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Software Engineering → Requirement Engineering 4

Verification is
Repeatable
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One weakness of boundary value analysis and equivalence partitioning is
failures
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Which of the following model has a major disadvantage in terms of the coding phase of a software life cycle model?
Function testing
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The SRS is said to be consistent if and only if
Regression testing
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Software Engineering → Software Design 4

Validation is
Optimizing
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In cause effect graphing technique, cause & effect are related to
Mean time to failure
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The work associated with software engineering can be categorized into three generic phases, regardless of application area, project size, or complexity namely the__________ phase which focuses on what, the_________ phase which focuses on how and the_________ phase which focuses on change.
The customer checks the product
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Which of the following is a requirement management activity?
None of the above
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Software Engineering → Coding Standards 4

Alpha testing is done by
Carnegie Mellon University
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DD path graph is called as
TRUE
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How many phases are there in Scrum?
Checking the product with respect to specification
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The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has become an effective standard for software modelling. How many different notations does it have?
They do not explore combinations of input circumstances
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Software Engineering → Software Testing 4

Site for Alpha testing is
20
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Cyclomatic complexity is developed by
time
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User requirements are expressed as __________ in Extreme Programming.
Checking the product with respect to customer’s expectation
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Which model in system modelling depicts the dynamic behavior of the system?
Input and output
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Software Engineering → Debugging 4

Site for Beta testing is
failures
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An independent path is
Key Process Area
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The user system requirements are the parts of which document?
Software company
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Which model in system modelling depicts the static nature of the system?
Decision to decision Path graph
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Software Engineering → Software Maintenance 4

Acceptance testing is done by
Quality model
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What is a Software?
4n+1 test cases
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What is the first step of requirement elicitation?
User’s site
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Which perspective in system modelling shows the system or data architecture?
Victor Basili
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Software Engineering → Introduction to Software Engineering 4

Test suite is
one attributes
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Which of these software engineering activities are not a part of software processes?
13
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Why is Requirements Elicitation a difficult task?
Customers
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The UML supports event-based modeling using ____________ diagrams.
Any path through the DD path graph that introduce at least one new set of processing statements or new conditions
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Software Engineering → Software Development Models 3

Behavioral specification is required for:
Several KPAs
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The fundamental notions of software engineering does not account for?
Source node
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___________ and ____________ are the two viewpoints discussed in Controlled Requirements Expression (CORE)
All of the above
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Software Engineering → Waterfall Model 3

During the development phase, the following testing approach is not adopted
All of the above
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Build & Fix Model is suitable for programming exercises of ___________ LOC (Line of Code).
Destination node
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Which of the following Requirement Elicitation Techniques is applicable to messy, changing and ill-defined problem situations?
Set of test cases
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Software Engineering → Spiral Model 3

Which is not a functional testing technique?
Spiral model
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A company is developing an advance version of their current software available in the market, what model approach would they prefer?
Users
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Which of the following is not a diagram studied in Requirement Analysis?
Verification
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Software Engineering → Agile Model 3

Decision table are useful for describing situations in which:
None of the above
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Identify a fourth generation language (4GL) from the given below.
Black box testing
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How many feasibility studies is conducted in Requirement Analysis?
Acceptance testing
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