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Lecture 1 - OO Analysis and Design Development Processes Flashcards

1
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Software engineering is a discipline for…

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the systematic production and maintenance of quality software in a team setting

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What are the characteristics of quality software? (4)

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  • (relatively) fault free
  • delivered on time
  • within budget
  • satisfies user’s needs
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3
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What are the 5 things SE is concerned with?

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  • Products
  • Processes
  • Power tools
  • People
  • Principles
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4
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External deliverables and internal products concerns what aspect of SE?

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Products

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5
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TF: User manual and installation guide are examples of internal paper documents.

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False. External paper documents

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TF: Requirements document, architectural design, interface specification are examples of internal paper documents

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True

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7
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TF: Processes aspect of SE are guiding lights offering permanence in a rapidly changing discipline

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False. This concerns the Principles aspect of SE

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TF: Principles aspect of SE is concerned with how software is created, how quality is evaluated

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False. This concerns the Processes aspect of SE

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TF: Configuration management, CASE tools, documentation are related to the Power Tools aspect of SE

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True

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TF: Technical skills, managerial skills, and social skills are related to the People aspect of SE

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True

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11
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Critical issues and complexities that are inherent to the problem being solved is considered an…

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Essential complexity

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12
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TF: Essential complexities take up a small portion of developers’ time

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False. Take up the majority of developers’ time

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Complexities that arise from the ways we develop software considered an

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Accidental (incidental) complexity

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TF: Imperfect specification is not an example of accidental complexity

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False

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Limitation on computer speed and memory is an example of which type of complexity?

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Accidental complexity

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TF: How people are organized is an example of essential complexity

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False. Example of accidental complexity

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17
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What is the worst problem faced by IT managers?

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Meeting deadlines

18
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What are the two types of maintenance?

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  • remedial maintenance
  • adaptive maintenance
19
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Time spent fixing bugs is what type of maintenance?

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remedial maintenance

20
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Changing user needs or accommodating new hardware and OS constraints is what type of maintenance?

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adaptive maintenance

21
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Can you ever assume that a piece of software is bug free?

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No

22
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The elements of the business cycle are… (4)

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  • Inspection
  • Elaboration
  • Construction
  • Transition
23
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specify vision, business case is related to which part of the business cycle?

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Inspection

24
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Plan activities and resources is related to which part of the business cycle?

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Elaboration

25
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Building the product is related to which part of the business cycle?

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Construction

26
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Delivery of the product to the user’s community; training, support, maintenance are related to which part of the business cycle?

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Transition

27
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What are Milestones?

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Tangible indicators of progress

28
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The business cycle is related to which perspective?

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Managerial perspective

29
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Milestones are related to which perspective?

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Technical perspective

30
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What is one of the downsides of compromise in conflict resolution?

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Often avoids the real issue

31
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In conflict resolution, when one person insists on getting his way, this is called…

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Forcing

32
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The most effective strategy for conflict resolution which involves pinpointing the real issue of disagreement and discussing alternatives openly is…

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Confrontation

33
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TF: Design involves engineering a solution to the problem

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True

34
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TF: Requirements involves figuring out the problem and what the stakeholders want

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True

35
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An emphasis on finding and describing the objects or concepts in the problem design is…

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Object-oriented analysis

36
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An emphasis on defining software objects and how they collaborate to fulfill the requirements is…

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Object-oriented design (object design)

37
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In team formation, which stage establishes the team purpose, membership, skills, and roles?

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Forming

38
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In team formation, which stage develops a strategy or mode of working together?

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Storming

39
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In team formation, which stage forms a coherent team that collects and processes information?

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Norming

40
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In team formation, which stage produces?

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Performing

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