Software Design Multiple Choice Questions on “Generating Alternative Requirements”.
1. What is necessary for the generation of candidate requirements?
a) Understand stakeholder needs
b) Generative alternative solutions
c) Studying existing products
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: For generating candidate requirements all of these stages must be followed.
2. Which of these is not an external sources for design ideas?
a) Users and other stakeholders
b) Experts
c) Team brainstorming
d) Competitive products
Answer: c
Clarification: It is method for generating ideas through team and it is not an external source.
3. Which of these are methods for team generation for design ideas?
a) Team brainstorming
b) Individual brainstorming
c) Modelling
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: All are the valid methods to follow design ideas generation.
4. Generation step for product design resolution consists of?
a) Making up new candidate requirements
b) Refining existing requirements
c) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: All choices follows product design resolution.
5. Which is false with the context of stating requirements?
a) The advantage is that the language is precise
b) The disadvantage is language is not easily understandable
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: The advantage is that language is easily understandable and disadvantage is that language is not precise.
6. Which of the following statement is true?
a) Formal notations are more precise and concise than natural language and not defined by mathematical rigor and precision
b) Semi-Formal notations are defined with mathematical rigor and precision
c) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: Formal notations are mathematically rigor and precise whereas semi formal are not.
7. Rules for stating good technical writing include?
a) Write complete, simple sentences in active voice
b) Define terms clearly and use them consistently
c) Express all requirements using the words “must” or “shall”
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: All of these are rules for good technical writing.
8. Which of the following statement is correct?
a) A specification is verifiable if there is a definitive procedure to determine whether it is met
b) A specification is testable if there is no such definative procedure
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: A testable and verifiable specification are same.
9. When is a requirement atomic?
a) If it does not state product function and also does not have a unique identifier
b) If it doesn’t not state product function but has a unique identifier
c) It does have state product function but no unique identifier
d) if has state product function and also has a unique identifier
Answer: d
Clarification: A requirement is atomic if it has both of the qualities.
10. Which of the following statement is false?
a) Atomizing requirements lays the foundation for requirements trace ability
b) Each labeled statement should express a single requirement
c) Atomic requirements statements are expressed in complex sentences rather than simple sentences
d) Non-natural-language specifications, such as equations, tables, trees and diagrams should be unchanged but included
Answer: c
Clarification: Atomic requirements statements are expressed in simple sentences rather than complex sentences.