F-2,Block, Amity Campus

Sec-125, Nodia (UP)

India 201303

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a) Students are required to submit all three assignment
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Assignment A Subjective Questions

Assignment B Subjective Questions + Case
Study
Assignment C Objective Questions

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b) Total weightage given to these assignments is 30%.

OR 30 Marks
c) All assignments are to be completed as typed in
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d) All questions are required to be attempted.
e) All the three assignments are to be completed by due
dates (specified from time to time) and need to be
submitted for evaluation by Amity University.
f) The evaluated assignment marks will be made
available within six weeks. Thereafter, these will be
destroyed at the end of each semester.
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Assignment
Assignment
Assignment
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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Assignment A
1. How does Software Engineering differ from Programming?
2. What knowledge of Project Maintenance is needed for efficient
Software Engineering?
3. What does a case of tools (CASE tools) have to do with software
engineering?
4. What is analysis modeling?
5. Define data dictionary giving an example of what one may contain?
Assignment B
1. How could the use of these tools minimize the duration of the software
development process?
2. Give two advantages and two disadvantages of the following
specification techniques:
i) Questionnaires
ii) Client Documents
iii) Observations
3. The source of the problem lies in the fact that ESS is using the BuildAnd-Fix approach. This approach should never be used to produce
software as its adhoc development approach has no clearly defined
phases. Moreover with the lack of project management (incl. Risk
management) and quality assessment monitoring this approach is
doomed to fail. In essence, the product is built and modified as many
times as possible until it satisfies the client. The cost of using this
approach is greater than if specifications are drawn up and a design is
carefully developed.
Any model can be taken from the online notes. The models done in
class include:
1) Waterfall Model
2) Prototyping Model (versions 1 and 2)
3) Incremental Model
The solution should describe the model and its phases as well as
the inherent advantages and disadvantages. The use of
diagrams is permitted.

Assignment C
1.

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8.

9.

In the most general sense a component is a modular building

block for computer software.
A)
True
B)
False
In the context of object-oriented software engineering a
component contains
A)
attributes and operations
B)
instances of each class
C)
roles for each actor (device or user)
D)
a set of collaborating classes
In traditional software engineering, modules must serve in which
of the following roles?
A)
Control component
B)
Infrastructure component
C)
Problem domain component
D)
All of the above
Software engineers always need to create components from
scratch in order to meet customer expectations fully.
A)
True
B)
False
Which of the following is not one of the four principles used to
guide component-level design?
A)
Dependency Inversion Principle
B)
Interface Segregation Principle
C)
Open-Closed Principle
D)
Parsimonious Complexity Principle
During component-level design it is customary to ignore
organization issues like subsystem membership or packaging.
A)
True
B)
False
The use of stereotypes can help identify the nature of
components at the detailed design level.
A)
True
B)
False
Classes and components that exhibit functional, layer, or
communicational cohesion are relatively easy to implement, test,
and maintain.
A)
True
B)
False
Software coupling is a sign of poor architectural design and can
always be avoided in every system.
A)
True
B)
False

10. In

component design, elaboration requires which of the following

elements to be described in detail?
A)
Source code
B)
Attributes
C)
Interfaces
D)
Operations
E)
b, c and d
11. In component-level design "persistent data sources" refer to
A)
Component libraries
B)
Databases
C)
Files
D)
All of the above
E)
both b and c
12. The object constraint language (OCL) complements UML by
allowing a software engineer to use a formal grammar to
construct unambiguous statements about design model
elements.
A)
True
B)
False
13. OCL is not strong enough to be used to describe pre- or post
conditions for design actions.
A)
True
B)
False
14. Which of these constructs is used in structured programming?
A)
branching
B)
condition
C)
repetition
D)
sequence
E)
b, c, and d
15. Which of these is a graphical notation for depicting procedural
detail?
A)
process diagram
B)
decision table
C)
ER diagram
D)
flowchart
16. A decision table should be used
A)
to document all conditional statements
B)
to guide the development of the project
management plan
C)
only when building an expert system
D)
when a complex set of conditions and actions
appears in a component
17. A program design language (PDL) is often a
A)
combination of programming constructs and
narrative text
B)
legitimate programming language in its own right

C)
machine readable software development language
D)
useful way to represent software architecture
18. Which of these criteria are useful in assessing the effectiveness
of a particular design notation?
A)
maintainability
B)
modularity
C)
simplicity
D)
size
E)
a, b, and c
19. Which of the following activities is part in the cleanroom process?
A)
increment planning
B)
requirements gathering
C)
statistical use testing
D)
all of the above
20. The cleanroom strategy is based on the ________ software
process model.
A)
evolutionary
B)
incremental
C)
revolutionary
D)
spiral
21. The cleanroom strategy relies on
A)
exhaustive testing
B)
extensive unit testing of all modules
C)
tests that exercise the software as it is really used
D)
white box testing strategies
22. Use of formal program correctness proofs as part of the
cleanroom process eliminates the need to do any testing for
software defects.
A)
True
B)
False
23. Which of the following characteristics distinguish cleanroom
software engineering from conventional software engineering?
A)
explicit use of statistical quality control
B)
relies heavily on statistical use testing
C)
use of formal proof methods for design verification
D)
all of the above
24. In cleanroom software engineering a "box" encapsulates some
system aspect at a particular level of detail.
A)
True
B)
False
25. This box specification describes an abstraction, stimuli, and
response.
A)
black box
B)
clear box
C)
state box
D)
white box

26. This

box specification describes the architectural design for some

system component.
A)
black box
B)
clear box
C)
state box
D)
white box
27. This box specification is closely aligned with procedural design
and structured programming.
A)
black box
B)
clear box
C)
state box
D)
white box
28. In clean room software engineering the structured programming
approach is used to
A)
refine data design
B)
refine function design
C)
refine usage test cases
D)
both a and b
29. To prove a design correct you must identify all conditions and
then prove a random statistical sample of these conditions is
correct.
A)
True
B)
False
30. By using only structured programming constructs as you create a
procedural design, you make the work of proving design
correctness much easier.
A)
True
B)
False
31. Which of the following is not an advantage of using rigorous
correctness verification of each refinement of the clear box
design?
A)
improves performance of code
B)
produces better code than unit testing
C)
reduces verification effort
D)
results in near zero defect levels
32. Statistical use testing relies on probability distributions based on
A)
mixture of control structures used in the program
B)
order in which the module execute
C)
the way software will actually be used
D)
user interface design standards
33. Certification of an increment is complete once it has passed the
formal verification process.
A)
True
B)
False
34. Which of the following models is part of the cleanroom
certification process?

A)
B)
C)
D)

component model
sampling model
both a and b
none of the above

35. In HTTP communications, what role does the web browser play?
a. As a client
b. As a server
c. As both as a client and server
d. None of the above
36. Which of the following is not found in a URL?
a. Path
b. Post
c. Protocol
d. Port
37. Which of the following character combinations are used to separate
name/value pairs in a HTTP query string?
a. $ and &
b. = and &
c. / and =
d. $ and /
38. Which statement is false?
a. Not all internet servers are part of the World Wide Web.
b. The default port number for HTTP is 80.
c. HTTP responses always return HTML.
d. None of the above.
39. Which of the following is not normally used as a server-side scripting
language?
a. PHP
b. Java Applets
c. PERL
d. ASP
40. Client-side scripting programs are executed by:
a. the web browser before making a HTTP request.
b. the web server after receiving a HTTP request, but before HTML is
generated.
c. the web browser after receiving a HTTP response containing HTML.
d. the web server after generating HTML but before sending a HTTP
response.