Debugging

Question 1

What two criteria should operational definitions meet?

Answer 1

Communication and Repeatability

Question 2

How much does each decision increase the cyclomatic complexity?

Answer 2

1

Question 3

What is program verification?

Answer 3

Aims at proving the correctness of programs by showing that it contains no errors

Question 4

The entity that performs the task of checking the correctness of the observed behavior

Answer 4

Oracle

Question 5

What cyclomatic complexity is considered challenging?

Answer 5

10-20

Question 6

Counting the implemented methods in a class

Answer 6

Weighted Methods per Class

Question 7

T/F Use of measurement data to evaluate individuals will negatively affect the correctness and usefulness of the measurement data that are reported

Answer 7

T

Question 8

Dissimilarities between methods by using attributes used in the methods

Answer 8

Lack of Cohesion of Methods

Question 9

T/F Comprehensive test coverage is impractical for hardware or software testing

Answer 9

T

Question 10

A standard of measurement

Answer 10

Metric

Question 11

T/F Dynamic metrics do not require code execution

Answer 11

F

Question 12

Is Goal-driven measurement based on a predefined set of measures?

Answer 12

No

Question 13

In goal-driven measurement, what is the primary question?

Answer 13

What do I want to know or learn?

Question 14

Help focus investigations by ranking problems, causes, or actions in terms of their amounts, frequency of occurrence, or economic consequences

Answer 14

Pareto Charts

Question 15

T/F The act of measuring and analyzing will not change behavior

Answer 15

F

Question 16

Mathur recommends a cyclomatic complexity less than _?

Answer 16

5

Question 17

The act of measuring (paying attention) will change behavior

Answer 17

Hawthorne Effect

Question 18

T/F Static metrics can be computed without executing the program

Answer 18

T

Question 19

Number of classes that directly inherit one class

Answer 19

Number of Children

Question 20

T/F Program verification and testing should be

considered complementary techniques

Answer 20

T

Question 21

Depth of Inheritance

Answer 21

Maximum number of nodes between root and lowest node in the hierarchy

Question 22

The process of determining the cause of errors and removing them

Answer 22

Debugging

Question 23

Number of methods a class is accessible to,
including methods implemented in own class
as well as methods accessible due to
inheritance

Answer 23

Response for a Class

Question 24

T/F It is more common to measure “Halstead time” in terms of months

Answer 24

F, minutes

Question 25

Coupling Between Objects

Answer 25

Number of other classes that a class is coupled to

Question 26

programming – The art of:

Answer 26

Debugging a blank sheet of paper

Question 27

T/F State transition diagrams can be used to specify

program behavior

Answer 27

T

Question 28

Human testers are what three things?

Answer 28

error-prone
slow
may result in trivial checks

Question 29

What are the two measurement questions?

Answer 29

Are we measuring the right thing?

Are we measuring it right?

Question 30

T/F An operational definition [is one] which reasonable men can agree on and do business with

Answer 30

T

Question 31

How is a defect defined?

Answer 31

severity, criticality, impact

Question 32

What do you see if the 80/20 rule does not apply?

Answer 32

Flat pareto

Question 33

What is Pareto chart interpretation based on?

Answer 33

80/20 rule

Question 34

The rules and procedures used to capture and record data

Answer 34

Operational Definitions

Question 35

What two things should be considered complementary techniques?

Answer 35

Program verification and testing

Question 36

What can be used to specify program behavior?

Answer 36

State transition diagrams