software engineering MCQs – Page 15

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

281. COCOMO was developed initially by _____________________ ?
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A. Rajiv Gupta

B. B.W.Bohem

C. Gregg Rothermal

D. B.Beizer

282. Which of the following is not a SQA plan for a project ?
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A. amount of technical work

B. documents to be produced by the SQA group

C. evaluations to be performed

D. audits and reviews to be performed

283. Which of the following is the task of project indicators ?
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A. track potential risk

B. none of the mentioned

C. help in assessment of status of ongoing project

D. help in assessment of status of ongoing project & track potential risk
284. Which of the following is a layer of protection for Security ?
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A. Record-level protection

B. Platform-level protection

C. All of the mentioned

D. Application-level protection

285. The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a continuous model ?
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A. TRUE

B. False
286. The Incremental Model is combination of elements of_____________________?
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A. Linear Model & Prototyping Model

B. Waterfall Model & RAD Model

C. Linear Model & RAD Model

D. Build & FIX Model & Waterfall Model

287. Link based measures rely on _____________ structure of a web graph to obtain related pages?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Hyperlink

C. Dynamic

D. Embedded

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

B. Performance risk

C. Risk projection

D. Support risk

289. What is Life cycle risk assessment ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Risk assessment while the system is being developed

C. Risk assessment before the system has been deployed

D. None of the mentioned

290. Maintenance is classified into how many categories ?
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A. four

B. three

C. two

D. five

291. Which of the following is not an activity of Structured Analysis (SA) ?
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A. Functional decomposition

B. Transformation of a textual problem description into a graphic model

C. All of the mentioned

D. All the functions represented in the DFD are mapped to a module structure
292. Process improvement is the set of activities, methods, and transformations that developers use to develop and maintain information systems ?
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A. TRUE

B. False
293. Which of the following is not achieved by an automated estimation tools ?
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A. Predicting software cost

B. Predicting clients demands

C. Predicting staffing levels

D. Predicting software schedules

294. Which model is used to compute the effort required to integrate reusable components or program code that is automatically generated by design or program translation tools ?
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A. An application-composition model

B. An early design model

C. A reuse model

D. A post-architecture model

295. Defects removal efficiency (DRE)depends on ______________________?
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A. E errors found before software delivery

B. D defects found after delivery to user

C. Both E and D

D. Varies with project

296. The importance of software design can be summarized in a single word which is___________________?
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A. Quality

B. Complexity

C. Efficiency

D. Accuracy

297. Which of the following is not a web engineering project metric ?
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A. Number of Static Content Objects

B. Word Count

C. Number of Inherited Objects

D. Number of Dynamic Content Objects

298. Which one is not a risk management activity ?
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A. Risk control

B. None of the mentioned

C. Risk generation

D. Risk assessment

299. Data Store Symbol in DFD represents a_______________?
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A. Physical file

B. All of the mentioned

C. Data Structure

D. Logical file

300. The CMMI assessment is based on a x-point scale. What is the value of x ?
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A. 4

B. 2

C. 6

D. 0