Software Engineering Requirements Engineering 2

Question 1

Which requirements elicitation method involves creating a working model of the system to gather user feedback?

Accepted Answer

Prototyping

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Interviews

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Document analysis

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Brainstorming

Question 2

In a requirements document, what is the distinction between 'shall' and 'should'?

Accepted Answer

'Shall' indicates a mandatory requirement while 'should' indicates a desirable but optional one

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'Shall' indicates optional features while 'should' indicates mandatory ones

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Both terms are interchangeable in requirements documentation

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'Shall' applies to functional requirements and 'should' to non-functional ones

Question 3

What is a 'stakeholder' in the context of requirements engineering?

Accepted Answer

Any person or organization with an interest in or affected by the system

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An investor who provides funding for the project

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The lead developer responsible for implementing requirements

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The project manager who approves requirements documents

Question 4

The MoSCoW method is used in requirements engineering to:

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Prioritize requirements into Must have, Should have, Could have, and Won't have

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Document software architecture decisions

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Estimate software development effort in story points

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Manage version control for requirements documents

Question 5

What is 'requirements volatility'?

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The tendency of requirements to change during the project lifecycle

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The risk that requirements will cause system instability

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The difficulty level of implementing specific requirements

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The degree to which requirements conflict with each other

Question 6

What is a 'system boundary' in requirements engineering?

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The line separating what the system does from what external actors do

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The maximum number of concurrent users a system can support

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The physical hardware limits of the deployment environment

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The maximum data storage capacity required by the system

Question 7

Which diagram type is most commonly used to visualize the system boundary and interactions between actors and the system?

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Use case diagram

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Class diagram

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Sequence diagram

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Entity-relationship diagram