software engineering MCQs – Page 101

Practise multiple-choice questions from software engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

2001. Which kind of chart is useful for comparing series or categories of data, each in its own bar ?
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A. bar chart

B. line chart

C. scatter char

D. pie chart

2002. A __________ is a measure, an intangible measure, which is difficult to count in clear terms?
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A. Value

B. Organization

C. Model

D. Business

2003. _____________captures and processes customer orders and produces customer invoices?
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A. Ledger

B. Payroll

C. Order processing

D. Inventory

2004. Management is the process of achieving organizational goal by _________ , __________ , __________ and __________ organizational resources?
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A. None of these

B. Planning, organizing, leading, controlling

C. Planning, scheduling, controlling, organizing

D. Organizing, dealing, planning, controlling

2005. The components of DSS ?
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A. Model management sub system

B. All of the above

C. Data management sub systems

D. Dialog management sub system

2006. A count of the number of students who earned A, B, C, D, and F grades in a given course would be an example of a(n) ?
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A. external report

B. detailed report

C. exception report

D. summary report
2007. Controls of data communication deal with _________________?
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A. terminals

B. the communication channel

C. All of the above

D. the computer

2008. When a bank uses business performance management software to monitor its performance in differences regions this ?
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A. manages risks

B. reduces costs

C. adds value

D. creates a new opportunity

2009. Internal information for MIS may come from any one of the following department ?
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A. HR department

B. Production department

C. Customers care department

D. Marketing department

2010. ___________ can occur at the individual, group, organizational or extra-organizational level?
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A. Scheduling

B. Organizing

C. Planning

D. Controlling

2011. In a typical ____________ network, application processing is shared between clients and one more servers?
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A. cloud computing

B. client server computing

C. mobile computing

D. data computing

2012. The back bone of any organization is________________?
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A. employee

B. management

C. information

D. capital

2013. An information system that supports the planning and assessment needs of executive management is______________?
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A. TPS

B. DSS

C. ERP

D. None of these
2014. Audit gives details about __________ to Account Payable System?
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A. Transaction

B. Account balance

C. Expenditure

D. All of the above

2015. Contemporary Information Systems are interfacing with customers and suppliers using ?
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A. SCM

B. CRM

C. Both A and B

D. BPR

2016. The person who ensures that systems are developed on time, within budget, and with acceptable quality is a______________?
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A. project manager

B. systems designer

C. external system user

D. systems owner

2017. Which of the following relates to enterprise interoperability ?
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A. Entity relationship diagram

B. DFD

C. XML

D. Information flow diagram

2018. Which of the following is NOT a general principle for output design ?
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A. Computer outputs should be simple to read and interpret

B. The distribution of (or access to) computer outputs must be sufficient to assist all relevant users

C. The computer outputs should be designed with automated tools.

D. The computer outputs must be acceptable to the system users.

2019. Which of the following is(are) the primary inputs into the task of writing and testing new programs ?
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A. programming plan

B. test data

C. both A and B

D. integration requirements

2020. If you need to collect employee status information (e.g., full-time vs. part-time) on a computer screen, your best choice for a GUI control would be ?
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A. drop-down list

B. spin box

C. radio buttons

D. masked edit control