Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. What do you call, when the elements of a module, all operate on the same data?
- (A) Functional
cohesion
- (B) Temporal
cohesion
- (C) Procedural
cohesion
- (D) Communicational
cohesion
2. Read the following paragraph and identify the correct statement.
“Imagine that you were recently hired as a software engineer to a company that specializes in aircraft navigation control software. While orientating yourselves to the company’s work practices, you observe that they in fact do not conduct a few tests that they should in order comply with the relevant safety standard. When you inquire about this from the project manager, he dismisses it saying that those tests unnecessary (and takes an unreasonably long time to conduct, as well as being superfluous) and that they have managed with the other so long, without any problems.”
- (A) You
should immediately resign from the company and file a complaint with the
relevant standard institution
- (B) You should
do nothing and let the matter slide
- (C) Although
you are new to the company, and you hardly know anything about the internal
processes and politics, you should insist on company changing its work
practices immediately; failing which you threaten to report the matter
- (D) Since
you are new to the company, and you are unfamiliar with the internal processes
and politics, you should first find-out more about issue and its background
3. Which of the following items should not be included in the software project management plan?
- (A) The
techniques and case tools to be used
- (B) Detailed
schedules, budgets and resource allocations
- (C) The
life cycle model to be used
- (D) None
of the above
4. A design is said to be a good design if the components are
- (A) Strongly
coupled
- (B) Weakly
cohesive
- (C) Strongly
coupled and weakly cohesive
- (D) Strongly
cohesive and weakly coupled
5. Work that continues throughout the project and does not relate to any specific phase of software development is termed a(n)
- (A) Milestone
- (B) Project
function
- (C) Activity
- (D) Task
6. Which of the following is a life-cycle concern?
- (A) Testing
- (B) Portability
- (C) Programming
- (D) Planning
7. In choosing a development life-cycle model, one would consider the
- (A) Development
Group Expertise, Problem Characteristics, User Expectations
- (B) Languages,
Development Schedule, Competition
- (C) System
Context, User Population, Platforms
- (D) Organizational
Structure, User Tasks, Performance Criteria
8. A systematic approach to software development, as epitomized by the various life-cycle models, is useful in
- (A) Helping
us understand the nature of the software product
- (B) Convincing
the customer that we know what we are doing
- (C) Filling
texts on software engineering
- (D) Managing
the various activities necessary to get the job done
9. What do you call when two modules are coupled, when they communicate via a composite data item?
- (A) Content
coupling
- (B) Common
coupling
- (C) Control
coupling
- (D) Stamp
coupling
10. How does a software project manager need to act to minimize the risk of software failure?
- (A) Double
the project team size
- (B) Request
a large budget
- (C) Form
a small software team
- (D) Track
progress
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