1. Which question no longer concerns the modern software engineering
a. Why does computer hardware cost so much? b. Why does software take a long time to finish?
c. Why does it cost so much to develop a piece of software?
d. Why can't software errors be removed from products prior to delivery?
Answer: a
1. Today the increased power of the personal computer has brought about an abandonment
of the practice of team development of software.
a. True b. False
Answer: b
1. Software is a product and can be manufactured using the same technologies used for other
engineering artifacts.
a. True b. False
Answer: b
1. Software deteriorates rather than wears out because
a. Software suffers from exposure to hostile environments.
b. Defects are more likely to arise after software has been used often. c. Multiple change requests introduce errors in component interactions. d. Software spare parts become harder to order.
Answer: c
6. The nature of software applications can be characterized by their information a. complexity b. content c. determinacy d. both b and c Answer: d
7. Change cannot be easily accommodated in most software systems, unless the system was designed with change in mind.
a. True b. False
Answer: a
8. The functionality of most computer systems does not need to be enhanced the lifetime of the system.
a. True b. False
Answer: b
1. Which of the items listed below is not one of the software engineering layers? Answer: b
a. Process
b. Manufacturing c. Methods d. Tools
2. Software engineering umbrella activities are only applied during the initial phases of
software development projects. Answer: b
a. True b. False
3. Which of these are the 5 generic software engineering framework activities? Answer: a
a. communication, planning, modeling, construction, deployment
b. communication, risk management, measurement, production, reviewing c. analysis, designing, programming, debugging, maintenance d. analysis, planning, designing, programming, testing
4. Which of these terms are level names in the Capability Maturity Model? Answer: e
a. Performed b. Repeated c. Reused d. Optimized e. Both a and d
5. Which of the items listed below is not one of the process patterns. Answer: d a. Intent b. Solution
c. Resulting Context d. Output
6. Process technology tools allow software organizations to compress schedules by skipping unimportant activities. Answer: b a. True b. False
7. It is generally accepted that one cannot have weak software processes and create high quality end products. Answer: a
a. True b. False
8. The tasks (and degree of rigor) for each activity are always unchanged. Answer: b
a. True b. False
1. The linear sequential model of software development is
Answer：a
a. A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined. b. A good approach when a working program is required quickly.
c. The best approach to use for projects with large development teams. d. An old fashioned model that cannot be used in a modern context.
2. The linear sequential model of software development is also known as the
Answer：e
a. Classical life cycle model b. Fountain model c. Spiral model d. Waterfall model e. both a and d
3. The incremental model of software development
Answer：b
a. A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined.
b. A good approach when a working core product is required quickly. c. The best approach to use for projects with large development teams. d. A revolutionary model that is not used for commercial products.
4. The rapid application development model
Answer：c
a. Another name for component-based development.
b. A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly. c. A high speed adaptation of the linear sequential model. d. All of the above.
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5.Evolutionary software process models Answer：d
a. Are iterative in nature
b. Can easily accommodate product requirements changes c. Do not generally produce throwaway systems d. All of the above
6.The prototyping model of software development is Answer：b
a. A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined.
b. A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly. c. The best approach to use for projects with large development teams. d. A risky model that rarely produces a meaningful product.
7. Which of these is not one of the phase names defined by the Unified Process model for
Software development?
Answer：d
a. Inception phase b. Elaboration phase c. Construction phase d. Validation phase
8. In the Unified Process model requirements are determined iteratively and may span more than one phase of the process. Answer：a
a. True b. False
1. Agility is nothing more than the ability of a project team to respond rapidly to change.(B)
a. True b. False
2. Which of the following is not necessary to apply agility to a software process? (A) a. Eliminate the use of project planning and testing b. Only essential work products are produced c. Process allows team to streamline tasks d. Uses incremental product delivery strategy
3. How do you create agile processes to manage unpredictability?(E)
a. Requirements gathering must be conducted very carefully b. Risk analysis must be conducted before planning takes place c. Software increments must be delivered in short time periods d. Software processes must adapt to changes incrementally e. Both c and d
4.Which of the following traits need to exist among the members of an agile software team?(D)
a. Competence
b. Decision-making ability c. Mutual trust and respect d. All of the above.
5.All agile process models conform to a greater or lesser degree to the principles stated in the \ Answer: A
a. True b. False
6. What are the four framework activities found in the Extreme Programming (XP) process model?
a. analysis, design, coding, testing b. planning, analysis, design, coding c. planning, analysis, coding, testing d. planning, design, coding, testing Answer: D
7. What are the three framework activities for the Adaptive Software Development (ASD) process model? Answer: D
a. analysis, design, coding
b. feasibility study, functional model iteration, implementation
c. requirements gathering, adaptive cycle planning, iterative development d. speculation, collaboration, learning
8. Which is not one of the key questions that is answered by each team member at each daily Scrum meeting? Answer: C
a. What did you do since the last meeting? b. What obstacles are you encountering?
c. What is the cause of the problems you are encountering? d. What do you plan to accomplish at the next team meeting?
1. Which of the following can be elements of computer-based systems? Answer: E
a. documentation b. software c. hardware d. people
e. all of above
2. To construct a system model the engineer should consider which of the following
restraining factors? Answer: E
a. assumptions b. budget
c. constraints d. schedule e. both a and c
3. During business process engineering, three different architectures are examined.
Answer:A
a. applications, data, technology infrastructure
b. communications, organization, financial infrastructure c. network, database, reporting structure d. systems, requirements, data structure
4. The goal of product engineering is to translate the customer's desire for a set of defined
capabilities into a working product. Answer:A
a. True b. False
5.UML notations that can be used to model the hardware and software elements of a system are
a. Activity diagrams b. Class diagrams
c. Deployment diagrams d. Use-case diagrams e. a, b, and c
Answer: e
6. The system model template contains which of the following elements a. input b. output
c. user interface d. all of above Answer: d
7. The top level of the hierarchical model of a system is known as the
a. AFD b. DFD c. SCD d. SFD
Answer: c
8. Select any large system or product with which you are familiar. Define the set of domains that describe the world view of the system or product. Describe the set of elements that make up one or two domains. For one element, identify the technical components that must be engineered.
BPE (Business Process Engineering)
world view: bank
domains: loans, savings, foreign exchange