Course 1 - QUIZ: Requirements and Architecture

5.Which of these is a user requirement? A. Allow the user to post a message to Facebook B. Allow an authorized user to post a message of no more than 136 characters to the Facebook POST API C. Retry posting the message up to 3 times every 5 minutes if the post is rejected by the server D. Use the MariaDB database for internal data persistance

A

12.Which of the following would be considered a sub-system, rather than a module? A. A set of classes which generates reports B. A class which represents the paying customer C. A class which provides a service (e.g. AccountCreationService) D. A set of classes which convert various values based on environment or parameter information

a

6.Which of the following is NOT an example of a non-functional requirement. A. Communication between the client and server will be expressed in EBCDIC endoding. B. The developing team shall use the spiral model of software development lifecycle. C. The user shall be able to select the course number. D. The messages between the client and server shall be in YAML 1.2 format.

C

Which of the following is considered the most difficult in the software development process? A. Testing the solution with users B. Developing a Java program to meet the designed solution C. Accurately identifying user needs D. Determining the accurate market price for the finished product

C

8.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

3.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

4.Which of the following matches the terms to the correct definition? A. Requirements - solution properties designed to solve problem; Specification - user needs in user language B. Requirements - user needs in user language; Specification - solution properties designed to solve problem

b

2.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

7.What element(s) of the WRSPM model belong in the interface (i.e. the overlap between environment and system)? A. R,S,P B. P,M C. W,R,S D. W,R E. R,S F. W G. S H. S,P I. S,P,M J. M

c

11.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. pipe-and-filter B. blackboard C. layered D. client-server E. event-based

d

9.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. layered B. blackboard C. client-server D. pipe-and-filter E. event-based

B

10.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. client-server B. blackboard C. layered D. event-based E. pipe-and-filter

e