A. Base estimates on similar projects that have already been completed
B. Use one or more empirical models for software cost and effort estimation
C. Use relatively simple decomposition techniques to generate project cost and effort estimates
D. The ability to translate the size estimate into human effort, calendar time, and dollars
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is an activity that distributes estimated effort across the planned project duration by allocating the effort to specific software engineering tasks ?
A. Software Macroscopic schedule
B. Software Project scheduling
C. Software Detailed schedule
D. None of the mentioned - Which of the following costs is not part of the total effort cost ?
A. Costs of networking and communications
B. Costs of providing heating and lighting office space
C. Costs of lunch time food
D. Costs of support staff - Which of the following uses empirically derived formulas to predict effort as a function of LOC or FP ?
A. FP-Based Estimation
B. Process-Based Estimation
C. COCOMO
D. Both FP-Based Estimation and COCOMO - Which model is used to compute the effort required to integrate reusable components or program code that is automatically generated by design or program translation tools ?
A. An application-composition model
B. A post-architecture model
C. A reuse model
D. An early design model - What is the recommended distribution of effort for a project ?
A. 40-20-40
B. 50-20-30
C. 30-40-30
D. 50-30-20 - Which of the following option is not tracked by configuration management tools ?
A. Tracking of change proposals
B. Storing versions of system components
C. Tracking the releases of system versions to customers
D. None of the mentioned - A _______________ is developed using historical cost information that relates some software metric to the project cost ?
A. Algorithmic cost modelling
B. Expert judgement
C. Estimation by analogy
D. Parkinson’s Law - Which of the following are parameters involved in computing the total cost of a software development project ?
A. Hardware and software costs
B. Effort costs
C. Travel and training costs
D. All of the mentioned - Which of the following is not an approach to software cost estimation ?
A. Empirical
B. Heuristic
C. Analytical
D. Critical - v Programming language experience is a part of which factor of COCOMO cost drivers ?
A. Personnel Factor
B. Product Factor
C. Platform Factor
D. Project Factor
