CS605 Final Term Past Paper Spring 2006

CS605 · Final Term Examination – Spring 2006 · Time Allowed: 150 Minutes

ith respect to Software Refactoring, what is meant by “move method” and why it is useful?

hree categories of risks are

ment risks, technical risks, design risks

alue analysis. 5 tasks have been completed. However the project schedule indicates at 8 tasks should have been completed. The following schedule data (in person-days) are

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1. business risks, personnel risks, budget risks
2. project risks, technical risks, business risks
3. planning risks, technical risks, personnel risks
4. manage

Q3. Compute the SPI, Schedule variance and Percent complete for the situation given below.

Assume you are a software project Manager and that you have been asked to compute earned value statistics for a small software project. The project has 56 planned work tasks that are estimated to require 582 persons-days to complete. At the time that you have been asked to do the earned v th available.

Task Planned effort Actual effort

erson Complete = BCWP / BAC

here BCWP = Budgeted Cost of Work Performed, BCWS = Budgeted Cost of Work cheduled, BAC = Budget at Completion)

he software reengineering process model includes restructuring activities for which of the following work ems?

One

ue for determining whether a process exhibits out-of-control change behavior is a

3. Pareto diagram

ur job is to manage the development t of a new software product that will ccelerate the pace of gene typing. The work is R&D oriented, but the goal to produce a product ithin the next year.

hange control is not necessary if a development group is making use of an automated project database tool.

he linear sequential model of software development is also known as the

(Hint: SPI = BCWP / BCWS · SV=BCWP - BCWS · P · BAC = ∑ (BCWSk) for all tasks k · W · S

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it

1. Code
2. Documentation
3. Data
4. all of the given options

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graphical techniq

1. control chart
2. fishbone diagram
3. process diagram

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What team structure for the following situation would you choose and why?

You have been appointed a software project manager for a company that services the genetic engineering world. Yo a w

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ycle model l

odel

hat is the difference between SCM audit and a formal technical review?

oubling the size of your software project team is guaranteed to cut project completion time in half.

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hat is the role of risk analysis in evolutionary process models like the spiral model?

he

ber of people required for a software project is determined

velopment effort is made.

3. from an assessment of the technical complexity of the system.

4.

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on ames, you realize that while the organization is equipped with some very capable software evelopers, they have never established any formal process in their software development.

1. Classical life c
2. Fountain mode
3. Spiral m
4. Chaos m odel

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1. after an estimate of the development effort is made.
2. after an estimate of the de

Q13. In terms of the Capability Maturity Model, what level would you describe the current situation as b Justify your answer.

The owner of the software games company: HotFusion Games has hired you to advis company. 18 months ago, their game “Powers and Perils” became an international success, an since then their software development group has grown from 5 people to 50 people. Unfortunately, their sequel to the first game “Powers and Perils II” is now six months behind schedule and the owner is quite bewildered at this. After examining the situation at HotFusi G d