INF3705 – 2021 Nov Exam MCQ Notes
2021 Assignment 1 Memo (own) 2
2021 Assignment 1 Memo (other student) 7
2021 Assignment 2 Memo (own) 11
2021 Assignment 2 Memo (other student) 16
2021 Practice Assessment 20
2020 Assignment 1 Memo 29
2020 Assignment 2 Memo 32
Random MCQ Notes 35
MCQs Per Chapter - 2020 35
Chapter 2 35
Chapter 3 37
Chapter 4 38
Chapter 5 39
Chapter 8 41
Chapter 10 42
Chapter 17 45
Chapter 18 47
Chapter 19 49
Telegram Upload “More extras” 50
Chapter 8 Additional MyUNISA Questions 51
Notes based on common pages asked in MCQs. 52
Chapter 1 – Introduction (17) 52
Key Points 52
Other Notes 53
Chapter 2 – Software processes (43) 54
Key Points 54
Other Notes 54
Chapter 3 – Agile software development (72) 55
Key Points 55
Other Notes 55
Chapter 4 – Requirements engineering (101) 57
Key Points 57
Other Notes 57
Chapter 5 – System modeling (138) 58
Key Points 58
Other Notes 59
Chapter 6 – Architectural design (167) 60
Key Points 60
Other Notes 60
Chapter 7 – Design and implementation (196) 61
Key Points 61
, Other Notes 61
Chapter 8 – Software testing (226) 62
Key Points 62
Other notes 62
Chapter 9 – Software evolution (255) 63
Key Points 63
Other Notes 64
Chapter 10 – Dependable systems (285) 65
Key Points 65
Other Notes 65
Chapter 11 – Reliability engineering (306) 66
Key Points 66
Other Notes 66
Chapter 12 – Safety engineering (339) 67
Key Points 67
Other Notes 68
Chapter 15 – Software reuse (437) 68
Key Points 68
Other Notes 68
Chapter 18 – Service-oriented software engineering (520) 69
Key Points 69
Other Notes 69
Chapter 19 – Systems engineering (551) 70
Key Points 70
Other Notes 70
,2022 Assignment 1 Memo
Part 1 of the 9 parts available
Chapter 1
The Questions
Question 1 of the 25 questions
Which of the following doesn't form part of the key challenges facing software engineering?
A. Coping with increasing diversity
B. Demand for reduced delivery times
C. Focus of Computer science theory and fundamentals
D. demanding trustworthy software
Page 20.
Question 2 of 25
Software engineering is an engineering discipline that is concerned with?A. All
aspects of software development
B. Only software design and development
C. Agility software development
D. System development life cycle
Page 20.
,Part 2 of 9 - Chapter 2 Questions
Question 3 of 25
Which one of the following is a major advantage of incremental development over the waterfall
model?
A. the cost of software re-engineering
B. stand-alone application systems
C. the cost of implementing requirements
D. web services that are developed according to the service standardsPage
50.
Question 4 of 25
Incremental development has three major advantages over waterfall model. Which of the followingdoesn't form
part of the major advantage ?
A. The early delivery and development of useful software
B. The easy way to get customer feedback
C. The cost of implements
D. The system structure that tends to degrades new incrementsPage
51 – this is mentioned as a disadvantage.
Question 5 of 25
The stages of the waterfall model directly reflect the fundamental software activities such as?
A. integration and configuration
B. Integration and system testing
C. Requirement analysis and definition
D. Incremental development
Pages 47-48.
Part 3 of 9 - Chapter 3 Questions
Question 6 of 25
A fundamental requirement of scaling agile method is to?
A. allow customer involvement
B. keep customer involved
C. embrace change
D. Integrate them with plan driven approaches
Page 91.
Question 7 of 25
Agile approach to software development consists of design and implementation to be?
A. ventral activities to the software design phase
B. central activities in the software process
C. part of the final products
D. part of the development process
Page 74.
Part 4 of 9 - chapter 4 Questions
Question 8 of 25
,When a standard format is used for specifying functional requirements, the following informationshould
be included?
A. A description of its inputs and the origins of those inputs
B. A description of software ethnography
C. A description of requirement elicitation
D. A description of standard formats
Page 123.
Question 9 of 25
Which of the following is not part of the non-functional requirements?
A. Robustness
B. Efficiency requirements
C. Product requirements
D. Usability requirements
Figure 4.3 on page 108.
Question 10 of 25
The aims of requirement elicitation process are to?
A. understanding the work that stakeholders do
B. understanding the requirements discovery process
C. understanding the work that system developers do
D. Understanding requirement classification
Page 112.
Part 5 of 9 - chapter 5 Questions
Question 11 of 25
Model of the new system are used during requirement engineering to?
A. Help clarify what the existing system does
B. help to explain the proposed requirements to other system stakeholder
C. help to keep he focus on the stakeholder’s discussion
D. Help with external perspective
Page 139.
Question 12 of 25
Which of the following doesn’t form part of the four fundamental view?
A. Stakeholder view
B. A process view
C. A development view
D. A logic view
Page 174. Question
13 of 25
Which of the following doesn't form part of the UML diagram?
A. Activity diagrams
B. Use case diagrams
C. development diagrams
D. Sequence diagrams
, Page 141.
Part 6 of 9 - chapter 6 Questions
Question 14 of 25
A software architecture is a description of how a software system is....................... ?
A. organized
B. Implemented
C. Designed
D. Developed
Page .
Question 15 of 25
Architecture patterns are a means of ...................... knowledge about generic system architectures.
A. Recycling
B. Reusing
C. Redeveloping
D. reproducing
Page 192. Question
16 of 25
To develop a system design from concept to detailed, object-oriental design, you need to
A. Develop some systems artefacts
B. Develop design model
C. Develop a blueprint
D. Develop a system context model
Page 198.
Part 7 of 9 - chapter 7 Questions
Question 17 of 25
The process of object oriented design includes activities to?
A. to implement system architecture
B. to design a system architecture
C. to educate people about open source
D. to documents the entire system architecture
Page 2212.
Question 18 of 25
Which of the following is not part of software re-used at different levels?
A. Concept level
B. Component level
C. Abstraction level
D. Object level
Page 213-214.
Question 19 of 25
Which of the following doesn’t form part of the Gang of four definition of four essential element ofdesign
patterns?
2021 Assignment 1 Memo (own) 2
2021 Assignment 1 Memo (other student) 7
2021 Assignment 2 Memo (own) 11
2021 Assignment 2 Memo (other student) 16
2021 Practice Assessment 20
2020 Assignment 1 Memo 29
2020 Assignment 2 Memo 32
Random MCQ Notes 35
MCQs Per Chapter - 2020 35
Chapter 2 35
Chapter 3 37
Chapter 4 38
Chapter 5 39
Chapter 8 41
Chapter 10 42
Chapter 17 45
Chapter 18 47
Chapter 19 49
Telegram Upload “More extras” 50
Chapter 8 Additional MyUNISA Questions 51
Notes based on common pages asked in MCQs. 52
Chapter 1 – Introduction (17) 52
Key Points 52
Other Notes 53
Chapter 2 – Software processes (43) 54
Key Points 54
Other Notes 54
Chapter 3 – Agile software development (72) 55
Key Points 55
Other Notes 55
Chapter 4 – Requirements engineering (101) 57
Key Points 57
Other Notes 57
Chapter 5 – System modeling (138) 58
Key Points 58
Other Notes 59
Chapter 6 – Architectural design (167) 60
Key Points 60
Other Notes 60
Chapter 7 – Design and implementation (196) 61
Key Points 61
, Other Notes 61
Chapter 8 – Software testing (226) 62
Key Points 62
Other notes 62
Chapter 9 – Software evolution (255) 63
Key Points 63
Other Notes 64
Chapter 10 – Dependable systems (285) 65
Key Points 65
Other Notes 65
Chapter 11 – Reliability engineering (306) 66
Key Points 66
Other Notes 66
Chapter 12 – Safety engineering (339) 67
Key Points 67
Other Notes 68
Chapter 15 – Software reuse (437) 68
Key Points 68
Other Notes 68
Chapter 18 – Service-oriented software engineering (520) 69
Key Points 69
Other Notes 69
Chapter 19 – Systems engineering (551) 70
Key Points 70
Other Notes 70
,2022 Assignment 1 Memo
Part 1 of the 9 parts available
Chapter 1
The Questions
Question 1 of the 25 questions
Which of the following doesn't form part of the key challenges facing software engineering?
A. Coping with increasing diversity
B. Demand for reduced delivery times
C. Focus of Computer science theory and fundamentals
D. demanding trustworthy software
Page 20.
Question 2 of 25
Software engineering is an engineering discipline that is concerned with?A. All
aspects of software development
B. Only software design and development
C. Agility software development
D. System development life cycle
Page 20.
,Part 2 of 9 - Chapter 2 Questions
Question 3 of 25
Which one of the following is a major advantage of incremental development over the waterfall
model?
A. the cost of software re-engineering
B. stand-alone application systems
C. the cost of implementing requirements
D. web services that are developed according to the service standardsPage
50.
Question 4 of 25
Incremental development has three major advantages over waterfall model. Which of the followingdoesn't form
part of the major advantage ?
A. The early delivery and development of useful software
B. The easy way to get customer feedback
C. The cost of implements
D. The system structure that tends to degrades new incrementsPage
51 – this is mentioned as a disadvantage.
Question 5 of 25
The stages of the waterfall model directly reflect the fundamental software activities such as?
A. integration and configuration
B. Integration and system testing
C. Requirement analysis and definition
D. Incremental development
Pages 47-48.
Part 3 of 9 - Chapter 3 Questions
Question 6 of 25
A fundamental requirement of scaling agile method is to?
A. allow customer involvement
B. keep customer involved
C. embrace change
D. Integrate them with plan driven approaches
Page 91.
Question 7 of 25
Agile approach to software development consists of design and implementation to be?
A. ventral activities to the software design phase
B. central activities in the software process
C. part of the final products
D. part of the development process
Page 74.
Part 4 of 9 - chapter 4 Questions
Question 8 of 25
,When a standard format is used for specifying functional requirements, the following informationshould
be included?
A. A description of its inputs and the origins of those inputs
B. A description of software ethnography
C. A description of requirement elicitation
D. A description of standard formats
Page 123.
Question 9 of 25
Which of the following is not part of the non-functional requirements?
A. Robustness
B. Efficiency requirements
C. Product requirements
D. Usability requirements
Figure 4.3 on page 108.
Question 10 of 25
The aims of requirement elicitation process are to?
A. understanding the work that stakeholders do
B. understanding the requirements discovery process
C. understanding the work that system developers do
D. Understanding requirement classification
Page 112.
Part 5 of 9 - chapter 5 Questions
Question 11 of 25
Model of the new system are used during requirement engineering to?
A. Help clarify what the existing system does
B. help to explain the proposed requirements to other system stakeholder
C. help to keep he focus on the stakeholder’s discussion
D. Help with external perspective
Page 139.
Question 12 of 25
Which of the following doesn’t form part of the four fundamental view?
A. Stakeholder view
B. A process view
C. A development view
D. A logic view
Page 174. Question
13 of 25
Which of the following doesn't form part of the UML diagram?
A. Activity diagrams
B. Use case diagrams
C. development diagrams
D. Sequence diagrams
, Page 141.
Part 6 of 9 - chapter 6 Questions
Question 14 of 25
A software architecture is a description of how a software system is....................... ?
A. organized
B. Implemented
C. Designed
D. Developed
Page .
Question 15 of 25
Architecture patterns are a means of ...................... knowledge about generic system architectures.
A. Recycling
B. Reusing
C. Redeveloping
D. reproducing
Page 192. Question
16 of 25
To develop a system design from concept to detailed, object-oriental design, you need to
A. Develop some systems artefacts
B. Develop design model
C. Develop a blueprint
D. Develop a system context model
Page 198.
Part 7 of 9 - chapter 7 Questions
Question 17 of 25
The process of object oriented design includes activities to?
A. to implement system architecture
B. to design a system architecture
C. to educate people about open source
D. to documents the entire system architecture
Page 2212.
Question 18 of 25
Which of the following is not part of software re-used at different levels?
A. Concept level
B. Component level
C. Abstraction level
D. Object level
Page 213-214.
Question 19 of 25
Which of the following doesn’t form part of the Gang of four definition of four essential element ofdesign
patterns?
