Module/Unit 3 & 4 - Software Project and Configuration Management,

Monitoring and Planning

1. Normally software project planning activity is undertaken

a. before the development starts to plan the activities to be undertaken √
b. during development
c. once the development activities start
d. after the completion of the project monitoring and control
e. none of the above
2. Which of the following estimations is carried out first by a project manager during
project planning?
a. estimation of cost
b. estimation of the duration of the project
c. project size estimation √
d. estimation of development effort
3. Sliding Window Planning involves
a. planning a project before development starts
b. planning progressively as development proceeds √
c. planning a project after development starts
d. none of the above
4. A project estimation technique based on making an educated guess of the project
parameters (such as project size, effort required to develop the software, project duration,
cost etc.) is
a. analytical estimation technique
b. heuristic estimation technique
c. empirical estimation technique √
d. None of these
5. An example of single variable heuristic cost estimation model is
a. Halstead’s software science
b. basic COCOMO model √
c. intermediate COCOMO model
d. complete COCOMO model
6. During project scheduling, resource allocation to different activities is done using which
of the following representations?
a. PERT chart
b. activity network representation
c. work breakdown structure
d. Gantt chart √
7. When are the software project monitoring and control activities undertaken?
 a. before the development starts to plan the activities to be undertaken during
development
b. once the development activities start with the aim of ensuring that the
development proceeds as per plan √
c. at the end of the development
d. none of the above
8. Job specialization is one of the main advantages in case of which organization structure?
a. project format
b. functional format √
c. either project format or function format
d. both of project format and function format
9. Pure egoless programming is encouraged by which team organization?
a. chief programmer team structure
b. democratic team structure √
c. mixed control team structure
d. none of the above
10. In which type of team organization a single point failure of development occurs when an
individual leaves the team?
a. chief programmer team structure √
b. democratic team structure
c. mixed control team structure
d. none of the above
11. The primary purpose of risk management is
a. risk containment
b. risk assessment
c. risk identification
d. all of the above √
12. Schedule slippage is a type of
a. business risk
b. project risk √
c. technical risk
d. none of the above
13. A development team’s insufficient knowledge of the product being developed is one of
the main factors contributing to
a. business risk
b. project risk
c. technical risk √
d. none of the above
14. Visibility of a software product can be increased by
a. producing relevant documents during the development process
 b. properly reviewing those relevant documents by an expert team
c. placing milestones at regular intervals through a software engineering process
d. all of the above √
15. A new version of a software is produced when there is a
a. minor bug fix
b. minor enhancements to the functionality, usability etc.
c. significant change in functionality, technology, or the hardware the software runs
on √
d. all of the above
16. A revision of a software refers to
a. minor bug fix √
b. minor enhancements to the functionality, usability etc.
c. significant change in functionality, technology, or the hardware the software runs
on
d. all of the above
17. If configuration management is not during a software development effort used then which
of the following problems are likely to appear:
a. inconsistency problem when the objects are replicated
b. problems associated with concurrent access
c. problems with handling several variants
d. all of the above √
18. If we develop several versions of the same software product without using any
configuration management tools then the problems that we would face are
a. bug fixing in any version would require manually fixing the same bug in all
versions
b. large storage requirements would be needed
c. difficulty in keeping track the updated configurations of various versions √
d. all of the above
19. Revisions to different software products are handled by
a. version control √
b. change control
c. neither version control nor change control
d. both version control and change control
20. For effective configuration control, in order to change a controlled object such as a
module, a developer can get a private copy of the module by using:
a. restore operation
b. reserve operation √
c. update operation
d. none of the above
21. What is configuration management in software engineering?
 a. Overall management of the design of the system
b. Management of the configurable components in a system
c. Identification of the configuration of a system at discrete points in time to control
changes to configuration √
d. Management of objects that control the configuration of some other function(s) in
the system
22. The type of failure that occurs for all input values while invoking a function of the system
is
a. Transient failure
b. Permanent failure √
c. Recoverable failure
d. Cosmetic failure
23. The basic premise of modern quality assurance is
a. Continuous process improvement
b. Thorough product testing
c. If an organization’s processes are good and are followed rigorously then the
products are bound to be of a good quality √
d. Collection of process metrics
24. PERT stands for
a. Program Evaluation and Review Technique √
b. Project Evaluation and Review Technique
c. Program Evaluation and Revision Technique
d. Project Evaluation and Revision Technique
25. The _____________________ team structure does not enforce any formal team
hierarchy.
a. Autocratic
b. Mixed-control
c. chief-programmer
d. Democratic √