Paper 2 CS · UNIT 06 · MOCK TEST

Mock 9 – Metrics, Estimation & Project Management (Part 1)

Unit 6: Software Engineering · 28 questions · about 33 minutes. Press End Mock any time to see your score and the correct answers.

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Q1.

Which of the following is used to determine the cost performance index?

A(A) Budgeted cost of work performed − budget at completion B(B) Budgeted cost of work performed ÷ budget at completion C(C) Budgeted cost of work performed ÷ Actual cost of work performed D(D) Budgeted cost of work performed − Actual cost of work performed

Q2.

Software project manager is responsible for the following task:
(A) Project planning
(B) Project status tracking
(C) Resources management
(D) Risk management
(E) Project delivery within time & budget

A(A) All the statements are correct B(B) Only (B) & (C) are correct C(C) Only (A) & (D) are correct D(D) Only (A) & (D) are correct

Q3.

Fill in the blanks:
"An ________ chart is a project schedule representation that presents the project plan as a directed graph. The critical path is the ________ sequence of ________ tasks and it defines the project ________."

A(A) Activity, Shortest, Independent, Cost B(B) Activity, Longest, Dependent, Duration C(C) Activity, Longest, Independent, Duration D(D) Activity, Shortest, Dependent, Duration

Q4.

Which of the following are the primary objectives of risk monitoring in software project tracking?
P: To assess whether predicted risks do, in fact, occur.
Q: To ensure that risk aversion steps defined for the risk are being properly applied.
R: To collect information that can be used for future risk analysis.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A(A) Only P and Q B(B) Only P and R C(C) Only Q and R D(D) All of P, Q and R

Q5.

Which one of the following is a highly associated activity of project planning?
(1) Keep track of the project progress.
(2) Compare actual and planned progress and costs.
(3) Identify the activities, milestones and deliverables produced by a project.

A(A) Keep track of the project progress B(B) Compare actual and planned progress and costs C(C) Identify the activities, milestones and deliverables produced by a project D(D) Both (2) and (3)

Q6.

Consider the following statements:
(A) Dynamic metrics are collected by measurements made of a program in execution
(B) Static metrics are collected by measurements made of representations of the system
(C) The assessment of software quality is an objective process
(D) An important part of quality assurance involves selection of standards applying to development
Which of the above statements are correct?

A(A) A, B, C only B(B) B, C and D only C(C) A, C and D only D(D) A, B and D only

Q7.

Which of the following is not one of three software product aspects addressed by McCall's software quality factors?

A(A) Ability to undergo change B(B) Adaptability to new environments C(C) Operational characteristics D(D) Production costs and scheduling

Q8.

COCOMO stands for ………………

A(A) Consumed cost model B(B) Constructive cost model C(C) Common control model D(D) Composition cost model

Q9.

Size and complexity are a part of

A(A) People Metrics B(B) Project Metrics C(C) Process Metrics D(D) Product Metrics

Q10.

Which metrics are derived by normalizing quality and/or productivity measures by considering the size of the software that has been produced?

A(A) Function-Oriented Metrics B(B) Function-Point Metrics C(C) Line of Code Metrics D(D) Size-Oriented Metrics

Q11.

A company has a choice of two languages L1 and L2 to develop a software for their client. Number of LOC required to develop an application in L2 is thrice the LOC in language L1. Also, software has to be maintained for the next 10 years. Various parameters for two languages are given below to decide which language should be preferred for development.

Parameter	L1	L2
Man-year needed for development	LOC/1000	LOC/1000
Development cost	Rs. 70,000	Rs. 90,000
Cost of maintenance per year	Rs. 1,00,000	Rs. 40,000

Total cost of the project includes the cost of development and maintenance. What is the LOC for L1 for which cost of developing the software with both languages must be the same?

A(A) 2000 B(B) 5000 C(C) 3000 D(D) 6000

Q12.

A software project was estimated at 864 Function Points. A six-person team will be assigned to the project consisting of one requirement gathering person, one designer, two programmers and two testers. The salary of the requirement gatherer is Rs. 50,000 per month, the designer Rs. 70,000 per month, and each programmer and each tester Rs. 60,000 per month. The average productivity for the team is 12 Function Points per person-month. Which of the following represents the projected cost of the project?

A(A) Rs. 33,20,000 B(B) Rs. 43,20,000 C(C) Rs. 33,10,000 D(D) Rs. 22,10,000

Q13.

Assume that a software system P is to be developed with the following parameters:
Estimated size of the software: 33,480 LOC
Productivity: 620 LOC per person-month
Number of developers available: 6
Salary of each developer: Rs. 50,000 per month
Find (E, D, C), where E is the effort in person-months, D is the development time in months and C is the total cost in lakhs of rupees.

A(A) (48, 8, 24) B(B) (54, 9, 27) C(C) (60, 10, 30) D(D) (42, 7, 21)

Q14.

A software project was estimated at 352 Function Points (FP). A four person team will be assigned to this project consisting of a project manager who will be paid ₹80,000 per month, two programmers who will be paid ₹60,000 per month each and one tester who will be paid ₹50,000 per month. The average productivity for the team is 8 FP per person month. Which of the following represents the projected cost of the project?

A(A) ₹28,16,000 B(B) ₹20,90,000 C(C) ₹26,95,000 D(D) ₹27,50,000

Q15.

A software company needs to develop a project that is estimated as 1000 function points and is planning to use JAVA as the programming language whose approximate lines of code per function point is accepted as 50. Considering a = 1.4 as multiplicative factor, b = 1.0 as exponential factor for the basic COCOMO effort equation and c = 3.0 as multiplicative factor, d = 0.33 as exponential factor for the basic COCOMO duration equation, approximately how long does the project take to complete?

A(A) 11.2 months B(B) 12.2 months C(C) 13.2 months D(D) 10.2 months

Q16.

The functional requirements of a proposed system have been estimated as 500 function points. Assume that JAVA is the programming language with the LOC/FP ratio of 50. Using the basic COCOMO effort equation E = a(KLOC)^b with a = 2.5 and b = 1.0, the estimated effort is

A(A) 25 person months B(B) 75 person months C(C) 62.5 person months D(D) 72.5 person months

Q17. Which of the following is not a 'concern' during management of a software project?

AProject/Product information BProduct quality CTime DMoney

In a particular program, it is found that 1% of the code accounts for 50% of the execution time. To code the program in FORTRAN, it takes 100 man-days. Coding in assembly language is 10 times harder than coding in FORTRAN, but runs 5 times faster. Converting (rewriting) an existing FORTRAN program to an assembly language program is 4 times harder than coding in FORTRAN.

Q18. If 99% of the program is written in FORTRAN and the remaining 1% directly in assembly language, the percentage increase in the execution time, compared to writing the entire program in FORTRAN and then rewriting (converting) the 1% into assembly language, is

A0.9 B1 C0.1 D0

Q19. If a project team needs 13 days to completely write the program in FORTRAN and rewriting (converting) the 1% code to assembly language, then the team consists of

A13 Programmers B10 Programmers C8 Programmers D100/13 Programmers

Q20. How many days will it take for 2 programmers to write the entire code in FORTRAN and then rewrite the 1% code to assembly language?

A52 B53 C54 D55

Q21. If 99% of the program is written in FORTRAN and the remaining 1% in assembly, the percentage increase in the programming time compared to writing the entire program in FORTRAN and rewriting (converting) the 1% to assembly language is

A10 B5 C13 D8

Q22. Estimation of software development effort for organic software in basic COCOMO is

AE = 2.4 (KLOC)^1.05 PM BE = 3.4 (KLOC)^1.06 PM CE = 2.0 (KLOC)^1.05 PM DE = 2.4 (KLOC)^1.07 PM

Q23. Match List I (Software Risk) with List II (Uses)

List I	List II
A. Predictable Risk	I. Strategic Risk
B. Business Risk	II. Staffing and Organization
C. Project Risk	III. Implementation
D. Past Risk	IV. Past Project Experience

AA-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II BA-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV CA-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II DA-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Q24. Which one of the following is the correct estimation model based on the software equation?

AE = [LOC × B^0.222 / P]² × (1/t⁴) BE = [LOC × B^0.333 / P]³ × (1/t⁴) CE = [LOC × B^0.444 / P]⁴ × (1/t³) DE = [LOC × B^0.111 / P]⁶ × (1/t³)

Q25. If a software project has 2000 lines of code (LOC) and the average productivity rate is 10 LOC per person-hour, how many person-hours are required to complete the project?

A100 B150 C200 D250

Q26. Given a project with an estimated effort of 1500 person-hours and a team of 5 people, how many days will it take to complete the project if each person works 8 hours a day?

A30 B37.5 C40 D45.5

Q27. Given a project that uses the COCOMO model with an estimated effort of 2000 person-months and a productivity rate of 5 person-months per KLOC, what is the estimated size of the project in KLOC?

A200 B400 C100 D50

Q28. Match List I with List II

List I	List II
A. PERT	I. Used for non-repetitive jobs
B. Optimistic time	II. Used for repetitive jobs
C. CPM	III. The shortest possible time to complete the activity if all goes well
D. Pessimistic time	IV. The longest time that an activity takes

AA-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I BA-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III CA-I, B-III, C-II, D-II DA-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

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