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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Multiple Choice Questions :-
1) What are the characteristics of software?
a. Software is developed or engineered; it is not manufactured in the classical sense.

b. Software doesn’t “ wear out ”.
c. Software can be custom built or custom build.
d. All mentioned above
ANSWER: All mentioned above
2) Compilers, Editors software come under which type of software?
a. System software
b. Application software
c. Scientific software
d. None of the above.
ANSWER: System software
3) Software Engineering is defined as systematic, disciplined and

quantifiable approach for the development, operation and maintenance
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4) RAD Software process model stands for _____ .
a. Rapid Application Development.

b. Relative Application Development.
c. Rapid Application Design.
d. Recent Application Development.
ANSWER: Rapid Application Development.
5) Software project management comprises of a number of activities,

which contains _________.
a. Project planning
b. Scope management
c. Project estimation
6) COCOMO stands for ______ .
a. COnsumed COst MOdel

b. COnstructive COst MOdel
c. COmmon COntrol MOdel
d. COmposition COst MOdel
ANSWER: COnstructive COst MOdel
7) Which of the following is not defined in a good Software Requirement

Specification (SRS) document?
a. Functional Requirement.
b. Nonfunctional Requirement.
c. Goals of implementation.
d. Algorithm for software implementation.
ANSWER: Algorithm for software implementation.
8) What is the simplest model of software development paradigm?
a. Spiral model
b. Big Bang model
c. V-model
d. Waterfall model
ANSWER: Waterfall model
9) Which of the following is the understanding of software product

limitations, learning system related problems or changes to be done in
existing systems beforehand, identifying and addressing the impact of
project on organization and personnel etc?
a. Software Design
b. Feasibility Study
c. Requirement Gathering
d. System Analysis
ANSWER: System Analysis
10) Which design identifies the software as a system with many

components interacting with each other?
a. Architectural design
b. High-level design
c. Detailed design
d. Both B & C
ANSWER: Architectural design
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11) Software consists of ______ .
a. Set of instructions + operating procedures

b. Programs + documentation + operating procedures
c. Programs + hardware manuals
d. Set of programs
ANSWER: Programs + documentation + operating procedures
12) Which is the most important feature of spiral model?
a. Quality management
b. Risk management
c. Performance management
d. Efficiency management
ANSWER: Risk management
13) If every requirement stated in the Software Requirement

Specification (SRS) has only one interpretation, SRS is said to be correct
_____ .
a. Unambiguous
b. Consistent
c. Verifiable
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Unambiguous
14) Which is not a step of Requirement Engineering?
a. Requirements elicitation
b. Requirements analysis
c. Requirements design
d. Requirements documentation
ANSWER: Requirements design
15) FAST stands for ________ .
a. Functional Application Specification Technique

b. Fast Application Specification Technique
c. Facilitated Application Specification Technique
ANSWER: Facilitated Application Specification Technique
16) The level at which the software uses scarce resources is ______ .
a. Reliability
b. Efficiency
c. Portability
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Efficiency
17) Modifying the software to match changes in the ever changing

environment is called __________ .
a. Adaptive maintenance
b. Corrective maintenance
c. Perfective maintenance
d. Preventive maintenance
ANSWER: Adaptive maintenance
18) If every requirement can be checked by a cost-effective process, then

the SRS is _________ .
a. Verifiable
b. Traceable
c. Modifiable
d. Complete
ANSWER: Verifiable
19) Aggregation represents ______ .
a. is_a relationship
b. part_of relationship
c. composed_of relationship
d. none of above
ANSWER: composed_of relationship
20) If P is risk probability, L is loss, then Risk Exposure (RE) is computed

as_____ .
a. RE = P/L
b. RE = P + L
c. RE = P*L
d. RE = 2* P *L
ANSWER: RE = P*L
21) Number of clauses used in ISO 9001 to specify quality system

requirements are _____ .
a. 15
b. 20
c. 25
d. 28
ANSWER: 20
22) ER model shows the _______ .
a. Static view
b. Functional view
c. Dynamic view
d. All the above
ANSWER: Static view
23) IEEE 830-1993 is a IEEE recommended standard for _______ .
a. Software Requirement Specification

b. Software design
c. Testing
d. Both (A) and (B)
ANSWER: Software Requirement Specification
24) One of the fault base testing techniques is ______ .
a. Unit Testing
b. Beta Testing
c. Stress Testing
d. Mutation Testing
ANSWER: Mutation Testing
25) If the objects focus on the problem domain, then we are concerned
with ______.
a. Object Oriented Analysis

b. Object Oriented Design
c. Object Oriented Analysis and Design
ANSWER: Object Oriented Analysis
26) In a risk-based approach the risks identified may be used to:
i. Determine the test technique to be employed

ii. Determine the extent of testing to be carried out
iii. Prioritize testing in an attempt to find critical defects as early as possible.
iv. Determine the cost of the project
a. ii is True; i, iii, iv and v are False

b. i,ii,iii are true and iv is false
c. ii and iii are True; i, iv are False
d. ii, iii and iv are True; i is false
ANSWER: i,ii,iii are true and iv is false
27) Which of the following is not a part of the Test Implementation and
Execution Phase?
a. Creating test suites from the test cases

b. Executing test cases either manually or by using test execution tools
c. Comparing actual results
d. Designing the Tests
ANSWER: Designing the Tests
28) The Test Cases Derived from use cases _______ .
a. Are most useful in uncovering defects in the process flows during real world use of
the system.
b. Are most useful in uncovering defects in the process flows during the testing use of
the system.
c. Are most useful in covering the defects in the process flows during real world use of
the system.
d. Are most useful in covering the defects at the Integration Level.
ANSWER: Are most useful in uncovering defects in the process flows during real
world use of the system.
29) What can static analysis NOT find?
a. The use of a variable before it has been defined.

b. Unreachable (“dead”) code.
c. Memory leaks.
d. Array bound violations.
ANSWER: Memory leaks.
30) Which plan describes how the skills and experience of the project
team members will be developed ?
a. HR Plan
b. Manager Plan
c. Team Plan
d. Staff Development Plan
ANSWER: Staff Development Plan
31) Alpha and Beta Testing are forms of _______ .
a. Acceptance testing
b. Integration testing
c. System Testing
d. Unit testing
ANSWER: Acceptance testing
32) The model in which the requirements are implemented by its

category is ______ .
a. Evolutionary Development Model

b. Waterfall Model
c. Prototyping
d. Iterative Enhancement Model
ANSWER: Evolutionary Development Model
33) A COCOMO model is ________ .
a. Common Cost Estimation Model.

b. Constructive Cost Estimation Model.
c. Complete Cost Estimation Model.
d. Comprehensive Cost Estimation Model
ANSWER: Constructive Cost Estimation Model.
34) SRD stands for _______ .
a. Software Requirements Definition

b. Structured Requirements Definition
c. Software Requirements Diagram
d. Structured Requirements Diagram
ANSWER: Structured Requirements Definition
35) The tools that support different stages of software development life
cycle are called _______ .
a. CASE Tools
b. CAME tools
c. CAQE tools
d. CARE tools
ANSWER: CASE Tools
36) Which defect amplification model is used to illustrate the generation

and detection of errors during the preliminary steps of a software
engineering process?
a. Design
b. Detailed design
c. Coding
37) Which method is used for evaluating the expression that passes the
function as an argument?
a. Strict evaluation
b. Recursion
c. Calculus
d. Pure functions
ANSWER: Strict evaluation
38) Which factors affect the probable consequences if a risk occur?
a. Risk avoidance
b. Risk monitoring
c. Risk timing
d. Contingency planning
ANSWER: Risk timing
39) Staff turnover, poor communication with the customer are risks that
are extrapolated from past experience are called _____ .
a. Business risks
b. Predictable risks
c. Project risks
d. Technical risks
ANSWER: Predictable risks
40) Organization can have in-house inspection, direct involvement of

users and release of beta version are few of them and it also includes
usability, compatibility, user acceptance etc. is called ______ .
a. Task analysis
b. GUI requirement gathering
c. GUI design & implementation
d. Testing
ANSWER: Testing
41) Which project is undertaken as a consequence of a specific customer
request?
a. Concept development projects

b. Application enhancement projects
c. New application development projects
d. Application maintenance projects
ANSWER: New application development projects
42) Requirement engineering process includes which of these steps?
a. Feasibility study
b. Requirement Gathering
c. Software Requirement specification & Validation
43) Software safety is a quality assurance activity that focuses on hazards

that may cause an entire system to fall.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
44) Give the disadvantages of modularization.
a. Smaller components are easier to maintain

b. Program can be divided based on functional aspects
c. Desired level of abstraction can be brought in the program
ANSWER: None of the above
45) Effective software project management focuses on the four P’s. What
are those four P’s?
a. People, performance, payment, product

b. People, product, process, project
c. People, product, performance, project
d. All of the above.
ANSWER: People, product, process, project
46) Give the Real-world factors affecting maintenance Cost.
a. As technology advances, it becomes costly to maintain old software.

b. The standard age of any software is considered up to 10 to 15 years.
c. Most maintenance engineers are newbie and use trial and error method to rectify
problem.
47) Mention any two indirect measures of product.
a. Quality
b. Efficiency
c. Accuracy
d. Both A and B
e. Both B and C
ANSWER: Both A and B
48) Which testing is the re-execution of some subset of tests that have
already been conducted to ensure the changes that are not propagated?
a. Unit testing
b. Regression testing
c. Integration testing
d. Thread-based testing
ANSWER: Regression testing
49) State if the following are true for Project Management.
During Project Scope management, it is necessary to –
1) Define the scope

2) Decide its verification and control
3) Divide the project into various smaller parts for ease of management.
4) Verify the scope
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
50) Software Requirement Specification (SRS) is also known as

specification of _______.
a. White box testing

b. Acceptance testing
c. Integrated testing
d. Black box testing
ANSWER: Black box testing
1) Which of the following is/are considered stakeholder in the software process?

a. Customers
b. End-users
c. Project managers
ANSWER: All of the above.
2) Software components provide interfaces, which can be used to establish

communication among different components.
a. Yes
b. No
ANSWER: Yes
3) Which SDLC activity does the user initiates the request for a desired software
product?
a. Requirement gathering
b. Implementation
c. Disposition
d. Communication
ANSWER: Communication
4) In Risk management process what makes a note of all possible risks, that may occur
in the project?
a. Manage
b. Monitor
c. Categorize
d. Identification
ANSWER: Identification
5) What is a measure of how well a computer system facilities learning?
a. Usability
b. Functionality
c. Reliability
ANSWER: Usability
6) The process togather the software requirements from Client, Analyze and
Document is known as ______ .
a. Requirement engineering process

b. Requirement elicitation process
c. User interface requirements
d. Software system analyst
ANSWER: Requirement engineering process
7) Refinement is actually a process of elaboration.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
8) Who manages the effects of change throughout the software process?
a. Software project tracking and control

b. Software configuration management
c. Measurement
d. Technical reviews
ANSWER: Software configuration management
9) When elements of module are grouped together that are executed sequentially in
order to perform a task, is called ______ .
a. Procedural cohesion
b. Logical cohesion
c. Emporal cohesion
d. Co-incidental cohesion
ANSWER: Procedural cohesion
10) Which coupling is also known as “Global coupling”?
a. Content coupling
b. Stamp coupling
c. Data coupling
d. Common coupling
ANSWER: Common coupling
11) What is the detailed sequence of steps that describes the interaction between the
user and the application?
a. Scenario scripts
b. Support classes
c. Key classes
d. Subsystems
ANSWER: Scenario scripts
12) Which risks identify Potential Design, Implementation, Interface, Verification and
Maintenance Problems?
a. Project risk
b. Business risk
c. Technical risk
d. Schedule risk
ANSWER: Technical risk
13) Abbreviate the term BSS.
a. Box Structure Specification

b. Box Statistical Specification
c. Box Statistical System
d. Box Structure Sampling
ANSWER: Box Structure Specification
14) What is the testing to ensure the WebApp properly interfaces with other
applications or databases?
a. Compatibility
b. Interoperability
c. Performance
d. Security
ANSWER: Interoperability
15) Which Variation control in the context of software engineering involves controlling
variation?
a. Process applied
b. Resources expended
c. Product quality attributes
16) Which classes represent data stores (e.g., a database) that will persist beyond the
execution of the software?
a. Process classes
b. System classes
c. Persistent classes
d. User interface classes
ANSWER: Persistent classes
17) Abbreviate the term CMMI.
a. Capability Maturity Model Integration

b. Capability Model Maturity Integration
c. Capability Maturity Model Instructions
d. Capability Model Maturity Instructions
ANSWER: Capability Maturity Model Integration

18) First level of prototype is evaluated by ______ .
a. Developer
b. Tester
c. User
d. System Analyst
ANSWER: User
19) Which of the items listed below is not one of the software engineering layers?
a. Process
b. Manufacturing
c. Methods
d. Tools
ANSWER: Manufacturing
20) Line of code(LOC) of the product comes under which type of measures?
a. Indirect measures
b. Direct measures
c. Coding
ANSWER: Direct measures
21) What is the main aim of Software engineering?
a. Reliable software
b. Cost effective software
c. Reliable and cost effective software
ANSWER: Reliable and cost effective software
22) Choose the correct option according to the given statement.
Statement 1: Software is a physical rather than a logical system element.

Statement 2: Computer software is the product that software engineers design and
build.
Statement 3: Software is a logical rather than a physical system element.
Statement 4: Software is a set of application programs that are built by software
engineers.
a. Statement 1 and 2 are correct.

b. Only Statement 2 and 3 are correct.
c. Statement 2 and 3 and 4 are correct.
d. All statements are correct
ANSWER: Statement 2 and 3 and 4 are correct.

23) You are working in CareerRide as a project manager. What will you do to minimize
the risk of software failure?
a. Request a large budget

b. You will increase the team size
c. Track progress
ANSWER: Track progress
24) Constantine suggests four “organizational paradigms” for software engineering

teams. The best project team organizational model to use when handling extremely
complex problems is ________ .
a. Random paradigm
b. Open paradigm
c. Synchronous paradigm
d. Closed paradigm
ANSWER: Random paradigm
25) For the best Software model suitable for the project, in which of the phase the
developers decide a roadmap for project plan?
a. Software Design
b. System Analysis
c. Coding
d. Testing
ANSWER: System Analysis
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Objective Questions with Answers

1) Which of these software characteristics are used to determine the scope of a
software project?
a. Only performance.
b. Only context.
c. Information objectives, function, performance
ANSWER: Information objectives, function, performance
2) Which level of sub-system is used of an application?
a. Application level
b. Component level
c. Modules level
ANSWER: Component level

3) SDLC is not a well-defined, structured sequence of stages in software engineering to
develop the intended software product.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
4) In the Empirical Estimation Technique which model is developed by Barry W.

Boehm?
a. Putnam model
b. COCOMO
c. Both A & B
ANSWER: COCOMO
5) From the following select the correct option that is used to display the available
option for selection.
a. Check-box
b. Text-box
c. Button
d. Radio-Button
ANSWER: Radio-Button
6) CMM model in Software Engineering is a technique of ______ .
a. Develop the software.

b. Improve the software process.
c. Improve the testing process.
ANSWER: Improve the software process.
7) Transformers is one of the broad category used to classify operations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
8) The tools that support different stages of software development life cycle are called
as ______ .
a. CASE Tools
b. CAME tools
c. CAQE tools
d. CARE tools
ANSWER: CASE Tools
9) Which is not a step of Requirement Engineering?
a. Requirements elicitation
b. Requirements analysis
c. Requirements design
d. Requirements documentation
ANSWER: Requirements design
10) Which of the level carries out goal, objective, work tasks, work products and other
activities of the software process?
a. Performed
b. INCOMPLETE
c. Optimized
d. Quantitatively Managed
ANSWER: Performed
11) If you have no clue of how to improve the process for the quality software which
model is used?
a. A Continuous model
b. A Staged model
c. Both A & B
ANSWER: A Staged model
12) In Software validation, requirements can be checked against following conditions:
1) If they can be practically implemented

2) If they are valid and as per functionality and domain of software
3) If there are any ambiguities
4) If they are completed
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
13) In OOD, the attributes(data variables) and methods( operation on the data) are
bundled together is called _______ .
a. Classes
b. Objects
c. Encapsulation
d. Inheritance
ANSWER: Encapsulation
14) Which design defines the logical structure of each module and their interfaces that
is used to communicate with other modules?
a. High-level designs
b. Architectural designs
c. Detailed design
ANSWER: Detailed design
15) Which tools are used in Implementation, Testing and Maintenance?
a. Upper case tools

b. Lower case tools
c. Integrated case tools
ANSWER: Lower case tools
16) Which tools are used for project planning, cost, effort estimation, project
scheduling and resource planning?
a. Process modeling tools

b. Project management tools
c. Diagram tools
d. Documentation tools
ANSWER: Project management tools
17) Which design deals with the implementation part in which it shows a system and
its sub-systems in the previous two designs?
a. Architectural design
b. High-level design
c. Detailed design
d. Both A & B
ANSWER: Detailed design
18) Modularization is a technique to divide a software system into multiple discrete

and independent modules.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
19) What is the project and process level that provides the Quality Metric benefit?
a. Defect amplification
b. Defect removal efficiency
c. Measuring quality
ANSWER: Defect removal efficiency
20) Cohesion metrics and coupling metrics are metrics in which level of design?
a. User interface design

b. Pattern-based design
c. Architectural design
d. Component-level design
ANSWER: Component-level design
21) Which condition defines the circumstances for a particular operation is valid?
a. Postcondition
b. Precondition
c. Invariant
ANSWER: Precondition
22) Which subsystem implements a repository that encompasses the following

elements,
1) Content database
2) Database capabilities
3) Configuration management functions
a. The publishing subsystem

b. The management subsystem
c. The collection subsystem
ANSWER: The management subsystem
23) Which is not a SQA activity?
a. Black box testing

b. White box testing
c. Integration testing
d. Unit testing
ANSWER: White box testing
24) PAD is metric indicates the number of classes that can access another class
attributes and a violation of encapsulation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
25) Find out which phase is not available in SDLC?
a. Coding
b. Testing
c. Maintenance
d. Abstraction
ANSWER: Abstraction
1) From the following, which software has been characterized by ‘Number Crunching’
Algorithms?
a. System software
b. Artificial intelligence software
c. Embedded software
d. Engineering and scientific software
ANSWER: Engineering and scientific software
2) IEEE provides a standard as IEEE 830-1993. For which activity this standard is
recommended standard?
a. Software requirement specification.

b. Software design.
c. Testing.
d. Both a and b
ANSWER: Software requirement specification.
3) A generic process framework for software engineering encompasses five activities.

What are those activities?
a. Communication, risk management, measurement, production, deployment.

b. Communication, Planning, Modeling, construction, deployment.
c. Analysis, designing, programming, debugging, maintenance
ANSWER: Communication, Planning, Modeling, construction, deployment.
4) Who deliver the technical skills that are necessary to engineer for a product or an
application?
a. Project managers
b. Practitioners
c. Customers
d. End users
ANSWER: Practitioners
5) Project risk factor is considered in which model?

a. Spiral model.
b. Waterfall model.
c. Prototyping model
ANSWER: Spiral model.
6) What is a child window that contains message for the user and request for some
action to be taken?
a. Dialogue box
b. Text-Box
c. Check-Box
d. Radio Button
ANSWER: Dialogue box
7) A Project can be characterized as _____ .
a. Every project may not have a unique and distinct goal.

b. Project is routine activity or day-to-day operations.
c. Project does not comes with a start time and end time.
d. All mentioned above.
e. None of the above.
ANSWER: None of the above.
8) Which model is not suitable for large software projects but good one for learning
and experimenting?
a. Big Bang model

b. Spiral model
c. Iterative model
d. Waterfall model
ANSWER: Big Bang model
9) Which includes modifications and updations done in order to correct or fix the
problems, that are either discovered by user or concluded by user error reports?
a. Perfective maintenance
b. Adaptive maintenance
c. Corrective maintenance
d. Preventive maintenance
ANSWER: Corrective maintenance
10) Boehm suggests an approach that addresses project objectives, milestones and
schedules, responsibilities, management and technical approaches and required
resources, This principle is called as ______ .
a. W3HH principle
b. WHO principle
c. W5HH principle
ANSWER: W5HH principle
11) The objective for formal technical review is to core errors in software work
products.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
12) CASE tools are set of automated software application programs, that are not used
to support, accelerate and smoothen the SDLC activities.
a. Yes
b. No
ANSWER: No
13) From the following give three major categories of risk,

1) Schedule risk
2) Project risk
3) Technical risk
4) Business risk
a. 1,2 and 3
b. 2,3 and 4
c. 1,2 and 4
d. 1,3 and 4
ANSWER: 2,3 and 4
14) Activities and action taken on the data are represented by circle or round-edged
rectangles is called _____ .
a. Entities
b. Process
c. Data storage
d. Data flow
ANSWER: Process
15) The six sigma for software engineering what gives the existing process and its
output to determine the current quality performance?
a. Define
b. Analyze
c. Measure
ANSWER: Measure
16) Which tools are helpful in all the stages of SDLC, for requirement gathering to
testing and documentation?
a. Upper case tools

b. Lower case tools
c. Integrated case tools
ANSWER: Integrated case tools
17) OOD languages provide a mechanism where methods performing similar tasks but
vary in arguments, and that can be assigned to the same name is called _____ .
a. Classes
b. Object
c. Polymorphism
d. Encapsulation
ANSWER: Polymorphism
18) Abbreviate the term SMI.
a. Software Maturity Index

b. Software Model Instruction
c. Software Maturity Instruction
d. Software Model Index
ANSWER: Software Maturity Index
19) What computer-based system can have a profound effect on the design that is
chosen and also the implementation approach will be applied?
a. Scenario-based elements
b. Class-based elements
c. Behavioural elements
d. Flow-oriented elements
ANSWER: Behavioural elements
20) SRS is a document created by system analyst after the requirements are collected
from various stakeholders.
a. Yes
b. No
ANSWER: Yes
21) Which structures in Organizational Paradigms on a team loosely and depends on

individual initiative of the team members?
a. Closed paradigm
b. Open paradigm
c. Random paradigm
d. Synchronous paradigm
ANSWER: Random paradigm
22) Give the name to diagram that represents the flow of activities described by the
use cases and at the same time the captors are involved in UML .
a. State diagram
b. Swim lane diagram
c. Activity diagram
d. Component diagram
ANSWER: Swim lane diagram
23) Which phase is refers to the support phase of software development?
a. Acceptance Phase.
b. Testing.
c. Maintenance.
ANSWER: Maintenance.
24) Which model is also called as the classic life cycle or the Waterfall model?
a. Iterative Development
b. Linear Sequential Development
c. RAD Model.
d. Incremental Development
ANSWER: Linear Sequential Development
25) What is the average effective global activity rate in an evolving E-type system is
invariant over the lifetime of the product?
a. Self-regulation
b. Reducing quality
c. Feedback systems
d. Organizational stability
ANSWER: Organizational stability
1) Which document is created by system analyst after the requirements are collected
from Various stakeholders?
a. Software requirement specification

b. Software requirement validation
c. Feasibility study
d. Requirement Gathering
ANSWER: Software requirement specification
2) Which is focused towards the goal of the organization?
a. Feasibility study
b. Requirement gathering
c. Software requirement specification
d. Software requirement validation
ANSWER: Feasibility study
3) The architectural model is derived from which of these sources?
A) Information about the application domain for the software to be built;

B) Specific requirements model elements such as data flow diagrams or analysis
classes, their relationships and collaborations for the problem at hand;
C) The availability of architectural styles and patterns.
a. Both A & B
b. Both B & C
c. Both A & C
4) What is the correctness, completeness, and consistency of the requirements model

will have a strong influence on the quality of all work products that follow?
a. Requirement quality
b. Design quality
c. Code quality
d. Quality control effectiveness
ANSWER: Requirement quality
5) An entity in ER Model is a real world being, which has some properties

called_____ .
a. Attributes
b. Relationship
c. Domain
ANSWER: Attributes
6) Waht is the most common measure for correctness?
a. Defects per KLOC

b. Errors per KLOC
c. $ per KLOC
d. Pages of documentation per KLOC
ANSWER: Defects per KLOC
7) Which documentation works as a key tool for software designer, developer and their
test team is to carry out their respective tasks?
a. Requirement documentation
b. User documentation
c. Software design documentation
d. Technical documentation
ANSWER: Requirement documentation
8) Which tools are used in implementation,testing and maintenance?
a. Upper case tools

b. Integrated case tools
c. Lower case tools
ANSWER: Lower case tools
9) Which risk gives the degree of uncertainty and the project schedule will be
maintained so that the product will be delivered in time?
a. Business risk
b. Technical risk
c. Schedule risk
d. Project risk
ANSWER: Schedule risk
10) You are working in CareerRide as a project manager. Company wants to develop a
project. You are also involved in planning team. What will be your first step in project
planning?
a. Establish the objectives and scope of the product.

b. Determine the project constraints.
c. Select the team.
ANSWER: Establish the objectives and scope of the product.
11) Configuration management is an essential part of the system maintenance. It is

aided with version control tools to control versions, semi-version or patch
management.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12) Which model is also known as Verification and validation model?

a. Waterfall model
b. Big Bang model
c. V-model
d. Spiral model
ANSWER: V-model
13) Software project management is the process of managing all activities that are
involved in software development, they are _____ .
a. Time
b. Cost
c. Quality management
14) A small picture representing an associated application, what does it mean?
a. Icon
b. Window
c. Menu
d. Cursor
ANSWER: Icon
15) What is the meaning of requirement elicitation in software engineering?
a. Gathering of requirement.
b. Understanding of requirement.
c. Getting the requirements from client.
16) Which of the following is/are Project Estimation Technique?
a. Empirical Estimation Technique.

b. Heuristic Estimation Technique.
c. Analytical Estimation Technique.
17) The maximum number of objects that can participate in a relationship is

called________ .
a. Cardinality
b. Attributes
c. Operations
d. Transformers
ANSWER: Cardinality
18) What is legacy system?
a. A legacy system refers to newer version of software.

b. A legacy system refers to outdated application software that is used instead of
available upgraded versions.
c. A legacy system always devolved by advance technology.
ANSWER: A legacy system refers to outdated application software that is used instead
of available upgraded versions.
19) Which of the following cannot be applied with the software according to Software
Engineering Layers?
a. Process
b. Methods
c. Manufacturing
ANSWER: Manufacturing
20) Which software is used to control products and systems for the consumer and
industrial markets?
a. System software
b. Artificial intelligence software
c. Embedded software
d. Engineering and scientific software
ANSWER: Embedded software
21) Which software enables the program to adequately manipulate information?
a. Instructions
b. Data Structures
c. Documents
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Data Structures
22) Which coding element is generally omitted at the end of line?
a. Naming conventions
b. Identifying
c. Whitespace
d. Operators
ANSWER: Whitespace
23) The rules of writing ‘if-then-else’, ‘case-switch’, ‘while-until’ and ‘for’ control flow
statements are called _____ .
a. Comments
b. Functions
c. Line length and wrapping
d. Control Structure
ANSWER: Control Structure
24) If an application allows executing multiple instances of itself, they appear on the
screen as separate windows are called ______ .
a. Window
b. Tabs
c. Menu
d. Cursor
ANSWER: Tabs
25) Match the List 1 to List 2 and choose the correct option.
1. Requirement Elicitation ——- a. Module Development and integration.

2. Design——————————b. Analysis
3. Implementation——————c. Structure and behavioral
4. Maintenance ——————— d. Performance tuning.
a. 1-c , 2-a , 3-d , 4-b

b. 1-c , 2-a , 3-b , 4-d
c. 1-a , 2-c , 3-d , 4-b
d. 1-b , 2-c , 3-a , 4-d
ANSWER: 1-b , 2-c , 3-a , 4-d
301) Which one of these belongs to integration testing in the OO context?
a. Unit testing
b. Regression testing
c. Sandwich testing
d. Thread-based testing
ANSWER: Thread-based testing
302) In which elicitation process the developers discuss with the client
and end users and know their expectations from the software?
a. Requirement gathering
b. Organizing requirements
c. Negotiation & discussion
d. Documentation
ANSWER: Requirement gathering

303) If requirements are easily understandable and defined then which
model is best suited?
a. Spiral model
b. Waterfall model
c. Prototyping model
ANSWER: Waterfall model
304) Which Software-end factors affecting maintenance Cost?
a. Structure of Software Program

b. Programming Language
c. Dependence on external environment
e. None of the above
305) Software quality assurance is an umbrella activity.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
306) Software process and improvement are assessed by ____.
a. ISO 9000
b. ISO 9001
c. SPICE (ISO/IEC15504)
d. Both B and C
ANSWER: Both B and C
307) CASE Tool stands for.
a. Computer Aided Software Engineering

b. Component Aided Software Engineering
c. Constructive Aided Software Engineering
d. Computer Analysis Software Engineering
ANSWER: Computer Aided Software Engineering
308) Software is defined as ____ .
a. Instructions
b. Data Structures
c. Documents
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
309) During security testing the tester plays the role of the individual
who desires to______ .
a. Penetrates the system

b. Penetrates the listener
c. Both A & B
ANSWER: Penetrates the system
310) Which of the following is not a section in the standard for SQA plans
recommended by IEEE?
a. Budget
b. Time
c. People
ANSWER: Budget
311) Which box specifies the behavior of a system or a part of a system?
a. State box
b. Clear box
c. Black box
ANSWER: Black box
312) FAST stands for ______ .
a. Facilitated Application Software Technique.

b. Functional Application Software Technique.
c. Facilitated Application Specification Technique.
ANSWER: Facilitated Application Specification Technique.
313) Which may be estimated either in terms of KLOC (Kilo Line of Code)
or by calculating number of function points in the software?
a. Time estimation
b. Effort estimation
c. Cost estimation
d. Software size estimation
ANSWER: Software size estimation
314) SDLC Models are adopted as per requirements of development

process. It may vary Software-to-software to ensuring which model is
suitable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
315) The always growing and adapting nature of software hugely depends
upon the environment in which user works in ____________ .
a. Cost
b. Dynamic Nature
c. Quality Management
d. Scalability
ANSWER: Dynamic Nature
316) When the customer may ask for new features or functions in the
software, what does it mean in Software maintenance?
a. Host modifications
b. Client requirements
c. Market conditions
d. Organization changes
ANSWER: Client requirements
317) Reliability is measured by considering processing speed, response

time, resource consumption, throughput, and efficiency.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
318) Abbreviate the term CASE.
a. Computer Authorized Software Engineering

b. Computer Aided Software Engineering
c. Common Authorized Software Engineering
d. Common Aided Software Engineering
ANSWER: Computer Aided Software Engineering
319) What is described by means of DFDs as studied earlier and

represented in algebraic form?
a. Data flow
b. Data storage
c. Data Structures
d. Data elements
ANSWER: Data flow
320) Which metrics are derived by normalizing quality and/or

productivity measures by considering the size of the software that has
been produced?
a. Size oriented
b. Function-Oriented
c. Object-Oriented
d. Use-case-Oriented
ANSWER: Size oriented
321) What are the signs that a software project is in trouble?
a. The product scope is poorly defined.

b. Deadlines are unrealistic.
c. Changes are managed poorly.
322) Application that generate a dialogue to get confirmation from user

and to delete a file it is an example for _____ .
a. Radio-Button
b. Text-box
c. Check-box
d. Dialogue box
ANSWER: Dialogue box
323) What is used for implementing the changes in existing or new

requirements of user in software maintenance?
a. Preventive maintenance
b. Perfective maintenance
c. Corrective
d. Adaptive
ANSWER: Perfective maintenance
324) Lehman has given eight laws for software evolution and he divided
software into three categories. In which category software works strictly
according to defined specifications and solutions.
a. Static-type
b. Embedded-type
c. Practical-type
ANSWER: Embedded-type
325) Computer software is a complete package, which includes software
program, its documentation and user guide on how to use the software.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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a. Software is developed or engineered; it is not manufactured in the classical sense.

ANSWER: All mentioned above

2) Compilers, Editors software come under which type of software?

ANSWER: System software

3) Software Engineering is defined as systematic, disciplined and

4) RAD Software process model stands for _____ .

a. Rapid Application Development.

ANSWER: Rapid Application Development.

5) Software project management comprises of a number of activities,

ANSWER: All mentioned above

6) COCOMO stands for ______ .

a. COnsumed COst MOdel

ANSWER: COnstructive COst MOdel

7) Which of the following is not defined in a good Software Requirement

ANSWER: Algorithm for software implementation.

8) What is the simplest model of software development paradigm?

ANSWER: Waterfall model

9) Which of the following is the understanding of software product

ANSWER: System Analysis

10) Which design identifies the software as a system with many

ANSWER: Architectural design

11) Software consists of ______ .

a. Set of instructions + operating procedures

ANSWER: Programs + documentation + operating procedures

12) Which is the most important feature of spiral model?

ANSWER: Risk management

13) If every requirement stated in the Software Requirement

14) Which is not a step of Requirement Engineering?

15) FAST stands for ________ .

a. Functional Application Specification Technique

ANSWER: Facilitated Application Specification Technique

17) Modifying the software to match changes in the ever changing

ANSWER: Adaptive maintenance

18) If every requirement can be checked by a cost-effective process, then

19) Aggregation represents ______ .

ANSWER: composed_of relationship

20) If P is risk probability, L is loss, then Risk Exposure (RE) is computed

21) Number of clauses used in ISO 9001 to specify quality system

22) ER model shows the _______ .

ANSWER: Static view

23) IEEE 830-1993 is a IEEE recommended standard for _______ .

a. Software Requirement Specification

ANSWER: Software Requirement Specification

24) One of the fault base testing techniques is ______ .

ANSWER: Mutation Testing

a. Object Oriented Analysis

26) In a risk-based approach the risks identified may be used to:

i. Determine the test technique to be employed

a. ii is True; i, iii, iv and v are False

ANSWER: i,ii,iii are true and iv is false

a. Creating test suites from the test cases

ANSWER: Designing the Tests

28) The Test Cases Derived from use cases _______ .

29) What can static analysis NOT find?

a. The use of a variable before it has been defined.

ANSWER: Memory leaks.

ANSWER: Staff Development Plan

31) Alpha and Beta Testing are forms of _______ .

ANSWER: Acceptance testing

32) The model in which the requirements are implemented by its