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This section includes 111 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Software Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
Which of the following is a systematic attempt to specify threats to the project plan ? |
| A. | Risk identification |
| B. | Performance risk |
| C. | Support risk |
| D. | Risk projection |
| Answer» E. | |
| 52. |
Which of the following is a project scheduling method that can be applied to software development ? |
| A. | PERT |
| B. | CPM |
| C. | CMM |
| D. | Both PERT and CPM |
| Answer» E. | |
| 53. |
Which of the following is a people-intensive activity ? |
| A. | Problem solving |
| B. | Organization |
| C. | Motivation |
| D. | Project management |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54. |
Which of the following is a part of system release ? |
| A. | electronic and paper documentation describing the system |
| B. | packaging and associated publicity that have been designed for that release |
| C. | an installation program that is used to help install the system on target hardware |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 55. |
Which of the following is a configuration item ? |
| A. | Design & Test specification |
| B. | Source code |
| C. | Log information |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 56. |
Which of the following is a collection of project coordination technique ? |
| A. | Formal approaches |
| B. | Formal, interpersonal procedures |
| C. | Informal, interpersonal procedures |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 57. |
Which of the following is a collection of component versions that make up a system ? |
| A. | Version |
| B. | Codeline |
| C. | Baseline |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 58. |
Which of the following costs is not part of the total effort cost ? |
| A. | Costs of networking and communications |
| B. | Costs of providing heating and lighting office space |
| C. | Costs of lunch time food |
| D. | Costs of support staff |
| Answer» D. Costs of support staff | |
| 59. |
Which of the following categories is part of the output of software process ? |
| A. | computer programs |
| B. | documents that describe the computer programs |
| C. | data |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 60. |
Which of the following are parameters involved in computing the total cost of a software development project ? |
| A. | Hardware and software costs |
| B. | Effort costs |
| C. | Travel and training costs |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 61. |
Which model was used during the early stages of software engineering, when prototyping of user interfaces, consideration of software and system interaction, assessment of performance, and evaluation of technology maturity were paramount ? |
| A. | Early design stage model |
| B. | Post-architecture-stage model |
| C. | Application composition model |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
| 62. |
Which model is used to compute the effort required to integrate reusable components or program code that is automatically generated by design or program translation tools ? |
| A. | An application-composition model |
| B. | A post-architecture model |
| C. | A reuse model |
| D. | An early design model |
| Answer» D. An early design model | |
| 63. |
Which model is used during early stages of the system design after the requirements have been established ? |
| A. | An application-composition model |
| B. | A post-architecture model |
| C. | A reuse model |
| D. | An early design model |
| Answer» E. | |
| 64. |
Which model assumes that systems are created from reusable components, scripting or database programming ? |
| A. | An application-composition model |
| B. | A post-architecture model |
| C. | A reuse model |
| D. | An early design model |
| Answer» B. A post-architecture model | |
| 65. |
Which method recommends that very frequent system builds should be carried out with automated testing to discover software problems ? |
| A. | Agile method |
| B. | Parallel compilation method |
| C. | Large systems method |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Parallel compilation method | |
| 66. |
Which is a software configuration management concept that helps us to control change without seriously impeding justifiable change ? |
| A. | Baselines |
| B. | Source code |
| C. | Data model |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Source code | |
| 67. |
Which activity sits at the core of software requirements analysis ? |
| A. | Problem decomposition |
| B. | Partitioning |
| C. | Problem elaboration |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 68. |
What threatens the viability of the software to be built ? |
| A. | Known risks |
| B. | Business risks |
| C. | Project risks |
| D. | Technical risks |
| Answer» C. Project risks | |
| 69. |
What threatens the quality and timeliness of the software to be produced ? |
| A. | Known risks |
| B. | Business risks |
| C. | Project risks |
| D. | Technical risks |
| Answer» E. | |
| 70. |
What is used to determine the recommended degree of rigor with which the software process should be applied on a project ? |
| A. | Degree of Rigor |
| B. | Adaptation criteria |
| C. | Task Set |
| D. | Both degree of Rigor and adaptation criteria |
| Answer» C. Task Set | |
| 71. |
What is the recommended distribution of effort for a project ? |
| A. | 40-20-40 |
| B. | 50-20-30 |
| C. | 30-40-30 |
| D. | 50-30-20 |
| Answer» B. 50-20-30 | |
| 72. |
What is the product of the probability of incurring a loss due to the risk and the potential magnitude of that loss ? |
| A. | Risk exposure |
| B. | Risk prioritization |
| C. | Risk analysis |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Risk prioritization | |
| 73. |
What is related to the overall functionality of the delivered software ? |
| A. | Function-related metrics |
| B. | Product-related metrics |
| C. | Size-related metrics |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Product-related metrics | |
| 74. |
What is a collection of software engineering work tasks, milestones, and deliverables that must be accomplished to complete a particular project ? |
| A. | Task set |
| B. | Degree of milestone |
| C. | Adaptation criteria |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Degree of milestone | |
| 75. |
What involves preparing software for external release and keeping track of the system versions that have been released for customer use ? |
| A. | System building |
| B. | Release management |
| C. | Change management |
| D. | Version management |
| Answer» C. Change management | |
| 76. |
What evaluates the risk associated with the technology to be implemented as part of project scope ? |
| A. | Concept scoping |
| B. | Preliminary concept planning |
| C. | Technology risk assessment |
| D. | Customer reaction to the concept |
| Answer» C. Technology risk assessment | |
| 77. |
What describes the data and control to be processed ? |
| A. | Planning process |
| B. | Software scope |
| C. | External hardware |
| D. | Project complexity |
| Answer» C. External hardware | |
| 78. |
What complements the formal technical review by assessing a configuration object for characteristics that are generally not considered during review ? |
| A. | Software configuration audit |
| B. | Software configuration management |
| C. | Baseline |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Software configuration management | |
| 79. |
What combines procedures and tools to manage different versions of configuration objects that are created during the software process ? |
| A. | Change control |
| B. | Version control |
| C. | SCIs |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. SCIs | |
| 80. |
What can be used to complement decomposition techniques and offer a potentially valuable estimation approach in their own right ? |
| A. | Automated estimation tools |
| B. | Empirical estimation models |
| C. | Decomposition techniques |
| D. | Both Automated estimation tools and Empirical estimation models |
| Answer» C. Decomposition techniques | |
| 81. |
What assess the risk and your plans for risk mitigation and revise these when you learn more about the risk ? |
| A. | Risk monitoring |
| B. | Risk planning |
| C. | Risk analysis |
| D. | Risk identification |
| Answer» B. Risk planning | |
| 82. |
What all has to be identified as per risk identification ? |
| A. | Threats |
| B. | Vulnerabilities |
| C. | Consequences |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 83. |
v Programming language experience is a part of which factor of COCOMO cost drivers ? |
| A. | Personnel Factor |
| B. | Product Factor |
| C. | Platform Factor |
| D. | Project Factor |
| Answer» B. Product Factor | |
| 84. |
The project planner examines the statement of scope and extracts all important software functions which is known as___________________? |
| A. | Association |
| B. | Decomposition |
| C. | Planning process |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Planning process | |
| 85. |
The process each manager follows during the life of a project is known as ___________________? |
| A. | Project Management |
| B. | Manager life cycle |
| C. | Project Management Life Cycle |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
| 86. |
The expected value for the estimation variable (size), S, can be computed as a weighted average of the optimistic(Sopt), most likely (Sm), and pessimistic (Spess) estimates given as___________________? |
| A. | EV = (Sopt + 4Sm + Spess)/4 |
| B. | EV = (Sopt + 4Sm + Spess)/6 |
| C. | EV = (Sopt + 2Sm + Spess)/6 |
| D. | EV = (Sopt + 2Sm + Spess)/4 |
| Answer» C. EV = (Sopt + 2Sm + Spess)/6 | |
| 87. |
The environment that supports the software project is called_______________________? |
| A. | CLSS |
| B. | SEE |
| C. | FAST |
| D. | CBSE |
| Answer» C. FAST | |
| 88. |
The definition and use of configuration management standards is essential for quality certification in__________________? |
| A. | ISO 9000 |
| B. | CMM |
| C. | CMMI |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 89. |
Risk management is one of the most important jobs for a__________________? |
| A. | Client |
| B. | Investor |
| C. | Production team |
| D. | Project manager |
| Answer» E. | |
| 90. |
Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for__________________? |
| A. | team |
| B. | project |
| C. | customers |
| D. | project manager |
| Answer» C. customers | |
| 91. |
PM-CMM stands for___________________? |
| A. | people management capability maturity model |
| B. | process management capability maturity model |
| C. | product management capability maturity model |
| D. | project management capability maturity model |
| Answer» B. process management capability maturity model | |
| 92. |
If an Indirect approach is taken, then the sizing approach is represented as_______________? |
| A. | LOC |
| B. | FP |
| C. | Fuzzy Logic |
| D. | LOC and FP |
| Answer» C. Fuzzy Logic | |
| 93. |
If a Direct approach to software project sizing is taken, size can be measured in__________________? |
| A. | LOC |
| B. | FP |
| C. | LOC and FP |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. FP | |
| 94. |
Identify the sub-process of process improvement ___________________? |
| A. | Process introduction |
| B. | Process analysis |
| C. | De-processification |
| D. | Process distribution |
| Answer» C. De-processification | |
| 95. |
How many forms exists of Barry Boehm’s COCOMO Model ? |
| A. | Two |
| B. | Three |
| C. | Four |
| D. | No form exists |
| Answer» C. Four | |
| 96. |
Every task that is scheduled should be assigned to a specific team member is termed as_________________? |
| A. | Compartmentalization |
| B. | Defined milestones |
| C. | Defined responsibilities |
| D. | Defined outcomes |
| Answer» D. Defined outcomes | |
| 97. |
Estimation of size for a project is dependent on___________________? |
| A. | Cost |
| B. | Time |
| C. | Schedule |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 98. |
Ensuring that no more than the allocated number of people are allocated at any given time in Software Scheduling is known as ________________? |
| A. | Time Allocation |
| B. | Effort Validation |
| C. | Defined Milestone |
| D. | Effort Distribution |
| Answer» C. Defined Milestone | |
| 99. |
Commitments to unrealistic time and resource estimates may result in____________________? |
| A. | project delay |
| B. | poor quality work |
| C. | project failure |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 100. |
COCOMO was developed initially by _____________________ ? |
| A. | B.Beizer |
| B. | Rajiv Gupta |
| C. | B.W.Bohem |
| D. | Gregg Rothermal |
| Answer» D. Gregg Rothermal | |