Requirement Engineering MCQs

1. How many phases are there in Requirement Analysis ?

A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Six

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: Problem Recognition, Evaluation and Synthesis (focus is on what not how), Modeling, Specification and Review are the five phases.

2. How many phases are there in Requirement Analysis ?

A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Six

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: Problem Recognition, Evaluation and Synthesis (focus is on what not how), Modeling, Specification and Review are the five phases.

3. Coad and Yourdon suggested _______________ selection characteristics that should be used as an analyst considers each potential object for inclusion in the requirement analysis model ?

A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Six

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: Retained information, Needed services, Multiple attributes, Common attributes, Common operations and Essential requirements are the six criterion mentioned by Coad and Yourdon.

4. Requirements should specify ‘what’ but not ‘how’?

A. True

B. False

Explanation: ‘What’ refers to a system’s purpose, while ‘How’ refers to a system’s structure and behavior.

✅ The correct answer is option A.

5. What requirement gathering method developed at IBM in 1970s is used for managing requirement elicitation ?

A. JAD

B. Traceability

C. FAST

D. Both JAD and Traceability

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: Joint application design (JAD. is a process used to collect business requirements while developing new information systems for a company. Requirements traceability is concerned with documenting the life of a requirement and providing bi-directional traceability between various associated requirements.

6. Who controls the FAST (Facilitated Application Specification Techniques) meeting ?

A. System Analyst

B. Scribe

C. Facilitator

D. Manager

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: A Facilitator (a customer/developer/an outsider) controls the FAST meeting.His role is to ensure that the meeting is productive.

7. Arrange the steps in order to represent the conducting of Wide band Delphi Technique ?

i. Conduct a group discussion

ii. Conduct another group discussion

iii. Present experts with a problem

iv. Collect expert opinion anonymously

✅ The correct answer is option i.
A. i, iii, ii, iv, v, vi

B. iii, i, ii, iv, v, vi

C. i, ii, iii, iv, vi, v

D. iii, i, iv, vi, ii, v

Explanation: The sequence represents the working steps of a Wideband Delphi techniquevi. Feedback a summary of result to each expert

8. Which one of the following is not an actor in JAD sessions ?

A. User

B. Tester

C. Scribe

D. Sponsor

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: A Tester’s role is seen in after coding phase rather than in elicitation phase

9. How many classification schemes have been developed for NFRs ?

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

D. Five

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: Software Quality Tree [Boehm 1976], Roman [IEEE Computer 1985], Process-Product-External considerations [Sommerville 1992], Mc Call’s NFR list and Dimensions of Quality–Components of FURPS+ are the five classification schemes for NFRs.

10. Choose the correct statement on how NFRs integrates with Rational Unified Process ?

A. System responds within 4 seconds on average to local user requests and changes in the environment

B. System responds within 4 seconds on average to remote user requests and changes in the environment

C. All of the mentioned

D. None of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: System response to a local user is 2 seconds on average.