Exam 1 Study

Question 1

What is the definition of software engineering?

Answer 1

A discipline whose aim is the production of fault free software, delivered on-time, within budget and that satisfies the clients needs.

Question 2

What are three criteria of a successful software project?

Answer 2

on-time
budget
satisfies clients needs

Question 3

6 Stages of Classical Waterfall Model

Answer 3

1. Requirements Phase
2. Analysis Phase
3. Design Phase
4. Implementation Phase
5. Post-delivery Maintenance
6. Retirement

Question 4

Temporal Maintenence

Answer 4

In the temporal model the activities defined as maintenance are define as such because they occur after development.

Question 5

8 Principles of Software Engineering

Answer 5

Public
Client
Product
Judgment
Management
Profession
Colleagues
Self

Question 6

Benefits of incremental process

Answer 6

Generates working software quickly
More flexible
Easier to test and debug
Easier to manage risk

Question 7

Disadvantages of incremental process

Answer 7

Rigid phases cannot overlap

not all requirements are known upfront

Question 8

What is a specification?

Answer 8

a specification defines what the software should do.

Question 9

What is design?

Answer 9

The process of turning requirement specification into a design model

Question 10

What actions are performed during implementation?

Answer 10

code is generated and tested

Question 11

What is the purpose of testing?

Answer 11

identifying bugs

Question 12

Plan Driven

Answer 12

All activities are specified in advance

Question 13

A project management process with no detailed plan, that uses incremental development

Answer 13

Agile

Question 14

Refactoring

Answer 14

re-organizing code to make it simpler, straightforward and satisfactory

Question 15

5 Core workflows of iterative model

Answer 15

Requirements Workflow
Analysis Workflow
Design Workflow
Implementation Workflow
Test Workflow

Question 16

List 9 Life Cycle Development Models

Answer 16

Evolution Tree Model
Iterative and Incremental Life Cycle Model
Code and Fix Life Cycle Model
Waterfall Life Cycle Model
Rapid Prototyping Life Cycle
Open Source Life Cycle Model
Agile Processes
Synchronize and Stabilize Life Cycle Model
Spiral Life Cycle Model

Question 17

Planning Phase Activities

Answer 17

Preliminary Planning
Software Project Management Plan
Monitor SPMP

Question 18

What is pair programming?

Answer 18

a programming process where two programmers alternate typing every 15 minutes. One programmer generates code the other checks the code as it is being generated.

Question 19

Millers’ Law

Answer 19

human beings are only capable of concentrating on 7 pieces of information at a time.

Question 20

What are the pros of the Iterative Incremental Software Development model?

Answer 20

Defects are spotted early
Robustness can be determined early
Early risk detection/mitigation
Always have working version of software
Empirical Evidence supports it

Question 21

Negatives of the Iterative Incremental Software Development model?

Answer 21

Phases are rigid and do not overlap
More project management required
Difficult to predict the project completion date