The IIT Madras BS Software Engineering (Software Engineering) End Term paper sat on 1 Sept 2024, in the May 2024 term, set QDB1: 26 questions for 100 marks in 180 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.
Which of the following is the primary responsibility of the data scientists at a software company?
To communicate with users and create prototypes.
To shape the terms of service of the software product, software licenses, privacy policy etc.
To analyze data generated from various teams and users in order to assist the organization in making better decisions.
To address and resolve issues that clients encounter.
Correct answer
To analyze data generated from various teams and users in order to assist the organization in making better decisions.
Which of the following is the benefit of using project management tools?
It helps to document and archive the knowledge of one project that might be required in some other project.
It helps all members of the team to get a big picture as well as detailed view of progress.
It helps in easy migration of developers between different projects.
It helps the developers to become more productive by using tools like IDEs.
Correct answer
It helps all members of the team to get a big picture as well as detailed view of progress.
What is velocity from the agile project estimation perspective?
Number of user stories per sprint
Number of points per sprint
The time required to complete an agile project
The point assigned to each user story
Correct answer
Number of points per sprint
Which of the following diagrams models the sequence of message exchanges among parts of a system?
Class diagram
State machine diagram
Activity view
Interaction view
Correct answer
Interaction view
Which of the following types of software metrics considers the number of lines of code which include code, comments, white spaces etc.?
Cyclomatic complexity
Raw Metrics
Halstead's Metrics
None of these
Correct answer
Raw Metrics
Consider an eCommerce portal that has been integrated with a payment gateway with a set of APIs. Which of the following debugging strategies involves the task of searching the
documentation and code examples to understand the correct use of the APIs?
Input manipulation
Backwards
Forwards
Blackbox debugging
Correct answer
Blackbox debugging
Heroku and Google App Engine are examples of ___________.
Bare metal server
Infrastructure-as-a-service
Platform-as-a-service
Software-as-a-service
Correct answer
Platform-as-a-service
Which of the following is true about the production environment of deployment?
It is primarily created for performing integration and system testing.
It is also known as live environment where all the users can interact with the deployed system.
It is the local environment for individual developers that provides IDEs and other tools.
It exactly resembles the production environment, and it runs on a remote machine.
Correct answer
It is also known as live environment where all the users can interact with the deployed system.
In which of the software deployment strategies are changes incrementally rolled out to a small subset of users?
Blue/Green deployment
Canary deployment
Versioned deployment
None of these
Correct answer
Canary deployment
4,80,00,000
8,95,00,000
16,90,00,000
2,85,00,000
Correct answer
16,90,00,000
Suppose you are creating a prototype for a web application which is presented on multiple papers as handdrawn UIs of different screens.
In the above case, identify the type of prototype technique you have chosen.
Storyboards
Paper prototype
Digital mock-ups
Interactive prototype
Correct answer
Paper prototype
Suppose a software organization is designing the UI of a web application for an employee payroll system. For all the icons on the buttons and links, they have chosen various animal pictures. Which one of the following UI evaluation heuristics would be missing in this design?
Flexibility
Recognition over recall
Clean and functional design
Freedom
Correct answer
Recognition over recall
Consider an EdTech company that decided to develop an educational portal based on GenAI services. However, there are some requirements that are ambiguous or conflicting. As a result, the company has arranged a meeting of all the managers of different departments to discuss the issues and requirements and reach some consensus on them. In the given scenario, which of the following requirement gathering techniques is in use?
Questionnaires
Interviews
Focus group
Documentations
Correct answer
Focus group
Which of the SMART characteristics of user stories specifies that if the implementation of a user story is not possible in one iteration, then subdivide the story into smaller ones?
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timeboxed
Correct answer
Achievable
A software company has to develop a job portal that will allow job seekers to apply for different organizations at different positions. Therefore, the entire task of the project is divided into different modules, and the interactions between the modules are outlined. Which phase of the SDLC is the software currently in?
Requirements gathering
Design
Development
Testing
Maintenance
Correct answer
Design
Has high coupling and high cohesion
Has high coupling and low cohesion
Has low coupling and high cohesion
Has low coupling and low cohesion
Correct answer
Has high coupling and high cohesion
2
3
4
5
Correct answer
4
Consider a mobile application for enhancing image quality. The image quality enhancement application is made up of several data filters. The filters are connected one after another. Each filter processes the data it receives and sends the output to the next filter in line. Which type of architecture is used to design the data processing software?
Client-server
Pipe and filter
Model-view-controller
Peer-to-peer
Correct answer
Pipe and filter
Personnel shortfall
Lack of experience building banking applications
Budget slippage
Product not competitive in the market
Correct answer
Personnel shortfall
Iterator design pattern
Adapter design pattern
Strategy design pattern
Facade design pattern
Correct answer
Strategy design pattern
Which of the following is/are considered as the primary objective(s) of monitoring tools for enhancing the performance of web applications?
It stores the results of common operations in memory.
It helps to understand customer behaviour.
It compresses static pages.
It can be used to analyze page resources, find optimization suggestions, check SEO and accessibility metrics and calculate your performance score.
Correct answers
It helps to understand customer behaviour.
It can be used to analyze page resources, find optimization suggestions, check SEO and accessibility metrics and calculate your performance score.
{months = -4, months = 0, months = 25}
{months = -4, months = 4, months = 25, months = 48}
{months = -4, months = 4, months = 40, months = 48}
{months = -4, months = 0, months = 4, months = 25, months = 48}
Correct answers
{months = -4, months = 4, months = 25, months = 48}
{months = -4, months = 0, months = 4, months = 25, months = 48}
A inherits from B
B is composition of A
B is associated C
D and E inherit from A
Correct answers
B is composition of A
D and E inherit from A
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Identify the set(s) of valid test cases for branch coverage.
{-5, 5}
{-5, 0, 2, 5}
{-5, 2, 5, 10}
{-5, 0, 1, 2, 5}
Correct answers
{-5, 0, 2, 5}
{-5, 0, 1, 2, 5}
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Identify the set(s) of valid test cases for multiple condition coverage.
{-5, 5}
{-5, 0, 2, 5}
{-5, 2, 5, 10}
{-5, 0, 1, 2, 5}
Correct answer
{-5, 0, 1, 2, 5}
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Identify the number of linearly independent paths in the code base.
2
3
4
5
Correct answer
4
