software engineering MCQs – Page 139

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

2761. Which of the following is a systematic attempt to specify threats to the project plan ?
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A. Risk projection

B. Support risk

C. Risk identification

D. Performance risk

2762. Which of the following paradigm attempts to structure a team in a manner that achieves some of the controls associated with the closed paradigm but also much of the innovation that occurs when using the random paradigm ?
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A. closed paradigm

B. open paradigm

C. synchronous paradigm

D. asynchronous paradigm

2763. Which of the following is not a project factor that should be considered when planning the structure of software engineering teams ?
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A. The degree of sociability required for the project

B. The difficulty of the problem to be solved

C. High frustration caused by personal, business, or technological factors that causes friction among team members

D. The rigidity of the delivery date

2764. Commitments to unrealistic time and resource estimates may result in____________________?
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A. project failure

B. poor quality work

C. project delay

D. all of the mentioned
2765. A software ______________ provides the framework from which a comprehensive plan for software development can be established?
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A. product

B. people

C. none of the mentioned

D. process
2766. COCOMO stands for____________________?
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A. Comprehensive cost model

B. Constructive cost model

C. Complete cost estimation model

D. Constructive cost estimation model

2767. Which software project sizing approach develop estimates of the information domain characteristics ?
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A. Fuzzy logic sizing

B. Standard component sizing

C. Function point sizing

D. Change sizing

2768. What threatens the viability of the software to be built ?
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A. Project risks

B. Business risks

C. Technical risks

D. Known risks

2769. The definition and use of configuration management standards is essential for quality certification in__________________?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. CMM

C. ISO 9000

D. CMMI

2770. Which of the following term is best defined by the statement: The underlying technology on which the system is built is superseded by new technology. ?
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A. Requirements change

B. Technology change

C. None of the mentioned

D. Product competition

2771. v Programming language experience is a part of which factor of COCOMO cost drivers ?
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A. Project Factor

B. Personnel Factor

C. Product Factor

D. Platform Factor

2772. Which of the following is an important factor that can affect the accuracy and efficacy of estimates ?
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A. Project complexity

B. Degree of structural uncertainty

C. Project size

D. Planning process

2773. Which of the following is the reason that software is delivered late ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Technical difficulties that could not have been foreseen in advance

C. Human difficulties that could not have been foreseen in advance

D. Changing customer requirements that are not reflected in schedule changes

2774. Which of the following is a part of system release ?
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A. an installation program that is used to help install the system on target hardware

B. all of the mentioned

C. electronic and paper documentation describing the system

D. packaging and associated publicity that have been designed for that release

2775. If a Direct approach to software project sizing is taken, size can be measured in__________________?
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A. FP

B. None of the mentioned

C. LOC and FP

D. LOC
2776. A 66.6% risk is considered as__________________?
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A. high

B. very low

C. moderate

D. low

2777. Every task that is scheduled should be assigned to a specific team member is termed as_________________?
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A. Defined responsibilities

B. Defined milestones

C. Defined outcomes

D. Compartmentalization

2778. Which of the following is the process of assembling program components, data, and libraries, and then compiling and linking these to create an executable system ?
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A. Change management

B. System building

C. Version management

D. Release management

2779. Which of the following option is not tracked by configuration management tools ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Storing versions of system components

C. Tracking of change proposals

D. Tracking the releases of system versions to customers

2780. Which of the following is a project scheduling method that can be applied to software development ?
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A. PERT

B. CPM

C. CMM

D. Both PERT and CPM