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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

software engineering Mcqs

1. software metrics 2. software modelling 3. advanced software engineering 4. software processes models software development 5. requirement engineering 6. basics of software engineering 7. software reliability and fault tolerance 8. architectural design 9. software evolution 10. dependability and security 11. software engineering types 12. software design 13. software testing and quality management 14. software management 15. design and implementation

701. Which of the following term is best defined by the statement: CASE tools and the target applications are isolated from physical storage so they are not affected when the hardware configuration is changed. ?
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A. Data independence

B. Ad Hhoc data queries and reports

C. Data dependence

D. Non-redundant data storage

702. Which of the following is non-functional testing ?
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A. Performance testing

B. None of the mentioned

C. Unit testing

D. Black box testing

703. Failure In Time (FIT) is another way of reporting __________________?
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A. MTTF

B. MTBF

C. MTSF

D. MTTR

704. What is one or more software configuration items that have been formally reviewed and agreed upon and serve as a basis for further development ?
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A. Configuration

B. Baseline

C. Software

D. All of the mentioned

705. What is Six Sigma ?
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A. It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance

B. A Formal Technical Review(FTR) guideline for quality walkthrough or inspection

C. The Six Sigma refers to six standard deviations

D. It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance AND The Six Sigma refers to six standard deviations

706. Database management software serves as a foundation for the establishment of a CASE database (repository) that we call__________________?
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A. system database

B. analysis and design tools

C. project database

D. prototyping tools

707. Which of the following is not a business goal of re-engineering ?
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A. Maintainability

B. None of the mentioned

C. Time reduction

D. Cost reduction

708. Beta Testing is done by____________________?
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A. Users

B. Developers

C. All of the mentioned

D. Testers

709. Which of the following is not used in measuring the size of the software_____________________?
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A. Size of module

B. None of the mentioned

C. KLOC

D. Function Points

710. How is software reliability defined ?
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A. quality

B. efficiency

C. speed

D. time

711. Which testing tool is responsible for documenting programs ?
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A. Coverage Analyzer

B. Test/File Generator

C. Test Archiving Systems

D. Test Harness System

712. Which of the following testing types is not a part of system testing ?
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A. Random testing

B. Stress testing

C. Recovery testing

D. System testing

713. How does Clean room software engineering Differs from the conventional and object-oriented views ?
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A. It relies heavily on statistical use testing to uncover high-impact errors

B. All of the mentioned

C. It makes explicit use of statistical quality control

D. It verifies design specification using a mathematically based proof of correctness

714. Exhaustive testing is___________________?
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A. impractical and impossible

B. always possible

C. impractical but possible

D. practically possible

715. One puts information into the computer by pressing this key__________________?
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A. Tab

B. Caps lock

C. Esc

D. Enter

716. What category of web-based system would you assign to discussion groups ?
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A. Online communities

B. Workflow-oriented

C. Web portals

D. Collaborative work

717. Which of the following is not an example of a business process ?
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A. purchasing services

B. designing a new product

C. testing software

D. hiring an employee

718. Which of these is incorrect ?
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A. Software engineering is concerned with the practicalities of developing and delivering useful software

B. Software engineering is a part of more general form of System Engineering

C. Computer science belongs to Software engineering

D. Software engineering belongs to Computer science

719. MTTF stands for___________________?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Minimum time to failure

C. Maximum time to failure

D. Mean time to failure

720. The arrow keys can be used to_______________________?
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A. move the cursor while deleting text

B. move the cursor in the text that has already been entered

C. delete text

D. save the document

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