software engineering MCQs – Page 119

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

2361. Which of these software engineering activities are not a part of software processes ?
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A. Software specification

B. Software development

C. Software dependence

D. Software validation

2362. Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other peoples computers.Here the term misuse refers to ___________________?
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A. Unauthorized modification of computer material

B. All of the mentioned

C. Unauthorized access to computer material

D. Dissemination of viruses or other malware

2363. What is the major drawback of using RAD Model ?
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A. Increases reusability of components, Highly specialized & skilled developers/designers are required

B. Increases reusability of components

C. Highly specialized & skilled developers/designers are required

D. Encourages customer/client feedback

2364. What are attributes of good software ?
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A. Software maintainability

B. Software functionality

C. Software development

D. Software maintainability & functionality
2365. All fault-tolerant techniques rely on__________________?
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A. Dependability

B. Redundancy

C. Integrity

D. None of the mentioned

2366. Which of the following approaches are used to achieve reliable systems?
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A. Fault removal

B. Fault tolerance

C. All of the mentioned

D. Fault prevention

2367. Which one of the following is not a software quality model ?
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A. ISO 9000

B. McCall model

C. ISO 9126

D. Boehm model

2368. How many levels are present in CMM ?
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A. three

B. four

C. five

D. six

2369. A system maintaining its integrity while accepting a temporary halt in its operation is said to be in a state of___________________?
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A. Fail Safe

B. Full Fault Tolerance

C. Fail Soft

D. Graceful Degradation

2370. The CMM model is a technique to____________________?
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A. all of the mentioned

B. automatically maintain the software reliability

C. improve the software process

D. test the software

2371. In N-version programming which is the independent generation of N, the value of N is___________________?
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A. less than 2

B. less than 1

C. greater than 1

D. greater than 2
2372. Failure In Time (FIT) is another way of reporting __________________?
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A. MTTR

B. MTSF

C. MTTF

D. MTBF
2373. In ISO 9126, time behavior and resource utilization are a part of___________________?
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A. efficiency

B. usability

C. maintainability

D. portability

2374. Which of the following is not a phase of bathtub curve of hardware reliability ?
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A. Burn-in

B. Time

C. Wear-out

D. Useful Life

2375. Which of the following Error Detection checks is not a part of Application detection ?
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A. Hardware checks

B. Timing checks

C. Coding checks

D. Reversal checks

2376. How many product quality factors are proposed in McCall quality model ?
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A. 8

B. 11

C. 3

D. 2

2377. What is MTTF ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Mean time to failure

C. Maximum time to failure

D. Minimum time to failure

2378. NHPP stands for__________________?
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A. Non Homogeneous Poisson Product

B. Non Homogeneous Poisson Process

C. Non-Hetrogeneous Poisson Product

D. Non-Hetrogeneous Poisson Process

2379. What type of fault remains in the system for some period and then disappears ?
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A. Transient

B. Permanent

C. Intermittent

D. All of the mentioned

2380. Which one is not a software quality model ?
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A. ISO 9126

B. Boehm model

C. ISO 9000

D. McCall model