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--Effort = 3.0 (KLOC) 1.0
--Development time = 2.5 (Effort) 1/2
--Average cost per person-month (pm) = $10,000
--A contingency margin of 10% effort is mandatory
--The client demands a detailed schedule if staff is capped at 15 engineers.
Answer the following 5 questions based on this paragraph.
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UGC NET Paper 2: Computer Science 2nd January 2026 Shift 1
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A project is planned for an enterprise accounting system with an estimated size 60 KLOC. The organization applies Basic COCOMO(Semi-Detached Mode with parameters:)--Effort = 3.0 (KLOC) 1.0
--Development time = 2.5 (Effort) 1/2
--Average cost per person-month (pm) = $10,000
--A contingency margin of 10% effort is mandatory
--The client demands a detailed schedule if staff is capped at 15 engineers.
Answer the following 5 questions based on this paragraph.
What is the initial effort in Person-month (PM) before adding the contingency margin?
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