Software Engineering MCQ Multiple Choice

Questions

1. Software is defined as ___________

a) set of programs, documentation & configuration of data
b) set of programs
c) documentation and configuration of data
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Software is a collection of programmes; it also includes documentation and
data setup to enable the programmes to function. Microsoft windows, excel, word,
powerpoint, etc. are a few examples of software.
2. What is Software Engineering?
a) Designing a software
b) Testing a software
c) Application of engineering principles to the design a software
d) None of the above
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Answer: c
Explanation: Software engineering is the application of engineering principles to the
design, development, and support of software and it helps to solve the challenges of
low-quality software projects.
3. Who is the father of Software Engineering?
a) Margaret Hamilton
b) Watts S. Humphrey
c) Alan Turing
d) Boris Beizer
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Answer: b
Explanation: Watts S. Humphrey created the Software Process Program at Carnegie
Mellon University’s Institute (SEI) in the 1980s, and served as its director from 1986
through the early 1990s. This program was designed to help participants understand and
manage the software developement process.
4. What are the features of Software Code?
a) Simplicity
b) Accessibility
c) Modularity
d) All of the above
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Answer: c
Explanation: Software code should be written in a clear, succinct, and easy-to-
understand way. Simplicity should be preserved in the program code’s organization,
implementation, and design. These codes should be constructed in such a way that
software components (such as files and functions) are readily available. The software
may be broken down into numerous parts to make it easier to comprehend and
troubleshoot.
5. ____________ is a software development activity that is not a part of software
processes.
a) Validation
b) Specification
c) Development
d) Dependence
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Answer: d
Explanatio n: A software dependency is an external independent library that can range in
size from a single file to numerous files and directories arranged into packages to
accomplish a specified purpose and is an attribute and not an engineering activity for
process.
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6. Define Agile scrum methodology.
a) project management that emphasizes incremental progress
b) project management that emphasizes decremental progress
c) project management that emphasizes neutral progress
d) project management that emphasizes no progress
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Answer: a
Explanation: Agile scrum methodology is a style of project management that emphasizes
incremental progress. Each iteration is divided into two to four-week sprints, with the
goal of completing the most important features first and delivering a possibly deliverable
product at the end of each sprint.
7. CASE stands for
a) Computer-Aided Software Engineering
b) Control Aided Science and Engineering
c) Cost Aided System Experiments
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The CASE tool’s purpose is to make the work of software development and
maintenance easier and more reliable.
8. ________ is defined as the process of generating analysis and designing documents?
a) Re-engineering
b) Reverse engineering
c) Software re-engineering
d) Science and engineering
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Answer: b
Explanation: The method of reverse engineering is used to uncover difficult, unknown,
and hidden information about a software system.
9. The activity that distributes estimated effort across the planned project duration by
allocating the effort to specific software developing tasks is ____________
a) Project scheduling
b) Detailed schedule
c) Macroscopic schedule
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Software project scheduling is the process of allocating anticipated effort to
specific software developing activities and distributing it across the project’s intended
length. A macroscopic schedule is created in the early phases of project planning.
10. What is a Functional Requirement?
a) specifies the tasks the program must complete
b) specifies the tasks the program should not complete
c) specifies the tasks the program must not work
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: A functional requirement is a specification that describes a system or one of
its components. It specifies the tasks the program must complete. A function is made up
of three parts: inputs, behavior, and outputs.
11. Why do bugs and failures occur in software?
a) Because of Developers
b) Because of companies
c) Because of both companies and Developers
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Software businesses are in charge of establishing policies and creating a
working environment for software development, therefore they are a component of the
software development process. Bugs from developers are nothing new.
12. Attributes of good software is ____________
a) Development
b) Maintainability & functionality
c) Functionality
d) Maintainability
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Answer: b
Explanation: Good software should provide the functionality and maintainability that are
necessary. Software development is a must, not an option. Along with this software also
additional attributes like usability, efficiency, reliability, accuracy, robustness, integrity,
etc.
13. The Cleanroom philosophy was proposed by _________
a) Linger
b) Mills
c) Dyer
d) All of the Mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Mills, Dyer, and Linger initially suggested the Cleanroom concept in the
1980s. The main goal of the philosophy of cleanroom philosophy is to develop software
with zero defects.
14. What does SDLC stands for?
a) System Design Life Cycle
b) Software Design Life Cycle
c) Software Development Life Cycle
d) System Development Life cycle
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Answer: c
Explanation: The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a method for designing,
developing, and testing high-quality software. The software developed to meet or exceed
customer expectations must have an SDLC designed to complete the software on time
and on budget.
15. Who proposed the spiral model?
a) Barry Boehm
b) Pressman
c) Royce
d) IBM
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Answer: a
Explanation: The spiral model by Boehm, is a software process model that combines
prototyping’s iterative characteristic with the linear sequential model’s regulated and
systematic elements. It implements the capability of quick production of new software
versions.
16. ______________ is not among the eight principles followed by the Software Code of
Ethics and Professional Practice.
a) PRODUCT
b) ENVIRONMENT
c) PUBLIC
d) PROFESSION
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Answer: b
Explanation: The rest are software ethical provisions; the environment does not focus on
individual clauses or their importance in relation to the topic. The eight principles that
should be followed by the Software code is:
1. PUBLIC
2. CLIENT AND EMPLOYER
3. PRODUCT
4. JUDGMENT
5. MANAGEMENT
6. PROFESSION
7. COLLEAGUES
8. SELF
17. Which of the following are CASE tools?
a) Central Repository
b) Integrated Case Tools
c) Upper Case Tools
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: CASE tools can be divided into Central Repository, Integrated Case Tools,
Upper Case Tools, and Lower Case Tools based on their use at a particular SDLC
stage.
18. __________________ suits the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.
a) Customer collaboration
b) Individuals and interactions
c) Working software
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: None.
19. Software patch is defined as ______________
a) Daily or routine Fix
b) Required or Critical Fix
c) Emergency Fix
d) None of the mentioned
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20. __________ software development team has no permanent leader.
a) Controlled Centralized (CC)
b) Controlled decentralized (CD)
c) Democratic decentralized (DD)
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Team members Communicate among themselves horizontally. There is no
permanent leader in the team and a team of software engineers coordinates among
themselves temporarily to perform the task.
21. Regardless of application area, project size, or complexity, software development
work may be divided into three generic phases: the__________ phase, which focuses
on what, the_________ phase, which focuses on how, and the_________ phase, which
focuses on change.
i. support
ii. development
iii. definition
a) iii, ii, i
b) iii, i, ii
c) i, ii, iii
d) ii, i, iii
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Answer: a
Explanation: Irrespective of the application area, project size, or complexity, software
development work may be divided into three generic phases: the definition phase, which
focuses on what, the development phase, which focuses on how, and the support
phase, which focuses on change.
22. _________ is not a fundamental activity for software processes in software
development.
a) Evolution
b) Design and implementation
c) Validation
d) Verification
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Answer: d
Explanation: Implementation and testing activities account for software verification.
Software Verification is a process that ensures that the software developed is accurate
and meets the user’s expectations.
23. What are agile manifesto principles?
a) Customer satisfaction
b) Face-to-face communication within a development team
c) Changes in requirements are welcome
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Principles of the agile manifesto are:
i) Customer satisfaction is a priority.
ii) Changes in requirements are welcome, if they occur late in the development process.
iii) Deliver working software on a regular basis.
iv) Business people and developers must connect on a daily basis through the project.
v) Support people who are interested and passionate about developing.
vi) Face-to-face communication within a development team.
vii) Working software indicates progress.
viii) Sustainable development is aided by agile processes.
ix) A constant focus on technical excellence and smart design improve agility.
x) Simplicity, or the art of minimizing the amount of effort that isn’t done, is critical.
xi) Self-organizing teams
xii) The team reflects on how to become more effective at regular intervals, then selects
its behavior accordingly.
24. Faster delivery is possible with CBSE.
a) False
b) True
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Answer: b
Explanation: They build more dependable systems at a faster rate because they use
previously validated components. The software developed by CBSE uses reusable
components.
25. Who proposed Function Points?
a) Albrecht
b) Jacobson
c) Boehm
d) Booch
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Answer: a
Explanation: Since Albrecht presented functional points in 1979, hundreds of books and
articles have been produced on the subject.
26. _________ is a software development life cycle model that is chosen if the
development team has less experience on similar projects.
a) Iterative Enhancement Model
b) RAD
c) Spiral
d) Waterfall
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Answer: c
Explanation: For many applications, relying on risk assessment/analysis gives more
freedom than is necessary, overcoming the requirements of less experienced
developers.
27. Agile Software Development is based on which of the following type?
a) Iterative Development
b) Incremental Development
c) Both Incremental and Iterative Development
d) Linear Development
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Answer: c
Explanation: The software is built in increments, with the client stating the criteria to be
included in each increment, and the top goal is to please the customer by delivering
valuable software early and frequently. They’re iterative because they work on one
iteration before moving on to the next.
28. _______________________ is a software developing team has a defined leader
who coordinates specific tasks and secondary leaders that have responsibility for sub
tasks.
a) Democratic decentralized (DD)
b) Controlled centralized (CC)
c) Controlled decentralized (CD)
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Problem-solving is still a group activity, but the team leader divides the
execution of solutions into subgroups and it is known as a Controlled decentralized
team. In Democratic decentralized, there is no permanent leader in the team and a team
of software developers coordinates among themselves temporarily to perform the task.
29. 4GT Model is a set of __________________
a) Programs
b) CASE Tools
c) Software tools
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: 4GT is a collection of software tools that allow a software developer to
describe high-level features and have source code created automatically based on those
requirements.
30. Engineers developing software should not
a) be dependent on their colleagues
b) maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment
c) not knowingly accept work that is outside your competence
d) not use your technical skills to misuse other people’s computers
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Answer: a
Explanation:None.
31. __________ is not suitable for accommodating any change?
a) RAD Model
b) Waterfall Model
c) Build & Fix Model
d) Prototyping Model
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: Real-world projects seldom follow the Waterfall Model’s proposed
sequential sequence. A Sequential model is an example of a waterfall model. The
software development activity is split into several phases in this paradigm, with each
phase consisting of a sequence of activities and having different goals.
32. The model which has a major disadvantage in terms of the coding phase of a
software life cycle model is ________
a) Rad Model
b) Spiral Model
c) 4GT Model
d) Waterfall Model
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Answer: c
Explanation: Since the coding phase is eliminated in 4GT Model, more expertise is
required for analysis, design and testing activities.
33. Adaptive Software Development(ASD) has which of the following three framework
activities?
a) speculation, collaboration, learning
b) analysis, design, coding
c) requirements gathering, adaptive cycle planning, iterative development
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: None.
34. Which of the following is not a project factor that should be considered when
planning the structure of software developing teams?
a) The rigidity of the delivery date
b) The degree of sociability required for the project
c) High frustration caused by personal, business, or technological factors that causes
friction among team members
d) The difficulty of the problem to be solved
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Answer: b
Explanation: Development is irrelevant to the social quotient.
35. What is the full form of the “COCOMO” model?
a) Cost Constructive Estimation Model
b) Constructive Cost Estimation Model
c) Constructive Case Estimation Model
d) Constructive Cost Estimating Model
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Answer: b
Explanation: The Cocomo (Constructive Cost Model) regression model is based on the
number of lines of code. It is a procedural cost estimate model that is frequently used as
a method of accurately estimating size, effort, cost, duration, and quality for a project
completion.
36. Which one of the following is not a software process quality?
a) Visibility
b) Timeliness
c) Productivity
d) Portability
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Answer: d
Explanation: Portability is a software product quality which means software can run on
different hardware platforms or environments.
37. Cleanroom software development process complies with the operational analysis
principles by using a method called known as
a) referential transparency
b) degenerative error correction
c) box structure specification
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Box structures are descriptions of functions that exhibit properties essential
for effective system specification and design.
38. What is system software?
a) computer program
b) Testing
c) AI
d) IOT
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Answer: a
Explanation: System software is a sort of computer program that manages the hardware
and applications on a computer. They are of three types: This is the operating system.
This is a language processor. Software that is useful.
39. Quality Management is known as _______
a) SQI
b) SQA
c) SQM
d) SQA and SQM
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Answer: b
Explanation: Software quality assurance (SQA) is another name for quality
management, which is an umbrella activity that is used throughout the software
development process.
40. _____________ is the definition of objects in the database that leads directly to a
standard approach for the creation of software documentation.
a) Data/data integration
b) Information sharing
c) Document standardization
d) Data integrity
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Answer: c
Explanation: In a software project, documentation standards are critical since papers are
the only concrete means to describe the program and the development process.
Standardized papers should be easy to read and comprehend since they have a uniform
look, structure, and quality.
41. ______________ is an indirect measure of software development process.
a) Cost
b) Effort Applied
c) Efficiency
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Efficiency is an indirect measure. Indirect measures also include products
like maintainability, quality, functionality, complexity, reliability, and many more.
42. According to an IBM research, “31% of projects are abandoned before they are
completed, 53% exceed their cost projections by an average of 189 percent, and 94
projects are restarted for every 100 projects.” What is the significance of these figures?
a) Lack of software ethics and understanding
b) Management issues in the company
c) Lack of adequate training
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Lack of software ethics and knowledge, as well as corporate management
difficulties, are all aspects of Software Development, therefore this is a possibility. Both
are due to a lack of sufficient training.
43. Which of the following document contains the user system requirements?
a) SRD
b) DDD
c) SDD
d) SRS
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Answer: d
Explanation: A software requirements specification (SRS) is a detailed explanation of
how a system should behave before it is built. It may also include a collection of use
cases that explain how users will interact with the programme.
44. _____________ specification is also known as SRS document.
a) white-box
b) grey-box
c) black-box
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: The system is regarded as a black box, with no knowledge of its underlying
workings, and just its observable exterior (input/output) behavior described.
45. Which of the following is not a part of Software evolution?
a) Re-engineering activities
b) Maintenance activities
c) Development activities
d) Negotiating with client
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Answer: d
Explanation: The study and management of the process of making changes to software
through time is referred to as software evolution. As a result, the remaining three
alternatives are available.
46. ___________ is a Strategy to achieve Software diversity.
a) Explicit specification of different algorithms
b) Different programming languages
c) Different design methods and tools
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Diversity refers to the ability to deliver the same functionality in a variety of
ways so that essential components of a dependable system do not fail in the same way.
Because we all have varied life experiences, backgrounds, and expertise, adding variety
to the problem-solving process is essential because it allows us to come up with new
ideas and methods.
47. In which step of SDLC actual programming of software code is done?
a) Development and Documentation
b) Maintenance and Evaluation
c) Design
d) Analysis
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Answer: a
Explanation: The documentation explains the functions of the final product. The
developer must discover adequate knowledge in the technical documentation to begin
coding.
48. Software Debugging is known as _________________
a) identifying the task to be computerized
b) creating program code
c) creating the algorithm
d) finding and correcting errors in the program code
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Software Debugging is the systematic process of identifying and
decreasing the number of bugs or faults in a computer program or a piece of electrical
gear so that it behaves as intended.
49. The word which describes the importance of software design is?
a) Complexity
b) Quality
c) Efficiency
d) Accuracy
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Answer: b
Explanation: The degree to which software complies with or adheres to a particular
design based on functional requirements or specifications is referred to as functional
quality.
50. The incorrect activity among the following for the configuration management of a
software system is ________
a) Version management
b) System management
c) Change management
d) Internship management
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: The policies and methods for configuration management describe how to
track and process proposed system changes, as well as how to select which system
components to modify, how to manage various versions of the system and its
components, and how to disseminate changes to customers.
51. Build & Fix Model is suitable for programming exercises of ___________ LOC (Line
of Code).
a) 100-200
b) 200-400
c) 400-1000
d) above 1000
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: Build & Fix Model is suitable for small projects & programming exercises of
100 or 200 lines.
52. RAD stands for
a) Relative Application Development
b) Rapid Application Development
c) Rapid Application Document
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.
53. Which one of the following models is not suitable for accommodating any change?
a) Build & Fix Model
b) Prototyping Model
c) RAD Model
d) Waterfall Model
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Real projects rarely follow the sequential flow that the Waterfall Model
proposes.
54. Which is not one of the types of prototype of Prototyping Model?
a) Horizontal Prototype
b) Vertical Prototype
c) Diagonal Prototype
d) Domain Prototype
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Their is no such thing as Diagonal Prototype whereas other options have
their respective definitions.
55. Which one of the following is not a phase of Prototyping Model?
a) Quick Design
b) Coding
c) Prototype Refinement
d) Engineer Product
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Answer: b
Explanation: A prototyping model generates only a working model of a system.
56. Which of the following statements regarding Build & Fix Model is wrong?
a) No room for structured design
b) Code soon becomes unfixable & unchangeable
c) Maintenance is practically not possible
d) It scales up well to large projects
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Answer: d
Explanation: Build & Fix Model is suitable for 100-200 LOC
57. RAD Model has
a) 2 phases
b) 3 phase
c) 5 phases
d) 6 phases
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: RAD Model consists of five phases namely:Business modeling,Data
modeling,Process modeling,Application generation and Testing & Turnover.
58. What is the major drawback of using RAD Model?
a) Highly specialized & skilled developers/designers are required
b) Increases reusability of components
c) Encourages customer/client feedback
d) Increases reusability of components, Highly specialized & skilled
developers/designers are required
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: The client may create an unrealistic product vision leading a team to over
or under-develop functionality.Also, the specialized & skilled developers are not easily
available.
59. SDLC stands for
a) Software Development Life Cycle
b) System Development Life cycle
c) Software Design Life Cycle
d) System Design Life Cycle
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
60. Which model can be selected if user is involved in all the phases of SDLC?
a) Waterfall Model
b) Prototyping Model
c) RAD Model
d) both Prototyping Model & RAD Model
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
61. Select the option that suits the Manifesto for Agile Software Development
a) Individuals and interactions
b) Working software
c) Customer collaboration
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation: None.
62. Agile Software Development is based on
a) Incremental Development
b) Iterative Development
c) Linear Development
d) Both Incremental and Iterative Development
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation: The software is developed in increments with the customer specifying the
requirements to be included in each increment and the highest priority is to satisfy the
customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. They are iterative
because they work on one iteration followed by improvements in next iteration
63. Which on of the following is not an agile method?
a) XP
b) 4GT
c) AUP
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation: The 4GT approach does not incorporate iteration and the continuous
feedback,which is the fundamental aspect of an agile method.
64. Agility is defined as the ability of a project team to respond rapidly to a change.
a) True
b) False
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: The aim of agile methods is to reduce overheads in the software process
and to be able to respond quickly to changing requirements without excessive rework.
65. How is plan driven development different from agile development ?
a) Outputs are decided through a process of negotiation during the software
development process
b) Specification, design, implementation and testing are interleaved
c) Iteration occurs within activities
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation: A plan-driven approach to software engineering is based around separate
development stages with the outputs to be produced at each of these stages planned in
advance.
66. How many phases are there in Scrum ?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Scrum is an agile method which means it does not have phases
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation: There are three phases in Scrum.The initial phase is an outline planning
phase followed by a series of sprint cycles and project closure phase.
67. Agile methods seem to work best when team members have a relatively high skill
level.
a) True
b) False
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation: None.
68. Which of the following does not apply to agility to a software process?
a) Uses incremental product delivery strategy
b) Only essential work products are produced
c) Eliminate the use of project planning and testing
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation: Testing is a major part of each software development process which can’t
be avoided.
69. Which three framework activities are present in Adaptive Software
Development(ASD) ?
a) analysis, design, coding
b) requirements gathering, adaptive cycle planning, iterative development
c) speculation, collaboration, learning
d) all of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation: None.
70. In agile development it is more important to build software that meets the customers’
needs today than worry about features that might be needed in the future.
a) True
b) False
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation: None.