Software Engineering 1

Software Engineering 1
(Final Q1, Q2, FinalXam)


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The testing in which code is checked

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It has been a great tool of interaction with computers until the video display monitors came into existence.

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The software to meet the specification must be produced.


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Which of the following is not an advantages of software reuse?

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SPICE stands for

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What are generic application systems that may be designed to support a particular business type, activity, or sometimes a complete enterprise?

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.NET are specific to which platform?

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Spiral model was developed by

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Testing done without planning and Documentation is called

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Which of the following is black box testing

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The Incremental Model is combination of elements of

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OOD languages provide a mechanism where methods performing similar tasks but vary in arguments, can be assigned same name.

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Processes for evolving a software product depend on:

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COTS stands for

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In OOD, the attributes (data variables) and methods (operation on the data) are bundled together is called _________________.

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Model preferred to create client/server applications is

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Model preferred to create client/server applications is

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Acceptance testing is also known as

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It is a conceptualization of problem into several well-organized elements of solution

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These documentation explains how the software product should work and how it should be used to get the desired results. It may include software installation procedures, how-to guides, user-guides, uninstallation method and special references to get more information like license updation etc.

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It works around the entities and their characteristics instead of functions involved in the software system. This design strategies focuses on entities and its characteristics.

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Which of the following is a generic structure that is extended to create a more specific subsystem or application?

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It is communication between different modules.

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In ________________, the system comprises of many smaller sub-systems known as functions.

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The software must be validated to ensure that it does what the customer wants.


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COTS product reuse means

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It is grouping of all functionally related elements

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Consider the example and categorize it accordingly, “A pattern-matching system developed as part of a text-processing system may be reused in a database management system”.

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Software evolution does not comprises:

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Which of the following is non-functional testing?

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“An ordering system may be adapted to cope with a centralized ordering process in one company and a distributed process in another.” Which category the example belong to?

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It is the process of confirming if the software is meeting the business requirements, and is developed adhering to the proper specifications and methodologies.


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OOD allows similar classes to stack up in hierarchical manner where the lower or sub-classes can import, implement and re-use allowed variables and methods from their immediate super classes.

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Which technique is applied to ensure the continued evolution of legacy systems ?

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Release notes show what happened in this software version. Typically the information includes:

A. Bug fixes
B. New functionality
C. Detail of new features added to the software
D. Any bugs that are not yet fixed


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Unit testing is done by

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The ___________________ model starts with most specific and basic components. It proceeds with composing higher level of components by using basic or lower level components.

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Which of the following is not used in measuring the size of the software

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Behavioral testing is

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It is text-based notifier that is mostly shows the context in which the user is working. It is generated by the software system.

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Identify the correct statement with respect to Evolutionary development:

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It takes the whole software system as one entity and then decomposes it to achieve more than one sub-system or component based on some characteristics.

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The two dimensions of spiral model are

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Reuse-based software engineering is a software engineering strategy where the development process is geared to reusing existing software.

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The open source movement has meant that there is a huge reusable code base available at

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A ___________is an executable instruction. It may have one or more parameters.

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It is a process to conceptualize the software requirements into software implementation.

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Beta testing is done at

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A project’s duration might be just one week or it might go on for years, but every project has an end date.

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Program modularization and Source code translation are the activities of_____________

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All entities involved in the solution design are known as __________. For example, person, banks, company, and customers are treated as objects.

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If there is any business level change at client end, such as reduction of organization strength, acquiring another company, organization venturing into new business, need to modify in the original software may arise.


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What type of software testing is generally used in Software Maintenance?

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The new modules are coded with the help of structured design created in the design step. 

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This includes modifications and updations to prevent future problems of the software. It aims to attend problems, which are not significant at this moment but may cause serious issues in future.


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The modification of the software to match changes in the ever changing environment, falls under which category of software maintenance?

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Which regression test selection technique exposes faults caused by modifications?

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______________ measures the ability of a regression test selection technique to handle realistic applications.

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This includes modifications and updations done in order to correct or fix problems, which are either discovered by user or concluded by user error reports.


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Policies, which changes over the time, such as taxation and newly introduced constraints like, how to maintain bookkeeping, may trigger need for modification.


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Which selective retest technique selects every test case that causes a modified program to produce a different output than its original version?

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This includes modifications and updates done in order to keep the software usable over long period of time. It includes new features, new user requirements for refining the software and improve its reliability and performance.


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Maintenance is classified into how many categories ?

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If any of the hardware and/or platform (such as operating system) of the target host changes, software changes are needed to keep adaptability.


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Software Maintenance includes

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Over the time, customer may ask for new features or functions in the software.


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This includes modifications and updations applied to keep the software product up-to date and tuned to the ever changing world of technology and business environment.


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Selective retest techniques may be more economical than the “retest-all”technique.How many selective retest techniques are there?

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It involves activities pertaining to identification of requirement of modification or maintenance

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The modification of the software to match changes in the ever changing environment, falls under which category of software maintenance?

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Regression testing is a very expensive activity.

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It is conducted to test program and its implementation, in order to improve code efficiency or structure. It is also known as ‘Structural’ testing.


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Exhaustive testing is

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Which of the following term describes testing?

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Which of the following is/are White box technique?

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What are the various Testing Levels?

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Alpha testing is done at

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It is also known as a bug, is a result of an error which can cause system to fail.

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Lower and upper limits are present in which chart?

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It is the process of confirming if the software is meeting the business requirements, and is developed adhering to the proper specifications and methodologies.


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These are actual coding mistakes made by developers. In addition, there is a difference in output of software and desired output is considered as ______.

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It is process of examining whether or not the software satisfies the user requirements. It is carried out at the end of the SDLC. 


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Boundary value analysis belong to?

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What is Cyclomatic complexity?

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White Box techniques are also classified as

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Maintenance testing is performed using which methodology?

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The input is divided into higher and lower end values. If these values pass the test, it is assumed that all values in between may pass too.


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It is carried out to test functionality of the program and also called ‘Behavioral’ testing.

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The input is divided into similar classes. If one element of a class passes the test, it is assumed that all the class is passed.


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It is said to be the inability of the system to perform the desired task.

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Verification ensures the product being developed is according to design specifications.


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