CS615 FINAL TERM SOLVED MCQs BY FAISAL

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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Each________ can be subdivided into sub tasks.

►None of given

►Program

► Task (page 275)

►Project

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In________ the planner develops estimates of the information domain.

► Function point sizing (page227)

►Standard component sizing

►Change sizing

►All of given

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A________ extends the Program WBS to a lower level in order to provide management and cost
information to the Government.

►Program WBS

► Contract WBS (page249) Contract Program

WBS
None of given

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following Technique use network schedules to trace the completion of predetermined
activities?

►
►
 ►Gantt Charts

► PERT

►CPM
► PERT and CPM (page 296)

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The decomposition of a software project is one of the first tasks of ________.

►Software Engineer

► Software project manager (page 264)

►Software Analyst

►Software tester

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

________ theory when the deliverables of a project are more important than its phases. This normally
happens when the deliverables are decided before the project begins.

►Project life-cycle-based

►Scheduled

►None of given

► Deliverable-based (page 277)

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Risk analysis and management are a series of steps that help a software team to understand and
manage________.

► Uncertainty (page 305)

►Crises

►None of given

►Problem

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

►
►
Lessons learned are important to document because on organization can use them to improve future
projects and the Project Management process. Therefore, in project closing procedures, it is helpful to
review the:

► Checklists for risk identification (Not Sure)

►WBS

Original contract

All of given

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Predecessor activities need to________ before the next can begin. After a predecessor activity is
completed, the successor activity becomes the predecessor for another activity.

►Both start and end

► End (page 297)
►Start

►None of given

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

To________ risks from occurring, the project team prepares the risk plan before the commencement of
the project.

► Avoid (page 312)

►Deal

►None of given

►Manage

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Each________ can be subdivided into sub tasks.

►None of given

►Program ► Task (page

275)
►Project

►
►
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A________ is defined as "the work breakdown that covers the acquisition of a specific defense material
item and is related to contractual effort."

► Program WBS (page 250)

►Contract WBS

►Contract Program WBS

►None of given

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Scheduling for software engineering projects can be viewed from________ rather different
perspectives.

►One

► Two (page 284) Three

Four

►
►
Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Design decomposition of a software project is a division of the system into

► Operational components (page 267)

►High level Components

►Low level Modules

►High level Components and Low level Modules

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A change in the arrangement of tasks can occur on the basis of ______ theories of WBS.

► Two (page 277)

►Three

►Four

►Single

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In ______ the planner develops estimates of the information domain.

► Function point sizing (page 227)

►Standard component sizing

►Change sizing

►All of given

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

________ theory when the deliverables of a project are more important than its phases. This normally
happens when the deliverables are decided before the project begins.

►Project life-cycle-based

►
 ►Scheduled

►None of given

► Deliverable-based (page 277)

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Over the course of the project, a comparison of the due date and the date delivered provides a metric
for how well deliverable dates are ______ by the project team.

► Met (page 274)

►Scheduled

►None of given Changed

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A ______ extends the Program WBS to a lower level in order to provide management and cost
information to the Government.

►Programs WBS

► Contracts WBS (page 249)

►Contract Program WBS

►None of given

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Software project ______ is an activity that distributes estimated effort across the planned project duration
by allocating the effort to specific software engineering tasks.

► Scheduling (page 284)

►Cost Estimation

►Risk Management

►Both Later and Meddle Stage

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Using PERT and CPM______, helps you complete a project on time. By using these techniques, you can
determine the latest time by when an activity should start to be completed on time.

► Individually ►
Combination

►Individual and Combine (page 296)

►None of given

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A node on a network schedule is that point in time at which an activity______.

► Begins

► Begins or Ends (page 297)

►Ends

►None of given

CS615 Quizzes
1) The overall role of Software in a larger system is identified during

Requirements engineering

Process engineering

System engineering

All of given

2) The British Standards Institution (1986) has stated the quality as

The ability of a software product to satisfy its specified requirements

"An inherent or distinguishing characteristic or a property"

“Quality is in the eye of the beholder, a matter, of the client's judgment.” All of the
given

3) McCall (MCC77) and his colleagues proposed some software quality factors based on _______ most important
aspects of a software product:

3
6

4) Inefficient project management style is a

Product-related problems

Technology-related problems

Process-related problems

People-related problems

5) Upon evaluating current problems and desired information (input and output), the analyst begins to ______

Synthesize solutions
Model

Specification

All of given

6) These all are Product Revision Factors except

Usability

Maintainability

Flexibility
Testability
 7) We can classify the problems that affect software projects into _______ categories

4
5

8) The check-in and checkout facilities provide_________

Best control

Component control

SCI control

Synchronization control

9) The code generation step performs the task

Translated specification into a machine-readable form

Translated design into a machine-readable form

Translated requirements into a machine-readable form

Translated user data into a machine-readable form

10) Research-oriented software development is a

Technology-related problems

Process-related problems

People-related problems

Product-related problems

11) A meeting is conducted at a _______ and attended by both software engineers and customers.
Software engineer site

Neutral site
Customer site

Company site

12) Reviews conducted at each of this phase/s_____

Analysis

Design

Coding

All of given

13) All given below are the problems that affect software projects except:

Product-related problems

Technology-related problems

Procedure-related problems
People-related problems

14) _______is the technical kernel of software engineering

Design
Implementation

Testing

Requirement Analysis

15) Both the software engineer and customer take an active role in software requirements engineering-a set of
activities that is often referred to as

Analysis
Design

Specification

System acceptance
 16) The model serves as the basis for the creation of ______ for the Software.
Design

Maintenance

Testing

Specifications

17) Before requirements can be analyzed, modeled, or specified they must be gathered through a/an _______

Elicitation process
Interviewing

Meeting

None of given

18) Technology-related problems include _____

Overestimated savings from reusable components and new tools and methods

Switching tools in mid way

Integrating different software products in cross-platform implementation

All of given

19) Insufficient identification is a

Technology-related problems

Process-related problems
People-related problems

Product-related problems

20) Throughout evaluation and solution synthesis, the analyst's primary focus is on
______

―Not what, not "how" "What, also

"how"

"What, not "how"

None of given

21) The overall role of Software in a larger system is identified during

Requirements engineering

Process engineering

System engineering

All of given

22) In problem evaluation area of effort, once problems have been identified, the ___________determines what
information is to be produced by the new system and what data will be provided to the system.

Analyst
Designer

Coder

Manager

23) A ‗facilitator‘ controls the meeting can be ________

Customer

A developer

An outsider

All of given

24) Version control combines ______ to manage different versions of configuration objects that are
created during software product development.

Procedure

Tools

Procedure and Tools

None of given
 25) Many software projects digress from the original scope because of the nature of the software
product or technology used, it‘s happen in ________

Product scope changed toward the end of the project life cycle

Research-oriented software development

Defined scope

Fuzzy users

26) When you build a product or system, it's important to go through a series of predictable steps – a
road map that helps you create a timely, high-quality result, The road map that you follow is called
a ________

Software design

Software process
Software schedule

Framework

27) Before requirements can be analyzed, modeled, or specified they must be gathered through a/an
_______

Elicitation process
Interviewing

Meeting

None of given

28) Defined scope is a

Technology-related problems

Product-related problems
Process-related problems

People-related problems

CS615 MCQ
1) Which of the items listed below is not one of the software engineering layers?
Process

Manufacturing (page 130)

Methods

Tools

2) The software quality assurance activity which is performed to check errors in logic, function, or implementation
for any representation of the software is called:

Inspection

Formal technical review(s) (page 126)

Walkthrough

Auditing

3) The nature of software applications can be characterized by their information.

Complexity (page 4, 7)
Content

Determinacy

Content and determinacy

4) Extent to which the program can be used in more than one program or system is called -------

Portability

Reusability (page 121)

Interoperability

Configurability

5) Cost, effort, risks, and resources are the factors included in--------

Estimation (page 222)

Testing

Development

Maintenance
 6) Which of the following tools and techniques shows the impacts of one decision over another as well as the
probability and cost of each risk along a logical path?

Simulation

Decision tree
Probability / impact risk matrix

Sensitivity analysis

7) There are ________ types of Work Breakdown Structures.

Two (page 249)

Three

Four

None of given

8) Which of the following is displayed as an S-curve?

Gantt

Cost baseline
Critical path

PERT

9) To aid planning, scheduling, and monitoring a project, you can use tools______

PERT and CPM Timeline

Charts and Gantt charts

Both of given (page 228)

None of given

10) CSOM stands for______

Computer system operator's manual (page 173)

Computer system offered manual

Computer software operator's manual

Computer system obvious manual

11) The DID s (Data Item Description) includes a section called ________

Formal Documentation

Preparation Instruction (page 171)

Associated Documentation

Effective Resolution

12) ________ is identifying the specific activities that must be performed to produce the various project
deliverables.

Scope Planning

Scope Definition

Activity Definition (page 38, 138)

Activity Duration Estimating

13) Effective project managers_______

Are good motivators, communicators, supports team members and stand up to upper
management where necessary?

Lead by example

Are visionary

All of given

14) _____ identifying and documenting interactivity dependencies.

Activity Definition Activity

Sequencing Activity (page 38,138)

Duration Estimating

Resource Planning

15) To expand or contract project scope, to modify cost, or schedule estimates are examples of ________

Work results
Change request (page 156)
Change schedule

Change scope

16) ______ is based on soft skills and relies more on human factors, such as collecting information during group
discussions.

Source lines of Code (SLOC)

Function Point (FP) Constructive

Cost Model (COCOMO)

Delphi technique (page 228)

17) The Data Item Descriptions define the formal documentation standards for all required documents generated
during the development of software according to standard:

2276

2167 (page 172)

1267

2267

18) There are _________Planning Process Tasks.

Ten

Thirteen

Fifteen (page 138)

Seventeen

19) Lessons learned are important to document because an organization can use them to improve
future projects and the Project Management process. Therefore, in project closing procedures, it is
helpful to review the,

Checklists for risk identification

WBS

Original contract

All of given
 20) __________ technique used to integrate the project‘s scope, schedule, and resources and to
measure and report project performance from initiation to closeout:

PMIS

EVM (page 154)

Stakeholder skills and knowledge

PV

CS615 more MCQ’s

1) The final activity for a project manager is___________

Project closedown (page 80)

Project implementation

Project execution

Project Quality

2) All given below are the problems that affect software projects except:

Product-related problems

Technology-related problems

Procedure-related problems (page 85)

People-related problems

3) The requirements phase precedes the design phase.

True (page268)
False

4) Software engineers do not need to consider hardware when designing a computer-based system.

True (Not Sure)

False
 5) ------------- refers to the quantifiable outcome of the software project.

Schedule

Effort

Size (page 226)

Resource

6) Adding more people to a project that is already behind schedule is a good way to catch up.

True (page 82)

False

7) Discrete portions of the project that can be charged to a single organization are called -----------------

Work packages (page 250)

Deliverables

Tasks

Activities

8) The --------------- decomposition of a software project is a division of the system into its operational components
as they are seen by the user.

Design

Functional (page 267)

Project

Planning

9) Efficiency with which a program runs on different platforms or operating systems is called -------

Configurability

Reusability

Interoperability

Portability (page 121)

10) Ease with which a program is tested is called --------------

Flexibility

Testability (page 121)

Maintainability

Reusability

11) The first activity in risk analysis is risk management.

True

False (page 73)

12) Both the software engineer and customer take an active role in software requirements engineering-a set of
activities that is often referred to as Requirement:

Managing

Recognition

Analysis (page 92)

Modeling

13) Which one the following components are purchased from a third party, are ready for use on the current project
and have been fully validated?

Software
Off – the – shelf

Hardware

Microsoft

14) Function Points are language dependent approach to estimating software development effort.

True

False

15) The first step in project planning is to --------------------

Determine the budget

Select a team organizational model

Determine the project constraints

Establish the objectives and scope
Mid MCQ‘s

16) Describe where the work must be performed. Specify the location of hardware and software and where the
people must perform the work is called __________

Scope of work

Location of Work (page 220)

Period of Performance

Deliverables Schedule

17) Faizan is the project manager working on the Resource Planning process. He should consider all of the
following when developing the resource requirements output except:

WBS

Supply purchase policies

Resource rates
Special knowledge and talents

18) All of the following are true regarding the tools and techniques of activity sequencing except:

GERT uses analogous methods

GERT allows for loops

GERT is a conditional diagramming method

GERT allows for conditional branches

19) Faisal Dar is a project manager for Changing Tides Video games. He has produced a project network diagram
and has updated the activity list. Which process have he just finished?

The Activity Sequencing process, which identifies all the specific activities of the project The Activity
Sequencing process, which identifies all the activities dependences The activity duration
Estimating process, which diagram project network time estimates? The activity duration Estimating
process, which identifies all the dependent activities of the project?

20) Faisal Dar is a project manager for Changing Tides Video games. He has gathered the inputs of for the Activity
Duration Estimation process. He will employ which tools and techniques to produce the outputs for this
process?
Activity list, analogous estimating, quality based durations, and alternatives identification

Activity list, analogous estimating, expert judgment, and quality based durations

Expert judgment, analogous estimating, quality based durations, and reserve time Expert judgment,
alternative identification, quality based durations, and reserve time

21) As a project manager, you know that all of the following are true concerning analogous estimating techniques
except:

It’s a qualitatively based estimating technique

It‘s a Top-down estimating technique

It‘s a tool and technique of Activity Duration Estimating and Cost Estimating

It‘s a form of expert judgment

22) All of the following are true regarding parametric modeling except:

It‘s a form of Top-down estimating

It‘s a mathematical model

It‘s a tool used to estimate project costs

It’s a tool used to estimate project time
23) Which logical relationship does the PDM use most often?

Start to finish

Start to start

Finish to finish

Finish to start (page 381)

24) One of the most powerful leadership tools a project manager is has his/her_______

Own knowledge

Own experience

Own behavior
Own reference
 25) The organization structure that provides the project manager with the most authority over the project team
is:

Functional

Balanced matrix

Strong matrix

Projectized (page 53, 198, 199)

26) Using an EFFORT RATIO for each type of change in________

Fuzzy logic sizing

Function point sizing

Changing sizing (page 227)

Standard component sizing

27) What is one of the problems with project management software?

The project manager manages the software instead of the project

Project duration calculations are sometimes approximate

You cannot override the project management software decisions regarding schedule

It‘s expensive and difficult to use

28) If you know expected value is 500 and the standard deviation is 12, you can ay with approximately a 95 percent
confidence rating which of the following?

The activity will take between 488 and 512 days

The activity will take between 464 and 536 days

The activity will take between 494 and 506 days

The activity will take between 476 and 524 days

29) If your expected value is 110 and the standard deviation is 12, which of the following is true?

There is approximately a 99 percent chance of completing this activity between 86 and 134 days

There is approximately a 68 percent chance of completing this activity between 98 and 122 days
 There is approximately a 95 percent chance of completing this activity between 98 and 122 days There is
approximately a 75 percent chance of completing this activity between 86 and 134 days

30) All of the following strategies are tools and techniques of Risk Response Planning used to reduce or control risk
except?

Mitigation

Simulation (page 309,337)

Avoidance

Acceptance

31) Object points are measurable code sections in an object-oriented programming language, such as________

C++

Ada

Java

All of the Given (page 237)

32) __________ involves determining what qualities are to be used to perform project activities.

Resource planning (page 21)

Cost estimating

Cost budgeting

Cost control

33) The resources assigned to them will significantly influences the duration of most activities.

True
False

34) Using the intermediate COCOMO technique effort is calculated in___________

Two-step process

Three-step process (page 233)

Four-step process
Five-step process

35) Which of the following is true regarding NPV?

NPV assumes reinvestment at the cost of capital

NPV decisions should be made based on the highest value for all of the selections

NPV assumes reinvestment at the prevailing rate

NPV assumes reinvestment at the NPV rate

36) Hasnain is a project manager for VU International. Since he doesn‘t sleep much, he gets a lot of project work
done. He is considering recommending a project that costs Rs. 575‘000, and expected inflows are Rs. 25000
per quarter for the first 2 years, then Rs. 75000 per quarter thereafter. What is the pay back period?

40 months

38 months
39 months
41 months

37) Mathematical models using linear, dynamic, integer, or algorithm models are considered:

Project selection criteria

A form of expert judgment

Project selection methods

A form of historical information

38) WBS Is Not:

The WBS should contains 100% of the work defined by the scope or contract

Development of WBS should involve the entire project team

A listing of tasks or activities (page 248)

Should captures all deliverables (Internal, External, Interim) in terms of work to be completed

39) COMSAT project selection committee used a weighted scoring model and found that project BAT, with a score
of 54, should be chosen over the other competing projects. Which of the following is true?
Weighted scoring models are a benefit measurement method, which is tool and technique in the Initiation
process
Weighted scoring models are constraint optimization method, which is output of the Initiation process

Weighted scoring models are constraint optimization method, which is tool and technique in the
Initiation process

Weighted scoring models are a benefit measurement method, which is output of the Initiation
process

40) Obtaining forma project plan approval and sign-off is important for all of the following reason except:

Stakeholders are aware of the specific details regarding project schedule, budgets, and risk.

Stakeholders will be more likely to cooperate.

Stakeholders are aware of the project details, which makes them more likely to participate in future project
decisions.

Stakeholders are able to recommend a project planning methodology to follow throughout the remaining
process group.

41) All of the following are true regarding the project plan except:

Some of its input and outputs from other planning processes

It‘s used to guide the project Executing and Controlling processes and it is the baseline used to measure
project performance

It consists of one document that should be formally approved and signed by stakeholder It contains
things like the WBS, project schedule, and resource assignment

42) An activities list is typically shown in this ways.

It can be shown as an outline

It can be shown as an outline or it can be graphically presented (page 257)

It can be graphically presented

None of the given

43) Always remember that projects are in dynamic working environments, so try to maintain flexibility in the work
breakdown structure.
Always true (page 283)
Always false

Sometimes true sometimes false

Depends on condition

44) To create a schedule, you can use project management tools;

Gantt charts

Network-scheduling techniques

PERT

All of given (page 285)

45) Usman is project manager for a new website for a local zoo. He needs to perform Quantitative Risk Analysis.
He will use all of the following tools and techniques to accomplish this except:

Overall risk ranking for the project

List of prioritized risk

Inputs to other processes

List of risks for additional analysis and management

46) Which of the following describes the cost of quality associated with scrapping, rework, and downtime?

Internal failure
External failure

Prevention cost Appraisal cost

47) Choudhary & Brothers hardware vendor left you voicemail saying that a snowstorm in the Midwest will
prevent your equipment from arriving on time. You identified a risk response for this risk and have arranged
for a local company to lease you the needed equipment until yours arrives. This is an example of which risk
response strategy?

Transference

Acceptance
Mitigation
Avoidance

48) What document outlines the action steps to be taken if an identified risk event should occur?

Project plan

Corrective action Plan

Contingency Plan

Risk response plan (page 188,42, 338)

49) Tools and techniques for risk identification include all but:

Checklist

Risk assessment
Interviewing

Assumption analysis

50) Tools and techniques for Performance reporting are:

Performance review

Variance analysis

Trend analysis

All of the given

51) Analogous estimating is a form of _________

Expert Judgment (page 73)

Bottom up estimating

Delphi method

Computerized estimating

52) ____________ is another term for top down estimating.

Life cycle costing

Parametric modeling

Analogous estimating
Work package

53) Assumptions generally involve:

A degree of risk (page 153)

Financial control

Historical information

Lesson learned

54) Receivers in the communications model filter their information through all of the following except:

Culture

Knowledge of subject

Conflict
Language

55) The presence of which of the given factors is mandatory in a quality assured software

Change adaptive

Faulty

Correctness

Both Change adaptive and Correctness

56) Which of the following testing technique is followed to ensure that the software user requirements are
being met?

White box

Gray box

Blue box

Black box (page 106)

57) Which of the following testing techniques is usually used during implementation of individual modules?
White Box
Black Box

Integration testing

None of given

58) How do the dynamic testers confirm that the executions of a program (other than the expected execution
of a program) are running accurately?

Some important program input are selected from the set of all and executed
It is hard to confirm that

The execution of the program other that the intended execution is useless to test None of given

59) The execution of a program is tested by a model based approach in-case of

Formal testing

Dynamic testing

Static testing
Unit testing

60) What is the difference between formal methods and testing?

Formal methods aim at verification and proving correctness, while testing can only show the presence
of errors.
Testing is done only in the third phase of SDLC whereas Formal methods are done in all the phases
of SDLC except Testing phase.

There is no big difference between the both

Testing can only be done after the requirements gathering phase of SDLC whereas Formal methods can be
applied before that.

61) The main idea behind symbolic execution is to use symbolic values, instead of actual data, as input values,
and to represent the values of program variables as symbolic expressions.

True
False

62) The purpose of mutation testing is

To help the tester develop effective tests or

To locate weaknesses in the test data used for the program never accessed during execution
To locate weaknesses in the test data used in sections of the code that are seldom accessed
during execution All of given

63) Which of the following is the example of mutation operators?

Replace each boolean sub expression with true and false.

Replace each arithmetic operation with another one, e.g. + with *, - and /.

Replace each boolean relation with another one, e.g. > with >=, == and <=. All of given

64) Which of the following testing approach is used to test the software functionality that previously worked as
desired, stops working or no longer works in the same way that was previously planned?

Integration testing

Unit testing

Regression testing
Dynamic testing

65) Which of the following can be a type of regression?

Local - changes introduce new bugs.

Unmasked - changes unmask previously existing bugs.

New feature regression

All of given

66) Which of the following testing is required when it needs to test the software after combining the modules
into a group?

Unit

Regression

White box

Integration (page 37)

67) SQA encompasses the entire software development process.
True (page 356)
False

68) The process of software quality assurance (SQA) is designed to prevent software defects and inefficiencies.

True
False

69) There is no difference between software quality assurance and software testing

True

False

70) The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the industry-recognized standard for project management
practices.
The VP of marketing approaches you and requests that you change the visitor logon screen on the
company's website to include a username with at least six characters. This is considered:

Project initiation

Ongoing operations
A project

Project execution

71) Your company manufactures small kitchen appliances. They are introducing a new product
line of appliances in designer colors with distinctive features for kitchens in small spaces. These
new products will be offered indefinitely starting with the spring catalog release. Which of the
following is true?

This is a project because this new product line has never been manufactured and sold by this
company before.

This is an ongoing operation because the company is in the business of manufacturing kitchen
appliances. Introducing designer colors and features is simply a new twist on an existing process.

This is an ongoing operation because the new product line will be sold indefinitely. It's not temporary.

This is not a project or an ongoing operation. This is a new product introduction not affecting ongoing
operations.
 72) Your company manufactures small kitchen appliances. They are introducing a new product
line of appliances in designer colors with distinctive features for kitchens in small spaces. These
new products will be offered indefinitely starting with the spring catalog release. In order to
determine the characteristics and features of the new product line, you will have to perform
which of the following?

Fast tracking

Consulting with the stakeholders

Planning the project life cycle

Progressive elaboration

73) A project is considered successful when:

The product of the project has been manufactured.

The project sponsor announces the completion of the project.

The product of the project is turned over to the operations area to handle the ongoing aspects of the
project.

The project meets or exceeds the expectations of the stakeholders.

74) The VP of customer service has expressed concern over a project you're involved in. His
specific concern is that if the project is implemented as planned, he'll have to purchase
additional equipment to staff his customer service center. The cost is substantial and was not
taken into consideration in the project budget. The project sponsor insists that the project
must go forward as originally planned or the customer will suffer. Which of the following is
true?

1. The VP of customer service is correct. Since the cost was not taken into account at the beginning of the project,
the project should not go forward as planned. Project initiation should be revisited to examine the project plan
and determine how changes can be made to accommodate customer service.

2. The conflict should be resolved in favor of the customer.

3. The conflict should be resolved in favor of the project sponsor.
4. The conflict should be resolved in favor of the VP of customer service.

75) Which of the following brings together a set of tools and techniques used to describe,
organize, and monitor the work of project activities?
Project managers

Guide to the PMBOK

Project management
Stakeholders

76) What are the triple constraints?

Time, schedules, and quality

Time, availability, and quality

Time, money, and schedules

Time, money, and quality (page 29)

77) You are the project manager for a large construction project. The project objective is to
construct a set of outbuildings to house the Olympic support team that will be arriving in your
city 18 months from the project start date. You've been given a budget of $12 million to
complete this project. Resources are easily attained. Which of the triple constraints is the
primary constraint for this project?

Time, because the date cannot be moved

Money, because the budget is set at $12 million

Resources, because they're not fixed

Quality, because the buildings have to be functional and safe

78) You are the project manager for a large construction project. The project objective is to
construct a set of outbuildings to house the Olympic support team that will be arriving in your
city 18 months from the project start date. Resources are not readily available as they are
currently assigned to other projects. Jack, an expert crane operator, is needed for this project
two months from today. Which of the following skills will you use to get Jack assigned to your
project?

Negotiation and influencing skills

Communication and organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills
 79) You are a project manager with technical expertise in the pharmaceutical industry. You've
decided to try your hand at project management in the entertainment industry. Which of the
following is true?

I. You will likely be successful because communication skills are your strong suit. You
anticipate having technical experts on your project team to address industry specifics that
you're not familiar with.

II. You will likely be successful because your organizational skills are excellent. You anticipate
having technical experts on your project team to address industry specifics that you're not familiar
with.

III. You will probably be successful because you have a friend in the entertainment industry that
has briefed you on all the important aspects of this project that you'll need to know. You anticipate
having technical experts on your project team to address industry specifics that you're not familiar
with.

IV. You will probably not be successful because you have little knowledge of the entertainment
industry even though you anticipate having technical experts on your project team to address
industry specifics that you're not familiar with

80) You are managing a project to install a new postage software system that will automatically print
labels and administer postage for certified mailings, overnight packages, and other special mailing
needs. You've attempted to gain the cooperation of the business analyst working on this project and
need some answers. She is elusive and tells you that this project is not her top priority. To avoid
situations like this in the future, you should:

A. Establish the business analyst's duties well ahead of due dates and tell her you'll be reporting
on her performance to her functional manager.
B. Establish the business analyst's duties well ahead of due dates and tell her you are expecting
her to meet these expectations because the customer is counting on the project meeting due dates
to save significant costs on their annual mailings.
C. Negotiate with the business analyst's functional manager during the planning process to
establish expectations and request to participate in the business analyst's annual performance
review.
D. Negotiate with the business analyst's functional manager during the planning process to
establish expectations and inform the functional manager of the requirements of the project.
Agreement from the functional manager will assure the cooperation of the business analyst.

81) The amount of authority a project manager possesses can be related to:
The project manager's communication skills

The organizational structure (page 52)

The amount of authority the manager of the project manager possesses

The project manager's influencing skills

82) What is one of the advantages of a functional structure?

All employees report to one manager and have a clear chain of command.
All employees report to two or more managers, but project team members show loyalty to functional
managers.

The organization is focused on projects and project work.

Teams are collocated.

83) You have been assigned to a project in which the objectives are to direct customer calls to an Interactive Voice
Response system before being connected to a live agent. You are in charge of the media communications for
this project. You report to the project manager in charge of this project and the VP of marketing, who share
responsibility for this project. Which organizational structure do you work in?

Functional organization

Weak matrix organization

Projectized organization

Balanced matrix organization

84) You have been assigned to a project in which the objectives are to expand three miles of the north-south
highway through your city by two lanes in each direction. You are in charge of the demolition phase of this
project, and you report to the project manager in charge of this project. You have been hired on contract and
will be released at the completion of the demolition phase. What type of organizational structure does this
represent?

Functional organization

Weak matrix organization

Projectized organization
Balanced matrix organization

85) What are the five project management process groups, in order?
Initiation, Executing, Planning, Controlling, and Closing

Initiation, Controlling, Planning, Executing, and Closing

Initiation, Planning, Controlling, Executing, and Closing

Initiation, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing (page 131)

86) You have been assigned to a project in which the objectives are to expand three miles of the north-south
highway through your city by two lanes in each direction. You are interested in implementing a new project
process called design-build in order to speed up the project schedule. The idea is that the construction team
will work on the first mile of the highway reconstruction at the same time the design team is coming up with
plans for the third mile of the reconstructionrather than completing all design before any construction begins.
This is an example of:

Managing the projects as a program

Fast tracking (page 15)

Progressive elaboration

Collocation

87) During which project management process are risk and stake holder‘s ability to influence project outcomes the
highest at the beginning of the process?

Planning

Executing

Initiation Controlling

88) You are a project manager working on gathering requirements and establishing estimates for the project.
Which process group are you in?

Planning
Executing

Initiation

Controlling

89) The distinguishing characteristics of a software product are _________

Cyclomatic complexity and cohesion (page 118)

Function points and lines of code
All of the given

None of given

90) Insufficient identification is a

Technology-related problems

Process-related problems (page 86)

People-related problems

Product-related problems

91) ________of the system is an effort to better understand data and control flow, functional processing,
operational behavior, and information content.

Specifications

Design

Model (page 96)

Evaluation and Synthesis

92) These all are Product Transition Factors except

Interoperability

Configurability

Expandability

Testability (page 121)

93) Inefficient project management style is a

Product-related problems

Technology-related problems

Process-related problems

People-related problems (page 86)

94) Software design is actually a multi step process that focuses on distinct attributes of a program, these are:
Data structure, and Software architecture

Interface representations, and procedural detail

Both of given (page 107)

None of given

95) Software requirements analysis may be divided into______ areas of effort.

5 (page 93)
6

96) __________contains an analysis of what went wrong, what went right, and what you could have
done better in the software project.

Prepare closedown report (page 81)

Identify learning

Identify reusable software components

Create reference material

97) Project Quality Management includes the --------------- required to ensure that the project will satisfy
the needs for which it was undertaken

Time

Cost

Processes (page 39)

None of the given

98) -------------- completion and settlement of the contract, including resolution of any open items.

Contract Administration

Source Selection

None of the given

Contract Closeout (page 42, 141)
99) ---------------managing the relationship with the seller.

Source Selection

None of the given

Contract Closeout

Contract Administration (page 42, 140)

100) Decisions also have a --------------------- element to them—the ―right‖ decision may not be the
―best‖ decision if it is made too early or too late.

Cost

Quality

Time (page 34)

None of the given

101) -----------is the ability to encourage by "push or pull" technical people to produce to their best ability.

Evaluating

Motivation (page 47)

None of the given

Monitoring

102) Unproductive work environment is a

Technology-related problems

Process-related problems

People-related problems (page 86)

Product-related problems

103) Strong leadership motivation may sound an obvious trait for a ---------------------.

Leader (page 46)

Manager
Specialist

None of the given

104) We can classify the problems that affect software projects into _________ categories.

4 (page 85)
5

105) Technology-related problems include _______

Overestimated savings from reusable components and new tools and methods

Switching tools in mid way

Integrating different software products in cross-platform implementation All of given

(page 89)

106) The check-in and checkout facilities provide___________

Best control

Component control

SCI control

Synchronization control (page 114)

107) McCall (MCC77) and his colleagues proposed some software quality factors based on most important aspects
of a software product:

Product operation

Product revision and

Product transition

All of the given (page 120)

108) Synchronization control helps to ensure that parallel changes performed by two different people do
___________.
Not overwrite one another (page 114)
Overwrite one another

May overwrite one another

None of given

109) The code generation step performs the task

Translated specification into a machine-readable form

Translated design into a machine-readable form (page 108)

Translated requirements into a machine-readable form

Translated user data into a machine-readable form

110) Before requirements can be analyzed, modeled, or specified they must be gathered through a/an _________

Elicitation process (page 98)

Interviewing

Meeting

None of given

111) The quality of software is said to be high if it meets the,

Standards, defined for the product

Procedures, defined for the product

Standards and procedures, defined for the product (page 118) Design defined
for product

112) A baseline version __________

Have a short life

Can be assigned version numbers 3.2

Tested and certified version of a system (page 115)

Survive only during bug fixing

113) Efficiency with which a program runs on different platforms or operating systems is reusability.
True

False

114) All of the following are types of project closures or endings except:

Addition Integration Verification Extinction

4 Formal types of project ending:

Addition, Starvation, Integration, Extinction

115) The primary focus of _______________ is to ensure that the final software product offers all the
functionality and performance that the customer wanted.

Training test

User acceptance test (page 80)

Implementation test

Support test

116) Ineffective project sponsorship by management is a:

Technology-related problems

Process-related problems

People-related problems (page 85) Product-related

problems

117) Both the software engineer and customer take an active role in software requirements engineering-a set
of activities that is often referred to as

Analysis (page 92)

Specification

Design

System acceptance
 118) Which of the following is not true?

It is important to select the best people for jobs and then instruct them in the best methods

The team leader need not assess the training needs of his team members

It is good to improve productivity by encouraging reuse of existing software components (Not Sure) It would be
good if the employees consider work as natural as rest or play and they like it

CS615 - Software Project Management

Final Term Reference Papers
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Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

________ identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy
them.
► Quality Planning (page 139 )
►Communications Planning

►Organization Planning

►Staff Acquisition

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

These all are outputs of Initiating Process except

►Project Manager Assignments

►Constraints

► Selection Criteria (page 134 )

►Assumptions

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Project management processes can be organized into _____________ groups

►Four
► Five (page 131)
►Six

►Seven
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Product quality depends on its conformance to ______

►Software requirements

►Development standards

►Implicit requirements
► All of given (page 119)

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

_______is the technical kernel of software engineering
► Design (page 107)
►Implementation

►Requirements analysis

►Testing

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Mode of specification has a great impact on quality of solution. Forcing SWE to work with
incomplete, inconsistence, or misleading specifications result in frustration and confusion
affecting:

►Quality

►Timeliness and

►Completeness of SW product

► All of given (page 103)

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Finally, the specification includes a ________

►Bibliography
 - Please choose one

►Appendix
► Both Bibliography and Appendix (page 103)
►Reference

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Cognitive model describes a system as perceived by its _________

► User community (page 103)

►Developer

►Top level management

►Manager

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A review of the Software Requirements Specification is conducted by ________

►Software developer

►Customer
► Both the software developer and the customer (page 106)
►Top level management

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A meeting is conducted at a _________ and attended by both software engineers and
customers.

►Software engineer site

► Neutral site (page 100)
►Customer site

►Company site
 - Please choose one

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The model serves as the basis for the creation of ________ for the Software.

►Design

►Maintenance

►Testing
► Specifications (page 95)

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Throughout evaluation and solution synthesis, the analyst's primary focus is on
► "What, not "how." (page 95)
►Model

►Evaluation and Synthesis

►Specification

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In problem evaluation area of effort, once problems have been identified, the

___________determines what information is to be produced by the new system and what data
will be provided to the system.

► Analyst (page 97)

►Designer

►Coder

►Manager

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 )

Requirements are refined and analyzed to assess their clarity, completeness, and_______

►Correctness
 - Please choose one

► Consistency (page 93)

►Concurrency

►None of given

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A software project that meets all the stated objectives is a success of _________

►Project quality

►Project fundamental purpose

► Project management myth (page 82)
►Project requirement

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

All of the following describe the activity list except:
► It’s an extension of the WBS (page 62)
►It include all activities of the project

►It describe the WBS update

►It include a description of project activities

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Software project are carried out sequentially and that each phase is completed before the next
is taken up.

►The Prototyping Model

►The Incremental Model ► The

Waterfall model (page 67)
►The Spiral model
 - Please choose one

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Project management is a _________of constant communication and negotiation.

►Process

► Concept (page 57)

►Practice

►None of given
 -

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) Please choose one

These all are design phase activities except

►Output Design

►Input Design

► The software test plan (page 16)

►Software Selection

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which organization has set the de facto standards for project management techniques?

►PMBOK

►PMI (page 154)

►PMA

►PMO

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

McCall (MCC77) and his colleagues proposed some software quality factors based on _________ most
important aspects of a software product:

►4
► 3 (page 120)
►6

►5
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The model serves as a foundation for software design and as the basis for the creation of _________
for the Software.

►Design

►Maintenance

►Testing
► Specifications (page 95)

Question No: 23 A ‗facilitator‘ controls the meeting can

be _________.

►Customer

►A developer

►An outsider
► All of the given (page100)

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Cognitive model describes a system as perceived by its _________.

► User Community (page103)

►Developer

►Top level Management

►Manager

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Upon evaluating current problems and desired information (input and output), the analyst begins to
_________.

► Synthesize solutions (page 94)

►Model

►Specification

►All of the Given

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

These all are Product Revision Factors except.

► Usability (page 121)

►Maintainability

►Flexibility

►Testability

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Foundational design concepts are.

►Information Hiding

►Abstraction

►Inheritance

► All of the given (page 107)

Question No: 28
The US DOD (1988) defines software quality rather simply as:
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

► The ability of a software product to satisfy its specified requirements. (Page 118)
►―An inherent or distinguishing characteristic or a property‖

►―Quality is in the eye of the beholder, a matter, of the client's judgment.‖

►All of the given

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

—defining and refining objectives and selecting the best of the alternative courses of action to
attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to address

►Initial Process
► Planning Process (page 131)
►Executing Process

►Controlling Process

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

When you build a product or system, it‘s important to go through a series of predictable steps – a
road map that helps you create a timely, high-quality result, The road map that you follow is called
—

►Software Design

► Software Process (page 10)

►Software schedule

►Framework
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Each process is described by:

►Inputs

►Outputs

►Tools & Techniques

► All of the given (page 131)
Question No: 32
McCall (MCC77) and his colleagues proposed some software quality factors based on _________ most
important aspects of a software product:

►4
► 3 (page 120)
►6

►5

Question No: 33 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

— ensures that appropriate steps to follow the product development procedures are carried out

►Quality Management ►
Design
► Process monitoring (page 123)
►Quality control
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 34 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Cognitive model describes a system as perceived by its _________

► User community (page 103)

►Developer

►Top level management

►Manager

Question No: 35 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Synchronization control helps to ensure that parallel changes performed by two different people
do_________.

► Not overwrite one another (page 114)

►Overwrite one another

►May overwrite one another

►None of given

Question No: 36
These all are Product Transition Factors except.

►Interoperability

►Configurability

►Expandability
► Testability (page 121)
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 37 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

To control versions, you can use _________.

►Version Control File

► Version Control Register (page 111)
►Version Control Authority

►All of the given

Question No: 38 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The Introduction of the software requirements specification states the

►Goals

►Objective

►Design
► Goals and objectives of the software (page 104)

Question No: 39 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The British Standards Institution (1986) has stated the quality as

►The ability of a software product to satisfy its specified requirements

►―An inherent or distinguishing characteristic or a property‖

► “Quality is in the eye of the beholder, a matter, of the client's judgment.” (Page 118) ►
All of the given
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 40 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The check-in and checkout facilities provide___________

►Best control

►FTR control

►SCI control

► Synchronization control (page 114)

Question No: 41
A baseline version __________

►Have a short life

►Can be assigned version numbers 3.2

► Tested and certified version of a system (page 115)

► Survive only during bug fixing

Question No: 42 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

You can use the Item Traceability Matrix to identify _______ at the end of each phase

► SCIs (page 110)

►SCM

►Design

► Construction
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 43 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Defined scope is a

►Technology-related problems

► Product-related problems (page 89)

►Process-related problems

► People-related problems

Question No: 44 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Software requirements engineering is a process of all except

►Discovery

►Refinement

► Design (page 92)

► Specification

Question No: 45
The model serves as the basis for the creation of ________ for the Software.

►Design

► Maintenance

►Testing
► Specifications (page 95)

Question No: 46 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Most software project manager‘s practice a lot of management techniques that are of doubtful
authenticity are called

►Project management tools

► Project management myths (page 81)

►Project management thumb rules

► Project management fundamentals

Question No: 47 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The Introduction of the software requirements specification states the

►Goals

►Objective

►Design
► Goals and objectives of the software (page 104)

Question No: 48 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The quality of software is said to be high if it meets the

►Standards, defined for the product

► Procedures, defined for the product

► Standards and procedures, defined for the product (page 118) ►

Design defined for product

Question No: 49 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Both the software engineer and customer take an active role in software requirements engineering-a
set of activities that is often referred to as Requirement:

►Managing
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

► Recognition ►
Analysis (page 92)
► Modeling

Question No: 50
The Efficiency with which a program runs on different platforms or operating systems is called :

►Portability (page 121)

► Reusability

► Configurability

► Interoperability

Question No: 51 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Efficiency with which a program runs on different platforms or operating systems is Reusability

►True
► False (page 121)

Question No: 52 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

________ is a software engineering task that bridges the gap between system level requirements
engineering and software design.

►Cost Analysis

► Design analysis

► Risk analysis
► Requirements analysis (page 93)
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 53 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

________ is path finding________, is path following

► Leadership, Management (page 45)

► Leader, Leadership

► Management, Leadership

► Manager, Management
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 54 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

________ theory when the deliverables of a project are more important than its phases. This normally
happens when the deliverables are decided before the project begins. Select correct option

►Project life-cycle-based

► Scheduled
► Deliverable-based (page 277)
► None of given

Question No: 55 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Predecessor activities need to ________ before the next can begin. After a predecessor activity is
completed, the successor activity becomes the predecessor for another activity. Select correct option:

►Start

► Scheduled
► End page (page 297)
► None of given

Question No: 56 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Each ________ can be subdivided into sub tasks.

►Program
► Task (page 275)
►Project

► None of given

Question No: 57 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Using PERT and CPM, ________ , helps you complete a project on time. By using these techniques, you
can determine the latest time by when an activity should start to be completed on time.
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

►Individually

►Combination

► Individual and Combine (page 296)

► None of given

Question No: 58 ( Marks: 1 ) -

Over the course of the project, a comparison of the due date and the date delivered provides a metric
for how well deliverable dates are ________ by the project team. Select correct option:

► Met (page 274)

►Scheduled

►Changed

► None of given

Question No: 59 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Risk analysis and management are a series of steps that help a software team to understand and
manage ________.

► Uncertainty (page 305)

►Crises

►Problem

► None of given

Question No: 60 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A node on a network schedule is that point in time at which an activity ________.

►Begins

►Ends
► Begins or Ends (page 297)
► None of given
 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Question No: 61 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

To ________risks from occurring, the project team prepares the risk plan before the commencement of
the project.

► Avoid (page 312)

►Deal

►End Manage

► None of given

Question No: 62 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The first activity in risk analysis is risk management.

►True
► False (page 73)
Question No: 63 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
During the Implementation phase the software modules are coded and initial unit tests are performed.

►True
► False

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