Chapter 16 – Multiple Choice Type Questions
1. Software quality might be defined as conformance to explicitly stated
requirements and standards, nothing more and nothing less.
a. True
b. False
Answer: (Section 16.1)
2. People who perform software quality assurance must look at the software
from the customer's perspective.
a. True
b. False
Answer: (Section 16.1)
3. The elements of software quality assurance consist of reviews, audits, and
testing.
a. True
b. False
Answer: (Section 16.2)
4. Which of these activities is not one of the activities recommended to be
performed by an independent SQA group?
a.
b.
c.
d.
prepare SQA plan for the project
review software engineering activities to verify process compliance
report any evidence of noncompliance to senior management
serve as the sole test team for any software produced
Answer: (Section 16.3.1)
5. Metrics can be used to indicate the relative strength os a software quality
attribute.
a. True
b. False
Answer: (Section 16.3.2)
6. 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
Answer: (Section 16.5)
7. Six Sigma methodology defines three core steps.
a.
b.
c.
d.
analyze, improve, control
analyze, design, verify
define, measure, analyze
define, measure, control
Answer: (Section 16.5.2)