Software Engineering Mock Test 3

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1. Human and organizational factors such as organizational structure and politics have a significant effect on the operation of sociotechnical systems.

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following is not a use of a CASE tool ?

Support structured analysis and design (SA/SD)

Checks whether DFDs are balanced or not

It complies with the available system

Maintains the data dictionary

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sociotechnical systems are deterministic.

False

True

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Question 4 of 10

4. There are ________ overlapping stages in the lifetime of large and complex sociotechnical systems.

five

four

three

two

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Question 5 of 10

5. Consider a case where the system is unavailable and cannot deliver its services to users. What type of failure is being described here?

System/data corruption

Loss of service

None of the mentioned

Incorrect service delivery

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following is not a Protection system ?

None of the mentioned

System to shut down a reactor if temperature/pressure are too high

System to stop a train if it passes a red light

System to indicate not returning of the library book

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Question 7 of 10

7. Identify the correct statement with respect to Evolutionary development:

Very large projects are usually done using evolutionary development based approach

Sometimes the construction of a throw-away prototype is not followed by a re- implementation of the software system using a more structured approach

It facilitates easy project management, through the high volume of documentation it generates

Evolutionary development usually has two flavors; exploratory development, and throw-away prototyping

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Question 8 of 10

8. Controls that are intended to repel attacks is analogous to ____________ in dependability engineering.

Fault tolerance

Fault detection

None of the mentioned

Fault avoidance

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Question 9 of 10

9. To specify security requirements, one should identify the risks that are to be dealt with.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is a Range check?

None of the mentioned

Check that the input falls within a known range

Check that the input does not exceed some maximum size e.g. 40 characters for a name

Use information about the input to check if it is reasonable rather than an extreme value

Question 10 of 10