Software Engineering Multiple Choice Questions on “Process Improvement”.
1. “Robustness” answers which of the following description?
a) CASE tools be used to support the process activities
b) Process errors are avoided or trapped before they result in product errors
c) Defined process is acceptable and usable by the engineers responsible for producing the software
d) Process continues in spite of unexpected problems
Answer: d
Clarification: None.
2. Process improvement is the set of activities, methods, and transformations that developers use to develop and maintain information systems.
a) True
b) False
Answer: b
Clarification: The definition is of a system development process.
3. “Understandability” answers which of the following description?
a) The extent to which the process is explicitly defined
b) Process errors are avoided or trapped before they result in product errors
c) Defined process is acceptable and usable by the engineers responsible for producing the software product
d) Process continues in spite of unexpected problems
Answer: a
Clarification: None.
4. How many stages are there in process improvement?
a) three
b) four
c) five
d) six
Answer: a
Clarification: Process measurement, analysis and change are the three stages.
5. In which stage of process improvement bottlenecks and weaknesses are identified?
a) Process measurement
b) Process analysis
c) Process change
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: In Process analysis the current process is assessed and bottlenecks and weaknesses are identified.
6. Prototypes and 4GL business systems are categorized under which process?
a) Informal
b) Managed
c) Methodical
d) Supported
Answer: a
Clarification: Here the development team chose their own way of working.
7. The documentation of a process which records the tasks, the roles and the entities used is called
a) Process metric
b) Process analysis
c) Process modelling
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Clarification: Process models may be presented from different perspectives.
8. It is always best to start process analysis with a new test model.
a) True
b) False
Answer: b
Clarification: It is always best to start process analysis with an existing model. People then may extend and change this.
9. What is a tangible output of an activity that is predicted in a project plan?
a) Deliverable
b) Activity
c) Condition
d) Process
Answer: a
Clarification: None.
10. What is often undefined and is left to the ingenuity of the project managers and engineers?
a) Role
b) Exception
c) Activity
d) Process
Answer: b
Clarification: Exceptions are often undefined and it is left to the ingenuity of the project managers and engineers to handle the exception.
11. Which of the following is not a part of process change?
a) Introducing new practices, methods or processes
b) Introducing new team members to existing project
c) Introducing or removing deliverable
d) Introducing new roles or responsibilities
Answer: b
Clarification: Adding more developers aid to process completion rather than changing it.
12. The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a continuous model.
a) True
b) False
Answer: b
Clarification: The CMM is discrete rather than continuous.
13. The CMMI assessment is based on a x-point scale. What is the value of x?
a) 0
b) 2
c) 4
d) 6
Answer: d
Clarification: Not performed, performed, managed, defined, quantitatively managed, and optimizing are the six points.