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 (a) reflect a more production-intensive approach than they once did  (b) are based mostly on historical project databases using older processes  (c) are currently difficult to use successfully  (d) allow estimates to be obtained easily

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(b)

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   See chapter 2, page 21, Key Points in the textbook.    

4.

Function points

 (a) are easy for most organizations to learn  (b) are incompatible with most modern cost models  (c) are usually inferior to subjective cost estimates  (d) eliminate language differences in cost estimation

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(d)

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   See section 2.2, page 26 in the textbook.    

5.

Improvements in software development have been hard to prove since

 (a) software professionals have different backgrounds and education  (b) software technology keeps changing  (c) no one agrees on measurements and everyone exaggerates his or her own bias  (d) software systems are each unique

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(c)

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   See chapter 3, page 31 in the textbook.    

6.

What constitutes an effective team mix of experts and average performers

 (a) is different for different size projects  (b) is independent of project size  (c) is independent of project management  (d) is more important than all other factors

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(a)

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   See section 3.3, page 43 in the textbook.    

7.

Architectural issues are exposed through

 (a) treating each iteration separately to generate fresh ideas  (b) walkthroughs rather than coding  (c) prototyping, design models, and executable models  (d) written responses from stakeholders

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(c)

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   See section 3.6, page 52 in the textbook.    

8.

Process advances

 (a) eliminate the need for skilled people  (b) depend on iterative development  (c) show that the five cost parameters of cost estimation are related  (d) don't have much to do with development of tools

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(c)

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   See chapter 3, page 33 in the textbook.

9.

Reducing size is best accomplished through

 (a) object-oriented methods  (b) the use of Java or ADA  (c) hardware investments  (d) component-based development

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(d)

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   See section 3.1, page 33 in the textbook.    

10.

Commercial components

 (a) are often inexpensive  (b) make team communication easier  (c) can be introduced at any time  (d) are always more efficient at run-time

Correct answer is

(c)

A component

 (a) renders ideas of coupling and cohesion obsolete  (b) is a cohesive set of preexisting lines of code with defined interface and behavior  (c) is any collection of modules  (d) must always exist when a design is contemplated

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(b)

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   See section 4.2, page 63 in the textbook.    

2.

Model-based development

 (a) requires complementary tools and integrated environments  (b) requires visual modeling and risk control  (c) requires visual modeling and round-trip engineering  (d) requires object-oriented methods and rigorous notation

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(d)

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   See section 4.3, page 68 in the textbook.    

3.

Round-trip engineering

 (a) discourages change  (b) eliminates the need for change management  (c) is necessary for an integrated environment  (d) requires automation

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(d)

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   See section 4.2, page 64 in the textbook.    

4.

Attrition of key personnel can be addressed by

 (a) a very structured environment  (b) successful early iterations and trustworthy management  (c) hiring the best candidates  (d) giving most of the responsibility to a project's average performers

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(b)

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   See section 4.2, page 66 in the textbook.    

5.

Iterative life-cycle processes that confront risk early

 (a) put priority on early delivery to increase stakeholder confidence  (b) cannot address all stakeholder concerns  (c) are easier for inexperienced managers to apply  (d) increase predictability and avoid expensive downstream scrap and rework

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(d)

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   See section 4.2, page 63 in the textbook.    

6.

Intermediate releases in groups of usage scenarios

 (a) have nothing to do with use cases  (b) eliminate the need for use cases  (c) are only required for baselines  (d) demonstrate an evolving understanding of system requirements

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(d)

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   See section 4.2, page 65 in the textbook.    

7.

All of the following are true except

 (a) Component-based development addresses technology elements of the spiral method.  (b) The iterative life-cycle process addresses risk management.  (c) The architecture-first approach addresses the central design element of the spiral method.  (d) Change management is the manual element of modern process.

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(d)

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   See section 4.2, page 64 in the textbook.    

8.

Cost and schedule are impacted negatively by

 (a) inadequate function  (b) early breakage and scrap/rework  (c) fixed requirements  (d) adversarial stakeholders

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(d)

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   See section 4.2, page 66 in the textbook.    

9.

Obsolete principles of conventional project management include

 (a) "Design without documentation is not design."  (b) "People and time are not interchangeable."  (c) "Expect mediocrity."  (d) "Realize that software's entropy increases."

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(a)

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   See section 4.1, pages 60, 62 in the textbook.    

10.

Exponent parameters in the COCOMO II cost model include which of the following?

 (a) Process maturity, architecture-first development, and iterative life-cycle phases  (b) Demonstration based scenarios, application precedentedness, and process flexibility  (c) Application precedentedness, process flexibility, and software process maturity  (d) Quality control, model-based formats, and round-trip engineering

Correct answer is

(c)

Which statement best captures the philosophy represented in the textbook?

 (a) It is possible that the customer will tolerate 90 percent of the functionality delivered late if they can have 10 percent of it on time.  (b) Good management is more important than good technology.  (c) Balancing the needs of all stakeholders is a manager's responsibility—as long as managers do what customers specify, they have met their responsibility.  (d) The customer is always right.

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(b)

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   See section 4.1, page 59 in the textbook.    

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Iterative life-cycle processes that confront risk early

 (a) cannot address all stakeholder concerns  (b) are easier for inexperienced managers to apply  (c) put priority on early delivery to increase stakeholder confidence  (d) increase predictability and avoid expensive downstream scrap and rework

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(d)

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   See section 4.2, page 63 in the textbook.    

3.

Component-based development

 (a) eliminates source lines of code (SLOC) as a metric  (b) is necessary to reduce the amount of human-generated code  (c) can be used any time there is a code library available  (d) requires code generators

Correct answer is

(b)