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) What is a collection of operations that specify a service of a class or component?

a. Use case
b. Actor
c. Interface
d. Relationship

Solution: c) Interface

Q 2) What is an object?

a. An object is an instance of a class
b. An object includes encapsulation of data
c. An object is not an instance of a class
d. All of the mentioned

Solution: a) An object is an instance of a class

Q 3) Every task that is scheduled should be assigned to a specific team member is termed as ______.

a. Defined outcomes
b. Defined milestones
c. Defined responsibilities
d. None of the above

Solution: c) Defined responsibilities

Q 4) Which is a software configuration management concept that helps us to control change without seriously impeding justifiable change?

a. Baselines
b. Source codes
c. Data model
d. None of the above

Solution: b) Source codes

Q 5) Which of the following is not a software configuration management activity?

a. Configuration item identification
b. Risk management
c. Release management
d. Branch management

Solution: b) Risk management

Q 6) Which one of the following is not a maintenance model?

a. Waterfall model
b. Reuse-oriented model
c. Iterative enhancement model
d. Quick fix model

Solution: a) Waterfall model

Q 7) Which of the following is not a version management feature?

a. Version and release identification
b. Build script generation
c. Project support
d. Change history recording

Solution: b) Build script generation

Q 8) Which of the following is a collection of component versions that make up a system?

a. Version
b. Codeline
c. Baseline
d. None of the above

Solution: c) Baseline

Q 9) A project usually has a timeline chart which was developed by _____.

a. Henry Gantt
b. Barry Boehm
c. Ivar Jacabson
d. None of the above

Solution: a) Henry Gantt

Q 10) What complements the formal technical review by assessing a configuration object for characteristics that are generally not considered during review?

a. Software configuration audit
b. Software configuration management
c. Baseline
d. None of the above

Solution: a) Software configuration audit

Q 11) Which of the following is an activity that distributes estimated effort across the planned project duration by allocating the effort to specific software engineering tasks?

a. Software Macroscopic schedule
b. Software Project scheduling
c. Software Detailed schedule
d. None of the above

Solution: d) None of the above

Q 12) Which of the following is a configuration item?

a. Design and Test specification
b. Source code
c. Log information
d. All of the above

Solution: d) All of the above

Q 13) Which things are dynamic parts of UML models?

a. Structural things
b. Behavioral things
c. Grouping things
d. Annotational things

Solution: b) Behavioral things

Q 14) Who identifies, documents and verifies that corrections have been made to the software?

a. Project manager
b. Project team
c. SQA group
d. All of the above

Solution: c) SQA group

Q 15) Classes and interfaces are part of _____.

a. Structural things
b. Behavioral things
c. Grouping things
d. Annotational things

Solution: a) Structural things

Q 16) CMM stands for _______.

a. Capability Management Module
b. Conservative Maturity Model
c. Capability Maturity Module
d. Capability Maturity Model

Solution: d) Capability Maturity Model

Q 17) What is a collection of software engineering work tasks, milestones, and deliverables that must be accomplished to complete a particular project?

a. Task set
b. Degree of milestone
c. Adaptation criteria
d. All of the mentioned.

Solution: a) Task set

Q 18) Which of the following is the reason that software is delivered late?

a. Changing customer requirements that are not reflected in schedule changes
b. Technical difficulties that could not have been foreseen in advance
c. Human difficulties that could not have been foreseen in advance
d. All of the above

Solution: d) All of the above

Q 19) Which of the following is not tracked by configuration management tools?

a. Tracking of changed proposals
b. Storing versions of system components
c. Tracking the releases of system versions to customers
d. None of the mentioned

Solution: d) None of the mentioned

Q 20) What is not included in the prevention costs?

a. Quality planning
b. Formal technical reviews
c. Test equipment
d. Equipment calibration and maintenance

Solution: d) Equipment calibration and maintenance

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