Software Quiz interview questions – page 2

Types of design phase 1s/are

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Data flow diagram, regular expression and transition table can be combined to provide  _____  for functional specification of system software.

1. Event Table
2. Decision table
3. Finite state automata
4. None of these

In object oriented design of software, objects have

1. Attributes name and operations
2. Attributes and name only
3. Operations and name only
4. None of these

To write a program that solves a given problem, a programmer

1. Debugs the program
2. Designs an algorithm
3. Codes an algorithm in a programming language
4. All of these

BNF is a meta-language for

1. Shell programming
2. Specifying the syntax of a language
3. Real-time programming
4. Describing how program works

An inventory management program can assist with

1. The distribution of inventory
2. The purchasing of inventory
3. The planning of inventory
4. All of these

The first phase of software development is

1. Coding
2. Testing
3. Design
4. Requirement analysis

Design phase includes

1. Data, architectural, interface and procedural designs
2. Architectural, procedural and interface designs only
3. Data, architecture and procedural designs only
4. All of these

Mnemonic codes and variable names are used in

1. a high-level language
2. a machine Language
3. an assembly language
4. all of these

Top-down design does not require

1. Modularity
2. Flow Charting
3. Loop invariants
4. Step-wise refinement

Railway reservation system currently operational in India can be classified as a

1. Expert system
2. Online system
3. Real time system
4. Catch processing system

A computer program can often be a very satisfactory _____ of a physical system such as road traffic conditions.

1. Solution
2. Replacement
3. Model
4. Simulation

The model which reduces the cost of development of software is

1. Waterfall model
2. Iterative
3. Prototyping
4. None of these

A clipboard

1. can be used to store text notes
2. works like a four function pocket calculator
3. can adjust the characteristics of the hardware
4. transfers information between programs

Educational software includes

1. Tutorial programs
2. Drill-and-practice programs
3. Simulation programs
4. All of these

Which of the following software engineering concept does Adam Language support?

1. Information hiding
2. Generic
3. Abstraction
4. All of these

Software engineering primarily aims on

1. Reliable and cost effective software
2. Cost effective software
3. Reliable software
4. None of these

The maximum efforts distribution in phases of software development is

1. Coding
2. Testing
3. Design phase
4. Requirement analysis

The error distribution in the case of coding is

1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 50%
4. 80%

The recent model is

1. Waterfall model
2. Prototyping
3. Spiral
4. Iterative

Primary storage is ____ as compared to secondary storage.

1. Low and expensive
2. Fast and expensive
3. Slow and inexpensive
4. Fast and inexpensive

An optical input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media is

1. Magnetic tape
2. O.M.R.
3. Punch card reader
4. Optical scanners

The minimum error distribution in the period of software development is in

1. Coding
2. Design phase
3. Testing
4. Requirement analysis

The graph theoretic concept will be useful in software testing is

1. Euler an cycle
2. Hamiltonian circuit
3. Cyclamate number
4. None of these

In testing phase, the efforts distribution is

1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 30%
4. 50%

A single integrated program may contain

1. An operating system and an application program
2. Programs that take care of all the basic accounting systems used by a business
3. Word processing, spread sheet processing, graphics, and data management
4. Both (b) and (c)

A series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it is called a

1. Program
2. Processor
3. Command
4. User response

An examples of an expert system is

1. A structural analysis program
2. The Internist, a medical diagnosis program
3. A stock and bond analysis program
4. All of these

All variables must be declared at the beginning of

1. A PASCAL program
2. A BASIC program
3. An assembly language program
4. A machine language program

A module that is supplied along with the programming language translator to make the language easier is called

1. A benchmark program
2. A data structure
3. An intrinsic function
4. None of these