Which of the following term is best defined by the statement “Notation that can be input directly into a computer-based development system offers significant benefits.” ?

A. Machine readability
B. Maintainability
C. Structure enforcement
D. Overall simplicity

Which of the following is not a design principle that allow the user to maintain control ?

A. Provide for flexible interaction
B. Allow user interaction to be interrupt-able and undo-able
C. Show technical internals from the casual user
D. Design for direct interaction with objects that appear on the screen

The_______________ is represented as two processing boxes connected by an line (arrow) of control ?

A. Repetition
B. Sequence
C. Condition
D. None of the mentioned

A _______________ executes the loop task first, then tests a condition and repeats the task until the condition fails ?

A. Repeat until
B. Condition
C. Do while tests
D. If then-else

Which of the following is not a characteristics of box diagram ?

A. Functional domain
B. Arbitrary transfer of control is impossible
C. Recursion is easy to represent
D. Providing a notation that translates actions and conditions

Which diagram evolved from a desire to develop a procedural design representation that would not allow violation of the structured constructs ?

A. State transition diagram
B. Box diagram
C. Er diagram
D. None of the mentioned

Which of the following term is best defined by the statement:”The ability to represent local and global data is an essential element of component-level design.” ?

A. Data representation
B. Logic verification
C. “code-to” ability
D. Automatic processing

Which of the following steps is applied to develop a decision table ?

A. List all actions that can be associated with a specific procedure
B. List all conditions during execution of the procedure
C. Define rules by indicating what action(s) occurs for a set of conditions
D. All of the mentioned

A software component____________________?

A. Implements some functionality
B. Has explicit dependencies through provides and required interfaces
C. Communicates through its interfaces only
D. All of the mentioned

____________________ is a pidgin(simplified version of a language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common)?

A. Program design language
B. Structured english
C. Pseudocode
D. All of the mentioned