Deck 3: Methodology

Question 1

In developing software, programming is preceded by a set of activities called analysis that results in a ________ of the product.

A) design
B) conceptual model
C) planning
D) review

Answer 1

conceptual model

Question 2

________ activity helps the transfer from conceptual modeling to physical modeling.

A) Design
B) Analysis
C) Planning
D) Architecture

Answer 2

Design

Question 3

________ helps participants in the development understand, communicate, and verify the features of the product.

A) Analysis
B) Modeling
C) Design
D) Review

Answer 3

Modeling

Question 4

The assembly line was ________ that took shape in the military to cope with the exigencies of funding and the battlefield.

A) the methodology
B) Henry Ford's vision
C) the system
D) the military vision

Question 5

Methodology is a variable blend of two sources ________.

A) methods and models
B) generalization and abstraction
C) problems and solutions
D) techniques and resources

Question 6

Which of the following does NOT guide us in consciously doing something?

A) innovation
B) trial and error
C) experience
D) methodology

Question 7

________ is the primary source behind the emergence of methodology.

A) Innovation
B) System development
C) Complexity
D) Object-orientation

Question 8

We need methodology not only for solving problems, but also for ________.

A) assuring quality
B) understanding the problem
C) managing the consequences of the solution
D) all of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is one of the reasons for using methodology for software production?

A) standardizing the development process
B) minimizing the development process
C) expediting the development process
D) none of the above

Question 10

Methodologies cover a set of activities for software development. Which of the following is NOT one of those activities?

A) gathering requirements
B) choosing programmers
C) feasibility study
D) domain analysis

Question 11

Transforming the "what" into "how" is the job of ________.

A) analysis
B) a feasibility study
C) domain analysis
D) design

Question 12

Discovering the meaning of requirements within the context is the job of ________.

A) domain analysis
B) a feasibility study
C) design
D) implementation

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a type of software prototyping?

A) revolutionary
B) static
C) incremental
D) throwaway

Question 17

The waterfall model has been widely criticized for its inflexible approach to an undertaking that is extremely ________.

A) iterative
B) expensive
C) difficult to learn
D) none of the above

Question 18

Prototyping may seem to be an ideal way to overcome the shortcomings of "traditional" SDLC methods, but it may create its own serious problems, such as ________.

A) inflexibility
B) balanced architecture
C) the illusion of completeness
D) none of the above

Question 19

The underlying concepts of the incremental prototyping include ________.

A) the initialization step
B) the control list
C) the iteration step
D) all of the above

Question 20

The spiral model starts as a small project that spawns other small projects as it moves forward through a spiral iteration. Which of the following is NOT one of the iteration steps?

A) determine objectives, alternatives, and constraints
B) identify and resolve risks
C) evaluate alternatives
D) estimate additional costs

Question 21

Joint Application Development (JAD) is part of ________.

A) rapid application development (RAD)
B) the prototyping approach
C) the waterfall approach
D) the spiral approach

Question 22

CRC cards to represent objects (CRC stands for Class, Responsibilities and Collaboration) are used in the ________ phase of XP.

A) analysis
B) prototype
C) design
D) implementation

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT a factor for the effectiveness of any model?

A) technology
B) level of abstraction
C) understanding and satisfying various viewpoints
D) level of specificity

Question 24

Factors constituting effective software development include ________.

A) understanding the business world
B) understanding how the software will be used
C) understanding who will use the software
D) all of the above

Question 25

Object-oriented software development is ________.

A) iterative
B) descriptive
C) easy
D) expensive

Question 26

Learning from patterns is an important part of ________ software development.

A) waterfall
B) RAD
C) object-oriented
D) spiral

Question 27

A project is a collection of ________ that must be completed in a particular order and within a certain timeframe to achieve a specific goal.

A) related tasks
B) business concepts
C) business ideas
D) none of the above

Question 28

The ________ defines the boundaries and goal of the project.

A) scope of the project
B) planning of the project
C) plan launch
D) progress monitoring

Question 29

Identifying project activities is part of developing the ________.

A) scope of the project
B) goal of the project
C) essence of the project
D) plan of the project

Question 30

The longest path in a project is the ________ that determines the shortest time required to complete the project.

A) critical path
B) shortest route
C) shortcut
D) road map

Question 31

One of the challenges of project scheduling is how to prevent the ________ of resources as a result of task slack times.

A) purchase
B) use
C) idleness
D) usefulness

Question 32

The divide and conquer strategy leads to identifying ________ for a project.

A) milestones
B) the critical path
C) the pivotal path
D) project management

Question 33

Most of the tools and techniques for project management are concerned with ________.

A) scheduling
B) identifying tasks
C) finding critical tasks
D) all of the above

Question 34

The most popular and easiest tool for both scheduling and tracking the project flow is ________.

A) Microsoft Project
B) the critical path method (CPM)
C) a Gantt chart
D) PERT

Question 35

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) decomposes the project into ________ with different levels for activities.

A) segments
B) steps
C) a hierarchy
D) parts

Question 36

Feasibility studies aim to discover whether the expectations ________.

A) are met
B) will be met
C) are realistic
D) don't exist

Question 37

One of the most difficult issues in project development is ________.

A) cost estimation
B) time estimation
C) scheduling
D) training

Question 38

Characteristics for a good manager are all of the following except ________.

A) business awareness
B) commitment to quality
C) analytical thinking
D) blind ambition

Question 39

The ________ of the methodologies is what makes project management a field independent from a particular industry.

A) abstractness
B) uniqueness
C) thoroughness
D) wideness

Question 40

Software development activities ? requirements gathering, analysis, logical design, physical design, architectural design, coding, testing, and deployment ________.

A) are clear cut
B) intertwine
C) overlap
D) are separated distinctly

Question 41

In developing software, programming is the most important activity.

Question 42

The same methodology is recommended for both simple and complex software developments.

Question 43

Software development has often been compared to the production of cars.

Question 44

Methodology is needed when man -made productions begin in a disorderly manner.

Question 45

Methodology and method are the same thing.

Question 46

To solve a problem, first you need to define the problem.

Question 47

Sometimes multiple solutions can solve the same problem.

Question 48

The methodology to ensure the quality of the product need not be integrated with the methodology for its development.

Question 49

The size of a project is a often a deciding factor in selecting or shaping the methodology.

Question 50

The organization, regardless of its a manufacturing company, a software vendor, a business or a government agency embodies a methodology.

Question 51

A project is a continuous undertaking.

Question 52

Methodology is tangible with intangible costs.

Question 53

A project is an undertaking that starts with a concept and ends with achieving a goal or a set of goals.

Question 54

The spiral model combines the waterfall model with prototyping and iteration.

Question 55

Agile methodologies aim at being predictive rather than adaptive.

Question 56

The Manifesto for Agile Software Development describes the theoretical framework of agile methods.

Question 57

A better-known example of agile methods, and one of the earliest ones, is Extreme Programming (XP).

Question 58

Modeling is a sub-methodology.

Question 59

A project is a collection of ideas.

Question 60

Scope-creep happens when additional features overstep the original scope.

Question 61

The completion date of a project is predetermined and never changes.

Question 62

Getting client acceptance is part of "close the project."

Question 63

The iterative undertaking of software development does not fit into a sequential plan of actions.

Question 64

The critical path determines the longest time required to complete the project.

Question 65

Deliverables should not be required to be verifiable.

Question 66

If the actual deliverables match the planned deliverables, the project is in a good shape.

Question 67

Scheduling and tracking of tasks for a complex project is easy.

Question 68

A Gantt chart is the same as network diagram.

Question 69

An activity thread is also called a path.

Question 70

An activity thread is a set of road maps that all end at one point.

Question 71

The goal of a project need not to be verifiable.

Question 72

A deliverable is a verifiable result of a task.

Question 73

In project management, a deliverable is a visible sign that a task is complete.

Question 74

An object-oriented approach to software development is a methodology.

Question 75

Functional decomposition is a technique to discover the most atomic procedures from large-grain functions through a process of successive breakdowns.

Question 76

Methodology is the same thing as technology.

Question 77

Describe the difference between methodology and method.

Question 78

Describe how methodology relates to generalization and abstraction.

Question 79

What are the challenges of methodology?

Question 80

Compare and contrast problem domain and solution domain.