Chapter 1

Question 1

Software is designed and built by________.

Answer 1

Software Engineers

Question 2

______ is both a product and a vehicle for delivering a product (information).

Answer 2

Software

Question 3

Software is ______ not manufactured.

Answer 3

Engineered

Question 4

Software does not wear out, but it does _______.

Answer 4

deteriorate

Question 5

Industry is moving towards __________ software construction, but most software is still custom-built.

Answer 5

component-based

Question 6

Stand alone programs that solve a specific business need.

Answer 6

Application software

Question 7

Number crunching programs that range from astronomy to automotive stress analysis.

Answer 7

Engineering/Scientific software.

Question 8

Resides inside a specific product or system such as an ATM or microwave oven, and is used to implement and control features and functions for the end user and the system itself.

Answer 8

Embedded software

Question 9

Designed to provide a specific capability for use by many different customers. Can focus on a niche or be mass market.

Answer 9

Product-line software.

Question 10

Network centric software that comprises browser based apps and apps that reside on smartphones and tablets.

Answer 10

Web/Mobile applications

Question 11

Makes use of non numeric algorithms to solve problems that are not amenable to computation or straightforward analysis.

Answer 11

Artificial Intelligence Software.

Question 12

Creating software to allow machines of all sizes to communicate with each other across vast networks.

Answer 12

Open-world computing

Question 13

Architecting simple and sophisticated applications that benefit targeted end-user markets worldwide

Answer 13

NetSourcing

Question 14

Distributing source code for computing applications so customers can make local modifications easily and reliably.

Answer 14

Open Source

Question 15

Legacy software must be ___________ to meet needs of new computing environments or technology.

Answer 15

adapted

Question 16

Legacy software must be _______ to implement new business requirements.

Answer 16

Enhanced

Question 17

Legacy software must be ________ to make it interoperable with more modern system components.

Answer 17

Extended

Question 18

Legacy software must be __________ to make it viable within a networked environment.

Answer 18

re-architechted

Question 19

Mobile apps reside on _______ such as cell phones and tablets.

Answer 19

Mobile platforms

Question 20

Mobile apps contain _________ that take both device characteristics and location attributes into account.

Answer 20

user interfaces

Question 21

Mobile apps provide access to a combination of web-based resources and __________ processing and storage.

Answer 21

local-device

Question 22

Mobile apps provide _________ capabilities within the platform

Answer 22

persistent storage

Question 23

Cloud computing provides _______ data storage and processing resources to networked computing devices.

Answer 23

distributed

Question 24

Cloud computing ______ services include the client devices and application software to allow access.

Answer 24

frontend

Question 25

Cloud computing ______ services include servers, data storage, and server-resident applications.

Answer 25

backend

Question 26

Cloud architectures can be _________ to restrict access to private data.

Answer 26

segmented

Question 27

A set of software-intensive systems that share a common set of features and satisfy the needs of a particular market.

Answer 27

Product line software

Question 28

Product line software is developed using the same application and data architectures and use a ________ core of components.

Answer 28

common