CSE 360 EXAM 1 CORE SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMMING
CONCEPTS REVIEW 2026
◉ In scrum, who is responsible for removing any impediments that
are obstructing the team from achieving its sprint goals?
a) Team members
b) product owner
c) scrum master
d) customer.
Answer: c (scrum master)
◉ 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 are harder to order..
Answer: c (multiple change requests introduce errors in component
interactions)
◉ A stakeholder is
,a) anyone developing the project
b) the same as a user
c) anyone who has a vested interest int he success of the project
d) the same as a customer.
Answer: c (anyone who has a vested interest in the success of the
project)
◉ Which is not one of the questions answered by each team member
at each daily scrum meeting?
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 by the next team meeting?.
Answer: c (what is the cause of the problems you are encountering)
◉ The critical path
a) contains the fewest number of tasks
b) is the shortest time from the start of the project to the end
c) determines the total calendar time required to complete a project
d) contains the largest number of tasks.
Answer: c (determines the total calendar time required to complete
a project)
, ◉ Which of the following is NOT a configuration management
activity?
a) change management
b) performance assessment
c) version management
d) system building.
Answer: b (performance assessment)
◉ In version control, which of the following is a sequence of versions
of source code?
a) repository
b) release
c) codeline
d) baseline.
Answer: c (codeline)
◉ The software engineering code of ethics states that a professional
software engineer should be committed to lifelong learning
a) True
b) False.
Answer: a (true)
ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMMING
CONCEPTS REVIEW 2026
◉ In scrum, who is responsible for removing any impediments that
are obstructing the team from achieving its sprint goals?
a) Team members
b) product owner
c) scrum master
d) customer.
Answer: c (scrum master)
◉ 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 are harder to order..
Answer: c (multiple change requests introduce errors in component
interactions)
◉ A stakeholder is
,a) anyone developing the project
b) the same as a user
c) anyone who has a vested interest int he success of the project
d) the same as a customer.
Answer: c (anyone who has a vested interest in the success of the
project)
◉ Which is not one of the questions answered by each team member
at each daily scrum meeting?
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 by the next team meeting?.
Answer: c (what is the cause of the problems you are encountering)
◉ The critical path
a) contains the fewest number of tasks
b) is the shortest time from the start of the project to the end
c) determines the total calendar time required to complete a project
d) contains the largest number of tasks.
Answer: c (determines the total calendar time required to complete
a project)
, ◉ Which of the following is NOT a configuration management
activity?
a) change management
b) performance assessment
c) version management
d) system building.
Answer: b (performance assessment)
◉ In version control, which of the following is a sequence of versions
of source code?
a) repository
b) release
c) codeline
d) baseline.
Answer: c (codeline)
◉ The software engineering code of ethics states that a professional
software engineer should be committed to lifelong learning
a) True
b) False.
Answer: a (true)
