Software Project Management Questions & Answers | SPM | MCQ
Question 1
BlrBR02 What type of measure is LOC?
Select one:
a. Direct Correct
b. Indirect
c. Delphi
d. Top down
Question 2
BlrBR07. This is done before a Project begins
Select one:
a. Project review
b. User Acceptance
c. Effort estimation
d. Time estimation
Question 3
BlrBR04. Software Project is large and complex. Requirements are clear upfront. Which of the two model is suitable?
Select one:
a. Agile
b. Waterfall
c. Iterative
d. Spiral
Question 4
BlrJS01) Which among the following is the prominent reason for the considering of waterfall model as software development life cycle method:
Select one:
a. Detailed requirement analysis
b. Simple flow of the phases
c. Well planned resource allocation at every phase
d. Considers feedback after every stage.
Question 5
BlrKBR01. What is the simplest model of software development paradigm?
Select one:
a. V-model
b. Waterfall model
c. Big Bang model
d. Spiral model
Question 6
GndcAS07- The PERT technique gives most weightage to:
Select one:
a. the most likely estimate obtained
b. the most optimistic estimate obtained
c. all the estimates obtained have equal weights
d. the most pessimistic estimate obtained
Question 7
GndcAS08- If an activity on the critical path takes longer than expected, then:
Select one:
a. Activities not on the critical path will have reduced slack
b. Activities not on the critical path will have additional slack
c. Activities on the critical path will start showing slack
d. The project is doomed
Question 8
GndcTI10 A determination of economic feasibility of the project always requires a thorough ____.
Select one:
a. Cost/benefit analysis
b. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
c. System scope document
d. Proof of concept prototype
Question 9
GndcTI03 A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique ____________.
Select one:
a. Result
b. All of above
c. Product
d. Service
Question 10
GndcTI09 Project management is not about
Select one:
a. Scope management
b. Cost management
c. Document management
d. Time management
Question 11
GndcTI20 Choose the correct option from given below:
Select one:
a. Prototyping Model facilitates re-usability of components
b. RAD Model Model facilitates re-usability of components
c. None
d. Both RAD & Prototyping Model facilitates re-usability of components
Question 12
HydCR04. A _________ is developed using historical cost information that relates some software metric to the project cost.
Select one:
a. Expert judgement
b. Algorithmic cost modelling
c. Estimation by analogy
d. Parkinson’s Law
Question 13
HydCR03. Which of the following costs is not part of the total effort cost?
Select one:
a. Costs of providing heating and lighting office space
b. Costs of support staff
c. Costs of networking and communications
d. Costs of lunch time food
Question 14
HydAG06. Which of the following is not considered as a risk in project management?
Select one:
a. Staff turnover
b. Testing
c. Product competition
d. Specification delays
Question 15
HydAG08. What should be done by the project manager to ensure that all work in the project is included?
Select one:
a. Create a risk management plan
b. Create a contingency plan
c. Create a scope statement
d. Create a WBS
Question 16
HydAG02. Who delivers the technical skills that are necessary to engineer a product or an application?
Select one:
a. Senior managers
b. Project managers
c. None of the mentioned
d. Practitioners
Question 17
HydAG15. Effective software project management focuses on the four P’s. What are those four P’s?
Select one:
a. People, product, performance, project.
b. People, performance, payment, product.
c. All of the given options.
d. People, product, process, project.
Question 18
KocJN03. Which of the following is incorrect activity for the configuration management of a software system?
Select one:
a. Version management
b. Change management
c. Internship management
d. System management
Question 19
KocJN09. Which model is used to compute the effort required to integrate reusable components or program code that is automatically generated by design or program translation tools?
Select one:
a. An application-composition model
b. An early design model
c. A post-architecture model
d. A reuse model
Question 20
PunAV04) What the system should do is described by the _____________requirement
Select one:
a. Non-functional
b. Functional
Question 21
PunAV07) Which of the following SDLC method wherein we cannot accommodate changes in requirement
Select one:
a. Spiral
b. Waterfall
c. Iterative
d. Agile
Question 22
PunSC08. What is the first step in Project Planning?
Select one:
a. Determine the budget.
b. Select a team organizational model.
c. Establish the objectives and scope.
d. Determine the project constraints.
Question 23
PunSC02. One of the best ways to avoid frustration during the software development process is to:
Select one:
a. Give team members less control over process and technical decisions.
b. Give team members more control over process and technical decisions.
c. Reward programmers based on their productivity.
d. Hide bad news from the project team members until things improve.
Question 24
GndcAS01- Which of these is NOT true for a matrix organizational structure?
Select one:
a. It follows the unity of command principle rigorously
b. Individual operators have to do double reporting both to a Project Manager and to the Functional manager
c. Task and personality conflicts are a disadvantage of Matrix structure
d. It is generally employed in project driven organizations
Question 25
PunAV08) Which of the following is the first step in project planning?
Select one:
a. Team selection
b. establish scope and objective
c. determine budget
Question 26
Which of the following is a reliability tactic?
A) improving individual components
B) increasing repair speed
C) providing redundancy
D) A and C
E) A, B, and C
