INF3705 EXAM
PACK 2021
Recent exam questions and
answers for exam preparation.
1. Choose the correct option in terms of Issues related to professional responsibility
a) Confidentiality
b) Intellectual property rights
c) Both a & b
d) Managing Client Relationships
View Answer
Answer:c
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INF3705 EXAM
PACK 2021
Recent exam questions and
answers for exam preparation.
,1. Choose the correct option in terms of Issues related to professional responsibility
a) Confidentiality
b) Intellectual property rights
c) Both a & b
d) Managing Client Relationships
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation: Engineers should normally respect the confidentiality of their employers or clients irrespective
of whether or not a formal confidentiality agreement has been signed.
They should be aware of local laws governing the use of intellectual property such as patents, copyright, etc.
2. “Software engineers should not use their technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”Here the
term misuse refers to:
a) Unauthorized access to computer material
b) Unauthorized modification of computer material
c) Dissemination of viruses or other malware
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation: None.
3. Explain what is meant by PRODUCT with reference to one of the eight principles as per the ACM/IEEE
Code of Ethics ?
a) The product should be easy to use.
b) Software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest
professional standards possible.
c) Software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications satisfy the client.
d) It means that the product designed /created should be easily available.
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation: None.
4. Identify an ethical dilemma from the situations mentioned below:
a) Your employer releases a safety-critical system without finishing the testing of the system.
b) Refusing to undertake a project.
c) Agreement in principle with the policies of senior management.
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation: None.
5. Identify the correct statement: “Software engineers shall
a) act in a manner that is in the best interests of his expertise and favour.”
b) act consistently with the public interest.”
c) ensure that their products only meet the SRS.”
d) none
View Answer
,Answer:b
Explanation: Software engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer
consistent with the public interest and shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the
highest professional standards possible.Thus options a & c are ruled out.
6. Select the incorrect statement: “Software engineers should
a) not knowingly accept work that is outside your competence.”
b) not use your technical skills to misuse other people’s computers.”
c) be dependent on their colleagues.”
d) maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.”
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:None.
7. Efficiency in a software product does not include ________
a) responsiveness
b) licensing
c) memory utilization
d) processing time
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation: Licensing of a software product comes under corporate part of the software company.
8. 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 ?
a) Lack of adequate training in software engineering
b) Lack of software ethics and understanding
c) Management issues in the company
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation: Option b & c are a part of Software Engineering as a subject,hence option a covers them both.
9. The reason for software bugs and failures is due to
a) Software companies
b) Software Developers
c) Both a and b
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation: Software companies are responsible for making policies and providing working atmosphere for
the software development, so in turn these companies become a part of software development process.Bugs
from developers side is no new thing. Thus option c answers the question.
10. Company has latest computers and state-of the- art software tools, so we shouldn’t worry about the
quality of the product.
a) True
b) False
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation: The infrastructure is only one of the several factors that determine the quality of the product.
, This section on Software Engineering MCQs focuses on “Software Engineering Ethics – 2”.
1. Which of these are not among the eight principles followed by Software Engineering Code of Ethics and
Professional Practice ?
a) PUBLIC
b) PROFESSION
c) PRODUCT
d) ENVIRONMENT
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation: rest all are clauses for software ethics, environment does not focus on specific clause nor its of
importace related to question.
2. What is a Software ?
a) Software is set of programs.
b) Software is documentation and configuration of data.
c) Both a and b
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation: Software is not just set of program but it is also associated documentation and configuration of
data to make program run.
3. Which of these does not account for software failure ?
a) Increasing Demand
b) Low expectation
c) Increasing Supply
d) Less reliable and expensive.
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation: Increasing supply will lead to more production and not failure.
4. What are attributes of good software ?
a) Software maintainability.
b) Software functionality.
c) Software development.
d) a and b.
e) a,b and c.
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation: Good software should deliver the required functinality, maintainability. Software development
is not an attribute but a fundamental.
5. Which of these software engineering activities are not a part of software processes ?
a) Software dependence.
b) Software development.
c) Software validation.
d) Software specification.
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