105 MOST IMPORTANT MCQ'S FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PAPER (FOR COLLEGES)

 MOST IMPORTANT 105 MCQ'S FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PAPER

1. What is a Software ?

a) Software is set of programs
b) Software is documentation and configuration of data
c) Software is set of programs, documentation & configuration of data 
d) None of the mentioned

2. The reason for software bugs and failures is due to
a) Software companies
b) Software Developers
c) Both Software companies and Developers
d) All of the mentioned

3. As per an IBM report, “31%of the project get cancelled before they are completed, 53% overrun their cost estimates by an average of 189% and for every 100 projects, there are 94 restarts”. What is the reason for these statistics ?
a) Lack of adequate training in software engineering
b) Lack of software ethics and understanding
c) Management issues in the company
d) All of the mentioned

4. Efficiency in a software product does not include ________
a) responsiveness
b) licensing
c) memory utilization
d) processing time

5. Which of these does not account for software failure ?
a) Increasing Demand
b) Low expectation
c) Increasing Supply
d) Less reliable and expensive

6. What are attributes of good software ?
a) Software maintainability
b) Software functionality
c) Software development
d) Software maintainability & functionality

7. Which of these software engineering activities are not a part of software processes ?
a) Software dependence
b) Software development
c) Software validation
d) Software specification

 8. Which of these does not affect different types of software as a whole?
a) Heterogeneity
b) Flexibility
c) Business and social change
d) Security

9. The fundamental notions of software engineering does not account for ?
a) Software processes
b) Software Security
c) Software reuse
d) Software Validation

10. Which of these is incorrect ?
a) Software engineering belongs to Computer science
b) Software engineering is a part of more general form of System Engineering
c) Computer science belongs to Software engineering
d) Software engineering is concerned with the practicalities of developing and delivering useful software

11. Build & Fix Model is suitable for programming exercises of ___________ LOC (Line of Code).
a) 100-200
b) 200-400
c) 400-1000
d) above 1000

12. RAD stands for
a) Relative Application Development
b) Rapid Application Development
c) Rapid Application Document
d) None of the mentioned

13. Which one of the following models is not suitable for accommodating any change?
a) Build & Fix Model
b) Prototyping Model
c) RAD Model
d) Waterfall Model

14. Which one of the following is not a phase of Prototyping Model?
a) Quick Design
b) Coding
c) Prototype Refinement
d) Engineer Product

15. RAD Model has
a) 2 phases
b) 3 phase
c) 5 phases
d) 6 phases

20. What is the major drawback of using RAD Model?
a) Highly specialized & skilled developers/designers are required
b) Increases reusability of components
c) Encourages customer/client feedback
d) Increases reusability of components, Highly specialized & skilled developers/designers are required

21. SDLC stands for
a) Software Development Life Cycle
b) System Development Life cycle
c) Software Design Life Cycle
d) System Design Life Cycle

22. Which model can be selected if user is involved in all the phases of SDLC?
a) Waterfall Model
b) Prototyping Model
c) RAD Model
d) both Prototyping Model & RAD Model

23. The Incremental Model is a result of combination of elements of which two models?
a) Build & FIX Model & Waterfall Model
b) Linear Model & RAD Model
c) Linear Model & Prototyping Model
d) Waterfall Model & RAD Model

24. What is the major advantage of using Incremental Model?
a) Customer can respond to each increment
b) Easier to test and debug
c) It is used when there is a need to get a product to the market early
d) Easier to test and debug & It is used when there is a need to get a product to the market early

25. The spiral model was originally proposed by
a) IBM
b) Barry Boehm
c) Pressman
d) Royce

26. The spiral model has two dimensions namely _____________ and ____________
a) diagonal, angular
b) radial, perpendicular
c) radial, angular
d) diagonal, perpendicular

27. Identify the disadvantage of Spiral Model.
a) Doesn’t work well for smaller projects
b) High amount of risk analysis
c) Strong approval and documentation control
d) Additional Functionality can be added at a later date

28. Selection of a model is based on
a) Requirements
b) Development team & Users
c) Project type and associated risk
d) All of the mentioned

30. In which Model the requirement are specified initially.

a) Spiral

b) Waterfall

c) Build and Fix

d) Prototype

e) both b and c

31. Which of the following life cycle model can be chosen if the development team has less experience on similar projects?
a) Spiral
b) Waterfall
c) RAD
d) Iterative Enhancement Model

32. If you were a lead developer of a software company and you are asked to submit a project/product within a stipulated time-frame with no cost barriers, which model would you select?
a) Waterfall
b) Spiral
c) RAD
d) Incremental

33. Which two of the following models will not be able to give the desired outcome if user’s participation is not involved?
a) Waterfall & Spiral
b) RAD & Spiral
c) RAD & Waterfall
d) RAD & Prototyping

34. A company is developing an advance version of their current software available in the market, what model approach would they prefer ?
a) RAD
b) Iterative Enhancement
c) Both RAD & Iterative Enhancement
d) Spiral

35. Choose the correct option from given below:
a) Prototyping Model facilitates reusability of components
b) RAD Model Model facilitates reusability of components
c) Both RAD & Prototyping Model facilitates reusability of components
d) None

36. Arrange the following activities for making a software product using 4GT.
i. Design strategy
ii. Transformation into product
iii. Implementation
iv. Requirement gathering
a) 1, 4, 3, 2
b) 4, 3, 1, 2
c) 4, 1, 3, 2
d) 1, 3, 4, 2

37. Which one of the following is not a software process quality?
a) Productivity
b) Portability
c) Timeliness
d) Visibility

38. Select the option that suits the Manifesto for Agile Software Development
a) Individuals and interactions
b) Working software
c) Customer collaboration
d) All of the mentioned

39. Agile Software Development is based on
a) Incremental Development
b) Iterative Development
c) Linear Development
d) Both Incremental and Iterative Development

40. How is plan driven development different from agile development ?
a) Outputs are decided through a process of negotiation during the software development process
b) Specification, design, implementation and testing are interleaved
c) Iteration occurs within activities
d) All of the mentioned

41. How many phases are there in Scrum ?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Scrum is an agile method which means it does not have phases

42. _________________ allows us to infer that different members of classes have some common characteristics.

a) Realization
b) Aggregation
c) Generalization
d) dependency

43. ______________ & ______________ diagrams of UML represent Interaction modeling.

a) Use Case, Sequence
b) Class, Object
c) Activity, State Chart
d) All of the mentioned

44. Program modularization and Source code translation are the activities of_____________
a) Forward engineering
b) Reverse Engineering
c) Reengineering
d) Reverse Engineering and Reengineering

45. Which technique is applied to ensure the continued evolution of legacy systems ?
a) Forward engineering
b) Reverse Engineering
c) Reengineering
d) Reverse Engineering and Reengineering

46. What are the types of requirements ?

a) Availability
b) Reliability
c) Usability
d) All of the mentioned

47. Select the developer-specific requirement ?

a) Portability
b) Maintainability
c) Availability
d) Both Portability and Maintainability

48. FAST stands for

a) Functional Application Specification Technique
b) Fast Application Specification Technique
c) Facilitated Application Specification Technique
d) None of the mentioned

49. Which one of the following is not a step of requirement engineering?

a) elicitation
b) design
c) analysis
d) documentation

50. QFD stands for

a) quality function design
b) quality function development
c) quality function deployment
d) none of the mentioned

51.The user system requirements are the parts of which document ?

a) SDD
b) SRS
c) DDD
d) SRD

52. Which is one of the most important stakeholder from the following ?

a) Entry level personnel
b) Middle level stakeholder
c) Managers
d) Users of the software

53. “Consider a system where, a heat sensor detects an intrusion and alerts the security company.” What kind of a requirement the system is providing ?

a) Functional
b) Non-Functional
c) Known Requirement
d) None of the mentioned

54. How many classification schemes have been developed for NFRs ?

a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five

55. What are the four dimensions of Dependability ?

a) Usability, Reliability, Security, Flexibility
b) Availability, Reliability, Maintainability, Security
c) Availability, Reliability, Security, Safety
d) Security, Safety, Testability, Usability

56. What is the first step of requirement elicitation ?

a) Identifying Stakeholder
b) Listing out Requirements
c) Requirements Gathering
d) All of the mentioned

57. Starting from least to most important, choose the order of stakeholder.

i. Managers
ii. Entry level Personnel
iii. Users
iv. Middle level stakeholder
a) i, ii, iv, iii
b) i, ii, iii, iv
c) ii, iv, i, iii
d) All of the mentioned

58. What are the types of requirement in Quality Function Deployment(QFD) ?

a) Known, Unknown, Undreamed
b) User, Developer
c) Functional, Non-Functional
d) Normal, Expected, Exciting

59. Arrange the tasks involved in requirements elicitation in an appropriate manner.

i. Consolidation
ii. Prioritization
iii. Requirements Gathering
iv. Evaluation
a) iii, i, ii, iv
b) iii, iv, ii, i
c) iii, ii, iv, i
d) ii, iii, iv, i

60. How many Scenarios are there in elicitation activities ?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

61. ___________ and ____________ are the two view points discussed in Controlled Requirements Expression (CORE).

a) Functional, Non-Functional
b) User, Developer
c) Known, Unknown
d) All of the mentioned

62. How many phases are there in Brainstorming ?

a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) All of the mentioned

63. How is brainstorming different from JAD ? Brainstorming sessions
a) last for about 2-3 hours
b) last for about 2-3 days
c) cover the technology used for the development
d) all of the mentioned

64. Which of the following is not a diagram studied in Requirement Analysis ?

a) Use Cases
b) Entity Relationship Diagram
c) State Transition Diagram
d) Activity Diagram

65. How many feasibility studies is conducted in Requirement Analysis ?

a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) None of the mentioned

66. How many phases are there in Requirement Analysis ?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six

67. _________ and _________ are the two issues of Requirement Analysis.
a) Performance, Design
b) Stakeholder, Developer
c) Functional, Non-Functional
d) None of the mentioned

68. Coad and Yourdon suggested _______ selection characteristics that should be used as an analyst considers each potential object for inclusion in the requirement analysis model.
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six

69. Which of the following property does not correspond to a good Software Requirements Specification (SRS) ?
a) Verifiable
b) Ambiguous
c) Complete
d) Traceable

70. Which of the following property of SRS is depicted by the statement : “Conformity to a standard is maintained” ?
a) Correct
b) Complete
c) Consistent
d) Modifiable

71.  Which of the following statements about SRS is/are true ?
i. SRS is written by customer
ii. SRS is written by a developer
iii. SRS serves as a contract between customer and developer
a) Only i is true
b) Both ii and iii are true
c) All are true
d) None of the mentioned

72. The SRS document is also known as _____________ specification.
a) black-box
b) white-box
c) grey-box
d) none of the mentioned

73.  Which of the following is included in SRS ?
a) Cost
b) Design Constraints
c) Staffing
d) Delivery Schedule

74. Arrange the given sequence to form a SRS Prototype outline as per IEEE SRS Standard.

i. General description
ii. Introduction
iii. Index
iv. Appendices
v. Specific Requirements
a) iii, i, ii,v, iv
b) iii, ii, i, v, iv
c) ii, i, v, iv, iii
d) iii, i, ii

75. Consider the following Statement: “The product should have a good human interface.”What characteristic of SRS is being depicted here ?
a) Consistent
b) Non-Verifiable
c) Correct
d) Ambiguous

76. Which of the following is a requirement management activity ?

a) Investigation
b) Design
c) Construction and Test
d) All of the mentioned

77. Which two requirements are given priority during Requirement Management of a product ?

a) User and Developer
b) Functional and Non-functional
c) Enduring and Volatile
d) All of the mentioned

78. Considering the example of issue/return of a book, cataloging etc. in a library management.What type of management requirement is being depicted here?

a) Enduring
b) Volatile
c) Both Enduring & Volatile

79. Why is Requirements Management Important ? It is due to the changes
a) to the environment
b) in technology
c) in customer’s expectations
d) in all of the mentioned.

80. What functionality of Requirement Management Tool (RMT) is depicted by the statement: “the tool should be able to automatically detect relations between artifacts. For example information retrieval techniques, monitoring of change history, naming schemas or model transformations.”
a) Automatic Link Detection
b) Documentation Support
c) Graphical Representation
d) Automatic Link Creation

81. Which is the first step in the software development life cycle ?

a) Analysis
b) Design
c) Problem/Opportunity Identification
d) Development and Documentation

82. Which tool is use for structured designing ?
a) Program flowchart
b) Structure chart
c) Data-flow diagram
d) Module

83. A step by step instruction used to solve a problem is known as

a) Sequential structure
b) A List
c) A plan
d) An Algorithm

84. In the Analysis phase, the development of the ____________ occurs, which is a clear statement of the goals and objectives of the project.
a) documentation
b) flowchart
c) program specification
d) design

85. Actual programming of software code is done during the ____________ step in the SDLC.
a) Maintenance and Evaluation
b) Design
c) Analysis
d) Development and Documentation

86. ____________ is the process of translating a task into a series of commands that a computer will use to perform that task.

a) Project design
b) Installation
c) Systems analysis
d) Programming

87. Debugging is:

a) creating program code
b) finding and correcting errors in the program code
c) identifying the task to be computerized
d) creating the algorithm

88. In Design phase, which is the primary area of concern ?

a) Architecture
b) Data
c) Interface
d) All of the mentioned

89.. Cohesion is a qualitative indication of the degree to which a module
a) can be written more compactly
b) focuses on just one thing
c) is able to complete its function in a timely manner
d) is connected to other modules and the outside world

90. Coupling is a qualitative indication of the degree to which a module
a) can be written more compactly
b) focuses on just one thing
c) is able to complete its function in a timely manner
d) is connected to other modules and the outside world

91. Java packages and Fortran subroutine are examples of__________
a) Functions
b) Modules
c) Classes
d) Sub procedures

92. Which of the property of software modularity is incorrect with respect to benefits software modularity?
a) Modules are robust
b) Module can use other modules
c) Modules Can be separately compiled and stored in a library
d) Modules are mostly dependent

93. _______________ is a measure of the degree of interdependence between modules.
a) Cohesion
b) Coupling
c) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned

94. Which of the following is the best type of module coupling?
a) Control Coupling
b) Stamp Coupling
c) Data Coupling
d) Content Coupling

95. Which of the following is the worst type of module coupling?
a) Control Coupling
b) Stamp Coupling
c) External Coupling
d) Content Coupling

96. Which of the following is the worst type of module cohesion?
a) Logical Cohesion
b) Temporal Cohesion
c) Functional Cohesion
d) Coincidental Cohesion

97. Which of the following is the best type of module cohesion?
a) Functional Cohesion
b) Temporal Cohesion
c) Functional Cohesion
d) Sequential Cohesion

98. In what type of coupling, the complete data structure is passed from one module to another?
a) Control Coupling
b) Stamp Coupling
c) External Coupling
d) Content Coupling

99. If all tasks must be executed in the same time-span, what type of cohesion is being exhibited?

a) Functional Cohesion
b) Temporal Cohesion
c) Functional Cohesion
d) Sequential Cohesion

100. What DFD notation is represented by the Rectangle?
a) Transform
b) Data Store
c) Function
d) None of the mentioned

101. In DFDs, user interactions with the system is denoted by
a) Circle
b) Arrow
c) Rectangle
d) Triangle

102. The context diagram is also known as
a) Level-0 DFD
b) Level-1 DFD
c) Level-2 DFD
d) All of the mentioned

103. A directed arc or line in DFD represents
a) Data Store
b) Data Process
c) Data Flow
d) All of the mentioned

104. Which of the following is a function of CASE Tool?
a) Supporting Structured analysis and design (SA/SD)
b) Maintaining the data dictionary
c) Checking whether DFDs are balanced or not
d) All of the mentioned

105. Data Store Symbol in DFD represents a
a) Physical file
b) Data Structure
c) Logical file
d) All of the mentioned