software engineering MCQs – Page 30

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

581. A ______________ is a graphical representation that depicts information flow and the transforms that are applied as data moves from input to output?
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A. state transition diagram

B. data flow diagram

C. control specification

D. workflow diagram

582. Which of the following is not real-time architectural patterns that are commonly used ?
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A. Process Pipeline

B. Asynchronous communication

C. Observe and React

D. Environmental Control

583. Which frameworks applications are difficult to deal with ?
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A. Web application frameworks

B. Debugging framework

C. MVC pattern

D. None of the mentioned

584. Which of the following Cleanroom process teams develops set of statistical test to exercise software after development ?
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A. Certification team

B. Specification team

C. All of the mentioned

D. Development team
585. Which of the following services is not provided by an object ?
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A. Activating & Deactivating Objects

B. Files implementing the entities identified within the ERD

C. Security features

D. Registering object implementation

586. The_______________ is represented as two processing boxes connected by an line (arrow) of control ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Condition

C. Repetition

D. Sequence
587. What translates a natural or an artificial language into another representation of that language and, for programming languages also execute the resulting code ?
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A. Language processing systems

B. Transaction-based information systems

C. ERP systems

D. None of the mentioned

588. All the operations in a transaction need to be completed before the database changes are made _________________?
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A. available to the users

B. permanent

C. functional

D. none of the mentioned

589. Which diagram in UML emphasizes the time-ordering of messages ?
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A. Activity

B. Sequence

C. Class

D. Collaboration

590. A sequence of baselines representing different versions of a system is known as ____________________?
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A. System building

B. Software Configuration Item(SCI)

C. Mainline

D. None of the mentioned

591. Which of the following is not a build system feature ?
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A. Documentation generation

B. Minimal recompilation

C. Reporting

D. Storage management
592. A software component____________________?
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A. Implements some functionality

B. Has explicit dependencies through provides and required interfaces

C. All of the mentioned

D. Communicates through its interfaces only

593. Who suggested the four different approaches to the sizing problem ?
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A. Putnam and Myers

B. Putnam

C. Boehm

D. Myers

594. SPMP stands for__________________?
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A. Software Project Management Plan

B. Software Product Management Plan

C. Software Project Managers Plan

D. Software Product Managers Plan

595. The _______________ of a formal specification language is often based on a syntax that is derived from standard set theory notation and predicate calculus ?
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A. semantic domain

B. syntactic domain

C. sequence

D. set

596. What defines the circumstances in which a particular operation is valid ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Post-condition

C. Vagueness

D. Contradictions

597. Which frameworks support the development of system infrastructures such as communications, user interfaces, and compilers ?
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A. Enterprise application frameworks

B. Middleware integration frameworks

C. Web application frameworks

D. System infrastructure framework
598. A distributed system must defend itself against__________________?
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A. Interruption

B. Modification

C. All of the mentioned

D. Fabrication

599. Which of the following risks are derived from the software or hardware technologies that are used to develop the system ?
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A. Estimation risks

B. Technology risks

C. Organizational risks

D. Managerial risks

600. What involves preparing software for external release and keeping track of the system versions that have been released for customer use ?
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A. Change management

B. Release management

C. Version management

D. System building