CS504 Midterm Solved Paper

MIDTERM EXAMINATION CS504- Software Engineering - I (Session - 6)

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

1. True
2. False

Correct answer: False

Q2. The state transition diagram (1 marks)

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

Correct answer: indicates how data are transformed by the system

Q3. Control flow diagrams are (1 marks)

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

Correct answer: useful for modeling user interfaces

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

1. Localized
2. Private
3. Global
4. Accessible

Correct answer: Localized

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

1. smaller system
2. medium sysetem
3. bigger system
4. non of the given

Correct answer: smaller system

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

1. Independent
2. Dependent
3. Closeness
4. All of the given

Correct answer: Independent

Q7. Software Maintenance phase involves (1 marks)

1. Debugging
2. Adding new features
3. making changes
4. all of the given

Correct answer: Debugging

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

1. what
2. How
3. When
4. Why

Correct answer: what

Q9. Interaction Diagrams depict the ------------- Behavior of the system (1 marks)

1. Static
2. Dynamic
3. Active
4. Non of the above

Correct answer: Dynamic

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

1. Activation Box
2. Simple Box
3. Arrow
4. Non of the above

Correct answer: Activation Box

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

1. True
2. False

Correct answer: True

Q12. Identifying System Features include ------ (1 marks)

1. log important information
2. conduct business
3. analyze business results
4. all of the above

Correct answer: all of the above

Q13. Establishing responsibilities for objects includes (1 marks)

1. Generalization Relationships
2. Specialization Relationships
3. all of the above
4. identifying Association relationships

Correct answer: all of the above

Q14. Which of the following is a fact finding method? (1 marks)

1. Site visits
2. Prototyping
3. Study of similar systems
4. All of given

Correct answer: Prototyping

Q15. Windows mobile is a popular mobile operating system which seen commonly on PDAs. Which of the following category pair(s) best describe(s) it? (1 marks)

1. application software, embedded software
2. system software, web-based software
3. application software, scientific software
4. system software, embedded software

Correct answer: application software, embedded software