Software Engineering Final Exam questions
and answers 2025/2026 latest update
1.structured analysis - answerconsiders data and the process that transforms data as separate entities
2.object oriented analysis - answerconsiders the class and how it collaborates with other classes
3.requirements of modeling for webapps - answer- content analysis
- interaction analysis
- functional analysis
- configuration analysis
interaction model - answer- use cases
- sequence diagrams
- state diagrams
- user interface prototype
functional model - answer- user observable functionality
- operations contained within analysis classes
configuration model - answerserver side:
- server hardware and operating system environment must be specified
- interoperability considerations on the server side must be considered
- appropriate interfaces, communication protocols, and related collaborative information must be
specified
client side:
- browser configuration issued must be identified
- testing requirements should be defined
design principles - answer- design process should not suffer from tunnel vision
, - design should be traceable to the analysis model
- design should not reinvent the wheel
- design should minimize the intellectual distance between the software and the problem as it exists in
the real world
- design should exhibit uniformity and integration
- design should be structured to accommodate change
- design should be structured to degrade gently
- design is not coding, coding is not design
- design should be assessed for quality as it is being created
- design should be reviewed to minimize conceptual errors
3.architecture - answerthe overall structure of the software and the ways that structure provides
conceptual integrity for a system
4.cohesion - answerthe degree to which a module performs one and only one function
5.coupling - answerthe degree to which a module is connected to other modules in the system
refactoring - answerprocess of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the
external behavior of the code yet improves its internal structure
6.why architecture? - answer- enables communication between all parties interested in the
development of the system
- highlights early design decision
- provides a relatively small, intellectually graspable model of how the system is structured and how its
components will work together
data design - answer- create a model of data at a high level of abstraction
- iteratively refine into more implementation specific representations
- data structures at the component level
and answers 2025/2026 latest update
1.structured analysis - answerconsiders data and the process that transforms data as separate entities
2.object oriented analysis - answerconsiders the class and how it collaborates with other classes
3.requirements of modeling for webapps - answer- content analysis
- interaction analysis
- functional analysis
- configuration analysis
interaction model - answer- use cases
- sequence diagrams
- state diagrams
- user interface prototype
functional model - answer- user observable functionality
- operations contained within analysis classes
configuration model - answerserver side:
- server hardware and operating system environment must be specified
- interoperability considerations on the server side must be considered
- appropriate interfaces, communication protocols, and related collaborative information must be
specified
client side:
- browser configuration issued must be identified
- testing requirements should be defined
design principles - answer- design process should not suffer from tunnel vision
, - design should be traceable to the analysis model
- design should not reinvent the wheel
- design should minimize the intellectual distance between the software and the problem as it exists in
the real world
- design should exhibit uniformity and integration
- design should be structured to accommodate change
- design should be structured to degrade gently
- design is not coding, coding is not design
- design should be assessed for quality as it is being created
- design should be reviewed to minimize conceptual errors
3.architecture - answerthe overall structure of the software and the ways that structure provides
conceptual integrity for a system
4.cohesion - answerthe degree to which a module performs one and only one function
5.coupling - answerthe degree to which a module is connected to other modules in the system
refactoring - answerprocess of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the
external behavior of the code yet improves its internal structure
6.why architecture? - answer- enables communication between all parties interested in the
development of the system
- highlights early design decision
- provides a relatively small, intellectually graspable model of how the system is structured and how its
components will work together
data design - answer- create a model of data at a high level of abstraction
- iteratively refine into more implementation specific representations
- data structures at the component level
