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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SOLVED MCQS
SET-1
1) What is Software ?
a.
Set of computer programs, procedures and possibly associated document concerned with
the operation of data processing.
b.
A set of compiler instructions
c.
A mathematical formula
d.
None of above
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Answer = A
Explanation: Computer software or just software, is a collection of computer programs and
related data that provides the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it.
2) Which of the following is not the characteristic of software ?
a.
Software does not wear out
b.
Software is flexible
c.
Software is not manufactured
d.
Software is always correct
Answer = D
Explanation:A Software is not correct until it meets all the user requirements.
3) Which of the following is not a product matrix ?
a.
Size
b.
Reliability
c.
Productivity
d.
Functionality
Answer = C
Explanation: Software metric are used to quantitatively characterize the different aspects
of software process or software product. Product metrics are the measures for the software
product.
4)Which of the following is not a process metric ?
a.
Productivity
b.
Functionality
c.
Quality
d.
Efficiency
Answer = B
Explanation: Software metric are used to quantitatively characterize the different aspects
of software process or software product.Process metrics qualify the attributes of software
development and environment.
5) Efforts is measured in terms of ?
Person - Months
b.
Persons
c.
Rupees
d.
Months
Answer = A
Explanation:Most appropriate unit of Effort is Person-Months , meaning thereby number
of persons involved for specified months
a.
6) Infrastructure software are covered under ?

a.
Generic Products
b.
Customised Products
c.
Generic and Customised Products
d.
None of the above
Answer = A
Explanation:Generic products are developed for anonymous customers. The target is
generally the entire world and many copies are expected to be sold. Infrastructure software
like operating systems, compilers, word processors etc are covered under this category.
7) Management of software development is dependent upon ?
a.
People
b.
Product
c.
Process
d.
All of above
Answer = D
Explanation:The management of software development is dependent upon four factors :
People, Product, Process and Project.
8) During software development which factor is most crucial ?
a.
People
b.
Process
c.
Product
d.
Project
Answer = A
Explanation:Software development requires good managers. The manager who can
understand the requirements of people. Hence , people are the crucial and criticle during
software development.
9) Milestones are used to ?
a.
Know the cost of the project
b.
Know the status of the project
c.
Know the user expectations
None of the above

Answer =A
Explanation:Milestones are used to measure the process or status of the project
10) The term module in the design phase refers to ?
a.
Functions
b.
Procedures
c.
Sub programs
d.
All of the above
Answer =D
Explanation: All the terms have the same meaning.
d.
SET-2
1) Spiral Model was developed by?
a.
Bev Littlewood
b.
Berry Bohem
c.
Roger Pressman
d.
Victor Bisili
Answer = B
Explanation: Spiral model was developed by Berry Bohem in 1986 in his article "A Spiral
Model of Software Development and Enhancement"
2) Which model is popular for students small projects ?
a.
Waterfall Model
b.
Spiral Model
c.
Quick and Fix model
d.
Prototyping Model
Answer = A
Explanation: No Explanation
3) Which is not a software life cycle model?
a.
Spiral Model
b.
Waterfall Model
c.
Prototyping Model
d.
Capability maturity Model
Answer = D
Explanation:Capability maturity model is not a software life cycle model
4) Project risk factor is considered in ?
Spiral Model
b.
Waterfall Model
c.
Prototyping Model
d.
Iterative enhancement Model
Answer = A
Explanation:Aim of Risk analysis phase in the spiral model is to eliminate the high risk
problems before they threaten the project operation or cost.
a.
5) SDLC stands for ?

a.
Software design life cycle
b.
Software development life cycle
c.
System design life cycle
d.
System development life cycle
Answer = B
Explanation:Full form of SDLC is software development life cycle.
6) Build and Fix model has?
a.
3 Phases
b.
1 Phases
c.
2 Phases
d.
4 Phases
Answer = C
Explanation:Build and fix model has 2 phases one is " build " and other is " fix " .
7) SRS stands for ?
a.
Software requirement specification
b.
Software requirement solution
c.
System requirement specification
d.
None of Above
Answer = A
Explanation: SRS acts as a contract between the developer and the user.
8) Waterfall model is not suitable for ?
a.
Small Projects
b.
Complex Projects
c.
Accommodating change
d.
None of Above
Answer = C
Explanation:Waterfall model does not accommodate any change that's why this model is
used in those situations where requirements are well understood.
9) RAD stands for ?
a.
Rapid Application Development
b.
Relative Application Development
c.
Ready Application Development
d.
Repeated Application Development
Answer =A
Explanation:No Explanation for this question.
10) RAD Model was purposed by ?
a.
IBM
b.
Motorola
c.
Microsoft
d.
Lucent Technologies
Answer =A
Explanation:RAD Model was purposed by IBM in 1980s through the book of James
Martin entitles "Rapid Application Development"
SET-3
1) Software engineering aims at developing ?
a.
Reliable Software
b.
Cost Effective Software
c.
Reliable and cost effective Software
d.
None Of Above
Answer = C
Explanation:Software engineering is the process that aims at developing the software's that
are Reliable and cost effective as well.
2) A good specification should be ?
a.
Unambiguous
b.
Distinctly Specific
c.
Functional
d.
All of Above
Answer = D
Explanation:A good specification should have all the qualities such as unambiguos,
distinctly specific and functional.
3) Which of the following is a tool in design phase ?

a.
Abstraction
b.
Refinement
c.
Information Hiding
d.
All of Above
Answer = D
4) Information hiding is to hide from user, details ?
a.
that are relevant to him
b.
that are not relevant to him
c.
that may be maliciously handled by him
d.
that are confidential
Answer = C
Explanation:Information hiding is just the process of making inaccessible certain details
that have no effect on the other parts of the program.
5) Which of the following comments about object oriented design of software, is not true ?
a.
Objects inherit the properties of class
b.
Classes are defined based on the attributes of objects
c.
an object can belong to two classes
d.
classes are always different
Answer = C
Explanation:An object can not belong to two classes.
6) Design phase includes?
a.
data, architectural and procedural design only
b.
architectural, procedural and interface design only
c.
data, architectural and interface design only
d.
data, architectural, interface and procedural design
Answer = D
Explanation:Design phase included the design of whole software including data,
architectural, interface and procedural design.
7) To completely write the program in FORTRAN and rewrite the 1% code in assembly
language, if the project needs 13 days, the team consists of ?
a.
13 programmers
b.
10 programmers
c.
8 programmers
d.
100/13 programmers
Answer = C
Explanation: Writing the whole program in FORTRAN takes 100 man-day, remaining 1%
code requires 4 man-day. If it is completed in 13 days then 104/13 = 8 programmers it
required.
8) If 99% of the program is written in FORTRAN and the remaining 1% in assembly
language, the percentage increase in the programming time compared to writing the entire
program in FORTRAN and rewriting the 1% in assembly language is ?
a.
10
b.
5
c.
13
d.
8
Answer = B
Explanation:The first case takes 99+10=109 man-day. The second case require 100+4=104
man-day. Percentage = (109-104)*100/100 = 5
9) If the entire program is written in FORTRAN, the percentage increase in the execution
time, compared to writing the entire program in FORTRAN and rewriting the 1% in
assembly language is ?
a.
0.9
b.
0.8
c.
8
d.
9
Answer = B
Explanation:Let the first case takes 100 units of time to execute. Second case will take 99
+(1/5) units of time. As the 1% coding in assembly language will take 1/5 units of time.
Hence the required percentage = 0.8*100/100 = 0.8.
10) If 99% of the program is written in FORTRAN and the remaining 1% in assembly
language the percentage increase in the execution time, compared to writing the 1% in
assembly language is ?
a.
0.9
b.
0.1
c.
1
d.
0
Answer = D
Explanation:In both cases the final program will have the same 99% of code in FORTRAN
and the remaining 1% in assembly language. Hence the execution time will remain same.
SET-4
1) White box testing, a software testing technique is sometimes called ?
Basic path
b.
Graph Testing
c.
Dataflow
d.
Glass box testing
Answer = D
Explanation: White box testing also named as clear box testing, transparent testing, glass
box testing and structural testing. It is a method in which the internal structure of
application is tested.
a.
2) Black box testing sometimes called ?

a.
Data Flow testing
b.
Loop Testing
c.
Behavioral Testing
d.
Graph Based Testing
Answer = C
Explanation: Black box testing is a method that tests for the functionality of an application.
3) Which of the following is a type of testing ?
a.
Recovery Testing
b.
Security Testing
c.
Stress Testing
d.
All of above
Answer = D
Explanation: Recovery testing is a method for testing how well a software can recover from
crashes. Security testing ensures that the software protects the data and performs its all
functions. Stress testing determines the robustness of software.
4) The objective of testing is ?
a.
Debugging
b.
To uncover errors
c.
To gain modularity
d.
To analyze system
Answer = B
Explanation: The main objecting of testing is to make the software error free.
5) ...... is a black box testing method ?
a.
Boundary value analysis
b.
Basic path testing
c.
Code path analysis
d.
None of above

Answer = A
Explanation:In boundary value analysis, we choose an input from test cases from an
equivalence class such that the input lies on the edge of equivalence class.
6) Structured programming codes includes ?
a.
sequencing
b.
alteration
c.
iteration
d.
multiple exit from loops
e.
only A, B and C
Answer = E
Explanation:These three constructs are sufficient to program any algorithm. Moreover, as
far as possible single entry single exit control constructs are used.
7) An important aspect of coding is ?
a.
Readability
b.
Productivity
c.
To use as small memory space as possible
d.
brevity
Answer = A
Explanation:Readability and understandability as a clear objective of coding activity can
itself help in producing software that is more maintainable.
8) Data structure suitable for the application is discussed in ?
a.
data design
b.
architectural design
c.
procedural design
d.
interface design
Answer = A
Explanation: Data design is the first and most important design activity, where the main
issue is to select the appropriate data structure.
9) In object oriented design of software , objects have ?
a.
attributes and names only
b.
operations and names only
c.
attributes, name and operations
d.
None of above
Answer = C
Explanation: The objects contains attributes, names and operations as well.
10) Function oriented metrics were first proposed by ?

a.
John
b.
Gaffney
c.
Albrecht
d.
Basili
Answer = C
Explanation:Albrecht suggests a measure called Function point, which are derives using a
empirical relationship based on the countable measures of software information domain.
SET-5
1) Given a source code with 10 operators includes 6 unique operators, and 6 operand
including 2 unique operands. The program volume is ?
a.
48
b.
120
c.
720
d.
insufficient data
Answer = A
2) In the system conceps, term organization ?
a.
implies structure and order
b.
refers to the manner in which each component fuctions with other components of the
system
c.
refers to the holism of system
d.
means that part of the computer system depend on one another
Answer = A
3) In the system concepts, the term integration ?
a.
b.
refers to the manner in which each component functions with other components of the
system
c.
means that parts of computer system depends on one another
d.
refers to the holism of systems
Answer = D
4) Project indicator enables a software project manager to ?
a.
assess the status of an ongoing project
b.
track potential risks
uncover problem araes before they " go critical "

d.
All of above
Answer = D
5) Once object oriented programming has been accomplished, unit testing is applied for
each class. Class tests includes ?
a.
Fault based testing
b.
Random testing
c.
Partition teting
d.
All of above
Answer = D
6) ............ Developed a set of software quality factors that has been given the acronym
FURPS - Functinality, Usability, Reliability, performance, Supportability ?
a.
Hewlett - Packard
b.
Rambaugh
c.
Booch
d.
Jacobson
Answer = A
7) In system design, we do following ?
a.
Hardware design after software
b.
Software design after hardware
c.
Parallel hardware and software design
d.
No hardware design needed
Answer = C
8) The document listing all procedures and regulations that generally govern an
organization is the ?
a.
Personal poling bank
b.
Organizing manual
c.
Administration policy manual
d.
Procedure log
Answer = B Explanation: No Explanation
9) A turnkey package includes ?
a.
Software
b.
Hardware
c.
Traning
d.
All of above
Answer = D
10) Detailed design is expressed by ?
a.
CSPEC
b.
PSPEC
c.
MINI SPEC
d.
Code SPEC
Answer = C
c.
SET-6
1) In functional decomposition, the data flow diagram ?
a.
is ignored
b.
is partitioned according to the closeness of the datagram and storage items
c.
is partitioned according to the logical closeness of the actigram
d.
Both A and C
e.
None of above
Answer = C
Explanation: N/A
2) Which of the following is done in order a data in phase 1 of the system development life
cycle ?
a.
Reviewing policies and procedures
b.
Using questionnaires to contact surveys
c.
Conducting Interviews
d.
All of above
e.
None of above
Answer = D
Explanation: N/A
3) A graphic representation of an information system is called ?
a.
Flow chart
b.
Pictogram
c.
Data flow diagram
Histogram
e.
None of above
Answer = C
Explanation:N/A
d.
4) To avoid errors in transcription and transposition, during data entry the system analyst
should ?
a.
Provide for a check digit
b.
Provide for a hash totals
c.
Provide batch totals
d.
All of above
Answer = D
Explanation: N/A
5) In the system concepts, the term integration ?
a.
b.
refers to the manner in which each component functions with other component of the
system
c.
means that part of the computer system depend on one another
d.
refers to the holism of system
e.
None of above
Answer = D
Explanation: system integration is the bringing together of the component subsystems into
one system and ensuring that the subsystems function together as a system. In information
technology, systems integration is the process of linking together different computing
systems and software applications physically or functionally, to act as a coordinated whole
6) RAD is a linear sequential software development process model. RAD is an acronym
for ?
a.
Rapid Application Development
b.
Rapid Action Development
c.
Rough Application Development
d.
Rough Action Development
Answer = A
Explanation: Rapid application development (RAD) is a software development
methodology that uses minimal planning in favor of rapid prototyping. The "planning" of
software developed using RAD is interleaved with writing the software itself
7) In risk analysis of spiral model, which of the following risk includes ?
Technical
b.
Management
c.
Both A and B
d.
None of these
Answer = C
Explanation: N/A
a.
8) The model remains operative until the software is retired ?

a.
Waterfall
b.
Incremental
c.
Spiral
d.
None of these
Answer = C
Explanation: The spiral model is based on continuous refinement of key products for
requirements definition and analysis, system and software design, and implementation (the
code). At each iteration around the cycle, the products are extensions of an earlier product.
This model uses many of the same phases as the waterfall model, in essentially the same
order, separated by planning, risk assessment, and the building of prototypes and
simulations
9) A quantitative measure of the degree to which a system, component, or process posses a
given attribute ?
a.
Measure
b.
Measurement
c.
Metric
d.
None of these
Answer = C
Explanation: N/A
10) RAD is not appropriate when ?
a.
Fast finding already done
b.
Technical risks are high
c.
Testing is not needed
d.
None of above
Answer = B
Explanation: RAD model may not be useful for large, unique or highly complex projects.
This method cannot be a success if the team is not sufficiently motivated and nor is unable
to work cohesively together.

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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SOLVED MCQS

6) Infrastructure software are covered under ?

None of the above

5) SDLC stands for ?

3) Which of the following is a tool in design phase ?

2) Black box testing sometimes called ?

Collection From: www.cs-mcqs.blogspot.com

10) Function oriented metrics were first proposed by ?

uncover problem araes before they " go critical "

8) The model remains operative until the software is retired ?

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