ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Software deteriorates due to... - CORRECT ANSWER Changes that degrade the code
structure, changes that degrade the design, changes that potentially incorporate more bugs
What are the two broader categories of software products? - CORRECT ANSWER Generic
products, customized products
Which of the following is not a major software process activity? - CORRECT
ANSWER Software testing
During the lectures, we have discussed software engineering as a four layered technology...
which of the following belongs to the four layer technology? - CORRECT ANSWER Quality,
process, methods, tools
Which of the following is the UML modeling tool that is required we use in CSE360 -
CORRECT ANSWER Astah
According to the article "Software Engineering not CS", material cost of other engineering
products is about 50% compared to almost 100% labor cost in software engineering. Due to the
huge labor cost, software projects need to focus more on... - CORRECT ANSWER Small
team size, predictable delivery dates, short schedule
According to the article "Software Engineering not CS", a well-run software project can be
managed to meet which of the following product goals? - CORRECT ANSWER Good
maintainability, minimal defects, maintain a cohesive team
(T/F) Pair programming invented in XP promotes faster coding as two people are programming
the same module - CORRECT ANSWER False
, (T/F) User stories in XP are developed by project managers - CORRECT ANSWER False
(T/F) In XP, new versions may be built several times per day... - CORRECT ANSWER True
(T/F) Scrums are daily meetings in the scrum process model - CORRECT ANSWER True
Which of the following are software main process activities? - CORRECT
ANSWER Specification, Design and implementation
Which of the following statements is true about plan driven software process models? -
CORRECT ANSWER all of the process activities are planned in-advanced and progress is
measured against this plan, incremental process model is an example of a plan driven approach
Consider the following software project requirement and then select the best process model to
develop this software...
A software firm has just signed a contract to deliver an inventory tracking/on-line transaction
system for use by 500 entry clerks in the contract. The client has demanded a schedule of
rigorous checkpoints in each 30-40 days (evaluation of software functionality) but the major
requirements for the project are well defined and no major changes expected. - CORRECT
ANSWER Incremental process model
Which of the following is NOT a key principle in the agile manifesto - CORRECT
ANSWER schedule for each increment over the schedule for the whole project
Which of the following process model suggest increments in every 2 weeks - CORRECT
ANSWER XP
What is the main functionality of the scrum master? - CORRECT ANSWER Communicates
with customers and management outside of the team