software engineering MCQs – Page 98

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

1941. Mass production of computers started in ___________ , when UNIVAC 1 was delivered?
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A. 1952

B. 1954

C. 1953

D. 1951

1942. Project Management ensures that______________?
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A. projects risk is assessed

B. projects feasibility is assessed

C. system is developed at minimum cost

D. both A and B

1943. Which of the following is(are) the task(s) of the Systems Conversion phase ?
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A. convert to new system

B. prepare conversion plan

C. build and test networks

D. train users

1944. A property or quality the system must have is called a_______________?
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A. scope

B. nonfunctional requirement

C. preliminary requirement

D. functional requirement

1945. Which of the following is(are) an input process method(s) ?
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A. smart card

B. biometric

C. optical mark

D. all of the above

1946. A turnaround output is an example of_______________?
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A. summary output

B. external output

C. internal output

D. exception output

1947. Management information system usually ?
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A. Perform and record the daily routine transactions necessary to the conduct of business

B. Help managers make decisions that unique, rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance

C. serve managers interested in weekly, monthly and yearly results not day to day activities.

D. Provide managers with a generalized computing and telecommunications capacity that can be applied to a changing array of problems.

1948. A ___________ process in any area of the business organization performs basic steps such as, receive input, measure, analyze, document, perform, process, record / store, access, produce and communicate?
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A. Value

B. Re-engineering

C. Business

D. Decision making

1949. The term used to describe those people whose jobs involve sponsoring and funding the project to develop, operate, and maintain the information system is_______________?
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A. internal system user

B. systems designer

C. information worker

D. systems owner

1950. Which level of an organization is responsible for setting medium term goals and allocating resources ?
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A. The tactical level

B. The strategic level

C. The supervisory level

D. The executive level

1951. A web blueprint depicts ?
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A. the layout of a website

B. the layout of an index page

C. the layout of the home page

D. the layout of an individual web page

1952. Deciding how to carry out specific tasks by strategic and middle management and establishing criteria for completion and resource allocation best describes ?
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A. management control

B. operational control

C. knowledge level decision making

D. strategic decision making

1953. _____________ type of testing ensures the system is free of errors and is ready to be placed into operation?
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A. Data

B. General

C. Technical

D. Audit

1954. The business re-engineering requires a major change in the ____________________?
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A. Material

B. Mindset

C. Infrastructure

D. Machine

1955. Michael hammer defines re-engineer as ___________ and radical redesign of business process to achieve the performance such as cost, quality, service and speed?
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A. None of the above

B. Organization restructuring

C. Business process

D. The fundamental rethinking

1956. Information management model involves four steps ________ , _________ , _________ & ________ ?
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A. Diagnosis evaluation, design, implementation

B. None of these

C. Diagnosis, design, software, hardware

D. Hardware, software, DBMS, Data communication

1957. Which of the following is an advantage of discovery prototyping ?
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A. All of the above

B. aids in building system test plans and scenarios

C. serves as a training mechanism for users

D. allows users and developers to experiment with the software and develop an understanding of how the system might work

1958. Human and computers are ____________ in their ability to filter and save information?
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A. Different

B. Similar

C. Complementary

D. None of these

1959. Information systems that support the business functions that reach out to suppliers are known as_____________?
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A. decision support systems

B. expert information systems

C. back office information systems

D. front office information systems

1960. A listing of the names and addresses of all the employees for an organization would be an example of a(n)_________________________?
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