四川大学软件工程导论选择题题库.doc

Chapter 11Which question no longer concerns the modern software engineer?A)Why does computer hardware cost so much?B)Why does software take a long time to finish?C)Why does it cost so much to develop a piece of software?D)Why can't software errors be removed from products prior to delivery?Section 1.12Software is a product and can be manufactured using the same technologies used for other engineering artifacts.A)TrueB)FalseSection 1.13Software deteriorates rather than wears out becauseA)Software suffers from exposure to hostile environmentsB)Defects are more likely to arise after software has been used oftenC)Multiple change requests introduce errors in component interactionsD)Software spare parts become harder to orderSection 1.24WebApps are a mixture of print publishing and software development, making their development outside the realm of software engineering practice.A)TrueB)FalseSection 1.35Which of the items listed below is not one of the software engineering layers?A)ProcessB)ManufacturingC)MethodsD)ToolsSection 1.46Software engineering umbrella activities are only applied during the initial phases of software development projects.A)TrueB)FalseSection 1.47Which of these are the 5 generic software engineering framework activities?A)communication, planning, modeling, construction, deploymentB)communication, risk management, measurement, production, reviewingC)analysis, designing, programming, debugging, maintenanceD)analysis, planning, designing, programming, testingSection 1.58Planning ahead for software reuse reduces the cost and increases the value of the systems into which they are incorporated.A)TrueB)FalseSection 1.59The essence of software engineering practice might be described as understand the problem, plan a solution, carry out the plan, and examine the result for accuracy.A)TrueB)FalseSection 1.610In agile process models the only deliverable work product is the working program.A)TrueB)FalseSection 1.711A most software development projects are initiated to try to meet some business need.A)TrueB)FalseSection 1.712In general software only succeeds if its behavior is consistent with the objectives of its designers.A)TrueB)FalseChapter 21Which of the following are recognized process flow types?A)Concurrent process flowB)Iterative process flowC)Linear process flowD)Spiral process flowE)both a and cSection 2.1.32Software processes can be constructed out of pre-existing software patterns to best meet the needs of a software project.A)TrueB)FalseSection 2.23Which of these are standards for assessing software processes?A)SEIB)SPICEC)ISO 9000D)ISO 9001E)both b and dSection 2.3.14The waterfall model of software development isA)A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined.B)A good approach when a working program is required quickly.C)The best approach to use for projects with large development teams.D)An old fashioned model that is rarely used any more.Section 2.3.25The incremental model of software development isA)A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined.B)A good approach when a working core product is required quickly.C)The best approach to use for projects with large development teams.D)A revolutionary model that is not used for commercial products.Section 2.3.36Evolutionary software process modelsA)Are iterative in natureB)Can easily accommodate product requirements changesC)Do not generally produce throwaway systemsD)All of the aboveSection 2.3.37The prototyping model of software development isA)A reasonable approach when requirements are well defined.B)A useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly.C)The best approach to use for projects with large development teams.D)A risky model that rarely produces a meaningful product.Section 2.3.38The spiral model of software developmentA)Ends with the delivery of the software productB)Is more chaotic than the incremental modelC)Includes project risks evaluation during each iterationD)All of the aboveSection 2.3.49The concurrent development model isA)Another name for concurrent engineering.B)Defines events that trigger engineering activity state transitions.C)Only used for development of parallel or distributed systems.D)Used whenever a large number of change requests are anticipated.E)both a and bSection 2.4.110The component-based development model isA)Only appropriate for computer hardware design.B)Not able to support the development of reusable components.C)Dependent on object technologies for support.D)Not cost effective by known quantifiable software metrics.Section 2.4.211The formal methods model of software development makes use of mathematical methods toA)Define the specification for computer-based systemsB)Develop defect free computer-based systemsC)Verify the correctness of computer-based systemsD)All of the aboveSection 2.5.212Which of these is not one of the phase names defined by the Unified Process model for software development?A)Inception phaseB)Elaboration phaseC)Construction phaseD)Validation phaseSection 2.6.113Which of these is not a characteristic of Personal Software Process?A)Emphasizes personal measurement of work productB)Practitioner requires careful supervision by the project managerC)Individual practitioner is responsible for estimating and schedulingD)Practitioner is empowered to control quality of software work productsSection 2.6.214Which of these are objectives of Team Software Process?A)Accelerate software process improvementB)Allow better time management by highly trained professionalsC)Build self-directed software teamsD)Show managers how to reduce costs and sustain qualityE)both b and cSection 2.715Process technology tools allow software organizations to compress schedules by skipping unimportant activities.A)TrueB)FalseSection 2.816It is generally accepted that one cannot have weak software processes and create high quality end products.A)TrueB)FalseChapter  3.1Agility is nothing more than the ability of a project team to respond rapidly to change.A)TrueB)FalseSection 3.12Which of the following is not necessary to apply agility to a software process?A)Eliminate the use of project planning and testingB)Only essential work products are producedC)Process allows team to streamline tasksD)Uses incremental product delivery strategySection 3.23How do you create agile processes to manage unpredictability?A)Requirements gathering must be conducted very carefullyB)Risk analysis must be conducted before planning takes placeC)Software increments must be delivered in short time periodsD)Software processes must adapt to changes incrementallyE)both c and dSection 3.34In agile software processes the highest priorities is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.A)TrueB)FalseSection 3.3.35Which of the following traits need to exist among the members of an agile software team?A)CompetenceB)Decision-making abilityC)Mutual trust and respectD)All of the aboveSection 3.4.16In agile development it is more important to build software that meets the customers' needs today than worry about features that might be needed in the future.A)TrueB)FalseSection 3.4.27What are the four framework activities found in the Extreme Programming (XP) process model?A)analysis, design, coding, testingB)planning, analysis, design, codingC)planning, analysis, coding, testingD)planning, design, coding, testingSection 3.58All agile process models conform to a greater or lesser degree to the principles stated in the "Manifesto for Agile Software Development".A)TrueB)FalseSection 3.5.19What are the three framework activities for the Adaptive Software Development (ASD) process model?A)analysis, design, codingB)feasibility study, functional model iteration, implementationC)requirements gathering, adaptive cycle planning, iterative developmentD)speculation, collaboration, learningSection 3.5.210Which is not one of the key questions that is answered by each team member at each daily Scrum meeting?A)What did you do since the last meeting?B)What obstacles are you encountering?C)What is the cause of the problems you are encountering?D)What do you plan to accomplish be the next team meeting?Section 3.5.311The Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) suggests a philosophy that is based on the Pareto principle (80% of the application can be delivered in 20% of the time required to build the complete application).A)TrueB)FalseSection 3.5.512In Feature Driven Development (FDD) a client-valued feature is a client-valued function that can be delivered in two weeks or less.A)TrueB)FalseSection 3.5.713Agile Modeling (AM) provides guidance to practitioner during which of these software tasks?A)AnalysisB)DesignC)CodingD)TestingE)both a and bSection 3.5.814Agile Unified Process uses the classic UP phased activities (inception, elaboration, construction, transition) to help the team visualize the overall process flow.A)TrueB)FalseChapter  41Software engineering principles have about a three year half-life.A)TrueB)FalseSection 4.22Which of the following is not one of core principles of software engineering practice?A)All design should be as simple as possible, but no simplerB)A software system exists only to provide value to its users.C)Pareto principle (20% of any product requires 80% of the effort)D)Remember that you produce others will consumeSection 4.3.13Every communication activity should have a facilitator to make sure that the customer is not allowed to dominate the proceedings.A)TrueB)FalseSection 4.3.14The agile view of iterative customer communication and collaboration is applicable to all software engineering practice.A)TrueB)FalseSection 4.3.25One reason to involve everyone on the software team in the planning activity is toA)adjust the granularity of the planB)control feature creepC)get all team members to "sign up" to the planD)understand the problem scopeSection 4.3.26Project plans should not be changed once they are adopted by a team.A)TrueB)FalseSection 4.3.37Requirements models depict software in which three domains?A)architecture, interface, componentB)cost, risk, scheduleC)information, function, behaviorD)None of the aboveSection 4.3.38The design model should be traceable to the requirements model?A)TrueB)FalseSection 4.3.39Teams using agile software practices do not generally create models.A)TrueB)FalseSection 4.3.410Which of the following is not one of the principles of good coding?A)Create unit tests before you begin codingB)Create a visual layout that aids understandingC)Refractor the code after you complete the first coding passD)Write self-documenting code, not program documentationSection 4.3.411A successful test I ones that discovers at least one as-yet undiscovered error.A)TrueB)FalseSection 4.3.512Which of the following are valid reasons for collecting customer feedback concerning delivered software?A)Allows developers to make changes to the delivered incrementB)Delivery schedule can be revised to reflect changesC)Developers can identify changes to incorporate into next incrementD)All of the aboveChapter  51Requirements engineering is a generic process that does not vary from one software project to another.A)TrueB)FalseSection 5.12During project inception the intent of the of the tasks are to determineA)basic problem understandingB)nature of the solution neededC)people who want a solutionD)none of the aboveE)a, b, and cSection 5.13Three things that make requirements elicitation difficult are problems ofA)budgetingB)scopeC)understandingD)volatilityE)b, c, and dSection 5.2.14A stakeholder is anyone who will purchase the completed software system under development.A)TrueB)FalseSection 5.2.25It is relatively common for different customers to propose conflicting requirements, each arguing that his or her version is the right one.A)TrueB)FalseSection 5.2.46Which of the following is not one of the context-free questions that would be used during project inception?A)What will be the economic benefit from a good solution?B)Who is behind the request for work?C)Who will pay for the work?D)Who will use the solution?Section 5.3.17In collaborative requirements gathering the facilitatorA)arranges the meeting placeB)can not be a customerC)controls the meetingD)must be an outsiderSection 5.3.28Which of the following is not one of the requirement classifications used in Quality Function Deployment (QFD)?A)excitingB)expectedC)mandatoryD)normalSection 5.3.49The work products produced during requirement elicitation will vary depending on theA)size of the budgetB)size of the product being builtC)software process being usedD)stakeholders needsSection 5.410Developers and customers create use-cases to help the software team understand how different classes of end-users will use functions.A)TrueB)FalseSection 5.411Use-case actors are always people, never system devices.A)TrueB)FalseSection 5.512The result of the requirements engineering task is an analysis model that defines which of the following problem domain(s)?A)informationB)functionalC)behavioralD)all of the aboveSection 5.5.213Analysis patterns facilitate the transformation of the analysis model into a design model by suggesting reliable solutions to common problems.A)TrueB)FalseSection 5.614In win-win negotiation, the customer's needs are met even though the developer's need may not be.A)True