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Software Project Management → Introduction to SPM 4

Which of the following is not project management goal?
avoiding customer complaints
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What is the solution for Structural design?
specification model is structure chart showing procedure calling hierarchy and flow of data in and out of procedures
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Select the incorrect statement: “Software engineers should
be dependent on their colleagues.”
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                          &                           are two kinds of software products.
generic, customised
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Software Project Management → Project Planning 4

Which of the following is not considered as a risk in project management?
testing
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Which of the following is an incorrect method for structural design?
handling of larger and more complex products
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Efficiency in a software product does not include                  
licensing
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Which one of the following is not an application of embedded software product?
pattern recognition game playing
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Software Project Management → Project Scheduling 4

The process each manager follows during the life of a project is known as
project management life cycle
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What is followed by the design task?
all of the mentioned
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The reason for software bugs and failures is due to
both software companies and developers
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Purpose of process is to deliver software
both in time & with acceptable quality
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Software Project Management → Risk Management 4

A 66.6% risk is considered as
high
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Which of this analysis are not acceptable?
object oriented design always dominates structural design
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Which of these are not among the eight principles followed by Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice ?
environment
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Which of the following activities of a Generic Process framework provides a feedback report?
deployment
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Software Project Management → Cost Estimation 4

Which of the following is/are main parameters that you should use when computing the costs of a software development project?
all of the mentioned
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Which of these does not represent object oriented design?
it follows regular procedural decomposition in favor of class and object decomposition
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Which of these does not account for software failure ?
increasing supply
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Which one of the following is not an Umbrella Activity that complements the five process framework activities and help team manage and control progress, quality, change, and risk.
user reviews
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Software Project Management → PERT and CPM 4

Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for
project
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Choose the correct option in terms of Issues related to professional responsibility
both confidentiality & intellectual property rights
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What are attributes of good software ?
software maintainability & functionality
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Four types of change are encountered during the support phase.Which one of the following is not one that falls into such category?
translation
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Software Project Management → Resource Management 4

Which of the following is incorrect activity for the configuration management of a software system?
internship management
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“Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”Here the term misuse refers to:
all of the mentioned
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Which of these is true ?
all of the mentioned
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SCM stands for
software configuration management
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Software Project Management → Software Metrics 4

Which of these truly defines Software design?
all of the mentioned
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Explain what is meant by PRODUCT with reference to one of the eight principles as per the ACM/IEEE Code of Ethics ?
software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible
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Which of these does not affect different types of software as a whole?
flexibility
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When code is made available to others, it goes in a/an
access-controlled library
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Software Project Management → Quality Assurance 4

Which of these describes stepwise refinement?
all of the mentioned
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Identify an ethical dilemma from the situations mentioned below:
your employer releases a safety-critical system without finishing the testing of the system
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The fundamental notions of software engineering does not account for ?
software validation
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Which of the following is not a main phase in Configuration Management (CM) Process?
none of the mentioned
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Software Project Management → Project Monitoring 4

What is incorrect about structural design?
the advantage is data flow representation
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Identify the correct statement: “Software engineers shall
act consistently with the public interest.”
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Which one of the following is not a software process quality?
portability
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What allows different projects to use the same source files at the same time?
version control
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