McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Computer Applications (MCA) .
Chapters
| 1. |
ISO 9000 is a series of standards for quality management system and has: |
| A. | 2 related standards |
| B. | 5 related standards |
| C. | 10 related standards |
| D. | 25 related standards |
| Answer» B. 5 related standards | |
| 2. |
Software quality is defined as |
| A. | Conformance to user specified requirements. |
| B. | Achievement of extremely low defect rates. |
| C. | Production of software with high reliability |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Conformance to user specified requirements. | |
| 3. |
SQA stands for |
| A. | Software quality added |
| B. | Software quality audit |
| C. | Software quality assurance |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Software quality assurance | |
| 4. |
Quality costs may be divided into costs associated with |
| A. | Prevention, appraisal and failure |
| B. | People, process and product |
| C. | Customers, developers and maintenance |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. Prevention, appraisal and failure | |
| 5. |
Variation control in the context of software engineering involves controlling variation in the |
| A. | Process applied |
| B. | Resources expended |
| C. | Product quality attributes |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 6. |
A key concept of quality control is that all work products |
| A. | Are delivered on time and under budget |
| B. | Have complete documentation |
| C. | Have measurable specifications for process outputs |
| D. | Are thoroughly tested before delivery to the customer |
| Answer» D. Are thoroughly tested before delivery to the customer | |
| 7. |
Which of these activities is not one of the activities recommended to be performed by an independent SQA group? |
| A. | Prepare SQA plan for the project |
| B. | Review software engineering activities to verify process compliance |
| C. | Report any evidence of noncompliance to senior management |
| D. | Serve as the sole test team for any software produced |
| Answer» D. Serve as the sole test team for any software produced | |
| 8. |
Software safety is a quality assurance activity that focuses on hazards that |
| A. | Affect the reliability of a software component |
| B. | May cause an entire system to fail |
| C. | May result from user input errors |
| D. | Prevent profitable marketing of the final product |
| Answer» B. May cause an entire system to fail | |
| 9. |
The ISO quality assurance standard that applies to software engineering is |
| A. | ISO 9000:2004 |
| B. | ISO 9001:2000 |
| C. | ISO 9002:2001 |
| D. | ISO 9003:2004 |
| Answer» B. ISO 9001:2000 | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is not a section in the standard for SQA plans recommended by IEEE? |
| A. | Budget |
| B. | Documentation |
| C. | Reviews and audits |
| D. | Test |
| Answer» A. Budget | |
| 11. |
Six Sigma methodologies define three core steps. |
| A. | Analyze, improve, control |
| B. | Analyze, design, verify |
| C. | Define, measure, analyze |
| D. | Define, measure, control |
| Answer» C. Define, measure, analyze | |
| 12. |
"Quality is defined by the customer" is |
| A. | An unrealistic definition of quality |
| B. | A user-based definition of quality |
| C. | A manufacturing-based definition of quality |
| D. | The definition proposed by the American Society for Quality Control |
| Answer» D. The definition proposed by the American Society for Quality Control | |
| 13. |
Which of the following is not one of the major categories of costs associated with quality? |
| A. | Prevention costs |
| B. | Appraisal costs |
| C. | Internal failures |
| D. | None of the above, they are all major categories of costs associated with quality |
| Answer» D. None of the above, they are all major categories of costs associated with quality | |
| 14. |
ISO 9000 seeks standardization in terms of |
| A. | Products |
| B. | Production procedures |
| C. | Suppliers' specifications |
| D. | Procedures to manage quality |
| Answer» D. Procedures to manage quality | |
| 15. |
Total Quality Management emphasizes |
| A. | The responsibility of the Quality Control staff to identify and solve all qualityrelated problems |
| B. | A commitment to quality that goes beyond internal company issues to suppliers and customers |
| C. | A system where strong managers are the only decision makers |
| D. | A process where mostly statisticians get involved |
| Answer» B. A commitment to quality that goes beyond internal company issues to suppliers and customers | |
| 16. |
A successful TQM program incorporates all of the following except |
| A. | Continuous improvement |
| B. | Employment involvement |
| C. | Benchmarking |
| D. | centralized decision making authority |
| Answer» D. centralized decision making authority | |
| 17. |
"Kaizen" is a Japanese term meaning |
| A. | A fool proof mechanism |
| B. | Just-in-time (JIT) |
| C. | A fishbone diagram |
| D. | Continuous improvement |
| Answer» D. Continuous improvement | |
| 18. |
The philosophy of zero defects is |
| A. | Unrealistic |
| B. | Prohibitively costly |
| C. | An ultimate goal; in practice, 1 to 2% defects is acceptable |
| D. | Consistent with the commitment to continuous improvement |
| Answer» D. Consistent with the commitment to continuous improvement | |
| 19. |
Quality Circles members are |
| A. | Paid according to their contribution to quality |
| B. | External consultants designed to provide training in the use of Quality tools |
| C. | Always machine operators |
| D. | None of the above, all of the statements are false |
| Answer» D. None of the above, all of the statements are false | |
| 20. |
The process of identifying other organizations that are best at some facet of your operations and then modeling your organization after them is known as |
| A. | Continuous improvement |
| B. | Employee empowerment |
| C. | Benchmarking |
| D. | Copycatting |
| Answer» C. Benchmarking | |
| 21. |
A quality loss function utilizes all of the following costs except |
| A. | The cost of scrap and repair |
| B. | The cost of customer dissatisfaction |
| C. | Inspection, warranty, and service costs |
| D. | Sales costs |
| Answer» D. Sales costs | |
| 22. |
Among the tools of TQM, the tool ordinarily used to aid in understanding the sequence of events through which a product travels is a |
| A. | Pareto chart |
| B. | Flow chart |
| C. | Check sheet |
| D. | Taguchi map |
| Answer» B. Flow chart | |
| 23. |
A fishbone diagram is also known as a |
| A. | cause-and-effect diagram |
| B. | poka-yoke diagram |
| C. | Kaizen diagram |
| D. | Taguchi diagram |
| Answer» A. cause-and-effect diagram | |
| 24. |
If a sample of parts is measured and the mean of the measurements is outside the control limits the process is |
| A. | In control, but not capable of producing within the established control limits |
| B. | Out of control and the process should be investigated for assignable variation |
| C. | Within the established control limits with only natural causes of variation |
| D. | Monitored closely to see if the next sample mean will also fall outside the control limits |
| Answer» B. Out of control and the process should be investigated for assignable variation | |
| 25. |
A quality circle holds a brainstorming session and attempts to identify the factors responsible for flaws in a product. Which tool do you suggest they use to organize their findings? |
| A. | Ishikawa diagram |
| B. | Pareto chart |
| C. | Process chart |
| D. | Control charts |
| Answer» A. Ishikawa diagram | |
| 26. |
When a sample measurement falls inside the control limits, it means that |
| A. | Ach unit manufactured is good enough to sell |
| B. | The process limits cannot be determined statistically |
| C. | The process output exceeds the requirements |
| D. | If there is no other pattern in the samples, the process is in control |
| Answer» D. If there is no other pattern in the samples, the process is in control | |
| 27. |
Which of the following is true regarding control charts? |
| A. | Values above the upper and lower control limits indicate points out of adjustment. |
| B. | Control charts are built so that new data can be quickly compared to past performance data |
| C. | Control charts graphically present data |
| D. | All of the above are true |
| Answer» D. All of the above are true | |
| 28. |
Which type of risk factor is most likely to cause problems for a software project developing commercial software? |
| A. | Inadequate user documentation |
| B. | Litigation expense |
| C. | Low productivity |
| D. | Cancellation of project |
| Answer» A. Inadequate user documentation | |
| 29. |
Defect prevention is defined as: |
| A. | Finding and fixing errors after insertion |
| B. | Finding and fixing errors before release but after insertion |
| C. | Finding and fixing errors after release |
| D. | Avoiding defect insertion |
| Answer» B. Finding and fixing errors before release but after insertion | |
| 30. |
Product quality is defined as: |
| A. | Delivering a product with correct requirements |
| B. | Delivering a product using correct development procedures |
| C. | Delivering a product which is developed iteratively |
| D. | Delivering a product using high quality procedures |
| Answer» D. Delivering a product using high quality procedures | |
| 31. |
Which of the following is NOT a main reason to undertake software quality assurance activities? |
| A. | Reduce software personnel turnover |
| B. | Legal liability |
| C. | Insistence by the user on a satisfactory software quality assurance programme |
| D. | Marketing reasons |
| Answer» C. Insistence by the user on a satisfactory software quality assurance programme | |
| 32. |
Which type of risk factor is most likely to cause problems for a software project which develops military software? |
| A. | Unused or unusable software |
| B. | Legal expenses |
| C. | Excessive paperwork |
| D. | High maintenance costs |
| Answer» B. Legal expenses | |
| 33. |
The main goal of quality assurance is: |
| A. | Set coding standards. |
| B. | Improve software project management |
| C. | Reduce the technical and programmatic risks in developing the software |
| D. | Specify corrective actions. |
| Answer» C. Reduce the technical and programmatic risks in developing the software | |
| 34. |
Software interoperability is: |
| A. | The ability of a software system to work on different hardware platforms. |
| B. | The ability of a software system to work under different operating systems. |
| C. | The ability of a software system to exchange information with other software systems and to use the exchanged information. |
| D. | The ability to replace a software system with another software system that has similar functionality |
| Answer» B. The ability of a software system to work under different operating systems. | |
| 35. |
With respect to software metrics, which statement is NOT true? |
| A. | A indirect measure focuses on attributes of a project which can be measured by examining a process, product or resource |
| B. | A direct measure focuses on attributes of a project which can be measured by examining a process, product or resource |
| C. | External attributes are always measured indirectly |
| D. | Lines of code is a direct measurement |
| Answer» A. A indirect measure focuses on attributes of a project which can be measured by examining a process, product or resource | |
| 36. |
Which of the following statements is NOT true? |
| A. | Coding standards address naming of constants. |
| B. | Coding standards address the number of errors encountered per 1000 lines of code. |
| C. | Coding standards address layout of code text. |
| D. | Coding standards address the use of program comments. |
| Answer» C. Coding standards address layout of code text. | |
| 37. |
Which of the following statements is NOT true? |
| A. | A good design methodology should provide a clear division of design from implementation |
| B. | A good design methodology should not promote a top-down decomposition strategy. |
| C. | A good design methodology should encourage phased development of the software |
| D. | A good design methodology should help to minimise future maintenance. |
| Answer» B. A good design methodology should not promote a top-down decomposition strategy. | |
| 38. |
Formal Reviews seek to: |
| A. | Identify system faults, but not to attribute blame or seek solutions |
| B. | Identify system faults, attribute the source of errors, but not seek solutions |
| C. | Identify system faults attribute the source of errors and seek solutions |
| D. | Identify system faults; seek solutions, but not to attribute blame |
| Answer» C. Identify system faults attribute the source of errors and seek solutions | |
| 39. |
Which form of software development model is most suited to a system where all the requirements are known at the start of a project and remain stable throughout the project? |
| A. | Waterfall model |
| B. | Incremental model |
| C. | Evolutionary model |
| D. | Spiral model |
| Answer» A. Waterfall model | |
| 40. |
Which of the following statements is NOT true? |
| A. | Requirements must be testable |
| B. | Requirements must be concerned with system functionality only |
| C. | Requirements must be complete |
| D. | Requirements must be unambiguously stated |
| Answer» C. Requirements must be complete | |
| 41. |
Quality Management in software engineering is also known as |
| A. | SQA |
| B. | SQM |
| C. | SQI |
| D. | SQA and SQM |
| Answer» A. SQA | |
| 42. |
Quality also can be looked at in terms of user satisfaction which includes |
| A. | A complaint product |
| B. | Good quality output |
| C. | Delivery within budget and schedule |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
| 43. |
Inspections and testing are what kinds of Quality Costs? |
| A. | Prevention |
| B. | Internal Failure |
| C. | External Failure |
| D. | Appraisal |
| Answer» D. Appraisal | |
| 44. |
According to Pareto’s principle, x% of defects can be traced to y% of all causes. What are the values of x and y? |
| A. | 60, 40 |
| B. | 70, 30 |
| C. | 80, 20 |
| D. | No such principle exists |
| Answer» C. 80, 20 | |
| 45. |
What is Six Sigma? |
| A. | It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance |
| B. | The “Six Sigma” refers to six standard deviations |
| C. | It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance and the “Six Sigma” refers to six standard deviations |
| D. | A Formal Technical Review(FTR) guideline for quality walkthrough or inspection |
| Answer» C. It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance and the “Six Sigma” refers to six standard deviations | |
| 46. |
Which of the following is not a core step of Six Sigma? |
| A. | Define |
| B. | Control |
| C. | Measure |
| D. | Analyse |
| Answer» B. Control | |
| 47. |
Non-conformance to software requirements is known as |
| A. | Software availability |
| B. | Software reliability |
| C. | Software failure |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Software failure | |
| 48. |
What kind of quality cost is incurred when an error is detected in a product prior to shipment? |
| A. | Prevention |
| B. | Internal Failure |
| C. | External Failure |
| D. | Appraisal |
| Answer» B. Internal Failure | |
| 49. |
The degree to which the design specifications are followed during manufacturing is known as |
| A. | Quality of design |
| B. | Quality of conformance |
| C. | Quality of testing |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» A. Quality of design | |
| 50. |
According to ISO 9001, inspection and testing comes under which management responsibility? |
| A. | Process control |
| B. | Document control |
| C. | Control of non-conforming products |
| D. | Servicing |
| Answer» A. Process control | |
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