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This document contains midterm exam questions from three units of a Software Project Management course. The questions cover topics like reasons for conventional software management failures, Boehm's staffing principles, improving the waterfall model, work breakdown structures, software cost estimation, software development lifecycles, unified process models, software development workflows, milestones, work breakdown structures with examples, and multiple choice questions testing knowledge of software project management terms and processes.

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This document contains midterm exam questions from three units of a Software Project Management course. The questions cover topics like reasons for conventional software management failures, Boehm's staffing principles, improving the waterfall model, work breakdown structures, software cost estimation, software development lifecycles, unified process models, software development workflows, milestones, work breakdown structures with examples, and multiple choice questions testing knowledge of software project management terms and processes.

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GOKARAJU RANGARAJU INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

Department of Computer Science and Engineering


A.Y: 2022 – 23 (IV B.Tech - I Semester)

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Software Project Management (SPM)
MID 1 – IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Unit – 1:
1. List and explain the top ten reasons of why conventional Software
Management does not perform satisfactorily
2. Explain Boehm’s five staffing principles
3. What are the five necessary steps to improve the Waterfall Model?
4. What is WBS? Explain its importance.
5. Explain bout Pragmatic software cost estimation?
Unit – 2:
1. Describe the different aspects of Architecture from a Management
Perspective.
2. Explain the seven top level Software Process Workflows.
3. Describe the four phase in the Life cycle with neat Sketch
4. Explain iteration workflows with diagrams.
5. What are the key principles of modern software Engineering?
Unit – 3:
1. Write short notes on the following.
i) Major Milestones ii) Minor Milestones
2. Discuss briefly about Periodic Status Assessment
3. Explain about Work Breakdown Structure with an Example.
Multiple Choice Questions
Unit I – MCQs:
S.No Question

1 We can compress software development schedule _____ of nominal but not more
A)25% B)50% C)75% D)100%
2 Which of the following is not considered a stakeholder in the software process
A)Customers B) end -users C)project managers D)sales people
3 The Major Drawback of Waterfall Model is _______
A) Focus on document and review meetings B) Late risk resolution
C) Adversarial stakeholder relationships D)All
4 For every $1 you spend on development you will spend_____ on maintenance.
A)$2 B)$6 C)$8 D)$3
5 ___% of software projects are delivered successfully within initial budget and schedule
estimates.
A)10% B)20% C)30% D)40%
6 Which of the following is a popular cost estimation models
A) COCOMO B) CHECKPOINT C) SOFTCOST D)All
7 Methodology in which project management processes were step-by step.
A) Incremental B) Waterfall C) Spiral D) Prototyping
8 Walkthroughs can catch up to______% of the errors
A)10 B)30 C)60 D)90
9 How many stages are there in process improvement
A)3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
10 key capability of environments that support iterative development are called
A)Round-trip engineering B) Forward engineering C) Reverse engineering D) None
Unit 2– MCQs:
1 The process each manager follows during the life of a project is known as
A) Project Management B) Manager Life cycle
C) Project Management Life Cycle D) None
2 Which of these is not one of the phase names defined by the Unified Process Model
for Software Development
A) Inception Phase B) Elaboration Phase
C) Construction Phase D) Validation Phase
3 What are the Two stages of Life Cycle
A)Engineering & Construction B) Production & Transition
C) Inception & Elaboration D) Engineering & Production
4 Life-cycle software artifacts are organized into ________distinct sets
A)4 B)5 C)6 D)7
5 The ……………………. phase of rational unified process model defines the vision of the
actual use end product and the scope of the project.
A) inception B) construction C) transition D)
elaboration
6 The ………………. phase of rational unified process model builds the product, modifying
the vision and the plan as it proceeds.
A) inception B) construction C) transition D) elaboration
7 Which software development process stage is less predictable?
A)Engineering stage B)Production stage C)Both A and B D)None

8 Which artifact set captures the artifacts associated with process planning and
execution?
A)Deployment set B)Design set C)Management set D)Requirement set

9 The activities of the process are organized into how many workflows?
A)4 workflows B)5 workflows C)6 workflows D)7 workflows

10 An Iteration consist of sequential set of activities in various proportions, depending on


where the iteration is located in the __________cycle
A) Development B) Assessment C) Deployment D)Requirement
Unit 3 – MCQs:
S.No Question
1 How many sequences of project checkpoints are used to synchronize stakeholders'
expectations?
A)2 B)4 C)3 D)8
2 The format and content of ___ milestone are highly dependent on the project and the
organizational culture?
A)Minor B)Status assessments C)Major D)None of the above
3 The chart that shows the project task against the calendar is called ____?
A)Major milestone B)Minor milestone C)Gantt chart D)Status assessment
4 Periodic status assessments are management reviews conducted at regular intervals
_____________to address progress and quality indicators
A)monthly, quarterly B)Half Yearly C)Yearly D)All
5 _______iteration-focused events are conducted to review the content of an iteration in
detail and to authorize continued work.
A) A)Major B)Minor C)Both D)None

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