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Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria Politecnico di Milano Prof. Elisabetta Di Nitto and Matteo Rossi 20133 Milano (Italia) Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 Tel. (39) 02-2399.3400 Fax (39) 02-2399.3411 Software Engineering II June 27th, 2018 Last Name First Name Id number (Matricola) Note 1. The exam is not valid if you do not fill in the above data. 2. Write your answers on these pages. Extra sheets will be ignored. You may use a pencil. 3. Incomprehensible hand-writing is equivalent to not providing an answer. 4. The use of any electronic apparatus (computer, cell phone, camera, etc.) is strictly forbidden. 5. You cannot keep a copy of the exam when you leave the room. 6. The exam is composed of three exercises. Read carefully all points in the text! Scores of each exercise: Exercise 1 (MAX 8) _________ Exercise 2 (MAX 3) _________ Exercise 3 (MAX 8) _________ 2 Question 1 Alloy (8 points) The following text describes, in a simplified way, the procedures that are put in place to manage applications to the PhD positions offered by Politecnico di Milano and the subsequent evaluation of candidates. There are various PhD curricula (Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Information Technology, …). Candidates apply to exactly one specific curriculum. They can select one or more specific topics within this curriculum (they can also decide not to choose a specific topic). For each curriculum, an evaluation committee is appointed. At the beginning, the only action the committee can perform is to accept/reject the graduate title of candidates. When this operation is completed, the committee can start assigning a score (which can be A, B, or C) to each candidate whose title has been accepted (the other candidates are excluded). Consider the following…