A general statement of objectives is the major cause of failed efforts.
1.True
2.False
3.all of the above
4.None of the mentioned
A is developed using historical cost information that relates some metric to the project cost.
1.Algorithmic cost modelling
2.Expert judgement
3. Estimation by analogy
4.Parkinson’s Law
According to a statisticalreport: “over 30% of all projects are cancelled before completion and over 70% of the remainder fail todeliver expected featuresâ€. What must be the reason for such a situation ?
1.Poor change management
2.Poor requirements management
3.Poor quality contro
4.All of the Mentioned
An example of the risk involved in development is
1.Key personnel may resign before the product is complete
2.The manufacturer of critical components (e.g. the hardware associated with a real-time system) may go bankrupt
3.Technology changes may render the product obsolete
4.All of these are risks involved in development.
“Devising and maintaining a workable scheme to accomplish the business need†is
1. Initiating process
2. Planning process
3. Executing process
4. Controlling proces
Configuration Management can be administered in several ways. These include
1.A single configuration management team for the whole organization
2.A separate configuration management team for each project
3.Configuration Management distributed among the project members
4. All of the mentioned
Considering the example of issue/return of a book, cataloging etc. in a library management.What type of management requirement is being depicted here?
1.Enduring
2.Volatile
3.all of the above
4.None of the mentioned
Controlling the changes in the project may affect
1.The progress of the project
2. Stage cost
3.Project scope
4. All of the above
Engineering:
1.Is a set of rules about developing products
2. Has been around as a discipline since the early 50’s
3.Started as a response to the so-called ‘ Crisis’ of the late90’s
4.Is an engineering discipline concerned with all the aspects of production
Following is (are) the tool(s) for changing a process
1.Change Management System (CMS)
2.Configuration Management (CM)
3. Both (A) and (B)
4.none of the above
Identify, from among the following, the correctstatement.
1. One of the main challenges Engineering facing today is the requirement of most systems to workwith a multitude of homogenous systems
2.‘Legacy systems’ are custom developed systems for the legal domain
3.does not wear-out in the traditional sense of the term, but does tend to deteriorate as it evolves
4.Since is essentially ‘intangible’ it is relatively easy to manage projects With the advent of component based assembly, we find that onlyless than 20% of today’s is still custom built
In the maintenance phase the product must be tested against previous test cases. This is known as testing.
1. Unit
2.Integration
3.Regression
4.Module
It is often difficult to estimate size at an early stage in a project when only a specification is available
1.True
2.False
3.all of the above
4.None of the mentioned
Myers (1978) identifies seven levels of cohesion. Which level of cohesion may be defined as followed; “the output from one element in the component serves as input for some other element�
1.Communicational cohesion
2.Functional cohesion
3.Communicational cohesion
4.Temporal cohesion
Requirements Management has a high initial start-up cost but does not need ongoing funding throughout a project.
1.True
2.False
3.all of the above
4.None of the mentioned
Requirements Management is a prerequisite forQuality-Oriented Development.
1.True
2. False
3.all of the above
4.None of the mentioned
Requirements traceability is one of the most important part requirement management. It may also be referred to as the heart of requirement management.
1.True
2. False
3.all of the above
4.None of the mentioned
The COCOMO model takes into account different approaches to development, reuse, etc.
1.True
2.False
3.all of the above
4.None of the mentioned
The definition and use of configuration management standards is essential for quality certification in
1. ISO 9000
2.CMM
3.CMMI
4.All of the Mentioned
The degree of interaction between two modules is known as
1. Cohesion
2.Strength
3.Inheritance
4.Coupling
The final form of testing COTS is ………testing.
1.Unit
2.Integration
3.Alpha
4.Beta.
The individual or organisation who wants a product to be developed is known as the:
1. Developer
2.User
3. Contractor
4.client
The life cycle can be said to consist of a series of phases. The classical model is referred to as the waterfall model. Which phase may be defined as “The concept is explored and refined, and the client’s requirements are elicited?â€
1.Requirements
2.Specification
3.Design
4. Implementation
The longer a fault exists in
1. the more tedious its removal becomes
2. the more costly it is to detect and correct
3.the less likely it is to be properly corrected
4.All of the Mentioned
The only deliverable work product for a successful project is the working program.
1.True
2.False
3.all of the above
4.None of the mentioned
The relationship between a derived class (or subclass) and base class is referred to as
1.Association
2.Inheritance
3. Polymorphism
4.Instantiation
What combines procedures and tools to manage different versions of configuration objects that are created during the process?
1.Change control
2.Version control
3.SCIs
4.None of the mentioned
What complements the formal technical review by assessing a configuration object for characteristics that are generally not considered duringreview?
1.configuration audit
2.configuration management
3.Baseline
4.None of the mentioned
What functionality of Requirement Management Tool (RMT) is depicted bythe statement: “the tool should be able to automatically detect relations between artifacts. For example information retrieval techniques, monitoring of change history, naming schemas or model transformations.â€
1.Automatic Link Detection
2.Documentation Support
3.Graphical Representation
4.Automatic Link Creation and Change
What involves preparing for external release and keeping track of the system versions that have been released for customer use?
1.System building
2.Release management
3.Change management
4. Version management
What is related to the overall functionality of the delivered ?
1. Function-related metrics
2.Product-related metrics
3.Size-related metrics
4.None of the mentioned
Which is a configuration management concept that helps us to control change without seriously impeding justifiable change?
1.Baselines
2.Source code
3.Data mode
4.None of the mentioned
Which model assumes that systems are created fromreusable components, scripting or database programming?
1. An application-composition model
2.A post-architecture model
3.A reuse model
4.An early design model
Which model is used during early stages of the system design afterthe requirements have been established?
1.An application-composition model
2. A post-architecture model
3.A reuse model
4.An early design model
Which model is used to compute the effort required to integrate reusable components or program code that is automatically generated by design or program translation tools?
1.An application-composition model
2.A post-architecture model
3.A reuse model
4.An early design model
Which of the following are parameters involved in computing the total cost of a development project?
1.Hardware and costs
2.Effort costs
3.Travel and training costs
4.All of the Mentioned
Which of the following categories is part of the output of process?
1.computer programs
2. documents that describe the computer programs
3. data
4.All of the above
Which of the following costs is not part of the total effort cost?
1.Costs of networking and communications
2.Costs of providing heating and lighting office space
3.Costs of lunch time food
4. Costs of support staff
Which of the following is a requirement management activity ?
1.Investigation
2.Design
3.Construction and Test
4. All of the mentioned
Which of the following is not a Configuration Management Activity?
1. Configuration item identification
2. Risk management
3.Release management
4.Branch managemen
Which of the following is not a Requirement Management workbench tool?
1. RTM
2.DOORS
3.Rational Suite
4.RDD 100
Which of the following is the process of assembling program components, data, and libraries, and then compiling and linking these to create anexecutable system?
1.System building
2. Release management
3.Change management
4.Version management
Which of the following items should not be included in the project management plan?
1.The techniques and case tools to be used
2. Detailed schedules, budgets and resource allocations
3.The life cycle model to be used
4.The organisationalstructure of the development organisation, project responsibilities, managerial objectives and priorities
Which of the following states that work expands to fill the time available.
1.CASE tools
2.Pricing to win
3.Parkinson’s Law
4.Expert judgement
Which one of the following is not a fundamental activity for processes in engineering ?
1.Verification
2.Validation
3.design and implementation
4.evolution
Which phase of the RUP is used to establish a business case for the system?
1.Transition
2.Elaboration
3.Construction
4. Inception
Which property of the rapid prototype is not important?
1.The speed with which it can be developed
2.The speed with which it can be modified
3.Its ability to determine the client’s real needs
4.The insights that the design team can gain from it, even if they are of the ‘how not to do it’ variety
Which technique is applicable when other projects in the sameanalogy application domain have been completed?
1. Algorithmic cost modelling
2. Expert judgement
3.Estimation by analogy
4. Parkinson’s Law
Which two requirements are given priority during Requirement Management of a product ?
1. User and Developer
2.Functional and Non-functiona
3.Enduring and Volatile
4.None of the mentioned
Why is Requirements Management Important ? It is due to the changes
1.to the environment
2. in technology
3.in customer’s expectations
4.in all of the mentioned.