1) Which type of risk factor is most likely to
cause problems for a software project developing commercial software?
(a) Inadequate
user documentation
(b) Litigation
expense
(c) Low
productivity
(d) Cancellation
of project
2) Defect
prevention is defined as:
(a) Finding
and fixing errors after insertion
(b) Finding
and fixing errors before release but after insertion
(c) Finding
and fixing errors after release
(d) Avoiding
defect insertion
3) Product
quality is defined as:
(a) Delivering
a product with correct requirements
(b) Delivering
a product using correct development procedures
(c) Delivering
a product which is developed iteratively
(d) Delivering
a product using high quality procedures
4) Which of the following is NOT a main reason
to undertake software quality assurance activities:
(a) Reduce
software personnel turnover
(b) Legal
liability
(c) Insistence
by the user on a satisfactory software quality assurance programme
(d) Marketing
reasons
5) Which type of risk factor is most likely to
cause problems for a software project which develops military software?
(a) Unused
or unusable software
(b) Legal
expenses
(c) Excessive
paperwork
(d) High
maintenance costs
6) The main goal of quality assurance is:
(a) Set
coding standards.
(b) Improve
software project management
(c) Reduce
the technical and programmatic risks in developing the software
(d) Specify
corrective actions.
7) Software interoperability is:
(a) The
ability of a software system to work on different hardware platforms.
(b) The
ability of a software system to work
under different operating systems.
(c) The
ability of a software system to exchange information with other software
systems and to use the exchanged information.
(d) The
ability to replace a software system with another software system that has
similar functionality
8) With respect to software metrics, which
statement is NOT true:
(a) A
indirect measure focuses on
attributes of a project which can be measured by examining a process, product
or resource
(b) A
direct measure focuses on attributes
of a project which can be measured by examining a process, product or resource
(c) External
attributes are always measured indirectly
(d) Lines
of code is a direct measurement
9) Which of the following statements is NOT
true.
(a) Coding
standards address naming of constants.
(b) Coding
standards address the number of errors encountered per 1000 lines of code.
(c) Coding
standards address layout of code text.
(d) Coding
standards address the use of program comments.
10) Measures for a project are given as:
Effort: 12
Cost: £24,000
Thousand lines of code: 600k
Defects: 120
What is the productivity of the project?
(a) 0.1
(b) 2000
(c) 5
(d) 50
11) Which of the following statements is NOT true:
(a) A good design
methodology should provide a clear division of design from implementation
(b) A good design
methodology should not promote a top-down decomposition strategy.
(c) A good design
methodology should encourage phased development of the software
(d) A good design
methodology should help to minimise future maintenance.
12) Formal
Reviews seek to:
(a) Identify
system faults, but not to attribute blame or seek solutions
(b) Identify
system faults, attribute the source of errors, but not seek solutions
(c) Identify
system faults, attribute the source of errors and seek solutions
(d) Identify
system faults, seek solutions, but not to attribute blame
13) Using the following table for function point
weightings:
|
Factors
|
Weights
|
||
|
Simple
|
Average
|
Complex
|
|
|
Number
of user inputs
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
|
Number
of user outputs
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
|
Number
of user inquiries
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
|
Number
of files
|
7
|
10
|
15
|
|
Number
of external interfaces
|
5
|
7
|
10
|
A system being developed has the
following characteristics:
Number of user
inputs 10 (simple)
Number of user
outputs 7 (simple)
Number of user
inquiries 3 (average)
Number of files 6 (average)
Number of
external interfaces 1 (complex)
The function point count for the system
is:
(a) 27
(b) 31
(c) 58
(d) 140
14) Which form of software development model is
most suited to a system where all the requirements are known at the start of a
project and remain stable throughout the
project.
(a) Waterfall
model
(b) Incremental
model
(c) Evolutionary
model
(d) Spiral
model
15) What type of software development model is
shown in the following diagram:
(a) Waterfall
model
(b) Incremental
model
(c) Evolutionary
model
(d) Spiral
model
16) Which of the following statements is NOT true:
(a) Requirements
must be testable
(b) Requirements
must be concerned with system
functionality only
(c) Requirements
must be complete
(d) Requirements must
be unambiguously stated
17) The following software configuration diagram states that:
(a) Version 1.3 is
replacing version 2.1
(b) Version 1.3 is
evolving in parallel with the versions of the new release 2.1
(c) Version 1.3 is
the combination of versions 2.1 and 1.4
(d) Only one of
versions 2.1 and 1.4 should be developed.
18) Which of the following is NOT part of a software quality assurance
plan:
(a) Reference
documents
(b) Configuration
Action
(c) Supplier Control
(d) Customer Control
19) Who of the following is NOT usually present in a technical review
(a) User
(b) Quality Engineer
(c) The programming
tools supplier
(d) Specialist with
knowledge of the application
20) The following diagram shows that:
(a) Specification is
completed before delivery
(b) Specification is
not completed until delivery
(c) Specification is
part of delivery.
(d) Specification is
an ongoing activity.
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SECTION B:
You must answer 1 question in this section
21) Answer all parts
(a) Explain
the main differences between software review and software inspection or
walkthrough.
(6 marks)
(b) Lines of code (LOC) and function point counts (FPC) are two measures of the size of a
system. Explain the advantages and
disadvantages of using these two metrics for measuring systems.
(6 marks)
(c) Produce
a critical path network, showing the earliest
start times and latest start times
for each task, using the data in the table below.
|
Task code
|
Task
name
|
Duration
|
Starts after completion of task(s)
|
|
PLAN
|
Plan
project
|
3
|
|
|
REQ
|
Capture
requirements
|
8
|
PLAN
|
|
AGREE
|
Agree
requirements with customer
|
2
|
REQ
|
|
DESIGN
|
Design
system
|
10
|
AGREE
|
|
CODE
|
Code
system
|
12
|
DESIGN
|
|
ID
|
Identify
subcontractors
|
3
|
DESIGN
|
|
BUY
|
Buy-in
subcontractor code
|
5
|
ID
|
|
INTEG
|
Integrate
code and buy-in code
|
6
|
CODE,
BUY
|
|
TRAIN
|
Train
staff
|
5
|
DESIGN
|
|
REL
|
Release
system
|
4
|
INTEG,
TRAIN
|
(13 marks)
22) Answer all parts
(a) What
are the main risk factors which may
be encountered in the development of software?
(8 marks)
(b) Give
a suitable definition of software quality
and briefly describe the rationale for your definition.
(6 marks)
(c) Why
should an organisation be concerned about software
risk factors and software quality?
(11 marks)
23) Answer all parts
(a) How
does development of software differ from that of hardware from a quality
viewpoint?
(9 marks)
(b) What
are the main objectives of configuration management and version control?
(6 marks)
(c) What
are ‘throwaway’ prototypes and ‘evolutionary’ prototypes? How can production of
a prototype be controlled and why is this important?
(10 marks)
