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Out of 12 questions, you answered 9 correctly with a final grade of 75%
9 correct (75%)
3 incorrect (25%)
0 unanswered (0%)
Your Results:
The correct answer for each question is indicated by a .

1 Software quality might be defined as conformance to explicitly stated requirements and standards, nothing more and
INCORRECT nothing less.
A) True

B) False

2 CORRECT People who perform software quality assurance must look at the software from the customer's perspective.

A) True

B) False
Feedback: (Section 21.1)
3 The elements of software quality assurance consist of reviews, audits, and testing.
INCORRECT
A) True

B) False

4 CORRECT Which of these activities is not one of the activities recommended to be performed by an independent SQA group?

A) prepare SQA plan for the project

B) review software engineering activities to verify process compliance

C) report any evidence of noncompliance to senior management

D) serve as the sole test team for any software produced

Feedback: (Section 21.4.1)
5 CORRECT Metrics can be used to indicate the relative strength of a software quality attribute.

A) True

B) False
Feedback: (Section 21.4.2)
6 Attempts to apply mathematical proof to demonstrate that a program conforms to its specifications are doomed to failure.
INCORRECT
A) True

B) False

7 CORRECT Statistical quality assurance involves

A) using sampling in place of exhaustive testing of software

B) surveying customers to find out their opinions about product quality

C) tracing each defect to its underlying cause, isolating the "vital few" causes, and moving to correct them

D) tracing each defect to its underlying causes and using the Pareto principle to correct each problem found
Feedback: (Section 21.6)
8 CORRECT Six Sigma methodology defines three core steps.

A) analyze, improve, control

B) analyze, design, verify

C) define, measure, analyze

D) define, measure, control

Feedback: (Section 21.6.2)
9 CORRECT Software reliability problems can almost always be traced to

A) errors in accuracy

B) errors in design

C) errors in implementation

D) errors in operation

E) b and c
Feedback: (Section 21.7.1)
10 Software safety is a quality assurance activity that focuses on hazards that
CORRECT
A) affect the reliability of a software component

B) may cause an entire system to fail

C) may result from user input errors

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D) prevent profitable marketing of the final product
Feedback: (Section 21.7.2)
11 The ISO quality assurance standard that applies to software engineering is
CORRECT
A) ISO 9000

B) ISO 9001

C) ISO 9002

D) ISO 9003
Feedback: (Section 21.8)
12 Which of the following is not a section in the standard for SQA plans recommended by IEEE?
CORRECT
A) budget

B) documentation

C) reviews and audits

D) test
Feedback: (Section 21.9)
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