VU Final Term Past Papers
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Q1. ________ theory when the deliverables of a project are more important than its phases. This normally happens when the deliverables are decided before the project begins.
Q2. Predecessor activities need to ________ before the next can begin. After a predecessor activity is completed, the successor activity becomes the predecessor for another activity.
Q3. Over the course of the project, a comparison of the due date and the date delivered provides a metric for how well deliverable dates are ________ by the project team.
Q4. Each________ can be subdivided into sub tasks.
Q5. In________ the planner develops estimates of the information domain.
Q6. A________ extends the Program WBS to a lower level in order to provide management and cost information to the Government.
Q7. Which of the following Technique use network schedules to trace the completion of predetermined activities?
Q8. The decomposition of a software project is one of the first tasks of ________.
Q9. Risk analysis and management are a series of steps that help a software team to understand and manage________.
Q10. To________ risks from occurring, the project team prepares the risk plan before the commencement of the project.
Q11. A________ is defined as "the work breakdown that covers the acquisition of a specific defense material item and is related to contractual effort."
Q12. Scheduling for software engineering projects can be viewed from________ rather different perspectives.
Q13. Design decomposition of a software project is a division of the system into
Q14. A change in the arrangement of tasks can occur on the basis of ______ theories of WBS.
Q15. Software project ______ is an activity that distributes estimated effort across the planned project duration by allocating the effort to specific software engineering tasks.
Q16. Using PERT and CPM______, helps you complete a project on time. By using these techniques, you can determine the latest time by when an activity should start to be completed on time.
Q17. Project management processes can be organized into _____________ groups
Q18. Product quality depends on its conformance to ______
Q19. _______is the technical kernel of software engineering
Q20. Mode of specification has a great impact on quality of solution. Forcing SWE to work with incomplete, inconsistence, or misleading specifications result in frustration and confusion affecting:
Q21. Finally, the specification includes a ________
Q22. Cognitive model describes a system as perceived by its _________
Q23. A review of the Software Requirements Specification is conducted by ________
Q24. A meeting is conducted at a _________ and attended by both software engineers and customers.
Q25. The model serves as the basis for the creation of ________ for the Software.
Q26. Throughout evaluation and solution synthesis, the analyst's primary focus is on
Q27. In problem evaluation area of effort, once problems have been identified, the ___________determines what information is to be produced by the new system and what data will be provided to the system.
Q28. Requirements are refined and analyzed to assess their clarity, completeness, and_______
Q29. A software project that meets all the stated objectives is a success of _________
Q30. All of the following describe the activity list except:
Q31. Software project are carried out sequentially and that each phase is completed before the next is taken up.
Q32. Project management is a _________of constant communication and negotiation.
Q33. These all are design phase activities except
Q34. Which organization has set the de facto standards for project management techniques?
Q35. McCall (MCC77) and his colleagues proposed some software quality factors based on _________ most important aspects of a software product:
Q36. The model serves as a foundation for software design and as the basis for the creation of _________ for the Software.
Q37. A ‗facilitator‘ controls the meeting can be _________.
Q38. Upon evaluating current problems and desired information (input and output), the analyst begins to _________.
Q39. These all are Product Revision Factors except.
Q40. Foundational design concepts are.
Q41. The US DOD (1988) defines software quality rather simply as:
Q42. —defining and refining objectives and selecting the best of the alternative courses of action to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to address
Q43. When you build a product or system, it‘s important to go through a series of predictable steps – a road map that helps you create a timely, high-quality result, The road map that you follow is called —
Q44. Each process is described by:
Q45. — ensures that appropriate steps to follow the product development procedures are carried out
Q46. Synchronization control helps to ensure that parallel changes performed by two different people do_________.
Q47. These all are Product Transition Factors except.
Q48. To control versions, you can use _________.
Q49. The Introduction of the software requirements specification states the
Q50. The British Standards Institution (1986) has stated the quality as
Q51. The check-in and checkout facilities provide___________
Q52. A baseline version __________
Q53. You can use the Item Traceability Matrix to identify _______ at the end of each phase
Q54. Defined scope is a
Q55. Software requirements engineering is a process of all except
Q56. Most software project manager‘s practice a lot of management techniques that are of doubtful authenticity are called
Q57. The quality of software is said to be high if it meets the
Q58. Both the software engineer and customer take an active role in software requirements engineering-a set of activities that is often referred to as Requirement:
Q59. The Efficiency with which a program runs on different platforms or operating systems is called :
Q60. Efficiency with which a program runs on different platforms or operating systems is Reusability
Q61. ________ is a software engineering task that bridges the gap between system level requirements engineering and software design.
Q62. ________ is path finding________, is path following
Q63. A node on a network schedule is that point in time at which an activity ________.
Q64. The first activity in risk analysis is risk management.
Q65. MIT 3rd Semester Al-Barq Campus (VGJW01) Gujranwala
Q66. Describe where the work must be performed. Specify the location of hardware and software and where the people must perform the work is called __________
Q67. There are ________ types of Work Breakdown Structures.
Q68. To aid planning, scheduling, and monitoring a project, you can use tools______
Q69. CSOM stands for______
Q70. The DIDs (Data Item Description) includes a section called ________
Q71. __________ is identifying the specific activities that must be performed to produce the various project deliverables
Q72. _____ identifying and documenting interactivity dependencies
Q73. To expand or contract project scope, to modify cost, or schedule estimates are examples of ________
Q74. ________ is based on soft skills and relies more on human factors, such as collecting information during group discussions
Q75. The Data Item Descriptions define the formal documentation standards for all required documents generated during the development of software according to standard
Q76. There are _________Planning Process Tasks
Q77. __________ technique used to integrate the project’s scope, schedule, and resources and to measure and report project performance from initiation to closeout
Q78. Each _____ can be subdivided into sub tasks. None of
Q79. McCall (MCC77) and his colleagues proposed some software quality factors based on three most important aspects of a software product: Which organization has set the de facto standards for project management techniques?
Q80. ________ theory when the deliverables of a project are more important than its phases. This normally happens when the deliverables are decided before the project begins. Select correct option
Q81. Predecessor activities need to ________ before the next can begin. After a predecessor activity is completed, the successor activity becomes the predecessor for another activity. Select
Q82. Over the course of the project, a comparison of the due date and the date delivered provides a metric
Q83. -
Q84. ( Marks: 1 ) A ‘facilitator’ controls the meeting can be _________.
Q85. All of the given
Q86. Design defined for product
Q87. ________ theory when the deliverables of a project are more important than its phases. This normally
Q88. Predecessor activities need to ________ before the next can begin. After a predecessor activity is
Q89. The US DOD (1988) defines software quality rather simply as: ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Q90. Using PERT and CPM, ________ , helps you complete a project on time. By using these techniques, you can determine the latest time by when an activity should start to be completed on time. ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Q91. WBS None of given
Q92. Original contract All of given
Q93. ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Q94. ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Upon evaluating current problems and desired information (input and output), the analyst begins to _________.
Q95. All of the given ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Q96. ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Most software project manager‘s practice a lot of management techniques that are of doubtful authenticity are called
Q97. The answer of the _____________ question helps in defining the role and responsibility of each member of the software team. Where they are organizationally located? How will the job be done technically and managerially? Who is responsible for a function? What will be done, by when?
Q98. PMIS Stands for _____________.
Q99. ___________ is not an evaluation method used to validate performance.
Q100. Putting all logical activities together is called ___________.
Q101. In planning process tasks, ___________ cannot be fixed and cannot be determined in the beginning.
Q102. There should not be any ambiguity and any grey area in complete wording regarding the scope. ___________.
Q103. A ___________ contract is a commitment by the developer to provide an agreed product or service for an agreed fee, within an agreed schedule.
Q104. ___________ ensures that the standards laid down for a project are followed.
Q105. Reviews conducted at each of this phase/s ___________.
Q106. ___________ defines that project objectives are met by monitoring and measuring progress regularly to identify variances from plan so that corrective action can be taken when necessary.