software engineering MCQs – Page 37

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

721. What is a collection of software elements treated as a unit for the purposes of SCM ?
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A. Configuration

B. Software Configuration Item

C. Configuration Control Board

D. Baseline

722. Maintenance testing is performed using which methodology ?
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A. Retesting

B. Sanity testing

C. Confirmation testing

D. Breadth test and depth test
723. The incorporation of advice code at the specified join points by an aspect weaver is called__________________?
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A. join point

B. aspect

C. join point model

D. weaving
724. What are the various Testing Levels ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Unit Testing

C. System Testing

D. Integration Testing

725. Which is a black box testing technique appropriate to all levels of testing ?
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A. Acceptance testing

B. Quality assurance

C. Equivalence partitioning

D. Regression testing

726. Beta testing is done at_________________?
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A. Users end

B. Users & Developers end

C. None of the mentioned

D. Developers end

727. Which process model should be used in virtually all situations of web engineering ?
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A. Spiral Model

B. None of the mentioned

C. Waterfall Model

D. Incremental Model
728. The key that must be pressed each time a new command or information is entered____________________?
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A. Delete

B. Return / Enter

C. Esc

D. Home

729. Which tools cross the bounds of the preceding categories ?
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A. Cross-functional tools

B. Data acquisition

C. Dynamic measurement

D. Simulation

730. Which of the following is not a part of Execution Flow during debugging ?
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A. Step Out

B. Step Into

C. Step Over

D. Step Up
731. Devices that let the computer communicate with you ___________________?
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A. Output

B. Input

C. Print

D. Type

732. Testing done without planning and Documentation is called_________________?
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A. Regression testing

B. Unit testing

C. Adhoc testing

D. None of the mentioned

733. The testing in which code is checked___________________?
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A. Black box testing

B. Red box testing

C. White box testing

D. Green box testing

734. The primary memory of a personal computer consists of _____________________?
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A. ROM only

B. RAM only

C. Both ROM and RAM

D. Memory module

735. An example of a system that may use a process pipeline is a _________________________?
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A. High-speed data acquisition system

B. Failure of a power supply in an embedded system

C. Both High-speed data acquisition system AND Failure of a power supply in an embedded system

D. None of the mentioned

736. In reverse engineering process, what refers to the sophistication of the design information that can be extracted from the source code ?
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A. abstraction level

B. completeness

C. interactivity

D. direction level

737. What is group with the responsibility for reviewing and approving changes to baselines ?
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A. Configuration

B. Configuration Control Board

C. Software Configuration Item

D. Baseline

738. The silicon chips used for data processing are called __________________?
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A. RAM chips

B. ROM chips

C. PROM chips

D. Micro processor
739. Which of the following is not a change management process ?
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A. Log the changes

B. Review impact with stakeholders

C. Estimate impact on effort and schedule

D. None of the mentioned
740. Which of the following statements regarding Build & Fix Model is wrong?
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A. No room for structured design

B. Maintenance is practically not possible

C. Code soon becomes unfixable & unchangeable

D. It scales up well to large projects