software engineering MCQs – Page 22

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

421. Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson combined the best features of their individual object-oriented analysis into a new method for object oriented design known as _____________________?
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A. XML

B. HTML

C. UML

D. SGML

422. What is the term for a system that is designed such that the faults in the delivered software do not result in system failure ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Fault detection

C. Fault Avoidance

D. Fault tolerance
423. Which version of COCOMO states that once requirements have been stabilized, the basic software architecture has been established ?
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A. Application composition model

B. All of the mentioned

C. Early design stage model

D. Post-architecture-stage model

424. An event that occurs at some point in time when the system does not deliver a service as expected by its users is called __________________?
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A. System fault

B. System failure

C. System error

D. Human error or mistake

425. Which of the following is not an appraisal cost in SQA ?
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A. maintenance

B. inter-process inspection

C. testing

D. quality planning
426. Which risks are associated with constraints imposed by management or the marketplace ?
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A. Product size risks

B. Process definition risks

C. Development environment risks

D. Business impact risks
427. v Programming language experience is a part of which factor of COCOMO cost drivers ?
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A. Product Factor

B. Platform Factor

C. Project Factor

D. Personnel Factor
428. Which of the following term is best defined by the statement:For a component to be composable, all external interactions must take place through publicly defined interfaces?
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A. Standardized

B. Documented

C. Independent

D. Composable
429. Which design pattern defines one-to-many dependency among objects ?
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A. Singleton pattern

B. Factory method pattern

C. Facade Pattern

D. Observer pattern
430. What establishes the profile of end-users of the system ?
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A. users model

B. mental image

C. design model

D. system image

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

B. The degree of sociability required for the project

C. The rigidity of the delivery date

D. The difficulty of the problem to be solved

432. Which of the following is not a part of a test design document ?
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A. Test Design Specification

B. Test Log

C. Test Plan

D. Test Case Specification

433. What complements the formal technical review by assessing a configuration object for characteristics that are generally not considered during review ?
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A. Software configuration management

B. Software configuration audit

C. Baseline

D. None of the mentioned

434. 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
435. Which of the following is not the primary objectives in the analysis model ?
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A. establishing a basis for the creation of a software design

B. none of the mentioned

C. describing the customer complaints

D. defining a set of requirements that can be validated once the software is built

436. Systems that involve interaction with a shared database can be considered as ?
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A. software-based

B. transaction-based

C. server-based

D. client-based

E. w Answer

437. Which of the following is essential for success, when formal methods are used for the first time ?
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A. Expert training

B. Consulting

C. Prerequisite knowledge

D. Both Expert training and Consulting
438. Which of the following is a collection of component versions that make up a system ?
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A. Version

B. Codeline

C. Baseline

D. None of the mentioned

439. Which of the following term is best defined by the statement:The ability to represent local and global data is an essential element of component-level design. ?
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A. Logic verification

B. Data representation

C. Automatic processing

D. Code-to ability

440. Which test refers to the retesting of a unit, integration and system after modification, in order to ascertain that the change has not introduced new faults ?
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A. Regression Test

B. Alpha Test

C. Beta Test

D. Smoke Test