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Software Engineering Trivia Quiz

This quiz is written for software engineers and anyone who is interested in learning more about software engineering. These questions were created using The Software Engineering Book-A Practitioner Approach(International Edition) by Roger S. Pressman.

A multiple-choice quiz by smox19december. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
smox19december

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
241,620

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Design is one step in the process of software development, in which the requirements for building the software are gathered and analyzed in order to create an architectural model.

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. According to Pressman, what is design? Hint

architecture driven

information driven

coding driven

testing driven

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these are characteristics of a strong design? Hint

Low Coupling

Modular

All of these

High Cohesion

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Question 4 of 10

4. When we think about software architecture, we should think of it as the same thing as the end product- functioning software.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. The two levels of design for software architecture are: Hint

coding design and architectural design

data design and architectural design

pattern design and data design

architectural design and XP design

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Question 6 of 10

6. In software engineering, what does KDD stands for? Hint

Knowledge distortion of design

Knowledge detection of databases

Knowledge development in design

Knowledge discovery in databases

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these is an example of an archetype? Hint

All of these

Actors

Architecture style

Node

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Question 8 of 10

8. In software engineering, what does ATAM stands for? Hint

Architecture type analysis method

Architecture trade-off analysis method

Application texture architectural method

Architecture type analysis management

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Question 9 of 10

9. To check the complexity of an architecture, what could a programmer use? Hint

dependencies

architecture testing

coupling

beta testing

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the use of an Architectural Description Language (ADL)? Hint

provides syntax for describing a software architecture

helps design the language in which the software should be built

codes the architecture into desired programming language

describes how to design the software in a specified language

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Design is one step in the process of software development, in which the requirements for building the software are gathered and analyzed in order to create an architectural model.

Answer: True

Design is all about making decisions in order to build quality software. Designing software has many processes. Just like we cannot build a house without a blueprint, one cannot code software without designing it first.

2. According to Pressman, what is design?

Answer: information driven

The stakeholders, the consumers and the programmers need to sit together and provide as much information as possible about the software to be built so that it can be designed.

3. Which of these are characteristics of a strong design?

Answer: All of these

Modular: the software system should be broken into pieces (modules) that are independent. Each module should accomplish a single logical process.
High Cohesion: Each module should perform a single isolated task. If understanding a unit requires understanding another unit, that unit then shows low cohesion.
Low Coupling: Each unit stands alone. They are not tied exclusively to another unit and yet they still provide general functionality.

4. When we think about software architecture, we should think of it as the same thing as the end product- functioning software.

Answer: False

Software architecture is not the actual working software. It is just a blueprint, a representation of what the software will be like or how the software will perform once it is coded.

5. The two levels of design for software architecture are:

Answer: data design and architectural design

Data design: because we need to know the data our software will be manipulating.
Architecture design: because we need to see the big picture of our software before we start the coding process.

6. In software engineering, what does KDD stands for?

Answer: Knowledge discovery in databases

Knowledge discovery in databases (KDD) helps software engineers retrieve important information from databases- almost like data mining but much better.

7. Which of these is an example of an archetype?

Answer: Node

An archetype is an abstraction representing one element of a system's behavior.
The design specifies the structure of the system by defining and refining software components that implement each archetype.
For example, a security alarm that senses human presence etc..
Other examples of archetypes are:
Detectors, Indicators, and Controllers.

8. In software engineering, what does ATAM stands for?

Answer: Architecture trade-off analysis method

Architecture trade-off analysis method (ATAM) helps the software engineers to evaluate the architecture design they produce at each level.

9. To check the complexity of an architecture, what could a programmer use?

Answer: dependencies

One can think of dependencies as how much information flows between software from a system to another system.

There are three types of dependencies:
Sharing dependencies, Flow dependencies, Constrained dependencies.

10. What is the use of an Architectural Description Language (ADL)?

Answer: provides syntax for describing a software architecture

Architectural Description Language (ADL) helps the software engineers to better design the architecture.

Source: Author smox19december

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