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51.

Which of the following manuals is not a user documentation ?

A. Beginner’s Guide
B. Installation guide
C. Reference Guide
D. SRS
Answer» E.
52.

Which of the following is a field related to certification ?

A. Person
B. Process
C. Product
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
53.

Which standard is followed in aviation industry ?

A. CTRADO-172B
B. RTCADO-178B
C. RTRADO-178B
D. CTCADO-178B
Answer» C. RTRADO-178B
54.

The documentation of a process which records the tasks, the roles and the entities used is called__________________?

A. Process metric
B. Process analysis
C. Process modelling
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
55.

What is often undefined and is left to the ingenuity of the project managers and engineers ?

A. Role
B. Exception
C. Activity
D. Process
Answer» C. Activity
56.

Third Party Certification for software standards is based on ___________________?

A. Ul 1998, Second Edition
B. UT 1998, Second Edition
C. Ul 1992, Second Edition
D. Ul 1996, Second Edition
Answer» B. UT 1998, Second Edition
57.

Which of the following is a software process certification ?

A. JAVA Certified
B. IBM Certified
C. ISO-9000
D. Microsoft Certified
Answer» D. Microsoft Certified
58.

How many stages are there in Iterative-enhancement model used during software maintenance ?

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer» C. four
59.

Prototypes and 4GL business systems are categorized under which process ?

A. Informal
B. Managed
C. Methodical
D. Supported
Answer» B. Managed
60.

Which of the following manuals is a user documentation ?

A. SRS -Software Requirement Specification
B. SDD -Software Design Document
C. System Overview
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
61.

In which stage of process improvement bottlenecks and weaknesses are identified ?

A. Process measurement
B. Process analysis
C. Process change
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Process change
62.

“Understandability” answers which of the following description ?

A. The extent to which the process is explicitly defined
B. Process errors are avoided or trapped before they result in product errors
C. Defined process is acceptable and usable by the engineers responsible for producing the software product
D. Process continues in spite of unexpected problems
Answer» B. Process errors are avoided or trapped before they result in product errors
63.

The process of generating analysis and design documents is known as ___________________?

A. Software engineering
B. Software re-engineering
C. Reverse engineering
D. Re-engineering
Answer» D. Re-engineering
64.

What does ACT stands for in In Boehm model for software maintenance ?

A. Actual change track
B. Annual change track
C. Annual change traffic
D. Actual change traffic
Answer» D. Actual change traffic
65.

Robustness” answers which of the following description ?

A. CASE tools be used to support the process activities
B. Process errors are avoided or trapped before they result in product errors
C. Defined process is acceptable and usable by the engineers responsible for producing the software
D. Process continues in spite of unexpected problems
Answer» E.
66.

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program approve accreditation in ___________________?

A. Environmental standards
B. Computers and electronics
C. Product testing
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
67.

Which one of the following is not a maintenance model ?

A. Waterfall model
B. Reuse-oriented model
C. Iterative enhancement model
D. Quick fix model
Answer» B. Reuse-oriented model
68.

What are legacy systems ?

A. new systems
B. old systems
C. under-developed systems
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. under-developed systems
69.

Identify the correct statement with respect to Evolutionary development ?

A. Evolutionary development usually has two flavors; exploratory development, and throw-away prototyping
B. Very large projects are usually done using evolutionary development based approach
C. It facilitates easy project management, through the high volume of documentation it generates
D. Sometimes the construction of a throw-away prototype is not followed by a re- implementation of the software system using a more structured approach
Answer» B. Very large projects are usually done using evolutionary development based approach
70.

Choose the suitable options with respect to regression testing ?

A. It helps in development of software
B. It helps in maintenance of software
C. It helps in development & maintenance of software
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
71.

What is a software patch ?

A. Required or Critical Fix
B. Emergency Fix
C. Daily or routine Fix
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Daily or routine Fix
72.

The two dimensions of spiral model are ______________________?

A. diagonal, angular
B. radial, perpendicular
C. radial, angular
D. diagonal, perpendicular
Answer» D. diagonal, perpendicular
73.

A sociotechnical system is a system that includes___________________?

A. people
B. software
C. hardware
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
74.

_______________ measures the ability of a regression test selection technique to handle realistic applications ?

A. Efficiency
B. Precision
C. Generality
D. Inclusiveness
Answer» D. Inclusiveness
75.

The modification of the software to match changes in the ever changing environment, falls under which category of software maintenance ?

A. Corrective
B. Adaptive
C. Perfective
D. Preventive
Answer» C. Perfective
76.

Selective retest techniques may be more economical than the “retest-all”technique.How many selective retest techniques are there?

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer» C. four
77.

Software evolution does not comprises ?

A. Development activities
B. Negotiating with client
C. Maintenance activities
D. Re-engineering activities
Answer» C. Maintenance activities
78.

CSQA stands for __________________?

A. Certified Software Quality Analyst
B. Certified Software Quality Approved
C. Certified Software Quality Acclaimed
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Certified Software Quality Approved
79.

Software Maintenance includes ?

A. Error corrections
B. Enhancements of capabilities
C. Deletion of obsolete capabilities
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
80.

Which of the following companies provide certifications for their own products ?

A. CISCO
B. ORACLE
C. Microsoft
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
81.

Program modularization and Source code translation are the activities of ____________________?

A. Forward engineering
B. Reverse Engineering
C. Reengineering
D. Reverse Engineering and Reengineering
Answer» D. Reverse Engineering and Reengineering
82.

What are the goals to gain Laboratory Accreditation ?

A. Increase availability of testing services through third-party laboratories
B. Increase availability of testing market to encourage development of software testing industry
C. Reduce cost by increasing supply of testing services
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.