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2015 PYQ

A software requirements specification $$(SRS)$$ document should avoid discussing which one of the following?

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2015 PYQ

Match the following: List I List II (P) Condition coverage (i) Black-box testing (Q) Equivalence class partitioning (ii) System testing (R) Volume testing (iii) White-box testing (...

Software Engineering/MTF/answer key
2015 PYQ

Which one of the following assertions concerning code inspection and code walk-through is true?

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2015 PYQ

Consider a software project with the following information domain characteristics for calculation of function point metric. Number of external inputs $$\left( {\rm I} \right) = 30$...

Software Engineering/NAT
2015 PYQ

Consider the basic $$COCOMO$$ model where $$E$$ is the effort applied in person-months, $$D$$ is the development time in chronological months, $$KLOC$$ is the estimated number of d...

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2015 PYQ

Consider the following C program segment. while(first <= last) { if (array[middle] < search) first = middle + 1; else if (array[middle] == search) found = TRUE; else last = middle...

Software Engineering/NAT
2015 PYQ

Consider a software program that is artificially seeded with $$100$$ faults. While testing this program, $$159$$ faults are detected, out of which $$75$$ faults are from those arti...

Software Engineering/NAT
2014 PYQ

Which one of the following is TRUE?

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2014 PYQ

Match the following: $$1)$$ Waterfall model $$2)$$ Evolutionary model $$3)$$ Component-based software engineering $$4)$$ Spiral development $$a)$$ Specifications can be developed i...

Software Engineering/MTF/answer key
2014 PYQ

In the context of modular software design, which one of the following combinations is desirable?

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2013 PYQ

The procedure given below is required to find and replace certain characters inside an input character string supplied in array $$A.$$ The characters to be replaced are supplied in...

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2013 PYQ

The procedure given below is required to find and replace certain characters inside an input character string supplied in array $$A.$$ The characters to be replaced are supplied in...

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2011 PYQ

Which of the following is NOT desired in a good Software Requirement Specifications $$(SRS)$$ document?

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2011 PYQ

A company need to develop digital signal processing software for one of its newest inventions. The software is expected to have $$4000$$ lines of code. The company needs to determi...

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2010 PYQ

The following program is to be tested for statement coverage: begin if $$\left( {a = \,\, = b} \right)\,\,\left\{ {S1;\,\,exit;} \right\}$$ else if $$\left( {c = \,\, = d} \right)\...

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2009 PYQ

Consider the following statements about the cyclomatic complexity of the control flow graph of a program module. Which of these are TRUE? $${\rm I}.\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ The cyclomatic co...

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key
2009 PYQ

Which of the following statements are TRUE? $${\rm I}.\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ The content diagram should depict the system as a single bubble. $${\rm II}.\,\,\,\,$$ External entities should...

Software Engineering/STMT/answer key
2009 PYQ

The coupling between different modules of a software is categorized as follows $${\rm I}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Content coupling $${\rm II}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Common coupling $...

Software Engineering/MCQ/answer key