Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Software Engineering MCQ – Software Configuration Management – 2
1 - Question
Which of the following process ensures that versions of systems and components are recorded and maintained?
a) Codeline
b) Configuration control
c) Version
d) Workspace
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Answer: b
Explanation: In configuration control changes are managed and all versions of components are identified and stored for the lifetime.
2 - Question
Which of the following process is concerned with analyzing the costs and benefits of proposed changes?
a) Change management
b) Version management
c) System building
d) Release management
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Answer: a
Explanation: It involves approving those changes that are worthwhile, and tracking which components in the system have been changed.
3 - Question
Which of the following is not a Version management feature?
a) Version and release identification
b) Build script generation
c) Project support
d) Change history recording
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Answer: b
Explanation: All other options are a part of version management.
4 - Question
Which method recommends that very frequent system builds should be carried out with automated testing to discover software problems?
a) Agile method
b) Parallel compilation method
c) Large systems method
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: In keeping with the agile methods notion of making many small changes, continuous integration involves rebuilding the mainline frequently, after small source code changes have been made.
5 - Question
Which of the following is not a build system feature?
a) Minimal recompilation
b) Documentation generation
c) Storage management
d) Reporting
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Answer: c
Explanation: To reduce the storage space required by multiple versions of components that differ only slightly, version management systems usually provide storage management facilities.
6 - Question
Which of the following is a collection of component versions that make up a system?
a) Version
b) Codeline
c) Baseline
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Baselines are controlled, which means that the versions of the components making up the system cannot be changed.
7 - Question
Which of the following is a configuration item?
a) Design & Test specification
b) Source code
c) Log information
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: A configuration item is an approved and accepted deliverable, changes have to be made through formal procedure.
8 - Question
Which of the following is a part of system release?
a) electronic and paper documentation describing the system
b) packaging and associated publicity that have been designed for that release
c) an installation program that is used to help install the system on target hardware
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Release creation is the process of creating the collection of files and documentation that includes all of the components of the system release.
9 - Question
A sequence of baselines representing different versions of a system is known as
a) System building
b) Mainline
c) Software Configuration Item(SCI)
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.
10 - Question
Which of the following term is best defined by the statement “The creation of a new codeline from a version in an existing codeline”?
a) Branching
b) Merging
c) Codeline
d) Mainline
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Answer: a
Explanation: The code may then be developed independently.