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1.

1 point

_____ refer to “the contextual reasons for a new version for a new version of a system must be made explicit in terms of objectives” to be satisfied by

the WHY dimension

the WHO dimension

the HOW dimension

the WHAT dimension

2.

1 point

To identify goals along refinement branches, we can check the converse of _____ for missing Maintain goal

Soft goal

Achieve goal

Non-functional goal

Functional goal

3.

1 point

Which of the followings is a standard technique for structuring complex if-then condition?

Using decision table

Using predefined statement templates

Using grouping rules

Using stylistic rules

4.

1 point

_____ prescribes intended behaviours where a target condition must sooner or later hold whenever some other condition holds in the current system state.

A soft goal

An achieve goal

A behavioural goal

A maintain goal

5.

1 point

The domain understanding and requirements elicitation stage involves a great deal of knowledge acquisition, EXCEPT?

Knowledge about programing language that is used for new system development

Knowledge about the organization

Knowledge about system-as-is

Knowledge about the domain

6.

1 point

Traceability management process composes of 4 phases:
1) Exploit traceability links
2) Establish traceability links
3) Maintain traceability links
4) Define traceability links
Which one is the appropriate order of these phases:

4, 3, 1, 2

4, 2, 1, 3

2, 1, 3, 4

1, 2, 3, 4

7.

1 point

The goals of _____ its to reduce high-exposure risks through countermeasures

Risk identification

Risk management

Risk control

Risk assessment

8.

1 point

A/an _____ is a discrete set of instances of a domain-specific concept that are manipulated by the modeled system

State variable

System state

Conceptual object

Object class

9.

1 point

Which one of the following statements is the definition of attribute?

An attribute is a relevant feature of an object, including the association with other objects in the model

An attribute is a quantitative feature of an object

An attribute is an intrinsic feature of an object regardless of other object in the model

none of the others

10.

1 point

A (an)_____ is a prescriptive statement to be enforced by the software-to-be, possibly is cooperation with other system components, and formulated in terms of environment phenomena

software requirement

domain property

system requirement

assumption

11.

1 point

For stepwise refinement of a state diagram, we may decompose a state into sequential or concurrent sub-states. In both cases, the finer-grained sub-states are called nested states, whereas the super-state is called a _____

Base state

Composite state

Parent state

Coarse-grained state

12.

1 point

All of the following statements about outputs of requirement specification and documentation phase are correct EXCPET?

Requirements documentation provides a precise specification of all general objectives, system requirements, software requirements e.g.

All general objectives, system requirements, software requirements e.g. are organized in RD according to some coherent structure so as to meet the various defined target qualities

Each RD statement should be precisely specified in an appropriate specification language

The diagrams should not be used while documents requirements

13.

1 point

What should we do in the stakeholder analysis stage of RE?

Select all stakeholders of the project

Determine a representative sample of stakeholders based in their role, interests, and type of knowledge they can contribute

Select all stakeholders, they are managers and decision makers

Determine a representative sample of stakeholders who have different background knowledge and technical skills

14.

1 point

All of the followings are correct inputs of the specification and documentation phase EXCEPT?

General objectives

System requirements

System-to-be design documents

Environmental assumptions, relevant domain properties

Software requirements

15.

1 point

Which one of the following statements is the definition of “required trigger condition”?

None of the others

A required trigger condition for a goal is a condition on the operation’s output states for satisfaction of this goal by any application of the operation

A required trigger condition for a goal is a necessary condition on the operation’s input states for satisfaction of this goal by any application of the operation

A required trigger condition for a goal is a sufficient condition on the operation’s input states for satisfaction of this goal by any application of the operation

16.

1 point

Which one of the following statements about behavior model is false?

None of others

Agent behaviors are made through scenarios or through state machines

State machines capture sequences of state transitions for the variables controlled by any agent instance within a class

Global Behavior of the system is obtained by parallel composition of agent behaviors

Scenarios capture sequences of interactions among specific agent instances

17.

1 point

An obstacle is a pre-condition for _____ of some goal, hypothesis or questionable domain property used in the goal model

Satisfaction

divergent

Weakness

non-satisfaction

18.

1 point

There are the following backwards of prototypes and mock-up technique, except for

Missing functionalities

Can not understand implications

Can be misleading, set expectation too high

Ignores important non-functional reqs

19.

1 point

Which of the following statements about agent capabilities is wrong?

An agent monitors an association if its instances can change this association holds between object instances

An agent controls an association if its instances can create and delete association instances

An agent controls an attribute of an object if its instances can set values for this attribute an object instances

An agent monitors an attribute of an object if its instances can get the value of this attribute from object instances

20.

1 point

When we are unfamiliar with the system-as-is, we may need to acquire knowledge through the following ways EXCEPT?

Studying books, surveys, and published articles to understand the domain

Studying documents and reports of system-to-be that document information flows, work procedures, business rules, forms exchanged between organizational units and so forth

Studying documents such as organizational charts, business plan, policy manuals, financial reports e.g. to understand the organization

Studying reports that document information flows, work procedures, business rules, forms exchanged between organizational units and so forth

21.

1 point

A goal under the responsibility of an agent must be relizable by the agent in view of its _____

Responsibilities

Capabilities

None of the others

Realizabilities

22.

1 point

_____ addresses the assignment of responsibilities for achieving the objectives, services, and constraints among the components of the system-to-be

the HOW dimension

the WHO dimension

the WHAT dimension

the WHY dimension

23.

1 point

Which of the following is not a reason for goals being so important in the RE process?

Goal refinement provides a natural mechanism for structuring complex specification at different levels of concern

Goal do not provide anchors for risk analysis

Goals drive the identification of requirements to support them

Goal provide the rationale for requirements to support them

24.

1 point

All of the following statements about background study techniques are correct EXCEPT?

The main problem with background study is the amount of documentation that we may need to consider

Background study is sometimes called content analysis

An obvious strength of the technique is that it supplies the full and detailed information that will needed afterwards, in particular the terminology used, the objectives and policies to be taken into account, the distribution of responsibilities among stakeholders and so forth

The background study is considered as prerequisite to other techniques in requirements engineering

25.

1 point

An(a)_____ is a statement to be satisfied by the environment and formulated in terms of environmental phenomena.

assumption

domain property

system requirement

software requirement

26.

1 point

In a _____ project, the system-as-is already offers software solutions; the software-to-be needs to integrate, improve, adapt or extend such solutions.

brownfield

customer-driven

greenfield

market-driven

27.

1 point

The multiplicity on one side of an association specifies the minimum and maximum number of object instances on ____ that may be associated.

This side

Both sides

The other side

None of the others

28.

1 point

An agent model captures the _____ dimension of requirements engineering

WHY

WHO

WHAT

HOW

29.

1 point

All of the following questions should be in the checklist used for verifying “Poor structuring” defect type EXCEPT?

Would there be alternative sensible choices?

Is the structuring rule for organizing these RD sections apparent?

Does this RD item cover unrelated requirements?

Does this RD item mix requirements and assumptions together?

30.

1 point

The goals of risk assessment is to assess likelihood of risk, _____ likelihood of consequences, to control high-priority risks

risk severity

risk control

risk resolution

risk management

31.

1 point

Which one of the following statements about package is false?

The names of elements defined in a package are local to the package but are not visible to its descendants

A package may contain other packages as well

A package may import other packages to make visible the elements owned by the latter

A package is the unique owner of the model elements it contains

32.

1 point

An operation model addresses the _____ of requirements engineering by capturing the functional services that the target system should provide in order to meet its goals

How - dimension

Who –dimension

What –dimension

Why –dimension

33.

1 point

All of the following statements about advantages of free documentation in unrestricted natural language are correct EXCEPT?

There are no limitations in expressiveness on language

There is no notable ambiguities, noises, e.g.

Free text in natural language can be understood by all parties

There is no communication barrier

34.

1 point

The following questions should be used while writing a requirements document EXCEPT?

Can it be expressed in a complex way?

Can he or she get lost at this point?

Is this comprehensible to the reader?

Is this the appropriate level of detail?

35.

1 point

All of the following activities should NOT be don’t in “Change Evaluation and prioritization” stage of change control process EXCEPT?

Forward propagation of all RD changes downward to software lifecycle items along vertical links of traceability graph

Updating of the traceability graph

Prioritize the accepted changes

Baselining of the new version of the RD for sharing among project members until the next version is baselined

36.

1 point

In obstacle diagram, leaf obstacles are connected to countermeasure goals through _____

Resolution links

Realizability links

Feasibility links

Responsibility links

37.

1 point

Which of the followings is NOT strength of state machines model?

code generation and visual abstraction of explicit behaviours of any agent instance in a class

code generation and acceptance test data

code generation and expressive (functional, non-functional, alternative options)

expressive(functional, non-functional, alternative options)

38.

1 point

Which of the following is not a criterion of stakeholder selection?

Level of influence in system approval

Effective role in making decision about system-to-be

Relevant position in the organization

Level of domain expertise

Exposure to perceived technical issues

39.

1 point

All of the following statements about local rules on writing statements in requirements document are correct EXCEPT?

Motivate first, summarize after

Identify who will read this and write accordingly

Make sure that every concept is defined after its use

Say what you are going to do before doing it

40.

1 point

In an operation model, an operation is annotated by individual features such as its _____ and its domain pre- and post-conditions

Parameters

Signature

Name

Function

41.

1 point

Which one of the following statements is the definition of entity?

An entity is an instantaneous and active object

An entity is an autonomous and active object

An entity is a conceptual object dependent on other objects that it links.

None of the others

42.

1 point

Which one of the following statements is the definition of “capability instance declaration”?

Capability instance declaration annotating a monitoring or control link makes precise which agent instance is monitoring or controlling the attribute/association of which object instance

Capability instance declaration annotating a responsibility link in an agent diagram makes it precise which agent instance is responsible for which goal instantiation to specific object instances

Capability instance declaration annotating a performance link in an agent diagram makes precise which agent instance is performing the operation on which input/output object instance

None of the others

43.

1 point

At higher levels, there are coarser-grained goals stating _____ related to the business or the organization

Assumptions

strategic objectives

technical objectives

Requirements

44.

1 point

Which of the following is a helpful technique that is used for eliciting non-functional requirements e.g. performance requirements?

Card sorts

Repertory grids

Questionnaires

Background study

Data collection

45.

1 point

Which features does Multi-view modeling framework enforce the system views satisfied?

None of the others

Consistency, completeness and disjointness

Consistency, completeness and complementarity

Consistency, completeness and feasibility

46.

1 point

Agent capabilities are defined in terms of the system variables that the agent can _____ and _____

Specify / realize

Assign / evaluate

Monitor / control

none of the others

47.

1 point

A systematic process of managing conflicts has the stages: Identify overlapping statements, Generate conflict resolutions, Evaluate resolutions, and Detect conflicts among them & document them. Which of the following item is a correct order of the process?

1) Identify overlapping statements 2) Generate conflict resolutions 3) Detect conflicts among them & document them 4) Evaluate resolutions

1) Identify overlapping statements 2) Generate conflict resolutions 3) Evaluate resolutions 4) Detect conflicts among them & document them

1) Identify overlapping statements 2) Detect conflicts among them & document them 3) Generate conflict resolutions 4) Evaluate resolutions

1) Identify overlapping statements 2) Detect conflicts among them & document them 3) Evaluate resolutions 4) Generate conflict resolutions

48.

1 point

Which of the following in an elicitation technique that provides a concrete flavor of what the software will look like?

Data collection

Card sorts and repertory grids

Prototypes and mock-ups

Background study

49.

1 point

All of the following actions, the review board need to do when reviewing changes of requirements EXCEPT?

Understand the context of the requested change

Maintains a wishlist of possible changes

Estimate the cost and feasibility of the changes

Assess the benefits of proposed change

50.

1 point

A state machine is represented in UML by a variant of a _____ called a state diagram

State-machine

State-variable

State-engine

State-chart