software engineering MCQs – Page 21

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

401. ISO 9001 is not concerned with _______________ of quality records?
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A. dis-positioning

B. maintenance

C. collection

D. verification
402. Which of the following is not a use of a CASE tool ?
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A. It complies with the available system

B. Checks whether DFDs are balanced or not

C. Support structured analysis and design (SA/SD)

D. Maintains the data dictionary

403. CO policy in CMM means___________________?
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A. The leadership practices in Commitment to Perform

B. The planning practices in Commitment to Perform

C. The organizational structure (groups) practices in Ability to Perform

D. The policy practices in Commitment to Perform
404. The CMM emphasizes____________________?
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A. the need to record information

B. the need to accept quality system

C. continuous process improvement

D. none of the mentioned

405. In the Analysis phase, the development of the ______________ occurs, which is a clear statement of the goals and objectives of the project ?
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A. program specification

B. flowchart

C. design

D. documentation

406. Which one is not a stage of COCOMO-II ?
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A. Post architecture estimation model

B. Application Composition estimation model

C. Comprehensive cost estimation model

D. Early design estimation model
407. Which of the following is not a part of process change ?
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A. Introducing new practices, methods or processes

B. Introducing new team members to existing project

C. Introducing new roles or responsibilities

D. Introducing or removing deliverable

408. How many levels, does the DO-178B certification targeted by RTCADO-178B has ?
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A. two

B. four

C. three

D. five
409. MTTC falls the the category of____________________?
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A. all of the mentioned

B. integrity

C. maintainability

D. correctness

410. The context diagram is also known as __________________?
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A. Level-1 DFD

B. Level-0 DFD

C. Level-2 DFD

D. All of the mentioned

411. Circumstances that have potential to cause loss or harm is known as___________________?
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A. Threat

B. Vulnerability

C. Control

D. Attack

412. SA/SD features are obtained from which of the methodologies ?
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A. Gane and Sarson methodology

B. DeMarco and Yourdon methodology

C. Constantine and Yourdon methodology

D. All of the mentioned
413. How many phases are there in Taute Maintenance Model ?
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A. eight

B. nine

C. seven

D. six

414. The arc-to-node ratio is given as r = a/n. What does a represent in the ratio ?
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A. lines of control

B. longest path from the root to a leaf

C. maximum number of nodes at any level

D. number of modules

415. Understandability answers which of the following description ?
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A. The extent to which the process is explicitly defined

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

C. Process continues in spite of unexpected problems

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

416. What all has to be identified as per risk identification ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Consequences

C. Threats

D. Vulnerabilities

417. An aircraft engine normally includes automatic fire extinguishers.What kind of dependability and security issue the example states ?
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A. Hazard avoidance

B. Hazard detection

C. Damage limitation

D. Hazard detection and removal

418. Which requirements are the foundation from which quality is measured ?
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A. Programmers

B. Software

C. Hardware

D. None of the mentioned

419. The environment that supports the software project is called_______________________?
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A. CLSS

B. CBSE

C. SEE

D. FAST

420. If all tasks must be executed in the same time-span, what type of cohesion is being exhibited ?
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A. Temporal Cohesion

B. Sequential Cohesion

C. Functional Cohesion

D. Functional Cohesion