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Review Questions

1 .
List some of the best practices related to software engineering.
2 .
What is a true statement about the relationship between software engineering and computer science?
  1. Software engineering and computer science are unrelated.
  2. Software engineering is a subset of computer science.
  3. Computer science is a subset of software engineering.
  4. Computer science and software engineering are the same thing.
3 .
List five types of software that a software engineer is likely to work on.
4 .
List five soft skills software engineers should have.
5 .
Software engineers must have a solid knowledge of several technical areas. List six areas other than soft skills that were mentioned in this chapter.
6 .
What are common roles in a software team?
7 .
What does SDLC stand for?
  1. system design life cycle
  2. software development life cycle
  3. system development life cycle
  4. system design life cycle
  5. software delivery life cycle
8 .
Name the four common phases used in the SDLC.
9 .
List four SDLC models.
10 .
What is a stated part of the software process improvement?
11 .
What are the disciplines of Unified Process?
12 .
What are the phases of Unified Process?
13 .
What type of testing focuses on making sure the individual pieces of code that were written are working correctly?
  1. acceptance testing
  2. performance testing
  3. stress testing
  4. unit testing
  5. usability testing
14 .
What type of tests would generally be performed by a software engineer?
15 .
What is the primary purpose of verification?
  1. to run the code to verify it works correctly
  2. to make sure the software solution conforms to the requirements that were specified for the project
  3. to make sure the software solution does what the user wants it to
  4. to make sure all the project owners agree to move forward with each phase of the software development life cycle
16 .
What is the purpose of validation?
  1. to run the code to validate that it works correctly
  2. to make sure the software solution does what the user wants it to
  3. to make sure all the project owners agree to move forward with each phase of the software development life cycle
  4. to make sure all lines of code will be executed
17 .
What is the key defining element of test-driven development?
  1. Each line of code is given its own test.
  2. Tests are written in a manner that requires multiple-choice solutions.
  3. The testing team is responsible for all tests that are to be written.
  4. Tests are written before the code.
18 .
What is a debugger?
19 .
What is an integrated development environment?
20 .
What is a version control system?
21 .
Can open-source or FOSS software be used at no cost?
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