects identified during subsequent
design.
[d] Has no attributes
identified for it.
11. A design that can be modified
easily to run on a variety of hardware and software environments is
highly:
[a]
portable
[b]
interoperable
[c]
profitable
[d]
usable
12. Suppose you have an
object-oriented programming language that adopts the following
strategy. An “equal” method
may be defined and used to overload the equality operator (e.g.,
"==") If the equality
operator is not overloaded in this fashion for a particular class, then
use of the equality operator on objects of that class means that a bitwise
comparison of the objects is done. Which of the following
statements is true?
[a] The default bitwise
comparison always gives wrong
results.
[b] The default bitwise
comparison sometimes says two objects are equal when they logically should
not be considered equal.
[c] The default bitwise
comparison sometimes says two objects are unequal when they logically
should be considered equal.
[d] Both [b] and [c] are
true.
13. The elements of the software
architecture of a computing system
include:
I. Software
components
II. Class diagrams
III. Connectors expressing
relationships between software components
IV. Entity-relationship
diagrams
[a] I and
II
[b] I and
III
[c] I, III, and
IV
[d] I, II, III, and
IV
14. One component of a software
project requires the determination of the kth largest element of a dynamically
changing set with m elements, where 1 <
to k < to 10 and 1
< to
m < 106.
Two alternative algorithmic approaches to this problem are (1) to
sort the elements of the set each time an element is requested, and (2) to
use a divide-and-conquer approach to find the requested element
directly. Which method is
better, and how much better will it be?
[a] sorting, by a factor of
m
[b] direct approach, by a
factor of m
[c] direct approach, by a
factor of log m
[d] sorting, by a factor of
log m
15. The software design description
details all of the following EXCEPT
the:
[a] software item
input/output description
[b] rationale for software
item design
[c] concept of execution,
including data flow and control
flow
[d] software life cycle
model
16. Which of these diagrams is NOT
used in performing object-oriented
design?
[a]
class
[b]
activity
[c]
use-case
[d]
sequence
17. A good design will accomplish all
of the following
EXCEPT:
[a] implement all explicit
and implicit requirements
[b] provide information for
developers and testers
[c] address data, functional,
and behavioral domains from an implementation
perspective
[d] set up a software review
methodology
18. In software user documentation,
specific warnings must be placed:
[a] immediately before the
action that requires the warning
[b] in the graphics for
critical processes
[c] on the back of the title
page
[d] in a separate
section
19. A company is designing software
for a medical instrument.
They should pay particular attention to the following hazards
EXCEPT:
[a] the software may contain
an error
[b] the human interface may
be ambiguous
[c] the algorithm may be
inefficient
[d] the program may
stop
20. Layered architectures are normally
used for Web-based enterprise applications for which of the following
reasons:
I. Coding
II.
Portability
III. Ease of system
administration
[a] II
only
[b] I and II
only
[c] I and III
only
[d] II and III
only
21. All of the following are major
design aspects of a program component EXCEPT:
[a] control
structures
[b]
algorithms
[d] data
structures
22. The main advantage of structured
programming is:
[a] it is more
efficient
[b] it tends to be more
reliable
[c] it is easier to
write
[d] it can be
flowcharted
23. The best approach for the
interchange of a large amount of structured data on the Web is to
use:
[a] eXtensible Markup
Language (XML)
[b] Hyperlink Markup Language
(HTML)
[c] Component Object Model
(COM)
[d] Java and Java-based
technologies
24. The internal schema (physical
model) of a database differs from the external schema (logical model) in
that:
[a] it describes the
database
[b] it is not expected to
change frequently
[c] it describes the physical
structure of the database
[d] it is based on some data
model
25. The most useful aspect of a help
desk is the ability to:
[a] access previously solved
problems
[b] access source
code
[c] access database
design
[d] access requirement
specifications
26. The most important aspect of
structural testing (also known as “white-box” testing) is its ability
to:
[a] Reveal the presence of
defects in various parts of the
code.
[b] Establish the correctness
of the module.
[c] Prove that every
statement in the module is
reachable.
[d] Prove that the module has
a low cyclomatic complexity.
27. Beta testing
is:
[a] An inexpensive way to
conduct a software quality assurance
program
[b] A reasonable way to check for
software compatibility problems with various machine
configurations
[c] The best way to get focused user
feedback to support user interface
improvements
[d] A guaranteed way to obtain
positive product publicity
28. Which of the following statements
is true about unit testing of object-oriented
systems?
[a] Unit testing best takes
place at the method level.
[b] Unit testing
best takes place at the class
level.
[c] Unit testing is
infeasible.
[d] Unit testing focuses on
testing individual attributes rather than
methods.
29. Which of the following are
typically inputs to the system-level testing
process
I System Performance
Requirements
II System Functional Requirements
III Program
Code
IV System Design
Specifications
[a] I and
II
[b] I, II and
IV
[c]
I
[d] I, II, III and
IV
30. Consider the following code
fragment:
input x;
if x > 0
then
output x+1;
else
output x-1;
end if;
while x > 5 then
if
x = 10 then
output “blah”
else
output
“ugh”
end if;
x = x -
1
end
while;
The minimal number of test
cases to achieve branch coverage of this program
is:
[a]
1
[b]
2
[c]
3
[d]
4
31. All of the following dynamic
testing techniques are based on program structure
EXCEPT:
[a] mutation
analysis
[b] random
testing
[c] dataflow
testing
[d] automatic path-based test
data generation
32. Suppose you have a binary search
routine that handles a special case list size of 13 elements. If the structure of the algorithm
is used to identify equivalence classes, what is the minimum number of
test cases required to test all equivalence class boundaries of this
routine?
[a]
2
[b]
3
[c]
4
[d]
5
33. In designing a set of test cases
that execute all linearly independent paths in a program, which of the
following statements is true?
[a] The set of needed test
cases can typically be determined by a simple visual inspection of the
program.
[b] Static analysis tools
exist that can automatically generate the required test
cases.
[c] It is often necessary to
instrument the code and dynamically determine during testing which paths
have not yet been executed.
[d] Special care must be
taken to design test cases that execute dead
code.
34. Suppose you have a software
routine that controls a temperature sensor that drives a warning light on
an airplane to notify the pilot of potential icing problems. The specification says that this
light is to glow red whenever the temperature is strictly less than -20
degrees Celsius, yellow between -20 and 10 degrees Celsius (inclusive),
and green for all temperatures strictly greater than 10 degrees
Celsius. What is the minimum
number of test cases needed to achieve statement coverage of this
specification?
[a]
2
[b]
3
[c]
6
[d]
8
35. A test
oracle:
[a] Generates predictions of
expected test results.
[b] Manages the running of
program tests.
[c] Generates test data for
the program to be tested.
[d] Counts the number of
times that a particular statement has been
executed.
36. Which of the following types of
test plans is most likely to arise from the requirements specification
process?
[a] System integration test
plan
[b] Acceptance test
plan
[c] Sub-system integration
test plan
[d] Module unit test
plan
37. Mean time to change relates to the
time between:
[a] source code version
changes
[b] a change request and
distribution of information about the change to all
users
[c] distribution to all users
and a change request
[d] distribution to all users
and source code version change
38. Corrective maintenance generally
includes all of the following
EXCEPT:
[a] requirements
analysis
[b] change control
management
[c] traceability
analysis
[d] code
inspection
39.
Which of the following is not appropriate to be in a Software
Maintenance Plan:
[a] The scope of the Software maintenance
process
[b] Problems that the software maintenance
process has corrected
[c] Resources allocated to the software
maintenance process
[d] How to track software maintenance
performance
40. Software configuration management
is:
[a] A technique for naming
records and files
[b] A discipline for
object-oriented analysis
[c] A discipline for managing
the evolution of computer software
products
[d] A methodology for
designing computer system
interfaces
41. A configuration status report
consists of:
I. a listing of the
approved configuration identification
II. status of proposed
changes to the configuration
III. implementation status of
approved changes
IV. results of test
runs
V. quality
assessment report
[a] I,II, and
V
[b] I, II, and
III
[c] II, IV,
V
[d] I, II, III,
IV
42. A software project is estimated to
take a nominal twelve months with a four-person team. Project stakeholders desire the
project to be finished as soon as possible and suggest using an
eight-person team to achieve that desire. Given this charge, the
stakeholders can expect the project to be completed
in:
[a] 9
months
[b] 4
months
[c] 7
months
[d] 6
months
43. Which of the following statements
regarding peer reviews is
correct?
[a] They are aimed at
validating and approving requirements to establish a
baseline.
[b] They are held after
implementation is complete.
[c] They look at the product
during a specific time period of a life
cycle.
[d] They are performed when
the appropriate application components have been
completed.
44. What must you achieve in order to
satisfy the intent of a key process
activity?
[a] Demonstrate all of its
Abilities to Perform
[b] Accomplish all of its
Goals
[c] Accomplish all of its
Activities Performed
[d] Perform the stated
Measurement and Analysis
45. Once a Software V&V Plan has
been developed for a process:
[a] It is never
changed
[b] It can be changed up
until a contract is started
[c] It can be changed until
actual development begins
[d] Can be
changed throughout the life cycle
46. An SQA plan has been prepared for a project
and includes the following
topics.
I. Tools for
performing QA activities
II. Procedures for contract
review
III. List of project team members
IV. The
activities and tasks required for performing problem
resolution
V. Schedule for conducting QA activities
Which option covers the
correct set of topics for a software quality assurance
plan?
[a] All
[b] I,II, III and
V
[c] I, IV, and
V
[d] I,II,IV and
V
47. An Object-Oriented UML Activity
diagram differs from a flowchart in
that:
[a] It shows
actions in boxes and connections between
boxes.
[b] It has a starting point
and one or more ending points.
[c] It shows concurrent
activity.
[d] It shows
data as well as functionality.
48. In Object-Orientation,
Polymorphism means:
[a] There can be many objects
in the design.
[b] Methods can be changed in
many ways.
[c] Many objects can be
instantiated of a class
[d] Objects can implement the
same method in many ways.
49. In Object-Orientation, a CRC card
contains:
[a] Constraints, requirements
and containers
[b] Classes, responsibilities
and collaborators
[c] Conditions, relationships
and code
[d] None of the
above
50. In Object-Orientation, the
difference between an instance and a class
is:
[a] An instance
declares data items that are called
attributes.
[b] An instance declares
subroutines that are called
methods.
[c] An instance
has memory space allocated to it
[d] An instance has a name that can
be referred to.
