Software Engineering Mcqs Practice Test

Question 1

What is the term for a system that is designed such that the faults in the delivered software do not result in system failure ?

Accepted Answer

C. Fault tolerance

Question 2

What is the term for development process organised such that faults in the system are detected and repaired before delivery to the customer ?

Accepted Answer

A. Fault Avoidance

Question 3

Which of the following is a Strategy to achieve Software diversity ?

Accepted Answer

D. All of the mentioned

Question 4

Which process characteristic with respect to Dependability Engineering is mentioned by the statement: “The process should be understandable by people apart from process participants” ?

Accepted Answer

C. Auditable

Question 5

Which of the following examples does not involve dependability engineering ?

Accepted Answer

C. Library Management

Question 6

Consider a case where the failure of the system causes damage to the system itself or it data. What type of failure is being described here ?

Accepted Answer

C. System/data corruption

Question 7

At which stage of risk analysis specification, the additional security requirements take account of the technologies used in building the system and system design and implementation decisions ?

Accepted Answer

B. Life-cycle risk analysis

Question 8

Which reliability metric sets out the probable number of system failures that are likely to be observed relative to a certain time period ?

Accepted Answer

B. ROCOF

Question 9

To specify security requirements, one should identify the risks that are to be dealt with ?

Accepted Answer

B. False

Question 10

Which reliability requirements are concerned with maintaining copies of the system  ?

Accepted Answer

B. Recovery requirements

Question 11

Which of the following is not a functional reliability requirement for a system ?

Accepted Answer

D. Ambiguous requirements

Question 12

POFOD stands for___________________?

Accepted Answer

D. Probability of failure on demand

Question 13

How many stages are there in Risk-driven requirements specification ?

Accepted Answer

B. four

Question 14

An event that occurs at some point in time when the system does not deliver a service as expected by its users is called __________________?

Accepted Answer

D. System failure

Question 15

Consider a case where the system is unavailable and cannot deliver its services to users. What type of failure is being described here ?

Accepted Answer

A. Loss of service

Question 16

A weakness in a computer-based system that may be exploited to cause loss or harm is known as ?

Accepted Answer

A. Vulnerability

Question 17

A password checking system that disallows user passwords that are proper names or words that are normally included in a dictionary is an example of ________________ with respect to security systems?

Accepted Answer

B. control

Question 18

An assessment of the worst possible damage that could result from a particular hazard is known as _________________?

Accepted Answer

C. Hazard severity

Question 19

An erroneous system state that can lead to system behavior that is unexpected by system users is known as________________?

Accepted Answer

C. System error

Question 20

The safety of a system is a system attribute that reflects the system’s ability to operate, normally or abnormally, without injury to people or damage to the environment ?

Accepted Answer

A. True