Software Engineering MCQs Archives

551. What is a software patch ?

A. Required or Critical Fix

B. Emergency Fix

C. Daily or routine Fix

D. None of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: A software patch is an emergency fix which is worked upon the obsolete version whenever a vulnerability is encountered.

552. A method within a class is only accessible by classes that are defined within the same package as the class of the method. Which one of the following is used to enforce such restriction ?

A. Declare the method with the keyword public.

B. Declare the method with the keyword private.

C. Do not declare the method with any accessibility modifiers.

D. Declare the method with the keyword public and private.

✅ The correct answer is option C.

553. How many transaction isolation levels are defined in java.sql.Connection interface ?

A. 6

B. 2

C. 5

D. 3

✅ The correct answer is option C.

554. Which of the following is not a characteristics of box diagram ?

A. functional domain

B. arbitrary transfer of control is impossible

C. recursion is easy to represent

D. providing a notation that translates actions and conditions

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: This functionality is covered by UML diagrams.

555. Exception handling is a mechanism to provide some fault avoidance ?

A. True

B. False

Explanation: Exception handling is a mechanism to provide some fault tolerance.

✅ The correct answer is option B.

556. Which method executes only once ?

A. stop() method

B. start() method

C. init() method

D. destroy() method

✅ The correct answer is option C.

557. Which type of computer could be found in a digital watch ?

A. Mainframe

B. Super computer

C. Embedded computer

D. Notebook computer

✅ The correct answer is option C.

558. GDSS is the short form of__________________?

A. Group Decision Support System

B. Group Discussion Support System

C. Group Decision Service System

D. Group Discussion Support Source

✅ The correct answer is option A.

559. Which shell’s wild-cards is used to match a single character ?

A. *

B. ?

C. [ijk]

D. [!ijk]

✅ The correct answer is option B.

560. Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”Here the term misuse refers to ___________________?

A. Unauthorized access to computer material

B. Unauthorized modification of computer material

C. Dissemination of viruses or other malware

D. All of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option D.