software engineering MCQs – Page 124

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

2461. Which of the following is not an appraisal cost in SQA ?
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A. quality planning

B. testing

C. inter-process inspection

D. maintenance

2462. Which requirements are the foundation from which quality is measured ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Programmers

C. Hardware

D. Software
2463. How many levels, does the DO-178B certification targeted by RTCADO-178B has ?
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A. two

B. three

C. five

D. four

2464. What type of software testing is generally used in Software Maintenance ?
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A. Regression Testing

B. System Testing

C. Integration Testing

D. Unit Testing

2465. The cost of re-engineering is often significantly less than the costs of developing new software ?
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A. FALSE

B. True
2466. In CMM, the life cycle activities of requirements analysis, design, code, and test are described in_________________________?
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A. Software Product Engineering

B. Software Subcontract Management

C. Software Quality Management

D. Software Quality Assurance

2467. Maintenance is classified into how many categories ?
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A. three

B. two

C. five

D. four
2468. Sociotechnical systems are deterministic ?
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A. TRUE

B. False
2469. Third Party Certification for software standards is based on ___________________?
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A. Ul 1992, Second Edition

B. Ul 1998, Second Edition

C. UT 1998, Second Edition

D. Ul 1996, Second Edition

2470. A sociotechnical system is a system that includes___________________?
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A. people

B. hardware

C. software

D. all of the mentioned
2471. 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. failure cause

B. none of the mentioned

C. errors

D. equivalent faults

2472. Degree to which design specifications are followed in manufacturing the product is called_________________?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Quality Control

C. Quality Assurance

D. Quality of conformance
2473. Which of the following is not a SQA plan for a project ?
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A. evaluations to be performed

B. audits and reviews to be performed

C. documents to be produced by the SQA group

D. amount of technical work
2474. What are legacy systems ?
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A. old systems

B. under-developed systems

C. none of the mentioned

D. new systems

2475. _______________ measures the ability of a regression test selection technique to handle realistic applications ?
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A. Inclusiveness

B. Generality

C. Precision

D. Efficiency

2476. National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program approve accreditation in ___________________?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Product testing

C. Computers and electronics

D. Environmental standards

2477. Which of the following manuals is not a user documentation ?
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A. SRS

B. Reference Guide

C. Beginners Guide

D. Installation guide

2478. In which stage of process improvement bottlenecks and weaknesses are identified ?
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A. Process analysis

B. Process change

C. Process measurement

D. None of the mentioned

2479. Robustness answers which of the following description ?
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A. CASE tools be used to support the process activities

B. Defined process is acceptable and usable by the engineers responsible for producing the software

C. Process continues in spite of unexpected problems

D. Process errors are avoided or trapped before they result in product errors

2480. What is a software patch ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Emergency Fix

C. Daily or routine Fix

D. Required or Critical Fix