Software Management MCQs Archives

31. A number of independent investigators have developed a team-oriented approach to requirements gathering that can be applied to establish the scope of a project called ?

A. JAD

B. CLASS

C. FAST

D. None of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: Facilitated application specification techniques

32. Which of the following is not a Software Configuration Management Activity ?

A. Configuration item identification

B. Risk management

C. Release management

D. Branch management

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: Risk management is an entirely different domain.

33. Which of the following is not a project manager’s activity ?

A. project control

B. project management

C. project planning

D. project design

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: The design part of any project management is done by the project team.

34. Which of the following risks are derived from the organizational environment where the software is being developed ?

A. People risks

B. Technology risks

C. Estimation risks

D. Organizational risks

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: These risks are at management level.

35. Identify the sub-process of process improvement ___________________?

A. Process introduction

B. Process analysis

C. De-processification

D. Process distribution

✅ The correct answer is option nu.
Explanation: The current process is assessed, and process weaknesses and bottlenecks are identified.

36. What is the product of the probability of incurring a loss due to the risk and the potential magnitude of that loss ?

A. Risk exposure

B. Risk prioritization

C. Risk analysis

D. All of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option A.

37. Why is decomposition technique required ?

A. Software project estimation is a form of problem solving

B. Developing a cost and effort estimate for a software project is too complex

C. All of the mentioned

D. None of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: For these reasons, we decompose the problem, re-characterizing it as a set of smaller problems.

38. Which one is not a risk management activity ?

A. Risk assessment

B. Risk generation

C. Risk control

D. None of the mentioned

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: Risk management activities would never want a new risk to be generated.

39. Which of the following states that work expands to fill the time available ?

A. CASE tools

B. Pricing to win

C. Parkinson’s Law

D. Expert judgement

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: The cost is determined by available resources rather than by objective assessment. If the software has to be delivered in 12 months and 5 people are available, the effort required is estimated to be 60 person-months.

40. Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for__________________?

A. team

B. project

C. customers

D. project manager

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: The quality plan should set out the desired software qualities and describe how these are to be assessed