Advanced Software Engineering MCQs

1. In which of the following language the frameworks will not work ?

A. C#

B. Ruby

C. PHP

D. Java

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: Frameworks available in all of the commonly used object-oriented programming languages.

2. How does Clean room software engineering Differs from the conventional and object-oriented views ?

A. It makes explicit use of statistical quality control

B. It verifies design specification using a mathematically based proof of correctness

C. It relies heavily on statistical use testing to uncover high-impact errors

D. All of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option D.

3. Which of the following is not a benefit of software reuse ?

A. Standards compliance

B. Increased Reliability

C. Reduced Process risk

D. Maintaining a component library

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: There can be thousands of components in a frameworks whose maintenance is quite difficult.

4. Who was first to proposed the Cleanroom philosophy in software engineering ?

A. Mills

B. Dyer

C. Linger

D. All of the Mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: The Cleanroom philosophy was first proposed for software engineering by Mills, Dyer, and Linger during the 1980s.

5. In which of the following language the frameworks will not work ?

A. C#

B. Ruby

C. PHP

D. Java

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: Frameworks available in all of the commonly used object-oriented programming languages.

6. How does Clean room software engineering Differs from the conventional and object-oriented views ?

A. It makes explicit use of statistical quality control

B. It verifies design specification using a mathematically based proof of correctness

C. It relies heavily on statistical use testing to uncover high-impact errors

D. All of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option D.

7. Which of the following is not a benefit of software reuse ?

A. Standards compliance

B. Increased Reliability

C. Reduced Process risk

D. Maintaining a component library

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: There can be thousands of components in a frameworks whose maintenance is quite difficult.

8. Who was first to proposed the Cleanroom philosophy in software engineering ?

A. Mills

B. Dyer

C. Linger

D. All of the Mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: The Cleanroom philosophy was first proposed for software engineering by Mills, Dyer, and Linger during the 1980s.

9. Which of the following option is not provided by formal methods ?

A. providing frameworks

B. verifying systems

C. provide investors

D. both providing frameworks and verifying systems

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: A method is formal if it has a sound mathematical basis, typically given by a formal specification language

10. Which of the following Cleanroom process teams develops set of statistical test to exercise software after development ?

A. Specification team

B. Development team

C. Certification team

D. All of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option B.