ITPEC IT Passport Software Development Management Techniques Questions with Answers

Software Development Management Techniques

25 questions · IT Passport

Apr 2026 · Question 50

Which of the following is the most appropriate activity of improving the internal structure of an existing program without changing the external behavior of the software?

a)Test driven developmentb)Pair programmingc)Reverse engineeringd)Refactoring

Apr 2025 · Question 50

Which of the following is the most appropriate case example of DevOps in software development?

a)The developer prepares a prototype of important functions, and evaluates its adequacy by measuring the performance together with the customer.b)The developer moves on to the next development phase only after it is judged that the current phase is complete, and handovers the system to the operation side only after the system test where users participating in a system test confirm the operability.c)The developer and the operator work in close cooperation and quickly proceed with the implementation and update of functions, etc., by using automation tools and other such tools.d)The programs are added one by one while fixed short-period cycles are repeated in order to expand the functions in the development of a system.

Oct 2025 · Question 50

Which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning DevOps in software development?

a)In order to get a clear image of the layout of the screens that will be used on the operation side, the development side creates a prototype at the requirements definition phase.b)The development side carries out the design, development, and testing processes in order, and hands the system over to the operations side after the required functions are ready with required quality.c)The development side and the operation side work together closely, and deal with requests for specification change and other such things swiftly and flexibly by incorporating automation tools, etc.d)Productivity and reliability are increased by two (2) developers jointly developing one (1) program.

Apr 2024 · Question 50

Which of the following is the most appropriate term expressing initiatives to improve the services where the development side and the operations side of the system cooperate to proactively automate operations of the system and transition to the new production system, and release new functions?

a)DevOpsb)RADc)Object-oriented developmentd)Test-driven development

Apr 2024 · Question 52

Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning the water fall model known as one of software development models?

a)It is a technique in object-oriented development for making improvements through trial and error by repeatedly going back and forth between design and programming.b)It is a technique for making improvements by repeating the development process for each subsystem while responding to requests from users.c)It is a technique that divides the processes of system development into stages, and based upon the output of previous processes, performs later processes in order.d)It is a technique that creates a prototype at an early stage of system development, and defines requirements and specifications with input from user comments.

Oct 2024 · Question 50

Which of the following is the appropriate explanation of refactoring?

a)Improving internal architecture without changing the functions that software providesb)Discovering the specifications of software by analysis of its operations, etc.c)Correcting a defect in software so that it performs according to the specificationsd)Modifying software to add a new function on the basis of user requests, etc.

Apr 2023 · Question 50

Software development models include the waterfall model, spiral model, prototyping model, and RAD, etc. Which of the following is the most appropriate explanation of the waterfall model?

a)After all activities in each phase in the development are complete, the project proceeds to the next phase.b)The functions to be developed are divided, and each function is efficiently and swiftly developed with the use of development tools and parts.c)At an early phase in software development, working sample software is created that enables users to visually confirm requirements.d)The functions of software are divided, and the software is gradually completed through repeated design and development for each function so that feedback from users can be incorporated.

Oct 2023 · Question 50

Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning the characteristics of the prototyping model?

a)Through a trial model in the initial stage of the development process, the user interface is determined and the system performance is verified, in order to reduce the risk of rework in subsequent phases.b)It is a type of growth model where the system is refined by repeating development processes. In each iteration process, risk is assessed based on development cost and quality, and the process with the lowest risk is adopted.c)Through a series of system development processes, some functions are completed. The entire system is developed in incremental steps by repeating such a cycle.d)It is performed in order of requirements analysis, system design, production, and test. It is suitable for large-scale system development.

Apr 2022 · Question 50

Which of the following is an appropriate characteristic of agile development?

a)Suitable for development with a large project teamb)Preparing detailed documents with focus on the design documentc)Focusing on contract negotiation rather than cooperation in terms of relationship with customersd)Flexibly responding to changes in requests as compared with waterfall development

Oct 2022 · Question 62

Which of the following is the most appropriate example of implementation of agile development?

a)Conducting a trial before undertaking development in order to verify the prediction accuracy of an AI system, and selecting an effective algorithmb)Outsourcing development to vendors who have the technology in order to widely adopt various technologies of IoTc)Proceeding with the development of a large-scale IoT system in a sequential manner while approving the completion in each process from the upstream processes up to the downstream processesd)Adding the functions of an analysis program while repeating fixed short-period cycles in order to improve the accuracy of analysis in the development of an analysis system

Apr 2021 · Question 50

When system development is conducted sequentially from upstream to downstream processes, a significant amount of rework might arise in the test phase that is performed by the system user. For the purpose of preventing such rework, which of the following is the method that is used to create trial models in an early stage and clarify user requirements?

a)Object-oriented approachb)Spiral modelc)Data oriented approachd)Prototyping

Apr 2021 · Question 100

When the software life cycle in the figure below is classified into the operation process, development process, planning process, maintenance process, and requirements definition process, which of the following corresponds to A? Here, each of “Development,” “Planning,” “Maintenance,” and “Requirements definition” goes into one of A and the shaded blocks.

a)Developmentb)Planningc)Maintenanced)Requirements definition

Oct 2020 · Question 60

Which of the following is the appropriate characteristic of agile development?

a)Information is passed between processes through documents, making it easy to understand the progress of overall development.b)Prototyping is implemented in each process, making it possible to locate potential problems and requests.c)Development is taken forward in a stepwise manner, resulting in retrospective corrections when a problem occurs in the last process, thus increasing rework.d)Priority is given to preparation of software over preparation of documents, making it possible to quickly incorporate the changing demands of customers.

Oct 2019 · Question 50

There is a software program that has been developed in-house by a company and that has been used for many years, but the documentation is insufficient and the maintainability is not good. In order to create documentation for maintenance, the software program was analyzed. What is this method called?

a)Waterfall modelb)Spiral modelc)Prototypingd)Reverse engineering

IPA 2026 · Question 38

Which of the following is the most appropriate development model or technique to be used for the development of software whose requirements are clear and for which few specification changes are expected?

a)Agile developmentb)Waterfall modelc)Spiral modeld)Prototyping model

IPA 2026 · Question 43

A company is planning the development of application software for smartphones, and has decided to repeatedly release a new version that includes new functions and corrections of defects every 2 weeks. The policy is that candidates for new functions and defects are managed in a list, developed in order of priority, and released one after another. Which of the following is the most appropriate software development model to be adopted for this development?

a)DevOpsb)Agilec)Waterfalld)Reverse engineering

IPA 2025 · Question 39

Concerning the characteristics of the agile model, which is a software development model, which of the following is the appropriate combination of words to be inserted into blanks A and B in the description below?

The agile model, which was proposed in a form that A the waterfall model, in which development is carried out after the requirements are finalized, is a general term for the methods for developing software so that it is possible to B.

a)improves on the issues ofrespond quickly to the various changes that arise in the development processb)improves on the issues ofcarry out the development processes in orderc)inherits the characteristics ofrespond quickly to the various changes that arise in the development processd)inherits the characteristics ofcarry out the development processes in order

IPA 2025 · Question 44

Which of the following is the most appropriate software development model in which software for confirmation is created so that the requirements of users can be confirmed in a visible form at an early stage of system development?

a)Agileb)Waterfallc)Spirald)Prototyping

IPA 2024 · Question 40

Which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning agile development?

a)The functions to be developed are divided into small units, and development and release are repeated in short periods, starting from those with high priority.b)The Common Frame is applied to define the names of processes, such as requirements definition and design, and the documents to be created.c)System development proceeds in order from the upstream processes to the downstream processes, and the system is released after all the development processes are completed.d)A prototype is created and users are asked to check it, and the development proceeds while users perform evaluation and give feedback.

IPA 2023 · Question 39

Since there is no specification for software in operation, the source code was analyzed and a specification of the program was created. What is this method called?

a)Code reviewb)Design reviewc)Reverse engineeringd)Refactoring

IPA 2022 · Question 38

Which of the following is the most appropriate description of XP (Extreme Programming)?

a)It is a development technique in which a test program is created first, and code is written so that it passes the test.b)It is a method in which two programmers develop one program jointly while facing one computer.c)It is improving the internal structure of a program without changing the behavior of the program.d)It is one of the approaches of agile development that releases high-quality software responding to changes in requirements in short cycles.

IPA 2021 · Question 41

Which of the following is an appropriate technique that aims to improve the productivity of software development by turning software into components and reusing it through the use of concepts such as classes and inheritance?

a)Object orientationb)Structuringc)Process-oriented approachd)Prototyping

IPA 2020 · Question 37

The software to be developed is divided beforehand into small units of function that can be developed in a relatively short period, and the software is completed by repeatedly releasing each function every time its development is finished. Which of the following is the development method that focuses on being able to respond quickly to changes in the business environment and requests from users, by reviewing the priority and the content of the function to be developed next when the development of one function is finished?

a)Agileb)Waterfallc)Structuredd)Reverse engineering

IPA 2020 · Question 46

Which of the following is the most appropriate term that represents an initiative in which developers and operators cooperate with each other and proactively adopt tools such as those for automating version management and the transition to production, so that requests such as specification changes can be responded to quickly and flexibly?

a)DevOpsb)WBSc)Prototypingd)Pair programming

IPA 2020 · Question 51

Which of the following is the most appropriate work that is performed in reverse engineering?

a)In order to respond flexibly to change requests and other such requests for software under development, development in short periods is repeated.b)A prototype of the software is created, and development is performed while the evaluation by users is fed back.c)In software development, the processes from upstream to downstream are performed in order.d)By analyzing a program, the specifications of the software are investigated and the design information is extracted.