The IIT Madras BS Software Engineering (Software Engineering) Quiz 2 paper sat on 6 Aug 2023, in the May 2023 term: 20 questions for 50 marks in 120 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.
A software organization is developing a web application to collect and address the grievances of its employees in a systematic manner. Identify the type of client for the web application discussed above.
external user
internal user
a software or a software component.
none of them
Correct answer
internal user
Requirements gathering
Design
Development
Testing
Maintenance
Correct answer
Requirements gathering
The customers who makes purchase using the mobile application
The organization who sales the handcrafted jewelry using the mobile application
The preapproved jewellers who makes the jewelry as per the design given by the customers
The auditors
Correct answer
The preapproved jewellers who makes the jewelry as per the design given by the customers
Which of the following requirement gathering technique is best suite for getting answers to specific questions from a large group of people?
Questionnaires
Interviews
Focus groups
Naturalistic observations
Correct answer
Questionnaires
An organization has developed a web application to collect and address the grievances of its employees in a systematic manner. However, employees find the system difficult to use, and they have to go to the help page to understand how the system can be used properly. Which of the usability goals is missing in the given web application?
Effectiveness
Safe to use
Learnability
Memorability
Correct answer
Learnability
A prototype of a software product is presented as printed or hand-sketched drawings of user interfaces of different screens (of the software product) on multiple papers. Identify the type of the given prototype.
Storyboards
Paper prototype
Digital mock-ups
Interactive prototype
Correct answer
Paper prototype
Suppose you are designing a web application that allows advance booking of movie tickets in metro cities. The web application allows the users to explore different movies screened in different cinema halls and multiplexes and also find descriptions and ratings of the movies without registering or signing in to the web application. However, to book movie tickets, the user is required to sign in to the web application. Which of the following heuristics of UI evaluation is fulfilled in this case?
Flexibility
Consistency
Show status
Freedom
Correct answer
Freedom
For a given software system, the modules share a lot of data among themselves, requiring extensive interaction between the modules, and functions in each module perform a single objective.
Identify the statement that is correct about the software.
The modules have high coupling and high cohesion.
The modules have high coupling and low cohesion.
The modules have low coupling and high cohesion.
The modules have low coupling and low cohesion.
Correct answer
The modules have high coupling and high cohesion.
Consider a module in which a set of functions are defined to be executed one after the other, each of which works towards an entirely different purpose.
Identify the type of cohesion for the given module.
Sequential cohesion
Procedural cohesion
Communicational cohesion
Coincidental cohesion
Correct answer
Procedural cohesion
Logging
Dump & diff
Stepping in debugger
Profiling tool
Correct answer
Logging
Builder design pattern
Facade design pattern
Adapter design pattern
Strategy design pattern
Correct answer
Adapter design pattern
Which of the following statements are true about design phase of software development process?
It provides a big picture of the software system to be implemented
The developers write code based on the requirements
It provides a structure of the software system to be implemented
It ensures that the implemented software behave according to the requirements
Correct answers
It provides a big picture of the software system to be implemented
It provides a structure of the software system to be implemented
Implementation of Component Diagram starts after the implementations of both User Interface and Database Schema are completed.
Implementations of both User Interface and Database Schema are required to be completed before the implementation of Restaurant Management begins.
User Interface and Database Schema can be implemented simultaneously.
No part of Payment Tracking, Order Tracking, and Route Management can be implemented simultaneously due to strong interdependencies.
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Implementations of both User Interface and Database Schema are required to be completed before the implementation of Restaurant Management begins.
User Interface and Database Schema can be implemented simultaneously.
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timeboxed
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Measurable
Rs. 6,20,000/-
Rs. 9,60,000/-
Rs. 14,70,000/-
Rs. 5,85,07,200/-
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Rs. 14,70,000/-
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3
4
5
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4
Open-Closed principle
Liskov substitution principle
Interface segregation principle
Dependency inversion principle
Correct answer
Dependency inversion principle
A startup company is planning to develop an online daily planner app. However, since there are already many similar products on the market, the risk associated with developing the product is that it may not be competitive in the market.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Identify the type of the risk in the given scenario.
Technical risk
Project risk
Business risk
None of these
Correct answer
Business risk
A startup company is planning to develop an online daily planner app. However, since there are already many similar products on the market, the risk associated with developing the product is that it may not be competitive in the market.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Select the correct option that specifies how the risk can be mitigated.
By communicating with clients or build prototype to collect clients feedback
By benchmarking and regular inspection to verify that the external component is up to the mark.
By hiring developers with relevant experience within the company and/or outside the company, or outsource certain things to some third party vendors.
Explore market for similar products.
Correct answer
Explore market for similar products.
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