SWE 201C: A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE!
Which of the following is considered the most difficult in the software development process?
A. Accurately identifying user needs
B. Testing the solution with users
C. Determining the accurate market price for the finished product
D. Developing a Java program to meet the designed solution
A. Accurately identifying user needs
What is a Requirements Specification?
A. A process, how the requirements are written (specified)
B. A product, a written specification of the requirements
C. Both
D. Neither
C. Both
Based on the NASA statistics on budget and schedule overrun vs. time spent on requirements process,
what is the recommended amount of time to spend on the requirements stage?
A. 0% of the total time spent on the project
B. 5-10% of the total time spent on the project
C. 20% of the total time spent on the project
D. The same amount as you expect to spend on testing.
B. 5-10% of the total time spent on the project
Which of the following matches the terms to the correct definition?
A. Requirements - user needs in user language; Specification - solution properties designed to solve
problem
B. Requirements - solution properties designed to solve problem; Specification - user needs in user
language
A. Requirements - user needs in user language; Specification - solution properties designed to solve
problem
Which of these is a user requirement?
A. Retry posting the message up to 3 times every 5 minutes if the post is rejected by the server
B. Allow an authorized user to post a message of no more than 136 characters to the Facebook POST
API
C. Use the MariaDB database for internal data persistance
D. Allow the user to post a message to Facebook
D. Allow the user to post a message to Facebook
Which of the following is NOT an example of a non-functional requirement.
A. The messages between the client and server shall be in YAML 1.2 format.
, B. The user shall be able to select the course number.
C. The developing team shall use the spiral model of software development lifecycle.
D. Communication between the client and server will be expressed in EBCDIC endoding.
B. The user shall be able to select the course number.
What element(s) of the WRSPM model belong in the interface (i.e. the overlap between environment
and system)?
S
Which of these is proper definition of software architecture?
A. Integrating small systems with no individual business value into larger ones
B. Partitioning large systems into smaller ones that can be created seperately, have individual
business value, and can be easily integrated
C. Planning and pricing the resources involved with developing a large-scale software system,
including presenting such plans and budgets to senior level executives for funding
D. All of the above
B. Partitioning large systems into smaller ones that can be created seperately, have individual business
value, and can be easily integrated
Which of the following models is best suited for a system with significant shared data that needs to be
shared across a variety of components or sub-systems, somewhat like global variables, but with better
data integrity?
A. Blackboard
B. Client-server
C. Event-based
D. Layered
E. Pipe-and-filter
A. Blackboard
Which of the following models is best suited for a system that includes several subsets of functionality
that are used in more than one area of the system?
A. Blackboard
B. Client-server
C. Event-based
D. Layered
E. Pipe-and-filter
E. Pipe-and-filter
Which of the following models is best suited for a system that benefits from the separation of
complexity and processing between work which can be done locally and that which should be
completed on a shared, remote service?
A. Blackboard
B. Client-server
C. Event-based
UPDATE!
Which of the following is considered the most difficult in the software development process?
A. Accurately identifying user needs
B. Testing the solution with users
C. Determining the accurate market price for the finished product
D. Developing a Java program to meet the designed solution
A. Accurately identifying user needs
What is a Requirements Specification?
A. A process, how the requirements are written (specified)
B. A product, a written specification of the requirements
C. Both
D. Neither
C. Both
Based on the NASA statistics on budget and schedule overrun vs. time spent on requirements process,
what is the recommended amount of time to spend on the requirements stage?
A. 0% of the total time spent on the project
B. 5-10% of the total time spent on the project
C. 20% of the total time spent on the project
D. The same amount as you expect to spend on testing.
B. 5-10% of the total time spent on the project
Which of the following matches the terms to the correct definition?
A. Requirements - user needs in user language; Specification - solution properties designed to solve
problem
B. Requirements - solution properties designed to solve problem; Specification - user needs in user
language
A. Requirements - user needs in user language; Specification - solution properties designed to solve
problem
Which of these is a user requirement?
A. Retry posting the message up to 3 times every 5 minutes if the post is rejected by the server
B. Allow an authorized user to post a message of no more than 136 characters to the Facebook POST
API
C. Use the MariaDB database for internal data persistance
D. Allow the user to post a message to Facebook
D. Allow the user to post a message to Facebook
Which of the following is NOT an example of a non-functional requirement.
A. The messages between the client and server shall be in YAML 1.2 format.
, B. The user shall be able to select the course number.
C. The developing team shall use the spiral model of software development lifecycle.
D. Communication between the client and server will be expressed in EBCDIC endoding.
B. The user shall be able to select the course number.
What element(s) of the WRSPM model belong in the interface (i.e. the overlap between environment
and system)?
S
Which of these is proper definition of software architecture?
A. Integrating small systems with no individual business value into larger ones
B. Partitioning large systems into smaller ones that can be created seperately, have individual
business value, and can be easily integrated
C. Planning and pricing the resources involved with developing a large-scale software system,
including presenting such plans and budgets to senior level executives for funding
D. All of the above
B. Partitioning large systems into smaller ones that can be created seperately, have individual business
value, and can be easily integrated
Which of the following models is best suited for a system with significant shared data that needs to be
shared across a variety of components or sub-systems, somewhat like global variables, but with better
data integrity?
A. Blackboard
B. Client-server
C. Event-based
D. Layered
E. Pipe-and-filter
A. Blackboard
Which of the following models is best suited for a system that includes several subsets of functionality
that are used in more than one area of the system?
A. Blackboard
B. Client-server
C. Event-based
D. Layered
E. Pipe-and-filter
E. Pipe-and-filter
Which of the following models is best suited for a system that benefits from the separation of
complexity and processing between work which can be done locally and that which should be
completed on a shared, remote service?
A. Blackboard
B. Client-server
C. Event-based
