software engineering MCQs – Page 125

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

2481. The ISO 9000 series of standards is a program that can be used for external quality assurance purposes ?
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A. TRUE

B. False
2482. Which regression test selection technique exposes faults caused by modifications ?
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A. Precision

B. Efficiency

C. Inclusiveness

D. Generality

2483. How many stages are there in process improvement ?
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A. four

B. three

C. five

D. six

2484. Which of the following companies provide certifications for their own products ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. CISCO

C. ORACLE

D. Microsoft

2485. Software Maintenance includes ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Deletion of obsolete capabilities

C. Error corrections

D. Enhancements of capabilities

2486. Identify the correct statement with respect to Evolutionary development ?
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A. Sometimes the construction of a throw-away prototype is not followed by a re- implementation of the software system using a more structured approach

B. It facilitates easy project management, through the high volume of documentation it generates

C. Evolutionary development usually has two flavors; exploratory development, and throw-away prototyping

D. Very large projects are usually done using evolutionary development based approach

2487. How many stages are there in Iterative-enhancement model used during software maintenance ?
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A. three

B. five

C. two

D. four

2488. CMM stands for_____________________?
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A. Conservative Maturity Model

B. Capability Management Module

C. Capability Maturity Module

D. Capability Maturity Model
2489. Which of the following is not included in failure costs ?
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A. none of the mentioned

B. rework

C. repair

D. failure mode analysis

2490. Reverse engineering is the last activity in a re-engineering project _____________________?
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A. TRUE

B. False
2491. Consider an example of a system which has a police command and control system that may include a geographical information system to provide details of the location of incidents. What kind of system the example represents ?
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A. Complex System

B. Technical computer-based system

C. Sociotechnical System

D. Both Complex and Sociotechnical System
2492. Which selective retest technique selects every test case that causes a modified program to produce a different output than its original version?
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A. Coverage

B. Safe

C. Maximization

D. Minimization

2493. Which of the following is a software process certification ?
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A. ISO-9000

B. IBM Certified

C. Microsoft Certified

D. JAVA Certified

2494. What is not included in prevention costs ?
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A. formal technical reviews

B. test equipment

C. equipment calibration and maintenance

D. quality planning

2495. Which standard is followed in aviation industry ?
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A. RTRADO-178B

B. CTCADO-178B

C. RTCADO-178B

D. CTRADO-172B

2496. Which property of a sociotechnical system depends on the technical system components, its operators, and its operating environment ?
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A. volume

B. security

C. reliability

D. usability
2497. Which of the following manuals is a user documentation ?
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A. SDD -Software Design Document

B. System Overview

C. None of the mentioned

D. SRS -Software Requirement Specification

2498. Selective retest techniques may be more economical than the retest-alltechnique.How many selective retest techniques are there?
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A. three

B. two

C. four

D. five

2499. The use of a well-defined, repeatable process is essential if faults in a system are to be minimized ?
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A. FALSE

B. True
2500. The records of each patient that is receiving or has received treatment resembles which security concept ?
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A. Control

B. Asset

C. Threat

D. Vulnerability