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Software Engineering Fundamentals

100

What does a software engineer mainly do?
A) Build hardware components
B) Develop and maintain software using engineering principles
C) Manage company finances
D) Design websites only

B) Develop and maintain software using engineering principles

200

Which phase is not part of the SDLC?
A) Design
B) Implementation
C) Manufacturing
D) Testing

C) Manufacturing

300

Which of the following is a non-functional requirement?
A) User login feature
B) System uptime of 99.9%
C) Payment processing
D) Data entry form

B) System uptime of 99.9%

400

Which of the following is NOT considered a core software engineering activity?
A) Requirements analysis and specification
B) Code refactoring and optimization
C) User interface design for aesthetic appeal only
D) System testing and validation

C) User interface design for aesthetic appeal only

500

The YAGNI  principle stands for?
A) You Aren’t Gonna Need It
B) Your Application Gets New Interfaces
C) You Always Generate New Ideas
D) Your Algorithm Goes Next In

A) You Aren’t Gonna Need It

Object-Oriented Programming

100

Which OOP principle focuses on exposing only the necessary parts of an object and hiding unnecessary details?
A) Encapsulation
B) Inheritance
C) Polymorphism
D) Abstraction

D) Abstraction

200

Which OOP principle focuses on taking on properties and behaviors from a parent
A) Inheritance
B) Polymorphism
C) Abstraction
D) Encapsulation

A) Inheritance

300

Which OOP principle focuses on taking on many forms, staying flexible, and being reusable?
A) Inheritance
B) Abstraction
C) Polymorphism
D) Encapsulation

C) Polymorphism

400

Which OOP principle focuses on containing data, attributes, methods, and functions within a single unit or class?
A) Abstraction
B) Encapsulation
C) Inheritance
D) Polymorphism

B) Encapsulation

500

Refactoring code always changes its external behavior.
True / False

False

Software Design, Testing & Architecture

100

Which architecture structure separates an application into 3 components: managing data, user interface, and processing user input?
A) Client-server
B) Microservices
C) Model-View-Controller (MVC)
D) Layered

C) Model-View-Controller (MVC)

200

Which UML diagram is structural?
A) Sequence Diagram
B) Use Case Diagram
C) Class Diagram
D) Activity Diagram

C) Class Diagram

300

The phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) includes:
A) Coding, compiling, debugging
B) Requirement analysis, test planning, test execution
C) Marketing, deployment, sales
D) None of the above

B) Requirement analysis, test planning, test execution

400

Integration testing checks if individual units of code work correctly in isolation.

True / False 

False

500

In Agile development, frequent feedback and iterative releases are encouraged.

True / False 

True

Git & Vision Control

100

Which git command publishes local work to a shared repository?
A) Push
B) Merge
C) Pull
D) Commit

A) Push

200

Which git command combines multiple branches of development history into one?
A) Pull
B) Commit
C) Merge
D) Push

C) Merge

300

Which git command updates local work by checking out a branch from a shared repository?
A) Commit
B) Pull
C) Push
D) Merge

B) Pull

400

Which git command creates a “save” point for your project and contains a unique comment for documentation?
A) Pull
B) Push
C) Merge
D) Commit

D) Commit

500

In Git, what command stages files to commit?
A) git push
B) git commit
C) git add .
D) git pull

C) git add .