Multiple Choice

1. Royces principles that pertain to testing include:

[1] establishing the process for objective quality control and project progress assessment that includes the assessment of all the intermediate artifacts.

[2] using a demonstration-based approach in which intermediate artifacts are transitioned to executable demonstration of the user scenario so that these artifacts can be assessed earlier.

[3] planning to have incremental releases, each composed of a group of usage scenarios, with evolving levels of detail.

[4] All of these are correct.

2. Daviss Early Principles that pertain to testing include:

[1] inspecting code.

[2] getting it right before you make it faster.

[3] knowing high-quality software is possible.

[4] All of these are correct.

3. Software engineering must include the code and regulations that its members must uphold to be judged as a(n):

[1] engineer.

[2] certified professional engineer.

[3] professional engineering practice.

[4] All of these are correct.

4. Software engineers must conduct their practices at some level of professionalism to minimally ensure that their work results in which of the following?

[1] Valuable intellectual property

[2] No harm

[3] A disciplined profession

[4] All of these are correct

5. The definition of software engineering that points to a multiperson construction of multiversion software is from:

[1] Ian Sommerville.

[2] David Parnas.

[3] the NATO conference.

[4] the U.S. Department of Defense.

[5] Shari Pfleeger.

6. Software engineers need a process because we need to:

A) coordinate complex tasks.

B) coordinate a large number of developers.

C) coordinate the usage of multiple tools.

D) All of these are correct.

E) coordinate complex tasks and coordinate a large number of developers.

7. Which of the following is one of Daviss early principles for testing?

A) Inspect code.

B) Get it right before you make it faster.

C) High-quality software is possible.

D) All of these are correct.

E) Inspect code and get it right before you make it faster.

8. Which one of the following is not one of the characteristics of software or software projects that the U.S. General Accounting Office "highlighted"?

[1] On time

[2] High quality

[3] High customer satisfaction

[4] Within budget

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9. Requirement specification can be tested with:

[1] hand-drawn screens.

[2] a prototype.

[3] a unit test.

[4] All of these are correct.

[5] hand-drawn screens and a prototype.

10. The IBMs earlier corporate values were:

[1] respect others and strive for fairness; perform to ones best capability; follow the law.

[2] consider the issue of respecting others and fairness, of performing to your best ability, and abiding by the law.

[3] act consistently with the public interest; act in the best interests of their client; ensure that products meet the highest professional standards possible.

[4] All of these are correct

11. Software engineers need a process because we need to:

[1] coordinate complex tasks.

[2] coordinate large numbers of developers.

[3] coordinate the usage of multiple tools.

[4] All of these are correct.

[5] coordinate complex tasks and coordinate large numbers of developers

12. Wassermans metrics concept is:

[1] mathematics.

[2] measurement.

[3] support.

[4] marketing.

[5] performance.

True/False

1. Software engineers must conduct their practices at some level of professionalism to minimally ensure that their work results in no harm to society.

2. The software engineering discipline has proven laws and proven principles equivalent to laws of motion or laws of thermodynamics.

3. Daviss Early Principles include user involvement and clear requirement statements.

4. A professional engineer (PE) in the United States is a license that is given when an engineer graduates with a bachelors degree.

5. The number of failures in software projects and defects encountered in the software products are very few.

6. Size and complexity are characteristics of both simple and complex software.

7. True or False? Software engineering is an old field and is well established.

8. Software engineers can also obtain a professional engineer (PE) license in every state of the United States.