Software Engineering MCQs

Which regression test selection technique exposes faults caused by modifications ?

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A. Efficiency
B. Precision
C. Generality
D. Inclusiveness
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Explanation: Inclusiveness measures the extent to which a technique chooses test cases that will cause the modified program to produce different output than the original program, and thereby expose faults caused by modifications.

Number of errors found per person hours expended is an example of a____________________?

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A. measurement
B. measure
C. metric
D. all of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: Metric is a quantitative measure of the degree to which a system, component, or process possesses a given attribute.

What enables a software engineer to defined screen layout rapidly for interactive applications ?

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A. Analysis and design tools
B. Tool kit
C. Screen painters
D. PRO/SIM tools
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: More sophisticated CASE prototyping tools enable the creation of a data design, coupled with both screen and report layouts.

Which of these is not true ?

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A. Web has led to availability of software services and possibility of developing highly distributed service based systems
B. Web based systems have led to degradation of programming languages
C. Web brings concept of software as service
D. Web based system should be developed and delivered incrementally
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Explanation: Web based systems has led to important advances in programming languages.

Which of the following is not an activity of Structured Analysis (SA) ?

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A. Functional decomposition
B. Transformation of a textual problem description into a graphic model
C. All the functions represented in the DFD are mapped to a module structure
D. All of the mentioned
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Explanation: The module structure is the software architecture.