Software Reuse MCQs

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 6, 2025

1. : What is the meaning of COTS product reuse?
(A) Shared components work together at different places in an application
(B) Software development is by configuring and integrating the existing application software
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of these

2. : The given sentence is an example of which of the following specializations?
“A Pizza ordering system may be adapted to cope with a centralized Pizza ordering process in ‘Pizza Hut’ and a distributed process in another one.”
(A) Functional specialization
(B) Platform specialization
(C) Environment specialization

3. : Which is the generic structure that is prolonged to create a more specific subsystem or application?
(A) Framework
(B) Object-oriented programming language
(C) Software reuse
(D) None of the mentioned

4. : Which of the following are the generic application software that may be designed to support a particular business type, activity, or sometimes a complete enterprise?
(A) COTS-integrated software
(B) COTS-solution software
(C) ERP software
(D) Both A and B

5. : .NET is specific to which of the following platforms?
(A) Microsoft
(B) Mac-OS
(C) Java
(D) LINUX

6. : The full form of COTS is?
(A) Commercial Off-The-System state
(B) Commercial Off-The-Shelf states
(C) Commercial Off-The-Shelf systems
(D) None of the mentioned

7. : ……… is the drawback of software reuse?
(A) High effectiveness
(B) Faster software development
(C) Lower costs
(D) Lower risks

8. : What is the full form of ERP?
(A) Effective Reuse Planning
(B) Effective Research Planning
(C) Enterprise Resource Planning
(D) Effective Reuse Planning

9. : Which kind of reuse is in the sentence: “A Face detection and matching system that is developed as a module of a text-processing system can be reused in a DBMS”?
(A) Application system reuse
(B) Object and function reuse
(C) Component reuse
(D) None of the mentioned