software engineering MCQs – Page 39

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

761. RAM is_________________ and _________________?
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A. non volatile, temporary

B. volatile, permanent

C. volatile, temporary

D. non volatile, permanent

762. Unit testing is done by__________________?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Users

C. Customers

D. Developers
763. Which of the following is a example of Configuration Items ?
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A. SCM procedures

B. Source code

C. Software design descriptions

D. All of the mentioned
764. Debugging Program is a program which runs concurrently with the program under test & provide commands to_____________________?
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A. search for references for particular variables, constant and registers

B. all of the mentioned

C. examine memory & registers

D. stop execution at a particular point

765. Which of the following is not a main phase in Configuration Management (CM) Process ?
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A. Executing the CM process

B. None of the mentioned

C. CM audits

D. CM Planning

766. Which testing tool does a simple job of enforcing standards in a uniform way of many programs ?
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A. Static Analyzer

B. Code Inspector

C. Standard Enforcer

D. Both Code Inspector & Standard Enforcer
768. Which of the following is black box testing______________________?
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A. Basic path testing

B. Code path analysis

C. None of the mentioned

D. Boundary value analysis
769. What characterstics of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful ?
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A. Data in ROM is non volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrial power

B. ROM information can be easily updated

C. ROM provides very large amounts or inexpensive data storage

D. ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers

770. MTTF stands for__________________?
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A. mean-time-to-failure

B. none of the mentioned

C. manufacture-time-to-function

D. mean-time-to-function

771. Which of the following is a software process ?
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A. Business modeling

B. Configuration and management

C. All of the mentioned

D. Analysis and design

775. Which one of the following is the first second-generation computer ?
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A. IBM 801

B. IBM 7090

C. IBM 7070

D. All of the above

776. Alpha testing is done at________________?
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A. Users end

B. None of the mentioned

C. Developers & Users end

D. Developers end
778. What information is required to process a change to a baseline ?
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A. List of other items affected by the changes

B. Reasons for making the changes

C. A description of the proposed changes

D. All of the mentioned
779. Which one of the following is not an application layer protocol ?
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A. resource reservation protocol

B. session initiation protocol

C. media gateway protocol

D. dynamic host configuration protocol

780. Non-conformance to software requirements is known as___________________?
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A. Software reliability

B. Software failure

C. Software availability

D. None of the mentioned