All Free Software Engineering MCQs with Answers
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- A. development process
- B. business process
- C. quality process
- D. customer focus
Explanation: A business process is a connected set of organizational activities that transforms inputs into an outcome or value for a customer.
Correct answer: business process- A. prototyping
- B. interviews
- C. research and site visits
- D. reverse engineering
Explanation: Interviews, research, site visits, and prototyping are established ways to discover and validate system requirements.
Correct answer: reverse engineering- A. model-driven analysis
- B. object-oriented analysis
- C. traditional approaches
- D. accelerated systems analysis
Explanation: Prototyping is strongly associated with accelerated systems analysis because an early working model quickly clarifies requirements and…
Correct answer: accelerated systems analysis- A. procedures
- B. work flow
- C. process flow
- D. process requirements
Explanation: Workflow describes how transactions move through business activities, including the checks, approvals, and hand-offs required at each…
Correct answer: work flow85. Monitoring the legal constraints which a company operates under requires review of_______________?
- A. a company's customers
- B. a company's outputs
- C. a company's macro-environment
- D. a company's micro-environment
Explanation: Legal constraints belong to the macro-environment because they arise from broad external political, legal, and regulatory forces.
Correct answer: a company's macro-environment- A. DSS
- B. TPS
- C. ERP
- D. None of these
Explanation: Executive planning and assessment are normally supported by an executive information system or executive support system.
Correct answer: None of these- A. Decision making
- B. Systematic
- C. Cognitive
- D. Decision support systems
Explanation: Decision support systems combine interactive analysis, models, and database access to help with semi-structured or ill-structured…
Correct answer: Decision support systems- A. information into data
- B. procedures into statement
- C. data into information
- D. statement into procedures
Explanation: An information system processes raw data into meaningful information that can support decisions and operations.
Correct answer: data into information- A. Business process
- B. The fundamental rethinking
- C. Organization restructuring
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Hammer's definition combines two ideas: fundamental rethinking of existing work and radical redesign of business processes to improve…
Correct answer: The fundamental rethinking- A. Bottom to top
- B. Left to right
- C. Top to bottom
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Decision trees may be drawn in several orientations, including top-to-bottom, left-to-right, and bottom-to-top, provided the decision…
Correct answer: All of the above91. Cause-and-effect analysis is performed in the following phase of systems analysis________________?
- A. scope definition phase
- B. logical design phase
- C. requirements analysis phase
- D. problem analysis phase
Explanation: Problem analysis investigates the causes and effects of an existing problem, often using cause-and-effect diagrams or related techniques.
Correct answer: problem analysis phase- A. A browsable hierarchy
- B. A list of equivalent terms
- C. A complex controlled vocabulary showing relationships
- D. None of these
Explanation: A taxonomy organizes concepts into a hierarchical structure that users can browse from broader categories to narrower ones.
Correct answer: A browsable hierarchy- A. problem analysis phase
- B. logical design phase
- C. scope definition phase
- D. requirements analysis phase
Explanation: Requirements analysis is the phase in which stakeholder needs are elicited, examined, and expressed as system requirements.
Correct answer: requirements analysis phase- A. problem analysis phase
- B. decision analysis phase
- C. systems analysis phase
- D. logical design phase
Explanation: Logical design turns validated functional requirements into a structured specification and defines how they will be tested for acceptance.
Correct answer: logical design phase- A. batch document
- B. source document
- C. on-line documen
- D. data entry document
Explanation: A source document is the original form or record used to capture data about a business transaction, such as an invoice or order form.
Correct answer: source document- A. randomization
- B. stratification
- C. people sampling
- D. work sampling
Explanation: Work sampling observes activities at randomly selected times across many observations to estimate how work time is distributed.
Correct answer: work sampling- A. Entity
- B. Source
- C. Process
- D. Attribute
Explanation: An information flow diagram shows where information originates and moves, so sources are represented as origins of the flows.
Correct answer: Source- A. determine data entry errors on primary keys
- B. ensure that the correct type of data is input
- C. determine whether a known relationship between two fields is valid
- D. determine whether all required fields of the input have actually been entered
Explanation: A combination check tests whether values in two or more fields have a valid known relationship, such as an end date not preceding a start…
Correct answer: determine whether a known relationship between two fields is valid- A. data
- B. Objects
- C. Entities
- D. Actors
Explanation: Use-case analysis describes how actors interact with a system to achieve goals.
Correct answer: Actors- A. problem analysis phase
- B. logical design phase
- C. scope definition phase
- D. physical design phase
Explanation: Problem analysis identifies the current deficiencies and establishes objectives for improving the system.
Correct answer: problem analysis phase