Chapter 16

Question 1

What are major design styles

Answer 1

Object, structured, data-structured design

Question 2

What are 4 aspects of software design

Answer 2

1- Data structure
2- Software Architecture
3- Interface representations
4- Procedural (algorithmic) details

Question 3

What is software design

Answer 3

The design process translates requirements into a representation of the software that can be assessed for quality before coding begins.

Question 4

What is testing

Answer 4

Testing logical internals of software

Question 5

What is modularity

Answer 5

It is a design feature. Modularity (in both program and data) and the concept of abstraction allows programmer to simplify and reuse components. Modularity do information hiding and functional independence.

Question 6

What is software configuration management

Answer 6

It helps to identify objects, code revisions and control changes

Question 7

Does software configuration management part of SQA

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

What are software configuration management typical activities

Answer 8

• Identifying objects
• Controlling versions
• Controlling changes
• Auditing
• Communicating changes

Question 9

What is SCI

Answer 9

Software configurable item is an aggregation of software that is designated for configuration management. It is a single entity. e.g. design document, program code, test case.