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701.

Portability

A. Trustworthiness with which a system are transferred from one hardware environment to another
B. Here one sub system encapsulates a set of procedures, which can be called by other sub-systems.
C. It is concerned with studying existing process to understand the relationship between different parts of the process.
D. None of these
Answer» A. Trustworthiness with which a system are transferred from one hardware environment to another
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702.

Lehman’s Third Law (Lehman and Belady 1985) is

A. Continuing change: A program used in real-world environment must change necessarily or become progressively less useful in that environment.
B. Increase complexity: As an evolving program change, its strictures tend to become more complex. Extra resources must be devoted to preserving and simplifying the structure.
C. Large program evolution: Program evolution is a self-regulating process.
D. None of these
Answer» C. Large program evolution: Program evolution is a self-regulating process.
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703.

Model is

A. These measurements need to be collected to help answers to the questions and to confirm whether process improvements have achieved the desired goal.
B. Approximation, representation, or idealization of selected aspects of the structure, behavior, operation, or other characteristics of a real-world process
C. Extent to which a system or component facilitates the incorporation of changes, once the nature of the desired change has been determined.
D. None of these
Answer» B. Approximation, representation, or idealization of selected aspects of the structure, behavior, operation, or other characteristics of a real-world process
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704.

Lehman’s Fifth Law (Lehman and Belady 1985) is

A. Organizational stability: Over a pro- gram’s lifetime, its rate of development is approximately constant and independent of the resources devoted to system development.
B. Conservation of familiarity: Over the lifetime of a system, the incremental change in each release is approxima- tely constant.
C. Large program evolution: Program evolution is a self-regulating process.
D. None of these
Answer» B. Conservation of familiarity: Over the lifetime of a system, the incremental change in each release is approxima- tely constant.
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705.

Match the following :
A- Maintenance control:
B-Maintenance measures:
C-Maintenance personnel :
1-Cost of planning and scheduling hardware preventive main- tenance, and software maintenance and upgrades, managing the hardware and software baselines, and providing response for hardware corrective maintenance.
2- Measures that address how easily a system can be repaired or changed.
3-Number of personnel needed to maintain all aspects of a computer system, including the support personnel and facilities needed to support that activity.

A. A-1, B-3,C-2
B. A-1,B-2,C-3
C. A-2,B-3,C-1
D. A-3,B-2,C-1
Answer» B. A-1,B-2,C-3
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706.

Organizational measures

A. Extent to which a system or component complies with standards
B. Trustworthiness of operating the software.
C. Measures that estimates system cost to operate and maintain
D. None of these
Answer» C. Measures that estimates system cost to operate and maintain
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707.

Metric is

A. These measurements need to be collected to help answers to the questions and to confirm whether process improvements have achieved the desired goal.
B. Approximation, representation, or idealization of selected aspects of the structure, behavior, operation, or other characteristics of a real-world process
C. Extent to which a system or component facilitates the incorporation of changes, once the nature of the desired change has been determined.
D. None of these
Answer» A. These measurements need to be collected to help answers to the questions and to confirm whether process improvements have achieved the desired goal.
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708.

It shows the objects and object classes in a system and the relationship between these entities.

A. Object design models
B. Object interface design
C. Object oriented models
D. None of these
Answer» A. Object design models
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709.

It is concerned with specifying the details of interface to an object or to a group of objects

A. Object design models
B. Object interface design
C. Object oriented models
D. None of these
Answer» B. Object interface design
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710.

Modifiability is

A. These measurements need to be collected to help answers to the questions and to confirm whether process improvements have achieved the desired goal.
B. Approximation, representation, or idealization of selected aspects of the structure, behavior, operation, or other characteristics of a real-world process*
C. Extent to which a system or component facilitates the incorporation of changes, once the nature of the desired change has been determined.
D. None of these
Answer» C. Extent to which a system or component facilitates the incorporation of changes, once the nature of the desired change has been determined.
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711.

Software is

A. Superset of programs
B. subset of programs
C. Set of programs
D. none of the above
Answer» A. Superset of programs
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712.

Which is NOT the part of operating procedure manuals?

A. User manuals
B. Operational manuals
C. Documentation manuals
D. Installation manuals
Answer» C. Documentation manuals
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713.

Which is NOT a software characteristic?

A. Software does not wear out
B. Software is flexible
C. Software is not manufactured
D. Software is always correct
Answer» D. Software is always correct
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714.

Product is

A. Deliverables
B. User expectations
C. Organization's effort in development
D. none of the above
Answer» A. Deliverables
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715.

To produce a good quality product, process should be

A. Complex
B. Efficient
C. Rigorous
D. none of the above
Answer» B. Efficient
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716.

Which is not a product metric?

A. Size
B. Reliability
C. Productivity
D. Functionality
Answer» C. Productivity
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717.

Which is NOT a process metric?

A. Productivity
B. Functionality
C. Quality
D. Efficiency
Answer» B. Functionality
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718.

Effort is measured in terms of:

A. Person-months
B. Rupees
C. Persons
D. Months
Answer» A. Person-months
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719.

UML stands for

A. Uniform modeling language
B. Unified modeling language
C. Unit modeling language
D. Universal modeling language
Answer» B. Unified modeling language
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720.

An independently deliverable piece of functionality providing access to its services through interface is called

A. Software measurement
B. Software composition
C. Software measure
D. Software component
Answer» D. Software component
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721.

Infrastructure software are covered under

A. Generic products
B. Customized products
C. Generic and Customized products
D. none of the above
Answer» A. Generic products
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722.

Management of software development is dependent on

A. People
B. product
C. Process
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
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723.

During software development, which factor is most crucial?

A. People
B. Product
C. Process
D. Project
Answer» A. People
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724.

Program is

A. Subset of software
B. super set of software
C. Software
D. none of the above
Answer» A. Subset of software
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725.

Milestones are used to

A. Know the cost of the project
B. know the status of the project
C. Know user expectations
D. none of the above
Answer» B. know the status of the project
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726.

The term module used during design phase refers to

A. Function
B. Procedure
C. Sub program
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
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727.

Software consists of

A. Set of instructions + operating system
B. Programs + documentation + operating procedures
C. Programs + hardware manuals
D. Set of programs
Answer» B. Programs + documentation + operating procedures
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728.

Software engineering approach is used to achieve:

A. Better performance of hardware
B. Error free software
C. Reusable software
D. Quality software product
Answer» D. Quality software product
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729.

Concept of software engineering is applicable to

A. FORTRAN language only
B. Pascal language only
C. ‘C’ language only
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
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730.

CASE Tool is

A. Computer Aided Software Engineering
B. Component Aided Software Engineering
C. Constructive Aided Software Engineering
D. Computer Analysis Software Engineering
Answer» A. Computer Aided Software Engineering
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731.

Spiral Model was developed by

A. Bev Little wood
B. Berry Boehm
C. Roger Pressman
D. Victor Basili
Answer» B. Berry Boehm
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732.

Which model is most popular for student’s small projects?

A. Waterfall model
B. Spiral model
C. Quick and fix model
D. Prototyping model
Answer» C. Quick and fix model
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733.

Which is not a software life cycle model?

A. Waterfall model
B. Spiral model
C. Prototyping model
D. Capability maturity model
Answer» D. Capability maturity model
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734.

Project risk factor is considered in

A. Waterfall model
B. Prototyping model
C. Spiral model
D. Iterative enhancement model
Answer» C. Spiral model
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735.

SDLC stands for

A. Software design life cycle
B. Software development life cycle
C. System development life cycle
D. System design life cycle
Answer» B. Software development life cycle
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736.

Build and fix model has

A. 3 phases
B. 1 phase
C. 2 phases
D. 4 phases
Answer» C. 2 phases
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737.

Which of the following is a type of software?

A. System Software
B. Embedded Software
C. Application
D. all of the above
Answer» A. System Software
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738.

Waterfall model is not suitable for

A. small projects
B. accommodating change
C. complex projects
D. none of the above
Answer» B. accommodating change
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739.

RAD stands for

A. Rapid application development
B. Relative application development
C. Ready application development
D. Repeated application development
Answer» A. Rapid application development
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740.

RAD model was proposed by

A. Lucent Technologies
B. Motorola
C. IBM
D. Microsoft
Answer» C. IBM
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741.

If requirements are easily understandable and defined, which model is best suited?

A. Waterfall model
B. Prototyping model
C. Spiral model
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Waterfall model
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742.

If requirements are frequently changing, which model is to be selected?

A. Waterfall model
B. Prototyping model
C. RAD model
D. Iterative enhancement model
Answer» B. Prototyping model
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743.

If user participation is available, which model is to be chosen?

A. Waterfall model
B. Iterative enhancement model
C. Spiral model
D. RAD model
Answer» D. RAD model
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744.

If limited user participation is available, which model is to be selected?

A. Waterfall model
B. Spiral model
C. Iterative enhancement model
D. any of the above
Answer» D. any of the above
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745.

If project is the enhancement of existing system, which model is best suited?

A. Waterfall model
B. Prototyping model
C. Iterative enhancement model
D. Spiral model
Answer» C. Iterative enhancement model
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746.

Which one is the most important feature of spiral model?

A. Quality management
B. Risk management
C. Performance management
D. Efficiency management
Answer» B. Risk management
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747.

Most suitable model for new technology that is not well understood is:

A. Waterfall model
B. RAD model
C. Iterative enhancement model
D. Evolutionary development model
Answer» D. Evolutionary development model
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748.

Statistically, the maximum percentage of errors belong to the following phase of SDLC

A. Coding
B. Design
C. Specifications
D. Installation and maintenance
Answer» C. Specifications
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749.

Which phase is not available in software life cycle?

A. Coding
B. Testing
C. Maintenance
D. Abstraction
Answer» D. Abstraction
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750.

The development is supposed to proceed linearly through the phase in

A. Spiral model
B. Waterfall model
C. Prototyping model
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Waterfall model
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751.

The outcome of construction phased can be treated as:

A. Product release
B. Beta release
C. Alpha release
D. All of the above
Answer» B. Beta release
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752.

Which one is not a step of requirement engineering?

A. Requirements elicitation
B. Requirements analysis
C. Requirements design
D. Requirements documentation
Answer» C. Requirements design
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753.

Requirements elicitation means

A. Gathering of requirements
B. Capturing of requirements
C. Understanding of requirements
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
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754.

SRS stands for

A. Software requirements specification
B. System requirements specification
C. Systematic requirements specifications
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Software requirements specification
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755.

SRS document is for

A. “What” of a system?
B. How to design the system?
C. Costing and scheduling of a system
D. System’s requirement.
Answer» A. “What” of a system?
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756.

Requirements review process is carried out to

A. Spend time in requirements gathering
B. Improve the quality of SRS
C. Document the requirements
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Improve the quality of SRS
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757.

Which one of the statements is not correct during requirements engineering?

A. Requirements are difficult to uncover
B. Requirements are subject to change
C. Requirements should be consistent
D. Requirements are always precisely known.
Answer» D. Requirements are always precisely known.
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758.

Which one is not a type of requirements?

A. Known requirements
B. Unknown requirements
C. Undreamt requirements
D. Complex requirements
Answer» D. Complex requirements
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759.

Which one is not a requirements elicitation technique?

A. Interviews
B. The use case approach
C. FAST
D. Data flow diagram.
Answer» D. Data flow diagram.
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760.

FAST stands for

A. Functional Application Specification Technique
B. Fast Application Specification Technique
C. Facilitated Application Specification Technique
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Facilitated Application Specification Technique
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761.

QFD in requirement engineering stands for

A. Quality function design
B. Quality factor design
C. Quality function development
D. Quality function deployment
Answer» D. Quality function deployment
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762.

Which is not a type of requirements under quality function deployment?

A. Normal requirements
B. Abnormal requirements
C. Expected requirements
D. Exciting requirements
Answer» B. Abnormal requirements
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763.

Use case approach was developed by

A. I. Jacobson and others
B. J.D. Musa and others
C. B. Little wood
D. None of the above
Answer» A. I. Jacobson and others
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764.

Context diagram explains

A. The overview of the system
B. The internal view of the system
C. The entities of the system
D. None of the above
Answer» A. The overview of the system
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765.

DFD stands for

A. Data Flow design
B. Descriptive functional design
C. Data flow diagram
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Data flow diagram
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766.

ERD stands for

A. Entity relationship diagram
B. Exit related diagram
C. Entity relationship design
D. Exit related design
Answer» A. Entity relationship diagram
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767.

Which is not a characteristic of a good SRS?

A. Correct
B. Complete
C. Consistent
D. Brief
Answer» D. Brief
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768.

Outcome of requirements specification phase is

A. Design Document
B. SRS Document
C. Test Document
D. None of the above
Answer» B. SRS Document
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769.

The basic concepts of ER model are:

A. Entity and relationship
B. Relationships and keys
C. Entity, effects and relationship
D. Entity, relationship and attribute
Answer» D. Entity, relationship and attribute
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770.

The DFD depicts

A. Flow of data
B. Flow of control
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Flow of data
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771.

Product features are related to:

A. Functional requirements
B. Non functional requirements
C. Interface requirement
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Functional requirements
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772.

Which one is a quality attribute?

A. Reliability
B. Availability
C. Security
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
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773.

IEEE standard for SRS is:

A. IEEE Standard 837-1998
B. IEEE Standard 830-1998
C. IEEE Standard 832-1998
D. IEEE Standard 839-1998
Answer» B. IEEE Standard 830-1998
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774.

Which one is not a functional requirement?

A. Efficiency
B. Reliability
C. Product features
D. Stability
Answer» C. Product features
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775.

APIs stand for:

A. Application performance interfaces
B. Application programming interfaces
C. Application programming integration
D. Application performance integration
Answer» B. Application programming interfaces
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776.

After the finalization of SRS, we may like to estimate

A. Size
B. Cost
C. Development time
D. All of the above.
Answer» D. All of the above.
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777.

Which one is not a size measure for software

A. LOC
B. Function Count
C. Cyclomatic Complexity
D. Halstead’s program length
Answer» C. Cyclomatic Complexity
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778.

Function count method was developed by

A. B.Beizer
B. B.Boehm
C. M.halstead
D. Alan Albrecht
Answer» D. Alan Albrecht
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779.

Function point analysis (FPA) method decomposes the system into functional units. The total numbers of functional units are

A. 2
B. 5
C. 4
D. 1
Answer» B. 5
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780.

COCOMO was developed initially by

A. B.W.Bohem
B. Gregg Rothermal
C. B.Beizer
D. Rajiv Gupta
Answer» A. B.W.Bohem
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781.

A COCOMO model is

A. Common Cost estimation model
B. Constructive cost Estimation model
C. Complete cost estimation model
D. Comprehensive Cost estimation model
Answer» B. Constructive cost Estimation model
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782.

Estimation of software development effort for organic software is COCOMO is

A. E=2.4(KLOC)1.05PM
B. E=3.4(KLOC)1.06PM
C. E=2.0(KLOC)1.05PM
D. E-2.4(KLOC)1.07PM
Answer» A. E=2.4(KLOC)1.05PM
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783.

Estimation of size for a project is dependent on

A. Cost
B. Schedule
C. Time
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
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784.

In function point analysis, number of Complexity adjustment factor is

A. 10
B. 20
C. 14
D. 12
Answer» C. 14
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785.

COCOMO-II estimation model is based on

A. Complex approach
B. Algorithm approach
C. Bottom up approach
D. Top down approach
Answer» B. Algorithm approach
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786.

Cost estimation for a project may include

A. Software Cost
B. Hardware Cost
C. Personnel Costs
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
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787.

In COCOMO model, if project size is typically 2-50 KLOC, then which mode is to be selected?

A. Organic
B. Semidetached
C. Embedded
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Organic
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788.

COCOMO-II was developed at

A. University of Maryland
B. University of Southern California
C. IBM
D. AT & T Bell labs
Answer» B. University of Southern California
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789.

Which one is not a Category of COCOMO-II?

A. End User Programming
B. Infrastructure Sector
C. Requirement Sector
D. System Integration
Answer» C. Requirement Sector
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790.

Which one is not infrastructure software?

A. Operating system
B. Database management system
C. Compilers
D. Result management system
Answer» D. Result management system
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791.

How many stages are in COCOMO-II?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer» B. 3
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792.

Which one is not a stage of COCOMO-II?

A. Application Composition estimation model
B. Early design estimation model
C. Post architecture estimation model
D. Comprehensive cost estimation model
Answer» D. Comprehensive cost estimation model
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793.

The most desirable form of coupling is

A. Control
B. Data
C. Common
D. Content
Answer» B. Data
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794.

The worst type of coupling is

A. Content
B. Common
C. External
D. Data coupling
Answer» A. Content
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795.

The most desirable form of cohesion is

A. Logical cohesion
B. Procedural cohesion
C. Functional cohesion
D. Temporal cohesion
Answer» C. Functional cohesion
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796.

The worst type of cohesion is

A. Temporal cohesion
B. Coincidental cohesion
C. Logical cohesion
D. Sequential cohesion
Answer» B. Coincidental cohesion
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797.

Which one is not a strategy for design?

A. Bottom up design
B. Top down design
C. Embedded design
D. Hybrid design
Answer» C. Embedded design
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798.

Software testing is:

A. The process of demonstrating that errors are not present
B. The process of establishing confidence that a program does what it is supposed to do
C. The process of executing a program to show it is working as per specifications
D. The process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors
Answer» D. The process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors
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799.

Software mistakes during coding are known as:

A. failures
B. defects
C. bugs
D. errors
Answer» C. bugs
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800.

Functional testing is known as:

A. Structural testing
B. Behavior testing
C. Regression testing
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Behavior testing
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