software engineering MCQs – Page 11

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

201. How many layers are present in the OO design pyramid ?
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A. three

B. one

C. five

D. four
202. What is related to the overall functionality of the delivered software ?
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A. Product-related metrics

B. Function-related metrics

C. Size-related metrics

D. None of the mentioned

203. Which process characteristic with respect to Dependability Engineering is mentioned by the statement: The process should be understandable by people apart from process participants ?
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A. Auditable

B. None of the mentioned

C. Diverse

D. Documentable

204. Debugging is_________________?
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A. identifying the task to be computerized

B. creating program code

C. creating the algorithm

D. finding and correcting errors in the program code
205. Which reliability metric sets out the probable number of system failures that are likely to be observed relative to a certain time period ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. ROCOF

C. POFOD

D. AVAIL

206. 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 ?
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A. Early design stage model

B. Application composition model

C. Post-architecture-stage model

D. All of the mentioned

207. Which of the following web engineering metric measures the extent of relatedness between two or more web pages ?
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A. Number of Internal Page Links

B. Number of Dynamic Content Objects

C. Web Page Similarity

D. Number of Static Content Objects

208. To specify security requirements, one should identify the risks that are to be dealt with ?
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A. False

B. TRUE

209. Which of the following early OOD methods incorporates both a micro development process and a macro development process. ?
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A. Rumbaugh method

B. Booch method

C. Wirfs-Brock method

D. Coad and Yourdon method

210. Who identifies, documents, and verifies that corrections have been made to the software ?
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A. SQA group

B. Project manager

C. Project team

D. All of the mentioned

211. Identify the correct option with reference to Software Quality Metrics ?
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A. Integrity = [Sigma(1 threat)] * (1 security)

B. Integrity = Sigma[1 threat * (1 security)]

C. Integrity = [1 threat * Sigma(1 security)]

D. Integrity = [1 Sigma(threat)] * (1 security)

212. ____________ states that, where appropriate, adequate statistical techniques are identified and used to verify the acceptability of process capability and product characteristics?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. CMM

C. ISO 9001

D. ISO 9000-4

213. A design description in OOD includes___________________?
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A. Protocol Description

B. Implementation Description

C. Type Description

D. both Protocol and Implementation Description
214. Which of the following is a field related to certification ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Process

C. Person

D. Product

215. The primary objective of formal technical reviews is to find _________________ during the process so that they do not become defects after release of the software?
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A. none of the mentioned

B. equivalent faults

C. errors

D. failure cause

216. A directed arc or line in DFD represents_________________?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Data Store

C. Data Process

D. Data Flow
217. Which of the following is not categorized under Product Operation of McCalls Software Quality Factors ?
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A. Reliability

B. Integrity

C. Usability

D. Flexibility
218. Choose the fault class in which the following automated static analysis check would fall:Variables declared but never used?
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A. Control Faults

B. Data Faults

C. Input/Output Faults

D. Interface faults

219. Estimation of size for a project is dependent on___________________?
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A. Time

B. Schedule

C. Cost

D. None of the mentioned
220. Structural complexity of a module i is given as S(i) = f*f (i). What does f symbolizes here ?
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A. fan check-out of module i

B. fan out of module i

C. fan in of module i

D. fan check-in of module i