11 Supporting Applications and Developers

Question 1

Software project management that tries to implement small chunks of product often is called…?

Answer 1

Agile or Iterative Project Management

Question 2

Software project management that uses clearly defined steps or phases to implement things like requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment is called…?

Answer 2

Waterfall or Sequential project management

Question 3

What is a sprint?

Answer 3

A time period in Agile that developers have to develop their code

Question 4

In the context of application support and development, what is a Design Pattern?

Answer 4

used to describe a repeatable solution to a problem that can often be linked together

Question 5

What is open source software?

Answer 5

Software that is distributed with its source code, making it available for use, modification, and distribution with its original rights

Question 6

What two versions of the GPL license are currently available?

Answer 6

v2 and v3`

Question 7

a permissive open source license does what?

Answer 7

Allows users to do nearly anything they want with the code with few exceptions

Question 8

GPL is an example of what license type?

Answer 8

Restrictive

Question 9

Apache 2.0 is an example of what license type?

Answer 9

Permissive

Question 10

What is the SDLC?

Answer 10

Software Development Lifecycle: defines a process that starts with the definition of the problem that needs to be solved, design of a solution, testing of that solution, ends with final solution in production

Question 11

What is waterfall project management?

Answer 11

aka sequential project management, clearly defined steps or phases of project management that must be completed to move on to the next phase

Question 12

What are the 5 steps in waterfall project management?

Answer 12

1. Planning and Requirements
2. Design
3. Delivery and Implementation
4. Testing
5. Launching and Maintenance

Question 13

What are some of the common problems with waterfall project management?

Answer 13

The rigidity of the schedule causes issues as the scope of the project changes during its development. New stakeholders appear, some things might take more time than anticipated, can lead to missed deadlines and unhappy stakeholders

Question 14

What type of project is served best by the waterfall method of management?

Answer 14

Small projects that are extremely well defined

Question 15

What is Agile project management

Answer 15

It is a combination of iterative and incremental process models with focus on rapid adaptability. It breaks the product into small incremental builds which are provided in iterations

Question 16

What is frontend architecture?

Answer 16

The code and its structure that make up the interface for the application. Usually a web interface or some kind of GUI.

Question 17

In a fully functional app, what is the frontend’s primary purpose other than presenting a user interface?

Answer 17

Sending requests that are serviced by the backend

Question 18

What is the backend’s primary purpose?

Answer 18

Perform whatevery functions necessary, be it retrieving information from a database, performing calculations, to send data back to the frontend and serve the client

Question 19

What does a well designed frontend and backend accomplish?

Answer 19

Frontend -> ease of use
Backend -> efficiency and reliability

Question 20

What are the ten requirements for Open Source Software?

Answer 20

Free redistribution
Include the source code
Allow for modifications and derived works
Integrity of the original author’s source code
Does not allow discrimination against persons or groups
Does not allow discrimination against any fields of endeavor
Distribution of the original license
License must not be specific to any product
License must not restrict other accompanying software
License must not be predicated on any technology or style of interface

Question 21

What are the 4 types of licenses?

Answer 21

Public domain
Permissive License
Restrictive License
Proprietary License

Question 22

What are the main differences between GPLv2 and GPLv3 licenses?

Answer 22

They are both copyleft licenses: restrictive. v3 is more specific about the grant of patent rights. v3 is also compatible with apache 2.0 license, and v2 is not.

Question 23

If code licensed under apache 2.0 is combined with code licensed under GPLv3 what would the resulting code have to be licensed under?

Answer 23

GPLv3, since it is the more restrictive license