Practice Software Engineering and Web Technology Questions and Answers

• Which is not a software development life cycle phase?
• What is refactoring?
• What does a DFD (Data Flow Diagram) represent?
• Which of the following is NOT a software quality attribute?
• What does DMA stand for?
• Which SDLC model is best suited for large and complex projects with evolving requirements?
• A DFD is used to represent:
• Which one is not a UML diagram?
• What does black-box testing focus on?
• A cloud app experiences sudden spikes for a short period (10–15 seconds). Traditional CPU-based auto-scaling is too slow. Which method is MOST effective?...
• Which of the following best describes a "software process"?
• What is the primary goal of a software process?
• Which phase of the software process involves understanding the customer's needs and defining the system's functionalities?
• A software process model provides:
• In the Waterfall model of SDLC, what is the characteristic relationship between phases?
• Which SDLC model is best suited for projects where requirements are well-understood and unlikely to change significantly?
• What is the primary function of the RAM (Random Access Memory) in a computer system?
• Which SDLC model emphasizes risk management and is iterative and incremental?
• What is the primary goal of "cohesion" in software design?
• Which Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) model is best suited for projects with unclear requirements that are expected to evolve over time?
• The degree to which a module performs a single, well-defined function is known as:
• A computer system has a cache memory with an access time of 10 ns and a main memory with an access time of 100 ns. If the cache hit ratio is 95%, what is t...
• In software testing, what is 'black box testing'?
• What is 'virtualization' in computing?
• What does 'API' stand for and what is its function?
• In project management, what does the 'Agile' methodology emphasize?
• What is 'containerization' in software deployment and which tool is most commonly associated with it?
• Which of the following best describes 'microservices architecture'?
• What is the purpose of 'version control systems' (VCS) like Git?
• What is 'DevOps' and what is its primary goal?
• What is 'Business Continuity Planning' (BCP) in the context of IT for banks?
• In cloud computing, which service model provides virtualised computing resources — such as virtual machines, storage, and networking — over the interne...
• Which of the following cloud pricing models charges users based on the exact amount of resources consumed, measured per second, minute, or hour?
• What are the different cloud deployment models?
• What is 'auto-scaling' in cloud computing?
• What does 'serverless computing' mean in cloud architecture?
• What is 'cloud elasticity' vs 'cloud scalability'?
• Which of the following cloud storage types is most suitable for storing large amounts of unstructured data such as images, videos, and log files?
• What is 'CI/CD' in modern software development?
• What is 'Technical Debt' in software development?