software engineering MCQs – Page 137

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

2721. Which testing is an integration testing approach that is commonly used when shrink-wrapped software products are being developed ?
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A. Regression Testing

B. Integration testing

C. Validation testing

D. Smoke testing
2722. Inspections and testing are what kinds of Quality Costs ?
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A. Internal Failure

B. Prevention

C. External Failure

D. Appraisal
2723. What refers to the externally observable structure of an OO program ?
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A. Surface structure

B. Core structure

C. All of the mentioned

D. Deep structure

2724. What is Cyclomatic complexity ?
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A. Black box testing

B. Green box testing

C. White box testing

D. Yellow box testing

2725. Many applications using static analysis find 0.1-0.2% NCSS. NCSS stands for______________________?
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A. Non Comment Source Sentence

B. All of the mentioned

C. Non-Code Source Statement

D. Non-Comment Source Statement
2726. Which of the following is not a change management process ?
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A. Review impact with stakeholders

B. Log the changes

C. Estimate impact on effort and schedule

D. None of the mentioned
2727. What is a collection of software elements treated as a unit for the purposes of SCM ?
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A. Configuration Control Board

B. Baseline

C. Configuration

D. Software Configuration Item
2728. Testing done without planning and Documentation is called_________________?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Unit testing

C. Adhoc testing

D. Regression testing

2729. The testing in which code is checked___________________?
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A. Green box testing

B. Black box testing

C. Red box testing

D. White box testing
2730. Which of the following is a common pointwer problem ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Attempting to use memory areas after freeing them

C. Accessing data elements of the wrong type

D. Data sharing errors

2731. Which is a black box testing technique appropriate to all levels of testing ?
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A. Quality assurance

B. Regression testing

C. Equivalence partitioning

D. Acceptance testing

2732. Which of the following is a example of Configuration Items ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. SCM procedures

C. Source code

D. Software design descriptions

2733. By collecting __________________ during software testing, it is possible to develop meaningful guidelines to halt the testing process?
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A. Testing time

B. Failure intensity

C. Metrics

D. All of the mentioned

2734. Which of the following testing tools examine program systematically & automatically ?
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A. Coverage Analyzer

B. Code Inspector

C. Standard Enforcer

D. Static Analyzer
2735. In which of the following testing strategies, a smallest testable unit is the encapsulated class or object ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. System testing

C. Integration testing

D. Unit testing
2736. Ensuring that no more than the allocated number of people are allocated at any given time in Software Scheduling is known as ________________?
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A. Effort Distribution

B. Effort Validation

C. Defined Milestone

D. Time Allocation

2737. Which of the following uses empirically derived formulas to predict effort as a function of LOC or FP ?
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A. FP-Based Estimation

B. Process-Based Estimation

C. COCOMO

D. Both FP-Based Estimation and COCOMO
2738. Which of the following is a collection of project coordination technique ?
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A. Formal approaches

B. Formal, interpersonal procedures

C. Informal, interpersonal procedures

D. All of the mentioned
2739. Who delivers the technical skills that are necessary to engineer a product or an application ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Senior managers

C. Practitioners

D. Project managers

2740. Which of the following process is concerned with analyzing the costs and benefits of proposed changes ?
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A. Version management

B. Change management

C. Release management

D. System building