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Which of the following is not a reason for using a model? |
| | A) | A model is quicker and easier to build than the real thing. |
| | B) | We can use a model in simulations to test our ideas. |
| | C) | We can use a model instead of building the real thing. |
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Which of the following is not a model? |
| | A) | An Airbus 380. |
| | B) | A scale model of an Airbus 380 to use in a wind tunnel. |
| | C) | An engineer’s drawing of a cross-section through the fuselage of an Airbus 380. |
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Analysts and designers use models that consist of which of the following? |
| | A) | Diagrams and text. |
| | B) | Only diagrams. |
| | C) | Only text. |
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Which of the following do analysts and designers use diagrams for? |
| | A) | To communicate ideas. |
| | B) | To understand structures and relationships. |
| | C) | Both 1 and 2. |
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Why are systems analysis and design diagram standards important? |
| | A) | They promote communication between team members. |
| | B) | They provide work for international standards committees. |
| | C) | They prevent systems analysts’ clothes from shrinking in the wash. |
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Which of the following are the rules that modelling techniques should enforce? |
| | A) | Simplicity of representation, external consistency, completeness and network representation. |
| | B) | Simplicity of representation, internal consistency, completeness and hierarchical representation. |
| | C) | Simplicity, internal consistency, completeness and hierarchical symbols. |
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Which of the following is true? |
| | A) | Icons can contain two-dimensional symbols. |
| | B) | Two-dimensional symbols can contain icons. |
| | C) | An icon contains at least one vertex and one string. |
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Which of the following is true? |
| | A) | A model consists of one and only one diagram. |
| | B) | A diagram contains at least one model. |
| | C) | A model contains diagrams. |
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As a model is developed it, which of the following does it become? |
| | A) | More abstract. |
| | B) | More detailed. |
| | C) | Less formal. |
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Which of the following is not a purpose for using activity diagrams? |
| | A) | To show the subsystems that make up a system. |
| | B) | To model a task. |
| | C) | To describe the logic of an operation. |
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A decision node in an activity diagram is represented by which of the following? |
| | A) | A black circle in a white circle with a black border. |
| | B) | A diamond. |
| | C) | A rectangle. |
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Which of the following is shown by a statement in square brackets such as ‘[no staff to assign]’ alongside a control flow? |
| | A) | An activity. |
| | B) | An event. |
| | C) | A guard condition. |
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Which of the following is the name given to the division of an activity diagram into columns that represent where activities take place? |
| | A) | Tracks. |
| | B) | Activity zones. |
| | C) | Activity partitions. |
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How many phases are there in the Unified Software Development Process? |
| | A) | Three. |
| | B) | Four. |
| | C) | Five. |
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Which of the following are the phases of the Unified Software Development Process? |
| | A) | Inception, elaboration, implementation, test. |
| | B) | Analysis, design, implementation, test. |
| | C) | Inception, elaboration, construction, transition. |
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Which of the following is a definition of a workflow in the Unified Software Development Process? |
| | A) | A series of activities to be carried out and the roles of the people who will carry out those activities. |
| | B) | A series of stages and the techniques that will be used in those stages. |
| | C) | A series of products and the roles of the people who will produce those products. |
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Which of the following is the UML notation for a model? |
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Which of the following does the Figure below show?  <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::Image::/sites/dl/free/0077125363/41598/mcq_ch05_12.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif">Image (0.0K)</a>]]>Image
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| | A) | A model. |
| | B) | A sub-system |
| | C) | A package |
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Which of the following does the figure below show?  <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg::Image::/sites/dl/free/0077125363/315092/51.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif">Image (7.0K)</a>]]>Image
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| | A) | Two actions joined by a control flow. |
| | B) | Two control flows joined by an activity. |
| | C) | Two actors joined by a control flow. |
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| | A) | Object flows. |
| | B) | Data stores. |
| | C) | Classes. |
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