Requirement Engineering MCQs

How is brainstorming different from JAD ? Brainstorming sessions ?

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A. last for about 2-3 hours
B. last for about 2-3 days
C. cover the technology used for the development
D. all of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Explanation: Brainstorming is a group or individual creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its member(s).The idea is to quickly reach to an approved solution ASAP.

Requirements analysis is critical to the success of a development project ?

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A. True
B. False
C. Depends upon the size of project
D. None of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Explanation: Requirements must be actionable, measurable, testable, related to identified business needs or opportunities, and defined to a level of detail sufficient for system design.

What are the types of requirement in Quality Function Deployment (QFD) ?

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A. Known, Unknown, Undreamed
B. User, Developer
C. Functional, Non-Functional
D. Normal, Expected, Exciting
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: According to QFD, Normal, Expected and Exciting requirements maximizes customer satisfaction from the Software Engineering Process.

What is the major drawback of CORE ?

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A. Requirements are comprehensive
B. NFRs are not given enough importance
C. Role of analyst is passive
D. All of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: In CORE the requirement specification are put together by all users, customers and analysts, so a passive analyst will not get the requirements properly.

To ensure that a given root definition is rigorous and comprehensive, The Lancaster team proposed several criteria that are summarized in the mnemonic CATWOE in Soft Systems Methodology (SSM).Which of the following alphabet is representing an entirely different meaning to SSM ?

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A. C – Customer
B. A – Actor
C. T – Transformation
D. E – ER Model
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: ‘E’ in CATWOE stands for Environmental constraints.

The SRS is said to be consistent if and only if____________________?

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A. its structure and style are such that any changes to the requirements can be made easily while retaining the style and structure
B. every requirement stated therein is one that the software shall meet
C. every requirement stated therein is verifiable
D. no subset of individual requirements described in it conflict with each other
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: Real world object may conflict with each other for example one requirement says that all lights should be red while the other states that all lights should green

Considering the example of issue/return of a book, cataloging etc. in a library management.What type of management requirement is being depicted here ?

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A. Enduring
B. Volatile
C. Both Enduring & Volatile
D. All of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Explanation: For library management system issue/return of a book, cataloging etc. are core activities and are stable for any system.