Software Engineering Part 1

1. What is meant by a dedicated computer?

A. Which is used by one person only
B. Which is assigned one and only one task
C. Which uses one kind of software
D. Which is meant for application software

2. Choose the correct option in terms of Issues related to professional responsibility

A. Confidentiality
B. Intellectual property rights
C. Managing Client Relationships
D. Both a & b

3. The name for the way that computers manipulate data into information is called:
A. processing
B. programming
C. storing
D. organizing

4. Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”Here the term misuse refers to:
A. Unauthorized modification of computer material
B. Unauthorized access to computer material
C. Dissemination of viruses or other malware
D. All of the mentioned

5. Assertion and condition which are true at the point of execution

A. sometimes
B. many times
C. always
D. no times

6. Efficiency in a software product does not include ________

A. licensing
B. responsiveness
C. processing time
D. memory utilization

7. Select the incorrect statement: “Software engineers should

A. not use your technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”
B. not knowingly accept work that is outside your competence.”
C. be dependent on their colleagues.”
D. maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.”

8. Explain what is meant by PRODUCT with reference to one of the eight principles as per the ACM/IEEE Code of Ethics ?
A. Software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards
possible.
B. The product should be easy to use.
C. It means that the product designed /created should be easily available.
D. Software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications satisfy the client.

9. Identify the correct statement: “Software engineers shall

A. ensure that their products only meet the SRS.”
B. act consistently with the public interest.”
C. act in a manner that is in the best interests of his expertise and favour.”
D. none

10. A good specification should be?

A. distinctly specific
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B. unambiguous
C. all of these
D. functional

11. Which of the following is a tool in design phase?

A. abstraction
B. refinement
C. information hiding
D. all of above three

12. Information hiding is to hide from user details

A. that are not relevant to him
B. that re relevant to him
C. that may be maliciously handled by him
D. that are confidential

13. In object oriented design of software which of the following is not true?
A. objects inherit the properties of the class
B. classes are defined based on the attributes of the object
C. objects can belong to two classes
D. classes are always different

14. Design phase includes?

A. data,architectural and procedural designs only
B. architectural,procedural and interface design only
C. data,architectural and interface design only
D. data,architectural interface and procedural design

15. Data structure suitable for an application discussed in?

A. interface design
B. data design
C. procedural design
D. architectural design

16. Design phase will usually be?

A. bottom-up
B. random
C. top-down
D. center fingring

17. Which of the following is one of the phase of software life cycle?
A. Design
B. Project Management
C. Maintenance
D. Quality management

18. The Linear sequential model of software development is_____

A. An Old Fashioned model that cannot be used in a modern context
B. A good approach when a working program is required quickly
C. A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly.
D. A reasonable approach when requirement are well defined.

19. The Linear sequential model is also known as ________.

A. classical life cycle model
B. Fountain model
C. Spiral model
D. Concurrent model
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20. The rapid application development model is______________
A. A Combination of prototyping and waterfall model
B. Includes project risks evaluation during each iteration
C. A high speed adaptation of the linear sequential model
D. Used to suggests a systematic sequential approach to software development

21. Which of the following is not the strategy for achieving reliability in software system?
A. Fault avoidance
B. Fault tolerance
C. Fault detection
D. Fault repair

22. In _________ approach to reuse, reusable knowledge is captured in a program generator system, which can be programmed in a
domain-oriented language.
A. Function reuse
B. Application system reuse
C. Sub- system reuse
D. Generator based reuse

23. which is used to measure POFOD?

A. The time between system failure
B. The frequency of occurrence with which unexpected behaviour is likely to occur
C. The elapsed repair or restart time when a system failure occurs. Given that the system must be continuously available.
D. The number of system failures given a number of systems inputs.

24. Which of the following the notation is not used to represent an object class in an object model?
A. Class Name
B. Entity
C. Attributes
D. Service

25. Which of the following model include inheritance model, object aggregation, and service usage model?
A. Entity- relation model
B. Data flow model
C. Structural model
D. Object model

26. ____________ serves as the foundation for software engineering.

A. Software Analysis
B. Software Design
C. Software quality
D. Software testing

27. Which of the following notation in data flow diagram is used to represent user interaction with system?
A. Arrow Head
B. Rectangle
C. Rounded Rectangle
D. Circle

28. Which of the following are the steps in identifying the transforming process of data- flow diagram to structure chart?
A. Identify system- processing transformation
B. Identify input transformation
C. Identify output transformation
D. All the above

29. ___________ is used to derive a class from existing class.

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A. Polymorphism
B. Encapsulation
C. Inheritance
D. Information hiding

30. Which of the following is a technical factor which affect software maintenance cost?
A. Application Domain
B. Staff stability
C. Programming language
D. External environment

31. The testing technique that requires devising test cases to demonstrate a program function is operational is called_____
A. Grey- box testing
B. White box testing
C. Black box testing
D. Red Box Testing

32. What types of errors are missed by black-box testing and can be found by white-box testing?
A. Behavioural error
B. Logic errors
C. Performance error
D. Interface error

33. Which of the following is not the part of system requirements?

A. Availability
B. Data Integrity
C. Security
D. Reliability

34. The major advantage of bottom-up integration testing is__________.

A. major decision points are tested early
B. no drivers need to be written
C. no stubs need to be written
D. regression testing is not required

35. _____ model is based on incremental development under statistical quality control and formal correctness principles.
A. Waterfall
B. Spiral
C. Iterative
D. Cleanroom

36. The economic success of an application is measured in terms of metrics such as _____.
A. Profit maximization
B. Cost reduction
C. Customer satisfaction
D. All of the above

37. The most famous risk reduction strategy is _____.

A. Waterfall model
B. Incremental model
C. Spiral model
D. Iterative model

38. Tools used in the early phases of the life cycle are called _____ CASE tools.
A. Lower
B. Back-end
C. Intermediate
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D. Upper

39. The tools used during implementation and maintenance are called _____ CASE tools
A. Upper
B. Front-end
C. Intermediate
D. Lower

40. UAN stands for _____.

A. User Action Notation
B. User Action Norms
C. User Analogy Notation
D. User Analogy Norms

41. ISO stands for _____.

A. Indian Statistical Organization
B. Inter State Organization
C. International Standards Organization
D. Indian Standards Organization

42. Feller and Fitzgerald observe that between _____ percent of software costs are traditionally associated with the post-
development, maintenance phase of the software life cycle.
A. 70 to 80
B. 30 to 40
C. 50 to 60
D. 10 to 20

43. Open source development model best suits for _____.

A. Large system applications
B. Small system applications
C. Medium system applications
D. Very small system applications

44. _____ asserted that, for a process model to be effective, it must exhibit “multidimensional’ characteristics.
A. Madhavji
B. Sutton
C. Khalifa
D. Humphrey

45. _____ focused on the Waterfall and prototype models in their empirical study, emphasizing the factors driving the usage of
specific process models.
A. Boehm and Belz
B. Khalifa and Verner
C. Madhavji et al.
D. Blackburn et al.

46. Integrating business processes with the Internet leads to far greater _____ between customers and suppliers.
A. Understanding
B. Restrictions
C. Transparency
D. Controversy

47. _____ is the most widely used single measure of information technology success
A. User satisfaction
B. Job satisfaction
C. Business success
D. Profit making
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48. Process technology enabled the support of the rapid application development needed for iterative approaches with their
greater emphasis on risk _____ and user _____.
A. Minimization, Satisfaction
B. Minimization, Dissatisfaction
C. Maximization, Satisfaction
D. Maximization, Dissatisfaction

49. The SOFL model of Liu and colleagues (1997) presents an integrated approach that adopts _____ methodologies in the
requirements phases and _____ methodologies in the design and implementation phases
A. Procedure-oriented, Structured
B. Structured, Procedure-oriented
C. Structured, Object-oriented
D. Object-oriented, Structured

50. _____ interoperate with systems at a mobile or remote level in order to access inventory, check prices, and close deals.
A. System Operator
B. Salesman
C. Database Manager
D. Accountant

Answer Sheet

1. B

2. D

3. A

4. D

5. C

6. A

7. C

8. D

9. B

10. C

11. D

12. C

13. C

14. D

15. B

16. C

17. A

18. D

19. A

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20. C

21. D

22. D

23. D

24. B

25. D

26. B

27. D

28. D

29. C

30. C

31. C

32. B

33. D

34. C

35. D

36. D

37. C

38. D

39. D

40. A

41. C

42. A

43. A

44. B

45. B

46. C

47. A

48. A

49. C

50. B

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