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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Computer Science Engineering (CSE) .
| 1. |
Which of the following is not project management goal? |
| A. | keeping overall costs within budget |
| B. | delivering the software to the customer at the agreed time |
| C. | maintaining a happy and well-functioning development team |
| D. | avoiding customer complaints |
| Answer» D. avoiding customer complaints | |
| Explanation: projects need to be managed because professional software engineering is always subject to organizational budget and schedule constraints. | |
| 2. |
Project managers have to assess the risks that may affect a project. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| Answer» B. false | |
| Explanation: risk management involves anticipating risks that might affect the project schedule or the quality of the software being developed, and then taking action to avoid these risks. | |
| 3. |
Which of the following is not considered as a risk in project management? |
| A. | specification delays |
| B. | product competition |
| C. | testing |
| D. | staff turnover |
| Answer» C. testing | |
| Explanation: testing is a part of project, thus it can’t be categorized as risk. | |
| 4. |
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» C. project management life cycle | |
| Explanation: a proven methodical life cycle is necessary to repeatedly implement and manage projects successfully. | |
| 5. |
A 66.6% risk is considered as |
| A. | very low |
| B. | low |
| C. | moderate |
| D. | high |
| Answer» D. high | |
| Explanation: the probability of the risk might be assessed as very low (<10%), low (10–25%), moderate (25–50%), high (50– | |
| 6. |
Which of the following is/are main parameters that you should use when computing the costs of a software development project? |
| A. | travel and training costs |
| B. | hardware and software costs |
| C. | effort costs (the costs of paying software engineers and managers) |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| Explanation: estimation involves working out how much effort is required to complete each activity and, from this, calculating the total cost of activities. | |
| 7. |
Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for |
| A. | team |
| B. | project |
| C. | customers |
| D. | project manager |
| Answer» B. project | |
| Explanation: the quality plan should set out the desired software qualities and describe how these are to be assessed. | |
| 8. |
Which of the following is incorrect activity for the configuration management of a software system? |
| A. | internship management |
| B. | change management |
| C. | version management |
| D. | system management |
| Answer» A. internship management | |
| Explanation: configuration management policies and processes define how to record and process proposed system changes, how to decide what system components to change, how to manage different versions of the system and its components, and how to distribute changes to customers. | |
| 9. |
An independent relationship must exist between the attribute that can be measured and the external quality attribute. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| Answer» B. false | |
| Explanation: the value of the quality attribute must be related, in some way, to the value of the attribute than can be measured. | |
| 10. |
Which of these truly defines Software design? |
| A. | software design is an activity subjected to constraints |
| B. | software design specifies nature and composition of software product |
| C. | software design satisfies client needs and desires |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| Explanation: software design explains all of the statements as its definition. | |
| 11. |
Which of these describes stepwise refinement? |
| A. | nicklaus wirth described the first software engineering method as stepwise refinement |
| B. | stepwise refinement follows its existence from 1971 |
| C. | it is a top down approach |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| Explanation: it is top down approach and not bottom up. | |
| 12. |
What is incorrect about structural design? |
| A. | structural design introduced notations and heuristics |
| B. | structural design emphasis on procedural decomposition |
| C. | the advantage is data flow representation |
| D. | it follows structure chart |
| Answer» C. the advantage is data flow representation | |
| Explanation: the biggest drawback or problem is a data flow diagram of structure design. | |
| 13. |
What is the solution for Structural design? |
| A. | the specification model following data flow diagram |
| B. | procedures represented as bubbles |
| C. | specification model is structure chart showing procedure calling hierarchy and flow of data in and out of procedures |
| D. | emphasizing procedural decomposition |
| Answer» C. specification model is structure chart showing procedure calling hierarchy and flow of data in and out of procedures | |
| Explanation: it is solution to central problem. rest others are problems. | |
| 14. |
Which of the following is an incorrect method for structural design? |
| A. | transition of problem models to solution models |
| B. | handling of larger and more complex products |
| C. | designing object oriented systems |
| D. | more procedural approach |
| Answer» B. handling of larger and more complex products | |
| Explanation: it does not account for larger and complex products. | |
| 15. |
What is followed by the design task? |
| A. | choosing specific classes, operations |
| B. | checking model’s completeness |
| C. | following design task heuristics |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| Explanation: all of these tasks are followed by a design task. | |
| 16. |
Which of this analysis are not acceptable? |
| A. | object oriented design is a far better approach compared to structural design |
| B. | object oriented design always dominates structural design |
| C. | object oriented design are given more preference than structural design |
| D. | object oriented uses more specific notations |
| Answer» B. object oriented design always dominates structural design | |
| Explanation: though object oriented design is considered a far better approach but it never dominates structural approach. | |
| 17. |
Which of these does not represent object oriented design? |
| A. | it follows regular procedural decomposition in favor of class and object decomposition |
| B. | programs are thought of collection of objects |
| C. | central model represents class diagrams that show the classes comprising a program and their relationships to one another |
| D. | object-oriented methods incorporates structural methods |
| Answer» A. it follows regular procedural decomposition in favor of class and object decomposition | |
| Explanation: it does not follow regular procedural decomposition. | |
| 18. |
Choose the correct option in terms of Issues related to professional responsibility |
| A. | confidentiality |
| B. | intellectual property rights |
| C. | both confidentiality & intellectual property rights |
| D. | managing client relationships |
| Answer» C. both confidentiality & intellectual property rights | |
| Explanation: engineers should normally respect the confidentiality of their employers or clients irrespective of whether or not a formal confidentiality agreement has been signed. | |
| 19. |
“Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”Here the term misuse refers to: |
| A. | unauthorized access to computer material |
| B. | unauthorized modification of computer material |
| C. | dissemination of viruses or other malware |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| Explanation: none. | |
| 20. |
Explain what is meant by PRODUCT with reference to one of the eight principles as per the ACM/IEEE Code of Ethics ? |
| A. | the product should be easy to use |
| B. | software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible |
| C. | software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications satisfy the client |
| D. | it means that the product designed /created should be easily available |
| Answer» B. software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible | |
| Explanation: none. | |
| 21. |
Identify an ethical dilemma from the situations mentioned below: |
| A. | your employer releases a safety-critical system without finishing the testing of the system |
| B. | refusing to undertake a project |
| C. | agreement in principle with the policies of senior management |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» A. your employer releases a safety-critical system without finishing the testing of the system | |
| Explanation: none. | |
| 22. |
Identify the correct statement: “Software engineers shall |
| A. | act in a manner that is in the best interests of his expertise and favour.” |
| B. | act consistently with the public interest.” |
| C. | ensure that their products only meet the srs.” |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. act consistently with the public interest.” | |
| Explanation: software engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer consistent with the public interest and shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.thus options a & c are ruled out. | |
| 23. |
Select the incorrect statement: “Software engineers should |
| A. | not knowingly accept work that is outside your competence.” |
| B. | not use your technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.” |
| C. | be dependent on their colleagues.” |
| D. | maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.” |
| Answer» C. be dependent on their colleagues.” | |
| Explanation: none. | |
| 24. |
Efficiency in a software product does not include |
| A. | responsiveness |
| B. | licensing |
| C. | memory utilization |
| D. | processing time |
| Answer» B. licensing | |
| Explanation: licensing of a software product comes under corporate part of the software company. | |
| 25. |
The reason for software bugs and failures is due to |
| A. | software companies |
| B. | software developers |
| C. | both software companies and developers |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. both software companies and developers | |
| Explanation: software companies are responsible for making policies and providing working atmosphere for the software development, so in turn these companies become a part of software development process.bugs from developers side is no new thing. thus option c answers the question. | |
| 26. |
Company has latest computers and state- of the- art software tools, so we shouldn’t worry about the quality of the product. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| Answer» B. false | |
| Explanation: the infrastructure is only one of the several factors that determine the quality of the product. | |
| 27. |
Which of these are not among the eight principles followed by Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice ? |
| A. | public |
| B. | profession |
| C. | product |
| D. | environment |
| Answer» D. environment | |
| Explanation: rest all are clauses for software ethics, environment does not focus on specific clause nor its of importace related to question. | |
| 28. |
Which of these does not account for software failure ? |
| A. | increasing demand |
| B. | low expectation |
| C. | increasing supply |
| D. | less reliable and expensive |
| Answer» C. increasing supply | |
| Explanation: increasing supply will lead to more production and not failure. | |
| 29. |
What are attributes of good software ? |
| A. | software maintainability |
| B. | software functionality |
| C. | software development |
| D. | software maintainability & functionality |
| Answer» D. software maintainability & functionality | |
| Explanation: good software should deliver the required functinality, maintainability. | |
| 30. |
Which of these is true ? |
| A. | generic products and customized products are types of software products |
| B. | generic products are produced by organization and sold to open market |
| C. | customized products are commissioned by particular customer |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| Explanation: all of them are true. | |
| 31. |
Which of these does not affect different types of software as a whole? |
| A. | heterogeneity |
| B. | flexibility |
| C. | business and social change |
| D. | security |
| Answer» B. flexibility | |
| Explanation: option b & c are a part of software engineering as a subject,hence option a covers them both. | |
| 32. |
The fundamental notions of software engineering does not account for ? |
| A. | software processes |
| B. | software security |
| C. | software reuse |
| D. | software validation |
| Answer» D. software validation | |
| Explanation: software validation is an activity for software process and not the fundamental for engineering. | |
| 33. |
Which one of the following is not a software process quality? |
| A. | productivity |
| B. | portability |
| C. | timeliness |
| D. | visibility |
| Answer» B. portability | |
| Explanation: portability is a software product quality which means software can run on different hardware platforms or software environments. | |
| 34. |
& are two kinds of software products. |
| A. | cad, cam |
| B. | firmware, embedded |
| C. | generic, customised |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. generic, customised | |
| Explanation: rest all are sub categories/applications of option c. | |
| 35. |
Software costs more to maintain than it does to develop. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| Answer» A. true | |
| Explanation: for systems with a long life, maintenance costs may be several times development costs. | |
| 36. |
Which one of the following is not an application of embedded software product? |
| A. | keypad control of a security system |
| B. | pattern recognition game playing |
| C. | digital function of dashboard display in a car |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. pattern recognition game playing | |
| Explanation: pattern recognition uses artificial intelligence (ai) software. | |
| 37. |
Purpose of process is to deliver software |
| A. | in time |
| B. | with acceptable quality |
| C. | that is cost efficient |
| D. | both in time & with acceptable quality |
| Answer» D. both in time & with acceptable quality | |
| Explanation: cost of a software is a management issue & is not related to process activities. | |
| 38. |
Which of the following activities of a Generic Process framework provides a feedback report? |
| A. | communication |
| B. | planning |
| C. | modeling & construction |
| D. | deployment |
| Answer» D. deployment | |
| Explanation: in deployment the product is delivered to the customer who evaluates the product and provides feedback based on the evaluation. | |
| 39. |
Process adopted for one project is same as the process adopted from another project. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| Answer» B. false | |
| Explanation: the overall flow of activities, actions,tasks,the level of autonomy given to the software team and the inter dependencies among two process can never be the same. | |
| 40. |
Which one of the following is not an Umbrella Activity that complements the five process framework activities and help team manage and control progress, quality, change, and risk. |
| A. | reusability management |
| B. | risk management |
| C. | measurement |
| D. | user reviews |
| Answer» D. user reviews | |
| Explanation: none. | |
| 41. |
Four types of change are encountered during the support phase.Which one of the following is not one that falls into such category? |
| A. | translation |
| B. | correction |
| C. | adaptation |
| D. | prevention |
| Answer» A. translation | |
| Explanation: translation is done in the development phase. | |
| 42. |
SCM stands for |
| A. | software control management |
| B. | software configuration management |
| C. | software concept management |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. software configuration management | |
| Explanation: in software engineering, software configuration management (scm) is the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software, part of the larger cross- discipline field of configuration management. | |
| 43. |
When code is made available to others, it goes in a/an |
| A. | hard drive |
| B. | access-controlled library |
| C. | servers |
| D. | access control |
| Answer» B. access-controlled library | |
| Explanation: none. | |
| 44. |
Which of the following is not a main phase in Configuration Management (CM) Process? |
| A. | cm planning |
| B. | executing the cm process |
| C. | cm audits |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| Explanation: all are main phases of cm. | |
| 45. |
CM is about managing the different items in the product, and changes in them. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | topic 1.6 management control |
| Answer» A. true | |
| Explanation: none. | |
| 46. |
What allows different projects to use the same source files at the same time? |
| A. | version control |
| B. | access control |
| C. | cm process |
| D. | version control and access control |
| Answer» A. version control | |
| Explanation: it allows software engineers to continue development along a branch even when a line of development is frozen. | |
| 47. |
Which of the following is not a change management process? |
| A. | log the changes |
| B. | estimate impact on effort and schedule |
| C. | review impact with stakeholders |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. none of the mentioned | |
| Explanation: all are required for a change. | |
| 48. |
Configuration management (CM) is needed to deliver product to the client |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| Answer» A. true | |
| Explanation: none. | |
| 49. |
What is one or more software configuration items that have been formally reviewed and agreed upon and serve as a basis for further development? |
| A. | baseline |
| B. | cumulative changes |
| C. | cm |
| D. | change control |
| Answer» A. baseline | |
| Explanation: in configuration management, a “baseline” is an agreed-to description of the attributes of a product, at a point in time, which serves as a basis for defining change. | |
| 50. |
How are baselines verified? |
| A. | by reviews |
| B. | by inspections |
| C. | by testing of code |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. by testing of code | |
| Explanation: testing verifies the agreed-to description. | |
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