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COMPTER SCIENCE DEPARTEMENT

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EXIT EXAM WORKSHEET
Instruction: Choose the correct answer

1. Which question no longer concerns the modern software engineer?

A. Why does computer hardware cost so much?
B. Why does software take a long time to finish?
C. Why does it cost so much to develop a piece of software?
D. Why can’t software errors be removed?
2. Software is a product and can be manufactured using the same technologies used for
other engineering artifacts
A. True B. False
3. Software deteriorates rather than wears out because
A. Software suffers from exposure to hostile environment
B. Defects are more likely to arise after software has been used often
C. Multiple change requests introduce errors in component interactions
D. Software spare parts become harder to order
4. A good software development team always uses the same task set for every project to
insure high quality work.
A. True B. False
5. The rapid application development model is
A. Another name for component-based development
B. A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly
C. A high speed adaptation of the linear sequential model
D. All of the above
6. The waterfall model of software development is
A. A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined
B. A good approach when a working core program is required quickly
C. The best approach to use for projects with large development teams
D. An old fashioned model that is rarely used any more
7. The incremental model of software development is
A. A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined
B. A good approach when a working core program is required quickly
C. The best approach to use for projects with large development teams
D. An old fashioned model that is rarely used any more
8. Evolutionary software process models
A. Are iterative in nature
 B. Can easily accommodate product requirements changes
C. Do not generally produce throwaway systems
D. All of the above
9. The prototyping model of software development is
A. A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined
B. A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly
C. The best approach to use for projects with large development teams
D. A risky model that rarely produces a meaningful product
10. The spiral model of software development
A. Ends with the delivery of the software product
B. Is more chaotic than the incremental model
C. Includes project risks evaluation during each iteration
D. All of the above
11. The concurrent development model is
A. Another name for concurrent engineering
B. Defines events that trigger engineering activity state transition
C. Only used for development of parallel or distributed systems
D. Used whenever a large number of change requests are anticipated
12. Which of the following traits need to exist among the members of an agile software
team?
A. Competence
B. Decision- making ability
C. Mutual trust and respect
D. All of the above
13. In agile software processes the highest priorities is to satisfy the customer through early
and continuous delivery of valuable software.
A. True B. False
14. It is relatively common for different customers to propose conflicting requirements, each
arguing that his or her version is the right one.
A. True B. False
15. Requirements engineering is a generic process that does not vary from one software
project to another.
A. True B. False
16. During project inception the intent of the task are to determine
A. Basic problem understanding
B. Nature of the solution needed
C. People who want a solution
D. All
17. Developers and customers create use-cases to help the software team understand how
different classes of end-users will use functions
 A. True B. False
18. Use-case actors are always people, never system devices.
A. True B. False
19. Which of these is not an element of an object-oriented analysis model?
A. Behavioral elements
B. Class-based elements
C. Data elements
D. Scenario-based elements
20. What is a functional requirement?
A. Specifies the tasks the program must complete
B. Specifies the tasks the program should not complete
C. Specifies the tasks the program must not work
D. All
21. Which one of the following is a functional requirement?
A. Maintainability
B. Portability
C. Robustness
D. None
22. Which of the following is a non-functional requirement?
A. The system enables users to place lunch orders
B. The system always respond to user clicks in less than one tenth of a second
C. The system displays a list of hotel vacancies
D. The system notifies the user when a new order arrives
23. Which question does a non-functional requirement answer?
A. What does the system do?
B. When does the system do it?
C. Where does the system do it?
D. Why does the system do it?
E. How well does the system do it?
24. What is the goal of the requirements analysis and specifications phase of software
development life cycle?
A. Understanding the customer requirements and organize them in an informal document
B. Analyzing the cost of development
C. Determining scope of the software
D. None
25. What is the final outcome of the requirements analysis and specifications phase?
A. Drawing the data flow diagram
B. The SRS document
C. Coding the project
D. The user manual
26. Which of the following is not included in the software requirements specification (SRS)
document?
A. Functional requirement
B. Non-functional requirement
C. Goals of implementation
D. User manual