1. ISO 9000 is a series of standards for quality management system and has:
Correct : B. 5 related standards
2. Software quality is defined as
Correct : A. Conformance to user specified requirements.
3. SQA stands for
Correct : C. Software quality assurance
4. Quality costs may be divided into costs associated with
Correct : A. Prevention, appraisal and failure
5. Variation control in the context of software engineering involves controlling variation in the
Correct : D. All of the above
6. A key concept of quality control is that all work products
Correct : D. Are thoroughly tested before delivery to the customer
7. Which of these activities is not one of the activities recommended to be performed by an
independent SQA group?
Correct : D. Serve as the sole test team for any software produced
8. Software safety is a quality assurance activity that focuses on hazards that
Correct : B. May cause an entire system to fail
9. The ISO quality assurance standard that applies to software engineering is
Correct : B. ISO 9001:2000
10. Which of the following is not a section in the standard for SQA plans recommended by
IEEE?
Correct : A. Budget
11. Six Sigma methodologies define three core steps.
Correct : C. Define, measure, analyze
12. "Quality is defined by the customer" is
Correct : D. The definition proposed by the American Society for Quality Control
13. Which of the following is not one of the major categories of costs associated with quality?
Correct : D. None of the above, they are all major categories of costs associated with quality
14. ISO 9000 seeks standardization in terms of
Correct : D. Procedures to manage quality
15. Total Quality Management emphasizes
Correct : B. A commitment to quality that goes beyond internal company issues to suppliers and customers
16. A successful TQM program incorporates all of the following except
Correct : D. centralized decision making authority
17. "Kaizen" is a Japanese term meaning
Correct : D. Continuous improvement
18. The philosophy of zero defects is
Correct : D. Consistent with the commitment to continuous improvement
19. Quality Circles members are
Correct : D. None of the above, all of the statements are false
20. The process of identifying other organizations that are best at some facet of your operations and then modeling your organization after them is known as
Correct : C. Benchmarking
21. A quality loss function utilizes all of the following costs except
Correct : D. Sales costs
22. Among the tools of TQM, the tool ordinarily used to aid in understanding the sequence of
events through which a product travels is a
Correct : B. Flow chart
23. A fishbone diagram is also known as a
Correct : A. cause-and-effect diagram
24. If a sample of parts is measured and the mean of the measurements is outside the control
limits the process is
Correct : B. Out of control and the process should be investigated for assignable variation
25. A quality circle holds a brainstorming session and attempts to identify the factors responsible for flaws in a product. Which tool do you suggest they use to organize their findings?
Correct : A. Ishikawa diagram
26. When a sample measurement falls inside the control limits, it means that
Correct : D. If there is no other pattern in the samples, the process is in control
27. Which of the following is true regarding control charts?
Correct : D. All of the above are true
28. Which type of risk factor is most likely to cause problems for a software project
developing commercial software?
Correct : A. Inadequate user documentation
29. Defect prevention is defined as:
Correct : B. Finding and fixing errors before release but after insertion
30. Product quality is defined as:
Correct : D. Delivering a product using high quality procedures
31. Which of the following is NOT a main reason to undertake software quality assurance activities?
Correct : C. Insistence by the user on a satisfactory software quality assurance programme
32. Which type of risk factor is most likely to cause problems for a software project which develops military software?
Correct : B. Legal expenses
33. The main goal of quality assurance is:
Correct : C. Reduce the technical and programmatic risks in developing the software
34. Software interoperability is:
Correct : B. The ability of a software system to work under different operating systems.
35. With respect to software metrics, which statement is NOT true?
Correct : A. A indirect measure focuses on attributes of a project which can be measured by examining a process, product or resource
36. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Correct : C. Coding standards address layout of code text.
37. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Correct : B. A good design methodology should not promote a top-down decomposition strategy.
38. Formal Reviews seek to:
Correct : C. Identify system faults attribute the source of errors and seek solutions
39. 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?
Correct : A. Waterfall model
40. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Correct : C. Requirements must be complete
41. Quality Management in software engineering is also known as
Correct : A. SQA
42. Quality also can be looked at in terms of user satisfaction which includes
Correct : D. All of the mentioned
43. Inspections and testing are what kinds of Quality Costs?
Correct : D. Appraisal
44. According to Pareto’s principle, x% of defects can be traced to y% of all causes. What
are the values of x and y?
Correct : C. 80, 20
45. What is Six Sigma?
Correct : C. It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance and the “Six Sigma” refers to six standard deviations
46. Which of the following is not a core step of Six Sigma?
Correct : B. Control
47. Non-conformance to software requirements is known as
Correct : C. Software failure
48. What kind of quality cost is incurred when an error is detected in a product prior to shipment?
Correct : B. Internal Failure
49. The degree to which the design specifications are followed during manufacturing is known as
Correct : A. Quality of design
50. According to ISO 9001, inspection and testing comes under which management responsibility?
Correct : A. Process control
51. Software mistakes during coding are known as
Correct : C. Bugs
52. Test suite is
Correct : A. Set of test cases
53. Cyclomatic complexity is denoted by
Correct : D. all of the above
54. Which one is not the verification activity?
Correct : D. Acceptance testing
55. Site for alpha testing is
Correct : A. Software company
56. In data flow testing, objective is to find
Correct : C. All du-paths that are not dc-paths
57. Which of the following are objectives for formal technical reviews?
Correct : D. Uncover errors in software work products
58. Regression testing is known as
Correct : A. The process of retesting the modified parts of the software
59. At the end of a formal technical review all attendees can decide to
Correct : D. Both (a) and (c)
60. A review summary report answers which three questions?
Correct : C. What was reviewed, who reviewed it, what were the findings
61. White Box Techniques are also called as :-
Correct : A. Structural Testing
62. What is an equivalence partition (also known as an equivalence class)?
Correct : B. An input or output ranges of values such that only one value in the range becomes a test case.
63. Exhaustive Testing is
Correct : A. Is impractical but possible
64. Which of the following is the task of a Tester?
i. Interaction with the Test Tool Vendor to identify best ways to leverage test tool on the project.
ii. Prepare and acquire Test Data
iii. Implement Tests on all test levels, execute and log the tests.
iv. Create the Test Specifications
Correct : B. ii, iii, iv is true and i is false
65. What can static analysis NOT find?
Correct : C. Memory Leaks
66. __________is testing’s first goal.
Correct : A. Bug prevention.
67. ____________ is the independent examination of a work product.
Correct : D. Audit
68. ______________ is a fault in a program.
Correct : C. Bug
69. The sudden and complete failure of a computer system is called _______.
Correct : B. Crash
70. ___________ is the discrepancy between a computed and observed value.
Correct : A. Error
71. _______ is a chronological record of all relevant details about the execution of a test.
Correct : B. Test Log
72. ___________ matrix records the relationship between two or more products.
Correct : C. Traceability.
73. Name the process that confirms that the software meets its technical specification.
Correct : C. Verification
74. _________ are defined to be the variance between the expected result and actual result when the software is put to operation.
Correct : A. Defect.
75. Software ____________ is defined as the probability of failure free operations for a specified period of time in a specific environment.
Correct : B. Reliability.
76. Name an evaluation technique to assess the quality of test cases.
Correct : A. Mutation analysis.
77. __________does look at the implementation details.
Correct : D. Structural testing.
78. In ___________, the program or system is treated as a black box.
Correct : C. Functional testing.
79. Test should be conducted for every possible _______.
Correct : D. All the above.
80. The ______ associated with testing will be called test factors.
Correct : C. Risk.
81. __________ relates to the effort needed to the make changes to the software.
Correct : B. Maintainability.
82. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Correct : B. A good design methodology should not promote a top-down decomposition strategy.
83. Formal Reviews seek to ______.
Correct : C. Identify system faults, attribute the source of errors and seek solutions.
84. 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?
Correct : A. Waterfall model.
85. __________ relates to the ability of the software to be transferred to a different environment.
Correct : A. Portability.
86. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Correct : C. Requirements must be complete.
87. Which of the following is NOT part of a software quality assurance plan?
Correct : C. Supplier Control.
88. Who is NOT usually present in a technical review?
Correct : C. The programming tools supplier.
89. COCOMO is ________.
Correct : B. Constructive Cost Model.
90. The expectancy theory of motivation will focus on ________.
Correct : A. Instrumentality.
91. Size and Complexity are a part of
Correct : A. Product Metrics
92. Cost and schedule are a part of
Correct : C. Project Metrics
93. Number of errors found per person hours expended is an example of
Correct : C. Metric
94. According to Crosby, it is less costly to
Correct : C. Prevent defects than to detect them.
95. Cost of quality is
Correct : D. All of the above
96. Which of the following metrics involves defects reported by client
Correct : B. Test effectiveness
97. Detecting a defect at which of the following stage is most economical?
Correct : A. Design
98. What kind of quality cost is incurred when an error is detected in a product prior to Shipment ?
Correct : B. Internal Failure
99. Dynamic process is an example of
Correct : A. Validation
100. Non-Functional Software testing done to check if user interface is easy to use & understand