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Software Engineering NTA UGC NET Question Analysis P2
Software Engineering PYQ Part-1
Q51➡ | NTA UGC NET NOVEMBER 2017
Which of the following is not a key issue stressed by an agile philosophy of software engineering ?

i ➥ The importance of self-organizing teams as well as communication and collaboration between

team members and
ii ➥ Recognition that change represents opportunity.
iii ➥ Emphasis on rapid delivery of software that satisfies the customer.
iv ➥ Having a separate testing phase after a build phase.

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Q52➡ | NTA UGC NET NOVEMBER 2017

What is the normal order of activities in which traditional software testing is organized?
Integration Testing
System Testing
Unit Testing
Validation Testing
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i ➥ 3,1,2,4
ii ➥ 3,1,4,2
iii ➥ 4,3,2,1
iv ➥ 2,4,1,3

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Q53➡ | NTA UGC NET NOVEMBER 2017

Which of the following testing techniques ensures that the software product runs correctly after
the changes during

i ➥ Path Testing
ii ➥ Integration Testing

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ii ➥ Integration Testing
iii ➥ Unit Testing
iv ➥ Regression Testing

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Q54➡ | NTA UGC NET NOVEMBER 2017

Which of the following Super Computers is the fastest Super Computer ?

i ➥ Sun-way TaihuLight
ii ➥ Titan
iii ➥ Piz Daint
iv ➥ Sequoia

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Q55➡ | NTA UGC NET NOVEMBER 2017

Which of the following statements about ERP system is true ?

i ➥ Most ERP software implementations fully achieve seamless integration

ii ➥ ERP software packages are themselves combinations of separate applications for
manufacturing, materials, resource
iii ➥ Integration of ERP systems can be achieved in only one way
iv ➥ An ERP package implemented uniformly throughout an enterprise is likely to contain very
flexible connections

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Q56➡ | NTA UGC NET NOVEMBER 2017

Which of the following is not a Clustering method ?

i ➥ K-Mean method
ii ➥ Self Organizing feature map method
iii ➥ K-nearest neighbor method

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iii ➥ K-nearest neighbor method
iv ➥ Agglomerative method

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Q57➡ | NTA UGC NET NOVEMBER 2017

Which of the given wireless technologies used in IoT, consumes the least amount of power ?

i ➥ Zigbee
ii ➥ Bluetooth
iii ➥ Wi-Fi
iv ➥ GSM/CDMA

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Q58➡ | NTA UGC NET JANUARY 2017

Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE with regard to software testing ?
I. Regression testing technique ensures that the software product runs correctly after the changes
during maintenance.
II. Equivalence partitioning is a white-box testing technique that divides the input domain of a
program into classes of

i ➥ only I
ii ➥ only II
iii ➥ both I and II
iv ➥ neither I nor II

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Q59➡ | NTA UGC NET JANUARY 2017

A software project was estimated at 352 Function Points (FP). A four person team will be assigned
to this project consisting is 80,000 per month, the programmer ₹ 60,000 per month and the tester ₹
50,000 per month. The average productivity for the team is 8 FP per person month. Which of the
following represents the projected cost of the project ?

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following represents the projected cost of the project ?

i ➥ 28,16,000
ii ➥ 20,90,000
iii ➥ 26,95,000
iv ➥ 27,50,000

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Q60➡ | NTA UGC NET JANUARY 2017

A software company needs to develop a project that is estimated as 1000 function points and is
planning to use JAVA as the programming language whose approximate lines of code per function
point is accepted as 50. Considering a = 1.4 as multiplicative factor, b = 1.0 as exponential factor for
the basic COCOMO effort equation and c = 3.0 as multiplicative factor, d = 0.33 as exponential
factor for the basic COCOMO duration equation, approximately how long does the project take to
complete ?

i ➥ 11.2 months
ii ➥ 12.2 months
iii ➥ 13.2 months
iv ➥ 10.2 months

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Q61➡ | NTA UGC NET JANUARY 2017

Software Engineering is an engineering discipline that is concerned with:

i ➥ how computer systems work.

ii ➥ theories and methods that underlie computers and software systems.
iii ➥ all aspects of software production
iv ➥ all aspects of computer-based systems development, including hardware, software and
process engineering.

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Q62➡ | NTA UGC NET JANUARY 2017
Which of the following is not one of three software product aspects addressed by McCall’s software
quality factors ?

i ➥ Ability to undergo change

ii ➥ Adaptability to new environments
iii ➥ Operational characteristics
iv ➥ Production costs and scheduling

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Q63➡ | NTA UGC NET JANUARY 2017

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true with respect to software architecture ?
S1 : Coupling is a measure of how well the things grouped together in a module belong together
logically.
S2 : Cohesion is a measure of the degree of interaction between software modules.
S3 : If coupling is low and cohesion is high then it is easier to change one module without affecting
others.

i ➥ Only S1 and S2
ii ➥ Only S3
iii ➥ All of S1, S2 and S3
iv ➥ Only S1

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Q64➡ | NTA UGC NET JANUARY 2017

A software design pattern used to enhance the functionality of an object at run-time is:

i ➥ Adapter
ii ➥ Decorator
iii ➥ Delegation
iv ➥ Proxy

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Q65➡ | NTA UGC NET AUGUST 2016

A server crashes on average once in 30 days, that is, the Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is 30
days. When this happens, it takes 12 hours to reboot it, that is, the Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) is
12 hours. The availability of server with these reliability data values is approximately :

i ➥ 96.3%
ii ➥ 97.3%
iii ➥ 98.3%
iv ➥ 99.3%

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Q66➡ | NTA UGC NET AUGUST 2016

Software safety is quality assurance activity that focuses on hazards that

i ➥ affect the reliability of a software component.

ii ➥ may cause an entire system to fail.
iii ➥ may result from user input errors.
iv ➥ prevent profitable marketing of the final product.

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Q67➡ | NTA UGC NET AUGUST 2016

Which of the following sets represent five stages defined by Capability Maturity Model (CMM) in
increasing order of

i ➥ Initial, Defined, Repeatable, Managed, Optimized.

ii ➥ Initial, Repeatable, Defined, Managed, Optimized.
iii ➥ Initial, Defined, Managed, Repeatable, Optimized.
iv ➥ Initial, Repeatable, Managed, Defined, Optimized.

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Q68➡ | NTA UGC NET AUGUST 2016

he number of function points of a proposed system is calculated as 500. Suppose that the system is
planned to be developed in Java and the LOC/FP ratio of Java is 50. Estimate the effort (E) required
to complete the project using the effort formula of basic COCOMO given below : E = a(KLOC)b
Assume that the values of a and b are 2.5 and 1.0 respectively.

i ➥ 25 person months
ii ➥ 75 person months
iii ➥ 62.5 person months
iv ➥ 72.5 person months

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Q69➡ | NTA UGC NET AUGUST 2016

Which of the following is used to determine the specificity of requirements? [ Where n 1 is the
number of requirements for which all reviewers have identical interpretations, n 2 is number of
requirements in a specification.]

i➥n1/n2
ii ➥ n 2 / n 1
iii ➥ n 1 + n 2
iv ➥ n 1 – n 2

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Q70➡ | NTA UGC NET AUGUST 2016

The major shortcoming of waterfall model is

i ➥ The difficulty in accommodating changes after requirement analysis.

ii ➥ The difficult in accommodating changes after feasibility analysis.
iii ➥ The system testing
iv ➥ The maintenance of system.

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Q71➡ | NTA UGC NET AUGUST 2016

The quick design of a software that is visible to end users leads to _.

i ➥ iterative model
ii ➥ prototype model
iii ➥ spiral model
iv ➥ waterfall model

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Q72➡ | NTA UGC NET AUGUST 2016

For a program of k variables, boundary value analysis yields __ test cases.

i ➥ 4k – 1
ii ➥ 4k
iii ➥ 4k + 1
iv ➥ 2 k – 1

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Q73➡ | NTA UGC NET JULY 2016

The extent to which a software performs its intended functions without failures, is termed as__

i ➥ Robustness
ii ➥ Correctness
iii ➥ Reliability
iv ➥ Accuracy

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Q74➡ | NTA UGC NET JULY 2016

If S 1 is total number of modules defined in the program architecture, S 3 is the number of modules
whose correct function depends on prior processing then the number of modules not dependent
on prior processing is :

i ➥ 1 + (S 3 / S 1 )
ii ➥ 1 – (S 3 / S 1 )
iii ➥ 1 + (S 1 / S 3 )
iv ➥ 1 – (S 1 / S 3 )

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Q75➡ | NTA UGC NET JULY 2016

The __ model is preferred for software development when the requirements are not clear.

i ➥ Rapid Application Development

ii ➥ Rational Unified Process
iii ➥ Evolutionary Model
iv ➥ Waterfall Model

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Q76➡ | NTA UGC NET JULY 2016

Which of the following is not included in waterfall model?

i ➥ Requirement analysis
ii ➥ Risk analysis
iii ➥ Design
iv ➥ Coding

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Q77➡ | NTA UGC NET JULY 2016

The cyclomatic complexity of a flow graph V(G), in terms of predicate nodes is: [Where P is number
of predicate nodes in flow graph V(G).]

i➥P+1
ii ➥ P – 1
iii ➥ P – 2
iv ➥ P + 2

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Q78➡ | NTA UGC NET JULY 2016

The extent to which a software tolerates the unexpected problems, is termed as:

i ➥ Accuracy
ii ➥ Reliability
iii ➥ Correctness
iv ➥ Robustness

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Q79➡ | NTA UGC NET DECEMBER 2015

The distributed system is a collection of (P)and communication is achieved in distributed system by
(Q), where (P) and (Q) are:

i ➥ Loosely coupled hardware on tightly coupled software and disk sharing, respectively.
ii ➥ Tightly coupled hardware on loosely coupled software and shared memory, respectively
iii ➥ Tightly coupled software on loosely coupled hardware and message passing, respectively
iv ➥ Loosely coupled software on tightly coupled hardware and file sharing, respectively.

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Q80➡ | NTA UGC NET DECEMBER 2015
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

i ➥ Pareto analysis is a statistical method used for analyzing causes, and is one of the primary tools
for quality management
ii ➥ Reliability of a software specifies the probability of failure-free operation of that software for a
given time duration.
iii ➥ The reliability of a system can also be specified as the Mean Time To Failure (MTTF)
iv ➥ In white-box testing, the test cases are decided from the specifications or the requirements

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Q81➡ | NTA UGC NET DECEMBER 2015

Which one of the following statements, related to the requirements phase in Software Engineering,
is incorrect?

i ➥ “Requirement validation” is one of the activities in the requirements phase.

ii ➥ Prototyping” is one of the methods for requirement analysis.
iii ➥ Modelling-oriented approach” is one of the methods for specifying the functional
specifications
iv ➥ “Function points” is one of the most commonly used size metric for requirements.

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Q82➡ | NTA UGC NET DECEMBER 2015

In software testing, how the error, fault and failure are related to each other?

i ➥ Error leads to failure but fault is not related to error and failure.
ii ➥ Fault leads to failure but error is not related to fault and failure.
iii ➥ Error leads to fault and fault leads to failure.
iv ➥ Fault leads to error and error leads to failure.

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Q83➡ | NTA UGC NET DECEMBER 2015

Which of the following is not a software process model?

i ➥ Prototyping
ii ➥ Iterative
iii ➥ Time-boxing
iv ➥ Glass-boxing

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Q84➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

Module design is used to maximize cohesion and minimize coupling. Which of the following is the
key to implement this rule?

i ➥ Inheritance
ii ➥ Polymorphism
iii ➥ Encapsulation
iv ➥ Abstraction

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Q85➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

Verification:

i ➥ refers to the set of activities that ensure that software correctly implements a specific function
ii ➥ gives answer to the question – Are we building the product right ?
iii ➥ requires execution of software
iv ➥ both (A) and (B)

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Q86➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015
Which design metric is used to measure the compactness of the program in terms of lines of code?

i ➥ Consistency
ii ➥ Conciseness
iii ➥ Efficiency
iv ➥ Accuracy

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Q87➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

Requirements prioritisation and negotiation belongs to:

i ➥ Requirements validation
ii ➥ Requirements elicitation
iii ➥ Feasibility study
iv ➥ Requirements reviews

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Q88➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

Adaptive maintenance is a maintenance which __.

i ➥ correct errors that were not discovered till testing phase

ii ➥ is carried out to port the existing software to a new environment.
iii ➥ improves the system performance
iv ➥ both (2) and (3)

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Q89➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

A Design concept Refinement is a

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A Design concept Refinement is a

i ➥ Top-down approach
ii ➥ Complementary of Abstraction concept
iii ➥ Process of elaboration
iv ➥ All of the above

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Q90➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

A software design is highly modular if:

i ➥ cohesion is functional and coupling is data type.

ii ➥ cohesion is coincidental and coupling is data type.
iii ➥ cohesion is sequential and coupling is content type.
iv ➥ cohesion is functional and coupling is stamp type.

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Q91➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

In which testing strategy requirements established during requirements analysis are validated
against developed software?

i ➥ Validation testing
ii ➥ Integration testing
iii ➥ Regression testing
iv ➥ System testing

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Q92➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

Which process model is also called as classic life cycle model?

i ➥ Waterfall model

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i ➥ Waterfall model
ii ➥ RAD model
iii ➥ Prototyping model
iv ➥ Incremental model

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Q93➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

Cohesion is an extension of:

i ➥ Abstraction concept
ii ➥ Refinement concept
iii ➥ Information hiding concept
iv ➥ Modularity

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Q94➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

Which one from the following is highly associated activity of project planning?

i ➥ Keep track of the project progress.

ii ➥ Compare actual and planned progress and costs.
iii ➥ Identify the activities, milestones and deliverables produced by a project.
iv ➥ Both (2) and (3).

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Q95➡ | NTA UGC NET JUNE 2015

Which of the following statements is incorrect for Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) ?

i ➥ The PVM communication model provides asynchronous blocking send, asynchronous blocking
receive, and non-blocking receive function.
ii ➥ Message buffers are allocated dynamically.
iii ➥ The PVM communication model assumes that any task can send a message to any other PVM
task and that there is no limit to the size or number of such messages.
iv ➥ In PVM model, the message order is not preserved.

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