Deck 1: Measure and Improve Software Development Processes

Question 1

The order in which test levels are performed is:

A)unit, integration, acceptance, system
B)unit, system, integration, acceptance
C)unit, integration, system, acceptance
D)it depends on the nature of a project

Answer 1

it depends on the nature of a project

Question 2

System testing is a

A)black box testing
B)grey box testing
C)white box testing
D)both a and b

Answer 2

black box testing

Question 3

What is "V" Model?

A)test design technique
B)test type
C)sdlc model
D)test level

Answer 3

sdlc model

Question 4

Test cases are designed during which of the following stages?

A)test recording
B)test configuration
C)test planning
D)test specification

Question 5

The technique applied for usability testing is:

A)white box
B)grey box
C)black box
D)combination of all

Question 6

Which of the following is not a Test Type?

A)database testing
B)security testing
C)statement testing
D)functional testing

Question 7

White-box testing can be started:

A)after installation
B)after srs creation
C)after programming
D)after designing

Question 8

Beta Testing is done at:

A)developer's end
B)user's end
C)user's & developer's end
D)none of the mentioned

Question 9

A program with high cyclometic complexity is likely to be:

A)large
B)small
C)difficult to write
D)difficult to test

Question 10

Unit testing is done by:

A)users
B)developers
C)customers
D)none of the mentioned

Question 11

Alpha testing is:

A)post-release testing by end user representatives at the developer's site
B)the first testing that is performed
C)pre-release testing by end user representatives at their sites
D)pre-release testing by end user representatives at the developer's site

Question 12

Which of the following is a drawback of using CASE tool?

A)standardization of notations and diagrams
B)communication between development team member
C)costs associated with the use of the tool
D)reduction of time and effort

Question 13

A client server computer program in which the client runs in a web browser is termed as

A)web application
B)application software
C)product line software
D)embedded software

Question 14

Oldest paradigm for software engineering

A)incremental process model
B)rad model
C)evolutionary process model
D)waterfall model

Question 15

Spiral model is

A)phase-driven model
B)risk-driven model
C)risk-process model
D)risk-safe model

Question 16

Incremental process model phase in which modification of software product is done after delivery to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes is

A)maintenance framework
B)planning framework
C)deployment framework
D)communication framework

Question 17

The intent of project metrics is:

A)minimization of development schedule
B)for strategic purposes
C)assessing project quality on ongoing basis
D)minimization of development schedule and assessing project quality on ongoing basis

Question 18

Architectural Design Metrics are ___________ in nature.

A)black box
B)white box
C)gray box
D)green box

Question 19

The amount of time that the software is available for use is known as

A)reliability
B)usability
C)efficiency
D)functionality

Question 20

In size oriented metrics, metrics are developed based on the ___________________

A)number of functions
B)number of user inputs
C)number of lines of code
D)amount of memory usage

Question 21

Usability can be measured in terms of:

A)intellectual skill to learn the system
B)time required to become moderately efficient in system usage
C)net increase in productivity
D)all of the mentioned

Question 22

------------cohesive gives the best software where as -------------coupling gives the best software.

A)loosely, loosely
B)loosely, highly
C)highly, loosely
D)highly, highly

Question 23

The CMM model is a technique to

A)automatically maintain the software reliability
B)improve the software process.
C)test the software
D)all of the mentioned