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Questions
Which of the following refers to the use of prototyping as a technique for gathering and clarifying requirements?
- Horizontal prototyping
- Exploratory prototyping
- Vertical prototyping
- Waterfall model
- Increment development model
Which of the following is a description of set of sequence of actions that a system performs that yields an observable result of value to a particular actor?
- Use case
- Interface
- Class
- Modeling language
- Things
Which of the following is the metric in a form suitable for assessing project behavior or process improvements?
- Size oriented metrics
- Indicators
- Planned value
- Actual cost
- Objective statement
In which of the following systems can the behaviour not be predicted with certainty?
- Closed system
- Open system
- Probabilistic system
- Abstract system
- Processing
Which of the following is used to explore changing requirements incrementally and adapt a system to them?
- Presentation prototype
- Evolutionary prototyping
- Horizontal prototyping
- Vertical prototyping
- Incremental and Iterative model
What is the ratio between earned value and actual cost called?
- Cost performance index
- Cost variance
- Actual cost
- Planned value
- Accomplishments
Which of the following is used as testing or evaluation technique to verify whether the proposed system will meet user or customer expectations?
- Vertical prototyping
- Horizontal prototyping
- Waterfall model
- Incremental and Iterative models
- Experimental prototyping
Which of the following objects represents elements whose behaviour is concurrent with other elements?
- Object
- Class
- Meta class
- Active class
- Abstract class
Which of the following defines an interaction, plays many roles and is a collection of other elements that work together to provide some corporative behaviour?
- Interface
- Thing
- Collaboration
- Class
- Diagram
Which of the following systems is used by senior manager or top management to plan the objectives of their organizations, and to assess whether the objectives are being met in practice?
- Closed system
- Abstract system
- Strategic information system
- Operational information system
- Output
Which of the following is an industry standard method of measuring a project progress at any given point in time and forecasting its completion date and final cost?
- Planned value
- Actual cost
- Objective statement
- Earned value analysis
- Accomplishment
What is the ratio between earned value and planned value called?
- Actual cost
- Planned value
- Cost variance
- Schedule Performance Index
- Milestones
Which of the following systems involves no uncertainty in defining the outputs of the system knowing the inputs?
- Open system
- Closed system
- Deterministic system
- Review system
- Abstract system
Which of the following refers to prototyping as a component of another software development strategy?
- Presentation prototype
- Horizontal prototyping
- Vertical prototyping
- Embedded prototyping
- Low fidelity prototyping
Which of the following ensures that the resources of the business are employed to achieve the strategic objectives of the organization?
- Operational information system
- Tactical information system
- Data analysis system
- Closed system
- Processing