software engineering MCQs – Page 72

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

1421. Which command is used to set the three permissions for all the three categories of users of a file ?
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A. chown

B. chusr

C. chmod

D. chgrp

1422. A removable magnetic disc that holds information ___________________?
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A. Hard drive

B. Floppy disk

C. Portable

D. Monitor

1423. What does OSS stand for ?
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A. Open Source Software

B. Original Source Software

C. Original System Server

D. Open System Software

1424. Indicate which of the following is not true about 4GL ?
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A. 4GL does not support a high-level of screen interaction

B. All of the above

C. Many database management system packages support 4GLs

D. A 4GL is a software tool which is written, possibly, in some third generation language

1425. The first generation computer used __________________ for circuitry ?
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A. Transistor

B. Vaccum Tubes

C. Magnetic Core

D. IC

1426. Which of the following commands can be used to get information about yourself ?
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A. pwd

B. who am i

C. which

D. i /4

1427. A file that includes an index directory to facilitate random access is__________________?
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A. Random file

B. Serial file

C. Indexed file

D. Sequential file

1428. The function(s) of the Syntax phase is/ are__________________?
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A. to recognize the major constructs of the language and to call the appropriate action routines that will generate the intermediate form or matrix for these constructs

B. to parse the source program into the basic elements or tokens of the language

C. to build a uniform symbol table

D. to build a literal table and an identifier table

1429. Which of the following command can be used to rename a file in UNIX ?
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A. change

B. mv

C. remove

D. ren

1430. Computers use the_____________ language to process data ?
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A. binary

B. representational

C. processing