ADETEC
  • 1. What does software documentation refer to?
A) Only the source code of the software
B) Helps new team members onboard quickly
C) Written text and illustrations describing architecture, design, functionality, and usage
  • 2. In API endpoint descriptions, what information must be clearly stated?
A) Only the HTTP methods
B) Purpose, expected behavior, URL route, and HTTP methods
C) Only the description of what the endpoint does
  • 3. Which HTTP methods are commonly listed in endpoint descriptions?
A) GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
B) START, STOP, PAUSE, RESUME
C) OPEN, CLOSE, SAVE, LOAD
  • 4. Which of the following is a best practice for code documentation?
A) Avoiding any comments in the code
B) Using inline comments to explain complex logic
C) Adding redundant comments that restate obvious code
  • 5. What are docstrings used for?
A) Standardized descriptions for functions, classes, or modules
B) To debug the code
C) . To store data in the program
  • 6. Which convention is followed for Python docstrings?
A) Javadoc style
B) HTML format
C) PEP 257
  • 7. Which tool is commonly used for code documentation in C/C++, Java, and Python?
A) Confluence
B) Javadoc
C) Doxygen
  • 8. What is the purpose of Sphinx?
A) To compile code into executable files
B) To generate structured documentation from reStructuredText and docstrings
C) To design user interfaces
  • 9. Which open-source license is very permissive and allows reuse with attribution?
A) Creative Commons
B) Apache License 2.0
C) MIT License
  • 10. Which license allows modifications, requires attribution, and includes patent rights?
A) Creative Commons
B) MIT License
C) Apache License 2.0
  • 11. Creative Commons (CC) licenses are typically used for:
A) Software only
B) Media and documents, not software
C) Hardware designs
  • 12. Why is licensing important?
A) It makes the software harder to use
B) It is not necessary for open-source projects
C) It protects intellectual property and clarifies usage rights
  • 13. What is reliability in software design?
A) The ability to perform required functions under stated conditions without failure
B) The ability to be easily modified
C) The ability to handle unexpected inputs without crashing
  • 14. Which technique involves duplicating critical components to ensure fault tolerance?
A) Error Detection & Correction
B) Recovery Mechanisms
C) Redundancy
  • 15. What is used to detect data errors in software?
A) Check sums, parity bits, and validation rules
B) Redundancy
C) Automated testing
  • 16. Which type of testing ensures correctness through unit, integration, and regression tests?
A) Performance testing
B) User acceptance testing
C) Automated testing
  • 17. Which of the following is a recovery mechanism?
A) Checkpointing and rollback in databases
B) Duplicating servers
C) Using parity bits
  • 18. What is the main goal of following software documentation standards?
A) To ensure code and systems are clear, maintainable, and legally safe
B) To avoid following any conventions
C) To increase the number of tools used
  • 19. Which tool is used for interactive API documentation with live testing capabilities?
A) Postman
B) Swagger / OpenAPI
C) RAML
  • 20. What is the primary use of Postman?
A) API testing and documentation
B) Creating documentation websites
C) Designing API schemas
  • 21. Which of the following are API design and documentation languages?
A) RAML and API Blueprint
B) Redoc and MkDocs
C) Swagger and OpenAPI
  • 22. Which tool is described as a modern, clean API documentation generator?
A) Sphinx
B) Postman
C) Redoc
  • 23. Which field in an API error response provides a human-readable explanation of the issue?
A) status
B) message
C) parameters
  • 24. Which parameter represents the minimum daily temperature in API responses?
A) daily.temp.min
B) daily.feels_like
C) daily.temp.max
  • 25. What is the definition of efficiency in software design?
A) Optimal use of resources (time, memory, CPU) while delivering results quickly
B) Ability to duplicate critical components
C) Ability to handle unexpected inputs without crashing
  • 26. Recovery mechanisms include:
A) Duplicating critical components
B) Checkpointing and rollback in databases, retry logic
C) Using parity bits to detect errors
  • 27. Which example illustrates improving efficiency through algorithm choice?
A) Adding more servers
B) Using linear search instead of binary search B. Using binary search instead of linear search for larg
C) Using binary search instead of linear search for large datasets
  • 28. What is the definition of efficiency in software design?
A) Ability to perform functions without failure over time
B) Ability to duplicate critical components for fault tolerance
C) Optimal use of resources (time, memory, CPU, network) while delivering results quickly
  • 29. Which strategy involves choosing algorithms with better time complexity like O(log n) over O(n²)?
A) Database Optimization
B) Caching & Memoization
C) Algorithmic Optimization
  • 30. What is the purpose of code profiling?
A) To identify performance bottlenecks using tools
B) To use multithreading
C) To avoid memory leaks
  • 31. Which technique stores results of expensive computations to avoid reprocessing?
A) Resource Management
B) Caching & Memoization
C) Caching & Memoization
  • 32. What does resource management focus on?
A) Handling exceptions
B) Avoiding memory leaks and releasing unused objects
C) Testing edge cases
  • 33. Which approach uses multithreading and asynchronous programming to improve performance?
A) Database Optimization
B) Algorithmic Optimization
C) Parallelism & Concurrency
  • 34. Database optimization includes which of the following?
A) Indexing, query optimization, and normalization/denormalization trade-offs
B) Caching all data
C) Exception handling
  • 35. What is unit testing?
A) Testing only the user interface
B) Testing individual units of code (functions, classes, methods) in isolation
C) Testing after full integration
  • 36. Which of the following is a benefit of unit testing?
A) Improves code maintainability and reduces regression issues
B) Makes code harder to modify
C) Increases development time significantly
  • 37. What is Continuous Integration (CI)?
A) Frequently integrating code into a shared repository and running automated tests
B) Working on code in isolation without sharing
C) Testing only once before release
  • 38. What is the main goal of Continuous Integration?
A) To ensure new code does not break existing functionality
B) To reduce the number of tests
C) To delay integration until the end
  • 39. What is the definition of robustness in software design?
A) Ability to use resources optimallyWhich practice involves never trusting user input and checking ranges, types, and formats?
B) Ability to handle unexpected situations gracefully without crashing or incorrect results
C) Ability to recover from failures automatically
  • 40. Which practice involves never trusting user input and checking ranges, types, and formats?
A) Input Validation
B) Fail-Safe Defaults
C) Exception Handling
  • 41. What is boundary testing?
A) Testing only valid inputs
B) Using try/except blocks
C) Testing minimum, maximum, and out-of-range values
  • 42. Which programming constructs are used for proper exception handling in Python?
A) if/else
B) try/except
C) loops
  • 43. What are fail-safe defaults?
A) Defaulting to secure/safe behavior if inputs are invalid
B) Allowing any input without checks
C) Showing technical errors to users
  • 44. What is defensive programming?
A) Anticipating and guarding against potential failures
B) Writing complex code to prevent errors
C) Avoiding any error handling
  • 45. What are assertions & contracts used for?
A) To retry failed operations
B) To define preconditions, postconditions, and invariants
C) To log runtime information
  • 46. What is retry logic?
A) Stopping the system on failure
B) Ignoring failed operations
C) Automatically retrying operations like API calls if they fail
  • 47. What is the purpose of logging & monitoring?
A) To collect runtime information for debugging and failure analysis
B) To speed up the code
C) To prevent errors from happening
  • 48. What is automated recovery?
A) Implementing watchdogs or self-healing services
B) Ignoring failures
C) Manually fixing errors
  • 49. Which testing framework is used for Python?
A) JUnit
B) Jest
C) pytest
  • 50. Which of the following is an example of robust code?
A) Code that does not have any error handling
B) Code that only works with perfect inputs
C) A login form that handles incorrect passwords gracefully without crashing
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