AH Computing - Software Development

What is the name of the document produced at the very start of the software development process?
1. Project proposal
2. Feasability study
3. Operational requirements document
4. Algorithm
What is the name of the document in the software development process which assesses whether or not the project can proceed?
1. Project proposal
2. Feasability study
3. Operational requirements document
4. Algorithm
What is the name of the document in the software development process that states exactly what a customer wants the software to do?
1. Project proposal
2. Feasability study
3. Operational requirements document
4. Algorithm
The following sentence appears as part of a feasability study:

"The project lies within the cost parameters specified by the company."

This statement comments upon:
1. legal feasability
2. time feasabilty
3. technical feasability
4. economic feasability
The following sentence appears as part of a feasability study:

"The project will comply with the recently enacted legislation pertinent to the company."

This statement comments upon:
1. legal feasability
2. time feasabilty
3. technical feasability
4. economic feasability
The following sentence appears as part of a feasability study:

"The project can be implemented by utilising existing hardware and will interface with the software employed by the company."

This statement comments upon:
1. legal feasability
2. time feasabilty
3. technical feasability
4. economic feasability
Testing is carried out on a new piece of software prior to completion. Which type of testing can be described as "Testing is carried out as soon as the code is created".
1. Module testing
2. Component testing
3. Beta testing
4. Comprehensive testing
Testing is carried out on a new piece of software prior to completion. Which type of testing can be described as "Testing is carried out by trusted end users who report any problems back to the development team."
1. Module testing
2. Component testing
3. Beta testing
4. Comprehensive testing
Software testing can include acceptance testing, component testing and module testing. In what order are they usually carried out?
1. component > acceptance > module
2. component > module > acceptance
3. module > component > acceptance
4. module > acceptance > component
A dry run is a technique used during the software development process. Which sentence describes a dry run?
1. Run to discover first run errors.
2. Run when no other software likely to cause conflict is running.
3. Worked through by hand using test data to check the logic.
4. Code is checked by the senior programmer to check for errors.
A dry run is a technique used during the software development process. In which phase would a dry run be used?
1. analysis stage
2. implementation stage
3. testing stage
4. maintenance stage
A program interface allows the user to choose the module to run by typing the appropriate number at a suitable point on the screen. When they press enter the program runs. This is an of what user interface.
1. Menu-driven
2. Textual
3. Graphical
4. Modular
Which of the following statements is true about an object-orientated language?
1. An object oriented program has built in graphic handling facilities.
2. The programmer defines data and operations that can be carried out.
3. An object oriented programming language allows users to predefine different data types to objects.
4. An object oriented programming language gives users predefined file handling routines for objects.
The section of code:-

LDA #5
CLC
ADC #4
STA C

is an example of:-
1. a procedural language
2. a declarative language
3. an event driven language
4. a low-level language.
A language which is made up of facts and rules and includes recursion is an example of:-
1. a procedural language
2. a declarative language
3. an event driven language
4. a low-level language.
Which of the following best describes a 4GL?
1. A 4GL is a type of event driven language.
2. A 4GL is a type of low level language.
3. A type of programming language that evolved from high level languags.
4. A type of object oriented language.
The typical evolution of programming languages has been
1. low level language > high level language > 4GL
2. 4GL > low level language > high level language
3. high level language > low level language > 4GL
4. low level language > 4GL > high level language
Which of the following is true of CASE tools?
1. Can allow cross platform development of softare solutions.
2. Can provide template solutions to a range of common poroblems.
3. Can monitor the behaviour of code and data during testing.
4. Can allow designs to be checked against industry standards.
What is the purpose of this algorithm:-

Ask user for filename
Open file
For loop = 1 to 10
Input array(loop) to file
End loop
Close File
1. Wrting to a file
2. Reading from a file
3. Creating a file
4. Deleting a file
Which complex data structure is described as:-

"A list of data objects of the same type. As new items are added to the end of the list items are removed from the top."
1. Queue
2. Record
3. 2D array
4. Stack
Which complex data structure is described as:-

"A list of data objects of the same type. As new items are added to the end of the list items are removed from the end of the list."
1. Queue
2. Record
3. 2D array
4. Stack
A teacher wishes to store pupil names and their corresponding class marks in a 2-D array. Why is this not possible.
1. the data has not been sorted into order.
2. no indices have been shown.
3. the data is not all of the same type.
4. the data has not been transferred to single row for input.
What is the purpose of the following pseudocode:-

loop from i = 1 to 10
loop from j = 1 to 10
number(i,j)=5
next j
next i
1. To fill two 1-D arrays with the number 10.
2. To fill two 1-D arrays with the number 5
3. To fill a 2-D array with the number 10
4. To fill a 2-D array with the number 5
When a programmer creates sections of tested code which could be useful to others it is called.
1. A Standard algorithm
2. User-defined module library
3. Shareable user defined code
4. Stadard module library
The following list of names is to be searched for the name "Jim"
"John, Fred, Bob, Jim, Alan,David,Emma,June,Brenda"

Which statement is true.
1. A binary search would find Jim with 4 comparisons.
2. The list should be sorted before a binary search is attempted.
3. A linear search would not find Jim
4. The list does need to be sorted and both a linear and a binary search would find Jim.
A list of 1000 pupils and their roll numbers is stored in a file. It is searched regularly using a binary search to find a pupil by entering a name into a search box. Which of the following statements is true.
1. The list must be split into two separate lists.
2. The list must be sorted by pupil roll number.
3. The list must be sorted alphabetically by pupil name.
4. The names and roll numbes must be turned into binary data before a binary search can be carried out.
A binary search and a linear search on a list containing 100 names are compared and the results recorded. Which statement will be true.
1. The binary search uses twice the memory of a linar search.
2. The binary search takes half the time of the linear search.
3. The binary search always finds the name in less eight comparisons.
4. Both searches may have to search the whole list to find the name.
What is the name of the sort algorithm shown.

start loop
let flag = 0
for x = 1 to 19
if Array(x) > array(x+1) then
swap array(x) with array(x+1)
let flag flag + 1
End if
End loop
end loop if flag = 0
1. Exchange sort
2. Bubble sort
3. Selection ort
4. Quick sort
The final stage of the software development process is
1. acceptance testing
2. maintenance
3. evaluation
4. re-designing the user interface.
Debugging the software takes place during which phase of the software development cycle.
1. Design
2. Implementation
3. Testing
4. Maintenance