Top 150+ Solved Software Quality Management (SQM) MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following is NOT a main reason to undertake software quality assurance activities?
a. Reduce software personnel turnover
b. Legal liability
c. Insistence by the user on a satisfactory software quality assurance programme
d. Marketing reasons
Q. Which type of risk factor is most likely to cause problems for a software project which develops military software?
a. Unused or unusable software
b. Legal expenses
c. Excessive paperwork
d. High maintenance costs
Q. The main goal of quality assurance is:
a. Set coding standards.
b. Improve software project management
c. Reduce the technical and programmatic risks in developing the software
d. Specify corrective actions.
Q. Software interoperability is:
a. The ability of a software system to work on different hardware platforms.
b. The ability of a software system to work under different operating systems.
c. The ability of a software system to exchange information with other software systems and to use the exchanged information.
d. The ability to replace a software system with another software system that has similar functionality
Q. With respect to software metrics, which statement is NOT true?
a. A indirect measure focuses on attributes of a project which can be measured by examining a process, product or resource
b. A direct measure focuses on attributes of a project which can be measured by examining a process, product or resource
c. External attributes are always measured indirectly
d. Lines of code is a direct measurement
Q. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Coding standards address naming of constants.
b. Coding standards address the number of errors encountered per 1000 lines of code.
c. Coding standards address layout of code text.
d. Coding standards address the use of program comments.
Q. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. A good design methodology should provide a clear division of design from implementation
b. A good design methodology should not promote a top-down decomposition strategy.
c. A good design methodology should encourage phased development of the software
d. A good design methodology should help to minimise future maintenance.
Q. Formal Reviews seek to:
a. Identify system faults, but not to attribute blame or seek solutions
b. Identify system faults, attribute the source of errors, but not seek solutions
c. Identify system faults attribute the source of errors and seek solutions
d. Identify system faults; seek solutions, but not to attribute blame
Q. Which form of software development model is most suited to a system where all the requirements are known at the start of a project and remain stable throughout the project?
a. Waterfall model
b. Incremental model
c. Evolutionary model
d. Spiral model
Q. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Requirements must be testable
b. Requirements must be concerned with system functionality only
c. Requirements must be complete
d. Requirements must be unambiguously stated
Q. Quality also can be looked at in terms of user satisfaction which includes
a. A complaint product
b. Good quality output
c. Delivery within budget and schedule
d. All of the mentioned
Q. Inspections and testing are what kinds of Quality Costs?
a. Prevention
b. Internal Failure
c. External Failure
d. Appraisal
Q. According to Pareto’s principle, x% of defects can be traced to y% of all causes. Whatare the values of x and y?
a. 60, 40
b. 70, 30
c. 80, 20
d. No such principle exists
Q. What is Six Sigma?
a. It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance
b. The “Six Sigma” refers to six standard deviations
c. It is the most widely used strategy for statistical quality assurance and the “Six Sigma” refers to six standard deviations
d. A Formal Technical Review(FTR) guideline for quality walkthrough or inspection