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Software Engineering → Introduction to Software Engineering 4

________ is a physical element that exists at runtime and represents a computational resource.
all of the mentioned
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The system icon identifies ________
model simple interactions
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A ________ describes the aspects of an object whose current behavior depends on its p
visualize
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Software project management comprises of a number of activities, which contains _.
may be actors
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Software Engineering → Software Development Models 4

Which one of the following is not a structural thing?
object
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A person may function in ________
object diagram
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The relationship between two states is called ________
collaboration
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Software is defined as ____ .
identify interactions between actors and use cases
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Software Engineering → Waterfall Model 4

________ can represent the invocation of an operation, a step in a business p an entire business process.
static
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Devices and other systems ________
a model into a code
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________ are handled without causing a change in state.
use case
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What are the signs that a software project is in trouble
identify system goals
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Software Engineering → Spiral Model 4

The explanatory parts of the UML model are known as ________
class diagram
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Associations ________
simplification
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A sequential state machine may have ________
node
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A Project can be characterized as _ .
a specialized form of a use case
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Software Engineering → Agile Model 4

A link is an instance of ________
object diagram
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Use cases ________
design
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Which of the following is present in a nested concurrent state machine?
annotational things
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CMM model in Software Engineering is a technique of ______ .
state machine
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Software Engineering → Requirement Engineering 4

______ are used to create new building blocks from existing blocks.
object
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The association stereotype «Extends» indicates ________
the choice of model is important
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Which of the following is wrong with respect to a thread?
association
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Project risk factor is considered in which model
state machine
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Software Engineering → Software Design 4

In which phase is the scope of the project defined?
target
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________ can model the behavior of an individual object.
software systems
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________ is denotation for the time at which an event occurs.
inception
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Effective software project management focuses on the four P’s. What are those four P’s?
state
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Software Engineering → Coding Standards 3

Which one of the following GOAD artifacts is the MOST useful?
object diagram
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A ________ is a behavior that specifies the sequence of states an object goes through during its lifetime in response to events.
designing
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Which of the following evaluates to an absolute value of Time?
use cases
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Software Engineering → Software Testing 3

All public methods in business model objects are defined directly or indirectly because of a ________ requirement.
class diagram
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A ________ is a condition during the life of an object during which it satisfies performs some activity or waits for some event.
behavior
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A state machine whose actions are all attached to states is called ________
use case
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Software Engineering → Debugging 3

UML interfaces are used to ________
class diagrams
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A ________ is a relationship between two states indicating that an object in the first s will enter the second state.
generalization n
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during its lifetime in response to events.
a role
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Software Engineering → Software Maintenance 3

An actor is ________
object diagram
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________ is the state that is active after completion of the transition.
objects
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How many views of the software can be represented through the Unified Modeling Language (UML)?
the context of the system
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