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Master Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 fundamental activities of software engineering

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Specification
Development (design/implementation)
Validation
Evolution

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2
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What are the 2 categories of activities for software engineering

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Process
Umbrella

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3
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What is heterogeneity

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Distributed systems across networks with different devices

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4
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What is an average cost for software development

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60% development
40% maintenance

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5
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What are the 5 framework activities for the generic process model

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communication
planning
modeling
construction
deployment

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6
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what are the 5 umbrella activities for the generic process model

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project tracking and control
risk management
quality assurance
configuration management
technical reviews

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7
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what are the 3 software process descriptions

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products
roles
pre and post conditions

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8
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what is a variant of the waterfall model

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the v-model

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9
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what are the 3 advantages of the waterfall model

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plan-driven makes all activites of the process fully defined
high quality software due to detailed specs and docs
simple to implement

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10
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what are the 2 common evolutionary process models

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prototyping
spiral model

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what are the 2 disadvantages of prototyping

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stakeholders get greedy and demand for an unmaintainble prototype as the final product

engineers forget compromises they made to get a prototype working and they become integral

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12
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What does the spiral model use prototypes for

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risk reduction

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13
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what are the 3 activities of the requirements engineering process and what do each of them produce

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elicitation and analysis -> system descriptions
specification -> user and system requirements
validation -> requirements document

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14
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what are the 4 design activities

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architecture
database
interface
component selection

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15
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what is the standard processes for programming

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there isnt one

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16
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what is another way of saying customer testing

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acceptance testing

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17
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what are the 5 principles of agile development

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customer involvement
incremental delivery
people not process
embrace change
maintain simplicity

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what is the main goal of agile project management

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make sure software is delivered on time and within the budget

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what are the 3 phases of scrum

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outline, planning, architecture
sprint cycles
complete user manuals and assess

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what is the sprint review and retrospective focused on

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product, process

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21
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what is the sweet spot of requirements volitility for agile devlopment

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30-50% per month

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22
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what are the 3 non-functional requirements classifications

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product
organizational
external

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23
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what is another word for discovery

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elicitation

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24
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what are the 4 stages of elicitation

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discovery
classification and organization
prioritization and negotiation
specification

25
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what are the 4 perspectives of system modeling

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external/context
interaction
structural
behavioral

26
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what model deals with the external factors and boundaries

A

context

27
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what 2 diagrams are good for interaction modeling

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use cases
sequence

28
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when do you create structural modals

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when you are discussing/designing the system architecture

29
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what is a simplified node in a state machine called which has more details by expanding it

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superstate

30
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what is good about model driven engineering (MDE)

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abstraction is raised and development is more automated so that engineers need not be concerned with programming details (maybe this is for me rn)

31
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what are the 3 model driven architecture models, in order

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computation independent
platform independent
platform specific

32
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what are the 4 views of software architecture

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logical
physical
development
process

33
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what are the 5 architectural patterns

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Model-View-Controller (MVC)
Layered
Repository
Client-Server
Pipe and Filter

34
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how much complexity of the solution to a problem is increased when the complexity of the problem increases

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100% increase to the solution for 25% increase in the problem

35
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what makes for a good module

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high cohesion
low coupling

36
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what is module cohesion

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interaction within (good)

37
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what is module coupling

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interaction between modules (bad)

38
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what are the 3 control structures

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sequence
selection
iteration

39
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what are the 5 design patterns

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divide and conquer
information hiding
abstraction and encapsulation
high cohesion
low coupling

40
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what is the key to successful program structuring

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maximizing module independence

41
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what are the 8 levels of cohesion, worst to best

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coincidental (unrelated)
logical (actions similar)
temporal (unique sequences)
procedural (common sequences)
communication (sequences for 1 data)
sequential (1 sequence for 1 data)
functional (1 action)
informational (singular actions for 1 data)

42
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what are the 6 levels of coupling, worst to best

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content (direct)
common (random global)
external (structured global)
control (message)
stamp (some)
data

43
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what are the 4 levels of reuse

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abstraction
object
component
system

44
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what are the 3 types of open source licenses

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General Public License (GPL)
Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Berkley Standard Distribution (BSD)

45
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whats the difference between verification and validation

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verification: are we building the product right
validation: are we building the right product

46
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what is the aim of V&V

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establish confidence that the system is “fit for purpose”

47
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what cant inspections do

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check for non-functional characteristics like performance

48
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what is black box testing also called

A

functional testing

49
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what is openness for distributed systems

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interoperability due to using standards, agility/adaptability

50
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what is scaling up vs out

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up: performance
out: more systems

51
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what are the 2 types of interaction in distributed systems

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procedural (wait)
message-based

52
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what is the difference between SaaS and SOA

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SaaS holds data and transactions are large
Software Oriented Architecture are microservices

53
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what does REST stand for

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Representational State Transfer

54
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what are the 4 steps of risk management

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identification
analysis (probability & impact)
planning
monitoring

55
Q

what are the 4 people management factors

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consistency (favoritism)
respect (skills)
inclusion (listen)
honesty (transparent)

56
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what are the 3 personality types

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task-oriented (doing)
interaction-oriented (people)
self-oriented (achieving)

57
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what are the 4 configuration management activities

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version management
system building
change management
release management

58
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what is the x-line hierarchy in versioning starting from the biggest

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mainline
baseline
codeline

59
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what are the 2 types of version control systems

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centralized
distributed (git)

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