Que- Which of the following is not achieved by an automated estimation tools?
a. Predicting staffing levels
b. Predicting software cost
c. Predicting software schedules
d. Predicting clients demands
Answer- Predicting clients demands
Que- Software project estimation can never be an exact science, but a combination of good historical data and systematic techniques can improve estimation accuracy.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c. Nothing Can be Said
d. None of the mentioned
Answer- TRUE
Que- Which of the following are parameters involved in computing the total cost of a software development project?
a. Hardware and software costs
b. Effort costs
c. Travel and training costs
d. All of the mentioned
Answer- All of the mentioned
Que- Which of the following costs is not part of the total effort cost?
a. Costs of networking and communications
b. Costs of providing heating and lighting office space
c. Costs of lunch time food
d. Costs of support staff
Answer- Costs of lunch time food
Que- What is related to the overall functionality of the delivered software?
a. Function-related metrics
b. Product-related metrics
c. Size-related metrics
d. None of the mentioned
Answer- Function-related metrics
Que- A _________ is developed using historical cost information that relates some software metric to the project cost.
a. Algorithmic cost modelling
b. Expert judgement
c. Estimation by analogy
d. Parkinson's Law
Answer- Algorithmic cost modelling
Que- It is often difficult to estimate size at an early stage in a project when only a specification is available
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c. Nothing Can be Said
d. None of the mentioned
Answer- TRUE
Que- Which technique is applicable when other projects in the same analogy application domain have been completed?
a. Algorithmic cost modelling
b. Expert judgement
c. Estimation by analogy
d. Parkinson's Law
Answer- Estimation by analogy
Que- Which model assumes that systems are created from reusable components, scripting or database programming?
a. An application-composition model
b. A post-architecture model
c. A reuse model
d. An early design model
Answer- An application-composition model
Que- Which of the following states that work expands to fill the time available.
a. CASE tools
b. Pricing to win
c. Parkinson's Law
d. Expert judgement
Answer- Parkinson's Law
Que- Which model is used during early stages of the system design after the requirements have been established?
a. An application-composition model
b. A post-architecture model
c. A reuse model
d. An early design model
Answer- An early design model
Que- Which model is used to compute the effort required to integrate reusable components or program code that is automatically generated by design or program translation tools?
a. An application-composition model
b. A post-architecture model
c. A reuse model
d. An early design model
Answer- A reuse model
Que- The COCOMO model takes into account different approaches to software development, reuse, etc.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c. Nothing Can be Said
d. None of the mentioned
Answer- FALSE
Que- Which of the following uses empirically derived formulas to predict effort as a function of LOC or FP?
a. FP-Based Estimation
b. Process-Based Estimation
c. COCOMO
d. Both FP-Based Estimation and COCOMO
Answer- Both FP-Based Estimation and COCOMO
Que- The empirical data that support most estimation models are derived from a vast sample of projects.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c. Nothing Can be Said
d. None of the mentioned
Answer- FALSE
Que- COCOMO stands for
a. Constructive cost model
b. Comprehensive cost model
c. Constructive cost estimation model
d. Complete cost estimation model
Answer- Constructive cost model
Que- Which version of COCOMO states that once requirements have been stabilized, the basic software architecture has been established?
a. Early design stage model
b. Post-architecture-stage model
c. Application composition model
d. All of the mentioned
Answer- Early design stage model
Que- Which model was used during the early stages of software engineering, when prototyping of user interfaces, consideration of software and system interaction, assessment of performance, and evaluation of technology maturity were paramount.
a. Early design stage model
b. Post-architecture-stage model
c. Application composition model
d. All of the mentioned
Answer- Application composition model
Que- Which one is not a size measure for software product?
a. LOC
b. Halstead's program length
c. Function Count
d. Cyclomatic Complexity
Answer- Cyclomatic Complexity
Que- COCOMO was developed initially by
a. B.Beizer
b. Rajiv Gupta
c. B.W.Bohem
d. Gregg Rothermal
Answer- B.W.Bohem
Que- Estimation of size for a project is dependent on
a. Cost
b. Time
c. Schedule
d. None of the mentioned
Answer- None of the mentioned
Que- COCOMO-II was developed at
a. University of Texas
b. University of Southern California
c. MIT
d. IIT-Kanpur
Answer- University of Southern California
Que- Which one is not a stage of COCOMO-II?
a. Early design estimation model
b. Application Composition estimation model
c. Comprehensive cost estimation model
d. Post architecture estimation model
Answer- Early design estimation model
Que- What all has to be identified as per risk identification?
a. Threats
b. Vulnerabilities
c. Consequences
d. All of the mentioned
Answer- All of the mentioned