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Why do Technisoft needs more number of Software Developers than number of Lead Engineers?
I suppose you are asking about question number 1, statement 3.

According to the OE:

The cost will be as follows:

Software Development per month = 1 * Project Manager + 2 * Lead Engineers + 4 * Software Developers + 2 * Testing Engineers = 12,000 + 16,000 + 24,000 + 10000 = $62,000

Software Testing per month = 1 * Project Manager + 1 * Lead Engineer + 1 * Software Developer + 2 * Testing Engineers = 12,000 + 8,000 + 6,000 + 10,000 = $36,000

Software Maintenance per month = 1 * Project Manager + 1 * Lead Engineer + 1 * Software Developer + 1 * Testing Engineer = 12,000 + 8,000 + 6,000 + 5,000 = $31,000

Statement 3: Technisoft needs more number of Software Developers than number of Lead Engineers.

Yes, in all types of projects, there are at least as many or more Software Developers than Lead Engineers.

Answer: True
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­If Technisoft has clients who only want testing and maintenance, then Technisoft does NOT need more number of Software Developers than number of Lead Engineers
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2. For each of the following, select Yes if the statement is inferable from the information provided. Otherwise select No.

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I. The cheapest project is Software Maintenance project, with $31,000 as cost per month and 4 man months. Since the client needs 40 man months, the work would go on for 10 months, and the cost would be $310,000. The client cannot afford Technisoft.

The statement cannot be inferred.

II. For a Software Maintenance project, $31,000 is the cost per month. Since the client needs 6 months, the cost would be $186,000. The client can afford Technisoft for such a project. However, if the project required six months of Software Development, the cost would cross $300,000. Since "No" is a possibility, this statement cannot be inferred.

The statement cannot be inferred.

III. For Software Testing projects, Technisoft needs more Testing Engineers, and for Software Development projects, Technisoft needs more Software Developers. Since we do not know how many projects Technisoft has, or plans to have, of each category, we cannot comment on whether it needs more Software Developers than Testing Engineers.

The statement cannot be inferred.

Hence, No-No-No is the correct answer choice.
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hello! kindly elaborate: in s2: its asking about affordability of the project and clearly the cleint can afford maintenance, why is it necessary that he should be able to afford all the three projects­ as long as he is able to afford any of the projects
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@expertglobal5 @expertglobal6 can you explain Q2 AND Q3 last statement - how can we say technosoft 'needs' less or more of one workforce?
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If Technisoft only had Software Maintenance Projects and Software Testing Projects, the ratio would be 1:1, making statement three false.

The information does not state that Technisoft has to have projects in each of the three categories of projects

Any views on the same?

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2. For each of the following, select Yes if the statement is inferable from the information provided. Otherwise select No.

Explanation

I. The cheapest project is Software Maintenance project, with $31,000 as cost per month and 4 man months. Since the client needs 40 man months, the work would go on for 10 months, and the cost would be $310,000. The client cannot afford Technisoft.

The statement cannot be inferred.

II. For a Software Maintenance project, $31,000 is the cost per month. Since the client needs 6 months, the cost would be $186,000. The client can afford Technisoft for such a project. However, if the project required six months of Software Development, the cost would cross $300,000. Since "No" is a possibility, this statement cannot be inferred.

The statement cannot be inferred.

III. For Software Testing projects, Technisoft needs more Testing Engineers, and for Software Development projects, Technisoft needs more Software Developers. Since we do not know how many projects Technisoft has, or plans to have, of each category, we cannot comment on whether it needs more Software Developers than Testing Engineers.

The statement cannot be inferred.

Hence, No-No-No is the correct answer choice.
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For 2 - A)

If someone can afford one of the services, they can become a client. So shouldn't this be inferrable? It's a little tricky to infer something on MSR and what lines can be drawn.

Additionally, if the statement read "may afford" instead of "can afford," then this would have been a straight inference, right?

Please help. chetan2u KarishmaB
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2. For each of the following, select Yes if the statement is inferable from the information provided. Otherwise select No.

Explanation

I. The cheapest project is Software Maintenance project, with $31,000 as cost per month and 4 man months. Since the client needs 40 man months, the work would go on for 10 months, and the cost would be $310,000. The client cannot afford Technisoft.

The statement cannot be inferred.

II. For a Software Maintenance project, $31,000 is the cost per month. Since the client needs 6 months, the cost would be $186,000. The client can afford Technisoft for such a project. However, if the project required six months of Software Development, the cost would cross $300,000. Since "No" is a possibility, this statement cannot be inferred.

The statement cannot be inferred.

III. For Software Testing projects, Technisoft needs more Testing Engineers, and for Software Development projects, Technisoft needs more Software Developers. Since we do not know how many projects Technisoft has, or plans to have, of each category, we cannot comment on whether it needs more Software Developers than Testing Engineers.

The statement cannot be inferred.

Hence, No-No-No is the correct answer choice.
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For 2 - A)

If someone can afford one of the services, they can become a client. So shouldn't this be inferrable? It's a little tricky to infer something on MSR and what lines can be drawn.

Additionally, if the statement read "may afford" instead of "can afford," then this would have been a straight inference, right?

Please help. chetan2u KarishmaB
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2. For each of the following, select Yes if the statement is inferable from the information provided. Otherwise select No.

Explanation

I. The cheapest project is Software Maintenance project, with $31,000 as cost per month and 4 man months. Since the client needs 40 man months, the work would go on for 10 months, and the cost would be $310,000. The client cannot afford Technisoft.

The statement cannot be inferred.

II. For a Software Maintenance project, $31,000 is the cost per month. Since the client needs 6 months, the cost would be $186,000. The client can afford Technisoft for such a project. However, if the project required six months of Software Development, the cost would cross $300,000. Since "No" is a possibility, this statement cannot be inferred.

The statement cannot be inferred.

III. For Software Testing projects, Technisoft needs more Testing Engineers, and for Software Development projects, Technisoft needs more Software Developers. Since we do not know how many projects Technisoft has, or plans to have, of each category, we cannot comment on whether it needs more Software Developers than Testing Engineers.

The statement cannot be inferred.

Hence, No-No-No is the correct answer choice.
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If they cannot afford the cheapest service (as given in the explanation, not going through the data), how will they be able to afford any other service? So 300k is not enough to be able to afford any service. Hence answer is No.
Even if there were a service they could afford with 300k, we don't know what kind of project the company requires. Hence whether it can afford or not depends on missing information - what does the company need? So this would be a case of cannot be determined which again would give answer 'No'.
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For 1 (c), what happens if Technisoft has only 1 project of Software Maintenance -- number of SD is equal to the number of LE, so we cannot infer (for sure) that the conclusion is true. Hence it is false.
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For Q no. 2 , if I consider Software Testing as the project that needs 5 people worth 36k, For 40 man months, this would mean the project lasts for 8 months which makes the total as 36k*8= 288k which is < 300k.
Hence, I believe the answer must be Yes.
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Since the client needs 40 man months, the work would go on for 10 months, and the cost would be $310,000. The client cannot afford Technisoft.
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But if we consider Software Testing then for a month it costs $36k and 5 men so to complete 40 man months, it would require 8 months. 36*8=288k. Can afford
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Question 1, statement 3: Technisoft needs more number of Software Developers than number of Lead Engineers.
If Technisoft only work on Testing & Maintainance Project, the number of Dev = the number of Led... so it might be False
Why the correct answer is that it's true?
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Please rephrase 1-3. In DI questions, they are quite pedantic about =, <, and <=. So many questions I solved had this distinction in graphs, MSR and other types.

Wrt OA here, you used "there are at least as many". The question very clearly did not ask for that(even though it couldve asked that to make our lives easier). To restate the stem, we are looking to validate "more number than". In a world where this company has no SDE projects, this is not the case. So overall no would be appropriate.



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1. For each of the following, select True if the statement is true as per the information provided. Otherwise select False.

Explanation

The cost will be as follows:

Software Development per month = 1 * Project Manager + 2 * Lead Engineers + 4 * Software Developers + 2 * Testing Engineers = 12,000 + 16,000 + 24,000 + 10000 = $62,000

Software Testing per month = 1 * Project Manager + 1 * Lead Engineer + 1 * Software Developer + 2 * Testing Engineers = 12,000 + 8,000 + 6,000 + 10,000 = $36,000

Software Maintenance per month = 1 * Project Manager + 1 * Lead Engineer + 1 * Software Developer + 1 * Testing Engineer = 12,000 + 8,000 + 6,000 + 5,000 = $31,000

I. Software Development for 6 months = $372,000

Software Testing for 12 months = $372,000

Yes, six months of Software Development cost the same as one year of Software Maintenance.

II. Software Testing for 6 months = $216,000

Software Maintenance for 7 months = $217,000

No, six months of Software Testing does not cost more than seven months of Software Maintenance.

III. Yes, in all types of projects, there are at least as many or more Software Developers than Lead Engineers.

Hence, True-False-True is the correct answer choice.
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Hey Chetan,

Why can't it be Software Testing for question 2?
Software testing is 36k for 5 man months. For 40 man months that is 288k, which is less than 300k. It is not specified which project is required and the question says if it is "inferable". So it CAN be inferred.
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What does 40 man months mean? i did not get how the Software maintenance project requires 4 man months?
­man days means if 1 man was working how many days would he take or if work was to finish in one day how many men would be required. Similar is the case for man months.

So 40 man months would mean 40 man working for a month would finish the work or one man would finish the work in 40 months working alone. Of course you take the efficiency of each man equal.

from this 40 man month, you can take out the details required, that is 20 man would require 2 months or 4 man would require 10 months ans so on.

I have not gone through the question to answer on 4 man months. But you can try now and see if you are able to get the answer.
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In the case of software testing, the number of software developers req. are 1 and the testing engineers req are 2
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This seems like a flawed question as it presupposes that Technisoft is in Software Development phase which is not necessarily true.
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Why do Technisoft needs more number of Software Developers than number of Lead Engineers?

I suppose you are asking about question number 1, statement 3.

According to the OE:

The cost will be as follows:

Software Development per month = 1 * Project Manager + 2 * Lead Engineers + 4 * Software Developers + 2 * Testing Engineers = 12,000 + 16,000 + 24,000 + 10000 = $62,000

Software Testing per month = 1 * Project Manager + 1 * Lead Engineer + 1 * Software Developer + 2 * Testing Engineers = 12,000 + 8,000 + 6,000 + 10,000 = $36,000

Software Maintenance per month = 1 * Project Manager + 1 * Lead Engineer + 1 * Software Developer + 1 * Testing Engineer = 12,000 + 8,000 + 6,000 + 5,000 = $31,000

Statement 3: Technisoft needs more number of Software Developers than number of Lead Engineers.

Yes, in all types of projects, there are at least as many or more Software Developers than Lead Engineers.

Answer: True
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In Que1, 3rd statement -> It clearly asks if SD are required MORE than LE (if SD>LE?)
In development project is SD>LE,
In testing and maintenance projects we see, that SD = LE

so how can answer be true here as true suggest that it should be true for all the projects
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Technisoft classifies its work into software development, testing and maintenance ensuring clarity in project execution. From a technical standpoint this segregation helps in accurate estimation of software development cost since each category has distinct resource, time and skill requirements.

For example, development projects emphasize coding and lifecycle management testing projects focus on verification and bug detection, while maintenance ensures post-delivery stability. Similar to CONTUS Tech, such structured categorization allows teams to optimize processes, improve quality and allocate efforts precisely across different phases of the software lifecycle.

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III. If there are only Testing and maintenance projects and no Development project, the company needs the same number of Lead Engineer and software developers. What do you think?

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1. For each of the following, select True if the statement is true as per the information provided. Otherwise select False.

Explanation

The cost will be as follows:

Software Development per month = 1 * Project Manager + 2 * Lead Engineers + 4 * Software Developers + 2 * Testing Engineers = 12,000 + 16,000 + 24,000 + 10000 = $62,000

Software Testing per month = 1 * Project Manager + 1 * Lead Engineer + 1 * Software Developer + 2 * Testing Engineers = 12,000 + 8,000 + 6,000 + 10,000 = $36,000

Software Maintenance per month = 1 * Project Manager + 1 * Lead Engineer + 1 * Software Developer + 1 * Testing Engineer = 12,000 + 8,000 + 6,000 + 5,000 = $31,000

I. Software Development for 6 months = $372,000

Software Testing for 12 months = $372,000

Yes, six months of Software Development cost the same as one year of Software Maintenance.

II. Software Testing for 6 months = $216,000

Software Maintenance for 7 months = $217,000

No, six months of Software Testing does not cost more than seven months of Software Maintenance.

III. Yes, in all types of projects, there are at least as many or more Software Developers than Lead Engineers.

Hence, True-False-True is the correct answer choice.
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