Deck 4: Business Process and Functional Modeling

Question 1

The _____ relationship in use cases allows use cases to support the concept of inheritance.

A) association
B) extend
C) include
D) generalization
E) none of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the relationship types in use cases enables functional decomposition?

A) association relationship
B) extend relationship
C) include relationship
D) generalization relationship
E) decompose relationship

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The event that causes a use case to begin is called a(n) _____.

A) action
B) trigger
C) hammer
D) anvil
E) stakeholder

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A(n) _____ use case is typically created early in the process of understanding the system requirements as a way of documenting basic information about the use case.

A) overview
B) detail
C) essential
D) real
E) imaginary

Question 5

Which of the following diagramming symbols represents an actor in a use case diagram?

Question 6

A(n) ___________ actor is a separate system that interacts with the current system using standard communication protocols, such as TCP / IP, FTP, or HTTP, or an external database that can be accessed using standard SQL.

A) incremental
B) simple
C) open
D) average
E) complex

Question 7

Each use case describes _____ function(s) in which users interact with the system.

A) one
B) one or more
C) many
D) zero, one, or more
E) all

Question 8

Which of the following diagramming symbols represents a use case in a use case diagram?

Question 9

The importance level of a use case increases for all of the following characteristics of the use case EXCEPT _____.

A) the use case represents an important business process
B) the use case supports revenue generation
C) the technology is proven
D) the functionality is complex
E) the functionality is time-critical

Question 10

Individual steps in a use case should be written in the form _____.

A) Direct Object, Verb, Subject, Preposition, Indirect Object
B) Direct Object, Subject, Verb, Preposition, Indirect Object
C) Subject, Verb, Preposition, Indirect Object, Direct Object
D) Subject, Verb, Indirect Object, Preposition, Direct Object
E) Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Preposition, Indirect Object

Question 11

Which of the following diagramming symbols represents a generalization relationship in a use case diagram?

Question 12

Which of the following relationships represent the extension of the functionality of the use case to cover optional behavior?

A) association relationship
B) extend relationship
C) include relationship
D) generalization relationship
E) optional relationship

Question 13

When drawing the use-case diagram, an analyst should do the steps in this order: _____.

A) draw the use cases on the diagram, identify the system boundary, place the actors on the diagram, and draw the lines connecting the actors to the use cases
B) identify the system boundary, draw the use cases on the diagram, place the actors on the diagram, and draw the lines connecting the actors to the use cases
C) place the actors on the diagram, draw the use cases on the diagram, identify the system boundary, and draw the lines connecting the actors to the use cases
D) identify the system boundary, place the actors on the diagram, draw the use cases on the diagram, and draw the lines connecting the actors to the use cases
E) none of the above gives the correct order of steps

Question 14

If a use case becomes too complex, it should be _____.

A) rewritten to simplify it
B) decomposed into a set of use cases
C) written with a series of repeating steps to simplify it
D) written from the perspective of an independent observe to simplify it
E) dropped from the system, as it will be too complex to implement in the final system

Question 15

Which of the following diagramming symbols represents a subject boundary in a use case diagram?

Question 16

A scenario is the same as a(n) _____.

A) use case
B) relationship
C) path through a use case
D) collection of use cases
E) role

Question 17

Jim has documented a use case that describes the functionality of a system as "To compute gross pay, multiply the hours worked that are recorded on the time card from the time clock by the hourly rate that is recorded in the employee master file from the MS SQL server database." This is an example of a(n) _____ use case.

A) overview
B) detail
C) essential
D) real
E) imaginary

Question 18

Which of the following relationships describe the communication between the use case and the actors?

A) association relationship
B) extend relationship
C) include relationship
D) generalization relationship
E) none of the above

Question 19

A(n) _____ is a formal way of representing how a business system interacts with its environment.

A) use case
B) physical model
C) relationship
D) system boundary
E) trigger

Question 20

The correct sequence of the major steps in creating use case diagrams is _____.

A) identify the major use cases, expand the major use cases, confirm the major use cases, create the use-case diagram
B) identify the major use cases, expand the major use cases, create the use-case diagram, confirm the major use cases
C) create the use-case diagram, identify the major use cases, expand the major use cases, confirm the major use cases
D) create the use-case diagram, identify the major use cases, confirm the major use cases, expand the major use cases
E) identify the major use cases, confirm the major use cases, expand the major use cases, create the use-case diagram

Question 21

An actor in a use case must be a person.

Question 22

An actor is represented in a use case diagram by a stick figure of a man.

Question 23

An include relationship is modeled in a use case diagram by an arrow with the word <> above it.

Question 24

Object nodes model these objects in an activity diagram. Object nodes are portrayed in an activity diagram as _________________.

A) arcs
B) ovals
C) diamonds
D) rectangles
E) rounded rectangles

Question 25

A use case that describes functionality that is complex and risky would be given a high importance level.

Question 26

Use cases are the primary drivers for all of the UML diagramming techniques.

Question 27

A very complex use case should be broken down into a set of use cases.

Question 28

An alternate or exceptional flow in a use case documents the decomposition of the normal flow of events.

Question 29

As you work through the SDLC, it is likely that the system boundaries will change.

Question 30

The purpose of a walkthrough is to thoroughly test the fidelity of the functional models to the __________________ and to ensure that the models are consistent.

A) non-functional models
B) use-case diagrams
C) activity diagrams
D) functional requirements
E) use-case descriptions

Question 31

An essential use case describes the specific set of steps to be followed.

Question 32

Inheritance is supported in use cases through the generalization relationship.

Question 33

A Fork Node in an activity diagram is used to __________ behavior into a set of parallel or concurrent flows of activities (or actions).

A) combine
B) create
C) initialize
D) split
E) represent

Question 34

Use cases can be used to document both the current (As-Is) system and the future (To-Be) system.

Question 35

A complex use case is one that has more than _____ unique transactions.

A) 5
B) 7
C) 9
D) 10
E) 12

Question 36

The include relationship represents the optional inclusion of another use case.

Question 37

The SVDPI form of sentences in use cases aids in the identification of classes.

Question 38

Activity diagrams, use-case descriptions, and use-case diagrams are three different representations for the ___________________ .

A) functional and non-functional model
B) functional model
C) non-functional model
D) design model
E) architectural model

Question 39

The primary actor is the person or thing that starts the execution of a use case.

Question 40

An actor in a use case always represents a specific user.

Question 41

An asterisk on a relationship in a use case diagram represents multiplicity of the association.

Question 42

The first step in creating use case diagrams is to identify the primary actors and their goals.

Question 43

Control flows in an activity diagram show the flow of objects into and out of activities.

Question 44

A formal way of representing how a business system interacts with its environment is termed a use case.

Question 45

A use case that represents an important business process and involves the use of new technology would likely be given an importance level of medium.

Question 46

As Felix is documenting an order entry system, he discovers that someone can call up to place an order that is not a customer. In this case, the Take Order use case will use the Create Customer use case to capture the customer information, and then the order will be taken. This is an example of the extend relationship between use cases.

Question 47

Control flows in an activity diagram are shown using solid-lines with arrows while object flows are shown using dashed lines with arrows.

Question 48

Object nodes in an activity diagram are depicted using rectangles.

Question 49

The use case Take Order has a temporal trigger if it begins when a customer calls to place an order.

Question 50

When drawing use case diagrams, higher level use cases are drawn below lower level use cases.

Question 51

Join nodes in an activity diagram are used to bring concurrent or parallel flows together back into a single flow.

Question 52

It is a good idea to have the users role play the use cases as a way of confirming them during the analysis phase.

Question 53

A decision node in an activity diagram is used to represent the actual test condition that is used to determine which of the paths exiting the node is to be traversed.

Question 54

A use case should be written from the perspective of at least one of the actors associated with the use case.

Question 55

Each use case can be associated with one or more role(s) that users have in the system.

Question 56

Paths coming out of a decision node are always mutually-exclusive, while the paths coming out of a fork node are sometimes concurrent and sometimes mutually-exclusive.

Question 57

Use cases are typically written to document the normal flow of events. Exceptions that occur in the normal flow need not be documented as part of the use case description.

Question 58

Rectangles are used to represent association relationships in use case diagrams.

Question 59

A solid line without arrows between an actor and a use case in a use case diagram represents a one-way flow of communication from the actor to the use case.

Question 60

A use case that begins at the end of the month has a temporal trigger.

Question 61

Activity diagram, use-case diagram and use-case descriptions are three different representations for the non-functional model.

Question 62

Activity diagram is a representation for the non-functional model.

Question 63

What are the four types of use cases? When are each used?

Question 64

A Join Node in an activity diagram is used to split behavior into a set of parallel or concurrent flows of activities (or actions).

Question 65

How does a project team go about obtaining the information they need to create use case descriptions?

Question 66

Setting the scope of the activity being modeled is a task that can be accomplished after completing the activity diagram.

Question 67

Write a complete use case description for the interaction that a student would have with your college or university's class registration system.

Question 68

Distinguish between the extend and include relationships in use case diagrams. When would you use each of these relationships?

Question 69

Draw a sketch of the diagramming symbol for each of the following components of a use-case diagram.
-Actor
-Use case
-Subject boundary
-Association relationship
-Include relationship
-Extend relationship
-Generalization relationship

Question 70

For a walkthrough to be successful, the members of the walkthrough team MUST be fully prepared.

Question 71

A guard condition represents the value of the decision-test, based on which a particular path from the decision node will be traversed.

Question 72

Explain the usefulness of alternate flows and when they are used.

Question 73

Verification and validation through a walkthrough is to uncover and correct errors or faults in the evolving specification.

Question 74

Distinguish between the association and generalization relationships in use case diagrams. When would you use each of these relationships?

Question 75

What is the SVDPI form for steps in a use case, and why is it important to use this format when writing use cases? Provide an example of a sentence written in this format.

Question 76

When comparing a use-case description to a use-case diagram for functional model verification and validation, there must be ONE and ONLY ONE use-case description for each use case, and vice versa..

Question 77

The presenter role in a walkthrough team is more important than the role maintenance oracle.

Question 78

What are the five characteristics of a use case that impacts its importance level? Describe each, and indicate what conditions would result in a higher importance level.

Question 79

List and briefly describe the four major steps in writing effective use-case descriptions and use-case diagrams.

Question 80

Explain the difference between normal flows and sub-flows that would be documented in a use case.