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Excellence Software Company, before selling a package to its clients, follows the given schedule.

Month
Stage
Cost per Man/Month (in Thousands)
1-2
Specification
40
3-4
Design
20
5-8
Coding
10
9-10
Testing
15
11-15
Maintenance
10


Month
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
No. of Employment
2
3
4
3
4
5
5
4
4
1
3
3
1
1
1


1. Due to overrun in Design, the Design stage took three months, i.e. months 3, 4 and 5. The number of people working on Design in the fifth month was 5. Calculate the percentage change in the cost incurred in the fifth month. (Due to improvement in “Coding” technique, the stage was completed in months 6-8 only).
(a) 225%
(b) 150%
(c) 275%
(d) 240%
(e) None of these




2. With reference to the above question, what is the cost incurred in the new “Coding” stage? (Under the new technique, 4 people work in the sixth month and 5 in the eighth).
(a) Rs. 1, 40,000
(b) Rs. 1, 50,000
(c) Rs. 1, 60,000
(d) Rs. 1, 70,000
(e) None of these




3. Under the new technique, which stage of Software Development is most expensive for Excellence Software Company?
(a) Testing
(b) Specification
(c) Coding
(d) Design
(e) None of these




4. Which five consecutive months have the lowest average cost per man-month under the new technique?
(a) 1- 5
(b) 9 – 13
(c) 11 – 15
(d) 5-9
(e) None of these



5. What is the difference in the cost between the old and the new techniques?
(a) Rs. 30,000
(b) Rs. 60,000
(c) Rs. 70,000
(d) Rs. 40,000
(e) None of these




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