Designing Program Logic | Academic Curator

1. What does the acronym SDLC stand for in project management?

A) Systems development life cycle
B) Systems design logical control
C) Software deployment life cycle
D) System documentation level control

2. What is the primary purpose of the preliminary investigation phase in software development?

A) To code the final product
B) To determine whether the problem or deficiency in the current system really exists
C) To train users and install hardware
D) To describe the desired features and screen layouts

3. Which type of feasibility determines whether the benefits of a proposed solution outweigh the costs?

A) Technical Feasibility
B) Operational Feasibility
C) Economic Feasibility
D) Logical Feasibility

4. In which phase of the SDLC does the development team convert project goals into defined system functions?

A) Maintenance
B) Implementation
C) Deployment
D) Analysis

5. What is the working environment called where customers have access to and use the finalized software?

A) Production
B) Testing environment
C) Build environment
D) Sandbox

6. What provides a simplified picture of the relationships between program activities and desired outcomes?

A) Deployment metrics
B) Logic models
C) Economic feasibility report
D) Implementation phase

7. What is considered the major cause of most project failures?

A) Choosing the wrong programming language
B) Syntax errors identified by the compiler
C) Failure to understand the problem
D) Incorrect flowchart symbols

8. What software tool is used to translate high-level code into machine language?

A) Context flowcharts
B) Rapid application generators
C) Pseudocode editors
D) Compilers or interpreters

9. What is a well-defined computational procedure that takes input and produces output?

A) An algorithm
B) A data store
C) A compiler
D) A logic gap

10. Which of the following is NOT a required characteristic of a proper algorithm?

A) Precise and unambiguous
B) Written strictly in machine language
D) Effective and useful

11. Which of the following best describes pseudo-code?

A) Code that is compiled directly into machine language
B) A graphical representation of data flows
C) An English-like representation of logic intended for human reading
D) A physical diagram of network hardware

12. What is a linear progression where one task is performed sequentially after another?

A) Selection
B) Loop
C) Array
D) Sequence

13. Which programming logic pattern represents a choice (IF-THEN-ELSE)?

A) Selection
B) Loop
C) Sequence
D) Repetition

14. In flowcharting, what does a diamond symbol represent?

A) The beginning or end of a program
B) A decision that a program must make
C) Information coming into or going out of a program
D) Calculations that a program must do

15. Which flowchart symbol indicates that an operation changed or manipulated data?

A) Terminator
B) Diamond
C) Process
D) Off-page connector

16. What does a Data Flow Diagram (DFD) graphically represent?

A) The hardware deployment architecture
B) The step-by-step user interface navigation
C) The financial budget of a software project
D) The flow of data through an information system

17. In a DFD, what is the rule regarding the "Data Store" symbol?

A) It must have at least one incoming and one outgoing data flow
B) It must have only outgoing flows
C) It must have only incoming flows
D) It cannot connect to a process symbol

18. Which level of a DFD only shows the top level with a single visible process node?

A) Level 1 Diagram
B) Context Level Diagram
C) Level 2 Diagram
D) Partitioned Physical Diagram

19. What is a defining characteristic of the Rapid Application Development (RAD) model?

A) It is an entirely sequential model with no overlapping phases
B) It eliminates the need for customer feedback
C) Components are developed in parallel as mini-projects to build a working prototype
D) It is best suited for projects spanning several years

20. What does the acronym CASE stand for?

A) Customer-aligned system evaluation
B) Compiled algorithmic syntax errors
C) Centralized application security environment
D) Computer-aided software engineering

Designing Program Logic Exam

Exam Results