Practice Test: Question Set - 01
1. The software life cycle can be said to consist of a series of phases. The classical model is referred to as the waterfall model. Which phase defined as “The concept is explored and refined, and the client’s requirements are elicited?”
- (A) Requirements
- (B) Specification
- (C) Design
- (D) Implementation
2. In the maintenance phase the product must be tested against previous test cases. This is known as _________ testing.
- (A) Unit
- (B) Integration
- (C) Regression
- (D) Module
3. The relationship between a derived class (or subclass) and base class is referred to as
- (A) Association
- (B) Inheritance
- (C) Polymorphism
- (D) Instantiation
4. In the classical chief programmer team approach, the team member responsible for maintaining the detailed design and coding is
- (A) The chief
programmer
- (B) The
programming secretary
- (C) A
specialized function that exists outside ‘the team’
- (D) The
individual coder (i.e. programmer)
5. The advantage of following the IEEE Standard for drawing up a Software Project Management Plan (SPMP) – see IEEE Standard 1059.1
- (A) It is drawn
up by representatives from major software development organizations
- (B) It is
designed for all types of software products
- (C) It is a
framework that can be used irrespective of process model or specific techniques
- (D) All of the
above
6. What is the essence of software engineering?
- (A) Requirements
Definition, Design Representation, Knowledge Capture and Quality Factors
- (B) Maintaining
Configurations, Organizing Teams, Channeling Creativity and Planning Resource
Use
- (C) Time/Space
Tradeoffs, Optimizing Process, Minimizing Communication and Problem
Decomposition
- (D) Managing
Complexity, Managing Personnel Resources, Managing Time and Money and Producing
Useful Products
7. What are the major activities of the spiral model of software engineering?
- (A) Planning,
Risk Analysis, Engineering, Customer Evaluation
- (B) Defining,
Prototyping, Testing, Delivery
- (C) Requirements
- (D) Quick
Design, Build Prototype, Evaluate Prototype, Refine Prototype
8. Which of the following projects would be a good one for adopting the prototyping paradigm for software development?
- (A) Accounting
System
- (B) Spreadsheet
- (C) Automobile
Cruise Control
- (D) Algebra
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9. A process view in software engineering would consider which of the following
- (A) Product
performance
- (B) Staffing
- (C) Functionality
- (D) Reliability
10. Which of the following is not a description of planning?
- (A) Planning is
used to find credible ways to produce results with limited resources and
limited schedule flexibility
- (B) Planning is
finding new personnel resources to support labor intensive development
- (C) Planning is
identifying and accommodating the unforeseen
- (D) Planning is
negotiating compromises in completion dates and resource allocation
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