Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Software Engineering MCQ – Unified Modelling Language
1 - Question
Object oriented analysis and design can be handled by the one who knows UML.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: The Unified Modeling Language includes a set of graphic notation techniques to create visual models of object-oriented software-intensive systems.
2 - Question
At Conceptual level Class diagrams should include
a) operations only
b) attributes only
c) both operations and attributes
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: In software engineering, a class diagram in the Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a type of static structure diagram that describes the structure of a system by showing the system’s classes, their attributes, operations, and the relationships among objects.
3 - Question
Select the statement true for activity diagrams.
a) They can be used to discover parallel activities
b) They are used to depict workflow for a particular business activity
c) Activity diagram do not tell who does what and are difficult to trace back to object models
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Activity diagrams are graphical representations of workflows of step wise activities and actions with support for choice, iteration and concurrency.
4 - Question
Constraints can be represented in UML by
a) {text}
b) [text].
c) Constraint
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Constraints are represented by {text string}.
5 - Question
What is an object?
a) An object is an instance of a class
b) An object includes encapsulation of data
c) An object is not an instance of a class
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: An object is an instance of a class.
6 - Question
What is an abstract class?
a) A class that has direct instances, but whose descendants may have direct instances
b) A class that has direct instances, but whose descendants may not have direct instances
c) A class that has no direct instances, but whose descendants may have direct instances
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: An abstract type is a type in a nominative type system which cannot be instantiated directly.
7 - Question
Which of the following are the valid relationships in Use Case Diagrams
a) Generalization
b) Include
c) Extend
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Generalization, include, extend all of these are valid relationships in use case diagrams.
8 - Question
Which of the following statement(s) is true about interaction diagrams?
a) Interaction diagrams are at their best when they deal with one main design flow and not multiple variants that can happen
b) Interaction diagrams are good at designing part or all of one use case’s functionality across multiple objects
c) Interaction diagrams allow the analyst to show iteration and conditional execution for messaging between objects
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Interaction diagram is used to describe some type of interactions among the different elements in the model. So this interaction is a part of dynamic behaviour of the system.
9 - Question
UML interfaces are used to:
a) specify required services for types of objects
b) program in Java, but not in C++ or Smalltalk
c) define executable logic to reuse across classes
d) define an API for all classes
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Answer: a
Explanation: An interface is like a template design for a class that contains no data or implementation; only definitions for methods, properties etc.
10 - Question
Referring to the attached diagram, the arrow indicates:
a) Navigability
b) Dependency
c) Association
d) Refers to
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Answer: a
Explanation: The arrows describe the ways you can navigate.