NAME:_________________________________________ CMSC 435 final December 14, 2004
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CMSC 435 final
December 14, 2004
Sections 0402
Answer all questions in the space following each
question.
1. [10] What is:
(a) White box testing
(b) Black box testing
(c) Regression testing
(d) Partition testing
(e) Stress testing
2. [5] (a) Which of the following is not an estimator of
project effort and why and what does it measure?
(a) COCOMO
(b) Function points
(c) Cyclomatic complexity
(d) Work breakdown structure
(b) One of the above is based upon a formal
definition. Which one and what is it?
3. [10] (a) A risk requires what two attributes in order to
be considered a risk?
(b) Explain the statement “The only absolutely safe
car is one, which cannot move.”
(c) Congress often passes unrealistic laws.
Assuming current cars has a safety factor of .999, what
would be some problems is a law that required a car to be
.999999 safe?
4. [5] A version control system often keeps a version of a
module and the set of changes between one version and the
next version. Would a version control system keep the first
version and the set of changes to successive versions or the
last version and successive changes from the previous
version? Why choose one approach over the other?
