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1
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How is an actor depicted on a use case diagram?

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A stick figure

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How is a use case depicted on a use case diagram?

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An oval

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How is a class depicted on a class diagram?

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A box with one, two or three compartments

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How is an association depicted on a class diagram?

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A solid line joining two class boxes

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How is public visibility depicted for a class element on a class diagram?

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+ sign

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What are the two kinds of UML interaction diagrams?

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Communication diagram sequence diagrams

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7
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What does an interaction diagram depict?

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Objects and messages

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What does a statechart diagram depict?

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states and events

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What is a UML package?

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A grouping of model elements

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What does a deployment diagram depict?

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The physical configuration of the system in terms of physical connections between the nodes

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What is a use case?

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A sequence of interactions between the user and the objects in the system

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What is an actor?

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An external entity that interacts with the system

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13
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What is the primary actor?

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The actor that initiates the use case

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What is a secondary actor?

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An actor that participates in the use case

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What is an alternative sequence in a use case?

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A sequence that is different than the main sequence

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What can an inclusion use case be used for?

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To describe functionality that is common to more than one use case.

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17
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What can an extension use case be used for?

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To describe functionality of a use case that is extended by another use case

18
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What can an activity diagram be used for in use case modeling?

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To depict the activities in the main and alternative sequences of a use case

19
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How can a nonfunctional requirement be described in a use case model?

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In a separate section of the use case description

20
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What is a use case package?

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A group of related use cases

21
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What is a boundary object?

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An object that communicates with an external object

22
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What is a control object?

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An object that controls other objects

23
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What is a state-dependent control object?

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An object that executes a state machine

24
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What is a coordinator object?

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A decision making object

25
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How would you determine a boundary class from the context diagram?

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By determining the software classes that communicate with the external classes

26
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What is the timer object?

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An object that is awakened by an external timer

27
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What do class structuring criteria help with?

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Structuring an application into classes

28
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What is the classification process for application classes analogous to?

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Categorizing books in a library

29
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What is the purpose of a stereotype in class structuring>

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To label a class according to its class structuring criterion

30
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What is a business logic object?

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An object that defines business specific application logic.

31
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What does an interaction diagram depict?

A

Software objects and the sequence of their interactions

32
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How is an actor depicted on an interaction diagram?

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An instance of an actor can provide input to or receive output from a boundary object

33
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What does a sequence diagram depict?

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Software objects and the sequence of their interactions

34
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What does a communication diagram depict?

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Software objects and the sequence of their interactions

35
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What is the instance form of an interaction diagram?

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Depicts one possible sequence of interactions among object instances

36
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What is the generic form of an interaction diagram?

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Depicts all possible interactions among objects

37
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During dynamic interaction modeling use cases are realized as follows:

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Determine objects that participate in each use case and the sequence of interactions among them

38
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Which of the following interactions could happen on an interaction diagram?

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An external user sends a message to a user interaction object

39
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Which of the following interactions is NOT likely to happen on an interaction diagram

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An input object sends a message to a printer object

40
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What kind of object would be the first object to receive an input from an external object?

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A boundary object

Software Modeling (3 decks)

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