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