1. In use-case diagram, what is system illustrated by?

1. oval
2. box
3. circle
4. triangle
Correct Answer : 2

2. UML supports ____________ phases of software development

1. earlier
2. final
3. middle
4. all
Correct Answer : 4

3. Which Agile principle can help in chronic situation?

A. Incremental Delivery
B. Continuous Integration
C. PMO Policy
D. Latest Technology

4. requirement analysis _____________

1. delivers a system in a series of versions
2. organizes abstraction
3. builds a bridge between user and developer
4. uses experimental software to better understand user requirements
Correct Answer : 3

5. What is type of software maintainance?

1. adaptive
2. corrective
3. perfective
4. obsolescene
Correct Answer : 4

6. which of the following activities of SDLC involves choosing a system structure capable of satisfying
requirement specification?
1. requirement analysis
2. design
3. coding
4. testing
Correct Answer : 2

7. pick up the odd one out of the following

A. data flow diagram
B. object identification
C. structural decomposition
D. E-R diagrams
Correct Answer : 2

8. . ------------------- Lifecycle model describe how software system should be developed and describe
how software are actually developed.
1. Prescriptive & Descriptive
 2. Prescriptive & Definitive
3. Descriptive & Prescriptive
4. Descriptive & Intuitive
Correct Answer : 1

9. The requirement phase consist of

a) Problem analysis b) Requirement specification
c) Requirement validation d) Problem validation
1. a, b, c
2. a, b, c, d
3. a, b, d
4. a, c, d
Correct Answer : 2

10. ___________ is a method for estimating the software

1. COCOMO
2. Function Point Analysis
3. Use Case Estimation
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

11. The elements of the software architecture of a computing

system include
1. software components
2. class diagrams
3. connectors expressing relationships between software components
4. entity relationship diagrams
1. 1 & 2
2. 1 & 3
3. 1, 3 & 4
4. 1, 2, 3 & 4
Correct Answer : 2

12. Ability of a software to perform intended function with minimum consumption of computing
resources

1. Effeciency
2. Robustness
3. Reliability
4. Correctness
Correct Answer : 1

13. Ability to deal with exceptional conditions e.g. invalid input, improper handling, power failure, disk
crash etc.
1. Effeciency
2. Robustness
3. Reliability
4. Correctness
Correct Answer : 2

14. Maintainability is the ease with which a software can

1. be corrected if an error is encountered
 2. adapted if its environment changes
3. enhanced if the customer desires a change in requirements
4. all of above
Correct Answer : 4

15. The type of testing carried out along with coding is called
1. system testing
2. unit testing
3. pretesting
4. stress testing
Correct Answer : 2

16. The type of software maintainence which is done to remove bugs or defects in the software is
called
1. Corrective Maintainence
2. Adaptive Maintainence
3. Regressive Maintainence
4. Perfective Maintainence
Correct Answer : 1

17. RAD stands for

1. Rapid Application Development
2. Random Access Disc
3. Random Application Driver
4. Rapid Alignment Disc
Correct Answer : 1

18. Which of the following is not true about Component Assembly Model
1. It is similar to the Spiral Model
2. The technical framework for this model is provided by object technologies
3. Candiate classes are extracted from class library or developed
4. Its productivity is low
Correct Answer : 4

19. Which of the following is not true about the context diagram?
1. It does not show details of the funtioning
2. It shows major inputs & outputs of the system
3. It shows the external entities of the system
4. It shows the datastores of the system
Correct Answer : 4

20. . Data Items in a data dictionary are description of

1. Input data
2. data flows
3. data stores
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

21. The ways of describing specifications at different levels of detail include

1. requirements definition
 2. requirements specification
3. both a and b options
4. None of these options
Correct Answer : 3

22. Stable requirements are

1. Requirements related to the core activities of software customer
2. Requirements which are dependent on the environment where the delivered system is to be used
3. both a and b options
4. none of these options
Correct Answer : 1

23. Functional Independence is not achieved by

1. Coupling
2. Modularity
3. Information Hiding
4. Any of the above
Correct Answer : 1

24. If two modules are coupled without exchange of data or control information then they exhibit
1. Normal Coupling
2. Stamp Coupling
3. Control Coupling
4. Common Coupling
Correct Answer : 1

25. Which of the following is a graphical tool for software design?

1. Data Flow Diagram
2. Structure Chart
3. Decision Tree
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

26. What manifests in the patterns of choices made among alternatives ways of expressing an
algorithm is
1. a data flow diagram
2. coding style
3. a data dictionary
4. None of these options
Correct Answer : 2

27. Changes made to the software to correct defects uncovered after delivery is called
1. perfective maintainence
2. regressive maintainence
3. adaptive maintainence
4. corrective maintainence
Correct Answer : 4

28. Arrang the following in the correct sequence of software estimation a. Schedule Estimation b. Effort
Estimation c. Cost Estimation d. Size estimation
1. b, c, a, d
2. c, a, b, d
 3. d, b, a, c
4. a, c, d, b
Correct Answer : 3

29. Final Function point count calculated for project will result in the smallest LOC if implemented in
1. Assembly
2. C
3. C++
4. Visual Basic
Correct Answer : 4

30. Project schedule can be illustrated using

1. DFD and ERD
2. Bar chart
3. Activity chart
4. Both b and c options
Correct Answer : 4

31. Most of the project plans should include

1. Risk analysis
2. Project organization
3. Project schedule
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

32. ________ shows the dependencies between the different activities making up a project.
1. PERT chart
2. Bar chart
3. Staffing Plan
4. Pi chart
Correct Answer : 1

33. Chief Programmer Teams are suitable for projects

1. with research orientation
2. with high modularity
3. with high creativity
4. None of these
Correct Answer : 2

34. Judging the seriousness of a risk by evaluating its probability along with its consequences is called
1. Risk analysis
2. Risk Projection
3. Risk Estimation
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

35. The RMMM plan is generally included in the

1. Feasibility Study
2. Project Plan
3. SRS Document
4. Project Legacy
Correct Answer : 2
36. InvalidateRect() puts WM_PAINT message in message queue.
1.true
2.false
3.Not Always

37. UpdateWindow() paints the client area.

1.True
2.False
3.Not Always

38. HINSTANCE type variable stores id of running application

1. True
2 False
3 Not Always

39. WM_TIMER is the highest priority message

1.true
2.false
3.not always

40. The WM_INITDIALOG message is sent to the dialog box procedure immediately before a dialog box
is displayed.
1.true
2.false
3.not always

41. SendMessage is not directly send to the window procedure.

1.true
2.false
3.not always

42. Icon is a Text resource.

1.true
2.false
3.not always

43. Subclassing means changing the behaviour of controls.

A. true
B. false
C. not always

44. CALLBACK functions are called by the operating systems.

a) true
b) false
c) not always

45. WINAPI is not related to calling conventions.

true
false
not always
46. Which of the following operations is provided by a common dialog box?
Choosing an icon
Choosing a network drive.
Choosing a database.
Choosing a font.

47. What is the primary difference between SendMessage and PostMessage?

SendMessage is used for local queues, while PostMessage isused for remote queues.
SendMessage can only be used within a worker thread, while PostMessage can be used at any time.
SendMessage can only send messages to the application thread, while PostMessage can send messages
to any thread.
SendMessage is called from within a Windows procedure, while PostMessage is called from within
message queues
48. Menu is ------
A. GDI Object
B. Resource
C. Picture
D. Item
49. Following is not type of Device Context
A. Screen Device Context
B. Window Device Context
C. Client area Device Context
D. View Device Context

50. Modal DialogBox is created on ____________ &ModalessDialogBox is created on ___________.

A. heap , stack
B. stack , heap

51. Which of the following are resources.

Menu
Bitmap
StatusBarIcon

52. _____________ function creates model dialog box.

createDialog()
DialogBox()
DlgBox()
Iunknown

53. ____________ is return type of window procedure.

handle to the window
LRESULT
BOOL
INT

54. To subclass window's background brush __________ API call is used.

SetClassLong()SetClass()
SetLongClass()
SetLong()

55. __________________ , _____________ , ________________ & ___________ are the

parameters of WinMain().
hInstance , hPrevInstance , messege , iCmdShowhInstance , hPrevInstance , szCmdLine , iCmdShowhwnd
, message , wParam , lParamhInstance ,message , wParam , lParam

56. ___________________ is first message passed to window procedure.

WM_PAINT
WM_CREATE
WM_SHOW
WM_COMMAND

57. _____________ function creates modeless dialog box.

CreateDialog()Dailog()
CreateDialogBox()
DialogBox()

58. Write Windows messages in higher order

1. WM_TIMER
2. Posted Message
3. WM_LBUTTONDOWN
4. Sent Message
5. WM_PAINT
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 55 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1
2,3,4,5,1
3,4,5,1,2

59. Write steps to create standard windows application

1) Initialise and Register Window class
2) Create window
3) Display Window
4) Message loop
5) WndProc1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
2,3,4,5,1
3,4,5,1,2
4,5,1,2,3

60. A windows program should have a message loop comprising of GetMessage(), DispatchMessage()
and TranslateMessage() to process messages from the message queue.
true
false
not always

61. GetDC() is used to retrieve the device context handle for the windows client area when processing a
WM_PAINT message.
true
false
not always

62. If a printable key is pressed then WM_CHAR message will be generated and the ASCII code of the
key will be stored in wParam.
true
false
not always
63. Whenever WM_LBUTTONDOWN,WM_MOUSEMOVE,WM_RBUTTONDOWN messages are
generated that time LOWORD(wParam) and HIWORD(wParam) consists of x and y coordinates of the
mouse pointer.
true
false
not always

64. Predefined controls send WM_COMMAND message whereas common controls send WM_NOTIFY
message.
true
false
not always

65. A Device Context is a GDI structure, which deals with text and graphics.
true
false
not always

66. A Metafile is a collection of GUI functions that are encoded in a binary format.
true
false
not always

67. A Clipboard is used to transfer information between applications or within application.

true
false
not always

68. WinMain is an entry point for windows application.

True
False
Not Always

69. Menu is GDI Object.

True
False
Not Always

70. WINAPI is a API function which explicitly calls Operating System to run Window Procedure.
True
False
Not Always

71. When function key(s) pressed on the keyboard that time WM_KEYDOWN message is generated.
True
False
Not Always

72. LRESULT is a return type of Dialog Procedure.

True
False
Not Always
73. SetPixel is used to draw a particular pixel with a particular color.
True
False
Not Always

74. GetROP2 () is used to get the current drawing mode.

True
False
Not Always

75. Pallette is an attribute of a device context.

True
False
Not Always

76. Windows TIMER is not an input device.

True
False
Not Always

77. In MDI application the default window procedure for main Window is DefWindowProc ().
True
False
Not Always

78. The WM_INITDIALOG message is sent to the dialog box procedure immediately before a dialog box
is displayed.
True
False
Not Always

79. In MDI application child windows are created by mainframe windows.

True
False
Not Always

80. Cursor is a GDI Object.

True
False
Not Always

81. SubClassing means changing the behaviour of the controls.

True
False
Not Always

82. Color Dialog box is a common dialog box.

True
False
Not Always
83. If you want your window procedure to receive double click mouse message that time, you must
include the identifier ___________________ in a window class structure before calling RegisterClassEX
().
CS_DBLCLKS
CS_DBLCLICKS
CS_DBLS
CS_DOUBLECLICKS

84. ___________________ is used to play the metafile.

PlayMeta PlayFile PlayMetafile OpenMetafile

85. To use the windows common controls always include _______________ .h header file.
a) COMMONCTL
b) COMCTL
c) COMMDLG
d) COMMCTL

86. You can obtain the state of Shift keys by using __________________ function.
GetKeyState( )
Key_getValue( )
GetState( )
GetStatus( )

87. Entry point function of a DLL is _____________________.

Main( )
DLLMain( )
StartDLL( )
RunDLL ( )

88. ________________ is a function for creating a Thread.

NewThread( )
Thread ( )
CreateThreadInstance ( )
CreateThread ( )

89. InvalidateRect sends _____________ message in message queue.

WM_COMMAND
WM_PAINT
WM_DISPLAYCHANGE
WM_CHANGE

90. For drawing an Icon on client area of window ____________ function is used.
PaintIcon( )
PasteIcon ( )
DrawIcon( )
LoadIcon ( )

91. You can create a logical font by calling which of the following functions.
CreateFont( )
CreateFontdirect( )
CreateFontIndirect( )
NewFont ( )
92. Dynamic Linked Library is loaded in the memory at____
Static time
Run time
Load Time
Compile Time.

93. Menu is _______

GDI Object
Resource
Picture
Item

94. Which API call is used to check what type of data available in clipboard.
IsClipboardFormatAvailable ( )
IsClipboardContainData ( )
IsTypeofData ( )
SetClipboardData ( )

95. Following option is not a mapping mode.

MM_ISOTROPIC
MM_TEXT
MM_BITMAP
MM_HIMETRIC

96. Following is not a type of device context

Screen Device Context
Window Device Context
Client Area Device Context
View Device Context

97. Following is not a raster operation.

R2_COPYPEN
R2_XORCOPYPEN
R2_NOT
R2_YES

98. Every instance of a running program is______________ of virtual address space.

4 GB
2 GB
6 GB
64 MB

99. Default size of heap is __

2 MB
1 MB
32 MB
None of the above

100. Following is not a bitmap related API call.

PasteBlt ( )
BitBlt ( )
StretchBlt ( )
PatBlt ( )

101. Windows Message contains following information.

Visible property of a window
Caption of window
Handle of window
Root class of a window

102. ____________ is a lowest priority message in Windows Programming. (Win 32 Programming)

WM_PAINT
WM_COMMAND
WM_CHAR
WM_TIMER

103. SetROP2() function is used to change the Raster Operation the Device Context.
true
false
Not Always

104. CreateEnhMetaFile returns handle of the metafile.

true
false
Not Always

105. ClipBoard can store ‘n’ no of formats at a time.

true
false
Not Always

106. If 4 windows are running in a single application then there are 4 Message Queues.
true
false
Not Always

107. With CreateWindow _____________________ and _____________________ functions are used to

display the window.
DisplayWindow( ) , UpdateWindow( )
ShowWindow( ), DialogBox( )
ShowWindow( ) , UpdateWindow( )
ShowWindow ( ) , RepaintWindow ( )

108. The Windows system32 directory containds files which provides function to user application to
perform certain task in the windows enviroment.
GDI32.DLL
KERNEL32.DLL
USER32.DLL
WIN32.DLL

109. The layer between the application and different types of hardware
Application Layer
GDI layer
DataLayerShellLayer

110. The Message received if the right mousebutton is pressed in thtnonclient is

WM_RBUTTONDOWN
WM_NCRBUTTONDOWN
WM_NCIRBUTTONDOWN
WS_RBUTTONDOWN

111. In order to receive Doubleckick message a window must be created with which window style?
DB_DBCLK
CS_DBLCLICK
CS_DBLCLKS
CS_DBLCLK

112. Which message helps in detacting mouse movement and finding mousecursor position
WM_MOUSEMOVE
WM_MOUSEPOS
WM_ONMOUSEMOVE
None of these

113. When child Control in a dialogbox is activated window sends which message?
WM_COMMAND
SendDlgItem
WM_NOTIFY
WM_ACTIVATE

114. Which function will test whether the message is fr the dialogbox or the window?
DlgMessage()
SendDlgMessage()
TranslateMessage()
IsDialogMessage()

115. Which function creates a modal dialog box?

CreateDialog()
DialogBox()
DoModal()
CreateDialogBox()

116. Which function creates a modaless dialog box?

CreateDialog()
DoModal()
DialogBox()
CreateDialogBox()

117. Modal DialogBox is destroyed by calling which function?

EndDialog()
DestroyDialog()
EndDialogBox()
EndModal()
118. Which function sends a message to controls in a dialogbox?
SendDlgItemMessage()
SendDIalogMessage()
SendDialogItemMessage()
none of these

119. The register() function takes a pointer to the WndClass structure as a parameter
True
False

120. WM_CHAR is a combination of WM_KEYUP and WM_KEYDOWN.

True
False

121. Only ModlessDialogbox can be moved on the screen.

True
False

122. The ID value for the child window is passed by lParam Parameter with the mseeage.
True
False

123. In which message it is better to initialiaze all the controls with in the dialogbox.
WM_CREATE
WM_INITDIALOG
WM_INIT
WM_COMMAND

124. The CopyMetaFile function copies the content of a window-format MetaFile to Specified File
CreateMetaFile
CopyMetaFile
CopyDataGetMetaFile

125. TraslateMessage Detects a KeyBoard action that traslates to an ANSI Character

True
False

126. ScrrenCooridinates are pixels measured from the upper left corner of the window's client area.
True
False

127. SelectObject function obtains an object from Device Context

True
False

128. CreatPen Return handle to Old Pen

True
False

129. Which function use to copy file from one Devicecontext to another
DeviceContextBitBltCreateCompatibleDcCopyBltCopyBlt
130. Handle to BITMAP is
HBITMAP
HBMP
HACCEL
HDC

131. To Create Thread Function used is

AfxBeginThreadCreateThreaddoThread
Create

132. WM_CREATE Message is generated after Window is Displayed

True
False

133. The Thread Control Panel is capable of performing the following action
Setting Thread Priority
Suspending a Thread
Resuming Thread
Terminating a Thread

134. which values are used to Set thread priority

15
-2
4
-1

135. To display a modless dialog which property u have to add in its resource files?
WM_SHOW
WS_SHOW
WS_VISIBLE
WS_DISPLAY

136. A Mouse Click on MenuBar generates:

WM_COMMAND
WM_NOTIFY
WM_CHAR
WM_MENUCLICK

137. change in the size of the status bar generates:

WM_RESIZE
WM_SIZE
WM_CHANGE
WM_COMMAND

138. Get TextMatrix() determines the physical dimention of the font currently selected in the DC.
True
False

139. BeginPaint() Prepaires the windows client area for painting.

True
False
140. Rectangle function takes :
2 Parameters
5 Parameters
4 Parameters
None Of the Above

141. The WndClass Structure must be registered with the window before it can be used to create a
window.
True
False

142. To halt the execution of a thread:

KillThread()
SuspendThread()
TerminateThread()
None of These

143. The following are the steps of SDLC

1. Analysis
2. Design
3. Testing
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

144. The SDLC Model most suitable for large projects with clear knowledge & priority of requirements is
1. Spiral Model
2. Incremental Model
3. Waterfall Model
4. Prototyping Model
Correct Answer : 2

145. Which of the following is not true about the Waterfall Model?
1. It is suited for small projects
2. It does not consider risk handling
3. It gives efficient staff utilization
4. It needs clarity of requirements at start.
Correct Answer : 3

146. Prototyping in software process may involve ______.

1. throw - away prototyping
2. evolutionary
3. Both a and b options
4. None of these
Correct Answer : 3

147. Which of the following model may require largest deployment of manpower
1. Incremental Model
2. Waterfall Model
3. Component Assembly Model
 4. RAD Model
Correct Answer : 4

148. The majority of the lifetime of a program is spent in the __________ phase
1. Maintenance
2. Analysis
3. Design
4. Testing
Correct Answer : 1

149. In Boehm’s spiral model, each loop in the spiral represents _____ of the software process
1. phase
2. design
3. documentation
4. none of the above
Correct Answer : 1

150. Which of the following is seen in the DFD but not in the Context Diagram
1. Data Sources
2. Data Flows
3. Data Stores
4. Users

Correct Answer : 3

151. Data flow cannot take place between

1. a store & a process
2. external entity & process
3. store & an external entity
4. peocess& process
Correct Answer : 3

152. "Balancing of DFD" is means

1. conservation of inputs & outputs at various levels
2. Sub dividing a process into smaller subprocesses
3. Labelling of all data items
4. Allowing data flows to take place only to or from processes
Correct Answer : 1

153. A data flow diagram is not a

1. logical model of a system
2. good guide to a system
3. representation of the physical system
4. All of these options
Correct Answer : 3

154. DFDs, decision tables, decision trees are tools of

1. Requirements analysis
2. Requirements modelling
3. Software Design
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4
155. Which model used to show data processing at different levels of abstraction from fairly abstract to
fairly detailed
1. Semantic Data Models
2. Object Model
3. Data Flow Models
4. Service Usage Models
Correct Answer : 3

156. _______ models describe the logical structure of the data which is imported to and exported by the
system.
1. Object
2. Semantic data
3. Data flow
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 2

157. Which of the following is true about E-R Diagrams?

1. They consist of object-relationship pairs
2. It indicates cardinality of relationships
3. It indicates modality of relationships
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

158. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good SRS document?

1. Unambigious
2. Verifiable
3. Redundant
4. Consistent
Correct Answer : 3

159. Find the odd one out

1. Axiomatic Specification
2. Algebraic Specification
3. Z Specification
4. Data Flow Diagram
Correct Answer : 4

160. Which is the most undesirable form of cohesion from the following options
1. Sequential
2. Coincidental
3. Temporal
4. Communicational
Correct Answer : 2

161. The external interface design process should be ______________

1. developer centered
2. user centered
3. administrator centered
4. management centered
 Correct Answer : 2
162. Which of the following is true with respect to function oriented & object oriented design
methodologies
1. They vary in the basic abstractions they use
2. They vary in the way state information is maintained
3. They vary in the way functions are grouped
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

163. In which of the following phases of a use-case driven process do you think use cases have a role?
a) Requirements capture b) Analysis c) Design d) Implementation e) Test
1. a, b and c
2. a, b, c and d
3. b and d
4. a, b, c, d and e

164. Which of the following is NOT true about comments

1. Comments should use problem domain terminology
2. They should explain the code at cruicial places only
3. They should be used to document changes to the code
4. They add up to the LOC size of the software
Correct Answer : 4

165. Use of coding standards

1. eases the task of integration of software modules
2. enhances the maintainibility of the software
3. enhances reusibility of the software
4. All of these options
Correct Answer : 4

166. ______________ is a programming method which combines data and instructions for processing
that data into a self-sufficient block that can be used in other programs.
1. modular programming
2. top down design
3. object oriented programming
4. structured programming
Correct Answer : 3

167. A test case design technique that makes use of a knowledge of the internal program logic
1. Black Box Testing
2. White Box Testing
3. Unit Testing
4. None of these
Correct Answer : 2

168. Black box test cases can be derived from

1. source code
2. flowchart
3. SRS Document
4. pseudocode
Correct Answer : 3
169. Which of the following is true about Boundary Value Analysis?
1. It is an approach to designing black box test cases
2. It is complementary to Equivalence Class Partioning
3. It gives test cases based on the boundaries of the equivalence classes
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

1. Cyclomatic complexity is calculated from

1. Data Flow Graph
2. Structure Chart
3. Control Flow Graph
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 3

170. Which of the following is true about McCabe`s Cyclomatic Complexity of a Program
1. It is an indicator of the structural complexity of a program
2. It gives the maximum no of independent paths in a program
3. It is calculated from the no. of edges & nodes in the Control Flow diagram
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

Effective Software Project Management focusses on

1. People
2. Problem
3. Process
4. all of above
Correct Answer : 4

171. Which of the following is generally not a part of the SPMP document?
1. Configuration Management Plan
2. Quality Assurance Plan
3. Risk Management Plan
4. Requirements Elicitation Plan
Correct Answer : 4

172. Conversion of Adjusted Function Point Count to LOC count is dependent on

1. Team Size
2. Project Duration
3. Programming Language
4. Cost Drivers
Correct Answer : 3

173. The crtitcal path of PERT/CPM chart cannot be

1. the path with the longest duration
2. more than one unique path
3. path on which any delays are allowed
4. path with same earliest and latest starts for all activites
Correct Answer : 3
174. The total float for an activity is
1. the total duration of the activity
2. the difference between the earliest finish time and earliest start time
3. the difference between the latest finish time and the earliest finish time
4. the difference between the latest finish time and the earliest start time
Correct Answer : 3

175. Which of the following are Software Risk Components

1. Performance
2. Cost
3. Schedule
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

176. Risk of unrealistic estimates & schedules can be overcome by

1. Using objective methods of estimation rather than judgemental methods
2. Developing a culture of software reuse
3. Performing multisource estimations
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

177. Under SCM the various SCIs are strictly maintained

1. by their respective authors
2. by the appropriate team
3. in a central project database
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 3

178. Cleanroom Software Development process is based on

1. Formal Specification
2. Static Verification
3. Statistical Testing
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

179. . Which one of the following is method is not used in describing complex system process
1. Decision table
2. Structure English
3. Finite automata
4. Binary tree
Correct Answer : 4

180. Productivity can measure from the relationship

1. Productivity=KLOC/person-month
2. Productivity=KLOC/defects
3. Productivity=KLOC/LOC
4. Productivity=KLOC*person-month
Correct Answer : 1

181. Broad design of modules & their relationships is called

 1. external design
2. detailed design
3. architechtural design
4. process design
Correct Answer : 3

182. Pick up the odd one out of the following process models
1. Component assembly model
2. Prototyping Model
3. Spiral model
4. Waterfall Model
Correct Answer : 4

183. The Linear Sequential or Classic Life Cycle is also called

1. Waterfall Model
2. Incremental Model
3. Spiral model
4. Prototyping Model
Correct Answer : 1

184. The waterfall model of the software process considers each process activity as a _______ phase
1. separate
2. discrete
3. Both a and b options
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

185. Which of the following is not a feature of RAD

1. Well understood, constrained & modularizable requirements
2. Component based construction & use of 4 GL
3. Use of multiple teams each developing separate function
4. Project has high technical risks
Correct Answer : 4

186. In the Spiral model the radius of the spiral at any point represents
1. the level of risk
2. the progress made in the current phase
3. the cost incurred in the project till then
4. None of these
Correct Answer : 3

187. Planning the modular program structure & control relationships between modules is called
1. Architechtural Design
2. High Level Design
3. System Design
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

188. Designers should aim to produce strongly _____ and weakly _____ designs
1. coupled, functional
2. maintainable, cohesive
3. cohesive, coupled
 4. coupled, cohesive
Correct Answer : 3

189. Use of global data areas or global variables may lead to

1. Stamp Coupling
2. Common Coupling
3. Content Coupling
4. Control Coupling
Correct Answer : 2

Correct Answer : 4

190. Function oriented design process consists of

1. Data Flow Design
2. Structural decomposition
3. Detailed Design
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

191. Transform Analysis performed on a DFD identitfies the

1. Afferent Branch
2. Efferent Branch
3. Central Transform
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

192. The two questions "Are we building the right product?" &"Are we building the product right?"
correspond to
1. Verification only
2. Validation only
3. Validation & Verification respectively
4. Verification &Validation respectively
Correct Answer : 3

193. Which of the following is not a White box testing method

1. Statement coverage
2. Error guessing
3. Path coverage
4. Condition Coverage
Correct Answer : 2

194. A stub is a dummy version of the __________ module of the module under testing
1. superordinate
2. subordinate
3. coordinate
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 2
195. A driver is a dummy verion of the __________ module of the module under testing
1. superordinate
2. subordinate
3. coordinate
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 1

196. _________ exercises the system beyond its maximum design load
1. Thread testing
2. Stress Testing
3. Back to back testing
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 2

197. Presenting the same tests to different versions of the system and compare outputs is called
1. Thread testing
2. Stress Testing
3. Back to back testing
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 3

198. Which of the following is not a part of Project Plan?

1. Risk Management Plan
2. Personnel Plan
3. Project Montoring Plan
4. Software Architechture Planning
Correct Answer : 4

199. Which of the following is true for two projects of same category with the same estimated LOC size
and using COCOMO for estimation A) The initial effort estimate for both projects will be same as both
have same LOC B) The Effort Adjustment Factor will always be the same for both projects C) The final
effort estimate will always be the same for both projects
1. Only A is true.
2. Only A & B are true
3. Only C is true
4. Neither A, B or C are true.
Correct Answer : 1

200. In COCOMO terminology a project with software being strongly coupled to complex hardware &
stringent regulations on operating procedures is categorised as
1. Organic
2. Semidetached
3. Embedded
4. Application
Correct Answer : 3
201. Which version of COCOMO develops estimates for large projects as sum of estimates of its various
subsystems by considering the differences in the complexities of its various subsytems
 1. Basic COCOMO
2. Intermediate COCOMO
3. Complete COCOMO
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

202. The minimum time required to finish the project can be estimated by considering the ______ path
in the activity graph
1. Shortest
2. Longest
3. Average
4. SPT
Correct Answer : 2

203. PERT/CPM cannot be used for

1. Scheduling of projects
2. Monitoring & Control of projects
3. Optimising Resource Utilization
4. Quality control of products
Correct Answer : 4

204. Democratic team structure is suitable for projects

1. with strict deadlines
2. with clearly known requirements
3. with research orientation
4. None of these
Correct Answer : 3

205. Arrange the following activities in Risk Assessment in the correct sequence a. Prioritization b.
Identification c. Analysis
1. b, a, c
2. b, c, a
3. a, b, c
4. c, a, b
Correct Answer : 2
206. ___________ ensures that a set procedure is followed to make any changes to the software
1. Configuration Identification
2. Configuration Control
3. Baselining
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 2

207. Configuration Management is

1. framework actvity
2. umbrella activity
3. one time activity
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

208. CASE stands for

1. Computing Advanced System Engineering
 2. Computer Aided Software Engineering
3. Calculating Arithemetic System Engineering
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 2

209. Requirement phase is usually done by

1. System Analyst
2. System Administrator
3. System Engineer
4. All
Correct Answer : 1

210. Which one of the following is not considered as parameter of function point
1. Number of input
2. Number of interface
3. Number of file
4. Number of output data
Correct Answer : 4

211. CASE is expanded as

1. Computer Analysis Software Engineering
2. Computer Aided Software Engineering
3. Computer Aided System Engineering
4. Computer Analysis System Engineering
Correct Answer : 2

212. Cohesion is the concept which tries to capture this ----------------

1. Intra-Module
2. Extra-Module
3. Inner-Module
4. Outer-Module
Correct Answer : 1

213. Functional approach is also known as

1. Glass box testing
2. Black box testing
3. Input box testing
4. Output box testing
Correct Answer : 2

214. Object oriented technology`s use of ___________ facilitates reuse of the code and architecture
while its ______________ feature provides systems with stability, as a small change in requirements
doesn`t require massive changes in the system.
1. Inheritance, Encapsulation
2. Inheritance, Polymorphism
3. Encapsulation, Polymorphism
4. Polymorphism, Abstraction
Correct Answer : 1

215. Which of the following steps do you think developers should take to create efficient compact
applications?
a. Clearly define initial requirements of the system
b. concentrate earlt development efforts on modeling implementation mechanisms
c. Analyze and manage risk throughout the development process
d. Leave all software testing until after system has been implemented
1. a, c
2. a, b
3. a, b, d
4. a, b, c
Correct Answer : 1

216. Which of the following elements combine to form OOAD method

a. Notation
b. Diagram
c. Process
d. View
1. a, c
2. a, b
3. a, b, d
4. a, b, c
Correct Answer : 1
217. Which of the following are aims of UML?
a. To model system using OO concepts
b. To provide a process for software development
c. To support small-scale and large-scale analysis and design
d. To provide an insight into implementation mechanism
1. a, c
2. a, b
3. a, b, d
4. a, c, d
Correct Answer : 4

218. Towards end of the design phase, ___________ should be allocated to source code components.
1. use cases
2. relationships
3. models
4. classes
Correct Answer : 4

219. What do you think is the first step you should take in designing any project?
1. design a prototype
2. create the test cases
3. define problem domain and produce problem statement
4. draw up a plan for entire project
Correct Answer : 3

220. If you are finding hard to identify the name of class and to write definition for it. What thing you
should do?
1. ignore class completely
2. do more analysis to get a better understanding of what is invaloved in the class
3. write a definition for the class even if it is not very good
4. make it a friend class of some other main class
Correct Answer : 2
221. Which of the following statements are true of use cases and use case models?
a. functionality of a use-case has to be complete from start to finish
b. use case provide developers with classes and operations
c. use cases outline functionality of the system
d. use case models can be used to test the system
1. a, b, c
2. a, b, c, d
3. a, c, d
4. a, c
Correct Answer : 3

222. class diagram represents

1. conceptual design
2. organization of objects
3. set of actions
4. state machine
Correct Answer : 1

223. collaboration diagram represents

1. organization of objects
2. messages on time scale
3. conceptual design
4. set of actions
Correct Answer : 1

224. state chart diagram

1. organization of objects
2. conceptual design
3. set of actions
4. state machine
Correct Answer : 4

225. In OOD primary abstraction mechanism is __________

1. function
2. class
3. object
4. hierarchy
Correct Answer : 2

226. incremental model ______________

1. delivers a system in a series of versions
2. works with encapsulation and inheriatance to simplify flow of control
3. builds a bridge between user and developer
4. uses experimental software to better understand user requirements
Correct Answer : 1

227. prototyping model ______________

1. delivers a system in a series of versions
2. builds a bridge between user and developer
3. uses experimental software to better understand user requirements
4. works with encapsulation and inheriatance to simplify flow of control
Correct Answer : 3
228. software re-engineering actually means reverse enggineers

229. re-engineering is a type of software maintainance

230. elements of software architecture of a computing systems include

a. software components
b. class diagrams
c. connectors expressing relationships between software components
d. E-R diagram
1. a, b
2. a, c
3. a, c, d
4. a, b, c, d
Correct Answer : 2
231. Project milestones are mainly divided in these two parts
1. DFD and SRS
2. interface design and implementation
3. feasibility study and detailed design
4. requirements and design
Correct Answer : 4
232. . Which is not part of testing?
1. white box testing
2. black box testing
3. inner testing
4. gorilla testing
Correct Answer : 3
233. Which is not part of phases of software development
1. high level design
2. low level design
3. mid level design
4. replication, delivery, installation
Correct Answer : 3
234. Which software development model incorporates risk management?
1. water fall model
2. spiral model
3. incremental model
4. object model
Correct Answer : 2
235. largest time is spent on which of the software development phase?
1. testing
2. enhancement
3. bug fixing
4. analysis and design
Correct Answer : 2
236. Simple SDLC contain
1. requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing
2. analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment
3. analysis, design, implementation, testing, maintainence
4. requirements, analysis, design, implementation, deployment
Correct Answer : 1
237. DFD is not a
 1. logical model of system
2. good guide to a system
3. representation of physical stream
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 1
238. Productivity metrics
1. focuses on the output of the development process.
2. focuses on the characteristics of the software.
3. provide indirect measure.
4. All.
Correct Answer : 1
239. Which is not a type of maintenance?
1. Adaptive
2. Corrective
3. Perfective
4. Obsolescence
Correct Answer : 4
240. Adaptive Maintenance is
1. To improve the system in some way by changing its basic functionality
2. The maintenance due to changes in the environment
3. The correction of undiscovered system errors
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 2
241. Which of the following activities involves choosing a system structure capable of
satisfying the requirement specification?
1. Requirements Analysis
2. Design
3. Coding
4. Testing
Correct Answer : 2
242. Reliability in a software system can be achieved using the following strategies, EXCEPT
1. Fault avoidance
2. Fault tolerance
3. Fault detection
4. Fault rectification
Correct Answer : 3

243. Agile methods are known as

Predictive
Adaptive
Prooess Oriented
Short term process methods.

244. Identify the true statements about using a process for software development.
a) Processes usually divide software development into phases
b) Processes provide guidelines for what to do at each phase of development
c) Processes are used o
1. a and c
2. a and b
3. a, b and d
4. a, c and d
Correct Answer : 3
245. Process visibility is enhanced by
1. Defining clear cut phases
2. Producting documents related to each phase
3. Conducting reviews & checks
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

246. Which of the following activities is not considered as "Umbrella Activity"

1. S/W Quality assurance
2. Software Design
3. S/W configuration management
4. S/W Project Monitoring & Control
Correct Answer : 2

247. SDLC starts with ___________ stage

1. User Requirement and Analysis
2. Deployment
3. Testing
4. Design
Correct Answer : 1

248. The analysis phase takes a ______ approach to the system, ignoring its inner workings whereas the
design phase takes a _____ approach, making decisions on how the model will be implemented in code
1. White box & Black box
2. Black box & White box
3. Top-Down & Bottom-Up
4. Bottom-Up & Top-Down
Correct Answer : 2

249. The last step in System Development Life Cycle is _________

1. Analysis
2. Implementation
3. Testing
4. Maintenance
Correct Answer : 3

250. The __________ phase of the systems life cycle contains periodic evaluations and updates of the
system
1. preliminary investigation
2. Systems analysis
3. Systems implementation
4. Systems maintenance
Correct Answer : 4

251. The type of software maintainence which is done to add new features to the product is called
1. Corrective Maintainence
2. Adaptive Maintainence
3. Regressive Maintainence
4. Perfective Maintainence
Correct Answer : 4
252. The choice of the Software Development Life Cycle Model to be followed for a project depends on
A) Initial Clarity of Requirements B) Size of the Project C) Time Frame of the Project D) Clarity on
Technical Issues
1. A, B & C only
2. A, B & D only
3. A, B, C & D
4. A & D only
Correct Answer : 3

253. Because of the cascade from one phase to another, the model of software development process is
known as
1. Evolutionary model
2. Formal model
3. Waterfall model
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

254. The Linear Sequential or Classic Life Cycle is also called

1. Waterfall Model
2. Incremental Model
3. Spiral model
4. Prototyping Model
Correct Answer : 1

255. Prototype may be used for

1. Risk Reduction
2. Requirements Elicitation
3. User Interface Design
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

256. RAD Model is high speed implementation of

1. Waterfall Model
2. Spiral Model
3. Prototyping model
4. Component Assembly model
Correct Answer : 1

257. ________ means to build a model that can be modified before the actual system is installed
1. Maintenance
2. Prototyping
3. Implementation
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 2

258. A requirement may be a description of

1. functionality to be provided
 2. constraint on the software
3. external interface
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

259. Data Models do not consider

1. Attributes of the data object
2. Relationships between data objects
3. Operations that act on the data
4. Any of the above
Correct Answer : 3

260. Notations used to specify the external characteristics, architectural structure, and processing details
of a software system include I. Data Flow Diagrams II. HIPO diagrams III. Structure Charts
1. I and II Only
2. III Only
3. I, II and III
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

261. Formal specification language consists of

1. syntax
2. semantics
3. set of relations
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

262. The software architechture is best represented by

1. Context Diagram
2. Flow Chart
3. Structure Chart
4. Data Flow Diagram
Correct Answer : 3

263. Designers should aim to produce strongly _____ and weakly _____ designs
1. coupled, functional
2. maintainable, cohesive
3. cohesive, coupled
4. coupled, cohesive
Correct Answer : 3

264. . Using __________ a programmer can detail the logic of the program
1. pseudocode
2. software
3. context diagram
4. data flow diagram
Correct Answer : 1

265. Which of the following is not true about a flow chart?

1. It shows the flow of control of a program
2. It is a tool for detailed design
 3. Data interchange is not represented
4. It clearly separates various modules of the software
Correct Answer : 4

266. _______ involves modeling a system as a set of interacting functional units.

1. Object oriented decomposition
2. Procedural decomposition
3. Functional decomposition
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

267. . Typographical errors and/or incorrect use of the programming language is referred to as
1. logic errors
2. syntax errors
3. run time errors
4. A bug
Correct Answer : 2

268. Testing of software falls after ______ stage.

1. Designing
2. Implementation
3. Deployment
4. Coding
Correct Answer : 4

269. . Changes made to the software to accommodate changes to its environment is called
1. perfective maintainence
2. regressive maintainence
3. adaptive maintainence
4. corrective maintainence
Correct Answer : 3

270. . Major changes made to software after long periods is also called software reengineering or
1. perfective maintainence
2. regressive maintainence
3. adaptive maintainence
4. corrective maintainence
Correct Answer : 2

271. Which of the following is not a part of Project Plan?

1. Risk Management Plan
2. Personnel Plan
3. Project Montoring Plan
4. Software Architechture Planning
Correct Answer : 4

272. Function Point Count is dependent on

1. Platform & Technology
2. Team Size
3. H/W & Software Resources
4. Features & Functionalities
 Correct Answer : 4

273. In COCOMO terminology a project with mixed level of staff experience & part familiarity with the
system being developed is categorized as
1. Organic
2. Semidetached
3. Embedded
4. Application
Correct Answer : 2

274. In COCOMO terminology a project with software being strongly coupled to complex hardware &
stringent regulations on operating procedures is categorised as
1. Organic
2. Semidetached
3. Embedded
4. Application
Correct Answer : 3

275. The value of COCOMO cost driver attribute for higher than average Programmer Ability will be
1. Greater than 1
2. Equal to 1
3. Less than 1
4. None of these
Correct Answer : 3

276. ____ and ____ are graphical notations which are used to illustrate the project schedule.
1. Bar chart and DFD
2. ERD and Bar chart
3. Class diagram and activity networks
4. Bar char and activity networks
Correct Answer : 4

277. The total float for an activity is

1. the total duration of the activity
2. the difference between the earliest finish time and earliest start time
3. the difference between the latest finish time and the earliest finish time
4. the difference between the latest finish time and the earliest start time
Correct Answer : 3

278. The minimum time required to finish the project can be estimated by considering the ______ path
in the activity graph
1. Shortest
2. Longest
3. Average
4. SPT
Correct Answer : 2

279. According to Putnam the staffing pattern of a software project follows the Rayleigh-Norden curve
and peaks during the _____________
1. Detailed design
2. Coding & Unit testing
 3. Integration Testing
4. System Testing
Correct Answer : 2

280. Risks arising out of frequent change requests are best mitigated by
1. User characterization
2. Strong SCM
3. Multisource estimations
4. Prescheduling key personnel
Correct Answer : 2

281. . Risk of unrealistic estimates & schedules can be overcome by

1. Using objective methods of estimation rather than judgemental methods
2. Developing a culture of software reuse
3. Performing multisource estimations
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

282. Automated SCM tools help solve problem of

1. Inconsistencies of SCIs
2. concurrent access to SCI
3. instability of development environment
4. All of these options
Correct Answer : 4
283. ___________ ensures that a set procedure is followed to make any changes to the software
1. Configuration Identification
2. Configuration Control
3. Baselining
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 2

284. Configuration Management is

1. framework actvity
2. umbrella activity
3. one time activity
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

285. Under SCM the various SCIs are strictly maintained

1. by their respective authors
2. by the appropriate team
3. in a central project database
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 3

286. CASE stands for

1. Computing Advanced System Engineering
2. Computer Aided Software Engineering
3. Calculating Arithemetic System Engineering
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 2
287. Which of the following steps do you think developers should take to create efficient compact
applications?
a. Clearly define initial requirements of the system
b. concentrate earlt development efforts on modeling implementation mechanisms
c. Analyze and manage risk throughout the development process
d. Leave all software testing until after system has been implemented
1. a, c
2. a, b
3. a, b, d
4. a, b, c
Correct Answer : 1

288. Towards end of the design phase, ___________ should be allocated to source code components.
1. use cases
2. relationships
3. models
4. classes
Correct Answer : 4

289. Which of the following best describes what the problem domain is?
1. kinds of resources available to development team
2. surroundings in which system operate
3. set of all functionality required of a system
4. list of technical details needed to implement project
Correct Answer : 2

290. In which of the following phases of use-case driven process do you think use cases have a role?
a. requirement capture
b. analysis
c. design
d. implementation
e. test
1. a, b, c
2. a, b, c, d
3. b, d
4. a, b, c, e
Correct Answer : 4

291. collaboration diagram represents

1. organization of objects
2. messages on time scale
3. conceptual design
4. set of actions
Correct Answer : 1

292. sequence diagram represents

1. organization of objects
2. messages on time scale
3. conceptual design
4. set of actions
Correct Answer : 2
293. Analysis takes place from ___________ perspective and design takes place from __________
perspective
1. user, user
2. user, developer
3. developer, user
4. developer, developer
Correct Answer : 2

294. . The ____________ phase of SDLC aims at ensuring software product is as per requirements.
1. design
2. development
3. testing
4. deployment
Correct Answer : 3

295. polymorphism ____________

1. organizes abstraction
2. builds a bridge between user and developer
3. delivers a system in a series of versions
4. works with encapsulation and inheriatance to simplify flow of control
Correct Answer : 4

296. spiral model incarporates risk management

Correct Answer : T

297. storage management is not a part of version management

Correct Answer : F

298. data flow diagrams are part of design phase of SDLC

Correct Answer : T

299. Which is an iterative process through which the requirements are translated to "blueprint" for
constructing software
1. testing
2. requirement analysis
3. design
4. maintenance
Correct Answer : 3

300. What manifests in the patterns of choices made among alternative ways of expressing an algorithm
is
1. a data flow diagram
2. coding style
3. a data dictionary
4. a flow chart
Correct Answer : 4

301. quality control

1. focuses on ispections, testing and removal of defects before release
2. is a set of planned and strictly and strategic actions to provode confidence that the product or
service will satisfy given requirements for quality
3. is to check system for its internal errors
 4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 1

302. elements of software architecture of a computing systems include

a. software components
b. class diagrams
c. connectors expressing relationships between software components
d. E-R diagram
1. a, b
2. a, c
3. a, c, d
4. a, b, c, d
Correct Answer : 2

303. which of the following types of test plans is most likely to arise from requirement specification
process?
1. system integration testing plan
2. acceptance test plan
3. sub-system integration test plan
4. module test plan
Correct Answer : 2

304. In project planning first thing is

1. set objectiv or goal
2. develop strategies and policies
3. decision making
4. find out requirement
Correct Answer : 1

305. . Which is not part of phases of software development

1. high level design
2. low level design
3. mid level design
4. replication, delivery, installation
Correct Answer : 3

306. Which of the following is not part of spiral model?

1. planning
2. customer communication
3. project documentation
4. engineering
Correct Answer : 3

307. DFD is not a

1. logical model of system
2. good guide to a system
3. representation of physical stream
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 1

308. Pick up one of the testing methods given below that is part of white-box testing
1. equivalence partitioning
 2. boundary value analysis
3. basis and testing
4. debugging
Correct Answer : 3

309. Productivity metrics

1. focuses on the output of the development process.
2. focuses on the characteristics of the software.
3. provide indirect measure.
4. All.
Correct Answer : 1

310. The requirement phase consist of

a) Problem analysis b) Requirement specification
c) Requirement validation d) Problem validation
1. a, b, c
2. a, b, c, d
3. a, b, d
4. a, c, d
Correct Answer : 2

311. . Following are the different steps that is to be followed

in design methodology arrange them in an order.
a) First level factoring b) factoring of input
c) Restate the problem d) Identifying the input and output
1. a, b, c, d
2. c, d, a, b
3. a, d, c, b
4. a, c, b ,d
Correct Answer : 2
312. Which is not a typ
313. e of maintenance?
1. Adaptive
2. Corrective
3. Perfective
4. Obsolescence
Correct Answer : 4

314. COCOMO is an effort estimation model in terms of ________

1. Cost
2. Person- Months
3. Both
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 2

315. Pick the odd one out

1. Component assembly model
2. Spiral Model
3. Incremental Model
4. Iterative Model
Correct Answer : 1
316. Pick the odd one out
1. Data Flow Diagrams
2. Object Identification
3. Structural Decomposition
4. E-R Diagrams
Correct Answer : 2

317. Which of the following factors of a Software Product may not contribute much directly to its
maintainibility?
1. Understandability
2. Flexibility
3. Security
4. Testability
Correct Answer : 3

318. Which of the following activities is not considered as "Umbrella Activity"

1. S/W Quality assurance
2. Software Design
3. S/W configuration management
4. S/W Project Monitoring & Control
Correct Answer : 2

319. What is the primary purpose of the first stage of software analysis and design?
1. Determining system deployment
2. Writing code
3. Capturing requirements
4. Building GUIs
Correct Answer : 3

320. SDLC starts with ___________ stage

1. User Requirement and Analysis
2. Deployment
3. Testing
4. Design
Correct Answer : 1

321. The analysis phase takes a ______ approach to the system, ignoring its inner workings whereas the
design phase takes a _____ approach, making decisions on how the model will be implemented in code
1. White box & Black box
2. Black box & White box
3. Top-Down & Bottom-Up
4. Bottom-Up & Top-Down
Correct Answer : 2

322. Prototype may be used for

1. Risk Reduction
2. Requirements Elicitation
3. User Interface Design
4. all of the above
 Correct Answer : 4

323. RAD Model is high speed implementation of

1. Waterfall Model
2. Spiral Model
3. Prototyping model
4. Component Assembly model
Correct Answer : 1

324. In the Spiral model the radius of the spiral at any point represents
1. the level of risk
2. the progress made in the current phase
3. the cost incurred in the project till then
4. None of these
Correct Answer : 3

325. A requirement may be a description of

1. functionality to be provided
2. constraint on the software
3. external interface
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

326. During Requirements Phase recording interface requirements of a software system does not include
which of the following interfaces
1. User Interfaces
2. Software Interfaces
3. Hardware Interfaces
4. Module Interfaces
Correct Answer : 4

327. External Entities in a Context Diagram may be A) People B) Other Software Systems C) Hardware D)
Databases
1. Only A & D
2. Only B & C
3. Only A, B & D
4. A,B, C & D
Correct Answer : 4

328. Example of a Semantic Data model is

1. data flow diagram
2. Context Diagram
3. Entity Relationship Diagram
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 3

329. Data Models do not consider

1. Attributes of the data object
2. Relationships between data objects
 3. Operations that act on the data
4. Any of the above
Correct Answer : 3

411. A system developed to give end users a concrete impression of the system capabilities is called
a) 1. Semantics
b) 2. model
c) 3. prototype
d) 4. abstraction
Correct Answer : 3

412. Formal specification language consists of

a) 1. syntax
b) 2. semantics
c) 3. set of relations
d) 4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

413. Planning the solution to a programming problem using a structured technique is called program
a) 1. coding
b) 2. compiling
c) 3. moduling
d) 4. design
e) Correct Answer : 4
f)
414. The software architechture is best represented by
a) 1. Context Diagram
b) 2. Flow Chart
c) 3. Structure Chart
d) 4. Data Flow Diagram
Correct Answer : 3

415. Conception & planning out of externally observable characteristics of a software is called
a) 1. External Design
b) 2. User Interface Design
c) 3. Both a and b options
d) 4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

416. A way of indicating the desired effect without establishing the actual mechanism
a) 1. Procedural Abstraction
b) 2. Data Abstraction
c) 3. Control Abstraction
d) 4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

417. In case of Bank, what will be the relationship between "Opening of Account" use case and
"Deposit" Use case?
A. Uses
B. Extends
C. Includes
D. None of the above

418. The number & complexity of interconnections between two modules is an indicator of
a) 1. Modularity
b) 2. Cohesion
c) 3. Coupling
d) 4. Abstraction
Correct Answer : 3

419. Use of global data areas or global variables may lead to

a) 1. Stamp Coupling
b) 2. Common Coupling
c) 3. Content Coupling
d) 4. Control Coupling
Correct Answer : 2

420. The method of deriving the structure chart from the DFD is called
a) 1. Factoring
b) 2. Factor Analysis
c) 3. Transform Analysis
d) 4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 3

421. Transform Analysis performed on a DFD identitfies the

a) 1. Afferent Branch
b) 2. Efferent Branch
c) 3. Central Transform
d) 4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

422. Which iof the following is true about structure chart notations?
a) 1. There should be only one module at the top
b) 2. There should be at the most one control arrow between two modules
c) 3. The sequence or order of tasks is not represented
d) 4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

423. A programmer must follow the rules for coding a particular programming language. These rules are
called:
a) 1. pseudocode
b) 2. iteration
c) 3. syntax
d) 4. documentation
e) Correct Answer : 3
f)
424. Typographical errors and/or incorrect use of the programming language is referred to as
a) 1. logic errors
b) 2. syntax errors
c) 3. run time errors
d) 4. A bug
e) Correct Answer : 2

425. _______ is the process of locating and eliminating program errors.

a) 1. editing
b) 2. correcting
c) 3. debugging
d) 4. testing
e) Correct Answer : 3

431. Changes made to the software to accommodate changes to its environment is called
a) 1. perfective maintainence
b) 2. regressive maintainence
c) 3. adaptive maintainence
d) 4. corrective maintainence
e) Correct Answer : 3

432. Changes made to the software to extend it beyond its original functionality is called
a) 1. perfective maintainence
b) 2. regressive maintainence
c) 3. adaptive maintainence
d) 4. corrective maintainence
e) Correct Answer : 1
f)
433. Major changes made to software after long periods is also called software reengineering or
a) 1. perfective maintainence
b) 2. regressive maintainence
c) 3. adaptive maintainence
d) 4. corrective maintainence
e) Correct Answer : 2
f)
434. COCOMO is categorizes as a ____________estimation technique
a) 1. Heuristic
b) 2. Empirical
c) 3. Analytical
d) 4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 1

435. The value of COCOMO cost driver attribute for higher than average Programmer Ability will be
a) 1. Greater than 1
b) 2. Equal to 1
c) 3. Less than 1
d) 4. None of these

Correct Answer : 3

436. . ____ and ____ are graphical notations which are used to illustrate the project schedule.
a) 1. Bar chart and DFD
b) 2. ERD and Bar chart
c) 3. Class diagram and activity networks
d) 4. Bar char and activity networks

Correct Answer : 4

437. Which of the following is true as per Putnam model

a) 1. Staffing Pattern peaks at Coding & Unit testing
b) 2. Schedule compression increases effort in proportion to fourth power
c) 3. Expanding the schedule gives extreme saving in effort
d) 4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

438. Democratic team structure is suitable for projects

a) 1. with strict deadlines
b) 2. with clearly known requirements
c) 3. with research orientation
d) 4. None of these
Correct Answer : 3

439. RMMM is a Risk Management methodology which focusses on

a) 1. Risk avoidance by developing a risk mitigation plan
b) 2. Continous risk monitoring throughout the project
c) 3. Actually managing the risks when they become a reality by contingency planning
d) 4. all of the above

Correct Answer : 4

440. Risks arising out of frequent change requests are best mitigated by
a) 1. User characterization
b) 2. Strong SCM
c) 3. Multisource estimations
d) 4. Prescheduling key personnel

Correct Answer : 2

441. Risk of unrealistic estimates & schedules can be overcome by

a) 1. Using objective methods of estimation rather than judgemental methods
b) 2. Developing a culture of software reuse
c) 3. Performing multisource estimations
d) 4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

442. A change request has to be evaluated for

a) 1. its technical merit
b) 2. cost & schedule impacts
c) 3. side effects
d) 4. All of these options
Correct Answer : 4

443. Under SCM the various SCIs are strictly maintained

a) 1. by their respective authors
b) 2. by the appropriate team
c) 3. in a central project database
d) 4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 3

444. Software quality managers are responsible for ____.

a) 1. Quality assurance
b) 2. Quality planning
c) 3. Quality control
d) 4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4

445. As per SEI CMM oganizations which do not have any KPAs present & stable are considered at
a) 1. Level 1
b) 2. Level 2
c) 3. Level 3
d) 4. Level 4
Correct Answer : 1

446. . Which of the following are aims of UML?

a. To model system using OO concepts
b. To provide a process for software development
c. To support small-scale and large-scale analysis and design
d. To provide an insight into implementation mechanism
a) 1. a, c
b) 2. a, b
c) 3. a, b, d
d) 4. a, c, d
Correct Answer : 4

447. Q2. In which of the following phases of use-case driven process do you think use cases have a role?
a. requirement capture
b. analysis
c. design
d. implementation
e. test
a) 1. a, b, c
b) 2. a, b, c, d
c) 3. b, d
d) 4. a, b, c, e
Correct Answer : 4

448. If you are finding hard to identify the name of class and to write definition for it. What thing you
should do?
a) 1. ignore class completely
b) 2. do more analysis to get a better understanding of what is invaloved in the class
c) 3. write a definition for the class even if it is not very good
d) 4. make it a friend class of some other main class
Correct Answer : 2

449. Which of the following are possible actors?

a. data inputter
b. GUI component
c. Another system
d. A printer
a) 1. a, b, c
b) 2. a, b, c, d
c) 3. a, b, d
d) 4. a, c
Correct Answer : 3

450. UML can be used as a way to represent only OO software systems

a) Correct Answer : F
451. Use cases can be included in any type of collaboration diagrams.
a) Correct Answer : F
452. collaboration diagram represents
a) 1.
organization of objects
b) 2. messages on time scale
c) 3. conceptual design
d) 4. set of actions
e) Correct Answer : 1
453. In OOD primary abstraction mechanism is __________
a) 1. function
b) 2. class
c) 3. object
d) 4. hierarchy
e) Correct Answer : 2
454. prototyping model ______________
a) 1. delivers a system in a series of versions
b) 2. builds a bridge between user and developer
c) 3. uses experimental software to better understand user requirements
d) 4. works with encapsulation and inheriatance to simplify flow of control
e) Correct Answer : 3
455. storage management is not a part of version management
a) Correct Answer : F
456. Q14. data flow diagrams are part of design phase of SDLC
a) Correct Answer : T
457. Which of the following is reason of project failure?
a) 1. finite resources
b) 2. inaccurate estimates of cost and time
c) 3. others are competing to do the job cheaper and faster
d) 4. none of the above
e) Correct Answer : 2
458. What manifests in the patterns of choices made among alternative ways of expressing an algorithm
is
a) 1. a data flow diagram
b) 2. coding style
c) 3. a data dictionary
d) 4. a flow chart
e) Correct Answer : 4
f)
459. ______________ is method for estimating software
a) 1. COCOMO
b) 2. function point analysis
c) 3. use case estimation
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4
f)
460. pickup odd one out of the following
a) 1. component assembly model
b) 2. spiral model
c) 3. incremental model
d) 4. iterative model
e) Correct Answer : 1
f)
461. which of the following types of test plans is most likely to arise from requirement specification
process?
a) 1. system integration testing plan
b) 2. acceptance test plan
c) 3. sub-system integration test plan
d) 4. module test plan
e) Correct Answer : 2
f)

462. Parts of design principle are

a) 1. correctness, robustness, efficiency, flexibility, understandable
b) 2. correctness, robustness, efficiency, flexibility, reusibility
c) 3. flexibility, correctness, robustness, efficiency, standard
d) 4. flexibility, correctness, robustness, efficiency, security
Correct Answer : 2

463. largest time is spent on which of the software development phase?

a) 1. testing
b) 2. enhancement
c) 3. bug fixing
d) 4. analysis and design
Correct Answer : 2

464. Which of the following can be a reason for project failure?

a) 1. Finite resources
b) 2. Inaccurate estimates of cost & time
c) 3. Others competing to do the job cheaper & faster.
d) 4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 2

465. Pick the odd one out

a) 1. Component assembly model
b) 2. Spiral Model
c) 3. Incremental Model
d) 4. Iterative Model
e) Correct Answer : 1
f)
466. Software Engineering is concerned with ___.
1. process
2. methods
3. tools
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

467. An approved feasibility study is a deliverable out of

a) 1. Systems design
b) 2. Preliminary investigation
c) 3. Systems development
d) 4. Systems analysis
e) Correct Answer : 2

468. Checklists, grid charts, and decision tables are all tools used in the __________ step
a) 1. preliminary investigation
b) 2. systems analysis
c) 3. systems development
d) 4. systems implementation
e) Correct Answer : 2
f)
469. The present system is studied in depth during the __________ phase of the systems life cycle.
a) 1. preliminary investigation
b) 2. systems analysis
c) 3. systems design
d) 4. systems development
e) Correct Answer : 2

470. RAD Model is high speed implementation of

a) 1. Waterfall Model
b) 2. Spiral Model
c) 3. Prototyping model
d) 4. Component Assembly model
Correct Answer : 1

471. Arrange the following Requirements subphases in the correct order a.Documentation b. Analysis c.
Validation d. Elicitation
a) 1. a, b, c, d
b) 2. d, b, a, c
c) 3. d, c, a, b
d) 4. b,a, d c
Correct Answer : 2

472. External Entities in a Context Diagram may be A) People B) Other Software Systems C) Hardware D)
Databases
a) 1. Only A & D
b) 2. Only B & C
c) 3. Only A, B & D
d) 4. A,B, C & D
e) Correct Answer : 4
473. Example of a Semantic Data model is
a) 1. data flow diagram
b) 2. Context Diagram
c) 3. Entity Relationship Diagram
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3

474. Automated CASE tools like PSL/PSA do not help in

a) 1. Requirements Documentation
b) 2. Requirements Validation
c) 3. Requirements Analysis
d) 4. Requirements Elicitation
e) Correct Answer : 4

475. A system developed to give end users a concrete impression of the system capabilities is called
a) 1. Semantics
b) 2. model
c) 3. prototype
d) 4. abstraction
e) Correct Answer : 3

476. The requirement engineering process has the following stages, Except
a) 1. Feasibility study
b) 2. Requirement analysis
c) 3. Implementation
d) 4. Requirement definition
e) Correct Answer : 3

477. Notations used to specify the external characteristics, architectural structure, and processing details
of a software system include I. Data Flow Diagrams II. HIPO diagrams III. Structure Charts
a) 1. I and II Only
b) 2. III Only
c) 3. I, II and III
d) 4. None of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3

478. Planning the modular program structure & control relationships between modules is called
a) 1. Architechtural Design
b) 2. High Level Design
c) 3. System Design
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

479. Conception & planning out of externally observable characteristics of a software is called
a) 1. External Design
b) 2. User Interface Design
c) 3. Both a and b options
d) 4. None of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3

480. Concept of Abstraction is used in

a) 1. Reuirements phase
b) 2. Design Phase
c) 3. Testing Phase
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

481. Providing a logical reference to the data object without concern for the underlying representation is
a) 1. Procedural Abstraction
b) 2. Data Abstraction
c) 3. Control Abstraction
d) 4. None of the above
e) Correct Answer : 2

482. The number of subordinate modules controlled by a module is called its

a) 1. control range
b) 2. fan out
c) 3. fan in
d) 4. width
e) Correct Answer : 2

483. If two modules pass a data structure across their interface they exhibit
a) 1. Stamp Coupling
b) 2. Data Coupling
c) 3. Content Coupling
d) 4. Control Coupling
e) Correct Answer : 1

484. Use of global data areas or global variables may lead to

a) 1. Stamp Coupling
b) 2. Common Coupling
c) 3. Content Coupling
d) 4. Control Coupling
e) Correct Answer : 2

485. The strength of relationship between which of the following elements of a module is examined to
evaluate module cohesion
a) 1. function declarations, function definations& calls
b) 2. variable declarations
c) 3. data definitions
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

486. The graphical tool commonly used to represent the system architechture is called
a) 1. Context Diagram
b) 2. Structure Chart
c) 3. Architechtural Plan
d) 4. Event Table
e) Correct Answer : 2

487. The method of deriving the structure chart from the DFD is called
a) 1. Factoring
b) 2. Factor Analysis
c) 3. Transform Analysis
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3

488. Which iof the following is true about structure chart notations?
a) 1. There should be only one module at the top
b) 2. There should be at the most one control arrow between two modules
c) 3. The sequence or order of tasks is not represented
d) 4. All of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4
f)
489. Using __________ a programmer can detail the logic of the program
a) 1. pseudocode
b) 2. software
c) 3. context diagram
d) 4. data flow diagram
e) Correct Answer : 1

490. Typographical errors and/or incorrect use of the programming language is referred to as
a) 1. logic errors
b) 2. syntax errors
c) 3. run time errors
d) 4. A bug
e) Correct Answer : 2

491. _______ is the process of locating and eliminating program errors.

a) 1. editing
b) 2. correcting
c) 3. debugging
d) 4. testing
e) Correct Answer : 3

492. Changes made to the software to accommodate changes to its environment is called
a) 1. perfective maintainence
b) 2. regressive maintainence
c) 3. adaptive maintainence
d) 4. corrective maintainence
e) Correct Answer : 3
f) Your Answer :

493. Changes made to the software to extend it beyond its original functionality is called
a) 1. perfective maintainence
b) 2. regressive maintainence
c) 3. adaptive maintainence
d) 4. corrective maintainence
e) Correct Answer : 1
f) Your Answer :

494. Major changes made to software after long periods is also called software reengineering or
a) 1. perfective maintainence
b) 2. regressive maintainence
c) 3. adaptive maintainence
d) 4. corrective maintainence
e) Correct Answer : 2
f) Your Answer :

495. The value of COCOMO cost driver attribute for lower than average Reliability requirement will be
a) 1. Greater than 1
b) 2. Equal to 1
c) 3. Less than 1
d) 4. None of these
e) Correct Answer : 3

496. The crtitcal path of PERT/CPM chart cannot be

a) 1. the path with the longest duration
b) 2. more than one unique path
c) 3. path on which any delays are allowed
d) 4. path with same earliest and latest starts for all activites
e) Correct Answer : 3

497. The total float for an activity is

a) 1. the total duration of the activity
b) 2. the difference between the earliest finish time and earliest start time
c) 3. the difference between the latest finish time and the earliest finish time
d) 4. the difference between the latest finish time and the earliest start time
e) Correct Answer : 3

498. required to finish the project can be estimated by considering the ______ path in the activity graph
a) 1. Shortest
b) 2. Longest
c) 3. Average
d) 4. SPT
e) Correct Answer : 2

499. Which of the following is true as per Putnam model

a) 1. Staffing Pattern peaks at Coding & Unit testing
b) 2. Schedule compression increases effort in proportion to fourth power
c) 3. Expanding the schedule gives extreme saving in effort
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

500. ___________ ensures that a set procedure is followed to make any changes to the software
a) 1. Configuration Identification
b) 2. Configuration Control
c) 3. Baselining
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 2

501. Configuration Management is

a) 1. framework actvity
b) 2. umbrella activity
c) 3. one time activity
d) 4. None of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3

503. Your Answer : The Software Life Cycle covers activities from
a) 1. Feasibility Study to Installation
b) 2. Requirements Phase to Testing
c) 3. Requirements Phase to Maintenance
d) 4. Project Initiation to Software Retirement
e) Correct Answer : 4

504. . The Software Development Life Cycle covers activities from

a) 1. Feasibility Study to Installation
b) 2. Requirements Phase to Testing
c) 3. Requirements Phase to Maintenance
d) 4. Project Initiation to Software Retirement
e) Correct Answer : 2

505. Which of the following activities is not considered as "Umbrella Activity"

a) 1. S/W Quality assurance
b) 2. Software Design
c) 3. S/W configuration management
d) 4. S/W Project Monitoring & Control
e) Correct Answer : 2

506. . Any activity designed to keep programs in working condition, error free, and up-to-date, is
referred to as _______
a) 1. maintenance
b) 2. testing
c) 3. debugging
d) 4. coding
e) Correct Answer : 1

507. Checklists, grid charts, and decision tables are all tools used in the __________ step
a) 1. preliminary investigation
b) 2. systems analysis
c) 3. systems development
d) 4. systems implementation
e) Correct Answer : 2

508. Prototype may be used for

a) 1. Risk Reduction
b) 2. Requirements Elicitation
c) 3. User Interface Design
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

509. Which of the followinfg is not true about Component Assembly Model
a) 1. It is similar to the Spiral Model
b) 2. The technical framework for this model is provided by object technologies
c) 3. Candiate classes are extracted from class library or developed
d) 4. Its productivity is low
e) Correct Answer : 4

510. During Requirements Phase recording interface requirements of a software system does not include
which of the following interfaces
a) 1. User Interfaces
b) 2. Software Interfaces
c) 3. Hardware Interfaces
d) 4. Module Interfaces
e) Correct Answer : 4

511. E-R diagrams are used in

a) 1. Database design
b) 2. Data Dictionary compilation
c) 3. Architechtural design
d) 4. Functional Design
e) Correct Answer : 1

512. The flow of data within a system is described by a __________

a) 1. data flow diagram
b) 2. top-down analysis
c) 3. system flowchart
d) 4. decision table
e) Correct Answer : 1

513. A system developed to give end users a concrete impression of the system capabilities is called
a) 1. Semantics
b) 2. model
c) 3. prototype
d) 4. abstraction
e) Correct Answer : 3

514. Notations used to specify the external characteristics, architectural structure, and processing details
of a software system include I. Data Flow Diagrams II. HIPO diagrams III. Structure Charts
a) 1. I and II Only
b) 2. III Only
c) 3. I, II and III
d) 4. None of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3
515. Formal specification techniques are based on
a) 1. set theory
b) 2. logic
c) 3. sequence
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

516. Using the name of a sequence of instructions in place of the sequence of instructions is an example
of
a) 1. Procedural Abstraction
b) 2. Data Abstraction
c) 3. Control Abstraction
d) 4. None of the above
e) Correct Answer : 1

517. Providing a logical reference to the data object without concern for the underlying representation is
a) 1. Procedural Abstraction
b) 2. Data Abstraction
c) 3. Control Abstraction
d) 4. None of the above
e) Correct Answer : 2

518. A way of indicating the desired effect without establishing the actual mechanism
a) 1. Procedural Abstraction
b) 2. Data Abstraction
c) 3. Control Abstraction
d) 4. None of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3

519. Designers should aim to produce strongly _____ and weakly _____ designs
a) 1. coupled, functional
b) 2. maintainable, cohesive
c) 3. cohesive, coupled
d) 4. coupled, cohesive
e) Correct Answer : 3

520. If two modules pass a data structure across their interface they exhibit
a) 1. Stamp Coupling
b) 2. Data Coupling
c) 3. Content Coupling
d) 4. Control Coupling
e) Correct Answer : 1

521. The strength of relationship between which of the following elements of a module is examined to
evaluate module cohesion
a) 1. function declarations, function definations& calls
b) 2. variable declarations
c) 3. data definitions
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

522. . A module whose all elements exhibit relationship which involves both data and control flow is said
to be ____________ cohesive
a) 1. Sequentially
b) 2. Communicationally
c) 3. Temporally
d) 4. Procedurally
e) Correct Answer : 1

523. The afferent branch of the DFD ends at the

a) 1. Most Abstract Input
b) 2. Most Abstract Output
c) 3. middle of the central transform
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 1

524. Which of the following is not true about a flow chart?

a) 1. It shows the flow of control of a program
b) 2. It is a tool for detailed design
c) 3. Data interchange is not represented
d) 4. It clearly separates various modules of the software
e) Correct Answer : 4

525. I. Object-oriented software development creates better programs but is less efficient to use II.
Object-oriented software development is more efficient than traditional methods. III. OOP is a process
that organizes a program into objects that contain both data and the processing operations necessary to
perform a task
a) 1. I and II are correct
b) 2. II and III are correct
c) 3. I and III are correct
d) 4. I, II and III are correct
e) Correct Answer : 3

526. Typographical errors and/or incorrect use of the programming language is referred to as
a) 1. logic errors
b) 2. syntax errors
c) 3. run time errors
d) 4. A bug
e) Correct Answer : 2

527. The if-then-else construct is an example of the

a) 1. sequencing
b) 2. selection
c) 3. iteration
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 2
528. Proper program layout by proper usage of proper use of indentation, blank spaces, blank lines,
parentheses improves
a) 1. Effeciency of the program
b) 2. size of the program
c) 3. maintainibility of the program
d) 4. reliability of the program
e) Correct Answer : 3

529. . Static verification & validation is applied to

a) 1. SRS
b) 2. Design
c) 3. Code
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

530. Static testing involves

a) 1. Code Analysis
b) 2. Structural Analysis
c) 3. Data Flow Analysis
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

531. Statistical Testing is used for

a) 1. For statistical softwares only
b) 2. Only uncovering defects
c) 3. Reliability estimation
d) 4. effeciency estimation
e) Correct Answer : 3

532. Which of the following is NOT true about software testing

a) 1. It follows a bottom up approach
b) 2. Testing is planned after the coding phase
c) 3. Complete testing is not possible
d) 4. Testing only establishes presence of defects
e) Correct Answer : 2

533. Black box testing is more useful in locating

a) 1. Functional Errors
b) 2. Performance Errors
c) 3. Interface Errors
d) 4. All of these options
Correct Answer : 4

534. Testing of software falls after ______ stage.

a) 1. Designing
b) 2. Implementation
c) 3. Deployment
d) 4. Coding
Correct Answer : 4

535. Testing strategies can be _______.

1. Top – down testing, Bottom – up testing
 2. Thread testing, Stress testing
3. Back – to – back testing
4. all of above
Correct Answer : 4

536. _________ exercises the system beyond its maximum design load
a) 1. Thread testing
b) 2. Stress Testing
c) 3. Back to back testing
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 2

537. Presenting the same tests to different versions of the system and compare outputs is called
a) 1. Thread testing
b) 2. Stress Testing
c) 3. Back to back testing
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3

538. Testing done with real data is called ______________.

a) 1. Data testing
b) 2. Unified testing
c) 3. Alpha testing
d) 4. Beta testing
e) Correct Answer : 4

539. The following are the testing strategies except

a) 1. Top-down testing
b) 2. Thread testing
c) 3. Stress testing
d) 4. Verification testing
e) Correct Answer : 3

540. Changes made to the software to accommodate changes to its environment is called
a) 1. perfective maintainence
b) 2. regressive maintainence
c) 3. adaptive maintainence
d) 4. corrective maintainence
e) Correct Answer : 3

541. Changes made to the software to extend it beyond its original functionality is called
a) 1. perfective maintainence
b) 2. regressive maintainence
c) 3. adaptive maintainence
d) 4. corrective maintainence
e) Correct Answer : 1

542. Major changes made to software after long periods is also called software reengineering or
a) 1. perfective maintainence
b) 2. regressive maintainence
c) 3. adaptive maintainence
d) 4. corrective maintainence
e) Correct Answer : 2

543. Which of the following is not a part of Project Plan?

a) 1. Risk Management Plan
b) 2. Personnel Plan
c) 3. Project Montoring Plan
d) 4. Software Architechture Planning
e) Correct Answer : 4

544. An example of an Empirical Software estimation technique is

a) 1. COCOMO
b) 2. FPA
c) 3. Delphi
d) 4. Halstead`s Software Science
e) Correct Answer : 3

545. The Lines of Code (LOC) size do not include

a) 1. Compiler Directives
b) 2. Declarations
c) 3. Comments
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3

546. In COCOMO terminology a project with software being strongly coupled to complex hardware &
stringent regulations on operating procedures is categorised as
a) 1. Organic
b) 2. Semidetached
c) 3. Embedded
d) 4. Application
e) Correct Answer : 3

547. The value of COCOMO cost driver attribute for lower than average Reliability requirement will be
a) 1. Greater than 1
b) 2. Equal to 1
c) 3. Less than 1
d) 4. None of these
e) Correct Answer : 3

548. The crtitcal path of PERT/CPM chart cannot be

a) 1. the path with the longest duration
b) 2. more than one unique path
c) 3. path on which any delays are allowed
d) 4. path with same earliest and latest starts for all activites
e) Correct Answer : 3

549. ____ and ____ are graphical notations which are used to illustrate the project schedule.
a) 1. Bar chart and DFD
b) 2. ERD and Bar chart
c) 3. Class diagram and activity networks
d) 4. Bar char and activity networks
e) Correct Answer : 4

550. The minimum time required to finish the project can be estimated by considering the ______ path
in the activity graph
a) 1. Shortest
b) 2. Longest
c) 3. Average
d) 4. SPT
e) Correct Answer : 2

551. PERT/CPM cannot be used for

a) 1. Scheduling of projects
b) 2. Monitoring & Control of projects
c) 3. Optimising Resource Utilization
d) 4. Quality control of products
e) Correct Answer : 4

552. Which of the following is true as per Putnam model

a) 1. Staffing Pattern peaks at Coding & Unit testing
b) 2. Schedule compression increases effort in proportion to fourth power
c) 3. Expanding the schedule gives extreme saving in effort
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

553. Risk of unrealistic estimates & schedules can be overcome by

a) 1. Using objective methods of estimation rather than judgemental methods
b) 2. Developing a culture of software reuse
c) 3. Performing multisource estimations
d) 4. all of the above
e) Correct Answer : 4

554. Configuration Management is

a) 1. framework actvity
b) 2. umbrella activity
c) 3. one time activity
d) 4. None of the above
e) Correct Answer : 3

555. . Repeatable level as per CMM model is

a) 1. Level 1
b) 2. Level 2
c) 3. Level 3
d) 4. Level 4
e) Correct Answer : 2

556. The collection of computer programs, procedures ,rules and associated document and data is called
-------------------------
a) 1. Software
b) 2. Hardware
c) 3. Both
d) 4. None
e) Correct Answer : 1

557. A context diagram contain

a) 1. Only one process
b) 2. More than one process
c) 3. At least one process
d) 4. None
e) Correct Answer : 1

558. The spiral model is both suitable for

a) 1. Development type projects
b) 2. Enhancement type project
c) 3. Both
d) 4. None
e) Correct Answer : 3

559. CASE is expanded as

a) 1. Computer Analysis Software Engineering
b) 2. Computer Aided Software Engineering
c) 3. Computer Aided System Engineering
d) 4. Computer Analysis System Engineering
e) Correct Answer : 2

560. Three major factor of software engineering are

a) 1. Cost , Correctness , Reliability
b) 2. Cost , Schedule , Reliability
c) 3. Cost , Quality ,Correctness
d) 4. Cost , Portability , Reliability
e) Correct Answer : 2

561. . Data flow can take place between

a) Process to Process b) File to File
c) Process to File d) External Entity to Process
a) 1. a ,b ,c
b) 2. b ,c ,d
c) 3. a ,c, d
d) 4. a ,b, d
e) Correct Answer : 3

562. Match the level testing can work on

1) Acceptance Testing 2) System Testing 3) Integration Testing 4) Unit Testing
a) Client Needs b) Requirements c) Design d)Code
a) 1. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d
b) 2. 1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a
c) 3. 1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-c
d) 4. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
e) Correct Answer : 1

563. The first step in the project planning is:

A: Size of the product
B: Select team organizational mode
C: Determine the Project constraints
D: Establish objectives and scope
564.

A: 1:An aggregation, 2: A
composition.
B:1:An attribute, 2: An
aggregation.
C:1:An aggregation, 2: An attribute.
D:1:An attribute. 2: A composition.

565. Phase containment of errors means.

A: Detect errors to the closest point of errors.
B: Stop errors during software projects deployment.
C: Stop errors during software projects coding
D: None of the above.

566. The most commonly used model in today's development is

A: Waterfall model
B: Spiral model
C: Iterative waterfall model
D: None of the above.

567. What is “Customer must have at least a Pentium machine to access this software” in context of
Software Requirements,
A: Assumption
B: Objective
C: Business Problem
D: All of the above

568. For a Leave Application System, an "Employee" can use the system to request for leaves and a
“Manager can approve/reject the leaves. The data will be stored within a “Leave database" as part of
this system. In this scenario, identify the valid actors from the following for this system.
(i)Employee
(ii)Manager
(iii)Leave Database
(iv)Leave Application System
Choice A: None of the above
Choice B: i, ii
Choice C: iii, iv
Choice D: All of the above

661. A timing constraint placed on the system or the use of a specific language during development, is an
example of
A: Functional requirements
B: Non functional requirements
C: Requirements definition
D: None of the above
What is a Requirement definition?
A: What software provides.
B: Requirements in SRS
C: What customer wants?
D: All of the above

662. Which of the following is a tool in design phase?

A: Abstraction
B: Refinement
C: Information hiding
D: All the above

661. The data flow diagram

A: Depicts relationships between data objects depicts relationships between data objects
B: Depicts functions that transform the data flow
C: Indicates how data are transformed by the system
D: Both b and c

662. An approved feasibility study is a deliverable out of

A: Systems design
B: Preliminary investigation
C: Systems development
D: Systems analysis

661. ________ provides the maximum number of test cases that will be required to guarantee that every
statement in program has been executed at least once.
A: Independent Program paths
B: Cyclomatic complexity
C: Graph Matrices
D: None of the above

662. Content testing uncovers

A: Syntactic errors
B: Semantic errors
C: Structural errors
D: All of the above

663. Which of these are standards for assessing software processes?

A: SEI R
B: SPICE
C: ISO 9001
D: Both b and c

664. Methods of Project Monitoring are

A: time sheet
B: Earned value method
C: Design Constraints
D: Both a & b

666. Risk projection attempts to rate each risk in two ways

A: Likelihood and cost
B: Likelihood and impact
C: Likelihood and consequences
D: Likelihood and exposure
667. Effective risk management plan needs to address which of these issues?
A: risk avoidance
B: risk monitoring
C: contingency planning
D: all of the above

668. To quantify a risk we need to do the following

A: Determine the possibility of risk happening
B: Determine consequences of the problem associated with that risk.
C: Both a and b.
D: None of the above.

669. Change control process is done in a software project during

670. A: requirements

671. Deliverable for a software Project is

A: Source Code
B: Design Documents
C: Requirement Documents and Test Plans
D: All of the above

672. Scoping is done during,

A: Proposal Stage
B: Requirements gathering stage
C: Design Stage
D: Coding Stage

673. A software engineer is measuring the quality of a software system. He is concerned with the
‘reliability’ and the "validity' of his measurements. Which of the following is true?
A: Reliability refers to the extent to which the measurement represents the actual quality of the system
and validity refers to the consistency of the quality measurements
B: Reliability refers to the consistency of her quality measurements and validity refers to the extent to
which the measurement represents the actual quality of the system.
C: Reliability refers to the accuracy of her quality measurements and validity refers to the extent to
which the measurement follows a quality standard.
D: Reliability refers to the concurrency of her quality measurements and validity refers to the extent to
which the measurements are consistent with established norms.

674. Quality attributes are the overall factors that affect

A: run-time behavior
B: system design
C: user experience
D: All of the above

675. Which of the following is reason of project failure?

A: finite resources
B: inaccurate estimates of cost and time
C: others are competing to do the job cheaper and faster
D: none of the above

676. Parts of design principle are

A: correctness, robustness, efficiency, flexibility, understandable
B: correctness, robustness, efficiency, flexibility, reusability
C: flexibility, correctness, robustness, efficiency, standard
D: flexibility, correctness, robustness, efficiency, security

677. Testing is a
A: process of executing a program with intent of finding an error
B: process of removing error
678. C: process of testing software
679. D: all of the above

680. Black box testing checks the following errors

A: incorrect function
B: Interface errors
C: Both a & b
D: None of the above

681. A method of estimating the amount of functionality required for a project is

A: WBS Estimation
B: UCP Estimation
C: FP Estimation
D: COCOMO estimation

682. Scheduling begins with __________

A: Risk identification
B: Process decomposition
C: FP Estimation
D: COCOM0 estimation

683. Aggregation represents

A: is_a relationship
684. B: part_of relationship
685. C: composed_of relationship
D: None of above

686. Modules X and Y operate on the same input and output data. The cohesion is said to be:
A: Sequential
B: Communicational
C: Procedural
D: Logical

687. Estimates are made in a project primarily on

A: size
B: Cost
C: Both a and b.
D: None of the above

688. SPMP document is made at the end of

A: project planning
B: project monitoring
C: project control
D: None of the above
689. While gathering the requirements on OO way (using RUP UML), the very first thing we should do it
690. A: Start gathering functional requirements
691. B: List down all the Users of the System (called as Actors)
C: Start gathering non-functional requirements
D: Create Test plan

692. What is the solution to “Yes-But Syndrome" in requirements gathering?

A: Improve technical skills
B: Seek customer feedback early
C: Learn a tool for requirements
D: None of the above

693. Which of the following statements is true regarding scenarios?

A: Scenarios are instances of a use case.
B: Scenarios are generalizations of many use cases.
C: A use case is an instance of a scenario.
D: None of the above

694. Which of the following is true about a Build?

A: A Build represents an operational version of a system or a part of the system that demonstrates a
subset of the capabilities provided in the final product.
B: A Build constitutes an integral part of the iterative development lifecycle and provides review points.
C: Each Build is placed under configuration control in case there is a need to roll back to an earlier
version when added functionality causes breakages or when there is otherwise some form of
compromised Build integrity.
D: All of the above

695. Reliability in a software system can be achieved using the following strategies, EXCEPT
1. Fault avoidance
2. Fault tolerance
3. Fault detection
4. Fault rectification
Correct Answer : 3

696. An approved feasibility study is a deliverable out of

1. Systems design
2. Preliminary investigation
3. Systems development
4. Systems analysis
Correct Answer : 2
697. Any activity designed to keep programs in working condition, error free, and up-to-date, is referred
to as _______
1. maintenance
2. testing
3. debugging
4. coding
Correct Answer : 1
698. Checklists, grid charts, and decision tables are all tools used in the __________ step
1. preliminary investigation
2. systems analysis
3. systems development
 4. systems implementation
Correct Answer : 2

699. During the ______ phase, the application is verified against the requirements
1. Analysis
2. Design
3. Testing
4. Implementation
Correct Answer : 3

700. Prototype may be used for

1. Risk Reduction
2. Requirements Elicitation
3. User Interface Design
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

701. During the __________ phase of the systems life cycle, the new hardware and software are
acquired and tested
1. design
2. development
3. implementation
4. maintenance
Correct Answer : 3

702. DFD gives idea about flow of ________ & flowchart gives idea of the flow of ____________
1. processes, decisions
2. control, data
3. logic, control
4. data, control
Correct Answer : 4

703. Example of a Semantic Data model is

1. data flow diagram
2. Context Diagram
3. Entity Relationship Diagram
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 3
704. A system developed to give end users a concrete impression of the system capabilities is called
1. Semantics
2. model
3. prototype
4. abstraction
Correct Answer : 3
705. The requirement engineering process has the following stages, Except
1. Feasibility study
2. Requirement analysis
3. Implementation
4. Requirement definition
Correct Answer : 3
706. Planning the solution to a programming problem using a structured technique is called program
1. coding
2. compiling
3. moduling
4. design
Correct Answer : 4

707. Conception & planning out of externally observable characteristics of a software is called
1. External Design
2. User Interface Design
3. Both a and b options
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

708. The afferent branch of the DFD ends at the

1. Most Abstract Input
2. Most Abstract Output
3. middle of the central transform
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 1

709. Static verification of code is not likely to reveal

1. logic errors
2. syntax errors
3. performance errors
4. coding standard violations
Correct Answer : 3

710. Which of the following is NOT true with regard to Testing & Debugging
1. Testing includes debugging
2. Debugging includes retesting
3. Testing only establishes presence of defects
4. Debugging repairs the program defects
Correct Answer : 1

711. Which factor among the follwing has least effect on the testability of a software ?
1. Decomposibility
2. Effeciency
3. Understandability
4. Observability
Correct Answer : 2

712. Identification of inputs which cause anomalous behavior in the outputs indicating the existence of
defects is
1. Static Testing
2. White Box Testing
3. Black Box Testing
4. Interface testing
Correct Answer : 3

713. Purely black box testing would be used at which of the following levels?
1. Unit testing
 2. Module testing
3. Integration Testing
4. Acceptance Testing
Correct Answer : 4

714. A Test case includes

1. Input
2. Expected output
3. information of function under test
4. All of these options
Correct Answer : 4

715. In unit testing which of the following is the strongest testing strategy?
1. Statement coverage
2. Branch Coverage
3. Condition Coverage
4. Path coverage
Correct Answer : 4

716. Selection of test paths according to defination& usage of diiferent variables in the program is called
1. Path coverage testing
2. Condition Coverage testing
3. Data Flow Testing
4. Branch Coverage Testing
Correct Answer : 3

717. _________ exercises the system beyond its maximum design load
1. Thread testing
2. Stress Testing
3. Back to back testing
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 2

718. Compared to small team projects large team projects are

1. more sensitive to programmer ability
2. less sensitive to programmer ability
3. not sensitive to programmer ability
4. None of these
Correct Answer : 2

719. COCOMO is categorizes as a ____________estimation technique

1. Heuristic
2. Empirical
3. Analytical
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 1

720. In COCOMO terminology a project with software being strongly coupled to complex hardware &
stringent regulations on operating procedures is categorised as
1. Organic
2. Semidetached
3. Embedded
 4. Application
Correct Answer : 3

721. Which version of COCOMO develops estimates for large projects as sum of estimates of its various
subsystems by considering the differences in the complexities of its various subsytems
1. Basic COCOMO
2. Intermediate COCOMO
3. Complete COCOMO
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

722. Which of the following is true as per Putnam model

1. Staffing Pattern peaks at Coding & Unit testing
2. Schedule compression increases effort in proportion to fourth power
3. Expanding the schedule gives extreme saving in effort
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

723. Risk Assesment Table is based on categorization by

1. Risk Components
2. Risk Impact
3. Both a and b options
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

724. Risks arising out of frequent change requests are best mitigated by
1. User characterization
2. Strong SCM
3. Multisource estimations
4. Prescheduling key personnel
Correct Answer : 2

725. Requirement phase is usually done by

1. System Analyst
2. System Administrator
3. System Engineer
4. All
Correct Answer : 1

726. Productivity can measure from the relationship

1. Productivity=KLOC/person-month
2. Productivity=KLOC/defects
3. Productivity=KLOC/LOC
4. Productivity=KLOC*person-month
Correct Answer : 1

727. The goal of coding is

1. To reduce the cost of testing
2. To reduce the cost of maintenance
3. Both a & b
4. None
 Correct Answer : 3

728. CASE is expanded as

1. Computer Analysis Software Engineering
2. Computer Aided Software Engineering
3. Computer Aided System Engineering
4. Computer Analysis System Engineering
Correct Answer : 2

729. Structural approach is also known as

1. Glass box testing
2. Black box testing
3. Input box testing
4. Output box testing
Correct Answer : 1
Your Answer :
730. Three major factor of software engineering are
1. Cost , Correctness , Reliability
2. Cost , Schedule , Reliability
3. Cost , Quality ,Correctness
4. Cost , Portability , Reliability
Correct Answer : 2

731. . Ability of a software to perform stated function under stated condition for a stated period of time
1. Effeciency
2. Robustness
3. Reliability
4. Correctness
Correct Answer : 3

732. The Software Life Cycle covers activities from

1. Feasibility Study to Installation
2. Requirements Phase to Testing
3. Requirements Phase to Maintenance
4. Project Initiation to Software Retirement
Correct Answer : 4

733. An approved feasibility study is a deliverable out of

1. Systems design
2. Preliminary investigation
3. Systems development
4. Systems analysis
Correct Answer : 2

734. The goal of ________ is to obtain a clear understanding of the system and its shortcomings and to
determine opportunities for improvement
1. Feasibility study
2. systems analysis
3. systems definition
4. systems study
 Correct Answer : 2

735. The SDLC Model most suitable for small projects with unclear requirements is but not many
technical risks is
1. Spiral Model
2. Incremental Model
3. Waterfall Model
4. Prototyping Model
Correct Answer : 4

736. Prototype may be used for

1. Risk Reduction
2. Requirements Elicitation
3. User Interface Design
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

737. __________ uses powerful development software and small, highly trained teams of programmers.
1. Prototyping
2. RAD
3. Coding
4. Modeling
Correct Answer : 2

738. Example of a Semantic Data model is

1. data flow diagram
2. Context Diagram
3. Entity Relationship Diagram
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 3

739. Formal specification techniques are based on

1. set theory
2. logic
3. sequence
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

740. . Formal specification language consists of

1. syntax
2. semantics
3. set of relations
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4
:
741. Planning the solution to a programming problem using a structured technique is called program
1. coding
2. compiling
3. moduling
4. design
 Correct Answer : 4

742. . The number & complexity of interconnections between two modules is an indicator of
1. Modularity
2. Cohesion
3. Coupling
4. Abstraction
Correct Answer : 3

743. Among the following types which is the most undesirable form of coupling
1. Stamp Coupling
2. Common Coupling
3. Content Coupling
4. Control Coupling
Correct Answer : 4

744. A module whose all elements exhibit relationship which involves both data and control flow is said
to be ____________ cohesive
1. Sequentially
2. Communicationally
3. Temporally
4. Procedurally
Correct Answer : 1

745. Function oriented design process consists of

1. Data Flow Design
2. Structural decomposition
3. Detailed Design
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

746. Which of the following would NOT appear as a symbol on a flowchart?

1. data type
2. decision
3. input/output
4. processing
Correct Answer : 1

747. _______ involves modeling a system as a set of interacting functional units.

1. Object oriented decomposition
2. Procedural decomposition
3. Functional decomposition
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 3

748. All of the following are control structures used in structured programming, EXCEPT
1. iteration
2. selection
3. sequence
4. goto
Correct Answer : 4
749. Proper program layout by proper usage of proper use of indentation, blank spaces, blank lines,
parentheses improves
1. Effeciency of the program
2. size of the program
3. maintainibility of the program
4. reliability of the program
Correct Answer : 3

750. Statistical Testing is used for

1. For statistical softwares only
2. Only uncovering defects
3. Reliability estimation
4. effeciency estimation
Correct Answer : 3

751. In _____, the tester can analyze the code and use knowledge about the structure of a component to
derive test data
1. Black box
2. White box
3. Stress testing
4. None of the above
Correct Answer : 2

752. Test Data includes

1. Set of inputs
2. set of expected outputs
3. information of function under test
4. All of these options
Correct Answer : 1

753. A driver is a dummy verion of the __________ module of the module under testing
1. superordinate
2. subordinate
3. coordinate
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 1

754. Changes made to the software to accommodate changes to its environment is called
1. perfective maintainence
2. regressive maintainence
3. adaptive maintainence
4. corrective maintainence
Correct Answer : 3

755. Compared to small team projects large team projects are

1. more sensitive to programmer ability
2. less sensitive to programmer ability
3. not sensitive to programmer ability
4. None of these
Correct Answer : 2
756. Which of the following is true for two projects of same category with the same estimated LOC size
and using COCOMO for estimation A) The initial effort estimate for both projects will be same as both
have same LOC B) The Effort Adjustment Factor will always be the same for both projects C) The final
effort estimate will always be the same for both projects
1. Only A is true.
2. Only A & B are true
3. Only C is true
4. Neither A, B or C are true.
Correct Answer : 1

757. The crtitcal path of PERT/CPM chart cannot be

1. the path with the longest duration
2. more than one unique path
3. path on which any delays are allowed
4. path with same earliest and latest starts for all activites
Correct Answer : 3

758. What are the components of a thin client model in Client/Server architecture?
1. Client (Presentation) –Server (Data Management, Application Processing)
2. Client (Application Processing) – Server (Data Management)
3. Client (Data Management) –Server (Application Processing)
4. Client (Application Processing) – Server- Client (Data Management)

759. Risks arising out of frequent change requests are best mitigated by
1. User characterization
2. Strong SCM
3. Multisource estimations
4. Prescheduling key personnel
Correct Answer : 2

760. Risk of unrealistic estimates & schedules can be overcome by

1. Using objective methods of estimation rather than judgemental methods
2. Developing a culture of software reuse
3. Performing multisource estimations
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

761. Example of Software Configuration Items (SCI) is

1. SRS
2. Code
3. User manual
4. all of the above
Correct Answer : 4

762. Software quality managers are responsible for ____.

 1. Quality assurance
2. Quality planning
3. Quality control
4. All of the above
Correct Answer : 4
:
763. Requirement phase is usually done by
1. System Analyst
2. System Administrator
3. System Engineer
4. All
Correct Answer : 1

764. Iterative method contains the feature of

1. Water fall method
2. Prototype method
3. Both
4. None
Correct Answer : 2

765. . Which of following order is true in software engineering life cycle

1. SRS, Design, Coding, Testing
2. Design, Coding, Testing, SRS
3. SRS, Design, Testing, Coding
4. Coding, Testing SRS, Design
Correct Answer : 1

766. Match the level testing can work on

1) Acceptance Testing 2) System Testing 3) Integration Testing 4) Unit Testing
a) Client Needs b) Requirements c) Design d)Code
1. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d
2. 1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a
3. 1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-c
4. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
Correct Answer : 1
:

767. Which software development model incorporates risk management?

1. Waterfall model
2. Spiral model
3. Incremental model
4. None of the above

768. Which is the most commonly used debugging approach?

1. Brute force
2. Back tracking
3. Cause elimination
4. None of the above

769. Four important characteristics of a software product are

1. dependability, usability, reliability, robustness
 2. maintainability, dependability, efficiency, usability
3. Supportability, maintainability, visibility, rapidity
4. None of the above

770. Enough time will be left at the end of the project to uncover errors that were made
because we rushed through the ____________ process. The moral is: Don’t rush
through it! ____________ is worth the effort. (Clue: both the blanks to be filled by
the same word)
1. coding
2. design
3. testing
4. None of the above

771. Who should perform the validation test?

1. Software developer
2. Software user
3. a group of developers and users
4. None of the above

772. Find the activity, which is not part of version management

1. controlled change
2. storage management
3. coding standard
4. None of the above

773. Testing
1. instills guilt
2. is punishment
3. is to find errors
4. None of the above

774. Which is more important?

1. product
2. process
3. quality
4. None of the above

775. The sooner you begin ___________, the longer it will take to get done.
1. coding
2. testing
3. design
4. None of the above

776. Doing what is said one would do, is the definition for
1. reliability
2. quality
3. software plan
4. none of the above

777. Pick up the correct sequence of processes

 1. Requirements, Analysis, Test case design, Design
2. Requirements, Analysis, Design, Test case design
3. Requirements, Test case design, Analysis, Design
4. None of the above

778. A software quality assurance activity that is performed by software engineers

1. coding
2. formal technical reviews
3. design
4. None of the above

779. In what manner, coding and testing are done

1. top-down
2. bottom-up
3. cross-sectional
4. adhoc

780. Which of the following is generally not contained in a feasibility document

1. Problem descriptions
2. Project name
3. Feasible alternative solutions
4. data-flow diagrams

781. The initiation of a systems investigation may result from

1. An analysis investigation
2. A manager’s formal request
3. Scheduled system review
4. All of the above

782. Which of the following is not a factor in the failure of a systems development
Project?
1. inadequate user involvement
2. failure of systems integration
3. size of the company
4. continuation of a project that should have been cancelled

783. “The probability of failure free operation of a computer program in a specified

Environment for a specified time” is the definition for
1. quality
2. reliability
3. operability
4. None of the above

784. The four icons used in building Data Flow Diagram are
1. Flow, Source, Store, Process
2. Flow, Process, Source, Store
3. Flow, Process, Source/Destination, Store
4. Source, Process, Destination, Store
785. Which of the following is (are) not a tool for Application Prototyping?
1. Application generates
2. Third generation language
3. Screen generators
 4. Report generators

786. All of the following tools are used for process description except
1. Structured English
2. Decision tables
3. Pseudo code
4. Data Dictionaries

787. Which of the following activities does not belong to the Implementation phase of
The SDLC?
1. File conversion
2. Program testing
3. User training
4. All of the above

788. Which of the following is not true of the conversion phase of the development life
Cycle?
1. the user and systems personnel must work closely together
2. steps must be taken to phase out the old system
3. documentation should be emphasized
4. the non-machine components of the system should be considered

789. Benchmarking is used

1. To select computer systems
2. To maintain files is p-to-date condition
3. for application proto-typing
4. for system acceptance

790. Which is the first phase of the Waterfall software process model?
1. Design
2. Prototype
3. Testing
4. Requirement

791. What is the purpose of use cases in UML?

1. Requirements of capture
2. Define how the software system will be used
3. Describe what the user expects to do with the system
4. Make clear what the stakeholders needs are

792. Please match the Spiral model sectors:

X1: Objective setting
X2: Risk assessment and reduction
X3: Development and validation
X4: Planning

With their correct characteristics:

Y1: Risks are assessed and activities put in place to reduce the key risks
Y2: Specific objectives for the phase are identified
Y3: The project is reviewed and the next phase of the spiral is planned
Y4: A development model for the system is chosen which any can be of
The generic models
1. X1-Y3 X2-Y1 X3-Y2 X4-Y4
2. X1-Y2 X2-Y3 X3-Y4 X4-Y1
3. X1-Y2 X2-Y1 X3-Y4 X4-Y3
4. X1-Y3 X2-Y2 X3-Y1 X4-Y4

793. Indicate what information is provided by Functional requirements?

X1: The constraints on the services or functions offered by the system such as
Timing constraints
X2: How the system should behave in particular situation
X3: The constraints on the development process, standards
X4: How the system should react to particular inputs

1. X2, X4
2. X1, X2, X4
3. X1, X3
4. X2, X3, X4

794. Function point is

1. A pointer to a function
2. A point where the function is written in a code
3. A method of estimating the amount of functionality required for a program
4. A function named “point”

795. A system version

1. Is an instance of a system deployed at the client side?
2. Is an instance of a system that differs in some way from other instances?
3. Should either include new functionalities or should be intended for a different
Hardware platform
4. Is created to fix reported faults as part of development process

796. What is synchronization control in configuration management?

1. It governs which software engineer have the authority to access & modify a
Particular configuration object
2. It helps to ensure that parallel changes performed by two different people don’t
Overwrite one another
3. It synchronizes two different system versions to form a single versions
4. It helps to synchronize the source code files to form deployable version

797. The currently known containment effectiveness of faults introduced during each
Constructive phase of software development for a particular software product is
Ratio of
1. (Actual project duration) to (estimated project duration)
2. (number of pre-release Defects) to (number of pre-release Defects) to (number of pre-release
Defects + number of post release Defects)
3. (number of phase i errors) to (number of phase i errors + number of phase i defects)
4. (number of failure) to (Execution time)

798. SRS is maintained in configuration environment as

1. Software design baseline
2. Software development baseline
 3. Software artefacts
4. Software product baseline

799. Following is the SCM audit tool

1. Requirement metrics
2. PERT charts
3. Source Code
4. Design Document
800. Delphi method of cost estimation uses
1. Functional point analysis
2. SLOC expressed in KDSI
3. PERT model using effort calculations
4. Decomposition method of cost estimation

801. Validate that the functions meet started requirements or not is called as
__________________________
1. Unit testing 2. System testing 3. Integration Testing 4. Acceptance Testing

Q.2) what do you mean by incremental testing?

1. White box testing 2. Black box testing 3. Top-down testing 4. Independent testing

802. Verification should be performed for ______________________

1. Requirements 2. Design 3. Code construction 4. All of the above

803. Validation is mostly used to determine the __________________ of the final software/program.
1. Correctness 2. Consistency 3. Completeness 4. Quality

804. Quality control procedures are _______________

1. Preventive costs 2. Appraisal costs 3. Failure costs 4. None of the
above

805. Who should be involved in determined risk management?

1. Customer 2. Management 3. Development team 4. All of the
above

806. Which of the following is an attribute of Quality?

1. Process 2. Product 3. Standard 4. Policy

807. The system design SDLC phase is immediately followed by _________________

1. Program and training 2. Initiation 3. Standard 4. Policy

808. Resource planning, audit planning , estimation, scheduling are the some of the tasks carried out
in_________
1. Initiation phase 2. System design phase 3. Definition phase 4. Evaluation
phase

809. System reviews and software testing are examples of __________________

1. Quality control 2. Quality assurance 3. Quality audits 4. None of the above

810. ___________________ is done without executing the code.

1. Registration 2. Unit 3. System 4. Static
811. Which of the following is not a white box testing technique?
1. Statement coverage 2. Equivalence Partitioning
3. Decision/condition coverage 4. Multiple condition coverage

812. Which of the following task is not performed by v & v management?

1. Create the software v & v plan 2. Conduct the management review of v & v
3. Support management and technical reviews 4. Conduct in-process reviews

813. A standard must be ________________________

1. Measurable, Attainable and critical 2. Smart, Measurable and Time-bound
3. Measurable, Achievable and Clear 4. Approved, Available and Attainable

814. Which are the four primary standards of ISO 9000?

1. ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 9004, ISO 10010 2. ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 9006, ISO 10011
3. ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 9004, ISO 10011 4. ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 9004, ISO 10054

815. Cost of quality includes ____________________

1. Preventive, Corrective & control 2. Preventive, detective & control
3. Preventive, appraisal & failure 4. None of the above

816. AQL stands for?

1. Allowable quality level 2. Allocated quality level
3. Acceptable quality level 4. Allowed quality level

817. Quality assurance is a function responsible for _____________________.

1. Controlling quality 2. Managing quality 3. Inspections 4. Removal of
defects

818. ______________ is used to perform structured analysis and to document the result.
1. DFD 2. UML 3. COCOMO 4. None of the above

819. Reverse engineering of data focuses on _________________

1. Database structures 2. Internal data structures 3. Both 1 & 2 4. None of the
above

820. System Test will not include_______________

1. Approach 2. Risks 3. Suspension and Resumption criteria 4. None of the
above

821. As series of definable, repeatable and measurable tasks leading to useful result is called
____________
1. Program 2. Process 3. Activity 4. Controller

822. The first step in project planning is to ________________________

1. Determine the budget 2. Determine the project constraints
3. Establish the objectives and scope 4. Select a team organizational model

823. Which of the following is a characteristic of a good decision?

1. Includes test cases for all components 2. Exhibits strong coupling between its modules
3. Implements all requirements in the analysis model
4. Incorporates source code for descriptive purposes
824. Which of the following characteristics of a strong deign?
1. Low coupling 2. High cohesion 3. Modular 4. All of the above

825. Find the activity which is not part of version management?

1. Controlled change 2. Storage management
3. Coding standard 4. Creating program code 5. None of the above

826. Which of the following is a disadvantage of outsourcing?

1. Reduces technical know-how for future innovation
2. Increases degree of control
3. Increases vulnerability of strategic information
4. Increases dependency on other organizations

827. If a linear process models all steps come after finishing of a step then that model
called________________
1. Spiral 2. Prototype 3. Water fall model 4. None of the above

828. Cyclomatic Complexity method comes under which of the following testing method?
1. White box 2. Black box 3. Green box 4. Yellow box

829. Which of the following provides the foundation for team development?
1. Motivation 2. Organizational development 3. Conflict management
4. Individual development

830. Which of the following is a key to effective software engineering?

1. Good skills 2. Good design 3. Good Management 4. None of the
above

831. Estimation for the satisfaction of the identified user needs is known as _____________
1. Feasibility study 2. Requirements evolution 3. Requirements capture 4. None of the
above

832. Translating the algorithm into a programming language occurs at the ______________ step of the
SDLC
1. Debugging 2. Coding 3. Testing and Documentation 4. Algorithm Development

833. Who designs and implement database structures?

1. Programmers 2. Project managers 3. Technical writers 4. Database administrators

834. The ___________________ determines whether the project should go forward or not
1. Feasibility assessment 2. Opportunity identification
3. System evaluation 4. Program specification

835. Actual programming of software code is done during the ________________ step in the SDLC
1. Maintenance and Evaluation 2. Design 3. Analysis 4. Development and Documentation

836. Evolutionary software process models ____________________

1. Are iterative in nature 2. Can easily accommodate product requirements changes
3. Do not generally produce throwaway systems 4. All of the above

837. Which of the following is not a part of testing?

 1. White box testing 2. Black box testing 3. Inner testing 4. Gorilla
testing

838. Quality assurance____________________

1. Focuses on removal of defects before release
2. Is a set of planned and systematic actions to provide confidence that a product or service will
satisfy
Given requirements for quality
3. Is to check the system for its interface errors
4. None of the above

839. ________________ is the chain of activities that determines the duration of the project
1. object points 2. LOC 3. Lines of code 4. Critical path

840. Debugging is a consequence of ____________________

1. An unsuccessful test 2. An error in design 3. A successful test 4. A metric that
Describes the degree to which a software product meets its requirements

841. In object-orientation, polymorphism means _____________________

1. There can be many objects in the design
2. Methods can be changed in many ways
3. Many ways can be instantiated of a class
4. Objects can implement the same method in many ways

842. The spiral model of software development________________

1. Ends with the delivery of the software product
2. is more chaotic than the incremental model
3. Includes project risks evaluation during each iteration
4. All of the above

843. The objective of software project planning is to ___________________

1. Convince the customer that a project is feasible
2. Enable a manager to make reasonable estimates of cost and schedule
3. Make use of historical project data
4. Determine the probable profit margin prior to bidding on a project

844. Which of the following is not a section in the standard for SQA plans recommended by IEEE?
1. Documentation 2. Reviews and audits 3. Test 4. Budget

845. Which of the following tasks is not part of software configuration management?
1. Change control 2. Reporting 3. Statistical quality control 4. Version
control

846. How many steps are in the program development life cycle (PDLC)?
1. 4 2. 5 3. 6 4. 10

847. _______________ is a measure of independence of a module or component?

1. Cohesion 2. Coupling 3. Loop coupling 4. Loop cohesion

848. The purpose of requirement phase is _______________

1. To freeze requirements 2. To understand user needs
3. To define the scope of testing 4. All of the above
849. A modular design has ____________________
1. High cohesion, low coupling and high abstraction
2. High cohesion, low coupling and low abstraction
3. Low cohesion, low coupling and high abstraction
4. High cohesion, high coupling and high abstraction

850. The outcome of the analysis phase is

1. Sufficient understanding of the problem to write a design specification.
2. Sufficient understanding of the problem to write a formal description of it.
3. Sufficient understanding of the problem to suggest a solution (or solutions)
4. Sufficient understanding of the problem to write a code specification.

851. Corrective maintenance is related to:

1. Making the system more functional
2. Correcting the fault that could not be found during testing
3. Making the system work in new environment
4. All of the above

852. Testing is done with the objective of ______________________.

1. Finding new errors in the software 2. Correcting errors in the software
3. Both 1 and 2 4. None of the above

853. If a software had 5 failures in 100 tests during 10 days of testing (Assume 10 tests
Per day), what would be a good estimate of the reliability of the software over the
Next week? (Assume 5 working days in a week)
1. 0.0275 2. 0.5987 3. 0.0769 4. 0.9500

854. A requirements specification is:

1. A general list of things that the proposed software ought to do
2. A precise and mathematical list of things that the proposed software ought to do
3. A formal list of things that the proposed software must do
4. A list of software and hardware resources needed for completing the proposed system

855. To achieve a good design, different modules should have________________

1. Weak cohesion and low coupling 2. Weak cohesion and high coupling
3. Strong cohesion and low coupling 4. Strong cohesion and high coupling

856. Which of the following is the input to the feasibility study?

1. Outline description of the system 2. Set of preliminary business requirements
3. How the system is intended to support business process
4. All of the above

857. Assuming that the tests are representative of the operational situation, then calculate the
Reliability of a software system that has had 10 failures in 200 test cases.
1. 0.95 2. 0.9 3. 0.1 4. 1

858. A critical task is one with__________________

1. Minimum slack time 2. Maximum slack time
3. No slack time 4. None of the above
859. Which of the following is identified as critical for success in software development process?
1. Adopting SDLC configuration management 2. Adopt Continuous risk management
3. Both 1 and 2 4. Choice 2 only

860. Quality control ________________________________

1. Focuses on inspections, testing and removal of defects before release
2. Is to check the system for its interface errors
3. Is checking and reviewing work that has not been done
4. Is a set of planned and systematic actions to provide confidence that a product
Or service will satisfy given requirements for quality

861. How maintainability can be achieved?

1. Through Error recovery
2. When the S/W process evolves to reflect changed organizational requirements
Or identified process improvements
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of the above

862. Which testing methods are used by end-users who actually test software before they use it?
1. White Box testing 2. Alpha and Beta testing
3. Black box testing 4. Trial and Error testing

863. What do you mean by nonfunctional requirements?

1. User requirements
2. Requirements definition
3. A timing constraint placed on the system or the use of a specific language during
Development
4. None of the above

864. The project plan should be regularly revised during the project
1. Yes 2. No
3. It cannot be changed, it is to be followed 4. It is made only once at the start of project

865. A program’s control flow structure indicates_________________

1. Correct program
2. The sequence in which the program’s instructions are executed
3. High-level language programming
4. All of the above

866. Bar charts and activity networks are graphical notation which are used to illustrate the
1. Project Plan 2. Project dependencies 3. Project Schedule 4. Project Risk Analysis

867. Which factor is not contributing to software crisis?

1. Larger problem sizes 2. Skill shortage
3. Low productivity improvements 4. None of the above

868. Spiral mode_______________________________

1. Is an example of exploratory programming?
2. Is characterized by the assessment of management risk items
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of the above
869. Cohesion is______________
1. Measure of quality
2. Concept related to testing
3. Understandability
4. Measure of closeness of the relationships between the system’s components

870. Which term defines the process of project compliance with policies and procedures?
1. Quality control 2. Quality assurances
3. Quality audits 4. Quality control management

871. The data items that are exchanged between the different functions are represented as___
1. Design phase 2. DFDs 3. ER Diagram 4. Data Structures

Q.23) which of these terms apply to identify quality standards and how to satisfy them?
1. Quality projections 2. Quality management 3. Quality overview 4. Quality
planning

872. Software engineering principles are based on _________________

1. Error correction 2. Error prevention 3. Error detection 4. None of the above

873. Acceptance test plan is____________________

1. Most likely to arise from the requirements specification process
2. Most likely to arise from the System integration
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of the above

874. Visibility of design means_________________

1. Efficient design 2. Less complex design
3. Good quality, consistent document 4. None of above

875. Project quality management includes __________________

1. All activities of the performing organization that determines policies and
Responsibilities of a project
2. Performance quality control
3. Error detection
4. None of the above

876. Important distinction between the spiral model and other software process model is
1. Explicit consideration of planning next phase
2. Explicit consideration of Validation
3. Explicit consideration of Risk Assessment and Reduction
4. Explicit consideration of Objective setting

877. Capability maturity model______________________

1. Gives description for software process 2. States what activities are necessary for
success
3. Describes how activities are to be performed 4. Compare essential difficulties of software

878. Validations is to check_________________

 1. Whether we are building the product right 2. Whether we are building the right
product
3. The methodology of software development 4. The methodology of software testing

879. Which lifecycle model would you use for developing a commercial web site that requires
About 8 months of effort from a team of 6 people?
1. Opportunistic 2. Waterfall 3. Incremental 4. Spiral

880. Which of the following s/w development life cycle shows high amount of risk analysis?
1. Water fall model 2. Spiral model 3. V-shaped model 4. Incremental model

881. Deliverables are usually milestones but milestones need not be deliverables
1. True 2. False 3. May be true 4. None of the above

882. Design phase will usually be____________________

1. bottom-up 2. Top-down 3. Random 4. Center fringing

883. The execution of every possible test case is called as ____________________

1. Static analysis 2. Dynamic testing 3. Structural testing 4. Exhaustive testing

884. Configuration Management is not related with

1. Controlling changes to the source code
2. Choice of hardware configuration for an application
3. Controlling documentation for an application
4. Maintaining versions of software

885. Which of the following statement is correct?

1. The project schedule is usually represented a set of charts showing the work.
2. The project schedule is usually represented as a set of charts showing the activities
Dependencies and staff allocations
3. The project schedule is usually represented as a set of charts showing the work
Breakdown and activities dependencies
4. The project schedule is usually represented as a set of charts showing the work
Breakdown, activities dependencies and staff allocations

886. Which is true about regression testing?

1. Regression testing is carried out if the system underline is an upgraded or corrected Version
2. Regression testing checks that there is no side effect after changes
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of the above

887. Which of the following is true about integration testing?

1. Integration testing aims to find out the errors related to various module interfaces
2. Integration testing is a kind of testing, which is carried out while constructing or integrating the
System
3. Integration testing is a kind of testing, which is carried out after constructing or
Integrating the system
4. Both 1 & 2

888. Which of the following is not a queued message?

a. WM_TIMER
b. WM_QUIT
c. WM_COMMAND
d. None of these
Ans. D

889. Which of the following is not a resource?

a. Bitmap
b. Dialog box Template
c. Html document
d. None of these
Ans. D

890. Which of the following the resource?

1. Bitmap
2. Html document
3. Dialog templates
4. All of the above.

891. Which function is used to compare the regions?

1.EqualTo
2.EqualRgn
3.CompareRgn
4.CmpRgn
892. Which of the following is non queed message?
1. WM_COMMAND
2. WM_QUIT
3. WM_TIMER
4. All of the above
893. Which function is used to convert white to black and black to white?
1. Convert
2. Invert
3. Insert
4. None of above
894. Which API is used to copy and stretch the bitmap?
1. Bitblt
2. StretchBlt
3. Patblt
4. None of above
895. Which of the following is a resource?
1) Bitmap
2) Dialog box template
3) Html document
4) All of the above

896. By default polygon is?

1) dot-dash
2) Solid
3) Transparent
4) None of the above
897. _begin thread present in which header file?
1)winuser.h
2)window.h
3)process.h
4)none of the above

898. what function to stretch the bitmap is used?

1)strblt()
2)bitblt
3)stretchblt()
4)hbitmap

899. Which of the following not Virtual key?

a.VK_PREV
b.VK_NEXT
c.VK_UP
d.None

900. Which of the following is non queed message?

1.WM_COMMAND
2.WM_QUIT
3.WM_TIMER
4.All of the above

901. Which of the following is not a resource?

1.Bitmap

2.Dialogbox Template

3.Html document

4.None of these

902. Which function is used to convert white to black and black to white?
1.Convert
2.Invert
3.Insert
4.None of above

903. Which of the following not Virtual key?

1.VK_PREV
2.VK_NEXT
3.VK_UP
4.None

904. Which of the following is a resource?

1)bitmap
2)dialod box template
3)html document
4)all of the above

905. By default polygon is?

1)dot-dash
2)solid
3)transparent
4)none of the above

906. what function to stretch the bitmap is used?

1)strblt()
2)bitblt
3)stretchblt()
4)hbitmap

907. which of the following is the blocking function?

1)getmessage()
2)postquitmessage()
3)dispatchmessage()
4)translatemessage()
908. The outcome of the analysis phase is

1. Sufficient understanding of the problem to write a design specification

2. Sufficient understanding of the problem to write a formal description of it
3. Sufficient understanding of the problem to suggest a solution (or solutions)
4. Sufficient understanding of the problem to write a code specification

909. A requirements specification is:

1. A general list of things that the proposed software ought to do.

2. A precise and mathematical list of things that the proposed software ought to do.
3. A formal list of things that the proposed software must do.
4. A list of software and hardware resources needed for completing the proposed system.

949.To achieve a good design, different modules should have ________.

1. Weak cohesion and low coupling

2. Weak cohesion and high coupling
3. Strong cohesion and low coupling
4. Strong cohesion and high coupling

950.
What do you mean by nonfunctional requirements?

1. User requirements
2. Requirements definition
3. A timing constraint placed on the system or the use of a specific language during development.
4. None of the above

951.Spiral model ________

1. Is an example of Exploratory programming.

2. Is characterized by the assessment of management risk items.
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of the above

952.
Cohesion is _________.

1. Measure of quality
2. Concept related to testing
3. Understandability
4. Measure of closeness of the relationships between the system’s components.

953. The data items that are exchanged between the different functions are represented as _

1. Design phase
2. DFDs
3. ER Diagram
4. Data Structures

956. Important distinction between the spiral model and other software process model is

1. Explicit consideration of planning next phase

2. Explicit consideration of Validation
3. Explicit consideration of Risk Assessment and reduction
4. Explicit consideration of Objective setting

957. Which lifecycle model would you use for developing a commercial web site that requires about 8
months of effort from a team of 6 people?

1. Opportunistic
2. Waterfall
3. Incremental
4. Spiral

958. Which of the following software development life cycle shows high amount of risk analysis?

1. Water fall model

2. Spiral model
3. V – shaped model
4. Incremental model

959. Design phase will usually be ________.

1. Bottom-up
2. Top-down
3. Random
4. Centre fringing

960. Which is the first phase of the Waterfall software process model?

1. Design
2. Prototype
3. Testing
4. Requirement
961. Indicate what information is provided by Functional requirements?
X1: The constraints on the services or functions offered by the system such as timing constraints.
X2: How the system should behave in particular situations.
X3: The constraints on the development process, standards.
X4: How the system should react to particular inputs.

1. X2, X4
2. X1, X2, X4
3. X1, X3
4. X2, X3, X4

962. Software engineering principles are based on _______.

1. Error correction
2. Error prevention
3. Error detection
4. None of the above

963. Which of the following are SDLC process models?

1. Waterfall
2. V-shape
3. Spiral
4. All of the above

964. Deployment of a system refers to

1. Activities performed in system testing

2. Implementing the design into executable codes
3. The transition of the system from its development phase to the operational phase.
4. None of the above

965. Please match the Spiral model sectors: (X-Y)

X1: Objective setting
X2: Risk assessment and reduction
X3: Development and validation
X4: Planning with their correct characteristics:
Y1: Risks are assessed and activities put in place to reduce the key risks
Y2: Specific objectives for the phase are identified
Y3: The project is reviewed and the next phase of the spiral is planned
Y4: A development model for the system is chosen which can be any of the generic models

1. X1-Y3, X2-Y1, X3-Y2 X4-Y4

2. X1-Y2, X2-Y3, X3-Y4 X4-Y1
3. X1-Y2, X2-Y1, X3-Y4 X4-Y3
4. X1-Y3, X2-Y2, X3-Y1 X4-Y4
966. The requirement should specify _____

1. Why
2. What
3. How
4. All of the above

967. V Shape Model _____

1. Builds the throwaway version intend to test concept & requirements

2. Adds risk analysis, and 4gl RAD prototyping to the waterfall model
3. Is a variant of the Waterfall that emphasizes the verification and validation
4. None of the above

968. Just as the entry point to a C program is the function main(), the entry point to a Windows program
is ________.
(WinMain() )
969. The three main Windows libraries are _______, __________ & ___________. (Kernel.32, User32,
GDI32)

970. . The size of Unicode character is ___ bits. (32)

971. . CreateWindow() function sends the __________ message. (WM_CREATE)

972. . UpdateWindow() function sends the __________ message. (WM_PAINT)

973. PostQuitMessage() function posts the __________ message. (WM_QUIT)

974. GetMessage() function retrieves a message from the _____________. (message queue)

975. GetMessage() returns_____, when it retrieve WM_QUIT message form the message queue. (0)

976. TranslateMessage() function is used for _______ translation. (Keyboard)

977. Window procedure function is a ____________ function. (CALLBACK)

978. TA program can call its own window procedure by using the _________ function. (SendMessage)

979. DispatchMessage() function passes the MSG structure back to __________. (Windows)

980. The very first message that a window procedure receives is ___________. (WM_CREATE)

981. RegisterClass() associates a window procedure to the __________. (window class)

982. Window messages are defined in both windows.h and __________ header files. (winuser.h)

983. Everything that happens to a window is relayed to the __________ in the form of message.
(Window Procedure)
984. . __________ API is used for subclassing. (SetWindowLong() )

985. __________ API is used for character translation of keystrokes. (TranslateMessage() )

986. Message __________ occurs when the user clicks an item on the menu bar or presses a menu key.
(WM_INITMENU)

963. __________ API is used to kill a modal dialog box. (EndDialog() )

964. . _________, _________ and ___________ are windows resources defined in a .Res file. (Any three
of these -
ICON / CURSOR / STRINGTABLE / DIALOG / MENU / BITMAP)
963. _________ API is used to set the text of an edit control. (SetWindowText() )

964. ________ and _________ are GDI objects. (Any two from Brush / Pen / Region / Font / Palette /
Bitmap)

965. When there is no message in the queue, PeekMessage() function returns ____. (FALSE or 0)

966. . System keystrokes are generated for keys typed in combination with the ____ key. (Alt)

967. System keystroke messages are _________ and ________. (WM_SYSKEYDOWN, WM_SYSKEYUP)

968. The virtual key code is stored in the _________ parameter of the WM_KEYDOWN message.
(wParam)

969. The repeat count field is stored in the _________ parameter of the keystroke messages. (lParam)

970. _________ function is used for checking the type of information available in clipboard.
(IsClipboardFormatAvailable())

963. _________ function is used to open the clipboard. (OpenClipboard())

964. _________ function is used to clear the clipboard. (EmptyClip

board())

965. . Just as the entry point to a C program is the function main(), the entry point to a Windows
program is ________.
(WinMain() )
963. The three main Windows libraries are _______, __________ & ___________. (Kernel.32, User32,
GDI32)

964. The size of Unicode character is ___ bits. (32)

965. CreateWindow() function sends the __________ message. (WM_CREATE)

966. UpdateWindow() function sends the __________ message. (WM_PAINT)

967. . PostQuitMessage() function posts the __________ message. (WM_QUIT)

968. GetMessage() function retrieves a message from the _____________. (message queue)

969. GetMessage() returns_____, when it retrieve WM_QUIT message form the message queue. (0)

970. TranslateMessage() function is used for _______ translation. (Keyboard)

971. Window procedure function is a ____________ function. (CALLBACK)

972. TA program can call its own window procedure by using the _________ function. (SendMessage)

973. DispatchMessage() function passes the MSG structure back to __________. (Windows)

974. The very first message that a window procedure receives is ___________. (WM_CREATE)

975. . RegisterClass() associates a window procedure to the __________. (window class)

976. Window messages are defined in both windows.h and __________ header files. (winuser.h)

977. Everything that happens to a window is relayed to the __________ in the form of message.
(Window Procedure)

978. __________ API is used for subclassing. (SetWindowLong() )

979. __________ API is used for character translation of keystrokes. (TranslateMessage() )

980. Message __________ occurs when the user clicks an item on the menu bar or presses a menu key.
(WM_INITMENU)
963. __________ API is used to kill a modal dialog box. (EndDialog() )
964. _________, _________ and ___________ are windows resources defined in a .Res file. (Any three
of these -
ICON / CURSOR / STRINGTABLE / DIALOG / MENU / BITMAP)
963. _________ API is used to set the text of an edit control. (SetWindowText() )

964. . ________ and _________ are GDI objects. (Any two from Brush / Pen / Region / Font / Palette /
Bitmap)
965. When there is no message in the queue, PeekMessage() function returns ____. (FALSE or 0)

966. System keystrokes are generated for keys typed in combination with the ____ key. (Alt)

967. System keystroke messages are _________ and ________. (WM_SYSKEYDOWN, WM_SYSKEYUP)

968. . The virtual key code is stored in the _________ parameter of the WM_KEYDOWN message.
(wParam)

969. . The repeat count field is stored in the _________ parameter of the keystroke messages. (lParam)

970. . _________ function is used for checking the type of information available in clipboard.
(IsClipboardFormatAvailable())

963. _________ function is used to open the clipboard. (OpenClipboard())

964. _________ function is used to clear the clipboard. (EmptyClipboard())

965. Just as the entry point to a C program is the function main(), the entry point to a Windows program
is ________.
(WinMain() )
963. The three main Windows libraries are _______, __________ & ___________. (Kernel.32, User32,
GDI32)

964. . The size of Unicode character is ___ bits. (32)

965. CreateWindow() function sends the __________ message. (WM_CREATE)

966. UpdateWindow() function sends the __________ message. (WM_PAINT)

967. PostQuitMessage() function posts the __________ message. (WM_QUIT)

968. GetMessage() function retrieves a message from the _____________. (message queue)

969. GetMessage() returns_____, when it retrieve WM_QUIT message form the message queue. (0)

970. TranslateMessage() function is used for _______ translation. (Keyboard)

971. Window procedure function is a ____________ function. (CALLBACK)

972. TA program can call its own window procedure by using the _________ function. (SendMessage)

973. DispatchMessage() function passes the MSG structure back to __________. (Windows)

974. The very first message that a window procedure receives is ___________. (WM_CREATE)
975. RegisterClass() associates a window procedure to the __________. (window class)

976. Window messages are defined in both windows.h and __________ header files. (winuser.h)

977. Everything that happens to a window is relayed to the __________ in the form of message.
(Window Procedure)
978. __________ API is used for subclassing. (SetWindowLong() )

979. __________ API is used for character translation of keystrokes. (TranslateMessage() )

980. Message __________ occurs when the user clicks an item on the menu bar or presses a menu key.
(WM_INITMENU)
963. __________ API is used to kill a modal dialog box. (EndDialog() )

964. _________, _________ and ___________ are windows resources defined in a .Res file. (Any three
of these -
ICON / CURSOR / STRINGTABLE / DIALOG / MENU / BITMAP)
963. _________ API is used to set the text of an edit control. (SetWindowText() )

964. ________ and _________ are GDI objects. (Any two from Brush / Pen / Region / Font / Palette /
Bitmap)

965. When there is no message in the queue, PeekMessage() function returns ____. (FALSE or 0)

966. System keystrokes are generated for keys typed in combination with the ____ key. (Alt)

967. System keystroke messages are _________ and ________. (WM_SYSKEYDOWN, WM_SYSKEYUP)

968. The virtual key code is stored in the _________ parameter of the WM_KEYDOWN message.
(wParam)

969. The repeat count field is stored in the _________ parameter of the keystroke messages. (lParam)

970. _________ function is used for checking the type of information available in clipboard.
(IsClipboardFormatAvailable())

963. ________ function is used to open the clipboard. (OpenClipboard()

964. _________ function is used to clear the clipboard. (EmptyClipboard())

965. Software acts with a dual role as –

A. Application software and Embedded software

B. Embedded software and Product-line software
C. Software product and Environment or application tool for software product development
D. Application software and Data storage
Answer: C

966. Which one of the following is false statement?

A. Software is developed or engineered, it is not manufactured in the classic sense

B. Replacement of parts is always an ideal solution
C. Software does not ‘wear out’ though it may deteriorates over a period
D. None of the above

Answer: B

967. Software Engineering encompasses -

A. Process, Methods, and Tools

B. Process, Product, And Methods
C. Methods, Tools, and People
D. People, Process, and Product

Answer: A
968. Which one of the following is correct list of prescriptive process model?

A. Waterfall, Incremental, Spiral,

B. Waterfall, V-shaped, Prototyping
C. Prototyping, Spiral, Adaptive S/w development
D. Waterfall, Incremental, V-shaped

Answer: D

969. Which process model will you adopt for a project having
- Lengthy delivery schedule
- All requirements are known upfront & well established and
- Customer needs important functionality to be implemented at earliest?

A. Waterfall
B. Prototyping
C. Incremental
D. RAD

Answer: C

970. Risk analysis and 4gl RAD prototyping is added to the waterfall model to form a -------- model

A. Spiral
B. Prototyping
C. V-shaped
D. RAD
Answer: A

971. ------ model is a variant of the Waterfall model, which also emphasizes the verification and
validation

A. Waterfall
B. Prototyping
C. Incremental
D. V-shaped

Answer: D

972. Requirement should specify

A. Hardware required to complete the project

B. Resource requirement
C. A precise and mathematical list of things that describes what proposed software should provide
D. Description of how to develop the system

Answer: C

973. Stakeholders are asked to rank / prioritise requirements & discuss conflicts in priority in ------- stage
of requirement engineering.

A. Conflict resolution
B. Elaboration
C. Specification
D. Negotiation

Answer: D

974. Use-cases are defined from ------ point of view

A. An actor’s
B. A function’s
C. An actor and function’s
D. None of the above

Answer: A

975. Product requirements, Organizational requirements, & External requirements are example of

A. Domain requirements
B. Non-functional requirements
C. Functional requirements
D. None of the above
Answer: B
976. Which of the following models collectively form the design model?

A. Data design, Architectural design, Interface Design, Component Design

B. Data design, Architectural design, System design, Program design
C. Architectural design, Interface Design, Functional design, Class design
D. None of the above
Answer: A

977. Cohesion is --

A. Qualitative indication of the degree to which a module focuses on just one thing
B. Qualitative indication of the degree to which a module is connected to other modules & to outside
world
C. Both 1 & 2
D. None of the above
Answer: A
978. Which of the following is FALSE statement?

A. Abstractions allows designers to focus on solving a problem without being concerned about
irrelevant lower level details
B. Modularity is ability to understand the software by examining its components independently
C. Control hierarchy represents the procedural aspects of the software
D. None of the above
Answer: C
979. Coupling is --

A. Qualitative indication of the degree to which a module focuses on just one thing
B. Qualitative indication of the degree to which a module is connected to other modules & to outside
world
C. Both 1 & 2
D. None of the above
Answer: B

980. Validation process checks -

A. Whether we are building the right product

B. Whether we are building the product
C. Whether we are building the product right
D. Whether we are testing the product
Answer: A

981. Smoke testing is an ----- testing approach, which is used when software is being developed
A. Unit testing
B. Regression testing
C. Integration testing
D. Acceptance testing
Answer: C

982. ------- is conducted at developer’s site by end-users

A. Beta testing
B. Alpha testing
C. White box testing
D. None of the above
Answer: B

983. Unit testing is

A. A Black box testing
B. A White box testing
C. An User Acceptance Testing
D. Not a testing
Answer: B

984. ---- provides the maximum number of test cases that will be required to guarantee that every
statement in program has been executed at least once.
A. Independent Program paths
B. Cyclomatic complexity
C. Graph Matrices
D. None of the above
Answer: B

985. Content testing uncovers

A. Syntactic errors
B. Semantic errors
C. Structural errors
D. All of the above
Answer: D

986. Reliability is indicated by following attributes -

A. Maturity, fault tolerance, recoverability
B. Understandability, learnability, accuracy
C. Suitability, accuracy, compliance
D. All of the above
Answer: A

987. Consider the following data for the effort spent on various tasks in project
Coding - 120
Self code walk-thru - 04
Code review - 06
Rework (Bug fixing) - 37
Training - 02
Tool Development - 10
Testing - 35
Preparing check list - 01
What is the Cost of quality, Failure cost, prevention cost, and appraisal cost?
A. 120, 35, 37
B. 37, 95, 120
C. 95, 37, 13, 45
D. 120, 13, 45
Answer: C

988. Warranty work is an example of -----

A. Prevention cost
B. External failure cost
C. Internal failure cost
D. All of the above
Answer: B

989. Match the following

a) Internal failure cost i) Efforts spent in post-delivery defect fixing
b) Appraisal Cost ii) Efforts spent in pre-delivery defect fixing
c) External failure cost iii) Efforts spent on quality planning, tools development & training
d) Prevention cost iv) Efforts spent on reviews and testing

A. a-iv b-iii c-ii d-i

B. a-iv b-ii c-iii d-i
C. a-I b-iii c-ii d-iv
D. a-ii b-iv c-i d-iii

Answer: D

990. There are --- levels of CMMi

A. 5
B. 3
C. 1
D. 6

Answer: A
991. The objective of project planning is to provide

A. Hardware & software requirement

B. Framework that helps to make reasonable estimates of resources, cost and schedule
C. Only the list of risks identified
D. None of the above

Answer: B

992. Pick up the correct statement from following

A. Project estimates should not be updated during project development

B. Project estimates should be updated only at the end of the project
C. Project estimates should be updated as the project progresses
D. None of the above
Answer: C

993. The purpose of project management is -

A. Prediction and prevention

B. Prediction and reaction
C. Recognition and reaction
D. None of the above

Answer: A

994. Software project management is ------- within SDLC

A. A phase
B. An umbrella activity
C. A milestone
D. None of the above

Answer: B

995. Which one of the following is FALSE statement

A. Gantt charts are often used for displaying the project schedule
B. Gantt chart shows both planned and actual schedule information
C. CPM is used for finding total project cost
D. Critical path is the longest path through the network diagram

Answer: C

996. In Software project management, 4 Ps have to be managed in following order -

A. Project, People, Product, Process

B. Process, Problems, People, Product
C. People, Product, Process, Project
D. Product, People, Process, Problem
Answer: C
997. A method of estimating the amount of functionality required for a project is

A. WBS Estimation
B. UCP Estimation
C. FP Estimation
D. COCOMO estimation

Answer: C
998. Scheduling begins with ------

A. Risk identification
B. Process decomposition
C. FP Estimation
D. COCOMO estimation

Answer: B
999. One of the limitations of FP analysis is

A. Evaluation effort is small

B. Facilitates verification
C. Does not provide phase-wise break up
D. None of the above
Answer: C
1000. Which one of the following is true

A. Deliverables are usually milestones but milestones need not be deliverables

B. All milestones are deliverables
C. Deliverables & Milestones are always deliverables
D. None of the above
Answer: A
1001. Risk assessment is done in
A. Analysis Phase
B. Design Phase
C. Coding Phase
D. All phases of the project

Answer: D
1002. Risk score (or Risk Exposure) is a product of

A. Probability of occurrence and Impact on project should the risk occur

B. No. of resources on project and daily per person rate
C. Probability of occurrence and total No of resources
D. None of the above

Answer: A

1003. Risk assessment Process involves

A. Risk identification, Treating problems, Issue resolution

B. Identify problems, Resolve problems, Report problem
C. Risk Identification, Assessment & Measurement, Planning, Tracking, Control
D. None of the above

Answer: C

1004. In Risk management, the purpose of Risk Assessment is

A. To convert risk data into decision making information
B. To shift the impact of the threat to a third-party
C. To reduce probability and impact
D. To define roles and responsibilities
Answer: A
1005. Does an organization develop one life cycle model?
a) for all the projects
b) for each project
c) for each domain

1006. Pick up the odd one out of the following:

a) Software Design
b) Software Testing
c) Software Quality Assurance

1007. Software requirements should not be

a) functional
b) ambiguous
c) consistent

1008. Find the odd one out of the following:

a) stepwise refinement
b) structural design
c) information hiding

1009. The decision logic is expressed by

a) data flow diagram
b) flow chart
c) structure chart

1010. Validation is to check

a) whether we are building the product right
b) whether we are building the right product
c) the methodology of software development

1011. Corrective maintenance is to

a) improve the system in some way without changing its functionality
b) correct the undiscovered errors
c) make changes in the environment

1012. Which software development model incorporates risk managaement ?

a) waterfall model
b) spiral model
c) incremental model

1013. Four important characteristics of a software product are

a) dependability, usability, reliability, robustness
b) maintainability, dependability, efficiency, usability
c) Supportability, maintainability, visibility, rapididty
1014. Object models
a) should include details of the individual objects in the system
b) are part of design
c) are natural ways of reflecting the real world entities that are manipulated by the system.

1015. The three classes of interface errors are:

a) interface misuse, interface misunderstanding, timing errors
b) interface misunderstanding, interface coupling, data transfer errors
c) interface coupling, timing errors, interface parameter errors

1016. Which is the non-technical factor of maintenance cost?

a) program age
b) programming style
c) program validation

1017. Software quality assurance is

a) a multitier testing strategy
b) a measurement and reporting mechanism
c) an activity that is applied throughout the software process.

1018. Verification is to check

a) whether we are building the right product
b) whether we are building the product right
c) neither of the above

1019. Most common but least effective way of debugging is

a) brute force
b) backtracking
c) cause elimination

1020. Equivalence paritioning is

a) a white-box testing method
b) a black-box testing method
c) neither white-box nor black-box testing method

1021. The typical elements of the requirements engineering process are

i) Problem analysis
ii) software design
iii) Analysis of staffing needs
iv) Externalbehavior specification
A) i and iv
B) ii and iii
C) i, iii and iv
D) i, ii and iii

1022. In object models, information hiding conceals

A) Operations
B) Attributes
C) methods
D) state and behaviour

1023. Which of the following types of test plans is most likely to arise form the
requirements specification process?
A) system integration test plan
B) acceptance test plan
C) sub-system integration test plan
D) module test plan

1024. In object-orientation, polymorphism means

A) There can be many objects in the design
B) Methods can be changed in many ways
C) Many objects can be instantiated of a class
D) Objects can implement the same method in many ways.

Fill in the blanks :

1025. The sooner you begin __________ , the longer it will take to get done.
Answers the followings in brief:
1026. Explain the concept of black box.
1027. What are the qualities of software?
1028. Give the various steps in prototyping.
1029. What are the various fact-finding Techniques?
1030. What are the types of decision tables?
1031. What are the structures of Structured English?
1032. Give a brief note on acceptance testing.
1033. Define coupling and cohesion.
1034. What is maintenance? Explain about various types of maintenance.
1035. Differentiate between Decision Tree and Decision Table.
1036. Give the coding guidelines.
1037. Give the debugging approaches.
1038. Why Software doesn’t wear out.
1039. Explain about Dos and Don’ts of good coding style.
1040. Give the contents of SRS document.
1041. Explain briefly about SEI CMM.
1042. What is feasibility study? Explain about various aspects of feasibility.
1043. Define normalization and explain about first three normal forms.
1044. What is changeover? What are the types of changeover
1045. Differentiate between Black Box and White Box testing
1046. Explain about Interview as a Fact Finding technique
1047. What are the various factors that influence software cost-estimation.
1048. Write a short note on Structured charts.
1049. Explain about the various concepts of a system.
1050. Give Salient features of CASE tools.
1051. Explain about various stages of software Development according to classical life
cycle.
Answers the followings in detail:
1052. Compare and contrast the two life cycle models viz. Waterfall and Spiral models.
(Mention at least three distinct aspects).
1053. State the importance of requirements management in a software development

1054. Discuss and compare the coupling and cohesion in software design

1055. Discuss the trade-off between error checking execution time / memory space overhead.

1056. How can the overhead be reduced or eliminated?

1057. Give some reasons for using global variables than parameters. What are the potential
problems created by the use of global variables?

1058. Develop test plan for the library management system (List at least three test cases).

1059. Explain why it is very difficult to produce a complete and consistent set of requirements.

1060. Discuss the differences between object-oriented and function-oriented design strategies

1061. Explain why maximising cohesion and minimising coupling leads to more maintainable
Systems

1062. Show using a small example, why it is practically impossible to exhaustively test a
code.
1063. List at least five distinct tests to exercise the various features of the Powerpoint
software used for slide preperation and projection.

1064. State the importance of requirements management in a software development

1065. Develop a high level data flow diagram for an airline reservation system

1066. Discuss the trade-off between error checking execution time / memory space overhead.

1067. How can the overhead be reduced or eliminated?

1068. Give some reasons for using global variables than parameters. What are the potential
problems created by the use of global variables?

1069. Develop test plan for the library management system (List at least five test cases).

1070. Rewrite the following requirements so that they may be objectively validated. You may
make any reasonable assumptions about the requirements.
a) The software system should provide acceptable performance under maximum load
conditions
b) Structured programming should be used for program development
c) The software must be developed in such a way that it can be used by inexperienced
users.

1071. Model the data processing which might take place in an electronic mail system that can
send and receive messages from remote computers.

1072. Discuss the advantages of incremental model as compared to water fall model.
Can a program be correct and still not be reliable ? Explain
1073. Discuss how you would approach the top-down design of a software system.

1074. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the "antibugging" technique to
provide built-in debugging assistance to uncover errors.

1075. Discuss at least three reasons that would highlight the importance of software
maintenance.

1076. Compare and contrast the white-box and black-box testing methods.

1077. Discuss the importance of documentation in software development.

1078. Discuss the pros and cons of the COCOMO model for cost estimation

1079. Make a structure chart for the following:

1080. Given an array of integers, arrange them in ascending order using quick sort method.

1081. Develop a software review checklist for use by the designer and the implementor.
What issues are important to each of these roles?

1082. Develop a high-level data flow diagram and a structure chart for an airline reservation
system.

1083. Develop an architecture and also flow diagrams (up to 2 levels) for the following:
“Consider the automation of the transaction at the registration counter of a post-office. A
scanner is provided to capture the "from" and "to" addresses from the envelop. The clerk
uses your software to issue receipts to the customers. This is expected to reduce the
waiting time at the counter.”

1084. Suppose that a 50-KDSI (Thousands of delivered source instructions) application

program can be purchased for Rs. 2,000,000/-. Assuming that your in-house programmers
cost Rs.30,000/- per programmer month (including overheads), would it be more cost
effective to buy the product or to build it ?

1085. A Manager decides to use the reports of code inspections as an input to the staff
appraisal process. These reports show who made and who discovered program errors. Is
this ethical managerial behaviour? Would it be ethical if the staff were informed in advance
that this would happen? What difference might it make to the inspection process?

1086. Apply a "stepwise refinement process" to develop three different levels of procedural
abstraction for developing a cheque writer that, given a numeric rupees amount, will print
the amount in words that is normally required on a cheque.

1087. Derive a set of test cases for a code which sorts arrays of integers. Draw a flow graph
for an algorithm of your choice and derive its cyclomatic complexities

1088. A university intends to procure an integrated student management system holding all
details of registered students including personal information, courses taken, and
examination marks achieved. The alternative approaches to be adopted are either
a) buy a database management system and develop an in-house system based on this
database.
b) buy a system from another university and modify it to local requirements
c) join a consortium of other universities, establish a common set of requirements and
contract a software home to develop a single system for all of the universities in the
consortium. Identify two possible risks in each of these strategies.

1089. Consider the error messages produced by MS-DOS or UNIX or WINDOWS operating
system. Suggest how they might be improved.

1090. Develop at least two levels of procedural abstraction for implementing the savings bank
transactions in a banking system.

1091. Draw a flow graph for the following and find its cyclomaticcomplexity : Given 1000numbers,
arrange them in ascending order using any one of the sorting methods.

1092. Design test cases for the following problem : Given a quadratic equation, solve it to find
the roots.

1093. Oxford College of Commerce is an undergraduate college. The college receives

sufficiently large number of application for admission to FY, SY and TY B. Com. classes.

1094. The college has decided to computerize its admission procedure. The standard admission
procedure requires adhering to the norms set by concerned government agencies, the
university and the college administration. The procedure also involves disbursing admission
forms at a cost, collecting duly completed forms, preparing merit lists and admitting the
students as per norms, notifying student, collecting fees, preparing and submitting reports
to concerned authorities.
By carefully studying the case you are required to solve the following:
i. Draw a context level and first level DFD
ii. Identify the various reports required

1095. Draw the context level diagram for a payroll system

1096. Prepare Context diagram for the saving bank deposit and withdrawal system in a
nationalized bank. Also draw the first level DFD for the same.
1097. Ratanlal College of Commerce is an undergraduate College. The college receives
sufficiently large number of applications for admission to FY, SY and TY. Bcom classes.
The college has decided to computerize its admission program. The standard admission
procedure requires adhering to the norms set by concerned government agencies, the
university and the college administration. The procedure also involves disbursing admission
forms at a cost, collecting duly completed forms, preparing merit list and admitting students
as per norms, notifying students, collecting fees, preparing and submitting reports to the
concerned authorities
You are required to identify :
(i) Entities:
Processes
Data flows
Data Stores

1098. Quality control

a) Focuses on inspections, testing and removal of defects before release.
b) Is a set of planned and systematic actions to provide confidence that a product or service will satisfy
given requirements for quality.
d) is to check the system for its interface errors.

1099. Analysis phase is

a) not to actually solve the problem
b) not to determine exactly what must be done to solve the problem
c) to move quickly to program design

1100. Four important characteristics of a software product are

a) dependability, usability, reliability, robustness
b) maintainability, dependability, efficiency, usability
c) Supportability, maintainability, visibility, rapididty

1101. Object models

a) should include details of the individual objects in the system
b) are part of design
c) are natural ways of reflecting the real world entities that are manipulated by the
system.

1102. Equivalence partitioning is

a) A white-box testing method
b) A black-box testing method
c) Neither white-box nor black-box testing method

1103. The typical elements of the requirements engineering process are

i) Problem analysis
ii) Software design
iii) Analysis of staffing needs
iv) Externalbehavior specification
A) i and iv
B) ii and iii
C) i, iii and iv
D) i, ii and iii

1104. In object models, information hiding conceals

A) Operations
B) Attributes
C) methods
D) state and behaviour

1105. Which of the following types of test plans is most likely to arise form the
requirements specification process?
A) system integration test plan
B) acceptance test plan
C) sub-system integration test plan
D) module test plan

Answers the followings in detail:

1106. Explain why maximising cohesion and minimising coupling leads to more maintainable
Systems
1107. Show using a small example, why it is practically impossible to exhaustively test a
code.

1108. List at least five distinct tests to exercise the various features of the Powerpoint
software used for slide preperation and projection.

1109. State the importance of requirements management in a software development

1110. Develop a high level data flow diagram for an airline reservation system

1111. Discuss the trade-off between error checking execution time / memory space overhead.
How can the overhead be reduced or eliminated?

1112. Give some reasons for using global variables than parameters. What are the potential
problems created by the use of global variables?

1113. Develop test plan for the library management system (List at least five test cases).

1114. Rewrite the following requirements so that they may be objectively validated. You may make any
reasonable assumptions about the requirements.
a) The software system should provide acceptable performance under maximum load
conditions
b) Structured programming should be used for program development
c) The software must be developed in such a way that it can be used by inexperienced
users.

1115. Model the data processing which might take place in an electronic mail system that can
send and receive messages from remote computers.

1116. Discuss the advantages of incremental model as compared to water fall model.
Can a program be correct and still not be reliable ? Explain

1117. Discuss how you would approach the top-down design of a software system.

1118. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the "antibugging" technique to provide built-
in debugging assistance to uncover errors.

1119. Discuss at least three reasons that would highlight the importance of software maintenance.

1191. Compare and contrast the white-box and black-box testing methods.

1192. Discuss the importance of documentation in software development.

1193. Discuss the pros and cons of the COCOMO model for cost estimation

1194. Make a structure chart for the following:

Given an array of integers, arrange them in ascending order using quick sort method.

1192. Develop a software review checklist for use by the designer and the implementor.
What issues are important to each of these roles?
1193. Develop a high-level data flow diagram and a structure chart for an airline reservation
system.

1194. Develop an architecture and also flow diagrams (up to 2 levels) for the following:
“Consider the automation of the transaction at the registration counter of a post-office. A
scanner is provided to capture the "from" and "to" addresses from the envelop. The clerk
uses your software to issue receipts to the customers. This is expected to reduce the
waiting time at the counter.”

1195. Suppose that a 50-KDSI (Thousands of delivered source instructions) application

program can be purchased for Rs. 2,000,000/-. Assuming that your in-house programmers
cost Rs.30,000/- per programmer month (including overheads), would it be more cost
effective to buy the product or to build it ?

1196. A Manager decides to use the reports of code inspections as an input to the staff
appraisal process. These reports show who made and who discovered program errors. Is
this ethical managerial behaviour? Would it be ethical if the staff were informed in advance
that this would happen? What difference might it make to the inspection process?

1197. Apply a "stepwise refinement process" to develop three different levels of procedural
abstraction for developing a cheque writer that, given a numeric rupees amount, will print
the amount in words that is normally required on a cheque.

1198. Derive a set of test cases for a code which sorts arrays of integers. Draw a flow graph
for an algorithm of your choice and derive its cyclomatic complexities

1199. A university intends to procure an integrated student management system holding all details of
registered students including personal information, courses taken, and examination marks achieved. The
alternative approaches to be adopted are either
a) buy a database management system and develop an in-house system based on this database.
b) buy a system from another university and modify it to local requirements
c) join a consortium of other universities, establish a common set of requirements and
contract a software home to develop a single system for all of the universities in the
consortium. Identify two possible risks in each of these strategies.

1200. Consider the error messages produced by MS-DOS or UNIX or WINDOWS operating
system. Suggest how they might be improved.

1201. Develop at least two levels of procedural abstraction for implementing the savings bank
transactions in a banking system.

1202. Draw a flow graph for the following and find its cyclomaticcomplexity : Given 1000numbers,
arrange them in ascending order using any one of the sorting methods.

1203. Design test cases for the following problem : Given a quadratic equation, solve it to find the
roots.

1204. Oxford College of Commerce is an undergraduate college. The college receives

sufficiently large number of application for admission to FY, SY and TY B. Com. classes.
The college has decided to computerize its admission procedure. The standard admission
procedure requires adhering to the norms set by concerned government agencies, the
university and the college administration. The procedure also involves disbursing admission
forms at a cost, collecting duly completed forms, preparing merit lists and admitting the
students as per norms, notifying student, collecting fees, preparing and submitting reports
to concerned authorities.
By carefully studying the case you are required to solve the following:
i. Draw a context level and first level DFD
ii. Identify the various reports required

1192. Draw the context level diagram for a payroll system

1193. Prepare Context diagram for the saving bank deposit and withdrawal system in a
nationalized bank. Also draw the first level DFD for the same.

1192. Ratanlal College of Commerce is an undergraduate College. The college receives

sufficiently large number of applications for admission to FY, SY and TY. Bcom classes.
The college has decided to computerize its admission program. The standard admission
procedure requires adhering to the norms set by concerned government agencies, the
university and the college administration. The procedure also involves disbursing admission
forms at a cost, collecting duly completed forms, preparing merit list and admitting students
as per norms, notifying students, collecting fees, preparing and submitting reports to the
concerned authorities
You are required to identify :
(i) Entities:
Processes
Data flows
Data Stores
(ii) Draw E-R Model of the System

1193. Which SDLC Model is best suited when only part/some of the requirements are known at the
beginning

a. Waterfall Model
b. Incremental Model
c. Prototype Model
d. Spiral Model

1194. _______is an entity that is extemal to the system & directly interacts with the system and
deriving some benefits from the interaction.

A. Actor
B. Use case
C. Class
D. Relationship

1195. Review activity of any software is under which kind of Testing?

A. Black Box Testing

B. Static Testing
C. Dynamic Testing
D. White Box Testing
1196. Equivalence Partitioning is a test case generation technique, for_______ kind of Testing
Technique.
A. Static Testing
8. White Box Testing
C. Black Box Testing
D. Red Box Testing

1197. In the Project Management Triangle. Which parameter is most important?

a. Time
b. Scope
c. Cost
d. All of the above are equally important

1198. Quality assurance help for

a. Process improvement
b. Testing
c. Removal of defects before release
d. All of the above

1199. Refers to the support phase of software development.

A. Adaption
B. Enhancement
C. Maintenance
D. Actions

1200. Which one of the following is the process of factoring the design module?
A. Software re-engineering
B. Configuration management
C. Software maintenance
D. Software Refactoring

1201. which of the following process is not part of Project Risk Management?

A. Risk Identification

B. Effort estimation

C. Risk Anaiysis

D. Risk Response Development

1202. enhances performance 8. functionality of the software after delivery.

A. Re-design
B. Re-engineering
C. Maintenance
D. Post checking

1203. Which of the following is not a stage of requirement engineering process?

A. Feasibility study
8. Requirement analysis
C. Requirement definition
0. Implementation

1204. Which of the following are objectives for formal technical reviews?

a. Allow senior staff members to correct errors

b. Uncover errors in software work products

c. Assess programmer productivity

d. Determining who introduced an error into a program

1205. Which of the following meetings is not part of Scrum?

A. Product review meeting

B. Sprint review meeting

C. Sprint planning meeting

D. Sprint retrospective meeting

1206. In Scrum, the prioritized work to be done is referred to as

a. sprint planning
b. product backlog
c. sprint retrospective
d. standup meetings

1207. Software risk impact assessment should focus on consequences affecting

_______

A. planning.resources. oost& schedule

B. matketability.oost& personnel

C. business, technology & process

D. performance.support, oost& schedule

1208. The process starting with the terminal modules is called________

a. Top-down integration
b. Bottom-up integration
c. Module integration
d. None of the above
1209. To check whether we are developing the right product according to the customer
requirements or not. This is known as static process .

Validation

a. Quality Assurance
b. Verification
c. Quality Control

1210. A reliable system will be one:

that is unlikely to be completed on sdtedule

that is unlikely to cause a failure

that is likely to be fault-free

that is likely to be liked by the users

$3.051’?

1211. To test a function, the programmer has to write a passes it test data.

Stub

Proxy

Driver

None of the above

1212. which calls the function and

90?’?

When a new testing tool is purchased.it should be used first by:

A small team to establish the best way to use the tool

Everyone who may eventually have some use for the tool
The independent testing team

The vendor contractor to write the initial scripts

1213. Pick up IEEE the best definition of software engineering?

Set of computer programs. procedures and possibly associated document conoemed

with the operation of data processing.
Software engineering is Design. Coding. Development

Software engineering implement a single independent function

Software engineering is the establishment and use of sound engineering practice in

order to produce economical and reliable software that will perfonn efficiently on real
machine

1214. The identification of stakeholders and user classes in requirements engineering is

carried out in
Elicitation
Analysis
Verification
Specification

1215. Which among the following gives a chronological record of relevant details about the
execution of tests?
A. Test incident report
B. Test log
C. Test summary report
D. None ofthe above

1216. What is not included in a System Requirement Specification Document?

Scope
Specific Requirements
Design Solutions
References

1217. Project risk factor is considered in

a. Spiral Model
b. Waterfall Model
c. Prototyping Model
d. Iterative enhancement Model

1218. Formal Reviews of an individual product. used to evaluate correctness. based on its
input criteria are .
Inspections
Checkpoint review
Testing
Walkthrough

1219. which of the below listed processes is not part of Project Planning?
Identify Constraints
Identify Algorithms
Identify Risks
Identify Milestones

1220. Which one of the following is false statement?

A. Software is developed or engineered. it is not manufactured in the classic sense
B. Replacement of parts is always an ideal solution
C. Software does not ‘wear out’ though it may deteriorates over a period
D. None of the above

1221. which of these is not one of the phase names defined by the Unified Process model for
software development?
Inception phase
Elaboration phase
Construction phase
Validation phase

1222. which of the following is not one of Hookers core principles of software engineering
practice?
All design should be as simple as possible, but no simpler
A software system exists only to provide value to its users.
Pareto principle (20% of any product requires 80% of the effort)
Remember that you produce others will consume

1223. Which of the following is valid reason(s) for collecting customer feedback concerning
delivered software?
a) Allows developers to make changes to the delivered increment
b) Delivery schedule can be revised to reflect changes
c) Developers can identify changes to incorporate into next increment
d) All of the above

1224. Which of the following is not generally considered a player in the software process?
A. Customers
B. End-users
C. Sales people
D. Project managers