Software Engineering Questions and Answers – Dependability and Security Assurance

This set of Software Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Dependability and Security Assurance”.

1. Static Analysis involves executing a program.
a) True
b) False
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2. Which of the following is a technique covered in Static Analysis ?
a) Formal verification
b) Model checking
c) Automated program analysis
d) All of the mentioned
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3. Select the disadvantage of using Formal methods
a) Concurrent systems can be analysed to discover race conditions that might lead to deadlock
b) Producing a mathematical specification requires a detailed analysis of the requirements
c) They require the use of specialised notations that cannot be understood by domain experts
d) All of the mentioned
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4. Which of the following is incorrect with respect to Model Checking?
a) Model checking is particularly valuable for verifying concurrent systems
b) Model checking is computationally very inexpensive
c) The model checker explores all possible paths through the model
d) All of the mentioned
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5. Choose the fault class in which the following automated static analysis check would fall:”Variables declared but never used”.
a) Control Faults
b) Data Faults
c) Input/Output Faults
d) Interface faults
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6. Choose the fault class in which the following automated static analysis check would fall: “Unreachable code”.
a) Control Faults
b) Data Faults
c) Input/Output Faults
d) Interface faults
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7. Choose the fault class in which the following automated static analysis check would fall:”Non-usage of the results of functions”.
a) Storage management faults
b) Data Faults
c) Input/Output Faults
d) Interface faults
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8. Static analysis is now routinely used in the development of many safety and security critical systems.
a) True
b) False
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9. Which level of Static Analysis allows specific rules that apply to a program to be checked ?
a) Characteristic error checking
b) User-defined error checking
c) Assertion checking
d) All of the mentioned
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10. Choose the fault class in which the following automated static analysis check would fall:”Pointer Arithmetic”.
a) Storage management faults
b) Data Faults
c) Input/Output Faults
d) Interface faults
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