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Software Project Management → Introduction to SPM 4

Which view in architectural design shows the key abstractions in the system as objects or object classes?
logical
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If an Indirect approach is taken, then the sizing approach is represented as
fp
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Which of the following is not an approach to software cost estimation?
critical
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Which of the following is not a sign that indicates that an information systems project is in jeopardy?
sponsorship is gained
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Software Project Management → Project Planning 4

Which of the following is a type of Architectural Model?
all of the mentioned
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2 COLLECTION OF DATA
popularity
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Which paradigm relies on the natural compartmentalization of a problem and organizes team members to work on pieces of the problem with little active communication among themselves?
closed paradigm
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SPMP stands for
software project management plan
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Software Project Management → Project Scheduling 4

Why is decomposition technique required?
all of the mentioned
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PM-CMM stands for
people management capability maturity model
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Who interacts with the software once it is released for production use?
end-users
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Which of the following categories is part of the output of software process?
all of the mentioned
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Software Project Management → Risk Management 4

If a Direct approach to software project sizing is taken, size can be measured in
loc
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Which of the following is not a project manager’s activity?
project design
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Which of the following is not an effective project manager trait?
none of the mentioned
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4 COST MONITORING
baselines
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Software Project Management → Cost Estimation 4

Which software project sizing approach develop estimates of the information domain characteristics?
function point sizing
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A software                  provides the framework from which a comprehensive plan for software development can be established.
process
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Which type of software engineering team has a defined leader who coordinates specific tasks and secondary leaders that have responsibility for sub tasks?
controlled decentralized (cd)
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Software Configuration Management can be administered in several ways. These include
a single software configuration management team for the whole organization
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Software Project Management → PERT and CPM 4

How many forms exists of Barry Boehm’s COCOMO Model?
three
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Who defines the business issues that often have significant influence on the project?
senior managers
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Commitments to unrealistic time and resource estimates may result in
all of the mentioned
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What combines procedures and tools to manage different versions of configuration objects that are created during the software process?
version control
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Software Project Management → Resource Management 4

Who suggested the four different approaches to the sizing problem?
putnam and myers
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Who delivers the technical skills that are necessary to engineer a product or an application?
practitioners
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Which software engineering team has no permanent leader?
democratic decentralized (dd)
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What complements the formal technical review by assessing a configuration object for characteristics that are generally not considered during review?
software configuration audit
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Software Project Management → Software Metrics 4

A make-buy decision is based on whether
all of the mentioned
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Which of the following paradigm attempts to structure a team in a manner that achieves some of the controls associated with the closed paradigm but also much of the innovation that occurs when using the random paradigm?
open paradigm
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Which of the following is not a project factor that should be considered when planning the structure of software engineering teams?
the degree of sociability required for the project
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Which of the following is the process of assembling program components, data, and libraries, and then compiling and linking these to create an executable system?
system building
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Software Project Management → Quality Assurance 4

Which of the following is not one of the five information domain characteristics of Function Point (FP) decomposition?
external process
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Which of the following is a people- intensive activity?
project management
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Which of the following is a collection of project coordination technique?
all of the mentioned
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Which of the following option is not tracked by configuration management tools?
none of the mentioned
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Software Project Management → Project Monitoring 4

Programming language experience is a part of which factor of COCOMO cost drivers?
personnel factor
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Which paradigm structures a team loosely and depends on individual initiative of the team members?
synchronous paradigm
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Which activity sits at the core of software requirements analysis?
all of the mentioned
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Which of the following is not a Software Configuration Management Activity?
risk management
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