SOFTWARE ENGINEERING - BASICS MCQ
- What are the characteristics of software?
- Compilers, Editors software come under which type of software?
- Software is defined as ____
- What are the signs that a software project is in trouble?
- You are working as a project manager. Your Company wants to develop a project. You are also involved in planning team. What will be your first step in project planning?
- Which coding element is generally omitted at the end of line?
- The rules of writing
- Match the List 1 to List 2 and choose the correct option
- A Project can be characterized as _____
- Choose the correct option in terms of Issues related to professional responsibility
- “Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”Here the term misuse refers to:
- Explain what is meant by PRODUCT with reference to one of the eight principles as per the ACM/IEEE Code of Ethics ?
- Identify an ethical dilemma from the situations mentioned below:
- Identify the correct statement: “Software engineers shall
- Select the incorrect statement: Software engineers should__________________________
- Efficiency in a software product does not include ________
- Which of these are not among the eight principles followed by Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice ?
- What is a Software ?
- Which of these does not account for software failure ?
- What are attributes of good software ?
- Which of these software engineering activities are not a part of software processes ?
- Which of these is incorrect ?
- Which of these is true ?
- Which of these does not affect different types of software as a whole?
- The fundamental notions of software engineering does not account for ?
- Which of these is not true ?
- Identify a fourth generation language(4GL) from the given below
- Arrange the following activities for making a software product using 4GT
- 4GL is an example of ______________ processing
- The 4GT Model is a package of __________________
- Which of the following is not a type of a 4GL? One originating _______________
- Which of the following 4GLs invented at IBM and subsequently adopted by ANSI and ISO as the standard language for managing structured data?
- _____________&_____________ are two kinds of software products
- The work associated with software engineering can be categorized into three generic phases,regardless of application area, project size, or complexity namely the__________ phase which focuses on what, the_________ phase which focuses on how and the_________ phase which focuses on change
- Which of the following activities of a Generic Process framework provides a feedback report?
- RUP stands for____________ created by a division of ____________
- Which one of the following is not a fundamental activity for software processes in software engineering ?
- Arrange the following steps to form a basic/general Engineering Process Model
- Select the option that suits the Manifesto for Agile Software Development
- Agile Software Development is based on
- How many phases are there in Scrum ?
- Which of these software characteristics are used to determine the scope of a software project?
- Which of the following is/are considered stakeholder in the software process?
- Which Variation control in the context of software engineering involves controlling variation?
- What is the main aim of Software engineering?
- Choose the correct option according to the given statement
- An effective project manager define a competent manager must reward Initiative and accomplishment to optimize the productivity of a project team is ______
- In the management subsystem what is the functional elements and associated workflow will support the content object identification, version control, change management, change auditing and reporting?
- Abbreviate the term ILFs
- What is a special set of ISO guidelines that developed to help the interpret standard for the use in software process?
- The ability to encourage the technical people to produce their best ability is known as ______
- Processes for evolving a software product depend on:
- Which technique is applied to ensure the continued evolution of legacy systems ?
- Program modularization and Source code translation are the activities of_____________
- A sociotechnical system is a system that includes
- Consider an example of a system which has a police command and control system that may include a geographical information system to provide details of the location of incidents. What kind of system the example represents?
- Which property of a sociotechnical system varies depending on how the component assemblies are arranged and connected?
- Which property of a sociotechnical system depends on the technical system components, its operators, and its operating environment?
- In a sociotechnical system, you need to consider reliability from perspectives namely:
- There are ________ overlapping stages in the lifetime of large and complex sociotechnical systems
- Which is the first step in the software development life cycle ?
- A step by step instruction used to solve a problem is known as
- Which tool consist of programming environments like IDE, in-built modules library and simulation tools?
- The total number of distinct operator and operand occurrences measures are used in ______
- Which model depicts the profile of the end users of a computer system?
- Which question no longer concerns the modern software engineer?
- Software deteriorates rather than wears out because
- Most software continues to be custom built because
- The nature of software applications can be characterized by their information
- Which of these are the 5 generic software engineering framework activities?
- Process models are described as agile because they
- Which of these are objectives of Team Software Process?
- Which of these is not a characteristic of Personal Software Process?
- Which of the following is not one of Hooker\'s core principles of software engineering practice?
- Software engineers collaborate with customers to define which of the following?
- Everyone on the software team should be involved in the planning activity so that we can
- What role(s) do user stories play in agile planning?
- Which of the following activities is not one of the four things that need to be accomplished by the generic planning task set?
- Analysis models depict software in which three representations?
- The time lag, between initiating a query and receiving a response is called
- How are information system and capability related to each other ?
- The best file organization in which one has to process all data records in a file called
- Which of the following is an important characteristics of useful and effective information?
- Which of the following is not a communication system?
- A system can be defined as
- The conditions immediately outside a system is called
- A common reason for changing an information system is
- In a democratic team
- An advantage of egoless programming is
- A word processor designed for programmers is called
- The document listing all procedures and regulations that generally govern an organization is the
- A statement-by-statement description of a procedure is detailed in a
- Which of the following tools is not used for process descriptions?
- Which of the following is not a factor in the failure of a systems development project ?
- Which of the following contains a statement-by-statement description of a procedure?
- The first step to the system study project is to
- What part of documentation offers both a pictorial and written description of system?
- Generally, the top management of an organization is more interested in
- Back-up procedures help in
- What is (are) reason(s) to change an information system?
- Which of the following is (are) the characteristic (s) of a system ?
- In the system concepts, the term organization
- In the system concepts the term Interdependence
- To reconstruct a system, which of the following key element(s) must be considered?
- Which of the following is (are) the characteristics of the open systems ?
- Advantages of database system is (are)
- The drawback(s) of a database is (are)
- The systems have been classified in different ways as
- On-line data entry is most suitable in the case of
- The term used to refer to the checking of outputs of a computer, with the corresponding input documents, is called
- Which of the following file types has the least life?
- A turnaround document
- The term Parallel Run refers to
- Which of the following is a function of the process step of data processing?
- The item of documentation added to the description of the new system is
- The advantage of using prewritten software packages is
- A person who writes a programme for running the hardware of a computer is called
- An internet like network within a company. The best fit will be
- Networks that link some of the internet resources of a company to the intranets of their customers or SUPPLIERS. The best fit will be
- Intranets use Web browsers and servers, TCP/IP client/server networks, hypermedia databases at networked Web sites, and s o on. The best fit will be
- Internets are being used to improve communication and collaboration, publish and share information, and develop application to support business operations and managerial decision making. The best fit will be
- Extranets provide access to a company\'s operational databases and legacy systems by its customers and suppliers. The best fit will be
- Software that can control acess and use a computer system is
- A computer system that serves as a filter for access to and from other networks by a company\'s networked computers are
- Scrambling data during its transmission for
- Differences in customs, governmental regulations, and the cost of living are examples of
- The goal of some organizations is to develop integrated world wide networks for global electric commerce is
- Computer aided design and system simulation applications are type of
- Software characterized by number of conventional numerical algorithms are
- State of art software just released to individual industry and government are often referred to as
- A software program that is outdated or obsolete is termed as
- Software designed to provide a specific capability for use by many different customers is termed as
- Word processing, spreadsheets, multimedia, graphics all are examples of
- Considering software characteristics, software doesn\'t wear out but it does
- Failure rate curve for software is taken as
- Curve that shows that hardware exhibits relatively high failure rates early in its life is known as
- Although industry is moving towards component based construction, most software continues to be
- When hardware component suffer from cumulative affects of dust, vibration, abuse, temperature extremes and many other environmental maladies, failure rate
- Which of following component wear out?
- Instructions that when executed provide desired features, functions and performance is
- Data structures that enable programs to adequately manipulate information are termed as
- Software are documents that describes operation and use of the
- Software is a
- Most important technology on world stage is
- Computer software is build and support by
- Product that software professionals built and then support over long term is
- Foundation of software engineering is
- Software engineering is a
- When tools are integrated so that information created by one tool can be used by another, a system for support of software development is established called
- Element that holds technology layers together and enables rational and timely development of computer software is
- Establishment and use of sound engineering principles in order to obtain economically software that is reliable and works efficiently on real machines is termed as
- Law which states that \'E-type evolution processes constitute multilevel, multiloop, multiagent feedback systems and must be treated as such to achieve significant improvement over any reasonable base\' is
- Law which states that \'Quality of E-type systems will appears to be decling unless they are rigorously maintained and adapted to operational environmental changes\' is
- Law which states that \'Average incremental growth remains invariant as system evolves\' is
- Law which states that \'Average effective global activity rate in evolving E-type system is invariant over product lifetime\' is
- Law which states that \'As an E type systems (implemented in real world computing) evolves its complexity increases unless work is done to maintain or reduce it is
- Law which states that \'functional content of E type systems (implemented in real world computing) must be continually increased to maintain user satisfaction over system\'s lifetime\' is
- Law which states that \'E type systems (implemented in real world computing) evolution process is self regulating with distribution of product and process measure close to normal\' is
- Modification of a software product after delivery to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes is termed as
- Law which states that \'E type systems (implemented in real world computing) must be adapted or else they become progressively less satisfactory is
- Examination and alteration of a system to reconstitute it in a new form is termed as
- Sophisticated process management can be done by
- Application software is used to control business function in
- All computer programs falls into broad application domain which are
- Category of software that is characterized by heavy interaction with computer hardware and have heavy usage by multiple users is
- Collection of programs written to service other programs is
- System software which processes complex but determinate information structures is
- Standalone programs that solve a specific business need is
- Type of system application which process largely indeterminate data is
- Compiler and editor are example of
- Framework that encompasses a process, set of methods and an array of tools is termed as
- Object oriented systems are built by technology targeted at
- Website design and implementation is example of technology targeted at
- Technology which is used to build Linux operating systems are targeted at
- A client server computer program in which client runs in a web browser is termed as
- Application in which set of linked hypertext files are present which displays information using text and limited graphics is
- Another name for white-box testing is ___________
- Test cases ensure that all the statements are executed atleast once
- Which of the following divides the input domain into classes containing data?
- Which of the following is a common testing conducted by the developers?
- SDLC stands for ________
- Which of the following is a myth in testing?
- A process to determine how the actual testing is done _______
- Gathering formal or informal technical feedback is called _________
- Which is not involved in debugging?
- A standard for unit testing
- Examination of the program step by step is called ______________
- The examination of changing values of variables is called stepping
- A freeware GNU Debugger is __________
- Which of the following is written for getting help in GDB?
- h command gives ___________
- ____________ creates an inferior process that runs your program
- Which of the following does not affects the execution of the program?
- ‘set args ‘ without arguments can ___________
- run > outfile command is used to _________
- STD stands for ____________
- The SRS describes what the system should do with words and figures
- _______ is part of user documentation
- Process of maintaining a record of project development and maintenance
- This describes the objectives of a product and set out the constraints
- ____________ provide the detailed, specific application being developed
- Which of the following should describe the technical terms used in the document?
- The services provided for the user are described in which section?
- ______________ architecture provides a high-level overview of the anticipated system architecture
- The graphical models showing the relationships between the system and its environment
- Maintenance and review add to the useful life of the system but can consume large amounts of __________
- File and database contains the frequency component
- This is not a part of the signing on procedure
- A __________ is a noted set of activities that are executed on the software in order to confirm its behavior to certain set of inputs
- A type of testing that is conducted at the software interface
- A simple notation for the representation of control flow
- A software metric that provides a quantitative measure of the logical complexity of a program
- An expression for the calculation of cyclomatic complexity
- The probability of failure-free operation of a software application in a specified environment for a specified time
- SCM stands for __________
- ______________ is done in the development phase by the developers
- Testing is conducted by the developers in testing phase
- Process of evaluating a system to verify whether or not it is meeting its objectives
- A point not considered in system evaluation
- Incorporating changes in an existing system to enhance, update, or upgrade its features
- _____________ Conducted at developer’s site
- ___________ Conducted at customers’ site
- The probability that a software application is operating according to requirements at a given point in time
- A model that is the demo implementation of the system
- Maintenance is the final phase in waterfall model
- A stage in which individual components are integrated and ensured that they are error-free to meet customer requirements
- ___________ is a step in which design is translated into machine-readable form
- The customer requirements are broken down into logical modules for ease of _______________
- What do you call a technical person who is capable of understanding the basic requirements?
- A step in waterfall model that involves a meeting with the customer to understand the requirements
- Methodology in which project management processes were step-by step
- An individual who plans and directs the work
- A planned program if work that requires a definitive amount of time, effort and planning to complete
- A set of activities that ensure that software correctly implements a specific function
- Validation is computer based
- ___________ is done in the development phase by the debuggers
- Locating or identifying the bugs is known as ___________
- Which defines the role of software?
- What do you call testing individual components?
- A testing strategy that test the application as a whole
- A testing strategy that tests the application in the context of an entire system
- A ________ is tested to ensure that information properly flows into and out of the system
- A testing conducted at the developer’s site under validation testing
- A ______________ represents the need of information in the program without the presenting the details
- Abstraction combines the data and functions into a single unit called a class
- The process of forming a new class from an existing class
- This concept allows routines to use data again at different times
- The ability for programmers to use the same written and debugged existing class
- A concept that combines data and functions into a single unit called class
- __________ represents a particular instance of a class
- A basic unit of object-oriented programming
- A procedural programming follows ___________ approach
- A programming technique in which the focus is on doing things
- Software is considered to be collection of ____________
- The process of developing a software product using software engineering principles and methods is referred to as____________
- Lehman has given laws for software evolution and he divided the software into ________ different categories
- Which of the following is not consider laws for E-Type software evolution?
- Which of the following laws for E-Type says \"E-type software system must continue to adapt to the real world changes, else it becomes progressively less useful\"
- Which of the following is the Characteristics of good software?
- Where there is a need of Software Engineering?
- The reason for software bugs and failures is due to____________
Software Engineering
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