software engineering MCQs – Page 26

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

501. ERP stands for____________________?
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A. Enterprise Research Planning

B. Enterprise Research Package

C. Enterprise Resource Planning

D. Enterprise Resource Package

502. COTS stands for___________________?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Commercial Off-The-System state

C. Commercial Off-The-Shelf states

D. Commercial Off-The-Shelf systems
503. How many diagrams are here in Unified Modelling Language ?
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A. eight

B. nine

C. six

D. seven

504. What is used to pass SQL requests and associated data from one component to another ?
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A. Remote procedure calls

B. All of the mentioned

C. SQL Injection

D. Client/server SQL interaction
505. 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. Compartmentalization

D. Defined outcomes

506. Which of the following risks are derived from the organizational environment where the software is being developed ?
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A. Estimation risks

B. People risks

C. Technology risks

D. Organizational risks
507. COTS product reuse means_______________?
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A. Systems are developed by configuring and integrating existing application systems

B. Large-scale systems that encapsulate generic business functionality and rules are configured for an organization

C. Class and function libraries that implement commonly used abstractions are available for reuse

D. Shared components are woven into an application at different places when the program is compiled

508. Which of the following is the reason that software is delivered late ?
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A. Human difficulties that could not have been foreseen in advance

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

C. All of the mentioned

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

509. Which of the following is not included in Architectural design decisions ?
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A. type of application

B. architectural styles

C. distribution of the system

D. testing the system
510. ________________________ are statements that can be interpreted in a number of ways?
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A. Comments

B. Vagueness

C. Contradictions

D. Ambiguities

511. Which of the following is not a Software Configuration Management Activity ?
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A. Configuration item identification

B. Risk management

C. Release management

D. Branch management

512. Which of the following is a collection of project coordination technique ?
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A. Informal, interpersonal procedures

B. Formal approaches

C. Formal, interpersonal procedures

D. All of the mentioned
513. The recurring aspects of designs are called design____________________?
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A. documents

B. methods

C. structures

D. patterns
514. Frameworks are an effective approach to reuse, but are _____________ to introduce into software development processes.
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A. difficult

B. expensive

C. unreliable

D. difficult and expensive
515. A monitoring system examines its environment through __________________?
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A. operating system

B. none of the mentioned

C. set of sensors

D. communication

516. A _______________ defines a set of standards for components, including interface standards, usage standards, and deployment standards?
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A. Component model

B. Component-based software engineering

C. Component composition

D. Component interfaces

517. Which of the following term is best defined by the statement Notation that can be input directly into a computer-based development system offers significant benefits. ?
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A. Machine readability

B. Maintainability

C. Overall simplicity

D. Structure enforcement

518. CORBA stands for _____________________?
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A. Common Object Request Broker Architecture

B. Common Object Request Build Architecture

C. Common Object Request Break Architecture

D. All of the mentioned

519. How is SOA different from OO Architecture ?
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A. Data is separated from a service or behavior

B. Communications are prescriptive rather than being descriptive

C. Data and methods are integrated into a single object

D. Strong coupling among objects

520. 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. electronic and paper documentation describing the system

C. all of the mentioned

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