Inspections and Walkthroughs

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Multiple Choice Questions for Inspections and Walkthroughs

1 In a walkthrough team, which specialized professional is specifically tasked with focusing on maintainability and documentation issues?
1. The Coder or Implementer
2. The Standards Enforcer
3. The Maintenance Expert
4. The Test Specialist
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2 Which of the following is classified as an 'indirect objective' of the software review process?
1. To approve the design product so the team can progress
2. To identify new risks affecting project completion
3. To provide an informal meeting place for the exchange of professional knowledge
4. To detect implementation errors in design documentation
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3 How do inspections and walkthroughs relate to computer-based testing (CBT) in an effective SQA environment?
1. They are intended to replace CBT to save costs
2. They are redundant and should only be used if CBT fails
3. They are complementary; error-detection efficiency suffers if one is missing
4. They are less effective than CBT and are mostly for training
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4 What is the recommended duration and general pace for a professional code inspection session?
1. 30 to 60 minutes, covering 500 lines per hour
2. 90 to 120 minutes, covering approximately 150 program statements per hour
3. 4 to 6 hours, covering the entire program in one sitting
4. 15 minutes per module, covering only critical functions
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5 Where are inspection findings typically transmitted to initiate organization-wide process improvements?
1. The Project Manager's personal records
2. The Human Resources Department
3. The internal Corrective Action Board (CAB)
4. The Software Development Committee
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6 According to the recommended organizational structure for inspections, who should ideally serve as the Moderator?
1. The author of the program being reviewed
2. A senior manager with the authority to fire the programmer
3. A competent programmer who is not the author of the program
4. The customer's representative who defined the requirements
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7 In a code walkthrough session, what is the primary activity performed by the participants?
1. They read the program aloud statement by statement
2. They mentally execute a small set of test cases to 'play computer'
3. They check the code against a language-independent error checklist
4. They redesign the modules to improve maintenance
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8 What is the primary objective of the participant conference during a program inspection or walkthrough?
1. To find solutions and debug identified errors
2. To evaluate the developer's performance for salary reviews
3. To find errors in the program without discussing solutions
4. To train new programmers on the system's architecture
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9 ____________ Find 30 to 70 ‘per cent’ of the logic-design and coding errors in typical programs.
1. Walkthrough
2. Inspection
3. Review
4. None
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10 CBT exposes only the ________of the error.
1. Bug
2. Symptom
3. Fault
4. None
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11 NCBT technique ____________ finds 30 to 70 percent of the logic-design and coding errors in typical programs.
1. Inspection
2. Walkthrough
3. Review
4. None
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12 CBT exposes only the ________of the error.
1. Symptom
2. Fault
3. Bug
4. None
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13 Which of the following are the primary method(s) of non computer based testing (NCBT)?
1. Inspections and Walkthrough
2. Desk Checking and Peer Assessment
3. Both a & b
4. None
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14 Programmers tend to make more mistakes when correcting an error found during _____ than they make during _____.
1. CBT, NCBT
2. NCBT, CBT
3. CBT
4. NCBT
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15 _____ testing is less formal than formal (mathematical proofs), people often are doubtful that that they are not useful.
1. Human (NCBT)
2. CBT
3. Both
4. None
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16 Which of the following factors affect the testing and debugging efforts for reading a program?
1. the size or complexity of the application
2. Development team size
3. timeline for application development
4. Programming team culture and background
5. All of above
6. None of Above
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