Question

The arc-to-node ratio is given as r = a/n. What does ‘a’ represent in the ratio?

(a) maximum number of nodes at any level

(b) longest path from the root to a leaf

(c) number of modules

(d) lines of control

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I need to ask this question from Metrics for Quality Control topic in chapter Software Metrics of Software Engineering

Answer 1

The correct answer is (d) lines of control

To elaborate: ‘a’ represents the arcs or the lines of control.