All of the following verify the correctness of the decomposition in WBS except:

• A) Can each item be appropriately scheduled and budgeted?
• B) Are the low-level items both necessary and sufficient for completion of the decomposed item?
• C) Is each item clearly and completely defined?
• D) Can each item be individually delivered?

Typically, a Program WBS consists of the upper ____________________ levels.

• A) Four
• B) One
• C) Two
• D) Three

___________________is not a mandatory management task in high level management WBS tasks.

• A) Risk analysis and risk management
• B) Personnel management
• C) Budget analysis and administration
• D) Scheduling

An industry standard rule of thumb is to make work packages that can be completed in timeframes of ________ weeks.

• A) One
• B) Four
• C) Two
• D) Three

In Work breakdown structure (WBS) a project may be divided into _______________.

• A) Work packages
• B) Project activities
• C) Areas
• D) Subprojects

All of the following are the High level WBS structure tasks in software development tasks except:

• A) Prototype specification
• B) Requirements analysis
• C) Prototype development
• D) Top level design

All of the following are the High level WBS structure tasks in management tasks except:

• A) Budget administration
• B) Quality assurance
• C) Personnel management
• D) Software enhancement

Functional decomposition of a software project is a division of the system into

• A) High level components
• B) Low level modules and high level components
• C) Operational components
• D) Low level modules

Decomposition of the system into smaller components
needs to be done ... in the planning cycle.

• A) Middle
• B) Middle and Late stage
• C) Late stage
• D) Early

Estimation of all the factors are esential EXCPET ______ .

• A) Cost
• B) Effort
• C) Quality
• D) Risk

COCOMO stands for _____________________.

• A) Cost Consecutive Model
• B) Consecutive Cost Model
• C) Constructive Cost Model
• D) Cost Constructive Model

The decomposition of a software project is one of
the first tasks of...

• A) Software Engineer
• B) Software Analyst
• C) Software tester
• D) Software project manager

Staffing management plan can be_____________

• A) formal
• B) All of the above
• C) highly detailed
• D) informal

__________is measured by the degree of uncertainty in the quantitative estimates established for resources, cost, and schedule.

• A) Time
• B) Access
• C) Size
• D) Risk

In __________ the planner develops estimates of the information domain.

• A) Standard component sizing
• B) All of given
• C) Change sizing
• D) Function point sizing

The COCOMO technique has ______________levels of implementation.

• A) Four
• B) One
• C) Two
• D) Three

__________ is the most expensive element of virtually all computer-based systems.

• A) Cost
• B) Customer
• C) Hardware
• D) Software

____________ is another important factor that can affect the accuracy and efficacy of estimates.

• A) Project Cost
• B) Project Size
• C) project Risk
• D) Project Time

In Work breakdown structure (WBS) subprojects are subdivided into smaller, more manageable work components (_________________) at the lowest level.

• A) Areas
• B) Sub-projects
• C) Project activities
• D) Work packages

Estimating the effort in the basic COCOMO technique involves following three steps except:

• A) Determining the effort constants based on the type of the project
• B) Substituting values for lines of code and effort constant in a formula
• C) Estimating the total delivered lines of code
• D) Calculating the effort adjustment factor