CS504- Software Engineering - I FinalTerm Paper

FINALTERM  EXAMINATION

Spring 2010

CS504- Software Engineering - I

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Question No: 1    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The first step in any OOA process model is to____________________

       ► build an object-relationship model

       ► define collaborations between objects

       ► elicit customer requirements

       ► select a representation language

Question No: 2    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 A necessary supplement to transform or transaction mapping needed to create a complete architectural design is __________________________.

       ► entity relationship diagrams

       ► the data dictionary

       ► processing narratives for each module

       ► test cases for each module

Question No: 3    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 What types of errors are missed by black-box testing and can be uncovered by

white-box testing?

       ► behavioral errors

       ► subtle logic errors

       ► performance errors

       ► input error 

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Question No: 4    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which test criteria should be applied in a phase of testing?

       ► functional validity

       ►  interface integrity

       ► correctness

      ► all of the given

Question No: 5    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely ----------- to

build. 

       ► what

       ► How

       ► When

       ► Why   

Question No: 6    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 In sequence Diagrams objects are organized in a ----------line

       ► horizontal

       ► vertical

       ► horizontal and vertical

       ► non of the above

   

Question No: 7    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Every view is potentially Hierarchical in this regard which of the view are Hierarchical ?

       ► Functioanl View

       ► Development View

       ► Concurrency view

       ► All of given

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Question No: 8    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Like analysis models, many different kinds of -----------models are developed

       ► Architectural

       ► System

       ► Design

       ► Logical

   

Question No: 9    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 idea behind zero install architecture is to develop a system where no installation on the ---------- is needed. 

       ► Client side

       ► Server Side

       ► Client & Server Side           

       ► Non of the all 

Question No: 10    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The construction is used to avoid ---------------- errors.

       ► compilation

       ► runtime

       ► design time

       ► non of them

   

Question No: 11    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 All comments should be written in-----------

       ► English

       ► French

       ► C++

       ► JAVA

   

Question No: 12    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 
One of the Guidelines to avoid common mistakes is to never use --------- except for declaration

       ► ,

       ► ;

       ► =

       ► ||

   

Question No: 13    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The order in which bytes of one word are stored is -----------  dependent

       ► Hardware

       ► Software

       ► language

       ► system

   

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Question No: 14    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Verification and validation are the processes in which we check a product against its

---------  and the --------------- of the users who will be using it

       ► specifications, expectations

       ► statements, expectations

       ► specifications , arguments

       ► statements, arguments   

Question No: 15    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Two tests are considered to be equivalent if it is believed that: if one discovers a defect, the other probably will too, and if one does not discover a defect, -----------------------------

       ► the other probably may

       ► non of them

       ► the other probably won’t either

       ► the other probably will  

Question No: 16    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 It was  lady named -----------------   who actually coin the term “bug" for the fiest time.

       ► Elisay Chistopher

       ► Admiral Grace Hopper

       ► Ana Nicholson

       ► Jane Hopper 

Question No: 17    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The first “bug” was actually a moth, which flew through an open window and into one of the Mark --------- 's relays.

       ► II

       ► I

       ► III

       ► IV

Question No: 18    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Symptoms of logical errors are ------------------------------

       ► code is misbehaving 

       ► The program doesn't crash, but akes odd branches through the code. 

       ► Results are the opposite 

       ► Output looks strange, 

       ► all of the given   

Question No: 19    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 First hand accounts of the problem are always useful in Debugging process.

       ► True

       ► False   

Question No: 20    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Software architecture elements are further divided into categories which in total are ------

       ► 2

       ► 3

       ► 4

       ► 5   

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Question No: 21    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Establishing responsibilities for objects includes

       ► Generalization Relationships

       ► Specialization Relationships

       ► all of the above

       ► identifying Association relationships

Question No: 22    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Source files can have the extension ---------------------

       ► c++ . 

       ►  .C

       ► .cpp

       ► all of the given

Question No: 23    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Be very careful when you use functions with side effects – functions that change the values of the

-------------

       ► parameters

       ► variables

       ► constants

       ► None of given

Question No: 24    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following is not a characteristic of software?

       ► Software is tangible

       ► A change to a piece of code may implicitly affect the functions of the rest of the code.

       ► Software is configurable.

       ► Software does not wear and tear.

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Question No: 25    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following is a fact finding method?

       ► Site visits

       ► Prototyping

       ► Study of similar systems

       ► All of given

Question No: 26    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The statements given below are associated with system development, testing and maintenance. Identify the correct statement from among them:

 ► Some of the activities in the implementation phase are building individual system components, writing of programs and development of user interfaces.

  ► The post implementation review is performed to see that the computer system is working.

 ► None of Given

 ► System development phase consists of a development phase and an implementation phase.   

Question No: 27    ( Marks: 2 )

 What is Software Testing?

   

Question No: 28    ( Marks: 2 )

  Write unit testing qualitative benefits.

   

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Question No: 29    ( Marks: 2 )

 Where Term Compute can be used in Methods?

   

Question No: 30    ( Marks: 2 )

 Which of the following is a/are non-functional requirement of an e-learning system?

(a) User friendliness

(b) Time taken to download study materials through the system should not be too long.

(c) On-line assignment submission facility

(d) On-line chatting facility

(e) Robustness

   

Question No: 31    ( Marks: 3 )

 Write unit testing principleas.

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Question No: 32    ( Marks: 3 )

  The use of do .... whileloops should be avoided. Explain why ?

   

Question No: 33    ( Marks: 3 )

 Give  3 Equivalence partitioning guidelines

    

Question No: 34    ( Marks: 5 )

 Discus the symptoms and an example of memory overrun bug class.

   

Question No: 35    ( Marks: 5 )

 Write at leas 5 General Naming conventions for C++ or Java

   

Question No: 36    ( Marks: 5 )

 Expalin at least 2 code structures.

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