1. What is Coverity?
A. A software development tool for static code analysis
B. A version control system
C. A software testing framework
D. A project management tool
Answer: A. A software development tool for static code analysis
2. What does static code analysis focus on?
A. Testing code execution paths
B. Analyzing code behavior during runtime
C. Analyzing the source code without executing it
D. Dynamic analysis of memory usage
Answer: C. Analyzing the source code without executing it
3. What does Coverity primarily aim to find in code?
A. Syntax errors
B. Performance issues
C. Security vulnerabilities
D. Network latency
Answer: C. Security vulnerabilities
4. Which programming languages does Coverity typically support?
A. Only Java
B. C and C++
C. Python and Ruby
D. HTML and CSS
Answer: B. C and C++
5. What is the purpose of Coverity's "defect density" metric?
A. To measure the density of source code files
B. To measure the density of comments in code
C. To measure the density of defects per thousand lines of code
D. To measure the density of unit tests
Answer: C. To measure the density of defects per thousand lines of code
6. Which phase of the software development lifecycle does Coverity primarily assist with?
A. Design
B. Development
C. Testing
D. Deployment
Answer: B. Development
7. What is a false positive in the context of Coverity?
A. A defect that is ignored during analysis
B. A defect incorrectly flagged by the tool
C. A critical security vulnerability
D. A defect that impacts system performance
Answer: B. A defect incorrectly flagged by the tool
8. Which of the following is not a category of defects identified by Coverity?
A. Buffer overflow
B. Memory leak
C. Logical error
D. UI design flaw
Answer: D. UI design flaw
9. What is the significance of Coverity's "taint analysis"?
A. Identifying suspicious code patterns
B. Analyzing tainted data for security vulnerabilities
C. Analyzing untested code
D. Measuring code complexity
Answer: B. Analyzing tainted data for security vulnerabilities
10. Which type of analysis does Coverity use to find defects?
A. Dynamic analysis
B. Static analysis
C. Regression analysis
D. Behavioral analysis
Answer: B. Static analysis
11. What is the typical output format of Coverity analysis results?
A. HTML report
B. PDF document
C. JSON format
D. Plain text file
Answer: A. HTML report
12. How does Coverity handle false positives to improve accuracy?
A. Manually remove false positives from the report
B. Auto-ignore them without any intervention
C. Configure rules to reduce false positives
D. Do nothing; false positives are unavoidable
Answer: C. Configure rules to reduce false positives
13. In Coverity, what does "CWE" stand for?
A. Code Weakness Enumeration
B. Code Workflow Evaluation
C. Code Writing Efficiency
D. Critical Weakness Eradication
Answer: A. Code Weakness Enumeration
14. How does Coverity rank the severity of defects it identifies?
A. Low, Medium, High, Critical
B. Minor, Major, Critical
C. Low, Moderate, High, Critical
D. Low, Normal, High, Critical
Answer: C. Low, Moderate, High, Critical
15. What is the primary purpose of Coverity's "code ownership" analysis?
A. Identifying code authors
B. Identifying code quality
C. Identifying code popularity
D. Identifying code structure
Answer: A. Identifying code authors
16. What type of vulnerabilities does Coverity's "security hotspot" analysis focus on?
A. Network vulnerabilities
B. Memory vulnerabilities
C. Input validation vulnerabilities
D. UI vulnerabilities
Answer: C. Input validation vulnerabilities
17. What is "Coverity Connect" in the context of Coverity?
A. A code collaboration platform
B. An IDE integrated with Coverity
C. A defect tracking and management system
D. A code repository hosting service
Answer: C. A defect tracking and management system
18. What is the role of a "stream" in Coverity terminology?
A. A continuous flow of code updates
B. A version control branch
C. A set of defect analysis results
D. A deployment pipeline
Answer: A. A continuous flow of code updates
19. Which type of analysis does Coverity use to detect concurrency issues?
A. Concurrency analysis
B. Race condition analysis
C. Deadlock analysis
D. Synchronization analysis
Answer: B. Race condition analysis
20. What is "Coverity Advisor" in Coverity's tool suite?
A. A code review and collaboration tool
B. A performance profiling tool
C. A defect prediction and prevention tool
D. An automated code refactoring tool
Answer: C. A defect prediction and prevention tool
21. What is the main purpose of Coverity's "stream browser"?
A. Browsing code repositories
B. Browsing analysis results for a specific stream
C. Browsing user profiles
D. Browsing code documentation
Answer: B. Browsing analysis results for a specific stream
22. What type of analysis does Coverity perform to detect potential null pointer dereferences?
A. Pointer analysis
B. Null analysis
C. Dereference analysis
D. Memory analysis
Answer: B. Null analysis
23. What is the purpose of Coverity's "interprocedural analysis"?
A. Analyzing code interactions between different procedures or functions
B. Analyzing code interactions within a single procedure or function
C. Analyzing code interactions across different programming languages
D. Analyzing code interactions in multi-threaded applications
Answer: A. Analyzing code interactions between different procedures or functions
24. What does "Coverity Scan" refer to?
A. A code scanning service provided by Coverity
B. A code sharing platform for developers
C. A code repository hosting service
D. A code refactoring tool
Answer: A. A code scanning service provided by Coverity
25. What is the primary goal of Coverity's "code clean-up" feature?
A. Automatically fixing all code defects
B. Identifying and suggesting fixes for common code defects
C. Reformatting code for consistent styling
D. Deleting unnecessary code
Answer: B. Identifying and suggesting fixes for common code defects
26. What is the typical licensing model for Coverity?
A. Open source
B. Freemium
C. Subscription-based
D. One-time purchase
Answer: C. Subscription-based
27. How does Coverity integrate with popular development environments?
A. Through an online code editor
B. Through a command-line interface only
C. Through plugins or extensions
D. Through a standalone desktop application
Answer: C. Through plugins or extensions
28. Which phase of the software development lifecycle is most suitable for integrating Coverity analysis?
A. Requirement gathering
B. Design
C. Development
D. Testing
Answer: C. Development
29. What is the significance of Coverity's "historical analysis" feature?
A. Analyzing code changes over time for patterns and trends
B. Analyzing legacy code
C. Analyzing code from different projects
D. Analyzing code performance history
Answer: A. Analyzing code changes over time for patterns and trends
30. How does Coverity help in achieving compliance with industry standards like MISRA or CWE?
A. By automatically fixing non-compliant code
B. By providing guidelines and suggestions to adhere to the standards
C. By ignoring the standards and focusing on defects only
D. By conducting compliance audits
Answer: B. By providing guidelines and suggestions to adhere to the standards
31. What is the purpose of Coverity's "data flow analysis"?
A. Analyzing the flow of data within the system
B. Analyzing the flow of control within the system
C. Analyzing the flow of network traffic
D. Analyzing the flow of user interactions
Answer: A. Analyzing the flow of data within the system
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