software evolution Mcqs
1. Prototypes and 4GL business systems are categorized under which process ?
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A. Methodical

B. Supported

C. Informal

D. Managed

2. The documentation of a process which records the tasks, the roles and the entities used is called__________________?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Process metric

C. Process modelling

D. Process analysis

3. Which technique is applied to ensure the continued evolution of legacy systems ?
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A. Reverse Engineering

B. Reengineering

C. Reverse Engineering and Reengineering

D. Forward engineering

4. The modification of the software to match changes in the ever changing environment, falls under which category of software maintenance ?
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A. Corrective

B. Preventive

C. Adaptive

D. Perfective

5. Which of the following requires design control measures, such as holding and recording design reviews and qualification tests ?
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A. ISO 9000-3

B. None of the mentioned

C. CMM

D. ISO 9001

6. Model preferred to create client/server applications is _______________________?
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A. WINWIN Spiral Model

B. Spiral Model

C. Concurrent Model

D. Incremental Model

7. The process of generating analysis and design documents is known as ___________________?
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A. Software re-engineering

B. Re-engineering

C. Software engineering

D. Reverse engineering
8. The Incremental Model is combination of elements of_____________________?
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A. Linear Model & Prototyping Model

B. Waterfall Model & RAD Model

C. Linear Model & RAD Model

D. Build & FIX Model & Waterfall Model

9. ISO 9001 is not concerned with _______________ of quality records?
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A. maintenance

B. verification

C. collection

D. dis-positioning

10. Software evolution does not comprises ?
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A. Maintenance activities

B. Negotiating with client

C. Development activities

D. Re-engineering activities

11. The process of transforming a model into source code is known as___________________?
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A. Reverse engineering

B. Re-engineering

C. Forward engineering

D. Reconstructing

12. The CMM emphasizes____________________?
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A. the need to accept quality system

B. none of the mentioned

C. the need to record information

D. continuous process improvement

13. How many phases are there in Taute Maintenance Model ?
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A. six

B. nine

C. seven

D. eight
14. Which of the following is not a maturity level in CMM ?
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A. Optimizing

B. Design

C. Repeatable

D. Managed
15. Process improvement is the set of activities, methods, and transformations that developers use to develop and maintain information systems ?
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A. False

B. TRUE

16. The CMMI assessment is based on a x-point scale. What is the value of x ?
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A. 2

B. 4

C. 6

D. 0

17. What is often undefined and is left to the ingenuity of the project managers and engineers ?
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A. Process

B. Exception

C. Activity

D. Role

18. What is a tangible output of an activity that is predicted in a project plan ?
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A. Activity

B. Deliverable

C. Condition

D. Process

19. Which property of a sociotechnical system varies depending on how the component assemblies are arranged and connected ?
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A. usability

B. reliability

C. security

D. volume
20. Which of the following is a field related to certification ?
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A. Product

B. Process

C. All of the mentioned

D. Person

21. Choose the suitable options with respect to regression testing ?
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A. It helps in development of software

B. none of the mentioned

C. It helps in development & maintenance of software

D. It helps in maintenance of software

22. Regression testing is a very expensive activity?
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A. True

B. FALSE

23. Human and organizational factors such as organizational structure and politics have a significant effect on the operation of sociotechnical systems ?
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A. True

B. FALSE

24. Understandability answers which of the following description ?
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A. Defined process is acceptable and usable by the engineers responsible for producing the software product

B. The extent to which the process is explicitly defined

C. Process errors are avoided or trapped before they result in product errors

D. Process continues in spite of unexpected problems

25. Which of the following is not a part of process change ?
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A. Introducing new roles or responsibilities

B. Introducing new team members to existing project

C. Introducing or removing deliverable

D. Introducing new practices, methods or processes

26. According to ISO 9001, the causes of nonconforming product should be____________________?
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A. deleted

B. identified

C. eliminated and identified

D. eliminated

27. What are the two ways to view the human error of a sociotechnical system ?
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A. hardware and software approach

B. person and systems approach

C. all of the mentioned

D. management and users approach

28. Spiral model was developed by ___________________?
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A. Bev Littlewood

B. Roger Pressman

C. Victor Bisili

D. Berry Boehm
29. There are _______________ overlapping stages in the lifetime of large and complex sociotechnical systems?
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A. three

B. four

C. two

D. five

30. The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a continuous model ?
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A. False

B. TRUE

31. Program modularization and Source code translation are the activities of ____________________?
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A. Reverse Engineering

B. Forward engineering

C. Reengineering

D. Reverse Engineering and Reengineering

32. CO policy in CMM means___________________?
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A. The planning practices in Commitment to Perform

B. The organizational structure (groups) practices in Ability to Perform

C. The policy practices in Commitment to Perform

D. The leadership practices in Commitment to Perform

33. What are the goals to gain Laboratory Accreditation ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Increase availability of testing market to encourage development of software testing industry

C. Increase availability of testing services through third-party laboratories

D. Reduce cost by increasing supply of testing services

34. Which of the following is not included in External failure costs ?
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A. testing

B. complaint resolution

C. help line support

D. warranty work

35. The two dimensions of spiral model are ______________________?
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A. radial, angular

B. diagonal, angular

C. radial, perpendicular

D. diagonal, perpendicular

36. Who identifies, documents, and verifies that corrections have been made to the software ?
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A. Project manager

B. Project team

C. All of the mentioned

D. SQA group
37. What does ACT stands for in In Boehm model for software maintenance ?
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A. Annual change track

B. Actual change traffic

C. Actual change track

D. Annual change traffic
38. ____________ states that, where appropriate, adequate statistical techniques are identified and used to verify the acceptability of process capability and product characteristics?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. CMM

C. ISO 9001

D. ISO 9000-4

39. Processes for evolving a software product depend on __________________?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. Development processes used

C. Skills and experience of the people involved

D. Type of software to be maintained

40. Which one of the following is not a maintenance model ?
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A. Iterative enhancement model

B. Quick fix model

C. Waterfall model

D. Reuse-oriented model

41. It is always best to start process analysis with a new test model ?
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A. TRUE

B. False
42. In a sociotechnical system, you need to consider reliability from perspectives namely ?
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A. only software reliability

B. hardware, software and operator reliability

C. hardware and software reliability

D. only hardware reliability

43. CSQA stands for __________________?
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A. Certified Software Quality Acclaimed

B. Certified Software Quality Analyst

C. None of the mentioned

D. Certified Software Quality Approved

44. CSTE stands for ____________________?
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A. Certified Software Tester

B. Certified Software Technology

C. None of the mentioned

D. Certified Software Trainee

45. Which of the following is not an appraisal cost in SQA ?
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A. quality planning

B. testing

C. inter-process inspection

D. maintenance

46. Which requirements are the foundation from which quality is measured ?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Programmers

C. Hardware

D. Software
47. How many levels, does the DO-178B certification targeted by RTCADO-178B has ?
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A. two

B. three

C. five

D. four

48. What type of software testing is generally used in Software Maintenance ?
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A. Regression Testing

B. System Testing

C. Integration Testing

D. Unit Testing

49. The cost of re-engineering is often significantly less than the costs of developing new software ?
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A. FALSE

B. True
50. In CMM, the life cycle activities of requirements analysis, design, code, and test are described in_________________________?
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A. Software Product Engineering

B. Software Subcontract Management

C. Software Quality Management

D. Software Quality Assurance