Software Engineering Quiz

Quiz For Beginners
Software Engineering's Basic Concepts.

1. SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING
By -Ravina Jeswani

2. Q1. WHAT IS A SOFTWARE ?
1.Software is documentation and configuration of data
2.Software is set of programs
3.Software is set of programs, documentation & configuration of data
4.None of the mentioned

3. Q2. WHAT IS DESCRIBED BY MEANS OF DFD?
1.Data flow
2.Data storage
3.Data Structures
4.Data elements

4. Q3. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
SOFTWARE?
1.Software is developed or engineered; it is not manufactured in the classical sense.
2.Software doesn’t “ wear out ”.
3.Software can be custom built or custom build.
4.All mentioned above

5. Q4. A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT IS OUTDATED OR OBSOLETE IS TERMED AS
1.legacy application
2.engineering application
3.embedded application
4.open source application

6. Q5. IEEE PROVIDES A STANDARD AS IEEE 830-1998. FOR WHICH ACTIVITY
THIS STANDARD IS RECOMMENDED STANDARD?
1.Software requirement specification.
2.Software design.
3.Testing.
4.Both a and b

7. Q6. WHICH OF THESE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES HAVE TO BE ACHIEVED FOR THE
REQUIREMENT MODEL?
1.To describe what the customer requires
2.To establish a basis for the creation of a software design
3.To define a set of requirements that can be validated once the software
4.All mentioned above

8. Q7. WHICH IS NOT A STEP OF REQUIREMENT
ENGINEERING?
1.Requirements elicitation
2.Requirements analysis
3.Requirements design
4.Requirements documentation

9. Q8. MATCH THE LIST 1 TO LIST 2 AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.
1. REQUIREMENT ELICITATION --------A. MODULE DEVELOPMENT AND
INTEGRATION.
2. DESIGN-------------------------------------B. ANALYSIS
3. IMPLEMENTATION---------------------C. STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIORAL
4. MAINTENANCE -------------------------D. PERFORMANCE TUNING.
1.1-c , 2-a , 3-d , 4-b
2.1-c , 2-a , 3-b , 4-d
3.1-a , 2-c , 3-d , 4-b
4.1-b , 2-c , 3-a , 4-d

10. Q9. BUILD AND FIX MODEL HAS?
1.1 Phases
2.2 Phases
3.3 Phases
4.4 Phases

11. Q10. IN A UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO DEVELOP
SOFTWARE. WHICH MODEL WOULD BE PREFERABLE
1.Waterfall model
2.Spiral model
3.Agile model
4.Code and fix model

12. Q11. THE SPIRAL MODEL IS COMBINATION OF _________
1.Build & FIX Model & Waterfall
2.Linear Model & RAD
3.Waterfall & Prototyping
4.Waterfall Model & RAD

13. Q12. ADVANTAGE OF USING AN INCREMENTAL MODEL.
1.Customers can respond to each increment
2.Easier to test and debug
3.When there is a need to get a product to the market early
4.Both b & c

14. Q13. WHICH OF THE OPTIONS IS CORRECT FOR THE
PROTOTYPING MODEL OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT?
1.For projects with large development teams.
2.When requirements are well defined.
3.When a customer cannot define requirements clearly.
4.both a & b

15. Q14.FIRST LEVEL OF PROTOTYPE IS EVALUATED BY _____ .
1.Developer
2.Tester
3.User
4.System Analyst

16. Q15. SPIRAL MODEL WAS PROPOSED BY ?
1.Barry Boehm
2.Pearson
3.Royce
4.Pressman

17. Q16. THE SPIRAL MODEL HAS TWO DIMENSIONS NAMELY
__ AND __
1.diagonal, perpendicular
2.radial, perpendicular
3.radial, angular
4.diagonal, angular

18. Q17. PROJECT RISK FACTOR IS CONSIDERED IN WHICH MODEL?
1.Spiral model.
2.Waterfall model.
3.Prototyping model
4.None of the above.

19. 1. Only statement 1 is correct.
2. Statement 1 and statement 2 are correct.
3. Only statement 3 is correct.
4. Statement 1 and statement 3 are correct.
Statement 1: Umbrella activities are independent of any one framework activity and occur
throughout the process.
Statement 2: software quality assurance, software configuration management are umbrella
activity.
Statement 3: software quality assurance, software configuration management are not
umbrella activity.
Q18. Choose the correct option according to given below statement :

20. Q19. WHICH PATTERN DEFINES A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ACTION THAT IS
PART OF PROCESS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRACTICE ?
1.Task
2.Stage
3.Phase
4.dynamic

21. Q20. EFFECTIVE SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
FOCUSES ON THE FOUR P’S. WHAT ARE THOSE FOUR P’S?
1.People, performance, payment, product
2.People, product, process, project
3.People, product, performance, project

22. Q21. WHICH OF THESE ARE THE 5 GENERIC SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING FRAMEWORK ACTIVITIES?
1.communication, planning, modeling, construction, deployment
2.communication, risk management, measurement, production, reviewing
3.analysis, designing, programming, debugging, maintenance
4.analysis, planning, designing, programming, testing