Course: B.

Tech Year / Semester: III /I

Subject Name: SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Branch Name(s): CSE (DS)

Subject Code(s): DS523PE

DESCRIPTIVE QUESTION BANK

UNIT-1
Q..NO DESCRIPTION OF QUESTION MARKS CO PO BTL
a What are the basic steps to build a program? 1 1 1 1
According to Winston Royce what is large scale System Approach? 1 1
1 b
2
1

c Explain The concept of Waterfall Model in Theoretical view? 10 1 1 2

a What are Adversal Stake holder’s relationships? 1 1 1 1
2 b What Is Late risk resolution? 1 1 1 2
c Explain The Concept Of Waterfall Model in Practical view? 10 1 2 2
a According to Boehm’s first and second metrics? 1 1 2 2
Name Some Typical Software Product Design reviews 1 1 2
3 b 1

c Describe Conventional Software management Performance? 10 1 2 2

a Give the relationship between effort and the cost Model basic 1 1 1
parameters 1

4 What are the basic parameters of a software cost Models? Explain 1 2 2

b 1

c Explain about the Optimizing Process in details? 5 1 1 2

d Write about the predominant cost estimation process. 5 1 1 2
a Explain about Managed Process? 1 1 1 1
5 b Distinguish between a stable process and an unstable process? 1 1 2 2
c Briefly Explain about the evolution of Software Economics? 5 1 1 2
d Explain in detail about Pragmatic Software Cost estimation 5 1 1 2
a Define Optimizing Process? 1 1 1 2
b Describe ISO 9001 Certification principles required for a 1 1 2
1
6 software evolution?
c Explain about the various Certifications used for Software 1 1 2
5
Assessment?
d List and explain Boehm Principles of staffing for a Software Project 5 1 1 2
UNIT-2
Q..NO DESCRIPTION OF QUESTION MARKS CO PO BTL
a What is the Waterfall model? Briefly describe its phases. 1 1 1 2
List two principles of modern software management 1 1,2,3 2
1 b 1
c Explain the risk profile of a conventional software project 1 1,2,3 4
10
across its life cycle?
a Describe about Life-Cycle Phases? 1 1 1,2,3 2
Explain about Inception and Elaboration phases? 1 1,2,3 2
2 b 1
c What is meant by Elaboration phase? Discuss the primary 1 1,2,3 3
10
objectives and essential activities of Elaboration phase?
a Describe about inception phase? 1 1 1 2
Explain about the improving Software Economics in the old 1 1,2,3 2
3 b way?
1

c Discuss briefly the Engineering artifact sets? 10 1 1,2,3 3

a Explain about elaboration phase? 1 1 1 2
Describe the Life cycle phases of a software development? 1 1,2,3 2
4 b 1
c Explain with a neat diagram how various artifacts evolved over 1 1,2,3 2
5
the life Understand cycle?
d Describe the phase of software project elaboration 5 1 1,2,3 2
a Define management artifacts? 1 1 1 2
5 b Describe Elaboration Phases? 1 1 1,2,3 2
c Explain the pragmatic software metrics? 5 1 1,2,3 2
d Explain in detail about test artifacts 5 1 1,2,3 2
a Describe about transition phase? 1 1 1 4
Explain about the improving Software Economics in the 1 1,2,3 2
6 b new way?
1

c Discuss about programmatic artifacts 5 1 1 4

d Describe the Life -cycle phases of a process in detail? 5 1 1,2,3 2
UNIT-3
Q..NO DESCRIPTION OF QUESTION MARKS CO PO BTL
a List the Checkpoints for overall software development process 1 2 1 2
b Write model based architecture-management perspective 2 1,2,3 2
1
1 What are major milestone that occur at the transition points between 2 3 2
c
life - cycle phases? Explain them? 10

a What is the purpose of a Software Management Process Framework- 2 1,2,3,12 1

1
II
Define model-based software architecture in one sentence. 2 3 4
2 b
1
c Explain the management perspectives in the model based software 2 3 2
architectures. 10

a What is meant by software architecture? 1 2 1 2

3 b Name a common modeling language used in software architecture 1 2 3 3
c Describe technical perspective of model-based software architecture 10 2 3 2
a What is a software process workflow? 1 2 1 1
Discuss about evolutionary work breakdown structures 2 1,2,3 2
4 b 1

c Explain in detail about software process workflows 5 2 3 2

d Give the default agendas for the life-cycle architecture milestones 5 2 3 2
a What constitutes a major milestone in software development? 2 3 2
1
How can checkpoints help in risk management? 2 3 4
5 b 1

c Explain about model-based architecture in a technical perspective 2 3 2

5

d Discuss about minor milestones? 2 3 2

5

a what is model-based architecture in management perspective 2 1 2

1
Explain the software process workflows 2 1,2,3,12 3
6 b 1
c what are iteration workflows Explain in detail 2 3 2
5

d Explain in detail about typical sequence of life cycle check points 2 3 2

5
UNIT-4

Q..NO DESCRIPTION OF QUESTION MARKS CO PO BTL

a What is WBS? 1 2 1,5,6 1
What is the significance of cost estimating in project planning? 2 1,5,6 3
1 b 1
c Explain about the iteration planning process and pragmatic planning 2 1,5,6 2
10

a What are the responsibilities of SEEA 1 2 1,5,6 4

What are the software assessment team activities 2 1,5,6 2
2 b 1
c Discuss and explain the evolutionary work breakdown structures 2 1,5,6 2
10

a Name one tool commonly used for process automation in software 2 1,5,6 1
1
development.
3 b Explain planning guidelines 1 2 1,5,6 2
c Discuss And Explain the Cost and schedule estimation process 10 2 1,5,6 2
a What are the responsibilities of SEPA 1 2 1 1
What are the software architecture Team Activities 2 1 2
4 b 1

c Explain in detail of line of business organizations 5 2 1 2

d What is meant by work breakdown structures? Explain an 2 1 2
5
evolutionary WBS with an example.
a What is organization policy and Give the outline of organization policy 1 2 1 1
Write brief notes on metrics automation 2 1 2
5 b 1
c Discuss about automation building blocks in detail 5 2 1 2
d With a neat diagram explain the default roles in a software line of 2 1 2
5
business organization
a Who are stakeholders ?Name them 1 2 1 1
b Discuss the configuration baseline 1 2 1 2
c Explain in detail about software change orders 2 1 2
5
6
d Write short note on process automation. 5 2 1 2
UNIT-5
Q..NO DESCRIPTION OF QUESTION MARKS CO PO BTL
a What are the Major points CCPDS-R Case Study 1 3 1 1
What are the basic parameters of Earned value system 3 1 4
1 b 1

c What are the seven core metrics explain in detail 3 1 2

10

a What is MTBF 1 3 1 1
Discuss quality indicators 3 1,5,6 2
2 b 1
c What are management indicators explain in detail 3 1 2
10

a Give the sources of architectural risks 1 3 1 1

Describe the software project team evolution over lifecycle 3 1,5,6 2
3 b 1
c Explain the basic characteristics of a good metric(pragmatic software 3 1 2
10
metrics)
a What are the major components of software cost model why 1 3 1 1
Discuss the Software management best practices 3 1 2
4 b 1

c Explain in detail the process discriminants 5 3 1 2

d Explain about pragmatic software metrics 5
a What is Early risk resolution 3 1,8,9 2
1

5 b Give the differences between small scale projects vs long scale projects 3 1 3
1

c What are top 10 software management principles explain 5 3 1,5,6 2

d What are modern process transitions? Explain 5
a What is rework and adaptability 1 3 1,5,6 1
Explain culture shifts for modern process transitions 3 1,5,6 2
6 b 1
c Give overview of CCPDS-R case study explain in detail 3 1,5,6 2
5

d Discuss in detail about life cycle expectations. 3 1,5,6 2

5
Objective Questions
UNIT I
Choose the Correct Answers

1. What is the last phase in water fall model [ b ]

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]

2. Which of the following is not considered as risk in project management [ b ]

[Link] delays [Link] competetion

[Link] [Link] turnover

3.A 66.6%risk is considered as [ d ]

[Link] low [Link]

[Link] [Link]

4. Purpose of process is to deliver software___________[ d ]

a. with acceptable quality

b. in time
c. that is cost efficient
d. both in time & with acceptable quality
5. What are attributes of good software? [ d ]

a. software functionality
b. software maintainability
c. software development
d. software maintainability & functionality
6. What are the signs that a software project is in trouble? [ d ]

a. Changes are managed poorly.

b. Deadlines are unrealistic)

c. The product scope is poorly define

d. All of the given options.

7. Which of the following are parameters involved in computing the total cost of a software
development project? [ a ]

a. All of the mentioned

b. Travel and training costs

c. Hardware and software costs

d. Effort cost

8. An estimation technique ______measure the size of the functionality to be developed. [ b

a. Analogy

b. Function Point

c. WBS

[Link]

9. What is the simplest model of software development paradigm [d ]

a. Big Bang model

b. Spiral model

c. V-model

d. Waterfall model

10 Select from the following which is not project management goal [d ]

a. Delivering the software to the customer at the agreed time.

b. Keeping overall costs within budget.

c. Maintaining a happy and well-functioning development team.

d. Avoiding costumer complaints.

Fill in the Blanks

1. Waterfall model is a _____________________________Model

2. --------------------- are not considered as stakeholder in the software process

3. The ratio of software to hardware in 1955 is 15:85 what is the ratio of software to hardware in
1985 is___________________

4. Walkthroughs catch _________________of the errors

5. Effort= (personnel) _ (__________________) (Quality) (___________________)

6. ROI___________________________

7. Software development and maintenance costs are primarily a function of the no

of_____________________________

8. Software process development has been_________________

9. For every $1 you spend on ________________________ and you will spend $2

on________________________

10 The process each manager follows during the life of a project is known as________
Answers

1.b (2).c 3.d 4.d 5.d

6.d 7.a 8.b 9.d 10.d

Fill in the blanks

1. Predictive development

2. Sales people

3.85:15

4.60%

5. Environment, Size Process

6. Return on investment

7. Source lines of code

8. Requirements driven 9. Develop and maintenance 10. Process management lifecycle

UNIT-II
1. An estimation technique measure the size of the functionality to be developed. [ b ]

a. Analogy

b. Function Point

c. WBS

d. ISO 9001

2. which of the following are parameters involved in computing the total cost of a software
development project? [d ]

a) Hardware and software costs

b) Effort costs

c) Travel and training costs

d) All of the mentioned

3. Inspections and testing are what kinds of Quality Costs? [d]

a) Prevention

b) Internal Failure

c) External Failure

d) Appraisal

4. 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?
[c]
a) An application-composition model
b) A post-architecture model
c) A reuse model
d) An early design model

5. We can use better and fewer people this is the principle of [a ]

[Link] talent [Link] matching

c. Team balance [Link] out

6. The Main subject for Micro process is [c]

a. Line of business [Link]

c. Iteration [Link] a and b

7. Which is not considered as productive activity [ b ]

a. Prototyping b. Personnel

c. modelling d. coding

8. Psychological makeup in Team balance has involves the____ [ d]

a. Leaders and follower’s b. risk takers and conservators

c. cynics and optimists [Link] the above

9. __-----------is closely related with traditional software engineering disciplines [c]

a. forward engineering b. reverse engineering

[Link] trip engineering d .reengineering

10 which phase involves establishing the goal and defines the overall scope of the project [a]

a. Engineering [Link]

c. Elaboration [Link]

Fill in the Blanks

1. Line of business is the main subject of _________________ process

2. The main audience of the macro process are________________________

3. Name any two overhead activities________________________

4. The principle of ____________________________________ is one of the employement practice

5. ____________must be viewed as the primary delivery vehicle for process automation and
improvement

6. Any Environment can provides __________so we can improve the quality, and productivity

7 ____________________ is creating specifications from existing software

8. ______________are frequently over hyped and the key aspect of a quality system

9. We perform beta testing and deployment of software or project

during__________________________ phase

10. Using ___________________________are best way to measure software’s inherent

maintainability and adaptability

Answers

1. b 2.d 3.d 4.c 5.a

6. c 7.b 8.d 9.c 10.a

Fill in the blanks

1. Meta

2Software project managers, Software engineers

3. Schedule, Plan preparation

4. Career progression

5 Tools and Environments

6. Semantic integration and process automation

7. Reverse engineering 8. Peer inspections 9. Transition phase 10. Coupling and cohesion

UNIT-III
Choose the Correct Answers

1. Which of the following are parameters involved in computing the total cost of a
software development project?
a) Hardware and software costs b) Effort costs c) Travel and training costs d) All of the mentioned
2. Which of the following costs is not part of the total effort cost?
a) Costs of networking and communications b) Costs of providing lighting office space
c) Costs of lunch time food d) Costs of support staff

3. What is related to the overall functionality of the delivered

software?
a)Function-related b) Product-related metrics

c) Size related metrics d) none of the mentioned

4. It is often difficult to estimate size at an early stage in a project when
only a specification is available

a)True b) False

5. 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?
a) An application-composition model b) A post-architecture model
c) A reuse model d) an early design model

6. Project management (PM) is the application of to meet project

requirements.
a.) skills, tools and techniques b.) Knowledge, skills, tools and techniques

c.) knowledge, tools and techniques d.) Knowledge, skills, tools

7. Which of the following is not achieved by an automated estimation

tools?
a.) Predicting clients demands. b.) Predicting software schedules.
c.) Predicting software cost. d.) Predicting staffing levels.
8. Following method is not used for project planning
a.) Activity Diagram b.) CPM c.) Timesheet d.) Gantt chart
9. The project life cycle consists of
a.) Objectives of the project b.) All of the above
c.) Formulation and planning various activities d.) Understanding the scope of the project

10. Which of the following is not a commonly used technique for schedule
compression
a.) Quality reduction b.) Use of overtime c.) Scope reduction d.) Resource
reduction
Fill in the Blanks:

11. is used to detect fraudulent usage of credit cards.

12. is not considered a risk in project management.

13. Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for

14. is the sub process of process improvement.

15. The project usually provides the direction and funding for the project.
16. A is developed using historical cost information that
relates some software metric to the project cost.

17. The limitations of scope, time, and cost goals are sometimes referred to
as the _____________

18. ------------related to the overall functionality of the delivered software?

19. ______________technique is applicable when other projects in the same analogy

application domain have been completed?

20. ______________ states that work expands to fill the time available

UNIT-III:
1. d 2. c 3. a 4.a 5.c 6.b 7.a 8.c 9.b 10.d
11. Outler analysis 16. Algorithm cost modeling
12. Testing 17. Triple constraint
13. Project 18. Function related metrics
14. Process analysis [Link] by analogy
15. Sponser 20. Practisonrs law

UNIT IV
Choose the Correct Answers

1. Which of the following is not considered as a risk in project management?

a) Specification delays b) Product competition c) Testing d) Staff turnover [Link]

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) All of the mentioned

3. Inspections and testing are what kinds of Quality Costs?

a) Prevention b) Internal Failure c) External Failure d) Appraisal

4. Which of the following is not a core step of Six Sigma?

a) Define b) Control c) Measure d) Analyze [Link]

safety is equivalent to software reliability.

a) True b) False

6. In the example of the project of building a house, the would normally be the
general contractor responsible for building the house.
a.) project sponsors b.) Project team c.) Project manager d.) Support staff

7. Project management ensures that the project will satisfy the stated or
implied needs for which it was undertaken.
a.) cost b.) Time c.) Scope d.) Quality
8. Achieving high performance on projects requires , otherwise called human
relations skills.
a.) capital skills b.) Soft skills c.) Light skills d.) Hard skills
9. Most people agree that the modern concept of project management began with the?
a.) Great Wall of China b.) First space shuttle c.) Egyptian pyramids d.) Manhattan Project

10. In which year Henry Gantt developed the famous Gantt chart as a tool for scheduling work
in factories.
a.) 1897 b.) 1917 c.) 1927 d.) 1957
Fill in the Blanks:

6. Serves as an excellent training ground for future senior executives in most

organizations.

7. The stages in a projects development are known as the .

8. Detailed specifications, schematics, and schedules are all developed during the
Stage.

9. Creativity is at its zenith during the stage of the project life cycle.

10. The degree of risk associated with the project is at its highest during the stage.

11. examine program systematically & automatically

12. Test Archiving Systems testing tool is responsible for

[Link] Testing is done by_

19. Execution Verifier is a dynamic tool that is also known as

[Link] of modules that were inspected is a part of

UNIT-IV Answers

1. c 2.c 3.d 4.b 5.b 6.c 7.d 8.b 9.d 10.b

11. Project management
12. Project Initiation. Planning. Execution. Monitoring and Controlling.
13. Planning 17. Document program
14. Execution 18. Done by users
15. Concept stage [Link] analysis
16. Static analyzer [Link] metric

UNIT V a) Static b) Dynamic Testing

Choose the Correct Answers

1. Standard Enforcer is a
c) Static & Dynamic Testing d) none of the mentioned

2. Which testing tool does a simple job of enforcing standards in a

uniform way of many programs?
a) Static Analyzer b) Code Inspector
c) Standard Enforcer d) Both Code Inspector & Standard Enforcer

3. Which metric gives the idea about the contents on a web page?
a) Word Token b) Word Count c) Word Size d) Word Length

4. Which of the following is not a classification of the web engineering

metric, Web Page Similarity?
a) Content based b) Link based c) Usage based d) Traffic based
5. Which of the following is not a web engineering project metric ?
a) Number of Static Content Objects b) Number of Dynamic Content Objects
c) Number of Inherited Objects d) Word Count

6. Just as passing the CPA exam is a standard for accountants,

passing the exam is becoming a standard for project managers.
a.) PMI b.) PM c.) PMP d.) PMO
7. The Project Management , a Web site for people involved in
project management, provides an alphabetical directory of more than
300 project management software solutions.
a.) Center b.) Alliance c.) Consortium d.) Facility

8. Tools are often recommended for small projects

and single
Users.
a.) Low-end b.) Mid Range c.) High-end d.)
Expensive

9. Tools, sometimes referred to as enterprise project management

software, provide robust capabilities to handle very large projects.
a.) Low-end b.) Mid range c.) High-end d.) Inexpensive
10. Which management involves defining and managing all the work
required to complete the project successfully?
a.) scope b.) Quality c.) Time d.) Cost
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Fill in the Blanks:

11. A refers to ongoing, day-to-day activities in which an

organization engages while producing goods and services.

12. The goals of a project are sometimes called. 13. Projects are

-focused.

14. Project management entails crossing and boundaries.

15. In general, product life cycles are becoming and product launch
windows are becoming

16. Link based measures rely on _ of a web graph to obtain related

pages

17. is the process of deriving the system design and specification from its Source
code

18. Transformation of a system from one representational form to another is known as

And

19. Extracting data items and objects, to get information on data flow, and to
understand the existing data structures that have been implemented is sometimes
called _

20. Software mistakes during coding are known as

UNIT V
1. a 2.d 3.b 4.d 5.c 6.c 7.a 8.a 9.c 10.a
11. Process
12. Deliverables
13. Customer
14. Functional, organizational
15. Shorter, narrower
16. Hyperlink structure
17. Resourse engineering
18. Refactoring and retraining
19. Data analysis
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