Question set 06


Function points measure:

·         SW size

·         Source code length

·         complexity

LOC measures:

·         SW size

·         Source code length

·         complexity

Ratio between documentation and source code length is a metric of:

·         Product

·         Process

·         Resource

Effort invested per FP during SW delivery is a metric of:

·         Product

·         Process

·         Resource

Number of project managers with PM certification is a metric of:

·         Product

·         Process

·         Resource

LOC is a metric that is:

·         Programmer dependent

·         Technology independent

·         Hard to calculate




FP is a metric that is:

·         Programming language independent

·         Programmer dependent

·         Programmer team size dependent


For two pieces of a program which execute the same function, when one is written in assembler and
the other in Java, choose what is true:

·         Program written in Java has more FP

·         Program written in assembler has more FP

·         Both programs have equal FP



For two pieces of a program which execute the same function, when one is written in assembler and
the other in Java, choose what is true:

·         Program written in Java has more LOC

·         Program written in assembler has more LOC

·         Both programs have equal LOC


Choose what is applicable to Halstead’s complexity:

·         it is directly calculated from code sample

·         same function written in different programming languages will have the same Halstead’s
complexity

·         it analyses the code sample as if it was a sentence


Related to Halstead’s complexity, what is true about Purity ratio:

·         it compares actual code with estimated “ideal” code

·         values above 1 are better than values below 1

·         values close to 1 will cause problems with code readability

Cyclomatic complexity:

·         Grows with decision points and loops

·         Indicates how difficult it will be to test the SW

·         Indicates the size of source code per individual independent paths through the program


Which of the following size-based SW metrics is the most difficult to calculate:

·         SLOC

·         FP

·         Cyclomatic complexity

Which of the following SW metrics are complexity-based:

·         Halstead’s

·         McCabe’s

·         KSLOC’s