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Model Question Paper
Subject Code: MC0071
Subject Name: Software Engineering
Credits: 4 Marks: 140
Part A (One mark questions)
1. What type of software could be automotive stress analysis to space shuttle orbital dynamics?
A) Business software
B) Real time software
C) Safety critical software
D) Engineering and Scientific software
2. Which of the following is one of the phase of software life cycle?
A) Design
B) Project Management
C) Maintenance
D) Quality management
3. The Linear sequential model of software development is__________
A) A reasonable approach when requirement are well defined.
B) A good approach when a working program is required quickly
C) A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly.
D) An Old Fashioned model that cannot be used in a modern context
4. The Linear sequential model is also known as ________.
A) classical life cycle model
B) Fountain model
C) Spiral model
D) Concurrent model
5. The rapid application development model is______________
A) A Combination of prototyping and waterfall model
B) Includes project risks evaluation during each iteration
C) A high speed adaptation of the linear sequential model
D) Used to suggests a systematic sequential approach to software development
8. which is used to measure POFOD?
A) The time between system failure
B) The frequency of occurrence with which unexpected behaviour is likely to occur
C) The elapsed repair or restart time when a system failure occurs. Given that the system must be continuously available.
D) The number of system failures given a number of systems inputs.
6. Which of the following is not the strategy for achieving reliability in software system?
A) Fault avoidance
B) Fault tolerance
C) Fault detection
D) Fault repair
7. In _________ approach to reuse, reusable knowledge is captured in a program generator system, which can be programmed in a domain-oriented language.
A) Function reuse
B) Generator based reuse
C) Application system reuse
D) Sub- system reuse
9. Which of the following the notation is not used to represent an object class in an object model?
A) Class Name
B) Entity
C) Attributes
D) Service
11. ____________ serves as the foundation for software engineering.
A) Software Analysis
B) Software Design
C) Software quality
D) Software testing
12. Which of the following notation in data flow diagram is used to represent user interaction with system?
A) Rectangle
10. Which of the following model include inheritance model, object aggregation, and service usage model?
A) Entity- relation model
B) Data flow model
C) Structural model
D) Object model
B) Rounded Rectangle
C) Circle
D) Arrow Head
15. Which of the following is not the type of software maintenance?
A) System maintenance
B) Corrective maintenance
C) Adaptive maintenance
13. Which of the following are the steps in identifying the transforming process of data- flow diagram to structure chart?
A) Identify system- processing transformation
B) Identify input transformation
C) Identify output transformation
D) All the above 14. ___________ is used to derive a class from existing class.
A) Polymorphism
B) Encapsulation
c) Inheritance
D) Information hiding
D) Perfective maintenance
16. Which of the following is a technical factor which affect software maintenance cost?
A) Application Domain
B) Staff stability
C) Programming language
D) External environment
17. The testing technique that requires devising test cases to demonstrate a program function is operational is called_____
A) Grey- box testing
B) White box testing
C) Black box testing
D) Red Box Testing
18. What types of errors are missed by black-box testing and can be found by white-box testing?
A) Behavioural error
B) Logic errors
C) Performance error
D) Interface error
19. Which of the following is not the part of system requirements?
A) Availability
B) Data Integrity
C) Security
D) Reliability
20 The major advantage of bottom-up integration testing is__________.
A) major decision points are tested early
B) no drivers need to be written
C) no stubs need to be written
D) regression testing is not required
21. _____ model is based on incremental development under statistical quality control and formal
correctness principles.
A) Waterfall
B) Spiral
C) Iterative
D) Cleanroom
22. The economic success of an application is measured in terms of metrics such as _____.
A) Profit maximization
B) Cost reduction
C) Customer satisfaction
D) All of the above
23. The most famous risk reduction strategy is _____.
A) Waterfall model
B) Incremental model
C) Spiral model
D) Iterative model
24. CASE stands for _____.
A) Computer Aided System Engineering
B) Computer Aided Statistical Engineering
C) Computer Aided Software Engineering
D) Computer Aided Structural Engineering
25. Tools used in the early phases of the life cycle are called _____ CASE tools.
A) Lower
B) Back-end
C) Intermediate
D) Upper
26. The tools used during implementation and maintenance are called _____ CASE tools.
A) Upper
B) Front-end
C) Intermediate
D) Lower
27. UAN stands for _____.
A) User Action Norms
B) User Analogy Notation
C) User Analogy Norms
D) User Action Notation
28. ISO stands for _____.
A) Indian Statistical Organization
B) Inter State Organization
C) International Standards Organization
D) Indian Standards Organization
29. Feller and Fitzgerald observe that between _____ percent of software costs are traditionally associated
with the post-development, maintenance phase of the software life cycle.
A) 70 to 80
B) 30 to 40
C) 50 to 60
D) 10 to 20
30. Open source development model best suits for _____.
A) Large system applications
B) Small system applications
C) Medium system applications
D) Very small system applications
31. _____ asserted that, for a process model to be effective, it must exhibit “multidimensional’
characteristics.
A) Madhavji
B) Sutton
C) Khalifa
D) Humphrey
32. _____ focused on the Waterfall and prototype models in their empirical study, emphasizing the factors
driving the usage of specific process models.
A) Boehm and Belz
B) Khalifa and Verner
C) Madhavji et al.
D) Blackburn et al.
33. Integrating business processes with the Internet leads to far greater _____ between customers
and suppliers.
A) Understanding
B) Restrictions
C) Transparency
D) Controversy
34. _____ is the most widely used single measure of information technology success.
A) User satisfaction
B) Job satisfaction
C) Business success
D) Profit making
35. Process technology enabled the support of the rapid application development needed for
iterative approaches with their greater emphasis on risk _____ and user _____.
A) Minimization, Satisfaction
B) Minimization, Dissatisfaction
C) Maximization, Satisfaction
D) Maximization, Dissatisfaction
36. The SOFL model of Liu and colleagues (1997) presents an integrated approach that adopts _____
methodologies in the requirements phases and _____ methodologies in the design and implementation
phases.
A) Procedure-oriented, Structured
B) Structured, Procedure-oriented
C) Structured, Object-oriented
D) Object-oriented, Structured
37. _____ interoperate with systems at a mobile or remote level in order to access inventory, check prices,
and close deals.
A) System Operator
B) Salesman
C) Database Manager
D) Accountant
38. _____ interacts with the system at the financial level.
A) Accounting Personnel
B) Database Manager
C) Salesman
D) System Operator
39. In Software Engineering, people are considered as a/an _____.
A) Asset
B) Resource
C) Problem Solver
D) Knowledge Provider
40. _____ is the open source software.
A) Internet Explorer
B) Mozilla
C) MS-Office
D) Oracle
Part B (Two mark questions)
41. State True or False.
1. Investors and owners are also significant stakeholders who make demands on a system in terms of
financial goals.
2. Experts and consultants are another stakeholder class who can strongly affect problem definition.
A) 1-False, 2-False
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-True, 2-True
42. The spiral model of software development___________
A) A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly.
B) Is more chaotic than the incremental model
C) Includes project risks evaluation during each iteration
D) Often used for the development of client/server applications
43. Which of the following is not aspects to fault tolerance.?
A) Failure detection
B) Damage assessment
C) Fault avoidance
D) Fault repair
44. State True or False.
1. Cultural differences are examples of inherited characteristics that affect the degree of diversification in an
environment.
2. Amid various diversity, commonly shared human needs play a unifying role.
A) 1-False, 2-False
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-True, 2-True
45. State True or False.
1. Ubiquitous computing lead to an environment in which the cycle time and costs of the business
processes are increased.
2. Software technology facilitates communication between devices in a multimedia fashion.
A) 1-True, 2-True
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-False, 2-False
46. Which of the following is not the stages in software design problem?
A) Study and understand the problem
B) Identify gross features of at least one possible solution.
C) Describe each abstraction used in the solution
D) Maintenance
47. State True or False.
1. Curtis, Kellner, and Over identified five uses for process models.
2. Blackburn et al. identified the five most influential factors in the development process.
A) 1-True, 2-True
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-False, 2-False
48. State True or False.
1. The seminal book by Kent Beck, ‘Extreme Programming Explained’ express some of the defining
characteristics of agile development.
2. Code is the one artifact that development absolutely cannot live without.
A) 1-False, 2-False
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-True, 2-True
49. What is meant by the term ‘software crisis’?
A) Ability to deliver software on time with good quality
B) A situation in which experienced developers leave the company
C) Inability of new software to inter-operate with existing software
D) Instability in the development team
50. State True or False.
1. COCOMO is not a cost estimation model.
2. Human factors have an important role in the development process.
A) 1-True, 2-True
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-False, 2-False
51. State True or False.
1. 4GLs are not CASE tools.
2. The domain of applicability of CASE tools are much more limited than the 4GL.
A) 1-True, 2-True
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-False, 2-False
53. State True or False.
52. Which of the following is a the process metric which is useful for assessing maintainability?
A) Number of request for corrective maintenance
B) Average time required for impact analysis
C) Number of oustanding change request
D) All the above
1. People are at the core of problem solving because business problems are solved by people for people.
2. The structure of the group and its efficiency of communications, style of management, and cohesiveness
are critical factors in the effectiveness of the team.
A) 1-True, 2-True
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-False, 2-False
54. Which of the following are the activities of the function- oriented design.
A) Data- flow design
B) Structural decomposition
C) Detailed design description
D) All the above
55. RAD stands for _____.
A) Random Application Development
B) Raw Application Development
C) Robust Application Development
D) Rapid Application Development
56. _____ was an improved version of an earlier process model called the Nine-Phase, Stage-Wise model.
A) Spiral model
B) Incremental model
C) Iterative model
D) Waterfall model
57.________________ exercises specific paths in a module's control structure to ensure complete coverage and maximum error detection.
A) Unit testing
B) Integration testing
C) Validation testing
D) System testing
58. _____ refers to the elimination or reduction of third-party intermediaries between the client or
customer.
A) Intermediation
B) Disintermediation
C) Mediation
D) None of the above
59. State True or False.
1. Leveson adopts a cognitive engineering approach to software development.
2. Visualization plays a key role in defining and understanding the artifacts produced during development.
A) 1-False, 2-False
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-True, 2-True
60. State True or False.
1. People have different software needs that change over time.
2. Most computer users do not understand computer languages.
A) 1-False, 2-False
B) 1-True, 2-False
C) 1-False, 2-True
D) 1-True, 2-True
Part C (Four mark questions)
61. Match the following:
Set A Set B
1. Exploratory prototyping a. Refers to prototyping as a component of another
software development strategy
2. Experimental prototyping b. Used to explore changing requirements
incrementally
3. Evolutionary prototyping c. Used as a testing or evaluation technique
4. Embedded prototyping d. Gives the developer a better understanding of the
user’s work problems and needs
A) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
B) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
C) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
D) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b
62. Match the following:
Set A Set B
1. Inception phase a. Supports delivery, training and maintenance
2. Elaboration phase b. Builds the product, modifying the vision and the plan as
it proceeds
3. Construction phase c. Plans activities and specifies the architecture
4. Transition phase d. Defines the vision of the actual user end-product and
the scope of the project
A) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
B) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
C) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
D) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b
63. Match the following:
Set A Set B
1. CMM Level 1 a. Qualitative and quantitative measures of organizational
process are in place
2. CMM Level 2 b. Development process is standard and consistent
3. CMM Level 3 c. Some software management controls have been
introduced and some software process is followed
4. CMM Level 4 d. Software development follows no formal development
process
A) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
B) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
C) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
D) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b
64. Match the following:
Set A (Model) Set B (Problem nature)
1. Open source development a. Synchronization, coordination, communication,
real-time constraints, etc.
2. Agile software development b. Good for small systems
3. Rapid application development c. General
4. Aspect oriented development d. Large system applications
A) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
B) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
C) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
D) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b
65. Match the following:
Set A (Classic Invalid Assumptions) Set B
1. First Assumption a. Process Centered or Architecture Centered
2. Second Assumption b. Processes or Projects
3. Third Assumption c. Software or Business Processes
4. Fourth Assumption d. Internal or External drivers
A) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
B) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
C) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
D) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b
66. Software technology has enabled breakthrough transformations in businesses and provided benefits
that have included:
1. Removal of unnecessary processes
2. Overall quality improvement
3. Organizational flexibility
4. Cost reduction
A) 1, 2, 3 only
B) 2, 3, 4 only
C) 1, 3, 4 only
D) All of the above
67. The effects of a lack of communication can be summarized as:
1. Ignorance of lack of sources
2. Extra-contextual ignorance
3. Ignorance of lack of communication channels
4. Differentiation ignorance
A) All of the above
B) 1, 2, 3 only
C) 2, 3, 4 only
D) 1, 3, 4 only
68. Match the following:
Set A Set B
1. Project conception a. The project activities are phased out
2. Planning b. Manage the resources necessary to accomplish the
objectives
3. Execution c. The performance, cost and schedule estimates are
refined
4. Termination d. Determine the feasibility of the project
A) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
B) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
C) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
D) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b
69. State true or false
The characteristics of an object – oriented design.
1. Objects are abstraction of system entities, which are responsible formanaging their own private state and offering services to other objects 2. Objects are dependent entities that are difficult to change. 3. Objects may be distributed and may execute either sequentially or in parallel. A) true, false, true
B) false, true, false C) false, false, true D) True, true, false 70. Match the following
Set A Set B
I. Architectural Design 1. Services are allotted to different component and their interface
are designed
II. Algorithm Design 2. Design of interface between the sub - systems
III. Component Design 3. Service providing algorithm are designed
IV Interface Design 4. Sub- systems and their relationship identification and
Documentation
A) I- 4 II-3 III-1 IV-2
B) I-3 II-4 III-2 IV-1
C) I-2 II-1 III-4 IV-3
D) 1-4 II-2 III-1 IV- 3
71. State true or false
1. Unreliable software is liable to be discarded by users
2. reliable systems are difficult to improve
3. unreliable systems may cause information loss
A) false, false, true
B) false, true, false
C) true, false, false
D) true, false, true
72. State true or false
1. Software engineering umbrella activities are only applied during the initial phase of software
development projects.
2. Software processes can be constructed out of pre- existing software patterns to best meet the
needs of a software project.
3. it generally accepted that one cannot have weak software processes and create high quality
end products.
A) true, true, true
B) false, true, true
C) false, true, false
D) true, false, true
73. State true or false
1. testing is conducted by the developer of the software and also by an independent test group
2. testing and debugging are similar activities
3. validation testing provides final assurance that software meets all functional, behavioural,
and performance requirements
A) true, false, true
B) false, true, false
C) false, false, true
D) true, true, false
74. The challenges to software-driven approaches to problem solving include: (4 marks)
1. Diversity of user requirements
2. Difficulty of capturing requirements
3. Complexity of business and decision-making processes
4. Lack of business experience and background among software specialists and developers
A) All of the above
B) 1, 2, 3 only
C) 2, 3, 4 only
D) 1, 3, 4 only
75. Which of the following types of data is not suitable for software systems?
1. Unprocessed data
2. Unused data
3. Untailored data
4. Vague data
A) 1, 2, 3 only
B) 2, 3, 4 only
C) 1, 3, 4 only
D) All of the above
Answer Keys
Part - A Part - B Part - C
Q. No. Ans. Key Q. No. Ans. Key Q. No. Ans. Key Q. No. Ans. Key
1 D 21 D 41 D 61 B
2 A 22 D 42 C 62 A
3 A 23 C 43 C 63 B
4 A 24 C 44 D 64 A
5 C 25 D 45 C 65 B
6 D 26 D 46 D 66 D
7 B 27 D 47 A 67 A
8 D 28 C 48 D 68 B
9 B 29 A 49 A 69 A
10 D 30 A 50 C 70 A
11 B 31 B 51 A 71 D
12 C 32 B 52 D 72 B
13 D 33 C 53 A 73 A
14 C 34 A 54 D 74 A
15 A 35 A 55 D 75 D
16 C 36 C 56 D
17 C 37 B 57 A
18 B 38 A 58 B
19 D 39 B 59 D
20 C 40 B 60 D
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