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WorksheetsSoftware Engineering MCQ Test 3
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Resources refers to
Manpower
Machinery
Materials
All of the above
Following are the phases of Project Management Life Cycle. Arrange them in correct order
Design, 2. Marketing, 3. Analysis and evaluation, 4. Inspection, testing and delivery
3-2-1-4
1-2-3-4
2-3-1-4
4-3-2-1
Five dimensions that must be managed on a project
Constraint, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff
Features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff
Features, priority, Cost, Schedule, Staff
Features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, customer
The project life cycle consists of
Understanding the scope of the project
Objectives of the project
Formulation and planning various activities
All of the above
A ____ is a set of activities which are networked in an order and aimed towards achieving the goals of a project.
Project
Process
Project management
Project cycle
What combines procedures and tools to manage different versions of configuration objects that are created during the software process?
Change control
Version control
SCIs
None of the mentioned
Which of the following categories is part of the output of software process?
computer programs
documents that describe the computer programs
data
all of the mentioned
Which of the following is not a Software Configuration Management Activity?
Configuration item identification
Risk management
Release management
Branch management
Which is a software configuration management concept that helps us to control change without seriously impeding justifiable change?
Baselines
Source code
Data model
None of the mentioned
What involves preparing software for external release and keeping track of the system versions that have been released for customer use?
System building
Release management
change management
Version management
What describes the data and control to be processed?
Planning process
Software scope
External hardware
Project complexity
Which of the following is a project scheduling method that can be applied to software development?
PERT
CPM
CMM
Both PERT and CPM
A project usually has a timeline chart which was developed by
Henry Gantt
Barry Boehm
Ivar Jacabson
None of the mentioned
Which of the following is not achieved by an automated estimation tools?
Predicting staffing levels
Predicting software cost
Predicting software schedules
Predicting clients demands
Software project estimation can never be an exact science, but a combination of good historical data and systematic techniques can improve estimation accuracy.
True
False
What is the recommended distribution of effort for a project?
40-20-40
50-20-30
30-40-30
50-30-20
A maturity model can be used as a benchmark for comparison and as an aid to understanding
TRUE
FALSE
depends
can't say
CMM stands for
Capability Management Module
Conservative Maturity Model
Capability Maturity Module
Capability Maturity Model
Which of the following is not a project manager’s activity?
project control
project management
project planning
project design
The ISO 9000 series of standards is a program that can be used for external quality assurance purposes.
True
False
Which of the following is not a maturity level in CMM?
Design
Repeatable
Managed
Optimizing
In CMM, the life cycle activities of requirements analysis, design, code, and test are described in
Software Product Engineering
Software Quality Assurance
Software Subcontract Management
Software Quality Management
A software ________ provides the framework from which a comprehensive plan for software development can be established.
people
product
process
none of the mentioned
A process that involves continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detail become available is termed as
project analysis
project enhancing
progressive deliberation
progressive elaboration
Projects management is divided in _____ process groups.
5
7
9
11
Which of the following is the BEST approach for estimation?
Expert opinion
Analogy
Disaggregation
A combination of all of the above
Involving the team in Planning and Estimating and providing early feedback on Delivery Velocity is BEST used to mitigate what kind of risk?
Schedule flaws
Requirements creep
Employee turnover
Poor productivity
A person who makes decision and practices Scrum to the core is performing what role?
Pig
Chicken
Scrum Master
Scrum Team
What does “Timeboxed” means in Agile terms?
Fast
Flexible
Frequent
Fixed
According to Agile manifesto what carries more value?
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.
Individuals and interactions over people and technique.
Individuals and interactions over projects and tools.
Individuals and interactions over products and tools.
Who can be the best user proxy?
ScrumMaster
Customers
Agile coach
Developer
What is NOT an Agile methodology?
Extreme programming (XP)
Scrum
Crystal Clear
PMBOK® 3
Iterative development is NOT a good idea for?
Back end development
Front end development
Middleware development
Software development
Which Agile methodology advocates the use of problem domain?
Extreme programming (XP)
Feature-Driven Development (FDD.
Scrum
Evo
The advantages of the Iterative Model is
Early revenue generation
Simpler to manage
Divided workload
Early feedback
all of the above
Each iteration in the incremental model passes through the
communication and modeling phases
planning and construction phases
deployment and maintenance phases
all phases
You are a coach facilitating retrospective meeting. What is the main purpose of this meeting that facilitator need to ensure during the meeting?
Peer pressure, Fine-grain coordination, Focusing on the few, Daily commitment and Raising impediments.
Know the work, Get a fresh start, Commit to shared goals and Create focus and abundance.
True-up, Show and tell, Get direct feedback, Offer insights and Ask for help.
Inspect and adapt. Look back at how, not what Do (even) better next time.
What is the full form of SDLC
System Design Life cycle
Software Design Life Cycle
System Development Life Cycle
Software Development Life Cycle
Which activity is carried out first.
verification
validation
both
none
What is the advantage of the recursive approach than an iterative approach
Consumes less memory
Less code and easy to implement
Consumes more memory
More code has to be written
Who is responsible for prioritizing the product backlog?
Product Owner
Project Manager
Lead Developer
Tester
Which of the following is a characteristic of an Agile leader?
Disinterested
Task focused
Process oriented
Supportive
PSP activity isolates requirements and size and resource estimates are the part of?
planning
high-level design
high-level design review
development
In TSP, the sequence of tasks i.e scripts enables the team to establish a solid basis for starting a project in framework activity
launch
high-level design
implementation
postmortem
Why is it important to trust the team?
High trust teams do not have to be accountable to each other
High trust teams do not require a user representative
The Project Manager does not have to keep a project schedule
The presence of trust is positively correlated with the team performance
If a timebox (iteration) plan needs to be reprioritised in a hurry, who should re-prioritise?
The developers alone (they know what the customer wants by now)
The customer alone (the developers would only choose the easy things as top priority)
The Project Leader (they can give an independent, pragmatic view)
The whole team including customer and developers (together they can consider both business value and practicality)
When handling team dynamics, the Agile Leader should
Work to build trust between the team members
Encourage an environment of competition and personal advantage
Stand for no nonsense and show who is the boss
Expect team members to sort out all of their own problems, and not come to the Project Leader for help with anything
During an Iteration (Sprint) the developers should be:
Able to contact the customer to clarify aspects of the work
Completely uninterrupted by the customer
In twice-daily contact with the customer
Able to work without needing to disturb the customer
Which of the following is delivered at the end of the Sprint?
A document containing test cases for the current sprint
An architectural design of the solution
An increment of Done software
Wireframes designs for User Interface
When can a Sprint be canceled?
The Sprint items are no longer needed
Sprint can never be canceled
When Development is unable to complete the work
Information required to start the development is not available
Whenever the Product Owner says
