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Unit 4: Introduction to Validation, Metrics

Self Assessment Questions Notes
6. The software engineering discipline has become competent in the area of……………..

(a) measurement (b) testing
(c) validation (d) verification
7. A quantitative measure of the degree to which a system, component or process possesses
a given ……………….
(a) attribute (b) program

(c) system (d) None of these.
8. …………………. is the mapping of numbers to attributes of objects in accordance with
some prescribed rule.
(a) Empirical (b) Metrics
(c) Measurement (d) None of these.
9. Human beings solve problems by breaking them into smaller understandable …………..

(a) functions (b) classes
(c) pieces (d) methods
10. External Inputs (EI) is an elementary process in which data crosses the boundary from
……………….. to inside.
(a) internal logical files (b) internal files

(c) inside (d) outside
11. External Inquiry (EQ) is an elementary process with both input and output components
that result in data retrieval from one or more …………..
(a) internal logical files (b) external logical files
(c) logics (d) functions
12. Data is shared between components through …………...

(a) system memory (b) shared storage
(c) local network (d) None of these.

13. N-tier application architecture is characterized by the functional decomposition
of …………………..
(a) applications (b) programs

(c) logical files (d) networks
14. The client/server architectural style describes ………….. systems that involve a separate
client and server system.
(a) network (b) programming
(c) main (d) distributed

15. A qualitative metric still provides relevant indication of quality.
(a) True (b) False

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