Software Evolution MCQs Archives

21. The primary objective of formal technical reviews is to find _________________ during the process so that they do not become defects after release of the software?

A. errors

B. equivalent faults

C. failure cause

D. none of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Explanation: Errors lead to faults

22. What is often undefined and is left to the ingenuity of the project managers and engineers ?

A. Role

B. Exception

C. Activity

D. Process

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: Exceptions are often undefined and it is left to the ingenuity of the project managers and engineers to handle the exception.

23. Regression testing is a very expensive activity?

A. True

B. False

Explanation: As regression testing is performed many times over the life of the software product, it becomes a costly affair.

✅ The correct answer is option A.

24. 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.

25. Which of the following is not a maturity level in CMM ?

A. Design

B. Repeatable

C. Managed

D. Optimizing

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: The CMM is organized into five maturity levels as namely: Initial, Repeatable, Defined, Managed and Optimizing.

26. ISO 9001 is not concerned with _______________ of quality records?

A. collection

B. maintenance

C. verification

D. dis-positioning

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: The practices defining the quality records to be maintained in the CMM are distributed throughout the key process areas in the various Activities Performed practices

27. There are _______________ overlapping stages in the lifetime of large and complex sociotechnical systems?

A. two

B. three

C. four

D. five

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: The stages are Procurement, Development and Operation.

28. In which stage of process improvement bottlenecks and weaknesses are identified ?

A. Process measurement

B. Process analysis

C. Process change

D. None of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option nu.
Explanation: In Process analysis the current process is assessed and bottlenecks and weaknesses are identified.

29. It is always best to start process analysis with a new test model ?

A. True

B. False

Explanation: It is always best to start process analysis with an existing model. People then may extend and change this.

✅ The correct answer is option B.

30. A sociotechnical system is a system that includes___________________?

A. people

B. software

C. hardware

D. all of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: A sociotechnical system is a system that includes people, software, and hardware to show that you need to take a systems perspective on security and dependability.