Lesson 1 - Software and General Concepts of Software Engineering (Ch 1, Ch 2, Ch 7)

Question 1

Software is designed and built by _____ engineers

Answer 1

Software

Question 2

Software is _____ in our commerce, our culture, and our everyday lives.

Answer 2

pervasive

Question 3

Software engineers have a _____ obligation to build reliable software that does no harm to other people.

Answer 3

moral

Question 4

_____ is both a product and a vehicle for delivering a product (information)

Answer 4

Software

Question 5

Software is _____ not manufactured

Answer 5

engineered

Question 6

Software does not wear out, it _____

Answer 6

deteriorates

Question 7

Developed decades ago and have been continually modified to meet changes in business requirements and computing platforms. The proliferation of such systems is causing headaches for large organizations who find them costly to maintain and risky to evolve.

Answer 7

Legacy systems

Question 8

Software must be _____ to meet needs of new computing environments or technology.

Answer 8

Adapted - reason for legacy system evolution

Question 9

Software must be _____ to implement new business requirements

Answer 9

enhanced - reason for legacy system evolution

Question 10

software must be _____ to make it interoperable with more modern system components

Answer 10

extended - reason for legacy system evolution

Question 11

software must be _____ to make it viable within a network environment

Answer 11

re-architected - reason for legacy system evolution

Question 12

establishes foundation for a complete software engineering process. Identifies a small number of framework activities that are applicable to all software projects.

Answer 12

Generic software process framework

Question 13

Communication, planning, modeling, construction and deployment

Answer 13

Generic software process framework

Question 14

Software project tracking and control, risk management, s/w qa, tech reviews, measurement, s/w config management, reusability management, work product prep and production

Answer 14

S/W engineering umbrella activities

Question 15

s/w engineering encompasses a process, a ______ of methods and an array of tools that allow professionals to build a high quality s/w.

Answer 15

collection

Question 16

s/w exists to provide value to its users, KISS, maintain the vision, know someone else will have to work on the code, be open to future changes, plan ahead for reuse, think

Answer 16

s/w practice core principles