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1681Software EngineeringMedium

Which of the following life cycle model can be chosen if the development team has less experience on similar projects?

AWaterfall

BRAD

CIterative Enhancement Model

DSpiral

Correct answer

D. Spiral

Explanation

Explanation: Relying on risk assessment/analysis provides more flexibility than required for many applications which overcomes the criteria of less experienced developers.

1682Software EngineeringMedium

________ allows us to infer that different members of classes have some common characteristics?

Adependency

BRealization

CAggregation

DGeneralization

Correct answer

D. Generalization

Explanation

Explanation: Generalization is an everyday technique that we use to manage complexity. This means that common information will be maintained in one place only.

1683Software EngineeringMedium

Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson combined the best features of their individual object-oriented analysis into a new method for object oriented design known as ________?

AHTML

BSGML

CUML

DXML

Correct answer

C. UML

Explanation

Explanation: The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has become widely used throughout the industry as the standard approach to OOD.

1684Software EngineeringMedium

The JDBC-ODBC bridge is________?

ABoth of above

BSinglethreaded

CNone of above

DMultithreaded

Correct answer

D. Multithreaded

Explanation

The correct answer is Multithreaded.

1685Software EngineeringMedium

Main storage is also called________?

AAccumulator

BRegister Unit

CControl Unit

DMemory

Correct answer

D. Memory

Explanation

The correct answer is Memory.

1686Software EngineeringMedium

User requirements are expressed as ________ in Extreme Programming?

Ascenarios

Bfunctionalities

Cnone of the mentioned

Dimplementation tasks

Correct answer

A. scenarios

Explanation

Explanation: User requirements are expressed as scenarios or user stories.These are written on cards and the development team break them down into implementation tasks. These tasks are the basis of schedule and cost estimates

1687Software EngineeringMedium

The environment that supports the software project is called________?

ASEE

BCLSS

CFAST

DCBSE

Correct answer

A. SEE

Explanation

Explanation: Software engineering environment (SEE), incorporates hardware and software.

1688Software EngineeringMedium

What command is used to count just the number of lines contained in a file?

Awc – c

Bwc – l

Cwc – r

Dwc – w

Correct answer

B. wc – l

Explanation

The correct answer is wc – l.

1689Software EngineeringMedium

The ________ takes on different shapes depending on the task you are performing?

Aactive tab

Binsertion point

Cribbon

Dmouse pointer

Correct answer

D. mouse pointer

Explanation

The correct answer is mouse pointer.

1690Software EngineeringMedium

Which of the following would now be considered as a form of secondary storage?

AFlash Drive

BRAM

CFloppy Disk

DHard Disk

Correct answer

B. RAM

Explanation

The correct answer is RAM.

User requirements are expressed as ________ in Extreme Programming?

Ascenarios

Bfunctionalities

Cnone of the mentioned

Dimplementation tasks

Correct answer

A. scenarios

Explanation