software engineering MCQs – Page 14

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

261. What can be used to complement decomposition techniques and offer a potentially valuable estimation approach in their own right ?
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A. Automated estimation tools

B. Empirical estimation models

C. Decomposition techniques

D. Both Automated estimation tools and Empirical estimation models

262. Which of the following examples does not involve dependability engineering ?
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A. Power Systems

B. Library Management

C. Telecommunications

D. Medical Systems

263. Which of the following is an indirect measure of product ?
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A. Quality

B. Complexity

C. Reliability

D. All of the Mentioned
264. Which property of a sociotechnical system varies depending on how the component assemblies are arranged and connected ?
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A. reliability

B. usability

C. volume

D. security

265. What threatens the viability of the software to be built ?
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A. Known risks

B. Project risks

C. Business risks

D. Technical risks

266. To arrive at a form which is suitable for implementation in some programming language is the purpose of_______________?
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A. Structured Design (SD)

B. Structured Analysis (SA)

C. Detailed Design (DD)

D. None of the mentioned

267. Robustness answers which of the following description ?
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A. Process continues in spite of unexpected problems

B. CASE tools be used to support the process activities

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

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

268. Actual programming of software code is done during the __________________ step in the SDLC?
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A. Development and Documentation

B. Design

C. Maintenance and Evaluation

D. Analysis

269. A weakness in a computer-based system that may be exploited to cause loss or harm is known as ?
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A. Vulnerability

B. Attack

C. Exposure

D. Threat

270. A chemical plant system may detect excessive pressure and open a relief valve to reduce these pressures before an explosion occurs. What kind of dependability and security issue the example states ?
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A. Hazard avoidance

B. Hazard detection and removal

C. Hazard detection

D. Damage limitation

271. An assessment of the worst possible damage that could result from a particular hazard is known as _________________?
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A. Hazard severity

B. Hazard probability

C. Mishap

D. Risk

272. The intent of project metrics is_____________________?
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A. for strategic purposes

B. minimization of development schedule

C. assessing project quality on ongoing basis

D. minimization of development schedule and assessing project quality on ongoing basis
273. The documentation of a process which records the tasks, the roles and the entities used is called__________________?
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A. Process modelling

B. Process metric

C. None of the mentioned

D. Process analysis

274. Architectural Design Metrics are ______________ in nature ?
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A. Green Box

B. White Box

C. Black Box

D. Gray Box

275. Which of the following does not affect the software quality and organizational performance ?
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A. People

B. Market

C. Product

D. Technology

276. __________________ is a measure of the degree of interdependence between modules ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. None of the mentioned

C. Coupling

D. Cohesion

277. Which of the following is not a Protection system ?
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A. System to indicate not returning of the library book

B. System to shut down a reactor if temperature/pressure are too high

C. None of the mentioned

D. System to stop a train if it passes a red light

278. Which of the property of software modularity is incorrect with respect to benefits software modularity ?
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A. Modules are mostly dependent

B. Module can use other modules

C. Modules are robust

D. Modules Can be separately compiled and stored in a library

279. What are the goals to gain Laboratory Accreditation ?
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A. Increase availability of testing services through third-party laboratories

B. Increase availability of testing market to encourage development of software testing industry

C. Reduce cost by increasing supply of testing services

D. All of the mentioned
280. Which of the following is a mechanism that allows several objects in an class hierarchy to have different methods with the same name ?
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A. Aggregation

B. Polymorphism

C. All of the mentioned

D. Inheritance