CSE360 FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
Software deteriorates due to... - CORRECT ANSWER- Changes that degrade the code
structure, changes that degrade the design, changes that potentially incorporate more
bugs
What are the two broader categories of software products? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Generic products, customized products
Which of the following is not a major software process activity? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Software testing
During the lectures, we have discussed software engineering as a four layered
technology... which of the following belongs to the four layer technology? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Quality, process, methods, tools
Which of the following is the UML modeling tool that is required we use in CSE360 -
CORRECT ANSWER- Astah
According to the article "Software Engineering not CS", material cost of other
engineering products is about 50% compared to almost 100% labor cost in software
engineering. Due to the huge labor cost, software projects need to focus more on... -
CORRECT ANSWER- Small team size, predictable delivery dates, short schedule
According to the article "Software Engineering not CS", a well-run software project can
be managed to meet which of the following product goals? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Good maintainability, minimal defects, maintain a cohesive team
(T/F) Pair programming invented in XP promotes faster coding as two people are
programming the same module - CORRECT ANSWER- False
(T/F) User stories in XP are developed by project managers - CORRECT ANSWER-
False
(T/F) In XP, new versions may be built several times per day... - CORRECT ANSWER-
True
(T/F) Scrums are daily meetings in the scrum process model - CORRECT ANSWER-
True
, Which of the following are software main process activities? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Specification, Design and implementation
Which of the following statements is true about plan driven software process models? -
CORRECT ANSWER- all of the process activities are planned in-advanced and
progress is measured against this plan, incremental process model is an example of a
plan driven approach
Consider the following software project requirement and then select the best process
model to develop this software...
A software firm has just signed a contract to deliver an inventory tracking/on-line
transaction system for use by 500 entry clerks in the contract. The client has demanded
a schedule of rigorous checkpoints in each 30-40 days (evaluation of software
functionality) but the major requirements for the project are well defined and no major
changes expected. - CORRECT ANSWER- Incremental process model
Which of the following is NOT a key principle in the agile manifesto - CORRECT
ANSWER- schedule for each increment over the schedule for the whole project
Which of the following process model suggest increments in every 2 weeks -
CORRECT ANSWER- XP
What is the main functionality of the scrum master? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Communicates with customers and management outside of the team
Which of the following is not a major process activity? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Developing use case scenarios
Which of the following is an example of a non-functional requirement in a online
shopping store - CORRECT ANSWER- Reliability, server memory capacity (availability)
Which of the following is not a major quality factor stated in the ISO 25010 Model? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Speed
Suppose you, a project manager at a software company that has multiple customers,
and you are managing multiple projects concurrently. You would like to have specialized
people for major software engineering activities that you do in a software project. You
ANSWERS 2025
Software deteriorates due to... - CORRECT ANSWER- Changes that degrade the code
structure, changes that degrade the design, changes that potentially incorporate more
bugs
What are the two broader categories of software products? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Generic products, customized products
Which of the following is not a major software process activity? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Software testing
During the lectures, we have discussed software engineering as a four layered
technology... which of the following belongs to the four layer technology? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Quality, process, methods, tools
Which of the following is the UML modeling tool that is required we use in CSE360 -
CORRECT ANSWER- Astah
According to the article "Software Engineering not CS", material cost of other
engineering products is about 50% compared to almost 100% labor cost in software
engineering. Due to the huge labor cost, software projects need to focus more on... -
CORRECT ANSWER- Small team size, predictable delivery dates, short schedule
According to the article "Software Engineering not CS", a well-run software project can
be managed to meet which of the following product goals? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Good maintainability, minimal defects, maintain a cohesive team
(T/F) Pair programming invented in XP promotes faster coding as two people are
programming the same module - CORRECT ANSWER- False
(T/F) User stories in XP are developed by project managers - CORRECT ANSWER-
False
(T/F) In XP, new versions may be built several times per day... - CORRECT ANSWER-
True
(T/F) Scrums are daily meetings in the scrum process model - CORRECT ANSWER-
True
, Which of the following are software main process activities? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Specification, Design and implementation
Which of the following statements is true about plan driven software process models? -
CORRECT ANSWER- all of the process activities are planned in-advanced and
progress is measured against this plan, incremental process model is an example of a
plan driven approach
Consider the following software project requirement and then select the best process
model to develop this software...
A software firm has just signed a contract to deliver an inventory tracking/on-line
transaction system for use by 500 entry clerks in the contract. The client has demanded
a schedule of rigorous checkpoints in each 30-40 days (evaluation of software
functionality) but the major requirements for the project are well defined and no major
changes expected. - CORRECT ANSWER- Incremental process model
Which of the following is NOT a key principle in the agile manifesto - CORRECT
ANSWER- schedule for each increment over the schedule for the whole project
Which of the following process model suggest increments in every 2 weeks -
CORRECT ANSWER- XP
What is the main functionality of the scrum master? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Communicates with customers and management outside of the team
Which of the following is not a major process activity? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Developing use case scenarios
Which of the following is an example of a non-functional requirement in a online
shopping store - CORRECT ANSWER- Reliability, server memory capacity (availability)
Which of the following is not a major quality factor stated in the ISO 25010 Model? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Speed
Suppose you, a project manager at a software company that has multiple customers,
and you are managing multiple projects concurrently. You would like to have specialized
people for major software engineering activities that you do in a software project. You
