Deck 6: Programming Languages

Question 1

Which of the following software engineering methodologies is the most rigid?

A) Incremental model
B) Waterfall model
C) Extreme programming
D) Evolutionary prototyping

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is an attempt to construct software from off-the-shelf components as is done in other engineering fields?

A) Extreme programming
B) Evolutionary prototyping
C) Component architecture
D) Open-source development

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is most likely an example of a many-to-many relationship?

A) Subscribers and magazines
B) Birth dates and people
C) Planets and their moons
D) Dinner guests and table settings

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is a means of controlling the complexity of a software system?

A) CRC cards
B) Modularity
C) Specifications
D) Beta testing

Question 5

Which of the following is a stronger form of cohesion?

A) Functional cohesion
B) Logical cohesion

Question 6

If a class diagram indicates a one-to-one relationship between class X and class Y, then

A) there will be only one object in the system of "type" X.
B) each object of "type" X will be associated with only one object of "type" Y.
C) there will be exactly one object of "type" X and exactly one object of "type" Y.
D) an object of "type" Y cannot occur without first constructing an object of "type" X.

Question 7

Which of the following is not related to the others?

A) Structure chart
B) Imperative paradigm
C) Class diagram
D) Procedure

Question 8

The Pareto principle is traditionally applied during which phase of software development?

A) Requirements Analysis
B) Design
C) Implementation
D) Testing

Question 9

Which of the following is a form of glass-box testing?

A) Basis path testing
B) Boundary value analysis
C) Beta testing

Question 10

Which of the following is a way of testing the design of a software system?

A) Entity-relationship diagram
B) Class diagram
C) Structure chart
D) Structured walkthrough

Question 11

Which of the following appears to be the most functionally cohesive?

A) A module that handles all of a customers banking needs
B) A module that handles only transactions related to checking accounts
C) A module that only records deposits to checking accounts
D) A module that collects data for monthly statements

Question 12

Which of the following is the method proposed by UML for representing sequences of communication between objects?

A) Class diagram
B) Use case diagram
C) Sequence diagram
D) Generalization

Question 13

The use of design patterns in software engineering was adopted from what other field?

A) Business administration
B) Architecture
C) Biology
D) Chemistry

Question 14

Which of the following is not a feature of UML?

A) Use case diagrams
B) Class diagrams
C) Dataflow diagrams
D) Sequence diagrams

Question 15

Which of the following is least related to the Pareto principle?

A) When it rains, it pours.
B) Birds of a feather flock together.
C) Better late than never.

Question 16

Which of the following is not represented in a class diagram?

A) Generalizations
B) The methods within a class
C) The attributes within a class
D) The number of instances each class will have

Question 17

Which of the following is most likely an example of a one-to-one relationship?

A) Subscribers and magazines
B) Birth dates and people
C) Planets and their moons
D) Dinner guests and table settings

Question 18

Which of the following is the oldest approach to software development?

A) Component architecture
B) Waterfall model
C) Open-source development
D) Extreme programming

Question 19

Which of the following is a notational system for representing object-oriented designs?

A) UML
B) Structure charts
C) Modular designs
D) Dataflow diagrams

Question 20

Which of the following is not a tool for designing modular systems?

A) Structure charts
B) Data dictionaries
C) Class diagrams
D) Sequence diagrams

Question 21

Explain the distinction between structure charts and class diagrams.

Question 22

Describe the data coupling represented by the following structure chart.

Question 23

As a general rule, one should strive to ____________________ (maximize or minimize) coupling
between modules and to ____________________ (maximize or minimize) cohesion within modules.

Question 24

Explain some of the ways in which software engineering has benefited from the development of the object-oriented paradigm.

Question 25

Requirements analysis provides a __________________ of a proposed software product whereby the user needs, features, and services are identified and recorded in a document called a ________________ .

Question 26

State the Pareto principle in the context of software engineering.
__________________________________________________________________________

Question 27

Describe the control coupling represented by the following structure chart.

Question 28

Prototyping occurs in two forms. In one, called __________________ prototyping the original
prototype is slowly enhanced to become the final product. In the other, called _______________
prototyping, the original prototype is used as an "experimental" system that is ultimately discarded.

Question 29

Copyright laws were established

A) to allow authors to distribute their work while maintaining certain ownership rights.
B) to allow authors to maintain ownership of their ideas.
C) to restrict access to publications to certain groups within society.
D) to allow ideas to be traced back to their origins.

Question 30

Identify two distinctions between software engineering and other traditional fields of engineering.

Question 31

Give an example of a one-to-many relationship.
____________________________________________________________

Question 32

In what sense is the software life cycle different from the life cycle of other products?

Question 33

Identify two legal techniques that have been applied to protect a software developer's ownership rights.
_____________________
_____________________

Question 34

Based on the structure chart below, in which module does the data item w originate? ____________

Question 35

Explain the distinction between open-source development and beta testing.

Question 36

Give two examples of recent advances in software engineering.
_____________________
_____________________

Question 37

Describe the process of a structured walkthrough.

Question 38

In an object-oriented design using UML, __________ diagrams are used to represent classes and their
basic relationships, whereas _____________ diagrams are used to represent communication between
objects.

Question 39

Give an argument supporting the statement that modularity is the most important principle in software engineering.

Question 40

In what sense is the object-oriented paradigm ideal for implementing design patterns?

Question 41

Explain why inheritance may not be the best way of implementing generalizations among classes.

Question 42

Explain the role of each of the following forms of documentation: user documentation, technical documentation, and system documentation.