Question

Structural complexity of a module i is given as S(i) = f*f (i). What does f symbolizes here?

(a) “fan check-out” of module i

(b) “fan check-in” of module i

(c) “fan in” of module i

(d) “fan out” of module i

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The above asked question is from Metrics Analysis in division Software Metrics of Software Engineering

Answer 1

Right choice is (d) “fan out” of module i

To explain I would say: Fan out is number of modules directly invoked by module i.