CS504 Midterm Past Papers in One File

MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring 2010 CS504Software Engineering - I (Session - 6)

Time: 60 min Marks: 38

Q1. By following modern system engineering practices simulation of reactive systems is no longer necessary (1 marks)

True
False

Q2. The state transition diagram (1 marks)

depicts relationships between data objects
depicts functions that transform the data flow
indicates how data are transformed by the system
indicates system reactions to external events

Q3. Control flow diagrams are (1 marks)

needed to model event driven systems.
required for all systems
used in place of data flow diagrams
useful for modeling user interfaces

Q4. A change becomes ------------- because of close presence of data and functions
Localized (1 marks)

Private
Global
Accessible

Q5. A complex System evolves from a (1 marks)

smaller system
medium sysetem
bigger system
non of the given

Q6. Coupling is a measure of ----------------of a module or component.
Independent (1 marks)

Dependent
Closeness
All of the given

Q7. Software Maintenance phase involves (1 marks)

Debugging
Adding new features
making changes
all of the given

Q8. The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely ----------- to build. (1 marks)

what
How
When
Why

Q9. Please choose one Interaction Diagrams depict the ------------- Behavior of the system
Static (1 marks)

Dynamic
Active
Non of the above

Q10. In Sequence Diagrams the time required by the receiver object to process the message is denoted by an--------------- (1 marks)

Activation Box
Simple Box
Arrow
Non of the above

Q11. A poorly designed interface can cause a user to make catastrophic errors is one of the motivations for GUI. (1 marks)

True
False

Q12. Please choose one Identifying System Features include ------ (1 marks)

log important information
conduct business
analyze business results