software project management quality assurance
Software project Management
And Quality Assurance
BC 0054/MC0084
1. Which one of these is not an IT organizational structure?
- Flat organizational Structures
- Matrix organizational Structures
- Inter organizational Structures
- Net organizational Structure
Ans-C
2. What are the factors to generate Risk?
- High employee attrition
- Falure of team coordination
- Requirement changes
- All the above
Ans- D
3.What is the full form of SEI
a) Software Engineering Intranet
b) Software Engineering Internet
c) Software Engineering Institute
d) System Engineering Institute
Ans-C
4. what is the full form of APM
a) Association for Project Management
b) Australian Institute of Project Management
c) Association of Project and Program Management
d) Advanced project management
Ans-A
5 . What is door?
a) Data Abstraction
b) Encapsulation
c) Both (a) ,(b)
d) None of the above
Ans-A
6. Which one is not the development Life Cycle models
a) Spiral model
b) Waterfall model
c) Throwable protyping model
d) Auto software synthesis
Ans-D
7 Waterfall Model does not contain one of the following
a) Analysis or Requirements
b) Design
c) Implementation
d) validation
Ans-D
8.COCOMO stands for what
a) Constructive Cost Model
b) Comparative cost model
c) both a,b
d) None of the above
Ans-A
9. Every project is considered to be developed in one of ---------------- modes
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) both (a),(b)
Ans -C
10 PERT is abbreviated form of--------------------------
a) Program Evaluation and Review Technique
b) Project Evaluation and Review Tecnique
c) both a ,b
d) None of the above
Ans- C
(11) which one is not used for capital Budgeting
a) Net Present value
b) profitability index
c) Internal rate of return
d) Equal annuity
Ans -D
(12) Identify the Risk categories
(a)project risks
(b)Technical risks
(c)Business risks
(d) All the above
Ans - D
( 13) SCM(software Configuration management) activities are developed to
(a)Identify change
(b)Control change
( c) Both a, b
(d) None of these
Ans -C
(14) What is the full form of EVA
( a) Earned value Analysis
(b) End value Analysis
( c) Evaluation
(d)None of these
Ans-A
(15) What is the SCM?
a) Software Configuration management
b) System configuration management m
c) Simple Configuration management
d) None of these
Ans -A
(16) -------------------is a measure of some property of a piece of software or its specification or its specifications.
(a) software metrics
(b)software Tools
(b) both a, b
(d)None of these
Ans-A
(17)-------------- -- is the process of locating and fixing errors(Known as bugs),in a computer program or
hardware device
(a)Debugging
(b)Testing
(c)Nesting
(d) None of these
Ans - A
(18) The degree of uncertainty that the product will meet its requirements and be fit for intended use-
- Cost risks
- Support risks
- Schedule risks
- Performance risk
Ans -D
(19)The output of the software process is information that may be categoried
a. Computer programs ,
b. Documents
c. Data
d. All the above
Ans -D
(20)------- is a structured set of process descriptions,measurements and methods that can help engineers to improve
Their personal performance
(a)PHP
( b)PSP
( c) a ,b
( d)None of the above
Ans -A
(21) -------is not an integration types are
(a ) Big Bang
(b) Bottom –up
(c )Top-Down
(d )Round -up
Ans-D
(22) The line “Are we building the product right?” related with
a. validation
b. verification
c. Testing
d. Coding
Ans -B
(23) It is the testing of an application by applying varying loads
The intention is to find the breaking point of the application where it crases
a. Stress Testing
b. Load Testing
c. Soak Testing
d. Smoke Testing
Ans (A)
(24) Once testing is completed ,testers generate metrics and make final reports on their tests
( a)Test Reporting
(b )Test planning
(c)Requirement Analysis
(d)Test development
Ans -A
(25)What‘s the meaning of Fi in the equation FP=count-total*(0.65+0.01*SUM(Fi) )
a. Complexity adjustment values
b. Complex adjust values
c. Complex adjustment factor
d. None of the above
Ans -D
(26) _________ is a software metric that provides a quantitative measure of the logical Complexity of a program.
(a)Cyclometic Compexity
(b)Basis Path Testing
(c)Automated Testing
(d)Functional Testing
Ans A
(27)It is a kind of testing where an application under test is put under load over a period of time
say 48 to 72 hours to check the stability .
(a) Load Testing
(b) Stress Testing
(c) Soak Testing
(d) Smoke Testing
Ans C
(28) Are we building the product right related with the following
(a) Verification
(b) Validation
(c) Testing
(d) Designing
Ans -A
(29) The state box encapsulates state data and services
(a) Black Box
(b) Sate Box
(c) Clear Box
(d) None of the above
Ans -B
(30) What is the full form of NDIA
(a) National Defense Industrial Association
(b) National Defense Institute Academy
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
Ans -A
(31) Which one of the following is not Case tool
(a) Data Modeling tool
(b) UML
(c) Refactoring Tool
(d) QVT or Model Transformation Tools
Ans -D
(32) What is the full form of CASE
(a) Computer aided software engineering
(b) Computer aided software designing
(c) Computer aided software electronics
(d) None of the above
Ans -A
(33) Hardware reliability is often define in terms of the
(a) Mean Time To Repair
(b) Mean Time To Failure
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
Ans -B
(34) The model is least flexible and most obsolete of the life cycle models.
(a) Spiral Model
(b) Waterfall Model
(c) Prototype Model
(d) None of the above
Ans B
(35) What is the full form of ROI
(a) Return on Investment
(b) Return of Indication
(c) Rate of Index
(d) None of the above
Ans -A
(36) ____________ is the measure of interconnection among modules in a software
structure .
(a) Cohesion
(b) Coupling
(c) Module Designing
(d) All of the above
Ans -B
(37) ______________ is a natural extension of the information hiding concept
(a) Cohesion
(b) Coupling
(c) Abstraction
(d) All of the above
Ans-A
(38) __________ specification describes an abstraction , stimuli an response using the notation
f:S*-> R
(a) Black box
(b) White box
(c) State box
(d) None of the above
Ans -A
(39) The engineering process of transforming the system from one representation for m
to another at the same relative abstraction level
(a) Retargeting
(b) Restructuring
(c) Both (a),(b)
(d) None of the above
Ans -A
(40)The engineering process of transformation and hosting or porting the exiting system
(a)Restructring
(b)Retargeting
(c)Reengineering
(d)None of the above
Ans-B
2 marks Question
(41) Load Testing and stress testing are of:
(a)System testing
( b)Recovery testing
(c)Security Testing
(d)Performance Testing
Ans -D
(42)Whats the meaning of NPV>0 andNPV<0 respectively
(a)The project should be accepted and the
project should be rejected
(b)The project should be rejected and the project
should be accepted
( c)The investment would add value to the firm and
The investment would subtract value from the firm
(d)None of these
Ans-C
(43) The alpha test and beta test conducted at the site respectively
(a)developer’s site by a customer and Customer sites by the end user
of the software
(b)Customer sites by the end user and developer’s site by a customer
(c )All of the above
(d) None of these
Ans -A
(44) CMM model defines the following level
(a)Initial level and Repeatable level
(b)Defined level and Managed level
(c) both a and b
(d)None of the above
Ans -C
(45) Which types of mechanisms have been used in CASE software to store
design information
(a) A dictionary
(b) A repository
(c) Both (a),(b)
(d) None of these
Ans-C
(46) What are the characterstics are used to calculate Function points
(a)Number of user Inputs
(b)Number of user outputs
(c)Number of user inquiries
(d)All of the above
Ans-D
(47) Software Quality are the following
(a) Reliability
(b) Maintainability
(c) Transportability
(d) (a),(b),(c)
Ans -D
(48) What are the simple size-oriented metrics?
(a)Productivity
(b)Quality
(c)Cost
(d)All of the above
Ans -D
(49) Black Box Testing attemps to find errors in the following
(a)Incorrect or missing functions
(b)Interface errors
(c) (a),(b) ,(d)
(d) Errors in data structures or external database access
Ans -C
(50) ------------and--------------- methods are available for planning
(a)PERT chart ,Gantt Chart
(b) PERT Chart,Gant Chat
( c)PERL Chart,Gantt Chart
(d)Gantt Chart,Grade Chart
Ans-A
(51) Positive slack (+) indicate------- and Negative slake indicate------
(a)ahead of schedule and on schedule
(b)ahead of schedule and behind schedule
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d)None of the above
Ans-B
(52) project risks threaten the project plans. And Business risks threaten the
quality and timeliness of the software to be produced
are related with
(a) Project Risks,Plan Risks
(b) Project risks,Technical Risks
(c) Technical risks,Business Risks
(d) None of These
ans –D
(53) What are the elements of risk control?
(a )Mitigate Risks and Plan for Emergencies
(b) Identify Uncertainties and Analyze risks
( c)Priorties Risks and Mitigate Risks
(d) None of the above
Ans -A
(54) -----------Mange people,resources, and budgets and----------
Manage people,resources,and timelines for one major project or several
Minor projects
(a)Product management, Software development
(b)Team Leadership, Middle-Management Leadership
(c)Middle-Management Leadership, Team Leadership
(d)None of the above
Ans-C
(55)---------- define testing procedure and certification process and-------
design and code the software to match the specification, prototypes and
other documentation
(a)Software development, Software Testing
(b)Software Testing ,Software development
(c) User Documentation ,User education
(d)None of the above
Ans- B
(56) In-----------Structure Decision-making is centralized and In------
Rigid hierarchie are replaced with formal and informal communication
Networks that connect all parts of the company.
(a)Networked organizational ,Flat organizational
(b) Flat organizational , Networked Organizational
(c) Flat oraganizational , Metrix organizational
(d)None of the above
Ans- B
(57)In __________cost estimation method each component of the software job
is separately estimated and ________ method involves consulting one or
more experts
(a) Arithmetic Models, Expert Judgement
(b) Parkinson’s principle, Analogy Estimation
(c)Buttom-up Estimation,Expert judgement
(c) None of these
Ans-C
(58) A ____________ complements the formal technical review by accessing
a configuration object for characterstics that are generally not considered
during review
a) Configuration audit
b) Configuration control
c) Both i, ii
d) None of the above
Ans-A
(59)____________refers to long_term management of intractable conflicts.It is the label for
the variety of ways by which people handle grievances .
a) Conflict Management
b) Configuration Management
c) both (a),(b)
d) None of the above
ans –A
4 marks only
(60)________is the set of engineering activities that cosumes the products and artifacts
derived from legacy software and new requirements to produce a new target system and-- tools that perform all the reengineering functions associated with source code
(i)Forward engineering,
(ii)Data Reengineering
(iii)System engineering,
(iv)Reverse engineering
a) i and ii only
b) i, ii ,iii
c) i, ii ,iii ,iv
d) None of these
Ans-A
(61) The Nokia software basded on the following principles
(i)Geographically distributed environment
(ii)product family architecture
(iii)Concurrent engineering
(iv)Consumer Engineering
( a) - (i),(ii),(iii) ( b) -(ii),(iii),(iv ) (c)-(i),(ii),(iv) (d) (ii) &(iv)
Ans -A
(62 ) What are the phases involves in Waterfall Model
( i )Analysis or Requirements
(ii)Gives an early focus to reusable software
(iii)Focus on early error detection and design flaws
(iv)Testing and verification
(a) (i),(ii),(iii),
(b) (i), (ii) ,(iii) ,(iv),
(c) (ii) , (iii)
(d) (i) , (iv)
ans-D
( 63) What are the salient Features of PERT Chart
(i)It forces and helps the manager to plan
(ii)It shows the interrelationship among the tasks in the project
(iii)Graphical representation of a schedule
(iv) Resource allocation
( a) (ii), (iii) , (iv) ( b) (i),(ii),(iii)
(c) (i) and (ii) only (d) None of the above
Ans-(c)
(64) Column A ColumnB
(i)SE (i)Statistical Engineering
(ii)CV (ii)System Engineering
(iii) BSS (iii)Box Structure specification
(iv ) FD (iv)Form Design
(v)Correct verification
(vi)Correctless verification
(vii)Formal design
(65) What are the Mayer’s five criteria that enable us to evaluate a design method?
( i) Modular decomposability
( ii)Modular composability
(iii)Modular continuity
(iv) Mode continuity
( a) – (ii),(iii),(iv)
( b)- (i),(ii),(iii)
( c) -(i ),(ii),(iii),(iv)
(d )- None of the above
Ans-B
(66) Iterative process of software Testing consist of
(i)Designing tests
(ii)Executing tests
(iii)Identifying problems
(iv)Getting problems fixed
(a)-(i),(ii),(iii)
( b)-(ii),(iii),(iv)
(c)-(i),(iii),(iv)
(d)-(i),(ii),(iii),(iv)
Ans-D
(67) What are the types of software testing
(i)Functional Testing
(ii)Forced Error Testing
(iii)Compatibility Testing
(iv)Automated testing
(a) i ii ,iv ( b) i ,ii ,iii (c) i, iii, iv ( d) None of the above
Ans-B
(68) List Out the advantages of the Spiral Model
(i)Defers elaboration of low risk software elements
(ii)Accommodates life-cycle evolution,growth,and requirement changes
(iii)Focus on early detection and design flaws
(iv)Can be used for hardware-software system development
(a) i,ii,iii,iv ( b) ii,iii,iv ( c)ii and iii only (d )none of the above
ans-A
(69) Direct measures in a project include _______________
(i)lines of code (ii)execution speed (iii) Functionality (iv)complexity
(a) ii ,iii , iv (b) i , ii , iii (c) iii and iv (d)None of these
ans-D
(70) Indirect measures in a project include ________________
(i) functionality (ii) Quality (iii) Complexity (iv)Reliability
( a) i, ii, iii, iv (b) iii and iv only ( c) i , ii ,iii (d ) None of these
Ans-A
(71) What are the risk components and Drivers?
(i) performance risks (ii)Cost risks (iii)Supply risks (iv)Schedule risks
(a) ii ,iii , iv (b) i, ii ,iii (c) i, ii , iv (d)None of the above
Ans-C
(72) Partitioning the architecture horizontally provides a number of distinct benefits
(i )Software that is easier to test
(ii)Software that is easier to maintain
( iii)propagation of fewer side effects
(iv) Software that is easier to extend
(a) ii, iii ,iv (b) i , ii ,iii ( c) i, ii, iii,iv ( d)None of the above
Ans-C
(73) What are the basic steps in debugging
(i) Recognize that a bug exits
(ii) Isolate the source of the bug
(iii) Identify the cause of the bug
(iv) determine a fix for the bug
(a ) i ,ii , iii ,iv (b ) ii ,iii, iv (c) i, and ii only (d )Bone of the above
Ans-A
(74) A formal specification language is usually composed of three primary components
(i) A syntax that defines the specific notation with which the specification is represented
(ii) Semantics to help define a universe of objects that will be used to describe the system
(iii) A set of relations that define the rules that indicate which object properly satisfy the specification
(iv)A formal grammar can be used to describe the syntax of the programming language
(a) (i) ,ii ,iii (b) ii, iii ,iv (c) i, iii ,iv (d )None of these
Ans-A
(75) What are the factors to generate Risk
Ans -(a)
(i)High employee attrition
(ii)Falure of team coordination
(iii) requirement changes
(iv)To many changes to the software code
(a ) iii , iv (b) ii, iii, iv ( c) i,ii,iii,iv ( d ) none of the above
Ans-C