1. Which of the following is not a software service type of project?

a. A project for customization of an educational institute automation software
b. Development of a new feature for an existing office automation software
c. A project for maintenance of a generic accounting software package
d. A project for testing of a generic accounting software package
e. A project undertaken by a vendor to develop from scratch a novel plant automation software for a client

Answer :- e. A project undertaken by a vendor to develop from scratch a novel plant automation software for a client

2. Which one of the following characteristics of a complex system makes is necessary to develop it with both hardware and software parts, rather than realizing it using entirely hardware?

a. High system reliability
b. Low development cost of the system
c. Easy to change the system to meet changing customer requirements
d. Low operating cost
e. Low power consumption
f. Low weight of the system

Answer :- c. Easy to change the system to meet changing customer requirements 

3. Which one of the following are not factors contributing to the present day software crisis?

a. Larger problems,
b. Poor project management
c. Lack of customer commitment
d. Lack of adequate training in software engineering
e. Low reliability of the hardware platforms

Answer :- c. Lack of customer commitment 

e. Low reliability of the hardware platforms

4. Which one of the following types of software development process most closely resembles the exploratory style of software development?

a. First specify the software, then design the test cases, then develop the software, and keep on modifying it until it passes all the test cases
b. First specify the system, then develop the software, and finally test the developed software
C. First develop the software, then test it, and then keep on modifying the software until it passes all the test cases
d. Keep on specifying a little, designing a little, and testing a little until the full software is developed
e. First write the test cases, then develop the software, then keep on modifying the software until it passes all the test cases.

Answer :- C. First develop the software, then test it, and then keep on modifying the software until it passes all the test cases 

5. Which one of the following is FALSE about developing a large software by deploying the exploratory style of development?

a. Difficult to use exploratory style in team development environment
b. For large-sized project, use exploratory development style leads to cost and time oVelTUns
c. Development toy programs such as introductory programming assignments using exploratory style, leads to poor quality software and unreasonably large development time.
d. Development of large projects using the exploratory style, often leads to project failure
e. It is difficult to complete even simple projects using exploratory style of development

Answer :- c. Development toy programs such as introductory programming assignments using exploratory style, leads to poor quality software and unreasonably large development time. 

e. It is difficult to complete even simple projects using exploratory style of development

6. It is observed that while using the exploratory development style, the effort required to develop a software grows exponentially with the size of the software. Which one of the following is a possible reason behind it?

a. Cost of requirements gathering increases exponentially
b. Code size becomes exponentially large
c. The number of independent variables in the monolithic program increases, leading to exponential increase in the effort to understand the program.
d. As the size of any program increases, it becomes exponentially more difficult to correct compilation errors.
e. Design effort increases exponentially

Answer :- c. The number of independent variables in the monolithic program increases, leading to exponential increase in the effort to understand the program. 

7. Which one of the following is justified by the magic number 7?

a. Number independent variables in a function should not exceed 7.
b. A function should not call more than 7 functions
c. A function should not be called by more than 7 functions
d. Number of decision statements in a function should not exceed 7.
e. Number of members of a team should not exceed 7

Answer :- a. Number independent variables in a function should not exceed 7. 

b. A function should not call more than 7 functions 

d. Number of decision statements in a function should not exceed 7. 

8. Which one of the following terms is a synonym for the abstraction technique?

a. Model building
b. Decomposition
c. Modularization
d. Mapping
e. Elaborating

Answer :- a. Model building 

9. Which one of the following statements concerning the principles of abstraction and decomposition is false?

a. A geographical map is an abstraction of a country
b. Organization of the contents of a book into chapters is an example of application of the decomposition technique
c. Constructing a model of a building is an application of the principle of abstraction
d. For a given system, only a single and unique model can be constructed
e. A unique decomposition is possible for any given problem

Answer :- d. For a given system, only a single and unique model can be constructed 

e. A unique decomposition is possible for any given problem

10. Which one of the following statements are FALSE?

a. A job is a repetition of a set of well-defined and well understood tasks with very little uncertainty.
b. A software development project consists of only a set of explorations
c. An exploration is a set of tasks whose outcome is uncertain C.
d. A software project consists of a mixture of jobs and explorations
e. A software development project consists of only a set of jobs

Answer :- b. A software development project consists of only a set of explorations 

e. A software development project consists of only a set of jobs