Software Engineering Ethics MCQ

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• Which of these is not true ?
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  Web has led to availability of software services and possibility of developing highly distributed service based systems

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  Web based systems have led to degradation of programming languages

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  Web brings concept of software as service

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  Web based system should be developed and delivered incrementally
• The fundamental notions of software engineering does not account for ?
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  Software processes

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  Software Security

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  Software reuse

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  Software Validation
• Which of these does not affect different types of software as a whole?
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  Heterogeneity

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  Flexibility

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  Business and social change

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  Security
• Which of these is true ?
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  Generic products and customized products are types of software products

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  Generic products are produced by organization and sold to open market

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  Customized products are commissioned by particular customer

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  All of the mentioned
• Which of these is incorrect ?
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  Software engineering belongs to Computer science

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  Software engineering is a part of more general form of System Engineering

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  Computer science belongs to Software engineering

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  Software engineering is concerned with the practicalities of developing and delivering useful software
• Which of these software engineering activities are not a part of software processes ?
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  Software dependence

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  Software development

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  Software validation

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  Software specification
• What are attributes of good software ?
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  Software maintainability

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  Software functionality

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  Software development

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  Software maintainability & functionality
• Which of these does not account for software failure ?
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  Increasing Demand

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  Low expectation

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  Increasing Supply

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  Less reliable and expensive
• What is a Software ?
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  Software is set of programs

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  Software is documentation and configuration of data

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  Software is set of programs, documentation & configuration of data

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  None of the mentioned
• Which of these are not among the eight principles followed by Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice ?
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  PUBLIC

  খ

  PROFESSION

  গ

  PRODUCT

  ঘ

  ENVIRONMENT
• Company has latest computers and state-of the- art software tools, so we shouldn’t worry about the quality of the product.
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  True

  খ

  False
• The reason for software bugs and failures is due to
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  Software companies

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  Software Developers

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  Both Software companies and Developers

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  All of the mentioned
• As per an IBM report, “31%of the project get cancelled before they are completed, 53% overrun their cost estimates by an average of 189% and for every 100 projects, there are 94 restarts”.What is the reason for these statistics ?
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  Lack of adequate training in software engineering

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  Lack of software ethics and understanding

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  Management issues in the company

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  All of the mentioned
• Efficiency in a software product does not include ________
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  responsiveness

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  licensing

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  memory utilization

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  processing time
• Select the incorrect statement: “Software engineers should
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  not knowingly accept work that is outside your competence.”

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  not use your technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”

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  be dependent on their colleagues.”

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  maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.”
• Identify the correct statement: “Software engineers shall
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  act in a manner that is in the best interests of his expertise and favour.”

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  act consistently with the public interest.”

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  ensure that their products only meet the SRS.”

  ঘ

  all of the mentioned
• Identify an ethical dilemma from the situations mentioned below:
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  Your employer releases a safety-critical system without finishing the testing of the system

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  Refusing to undertake a project

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  Agreement in principle with the policies of senior management

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  All of the mentioned
• Explain what is meant by PRODUCT with reference to one of the eight principles as per the ACM/IEEE Code of Ethics ?
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  The product should be easy to use

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  Software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible

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  Software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications satisfy the client

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  It means that the product designed /created should be easily available
• “Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”Here the term misuse refers to:
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  Unauthorized access to computer material

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  Unauthorized modification of computer material

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  Dissemination of viruses or other malware

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  All of the mentioned
• Choose the correct option in terms of Issues related to professional responsibility
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  Confidentiality

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  Intellectual property rights

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  Both Confidentiality & Intellectual property rights

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  Managing Client Relationships