Certified Software Quality Engineering Quiz for June 2008

1.   Which of the following is NOT a benefit of increasing the quality of software?

A.   Increased cycle times

B.   Decreased field failures

C.   Increased customer satisfaction

D.   Reduced development costs

2.   The cost of conducting code inspections to identify software defects would be included in which of the following cost of quality categories?

A.   Prevention

B.   Appraisal

C.   Internal failure

D.   External failure

3.   Which of the following software life cycle models emphasizes the relationship between the testing phases and the products produced during the earlier development phases?

A.   Waterfall

B.   V

C.   Spiral

D.   Incremental

4.   A work breakdown structure is a method for:

A.   subdividing a project into a hierarchy of sub-projects, tasks and activities.

B.   defining the individual steps in a set of work instructions for implementing a process.

C.   showing the sequential relationships between the various activities in a project.

D.   exploring the multiple causes of a malfunction in the flow of work in a system.

5.   Which of the following is NOT an appropriate use for a productivity metric?

A.   To predict future project effort

B.   To control process effectiveness

C.   To understand current process capability

D.   To evaluate project personnel performance

6.   Which of the following is a formal technique that mathematically verifies a computer program or detailed design?

A.   Structural testing

B.   Proofs of correctness

C.   Static analysis

D.   Dynamic analysis

 7.   Which of the following roles administrate activities related to changes in the software product, including ensuring that no unauthorized changes are made to baselined software?

A.   Software Development

B.   Software Quality Assurance

C.   Independent Verification and Validation

D.   Software Configuration Management

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