51. Todays software typically have __________ and __________ a. single processor and linear source b.

gui and client-server architecture c. quality output and within budget d. linear source and alpha-numeric output 52. Software development process delivers ______________ software on time and within budget a. quality maintainable b. client-server c. quality output d. gui 53. As per latest ibm report ________ % of the projects are cancelled before they are completed a. 32 b. 53 c. 31 d. 58 54. Major problem of software industry is its inability to develop _________ a. quality software b. software within budget c. software delivered on time d. bug-free software 55. __________ has become a fixture of everyday life a. software crisis b. y2k problem c. software failures d. system crashing 56. __________ was the most crucial problem of last century. a. software crisis b. y2k problem c. software failures d. system crashing 57. In the dhahran attack, the system had been operating for more than_________ a. 100 hours b. 10 hours c. 50 hours d. 200 hours 58. Ariane-5 launch was failed due to__________

a. b. c. d.

one little bug carelessness over optimism lack of guidance

59. _________is an essential part in todays it field a. operating systems b. financial software c. microsoft d. programmers 60. The failures ranged from producing the wrong information which resulted in________ a. software crisis b. system crashing c. y2k problem d. quality-less software. 61. Microsoft released windows xp on___________ a. oct 25,2001 b. dec 23,2001 c. aug 21,2001 d. oct 25,2003. 62. _________is the cause for project failures a. software crisis b. y2k problem c. software failures d. system crashing 63. Computers provide greater reliability than the devices they replace means ___________ a. software does not fail b. software can be executed any number of times c. it does not wear out easily d. call the above 64. Testing the software shows_______. a. absence of errors b. correctness of the software c. maximum possible errors d. none 65. Software can work first at the right time_________. a. true

b. false c. need prototyping d. both b and c 66. The reason behind emergence of software engineering as a discipline_______. a. delay in delivery of software b. no enough software engineers in the development team c. both a and b d. none of the above 67. Software is easy to change_______. a. is different from source code files are easy to edit b. changes can be made without introducing errors c. false because the process is tedious and expensive d. both a and c 68. Software becomes better if______. a. there are more features b. more umber of engineers to develop the software c. it is tested more d. all the above 69. Software is more than _______. a. program b. software c. manuals d. source code and object code

70. Any program is a subset of _______. a. program b. software c. manuals d. source code and object code 71. Documentation consists of different types of_______. a. program b. software c. manuals d. source code and object code

72. Program is combination of _______ and ______. a. program

b. software c. manuals d. source code and object code 73. Operating procedures contains _______ and _______. a. program b. software c. manuals d. user manuals and operational manuals 74. Management of software development is dependent on _____________ a. people b. product c. process d. project 75. _________ can systematically use the best technical & managerial practices to successfully complete their project a. developer b. people c. process d. product 76. _________leave insufficient time to do the essential project work a. unrealistic schedules b. shortage of time c. plenty of spare time d. none of these 77. Developer are rarely motivated by seemingly arbitrary goals of achieving _________ a. external entity b. customer satisfaction c. higher maturity level d. none of these 78. The industry awareness of process improvement frameworks on___________ a. capability maturity model b. effective c. iso 9001 d. all of the above 79. The software process improvement despite best of intentions, fail due to _________ a. lack of knowledge b. lack of true commitment

c. wrong motivation d. insufficient time 80. Software application are grouped into _________ areas for convenience a) two b) three c) eight d) nine 81. Weather forecasting is an example of _______ software a) system software b) embedded software c) real time software d) business software 82. The software designed to process business applications is called _______ a) system software b) embedded software c) real time software d) business software 83.___________ software makes the use of non-numerical algorithms to solve complex problems a) embedded software b) real time software c) personal computer software d) artificial intelligence software 84. An example of web based software is ___________ a) html b) c c) c++ d) linux 85. In engineering and scientific software ____________ is normally required to process data a) huge computing b) limited computing c) software analysis d) normal analysis 86. Software is not easy to change because, a) source code is difficult to alter. b) every change requires that the complete system be re-verified. c) changes made will hang the system every time.

d) source code alteration requires proper license 87. Testing software or proving software correct can remove all the errors is not true because, a)we dont test a software b)softwares are never wrong c)testing can only show the presence of errors d)none of these 88. Reusing software increases safety is not true because. a)reusing software improves only the development efficiency b)reusing software increases its own quality and not security c)reusing software decreases its performance d)reusing software increases suitability 89.Software with more features is better software is no true because, a)all softwares have single feature b)softwares cannot be rated as better or best c)all software's have different features that they cannot be compared d)softwares that do one thing well is the best software 90.Addition of more software engineers will make up the delay is true in which of the following cases? a)there is no such case b)civil engineering work c)software development crew d)all cases 91.The aim has shifted from developing working programs to which of the following? a)to develop high quality but erroneous programs b)to develop medium quality but error free programs c)to develop good quality, maintainable programs d)all of the above

92.The _________ are the events that are used to ascertain the status of the project. a) deliverables b) milestones c) product d) process 93._________ is the collection of activites that lead to a product. a) documentation b) project c) process d) none of these 94. _________quantitative measure of the degree to which a system, component, or processes a given attribute. a) metric b) measure c) measurement d) none of these 95.When a single data point has been collected a _________ has been established. a) metric b) measure c) measurement d) none of these 96._____________ occurs as the result of the collection of one or more data points. a) metric b) measure c) measurement d) none of these 97.___________ quantify the attributes of software development process and environment. a) software metrics b) procees metrics c) product metrics d) none of these 98.The areas which are not given priority to the people? a. career development b. training c. career development d. all the above 99.The proper planning is required to monitor the status of development and to control the complexity are: a. the people b. the product c. the process d. the project 100. In which software development has many life cycle models and process improvements models?

a. b. c. d.

the people the products the process the project