250+ MCQs on Modularity Principles and Answers

Software Design Multiple Choice Questions on “Modularity Principles”.

1. Which of the following fall under constructive design principles?
a) Modularity principles
b) Implementary principles
c) Aesthetic principles
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Clarification: All of the mentioned principles are known as constructive design principles.

2. What is the Aesthetic principle among the following?
a) High quality programs can be constructed from self contained, understandable parts or modules
b) A design will be more or less easy to be build
c) Beauty is one of the important factor to be acknowledged as design principle
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Clarification: Aesthetic principle states Beauty as one of the most important factor to be acknowledged.

3. Which of these distinctions of modular programs over non modular are true?
a) They are not that easier to understand and explain
b) They are not easier to document
c) They are easier to change
d) Testing and Debugging is complex comparatively

Answer: c
Clarification: Modular programs are easier to explain and understand, easier to document, easier to change and also easier to test and debug.

4. Which of these comes under the Modularity principle?
a) Small modules
b) Coupling
c) Cohesion
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Clarification: All the mentioned follows the modularity principle.

5. What does Coupling mean?
a) Coupling is the degree of connection between pair of module
b) Coupling is the degree to which a module’s part are related to one another
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Clarification: Coupling is the degree of connection between pair of module.

6. Which of the following is true?
a) Module coupling should be maximized
b) Module cohesion should be minimized
c) Modules should not have access to unneeded resources
d) Design with small modules are not better

Answer: c
Clarification: Module coupling should be minimized, module cohesion should be maximized, design with small modules are always better, modules should not access unneeded resources( principle of least privilege).

7. Which of the following information should be kept hidden?
a) Internal data representation such as data types and structures
b) Volatile design decisions such as size, capacities, waiting time etc
c) Names, parameters, return types of operations provided by module
d) Internal data representation and volatile design decisions should be kept hidden

Answer: d
Clarification: Names, parameters, return type are public information need not be hidden whereas internal data representation and volatile design decisions should be kept hidden.

8. Which of the following violates principle of least privilege?
a) Modules that import packages
b) Modules with unneeded access to files
c) Classes with reference to Objects
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Clarification: All of the mentioned statements violated principle of least privilege.

9. Which of these is correct with context to coupling?
a) Failure to hide information leads to loose coupling and cannot be avoided
b) Modules that communicate using special data types and structures are less tightly coupled than modules with simple values
c) When modules communicate only through public module interface, their coupling strength is proportional to the number of messages and number of data passed in between
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Clarification: Failure to hide information leads to tight coupling, Modules with special data types are more tightly coupled.

10. Which of these is correct with the context of cohesion?
a) Cohesion is least in modules that have a single clear, logically independent responsibility or role
b) Cohesion can not be achieved by forming modules that implement data types
c) One way to increase cohesion is to build a module hierarchy reflecting the level of abstraction in a program
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Clarification: Cohesion is highest in modules that have a single clear, logically independent responsibility or role, Cohesion can be easily achieved by forming modules that implement data types are the correct statements.