SDLC/SEPM MCQs based on UML, Extreme Programming, Agility, Development Models

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The MCQs are based on basics of Software Project Management. The topics included are UML Diagrams, SRS (Software Requirements Specification), Software Development Models, Agility, Scrum and Extreme Programming. These are the general topics in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), also known as Software Engineering and Project Management (SEPM).

Q 1) Which view in architectural design shows the key abstraction in the system as objects or classes?

a. Physical
b. Development
c. Logical
d. Process

Solution: c) Logical

Q 2) What describes the data and control to be processed?

a. Planning process
b. Software scope
c. External hardware
d. Project complexity

Solution: b) Software scope

Q 3) Which of the following is a building block of UML?

a. Things
b. Relationships
c. Diagrams
d. All of the mentioned

Solution: d) All of the mentioned

Q 4) The UML was designed for describing _____.

a. Object oriented systems
b. Architectural design
c. SRS
d. Both object oriented systems and Architecture design

Solution: d) Both object oriented systems and Architecture design

Q 5) Which of the following process ensures that version of systems and components are recorded and maintained?

a. Codeline
b. Configuration control
c. Version
d. Workspace

Solution: b) Configuration control

Q 6) Which diagram in UML emphasizes the time-ordering of messages?

a. Activity
b. Sequence
c. Collaboration
d. Class

Solution: b) Sequence

Q 7) Which requirements are the foundation from which quality is measured?

a. Hardware
b. Software
c. Programmers
d. None of the above

Solution: b) Software

Q 8) Which of the following is an important factor that can affect the accuracy and efficacy of estimates?

a. Project size
b. Planning process
c. Project complexity
d. Degree of structural uncertainty

Solution: a) Project size

Q 9) Which of the following categories is part of the output of the software process?

a. Computer programs
b. Documents that describe the computer programs
c. Data
d. All of the above

Solution: d) All of the above

Q 10) What combines procedures and tools to manage different versions of configuration objects that are created during the software process?

a. Change control
b. Version control
c. SCIs
d. None of the above

Solution: b) Version control

Q 11) Which of the following are the valid relationships is use case diagrams?

a. Generalization
b. Include
c. Extend
d. All of the above

Solution: d) All of the above

Q 12) Which of the following is not an adaptation criteria for software projects?

a. Size of projects
b. Customers complaints
c. Project staff
d. Mission criticality

Solution: b) Customers complaints

Q 13) Which of the following is not a SQA plan for a project?

a. Evaluation to be performed
b. Amount of technical work
c. Audits and reviews to be performed
d. Documents to be produced by the SQA group

Solution: b) Amount of technical work

Q 14) What evaluates the risk associated with the technology to be implemented as part of project scope?

a. Concept scoping
b. Preliminary concept planning
c. Technology risk assessment
d. Customer reaction to the concept

Solution: b) Preliminary concept planning

Q 15) Which of the following processes is concerned with analyzing the costs and the benefits of proposed changes?

a. Change management
b. Version management
c. System building
d. Release management

Solution: a) Change management

Q 16) Which method recommends that very frequent system builds should be carried out with automated testing to discover software problems?

a. Agile method
b. Parallel compilation method
c. Large systems method
d. All of the mentioned

Solution: a) Agile method

Q 17) A sequence of baselines representing different versions of a system is known as ______.

a. System building
b. Mainline
c. Software Configuration Item (SCI)
d. None of the mentioned

Solution: b) Mainline

Q 18) Architectural design is a creative process satisfying only functional requirements of a system.

a. True
b. False

Solution: b) False

Q 19) Software configuration management can be administered in several ways. These include ____.

a. A single software configuration management team for the whole organization
b. A separate configuration management team for each project
c. Software Configuration distribution among the project members
d. All of the mentioned

Solution: a) A single software configuration management team for the whole organization

Q 20) Which of the following is not a maturity level in CMM?

a. Design
b. Repeat
c. Managed
d. Optimizing

Solution: c) Managed

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