Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
MCQs on Software Re-engineering
1 - Question
What are the problems with re-structuring?
a) Loss of comments
b) Loss of documentation
c) Heavy computational demands
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Restructuring doesn’t help with poor modularisation where related components are dispersed throughout the code.
2 - Question
Which of the following is not a module type?
a) Object modules
b) Hardware modules
c) Functional modules
d) Process support modules
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Answer: a
Explanation: Except option a all other are module types.
3 - Question
Reverse engineering of data focuses on
a) Internal data structures
b) Database structures
c) ALL of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.
4 - Question
Forward engineering is not necessary if an existing software product is producing the correct output.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: Forward engineering refers to taking a high-level model and using it to build a more complex lower-level implementation.
5 - Question
Which of the following is not an example of a business process?
a) designing a new product
b) hiring an employee
c) purchasing services
d) testing software
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Answer: d
Explanation: It is a part of development phase.
Explanation: It is a part of development phase.
6 - Question
Which of the following is a data problem?
a) hardware problem
b) record organisation problems
c) heavy computational demands
d) loss of comments
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Answer: b
Explanation: Records representing the same entity may be organised differently in different programs.
7 - Question
When does one decides to re-engineer a product?
a) when tools to support restructuring are disabled
b) when system crashes frequently
c) when hardware or software support becomes obsolete
d) subsystems of a larger system require few maintenance
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Answer: c
Explanation: Re-engineering involves putting in the effort to make the system easier to maintain.
8 - Question
Which of the following is not a business goal of re-engineering ?
a) Cost reduction
b) Time reduction
c) Maintainability
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: No such goal is mentioned which is not a business goal, so option d is correct here.
9 - Question
Which of these benefits can be achieved when software is restructured?
a) Higher quality programs
b) Reduced maintenance effort
c) Software easier to test
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: The answer is self explanatory.
10 - Question
Data re-engineering may be part of the process of migrating from a file-based system to a DBMS-based system or changing from one DBMS to another.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: Data re-engineering involves analyzing and reorganizing the data structures in a program.
11 - Question
BPR stands for
a) Business process re-engineering
b) Business product re-engineering
c) Business process requirements
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The answer is self explanatory.
12 - Question
Source code translation is a part of which re-engineering technique?
a) Data re-engineering
b) Refactoring
c) Restructuring
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Restructuring involves automatic conversion from unstructured to structured code.