Software Engineering Questions With Answers 

 

1. RAD stands for

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a) Relative Application Development

b) Rapid Application Development

c) Rapid Application Document

d) None of the mentioned

Other:

2. The most important feature of spiral model is

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(A) requirement analysis.

(B) risk management.

(C) quality management.

(D) configuration management.

3. Compilers, Editors software come under which type of software?

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a. System software

b. Application software

c. Scientific software

d. None of the above.

4. SDLC stands for

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a) Software Development Life Cycle

b) System Development Life cycle

c) Software Design Life Cycle

d) System Design Life Cycle

5. If you were a lead developer of a software company and you are asked to submit a project/product within a stipulated time-frame with no cost barriers, which model would you select?

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a) Waterfall

b) Spiral

c) RAD

d) Incremental

6. Spiral Model has high reliability requirements.

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a) True

b) False

7. COCOMO stands for ______ .

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a. COnsumed COst MOdel

b. COnstructive COst MOdel

c. COmmon COntrol MOdel

d. COmposition COst MOdel

8. Which model can be selected if user is involved in all the phases of SDLC?

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a) Waterfall Model

b) Prototyping Model

c) RAD Model

d) both Prototyping Model & RAD Model

9. The user system requirements are the parts of which document ?

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a) SDD

b) SRS

c) DDD

d) SRD

10. Which of these software engineering activities are not a part of software processes ?

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Software dependence

Software development

Software validation

Software specification

11. What is the simplest model of software development paradigm?

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a. Spiral model

b. Big Bang model

c. V-model

d. Waterfall model

12. What are the types of requirements ?

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a) Availability

b) Reliability

c) Usability

d) All of the mentioned

13. RAD Model has

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a) 2 phases

b) 3 phase

c) 5 phases

d) 6 phases

14. Alpha and Beta Testing are forms of _______ .

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a. Acceptance testing

b. Integration testing

c. System Testing

d. Unit testing

15. A stakeholder is anyone who will purchase the completed software system under development.

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a) True

b) False

Other:

16. Which is one of the most important stakeholder from the following ?

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a) Entry level personnel

b) Middle level stakeholder

c) Managers

d) Users of the software

17. Software Debugging is a set of activities that can be planned in advance and conducted systematically.

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a) True

b) False

18.Software Requirement Specification (SRS) is also known as specification of _______.

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a. White box testing

b. Acceptance testing

c. Integrated testing

d. Black box testing

19. By collecting ________ during software testing, it is possible to develop meaningful guidelines to halt the testing process.

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a) Failure intensity

b) Testing time

c) Metrics

d) All of the mentioned

20. Test cases should uncover errors like

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a) Non existent loop termination

b) Comparison of different data types

c) Incorrect logical operators or precedence

d) All of the mentioned

21. How is Incremental Model different from Spiral Model?

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Progress can be measured for Incremental Model

Changing requirements can be accommodated in Incremental Model

Users can see the system early in Incremental Model

All of the mentioned

22. Which of the following is not regression test case?

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a) A representative sample of tests that will exercise all software functions

b) Additional tests that focus on software functions that are likely to be affected by the change

c) Tests that focus on the software components that have been changed

d) Low-level components are combined into clusters that perform a specific software sub-function

23. Which testing is an integration testing approach that is commonly used when “shrink-wrapped” software products are being developed?

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a) Regression Testing

b) Integration testing

c) Smoke testing

d) Validation testin

24. In which testing level the focus is on customer usage?

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a) Alpha Testing

b) Beta Testing

c) Validation Testing

d) Both Alpha and Beta

25. Which of the following is not project management goal?

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a) Keeping overall costs within budget

b) Delivering the software to the customer at the agreed time

c) Maintaining a happy and well-functioning development team

d) Avoiding customer complaints

26. Which of the following is not considered as a risk in project management?

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a) Specification delays

b) Product competition

c) Testing

d) Staff turnover

27. The process each manager follows during the life of a project is known as

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a) Project Management

b) Manager life cycle

c) Project Management Life Cycle

d) All of the mentioned

28. A 66.6% risk is considered as

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a) very low

b) low

c) moderate

d) high

29. Which of the following is/are main parameters that you should use when computing the costs of a software development project?

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a) travel and training costs

b) hardware and software costs

c) effort costs (the costs of paying software engineers and managers)

d) all of the mentioned

30. Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for

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a) team

b) project

c) customers

d) project manager

31. Which of the following is incorrect activity for the configuration management of a software system?

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a) Internship management

b) Change management

c) Version management

d) System management

32. Identify the sub-process of process improvement

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a) Process introduction

b) Process analysis

c) De-processification

d) Process distribution

33. An independent relationship must exist between the attribute that can be measured and the external quality attribute.

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a) True

b) False

34. Quality also can be looked at in terms of user satisfaction which includes

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a) A compliant product

b) Good quality output

c) Delivery within budget and schedule

d) All of the mentioned

35. Inspections and testing are what kinds of Quality Costs?

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a) Prevention

b) Internal Failure

c) External Failure

d) Appraisal

36. What is Six Sigma?

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a) It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance

b) The “Six Sigma” refers to six standard deviations

c) It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance AND The “Six Sigma” refers to six standard deviations

d) A Formal Technical Review(FTR) guideline for quality walkthrough or inspection

37. Non-conformance to software requirements is known as

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a) Software availability

b) Software reliability

c) Software failure

d) None of the mentioned

38. Software safety is equivalent to software reliability.

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a) True

b) False

39. What kind of quality cost is incurred when an error is detected in a product prior to shipment?

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a) Prevention

b) Internal Failure

c) External Failure

d) Appraisal

40. Quality of design encompasses requirements and specifications of the system.

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a) True

b) False