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This section includes 82 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Software Engineering Mcqs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Degree to which design specifications are followed in manufacturing the product is called_________________? |
| A. | Quality Control |
| B. | Quality of conformance |
| C. | Quality Assurance |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Quality Assurance | |
| 2. |
Which regression test selection technique exposes faults caused by modifications ? |
| A. | Efficiency |
| B. | Precision |
| C. | Generality |
| D. | Inclusiveness |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Who identifies, documents, and verifies that corrections have been made to the software ? |
| A. | Project manager |
| B. | Project team |
| C. | SQA group |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
| 4. |
What type of software testing is generally used in Software Maintenance ? |
| A. | Regression Testing |
| B. | System Testing |
| C. | Integration Testing |
| D. | Unit Testing |
| Answer» B. System Testing | |
| 5. |
Which selective retest technique selects every test case that causes a modified program to produce a different output than its original version? |
| A. | Coverage |
| B. | Minimization |
| C. | Safe |
| D. | Maximization |
| Answer» D. Maximization | |
| 6. |
CMM stands for_____________________? |
| A. | Capability Management Module |
| B. | Conservative Maturity Model |
| C. | Capability Maturity Module |
| D. | Capability Maturity Model |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Regression testing is a very expensive activity? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 8. |
Which of the following is not included in External failure costs ? |
| A. | testing |
| B. | help line support |
| C. | warranty work |
| D. | complaint resolution |
| Answer» B. help line support | |
| 9. |
CO policy in CMM means___________________? |
| A. | The leadership practices in Commitment to Perform |
| B. | The organizational structure (groups) practices in Ability to Perform |
| C. | The policy practices in Commitment to Perform |
| D. | The planning practices in Commitment to Perform |
| Answer» D. The planning practices in Commitment to Perform | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is not included in failure costs ? |
| A. | rework |
| B. | repair |
| C. | failure mode analysis |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Which requirements are the foundation from which quality is measured ? |
| A. | Hardware |
| B. | Software |
| C. | Programmers |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Programmers | |
| 12. |
The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a continuous model ? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 13. |
Which of the following is not a SQA plan for a project ? |
| A. | evaluations to be performed |
| B. | amount of technical work |
| C. | audits and reviews to be performed |
| D. | documents to be produced by the SQA group |
| Answer» C. audits and reviews to be performed | |
| 14. |
The ISO 9000 series of standards is a program that can be used for external quality assurance purposes ? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 15. |
What is not included in prevention costs ? |
| A. | quality planning |
| B. | formal technical reviews |
| C. | test equipment |
| D. | equipment calibration and maintenance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
The primary objective of formal technical reviews is to find _________________ during the process so that they do not become defects after release of the software? |
| A. | errors |
| B. | equivalent faults |
| C. | failure cause |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. equivalent faults | |
| 17. |
Which of the following is not an appraisal cost in SQA ? |
| A. | inter-process inspection |
| B. | maintenance |
| C. | quality planning |
| D. | testing |
| Answer» D. testing | |
| 18. |
Which of the following requires design control measures, such as holding and recording design reviews and qualification tests ? |
| A. | CMM |
| B. | ISO 9001 |
| C. | ISO 9000-3 |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 19. |
The CMMI assessment is based on a x-point scale. What is the value of x ? |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
____________ states that, where appropriate, adequate statistical techniques are identified and used to verify the acceptability of process capability and product characteristics? |
| A. | ISO 9001 |
| B. | ISO 9000-4 |
| C. | CMM |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. ISO 9000-4 | |
| 21. |
Which of the following is not a maturity level in CMM ? |
| A. | Design |
| B. | Repeatable |
| C. | Managed |
| D. | Optimizing |
| Answer» D. Optimizing | |
| 22. |
It is always best to start process analysis with a new test model ? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 23. |
Which of the following is not a part of process change ? |
| A. | Introducing new practices, methods or processes |
| B. | Introducing new team members to existing project |
| C. | Introducing or removing deliverable |
| D. | Introducing new roles or responsibilities |
| Answer» C. Introducing or removing deliverable | |
| 24. |
Processes for evolving a software product depend on __________________? |
| A. | Type of software to be maintained |
| B. | Development processes used |
| C. | Skills and experience of the people involved |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Process improvement is the set of activities, methods, and transformations that developers use to develop and maintain information systems ? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 26. |
How many stages are there in process improvement ? |
| A. | three |
| B. | four |
| C. | five |
| D. | six |
| Answer» B. four | |
| 27. |
What is a tangible output of an activity that is predicted in a project plan ? |
| A. | Deliverable |
| B. | Activity |
| C. | Condition |
| D. | Process |
| Answer» B. Activity | |
| 28. |
In CMM, the life cycle activities of requirements analysis, design, code, and test are described in_________________________? |
| A. | Software Product Engineering |
| B. | Software Quality Assurance |
| C. | Software Subcontract Management |
| D. | Software Quality Management |
| Answer» B. Software Quality Assurance | |
| 29. |
ISO 9001 is not concerned with _______________ of quality records? |
| A. | collection |
| B. | maintenance |
| C. | verification |
| D. | dis-positioning |
| Answer» D. dis-positioning | |
| 30. |
The cost of re-engineering is often significantly less than the costs of developing new software ? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 31. |
According to ISO 9001, the causes of nonconforming product should be____________________? |
| A. | deleted |
| B. | eliminated |
| C. | identified |
| D. | eliminated and identified |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
The CMM emphasizes____________________? |
| A. | continuous process improvement |
| B. | the need to record information |
| C. | the need to accept quality system |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. the need to accept quality system | |
| 33. |
Reverse engineering is the last activity in a re-engineering project _____________________? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 34. |
The Incremental Model is combination of elements of_____________________? |
| A. | Build & FIX Model & Waterfall Model |
| B. | Linear Model & RAD Model |
| C. | Linear Model & Prototyping Model |
| D. | Waterfall Model & RAD Model |
| Answer» D. Waterfall Model & RAD Model | |
| 35. |
How many levels, does the DO-178B certification targeted by RTCADO-178B has ? |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Model preferred to create client/server applications is _______________________? |
| A. | WINWIN Spiral Model |
| B. | Spiral Model |
| C. | Concurrent Model |
| D. | Incremental Model |
| Answer» D. Incremental Model | |
| 37. |
Maintenance is classified into how many categories ? |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» D. five | |
| 38. |
Human and organizational factors such as organizational structure and politics have a significant effect on the operation of sociotechnical systems ? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 39. |
What are the two ways to view the human error of a sociotechnical system ? |
| A. | hardware and software approach |
| B. | management and users approach |
| C. | person and systems approach |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| 40. |
Spiral model was developed by ___________________? |
| A. | Victor Bisili |
| B. | Berry Boehm |
| C. | Bev Littlewood |
| D. | Roger Pressman |
| Answer» C. Bev Littlewood | |
| 41. |
Which property of a sociotechnical system varies depending on how the component assemblies are arranged and connected ? |
| A. | security |
| B. | security |
| C. | volume |
| D. | reliability |
| Answer» D. reliability | |
| 42. |
How many phases are there in Taute Maintenance Model ? |
| A. | six |
| B. | seven |
| C. | eight |
| D. | nine |
| Answer» D. nine | |
| 43. |
There are _______________ overlapping stages in the lifetime of large and complex sociotechnical systems? |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» C. four | |
| 44. |
In a sociotechnical system, you need to consider reliability from perspectives namely ? |
| A. | only software reliability |
| B. | only hardware reliability |
| C. | hardware and software reliability |
| D. | hardware, software and operator reliability |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Which property of a sociotechnical system depends on the technical system components, its operators, and its operating environment ? |
| A. | security |
| B. | usability |
| C. | volume |
| D. | reliability |
| Answer» C. volume | |
| 46. |
Sociotechnical systems are deterministic ? |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 47. |
CSTE stands for ____________________? |
| A. | Certified Software Technology |
| B. | Certified Software Tester |
| C. | Certified Software Trainee |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Certified Software Trainee | |
| 48. |
Consider an example of a system which has a police command and control system that may include a geographical information system to provide details of the location of incidents. What kind of system the example represents ? |
| A. | Complex System |
| B. | Technical computer-based system |
| C. | Sociotechnical System |
| D. | Both Complex and Sociotechnical System |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
The process of transforming a model into source code is known as___________________? |
| A. | Forward engineering |
| B. | Reverse engineering |
| C. | Re-engineering |
| D. | Reconstructing |
| Answer» B. Reverse engineering | |
| 50. |
Which technique is applied to ensure the continued evolution of legacy systems ? |
| A. | Forward engineering |
| B. | Reverse Engineering |
| C. | Reengineering |
| D. | Reverse Engineering and Reengineering |
| Answer» E. | |