Applied Computing Unit 1 Exam MCQ's

Qualitative data is composed of:

• opinions

• primary data.

• measurable facts.

• data obtained from observation.

How are data and information related?

• Information is processed into data

• Data is processed into information

• Only quantitative data can be turned into information

• Information is harder than data for humans to understand

What is produced during the analysis stage of the development of a software solution?

• a list of constraints

• evaluation criteria

• a testing table

• a website

In project management, a milestone:

• measures how long a project has been running

• is inserted at the beginning of every task

• marks the end of the project

• is a point of major progress

_______is the practice of making solutions usable by people of all abilities and disabilities.

• Accessibility

• Usability

• Readability

• Disability

The evaluation stage of the problem-solving methodology differs from testing because

• testing checks that the system works, while evaluation checks that it is achieving its goals.

• testing checks that data is accurate, while evaluation checks that the system works.

• testing is carried out by developers, while evaluation is conducted by the client.

• hardware is tested, while the software is evaluated.

Francine is developing a software solution that will be installed on a mobile phone. She wants the solution to control her sound system; in particular, the volume, bass, and treble levels. She insists on these levels being manipulated using sliding bars as that type of user interface is what she is most familiar with. The use of the sliding bars should be discussed under which aspect of Francine’s solution requirements?

• Scope

• Project plan

• Functional requirements

• Non-functional requirements

• 3

• 6

• 10

• 18

• It will be different each time you run it

Maryam is writing some validation code within her software solution to check the number of characters entered into a particular field. Her validation rule returns True if there are four characters, and False if there are not. This type of validation is referred to as

• type checking.

• range checking.

• format checking.

• existence checking.

Boris is evaluating a solution that was put in place six months ago. As part of his evaluation, he is seeking subjective opinions from users via a survey. The type of data collected to help the evaluation includes

• user opinions and attitudes.

• measurable data and personal judgments.

• fact-based data and emotional judgments.

• measurable data and error logs.