8. The Design Process

Question 1

analysis phase

Answer 1

defines a program’s goals

Question 2

design phase

Answer 2

defines specifics of how to build a program.

Question 3

implementation phase

Answer 3

involves writing the program.

Question 4

testing phase

Answer 4

checks that the programs correctly meets the goals.

Question 5

What does SDLC Stand for?

Answer 5

systems development life cycle or

Question 6

Waterfall

Answer 6

Doing each step of the SDLC one at a time and being done when the final one is complete, no repeating any steps.

Question 7

Agile

Answer 7

Starting with a smaller and simpler scope, going through each step of the SDLC and then revisiting in an iterative approach improving on customer feedback each time.

Question 8

Abstraction

Answer 8

means to have a user interact with an item at a high-level, with lower-level internal details hidden from the user

Question 9

Universal Modeling Language (UML)

Answer 9

is a modeling language for software design that uses different types of diagrams to visualize the structure and behavior of programs.

Question 10

structural diagram

Answer 10

visualizes static elements of software, such as the types of variables and functions used in the program.

Question 11

behavioral diagram

Answer 11

visualizes dynamic behavior of software, such as the flow of an algorithm.