The document is the midterm examination for an introduction to software engineering course. It contains instructions for the exam, which has multiple choice and essay questions. Students are to write their name, ID, and signature on the cover page and top of the exam booklet. The exam is closed book and has a duration of 75 minutes.
This document contains instructions for a final examination in an introduction to software engineering course. It provides the date, time, location of the exam, as well as instructions that students are to write their name, student ID, and signature on the cover and top of the exam. It also states that the exam is closed book and notes, calculators are permitted, and to circle one answer for multiple choice questions. The exam contains two sections - a multiple choice section and an essay question section where students should write their answers in a separate booklet.
The document discusses software requirements and specifications. It explains that requirements engineering is the process of establishing customer requirements for a system. Requirements can range from high-level abstract statements to detailed functional specifications. Both types of statements may be called requirements. The document also discusses different types of requirements like user requirements, system requirements, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements. It provides examples and explanations of each. The structure and intended users of a requirements document are also covered.
The document discusses requirements analysis and specification in software engineering. It defines what requirements are and explains the typical activities involved - requirements gathering, analysis, and specification. The importance of documenting requirements in a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document is explained. Key sections of an SRS like stakeholders, types of requirements (functional and non-functional), and examples are covered. Special attention is given to requirements for critical systems and importance of non-functional requirements.
Software life cycle model: The descriptive and diagrammatic representation of the software life cycle
It represent all the activities performed on software product from the inception to retirement
It also depicts the order in which these activities are to be undertaken
More than one activity can be carried out in a single phase
The primary advantage of adhering to a life cycle model is that it encourages development of software in a systematic and disciplined manner
When a program is developed by a single programmer ,he has the freedom to decide the exact steps through which he will develop the program
Iterative Linear Sequential Model
This document discusses design patterns, beginning with how they were introduced in architecture in the 1950s and became popularized by the "Gang of Four" researchers. It defines what patterns are and provides examples of different types of patterns (creational, structural, behavioral) along with common patterns in each category. The benefits of patterns are that they enable reuse, improve communication, and ease the transition to object-oriented development. Potential drawbacks are that patterns do not directly lead to code reuse and can be overused. Effective use requires applying patterns strategically rather than recasting all code as patterns.
The systematic use of proven principles, techniques ,languages and tools for the cost-effective analysis ,documentation and on-going evolution of user needs and the external behavior of a system to satisfy those user needs.
Requirement Elicitation
Facilitated Application Specification Technique(FAST)
Quality Function Deployment
USE-CASES
Line of Code (LOC) Matric and Function Point MatricAnkush Singh
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This document provides an overview of two popular software metrics: lines of code (LOC) and function points. It defines LOC as a measure of the size of a computer program by counting the number of lines in its source code, excluding comments and headers. LOC can be physical (including blank lines and comments) or logical (executable statements only). Function points measure software size by categorizing its functional user requirements into inputs, outputs, inquiries, internal files, and external interfaces, then calculating an unadjusted function point value based on their sum. Both metrics aim to objectively and quantitatively estimate the size and effort of a software project.
This document discusses different approaches to requirements modeling including scenario-based modeling using use cases and activity diagrams, data modeling using entity-relationship diagrams, and class-based modeling using class-responsibility-collaborator diagrams. Requirements modeling depicts requirements using text and diagrams to help validate requirements from different perspectives and uncover errors, inconsistencies, and omissions. The models focus on what the system needs to do at a high level rather than implementation details.
This document contains instructions for a final examination in an introduction to software engineering course. It provides the date, time, location of the exam, as well as instructions that students are to write their name, student ID, and signature on the cover and top of the exam. It also states that the exam is closed book and notes, calculators are permitted, and to circle one answer for multiple choice questions. The exam contains two sections - a multiple choice section and an essay question section where students should write their answers in a separate booklet.
The document discusses software requirements and specifications. It explains that requirements engineering is the process of establishing customer requirements for a system. Requirements can range from high-level abstract statements to detailed functional specifications. Both types of statements may be called requirements. The document also discusses different types of requirements like user requirements, system requirements, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements. It provides examples and explanations of each. The structure and intended users of a requirements document are also covered.
The document discusses requirements analysis and specification in software engineering. It defines what requirements are and explains the typical activities involved - requirements gathering, analysis, and specification. The importance of documenting requirements in a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document is explained. Key sections of an SRS like stakeholders, types of requirements (functional and non-functional), and examples are covered. Special attention is given to requirements for critical systems and importance of non-functional requirements.
Software life cycle model: The descriptive and diagrammatic representation of the software life cycle
It represent all the activities performed on software product from the inception to retirement
It also depicts the order in which these activities are to be undertaken
More than one activity can be carried out in a single phase
The primary advantage of adhering to a life cycle model is that it encourages development of software in a systematic and disciplined manner
When a program is developed by a single programmer ,he has the freedom to decide the exact steps through which he will develop the program
Iterative Linear Sequential Model
This document discusses design patterns, beginning with how they were introduced in architecture in the 1950s and became popularized by the "Gang of Four" researchers. It defines what patterns are and provides examples of different types of patterns (creational, structural, behavioral) along with common patterns in each category. The benefits of patterns are that they enable reuse, improve communication, and ease the transition to object-oriented development. Potential drawbacks are that patterns do not directly lead to code reuse and can be overused. Effective use requires applying patterns strategically rather than recasting all code as patterns.
The systematic use of proven principles, techniques ,languages and tools for the cost-effective analysis ,documentation and on-going evolution of user needs and the external behavior of a system to satisfy those user needs.
Requirement Elicitation
Facilitated Application Specification Technique(FAST)
Quality Function Deployment
USE-CASES
Line of Code (LOC) Matric and Function Point MatricAnkush Singh
Ā
This document provides an overview of two popular software metrics: lines of code (LOC) and function points. It defines LOC as a measure of the size of a computer program by counting the number of lines in its source code, excluding comments and headers. LOC can be physical (including blank lines and comments) or logical (executable statements only). Function points measure software size by categorizing its functional user requirements into inputs, outputs, inquiries, internal files, and external interfaces, then calculating an unadjusted function point value based on their sum. Both metrics aim to objectively and quantitatively estimate the size and effort of a software project.
This document discusses different approaches to requirements modeling including scenario-based modeling using use cases and activity diagrams, data modeling using entity-relationship diagrams, and class-based modeling using class-responsibility-collaborator diagrams. Requirements modeling depicts requirements using text and diagrams to help validate requirements from different perspectives and uncover errors, inconsistencies, and omissions. The models focus on what the system needs to do at a high level rather than implementation details.
The document discusses software design and key concepts related to software design including:
1) Software design is the process of planning the architecture, components, interfaces, and other characteristics of a software system.
2) Good software design aims for high cohesion and loose coupling between modules. It involves conceptual design, technical design, and refinement of the design.
3) Modularity, coupling, and cohesion are important design principles. Modularity enhances manageability while loose coupling and high cohesion are design goals.
This document discusses requirements modeling in software engineering. It covers creating various models during requirements analysis, including scenario-based models, data models, class-oriented models, flow-oriented models, and behavioral models. These models form the requirements model, which is the first technical representation of a system. The document provides examples of writing use cases and constructing a preliminary use case diagram for a home security system called SafeHome. It emphasizes that requirements modeling lays the foundation for software specification and design.
This document discusses software metrics and measurement. It describes how measurement can be used throughout the software development process to assist with estimation, quality control, productivity assessment, and project control. It defines key terms like measures, metrics, and indicators and explains how they provide insight into the software process and product. The document also discusses using metrics to evaluate and improve the software process as well as track project status, risks, and quality. Finally, it covers different types of metrics like size-oriented, function-oriented, and quality metrics.
This document discusses techniques for gathering software requirements, including interviews, workshops, observations, questionnaires, and document analysis. It outlines direct and indirect data collection methods, and levels of requirements from business goals to use cases. Stakeholder involvement at each level is described. The iterative nature of requirements elicitation and management is emphasized. Effective elicitation requires understanding stakeholders, crafting questions, and documenting open issues for future refinement.
Object diagrams represent a snapshot of a system at a particular moment, showing the concrete instances of classes and their relationships. They capture the static view of a system to show object behaviors and relationships from a practical perspective. Unlike class diagrams which show abstract representations, object diagrams depict real-world objects and their unlimited possible instances. They are used for forward and reverse engineering, modeling object relationships and interactions, and understanding system behavior.
The document discusses key concepts in software design, including:
- Design involves modeling the system architecture, interfaces, and components before implementation. This allows assessment and improvement of quality.
- Important design concepts span abstraction, architecture, patterns, separation of concerns, modularity, information hiding, and functional independence. Architecture defines overall structure and interactions. Patterns help solve common problems.
- Separation of concerns and related concepts like modularity and information hiding help decompose problems into independently designed and optimized pieces to improve manageability. Functional independence means each module has a single, well-defined purpose with minimal interaction.
Lecture-1: Introduction to web engineering - course overview and grading schemeMubashir Ali
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This document provides an introduction to the course "Introduction to Web Engineering". It discusses the need for applying systematic engineering principles to web application development to avoid common issues like cost overruns and missed objectives. The document defines web engineering and outlines categories of web applications of varying complexity, from document-centric to ubiquitous applications. Grading policies are also covered.
The document discusses software project planning and estimation. It explains that project planning involves estimating the time, effort, people and resources required. The key activities in planning are estimation, scheduling, risk analysis, quality planning and change management. Estimation techniques include decomposition, using historical data, and empirical models. Factors to consider in estimation include feasibility, resources like people and tools, and make-or-buy decisions about reusable software.
This document provides an overview of design patterns including their definition, utility, essential elements, and examples. It discusses creational patterns like singleton, factory, and builder. Structural patterns covered include adapter, proxy, and composite. Behavioral patterns like command and iterator are also introduced. The document is presented as a slideshow by Dr. Lilia Sfaxi on design patterns for software engineering.
The document discusses formal approaches to software quality assurance (SQA). It states that SQA can be improved through software engineering practices like technical reviews, multi-tiered testing, controlling work products and changes, and following standards. It also argues that a more rigorous mathematical approach is needed for SQA since programs can be viewed as mathematical objects with rigorous syntax and semantics defined for languages, allowing proofs of correctness.
The document discusses the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including its objectives, common phases and models. The key models described are waterfall, prototyping, spiral, RAD and agile. Waterfall is the classical sequential model but is inflexible. Prototyping and spiral address changing requirements through iterative cycles. RAD focuses on rapid development through reuse, workshops and early user testing. Agile methods emphasize speed, reduced formal processes and adaptability. The conclusion recommends RAD for mashup projects due to its support for iterative requirements changes and modular development.
This document defines and explains the key elements of a sequence diagram:
- Sequence diagrams show the interactions between objects through messages over time.
- Objects are represented by vertical lifelines and may send/receive synchronous, asynchronous, reflexive, return, create, and destroy messages.
- Activation bars on lifelines indicate when an object is active.
- Time progresses downward on the diagram, showing the order of messages.
- Events mark specific points of interaction like sending and receiving messages.
This document discusses AngularJS directives and scopes. It provides examples of:
- Defining directives with isolate scopes that bind to parent scope properties using '@' for interpolation, '=' for two-way binding, and '&' for function execution.
- How child/isolate scopes inherit from parent scopes but can overwrite properties, while objects and arrays are shared by reference between parent and child.
- Using $parent to reference properties on the parent scope from within an isolate/child scope.
- The compilation process where directives are sorted and linked.
So in summary, it covers the key concepts of isolate scopes, prototypal inheritance and how directives are compiled in AngularJS.
The document provides an overview of various software development life cycle (SDLC) models including Waterfall, V-Shaped, Prototyping, Rapid Application Development (RAD), Incremental, Spiral, Agile approaches like Extreme Programming (XP) and Feature Driven Development (FDD). It describes the key phases, strengths, weaknesses and scenarios where each model is best suited. The SDLC models range from traditional plan-driven to more adaptive approaches and the choice of model depends on project factors like requirements, risks, schedules and team preferences.
The document discusses the prototyping lifecycle model in software engineering. It describes prototyping as creating early versions of a software application to gather requirements and refine the design. The key steps are: gathering requirements through user interviews, creating a preliminary design, building a prototype, assessing the prototype with users, refining it based on their feedback, and developing the final product. There are different types of prototyping like throwaway, evolutionary, incremental, and extreme. Prototyping helps produce systems that better meet user needs and finds problems earlier in the development cycle.
The document provides study notes on ecology and chemistry. It discusses key topics like the atmosphere, weather, climate, climate change arguments, factors that affect climate such as the sun and greenhouse gases. It also covers chemistry topics such as ionic compounds, naming conventions, types of reactions, acids and bases.
The document discusses software design and key concepts related to software design including:
1) Software design is the process of planning the architecture, components, interfaces, and other characteristics of a software system.
2) Good software design aims for high cohesion and loose coupling between modules. It involves conceptual design, technical design, and refinement of the design.
3) Modularity, coupling, and cohesion are important design principles. Modularity enhances manageability while loose coupling and high cohesion are design goals.
This document discusses requirements modeling in software engineering. It covers creating various models during requirements analysis, including scenario-based models, data models, class-oriented models, flow-oriented models, and behavioral models. These models form the requirements model, which is the first technical representation of a system. The document provides examples of writing use cases and constructing a preliminary use case diagram for a home security system called SafeHome. It emphasizes that requirements modeling lays the foundation for software specification and design.
This document discusses software metrics and measurement. It describes how measurement can be used throughout the software development process to assist with estimation, quality control, productivity assessment, and project control. It defines key terms like measures, metrics, and indicators and explains how they provide insight into the software process and product. The document also discusses using metrics to evaluate and improve the software process as well as track project status, risks, and quality. Finally, it covers different types of metrics like size-oriented, function-oriented, and quality metrics.
This document discusses techniques for gathering software requirements, including interviews, workshops, observations, questionnaires, and document analysis. It outlines direct and indirect data collection methods, and levels of requirements from business goals to use cases. Stakeholder involvement at each level is described. The iterative nature of requirements elicitation and management is emphasized. Effective elicitation requires understanding stakeholders, crafting questions, and documenting open issues for future refinement.
Object diagrams represent a snapshot of a system at a particular moment, showing the concrete instances of classes and their relationships. They capture the static view of a system to show object behaviors and relationships from a practical perspective. Unlike class diagrams which show abstract representations, object diagrams depict real-world objects and their unlimited possible instances. They are used for forward and reverse engineering, modeling object relationships and interactions, and understanding system behavior.
The document discusses key concepts in software design, including:
- Design involves modeling the system architecture, interfaces, and components before implementation. This allows assessment and improvement of quality.
- Important design concepts span abstraction, architecture, patterns, separation of concerns, modularity, information hiding, and functional independence. Architecture defines overall structure and interactions. Patterns help solve common problems.
- Separation of concerns and related concepts like modularity and information hiding help decompose problems into independently designed and optimized pieces to improve manageability. Functional independence means each module has a single, well-defined purpose with minimal interaction.
Lecture-1: Introduction to web engineering - course overview and grading schemeMubashir Ali
Ā
This document provides an introduction to the course "Introduction to Web Engineering". It discusses the need for applying systematic engineering principles to web application development to avoid common issues like cost overruns and missed objectives. The document defines web engineering and outlines categories of web applications of varying complexity, from document-centric to ubiquitous applications. Grading policies are also covered.
The document discusses software project planning and estimation. It explains that project planning involves estimating the time, effort, people and resources required. The key activities in planning are estimation, scheduling, risk analysis, quality planning and change management. Estimation techniques include decomposition, using historical data, and empirical models. Factors to consider in estimation include feasibility, resources like people and tools, and make-or-buy decisions about reusable software.
This document provides an overview of design patterns including their definition, utility, essential elements, and examples. It discusses creational patterns like singleton, factory, and builder. Structural patterns covered include adapter, proxy, and composite. Behavioral patterns like command and iterator are also introduced. The document is presented as a slideshow by Dr. Lilia Sfaxi on design patterns for software engineering.
The document discusses formal approaches to software quality assurance (SQA). It states that SQA can be improved through software engineering practices like technical reviews, multi-tiered testing, controlling work products and changes, and following standards. It also argues that a more rigorous mathematical approach is needed for SQA since programs can be viewed as mathematical objects with rigorous syntax and semantics defined for languages, allowing proofs of correctness.
The document discusses the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including its objectives, common phases and models. The key models described are waterfall, prototyping, spiral, RAD and agile. Waterfall is the classical sequential model but is inflexible. Prototyping and spiral address changing requirements through iterative cycles. RAD focuses on rapid development through reuse, workshops and early user testing. Agile methods emphasize speed, reduced formal processes and adaptability. The conclusion recommends RAD for mashup projects due to its support for iterative requirements changes and modular development.
This document defines and explains the key elements of a sequence diagram:
- Sequence diagrams show the interactions between objects through messages over time.
- Objects are represented by vertical lifelines and may send/receive synchronous, asynchronous, reflexive, return, create, and destroy messages.
- Activation bars on lifelines indicate when an object is active.
- Time progresses downward on the diagram, showing the order of messages.
- Events mark specific points of interaction like sending and receiving messages.
This document discusses AngularJS directives and scopes. It provides examples of:
- Defining directives with isolate scopes that bind to parent scope properties using '@' for interpolation, '=' for two-way binding, and '&' for function execution.
- How child/isolate scopes inherit from parent scopes but can overwrite properties, while objects and arrays are shared by reference between parent and child.
- Using $parent to reference properties on the parent scope from within an isolate/child scope.
- The compilation process where directives are sorted and linked.
So in summary, it covers the key concepts of isolate scopes, prototypal inheritance and how directives are compiled in AngularJS.
The document provides an overview of various software development life cycle (SDLC) models including Waterfall, V-Shaped, Prototyping, Rapid Application Development (RAD), Incremental, Spiral, Agile approaches like Extreme Programming (XP) and Feature Driven Development (FDD). It describes the key phases, strengths, weaknesses and scenarios where each model is best suited. The SDLC models range from traditional plan-driven to more adaptive approaches and the choice of model depends on project factors like requirements, risks, schedules and team preferences.
The document discusses the prototyping lifecycle model in software engineering. It describes prototyping as creating early versions of a software application to gather requirements and refine the design. The key steps are: gathering requirements through user interviews, creating a preliminary design, building a prototype, assessing the prototype with users, refining it based on their feedback, and developing the final product. There are different types of prototyping like throwaway, evolutionary, incremental, and extreme. Prototyping helps produce systems that better meet user needs and finds problems earlier in the development cycle.
The document provides study notes on ecology and chemistry. It discusses key topics like the atmosphere, weather, climate, climate change arguments, factors that affect climate such as the sun and greenhouse gases. It also covers chemistry topics such as ionic compounds, naming conventions, types of reactions, acids and bases.
TALAT Lecture 3300: Fundamentals of Metal FormingCORE-Materials
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This lecture gives a brief review of the fundamental terms and laws governing metal forming at room temperature as well as at high temperatures. This lecture is a necessary prerequisite to understand the more specific treatment of metal forming subjects such as forging, impact extrusion and sheet metal forming in the subsequent TALAT This lectures 3400 to 3800. General background in production engineering, machine tools is assumed.
1. The document contains an English exam with multiple choice questions testing grammar skills and a reading comprehension passage.
2. It asks students to write invitations and essays based on provided prompts and pictures.
3. The exam tests a variety of English skills including grammar, reading comprehension, writing, and vocabulary in a format typical of standardized tests for students.
The document discusses four main types of application architectures: data processing systems, transaction processing systems, event processing systems, and language processing systems. It describes the key characteristics of each type, including their common components and structures. For example, it notes that data processing systems operate in batches and have an input-process-output structure, while transaction processing systems allow remote database access and updating by multiple users.
Critical System Specification in Software Engineering SE17koolkampus
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The document discusses requirements for system reliability specification, including both functional and non-functional requirements. It describes various reliability metrics such as availability, probability of failure on demand, and mean time to failure that can be used to quantitatively specify reliability. It also emphasizes that reliability specifications should consider the consequences of different types of failures.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th Edition Ch1Mohammed Romi
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The document provides an introduction to software engineering concepts. It discusses what software engineering is, the importance of ethics in software development, and introduces three case studies that will be used as examples throughout the book. Specifically:
[1] It defines software engineering as an engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of software production. Professional and ethical practices are important.
[2] It discusses software engineering ethics and introduces the ACM/IEEE code of ethics for software engineers.
[3] It provides an overview of three case studies that will be referenced in later chapters: an insulin pump system, a patient management system, and a weather station system.
This document contains a mid-term examination question paper for Class VI from Fazia Schools & Colleges. The paper tests students on their knowledge of mathematics, computer science, and English. It includes multiple choice and short answer questions assessing topics like sets, numbers, computers, grammar, and literature comprehension. The exam is divided into three sections and covers areas of the curriculum for these subjects at the sixth grade level.
This document provides an overview of metal forming processes, including definitions, classifications, and comparisons of hot and cold working. It discusses key topics such as plastic deformation, strain hardening, yield criteria, temperature effects, lubrication, and considerations in process selection. The objectives are to understand elastic and plastic deformation, strain hardening concepts, yield criteria, and differences between hot and cold working processes.
The document discusses metal forming processes. It describes bulk deformation processes like rolling, forging, extrusion, and wire/bar drawing which use plastic deformation to change the shape of metal workpieces. These processes apply stresses that exceed the metal's yield strength. The document outlines factors that influence metal forming like material properties, temperature, friction, and lubrication. It provides an overview of different forming techniques and their characteristics.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th Edition Ch 4Mohammed Romi
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The document discusses requirements engineering and summarizes key topics covered in Chapter 4, including:
- The importance of specifying both functional and non-functional requirements. Non-functional requirements place constraints on system functions and development process.
- The software requirements specification document defines what the system must do and includes both user and system requirements. It should not describe how the system will be implemented.
- Requirements engineering involves eliciting, analyzing, validating and managing requirements throughout the development lifecycle. Precise, complete and consistent requirements are important for development.
The document discusses software processes and activities. It describes common process models like waterfall, incremental development, and configuration management. The key activities involved in most processes are specification, development, validation, and evolution. Specification defines system requirements while development includes design, implementation, and debugging. Validation ensures the system meets requirements through testing. Processes also evolve to adapt to changing needs.
This document discusses semiotics, the study of signs and symbols, and how meaning is constructed based on social, cultural, and historical contexts. It provides several examples to illustrate how signs can have different meanings depending on factors like time period, location, and culture. These include hand gestures like the peace sign, the OK symbol, and two fingers used in different contexts. The document also notes some advantages of semiotics like allowing deeper examination of messages and understanding how communication is shaped by conventions.
Metal forming processes are used to shape metals into useful products. Rolling is the most common forming process and accounts for around 90% of metal forming. It involves passing metal between rolls to reduce thickness or change cross-section. Forging uses dies and compression to shape hot or cold metal. Extrusion forces heated metal through a die to create shapes like rods, tubes and structural sections. Drawing pulls metal through a die to make wires, rods and tubes from both hot and cold workpieces. Deep drawing specifically makes cylindrical parts like cups from sheet metal.
This document discusses requirement elicitation techniques used in systems analysis and design. It describes requirement elicitation as identifying stakeholder needs through interviews, meetings, ethnography and other techniques. It outlines best practices for elicitation including preparing for interviews and meetings, using scenarios, questionnaires, and observation to understand user needs and ensure requirements are unambiguous, complete, verifiable and consistent. The goal of elicitation is to gather requirements that accurately reflect stakeholder needs.
This document discusses supply chain management and key concepts related to SCM. It provides examples of how Dell optimized its supply chain to reduce inventory levels. The document also summarizes the basics of SCM including the key links in the supply chain and how information technology can help manage SCM more effectively through increased visibility, responsiveness to consumer demands, and competitive advantages.
- The question describes a software controller being developed for a coffee vending machine. It has slots for coins, buttons for change return and selecting three types of coffee.
- Requirements include accepting correct payment, dispensing the selected coffee, and returning correct change. Non-functional requirements include reliability, maintainability and real-time response.
- Possible models include use case diagrams, state diagrams and sequence diagrams. Testing would involve unit testing components, integration testing interactions, and system testing end-to-end functionality from payment to delivery.
The document discusses a movie streaming service called JetFlix that maintains a database of movies viewed by users in a binary format. It provides the code for map-reduce functions to determine the most popular movie among users by counting the number of views for each movie across all users. Sample outputs are also given for the map phase for two users and the data structure after the shuffle phase.
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Name: _______________________________ Class time: __________
Prewriting Instructions for Paper 2 (Final Paper due 4/22)
1. Your choices for Paper 2 are posted on blackboard and also listed below.
2. Choose 1 of these paper options. Notice that each choice also mentions the type of paper (comparison, etc.) My paper choice is: _________________________: paper type: _______________.
3. Read the related essay(s) in your Research and Composition textbook.
4. Thursday: write a tentative thesis for paper 2 (one sentence): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
5. Thursday: write 5 questions that you will need to answer through research to write this paper (for ex. What is the divorce rate for 2012?) Write legibly please.
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6. Thursday: go to the library and use the databases to locate at least three sources that will likely give you the information to answer the five questions above. At least one should be a book, at least one should be a database article. In addition, you may use your textbook, internet, or even refer to a film. Write down the all of the information about each source. You will need this information for a works cited page later or to locate the article and book again. You do not need to answer the questions right away, but if you do find the answers, take notes or make a copy of the source.
Source 1: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Source 2: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Source 3: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Have any new questions come to mind? What are they? Write them here:
8. Have you revised your thesis? What is it? ___________________________________
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9. Write a tentative first paragraph to paper 2 (this includes your thesis):
10. Turn this in Tuesday 3/25 in exchange for your last Q exercise, M&M Color Distribution.
***You need this prewriting exercise completed to receive your instructions and data for this last Q exercise and parts of this exercise will count for your attendance in a week or so.
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Writing Assignment 2 Choices due on or before 4/22
Here are your choices for Writing Assignment 2 due 4/22. Additional research is required for all choices. Two visuals, tables or figures, are required. Your paper will be in MLA format with a works cited page. This paper is approximately 5 pages including a works cited page.
1. Read the essays in Chapter 8. Go .
The document provides information about computing homework questions covering several topics:
- Binary number systems and conversions between binary and decimal
- Floating point numbers and how changing mantissa and exponent sizes affects values
- ASCII encoding and Unicode methods
- Bitmapped and vector graphics
- Computer system components and memory types
- CPU architecture and bus functions
- Benchmark tests and factors affecting computer performance
- Networking concepts like LANs, WANs, servers, and topologies
- Operating systems, file formats, and antivirus software
- The software development process and documentation
This document contains solutions to a midterm exam for a software engineering course. It provides answers to 17 questions about topics like version control, testing, metrics, refactoring, and object-oriented design. Code examples are included and analyzed for code smells. The document aims to test students' understanding of key software engineering principles and best practices covered in the course.
The document discusses various topics related to software engineering including software risk analysis, software design, software testing, and McCabe's cyclomatic complexity metric. Some key points:
- Software risk estimation involves assessing risk probability and impact. An example risk calculation is shown.
- Module coupling and cohesion are discussed in the context of software design. High cohesion and low coupling are preferred for a good design.
- Software testing types include unit testing, integration testing, and validation testing. Techniques like equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis can be used to generate test cases.
- McCabe's cyclomatic complexity metric is used to measure the number of independent paths in a program and is calculated based on the number
This document provides information about assignments for various courses in the Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA) program. It lists the assignment submission deadlines for different courses, which are October 31, 2020 for the July 2020 session and April 15, 2021 for the January 2021 session. It provides details of the assignment questions and guidelines for submitting assignments. Students are advised to submit their assignments to their study center coordinator before the due date and attend the viva voce for assignments.
The document contains 46 multiple choice questions related to various topics in computer science including computer hardware, programming, data structures, operating systems, databases, and networking. Each question is followed by multiple choice answers for selection.
The document discusses the history of software engineering and early ideas in the field. It notes that the term "software engineering" was coined in 1968 to imply a more rigorous, engineering-based approach was needed for software development. Early conferences discussed ideas like integrating testing into design instead of after, and that small teams tend to be more successful than large ones. The document also examines some of the challenges faced and lessons learned over decades of software development.
The document discusses the history of software engineering and early ideas in the field. It notes that the term "software engineering" was coined in 1968 to imply a more rigorous, engineering-based approach was needed for software development. Early conferences discussed ideas like integrating testing into design instead of after, and that small teams tend to be more successful than large ones. The document also examines some of the challenges faced and lessons learned over decades of software development.
This document contains a GATE exam paper from 1994. It has two sections - Section A with 8 multiple choice questions and Section B with 20 questions where the test taker must answer 10. The questions cover topics in computer science including algorithms, data structures, automata theory, databases, computer architecture and electronics.
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The document contains a set of multiple choice questions related to computer knowledge and concepts. The questions cover topics such as email accounts, data processing, computer hardware components, computer memory, programming languages, storage devices, operating systems, and computer networks.
The document describes an application with a pipe-and-filter architecture pattern where sensor data flows through multiple components that each transform the data before passing it to the next component and finally to a modeling and visualization unit. It then asks questions about software architecture patterns and styles like pipe-and-filter, lambda architecture, decorator pattern, Conway's law, architecture drift, REST, event sourcing, and recommends architecture refactoring when dependency analysis finds numerous cycles and tangles.
This document contains the text of the GATE CS exam from 1992. It includes 20 multiple choice questions and 9 short answer/essay questions covering topics in computer science such as computer architecture, algorithms, theory of computation and data structures. It also provides information about joining an online test preparation community that offers full length and section mock exams designed by IISc alumni to help students prepare for the GATE exam.
This exam includes multiple choice and "mark all that apply" questions worth a total of 100 points. There are also two essay questions for extra credit. Students have three hours to complete the closed-book exam. They must put away all books, notes, and electronic devices. The proctor cannot answer questions during the exam.
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Subject name: Object Oriented Analysis and Design
Multiple Choice (8 points)
1) A subsystem is a system that functions as a component of another ________.
A) system
B) organization
C) computer
D) application
Answer:
2) The differences between a system and a network is that while the elements within a system
cannot function the same way if they are taken out of the system, elements within a network are
more or less able to function independently. Therefore, workstations connected to the Internet
are members of a ________.
A) computer system
B) network
C) universal system
D) information system
Answer:
3) Which of the following is NOT a major component of any information system?
A) applications
B) information technology
C) people
D) the company
Answer:
4) Information technology is the know-how, methods, tools, and materials used to support
________.
A) information systems
B) desk tops
C) virtual memory
D) network systems
Answer:
5) Which of the following sectors depends on information systems for its operations?
A) airlines
B) government
C) manufacturing
D) all of the above
Answer:
6) A \"student becomes a graduate\" describes the ________ of object \"student.\"
A) state
B) attribute
C) name
D) identity
Answer:
7) ________ is the condition of an object at a certain stage in its lifetime.
A) Attribute
B) Identity
C) Operation
D) State
Answer:
8) An infant boy grows to be a 80-year-old man. The new state of the object is ________.
A) a grandfather
B) an old and rich man
C) an old and wise man
D) all or any of the above
Answer:
9) Class is a set of objects that share the same ________.
A) name
B) state
C) attributes and operations
D) all of the above
Answer:
10) \"The employee name is Richard Smith and he checks the inventory periodically.\" In this
sentence, \"Richard Smith\" is the ________ of attribute \"name\"
A) class
B) object
C) value
D) operation
Answer:
11) Transforming the \"what\" into \"how\" is the job of ________.
A) analysis
B) a feasibility study
C) domain analysis
D) design
Answer:
12) Discovering the meaning of requirements within the context is the job of ________.
A) domain analysis
B) a feasibility study
C) design
D) implementation
Answer:
13) To succeed, the ad hoc approach must rely overwhelmingly on ________.
A) the ingenuity of participants to improvise solutions for unforeseen problems
B) the ability of the participants to coordinate and communicate with each other
C) \"luck\", meaning that the right people hit the right targets under the right circumstances
D) all of the above
Answer:
14) The waterfall method views development activities as predefined stage(s) of software
development such as ________.
A) a feasibility study
B) system investigation
C) system analysis and design
D) all of the above
Answer:
15) Which of the following is NOT one of the shortcomings of the waterfall method?
A) training of staff
B) detachment from the profession
C) inflexibility
D) over-reliance on documentation
Answer:
16) ________ are deploye.
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Midterm Exam Solutions Fall03
1. ________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________
NAME ID SIGNATURE
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University
ECSE 321 - Introduction to Software Engineering
Midterm Examination
October 30, 2003, 11:35am-12:50pm
Prof. Radu Negulescu
INSTRUCTIONS
ā¢ Do NOT open this booklet until the start and end times of the examination are written on the board
ā¢ Write your name, McGill student ID number, and signature on the cover of the answer booklet and at the
top of this page. Both booklets need to be handed in to the proctor at the end of the examination
ā¢ This examination is closed book, closed notes. No aids permitted
ā¢ Circle one answer only for each multiple-choice question in this examination booklet. Multiple-choice
questions are equally weighted. Each question has only one correct answer, which gets 2 marks. Wrong
answers get 0 marks or 1 mark (partial credit). No answers or multiple answers in a question get 0 marks
for that question
ā¢ Write your answers to the essay-type questions in the separate answer booklet provided. Draw a diagonal
line over each scratch sheet in the answer booklet; scratch sheets will not be marked
ā¢ This examination has 75 minutes only
Good luck!
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SECTION I ā MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
CIRCLE ONE ANSWER ONLY IN EACH QUESTION
Question 1. Which of the following coding conventions, principles or guidelines will NOT help in the
development or maintenance of Java code?
(a) Lines of code that are logically related should be placed near one another (principle of proximity)
(b) Each method of a class should have comments that clearly explain the relationships to every other method
of that class (one comment for every pair of methods in the class)
(c) Code layout should highlight the logical structure of the code (fundamental principle of code layout)
(d) Four spaces should be used as the unit of indentation (Java coding convention)
(e) Names should be problem-oriented
Answer: (b). Commenting pairs of methods is clearly excessive and it would create massive redundancies by
restating the preconditions of one method in all the callers. The other guidelines are used standard practice.
Question 2. Waived. (All examinees receive 2 marks.)
Question 3. Which of the following statements is true for flat statechart representations of typical software
systems? (By āflat statechartā we mean a statechart that does not use nesting or concurrency.)
(a) The number of states grows exponentially with the number of components in the system
(b) Each state explodes into several outgoing transitions
(c) A single transition might lead to several different states
(d) Large flat statecharts need to have more than one initial state
(e) None of the above
Answer: (a). It reflects an important phenomenon that limits what can be practically specified, by āflatā state
machines or other means. You have experienced some mild state explosion in Assignment 2 Question 1 (b).
Question 4. Which of the following requirements is most likely to occur in a properly stated SRS? (Assume the
SRS is ācompleteā, i.e., none of the requirements below needs to be ācompleteā all by itself.)
(a) āThe system shall have a professional-looking user interface.ā
(b) āEach button in the Formatting toolbar shall have a tooltip.ā
(c) āThe average time for refreshing the display shall be 4 seconds or less.ā
(d) āThe maximum time for registering a key press into memory shall be 0.1 seconds or less.ā
(e) āThe minimum time for refreshing the display shall be 0 seconds, if possible.ā
Answer: (b). It meets all the criteria of good requirements, and it is particularly good because it specifies a UI
feature (ātooltipsā) decoupled from the functionality features in the āFormatting toolbarā (regardless of the
number of buttons). Option (c) looks good but it is somewhat ambiguous, since it might be interpreted as a
āraster refresh rateā assumption rather than the ārepainting graphical elementsā obligation. It is important to
avoid multiple āstandardā interpretations even if some of them donāt make much sense from a technical
viewpoint.
Question 5. Waived. (All examinees receive 2 marks.)
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Question 6. Consider the class diagram above, representing a basic event broadcast mechanism. Which of the
following statements is NOT true for this diagram?
(a) ConcreteSource objects can create new Event objects
(b) Listener objects can be added and removed at run time from a list maintained by a Source object
(c) The cast(Event) method of a ConcreteSource object calls the handle(Event) method of each registered
Listener object
(d) ConcreteListener objects update the copyState fields of the Event objects
(e) Each Listener object can be registered with only one Source object
Answer: (d), because in this diagram event objects cannot be updated. Although in some frameworks we could
have listeners registered with multiple sources, Option (e) is not quite right in this diagram because the Source-
Listener association has multiplicity 1-*. This diagram is consistent with the basic (unsophisticated)
implementations of event passing mechanisms.
Question 7. Consider the software driver for a web camera, which captures the video image in real time and
makes it available over the Internet. Which of the following can NOT be an actor for the software driver?
(a) The Internet connection of the local computer
(b) The port used by the video camera
(c) The user
(d) Arnold Schwarzenegger
(e) All of the above are good actors for the web camera software driver
(Hint: do not confuse good actors with actor instances.)
Answer: (d). Arnie is not an actor because the software doesnāt need to be āawareā of him! Even if Arnie were to
purchase the software and use it as a user, Arnie can be at most an actor instance, but not an actor.
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Question 8. The guideline of 7 +/ā 2 submodules per level is considered optimal for the following reason:
(a) It reduces the memory requirements of the program
(b) It matches approximately the number of distinct concepts that can be handled simultaneously by an
average developer
(c) It increases the speed of the program
(d) It appeals to the subjective taste of the average developers
(e) None of the above
Answer: (b). Psychological/cognitive considerations are the basis for many guidelines for improving productivity
in software engineering. This particular guideline has nothing to do with program performance or memory
requirements, and there is nothing subjective about it.
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Question 9. Which of the following can be a sequence of events involved in the MVC architecture, according to
the class diagram above:
(a) A Model object sends an event to a View object, which notifies a Controller object
(b) A View object sends an event to a Model object, which notifies a Controller object
(c) A Controller object sends an event to a Model object, which notifies several View objects
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above
Answer: (c). This is the only one consistent with the associations in the diagram and the basic MVC architecture.
In some variations of MVC, controllers might ātalk toā views, but, even there, views do not ātalk backā to
controllers.
The following two questions refer to the following insertion sort routine. (Array indices start at 1.)
routine insertionSort (A)
for j = 2 to length of array A
// INV: ...
key = A[j]
i = j ā 1
while i 0 and A[i] key do
A[i + 1] = A[i]
i = i ā 1
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Question 10. Assume the insertionSort routine is used internally by a program. Which of the following
pre- and post-condition pairs is the most appropriate for insertionSort from a maintainability viewpoint?
(a) Pre: none; post: array is sorted
(b) Pre: array is not sorted; post: array is sorted
(c) Pre: array has at least one element; post: array is sorted
(d) Pre: array has at least two elements; post: array is sorted
(e) Pre: array reference is non-null; post: array is sorted
Answer: (e). As per tutorial, array references can (and should) be constrained by assertions. Option (a) is a close
call but Option (e) is more appropriate.
Question 11. Which of the following assertions is valid each time the program reaches the line āINVā?
(a) Items 1 through j are sorted
(b) Items 1 through j ā 1 are sorted
(c) key equals A[j]
(d) i equals 0
(e) j equals 1
Answer: (b). All other options can be invalidated at some iteration of the loop.
Question 12. Keeping CRC cards to the size of 4x6 inches is considered important because:
(a) Software engineers prefer even numbers and inch measurement units
(b) This size allows just enough space to describe a class of optimal complexity in large script
(c) This size is conducive to optimal performance in implementing an object-oriented program
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the reasons above
Answer: (b). For this reason, some software developers actually feel very strongly about 4āX6ā CRC cards.
Options (a) and (c) are ludicrous.
Question 13. Which of the following applies to the statement āIf class X uses defensive programming in each
method, then good programming practice recommends that any subclass Y that inherits from X should also use
defensive programming in each methodā
(a) Always true
(b) Always false
(c) It depends on whether or not the subclass is used at the boundary of the system
(d) It depends on whether the class invariant of Y is stronger than that of X or the same
(e) None of the above
Answer: (d). Option (a) is close but not quite right. If class X uses defensive programming in method M then
method M accepts any values for the parameters and the class fields. The Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)
requires that class Y has method M that can also take any values for the parameters. However, the invariant of
class Y could be stronger, in which case method M can make certain assumptions regarding the values of the
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class fields, without violating the LSP as long as proper encapsulation avoids direct access to the objectās fields.
The LSP is an excellent rule of thumb for using inheritance.
Question 14. You are developing a command-line user interface. Which of the following design patterns is the
most likely to make it easy to add new commands in later versions of the program?
(a) Command
(b) Composite
(c) Observer
(d) Strategy
(e) Proxy
Answer: (a). The Command pattern is used specifically for the purpose of making it easy to add new commands.
Question 15. Which of the following checks is LEAST likely to detect maintainability problems in an object-
oriented design?
(a) Tracing in the class diagram one scenario for each use case
(b) Tracing each design element to a functional requirement
(c) Checking that none of the design elements can be removed
(d) Checking for naming conflicts
(e) Using calibrated stubs to predict performance
Answer: (e). Calibrated stubs will detect performance problems but not maintainability problems. Tracing
scenarios in the class diagrams and checking for naming conflicts will detect inconsistencies; tracing design
elements and checking for removable design elements will detect redundancies. Inconsistency and redundancy
lead to poor maintainability.
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SECTION II ā ESSAY-TYPE QUESTIONS
WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN THE ANSWER BOOKLET
Question 16. (Requirements, analysis)
You are developing ThumbsUp, a browser for the newest WebBerry, a popular wireless device that has a color
display and a mouse wheel, but no keyboard and no mouse. ThumbsUp has the following buttons only: āBackā,
āForwardā, āPageā, and āExitā, in this sequence. Initially, ThumbsUp is in the ābuttonsā mode of operation, where
moving the wheel cycles through the buttons in the sequence above, and clicking the wheel activates the selected
button. As usual, buttons āBackā and āForwardā move back and forward through a list of recently visited web
pages, and button āExitā exits the browser. Button āPageā makes the browser go into the āpageā mode of
operation where moving the wheel cycles through the hyperlinks on the currently displayed web page and double-
clicking the wheel activates the selected hyperlink and loads and displays a new web page. Triple-clicking the
wheel goes back to the ābuttonsā mode. The default selections on entry to the ābuttonsā and āpageā modes are the
āBackā button and the first hyperlink of the current page, respectively. The screen scrolls automatically in the
āpageā mode to keep the current link within the viewable area. Each time ThumbsUp starts, it displays the home
page of WebBerryWorld.com, which has hyperlinks to several major web directories.
(a) Draw a use case diagram for ThumbsUp. Be sure to cover both stated and implied requirements and give
self-explaining names to the diagram elements. [10]
User
HttpServer
PageRestore
Back
LoadPage
Forward
LoadStartPage
Exit
ButtonsMode
include
include
PageMode
include
include
(b) Draw a sequence diagram for a scenario to visit 3 web pages (including the home page), then go back 1
web page, then go forward 1 web page to the last page visited. [10]
10. Page 8
:WheelCtrl :ThumbsUp
move
:User WebBerryWorld
move
selectForwardButton
getPage
loadWebPage
selectBackButton
selectPageButton
pressPageButton
click
selectHyperlink
move
activateHyperlink
double click
getPage
HttpServer1 HttpServer2
selectHyperlink
move
activateHyperlink
double click
getPage
triple click
selectBackButton
displayPage(page1)
move
selectForwardButton
displayPage(page2)
page1
page2
(c) Briefly describe how the requirements above may be changed to make them simpler, easier to implement,
and more useful to the user. Keep your description within 1/2 page maximum. Focus on the main
functional requirements only; do NOT discuss non-functional requirements, error conditions or secondary
flows. Hint: Try to make the user interaction with the browser more uniform. [5]
As discussed at the lectures, keeping requirements consistent provides better usability and learning curve for the
users AND a simpler system with more general modules and fewer special cases.
To avoid inconsistencies between the clicking rules for the buttons and the hyperlinks, hyperlinks should
be selected by a single click in the page mode, just like the buttons are selected in the buttons mode. There should
be some way of returning to the buttons mode, and the simplest way is by double clicking. (Frequent operations
should have simple commands.) Further, for consistency of clicking rules, we can do away with the āPageā button
and use a double click to go to the page mode. An option is to keep the āPageā button but also allow switching to
the page mode by double click.
Another possibility is to have a single loop of buttons and hyperlinks. However, that might make it more
difficult to navigate back to the buttons. We can use double clicking instead of triple clicking to go to the Back
button from any hyperlink.
Question 17. (Design)
You are developing WareStar, a software system for tracking warehoused computer subsystems. Subsystems can
be assembled on site from parts and from other warehoused subsystems. Subsystems can be removed from
WareStar by a user. When the number of subsystems of a certain type falls below a predetermined lower limit,
WareStar schedules assembly orders (in-house) or supply orders (to manufacturers) to replenish the inventory up
to a predetermined upper limit.
(a) Draw a class diagram for a high-level design model for WareStar. Hint: use the Composite pattern. [10]
11. Page 9
recursively remove and
order subsystems
UI
SubSys
qty, onOrder, LL, UL
addQty
removeQty
order
*
Part
order
CompositeSubSys
order
*
StockCtrl
subSys
qtyUpdate
updateStock
checkLowerLimit
1
create
OrderCtrl
subSys
qty
issueOrder
Order
Qty
issue
SupplyOrder
issue
AssemblyOrder
issue
*
ManufacturerInfo
contactInfo
sendOrder
create
SubSysCatalog
newSubSys
retrieveSubSys
OrderDBAdaptor
recordOrder
1
*
1
*
1 *
0..1
1
1 *
1 *
1
1
1
*
create
issue
Inventory
ControlBoundary
Orders
create
(b) Draw a statechart representing the lifecycle of a subsystem type maintained by WareStar, to clarify at least
the following issues: creation of the type, ordering from the manufacturer, reaching the lower control limit.
Make sure this statechart is consistent with the methods in the class diagram in Part (a). [5]
Low StocknewSubSys order On Order addQty Full Stock
removeQty
Check LL
[qty=LL]
[qtyLL]
(c) State any invariants on the data structures involved in Part (a). [5]
Invariants:
(LL = qty + onOrder = UL)
The āmanufacturerā is the same for all SupplyOrder-s that are issued by the same SubSys
The components of a subsystem are always the same as on creation of that subsystem.
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