Product Liability

Question 1

What must you verify in your softwares output before using it in engineering design?

Answer 1

1) Requirements
2) Design
3) Unit test
4) Integration
5) Validation

Question 2

What is considered software engineering to the EGBC?

Answer 2

1) the development of the software required “ the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development operation and maintenance of software

2) There is a reasonable expectation that failure or inappropriate functioning of the software or software-intensive system would result in harm to life, health property, economic interests, the public welfare or the environment

Question 3

How to test commercial software?

Answer 3

• “dummy testing” a test for a known answer
• “analytical check” compares against a simple analytical calculation
• “independent theoretical check” tries multiple ways of calculating a problem
• “duplication” - use a different software
• Compare against measured data
• Advanced methods - comparing linearity, input/output, bring intuition to problem etc

Question 4

What do software engineering decisions include?

Answer 4

Accounting for accuracy, reliability, documentation and testing. Revision control

Question 5

Hartford Arena collapse was due to:

Answer 5

Complete structural failure of the roof, 1978
- Investigations attributed the design issues to the unprecedented use of and trust in computer analysis
- The software overlooked a certain buckling mode that the engineers did not notice

Question 6

Hartford Arena collapse was due to:

Answer 6

Complete structural failure of the roof, 1978
- Investigations attributed the design issues to the unprecedented use of and trust in computer analysis
- The software overlooked a certain buckling mode that the engineers did not consider

Question 7

Software Piracy

Answer 7

Never use pirated software for professional engineering!
> Unprofessional conduct
> Illegal
> You are liable for designs and you aren’t getting bug fixes and updates

Question 8

Software Security Threats

Answer 8

Back-up and recovery
> virus and hack threats
>IOT is vulnerable
> identity theft

Question 9

What is Kevin Mitnick known for?

Answer 9

He is a famous hacker who exploited the fact that people are the weakest link in software