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Sikkim Manipal University Model Question Paper

Subject: Software Engineering Subject code: MI0024

Total Time: 1 hour Total Marks: 70 Notes:

1. Question paper is divided into three parts i.e. Part A, Part B, and Part C.

2. Part A consist 20 questions of 1 mark each

3. Part B consist 11 questions of 2 marks each.

4. Part C consist 07 questions of 4 marks each.

5. All questions are compulsory

Part A (One Mark Question)

1) Computer Software has become the engine that drives business __________

a. decision making

b. cost reductions

c. revenue generation

d. time saving

2) Software has become the basis for various decision making.

a. Software

b. Intelligence

c. Ideas

d. Database

3) ________ is also known as Waterfall model.

a. Linear programming model

b. Non linear programming model

c. linear sequential model

d. non linear sequential model

4) ____________ plans, motivate, organizes, and controls the practitioners who work

on various processes of the software.

a. customers

b. end-users

c. practitioners

d. project manager

5) Normalizing quality and productivity measures can be done by considering the

_____of the software.

a. nature

b. cost

c. complexity

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d. size

6) Determination of _________is the first activity in software planning.

a. objectives

b. software requirements

c. customers requirements

d. software scope

7) _______ leads to optimization of the software resources.

a. Reusability

b. Replanning

c. Relocation

d. Repeatability

8) For higher-grade of materials the tolerances are _______ .

a. large

b. very large

c. small

d. very small

9) _______refers to the characteristics that designers specify for an item.

a. Enhancing

b. Quality of Design

c. Measuring

d. Maintaining

10) The quality movement started in the 1940s with a major contribution on quality

aspects from _______ .

a. Smith

b. Deming

c. Juran

d. Fayol

11) Software configuration management (SCM) is applied throughout the ______

process.

a. organization

b. system

c. department

d. software

12) SCI represents ______ .

a. Software Controlled Items

b. Software Categorized Items

c. System Controlled Items

d. Software Configuration Items

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13) _________ is a set or arrangement of things so related as to form a unity or organic

whole.

a. frames

b. procedure

c. system

d. process

14) In the step ________________ the system engineer identifies the needs and

specifications pertaining to the applications.

a. Process Input

b. Process Linkages

c. Process Input

d. Process Definition

15) A _________ refers to a systematic style of doing things.

a. programme

b. system

c. transaction

d. business

16) Requirements engineering activities result in the specification of software’s

________

a. operational characteristics

b. basic characteristics

c. fundamental characteristics

d. utility characteristics

17) Requirement analysis provides the developer and the customer with the means to

__________ of the software.

a. assess features

b. assess quality

c. enhance features

d. increase modularity

18) ___________ is the acquisition of a repertoire of alternatives, the raw material of

design: components, component solutions, and knowledge, all contained in

catalogs, textbooks, and the mind.

a. Procurement

b. Planning

c. Collection

d. Diversification

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19) Measurement is the process by which numbers or symbols are assigned to the

attributes of entities in the real world in such a way as to define them according to

clearly defined rules. This was stated by _______ .

a. Benton

b. Fenton

c. Kapton

d. Suton

20) The extent to which a program satisfies its specification and fulfills the customer's

mission objectives. This refers to McCall quality factor of __________ .

a. correctness

b. efficiency

c. reliability

d. integrity

Part B (Two Mark Question)

21) A software refers to instructions which when executed provide desired _________

and _________ and data structures that enable the programs to adequately

a. functionality and utility

b. function and performance

c. flexibility and utility

d. utility and efficiency

22) Software project scope must be ________ and _________ at the management and

technical levels.

a. detailed and elaborate

b. well defined and detailed

c. unambiguous and understandable

d. limited and clear

23) It is necessary to have a measurement done for the software with respect to its ____

and ______ .

a. utility and characteristics

b. utility and functionality

c. characteristics and behaviour

d. behaviour and utility

24) The ______ and _____ of the risk depends upon the various forces that affect the

project modules and the project as a whole.

a. size and complexity

b. nature and magnitude

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c. magnitude and number

d. nature and magnitude

25) A project plan refers to a blue print of the project ______ and its ________ .

a. cost, impact

b. gains , benefits

c. plan , execution

d. completion time, success

26) Quality assurance consists of the _________ and ________ functions of

management.

a. auditing , reporting

b. selection of processes and auditing of processes

c. adding new processes and modifying resources

d. checking , managing

27) The output of most of the software process is the information which is divided into

programs, ___________ and ____________ .

a. entities and objects

b. attributes and documents

c. documents and data

d. classes and object

28) ________and ___________ often fall into the reactive systems category.

a. real time and embedded systems

b. terms and conditions

c. guidelines and regulations

d. specifications and requirements

29) The analyst studies the ________and the _______ to understand software in a

system context, and to review the software scope that was used to generate

planning estimates.

a. system specification, software project plan

b. system problem, system specification

c. customers requirements, requirement specificaiton

d. system paramaters , necissities

30) Sometimes, testability is used to mean how adequately a particular set of tests will

cover the product. It's also used by the military to mean how easily a tool can be

_____ and ______ in the field.

a. checked , repaired

b. verified , developed

c. understood , applied

d. verified , applied

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31) Attributes are attached to _____ and _______ .

a. functions and modules

b. objects and functions

c. objects and classes

d. modules and classes

Part C (Four Mark Question)

32) Consider the following statements :

P) Software is a manufactured component which is developed.

Q) Software does not undergo wear out which is seen in many manufactured

components.

Which of the following is correct?

a. Both statements P and Q are correct

b. Both statements P and Q are incorrect

c. Statement P is correct and Statement Q is incorrect

d. Statement P is incorrect and Statement Q is correct

33) With respect to the software integrity , attack can be made on all three components

of software _____ , ______ and _______ .

a. programs, data and documents

b. modules, header and documents

c. header, footer and modules

d. programs, modules, documents

34) An effective strategy to deal with risks is generally based on the following issues

of risk.

a. avoidance , monitoring , contingency planning and risk management

b. initial planning, monitoring, contingency planning and cost management

c. initial planning , avoidance, monitoring, and contingency planning

d. monitoring, contingency planning, contingency control and cost control.

35) Consider the following statements :

P) Designers specify the characteristics of the quality of a product.

Q) The grade of materials used in the product development and product

characteristics, permissible tolerances, and performance specifications contribute to

the quality of design.

Which of the following is correct?

a. both are true

b. both are false

c. statement P is true and statement Q is false

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d. statement P is false and statement Q is true

36) Consider the following statements:

P) SCM is also responsible for the identification of individual SCIs and various

versions of the software, the auditing of the software configuration to ensure that it

has been properly developed, and the reporting of all changes applied to the

configuration.

Q) To sell software configuration items, each must be separately named and then

organized using an object-oriented approach. .

Which of the following is correct?

a. Both statements are true

b. Both statements are false

c. Statement P is true and Statement Q is false

d. Statement P is false and Statement Q is true

37) The various steps in the modelling process that the systems engineer follows are:

a. Definition, behaviour, attributes, linkages

b. Formulation, attributes, linkages, generalization

c. Definition, behaviour, Input, linkages

d. Formulation, relationships, linkages, generalization

38) An analysis model consists of data dictionary at the center of three main segmented

diagrams: ______ , ________ and ________ .

a. ERD, STD and DFD

b. SAD, ERD and DFD

c. DFD, ERD and EID

d. ERD, STD and CAD

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