In a sociotechnical system, you need to consider reliability from perspectives namely ?

A. Only software reliability
B. Only hardware reliability
C. Hardware and software reliability
D. Hardware, software and operator reliability

Which property of a sociotechnical system varies depending on how the component assemblies are arranged and connected ?

A. Security
B. Usability
C. Volume
D. Reliability

There are _______________ overlapping stages in the lifetime of large and complex sociotechnical systems?

A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five

Which property of a sociotechnical system depends on the technical system components, its operators, and its operating environment ?

A. Security
B. Usability
C. Volume
D. Reliability

Consider an example of a system which has a police command and control system that may include a geographical information system to provide details of the location of incidents. What kind of system the example represents ?

A. Complex system
B. Technical computer-based system
C. Sociotechnical system
D. Both complex and sociotechnical system

Reverse engineering is the last activity in a re-engineering project _____________________?

A. True
B. False
ExpLanation: reverse engineering is often the initial activity in a reengineering project.
AdvErtisement

The cost of re-engineering is often significantly less than the costs of developing new software ?

A. True
B. False
ExpLanation: there is a high risk in new software development. there may be development problems, staffing problems and specification problems, thereby increasing the cost.

The Incremental Model is combination of elements of_____________________?

A. Build & fix model & waterfall model
B. Linear model & rad model
C. Linear model & prototyping model
D. Waterfall model & rad model

Processes for evolving a software product depend on __________________?

A. Type of software to be maintained
B. Development processes used
C. Skills and experience of the people involved
D. All of the mentioned

Model preferred to create client/server applications is _______________________?

A. Winwin spiral model
B. Spiral model
C. Concurrent model
D. Incremental model