Cpsc 4900 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the essential attributes of good software? - Answer- Deliver the required functionality and performance to the user, and be maintainable, dependable and usable. What are the two fundamental types of software product? - Answer- Generic products Customized Software (bespoke) What is software engineering? - Answer- An engineering discipline that deals with all aspects of software production from the early stages of system specification through to maintaining the system after is has ...

What are the essential attributes of good software - Answer- Software must be: 1. Acceptable to the type of users for which it is designed 2. Dependable and secure so that it cannot cause damage in the event of a failure or used to maliciously damage a system What are the two fundamental types of software product? - Answer- Generic and customized products What is the distinction between computer science and software engineering - Answer- Computer science is concerned with the theories an...

What is the IEEE definition of software architecture? - Answer- Architecture is the fundamental organization of a software system embodied in its components, their relationships to each other, and to the environment and the principles guiding its design and evolution. List the most important architectural issues for product development - Answer- Non-functional product characteristics product lifetime software reuse number of users software compatibility Explain what is meant by system ...

What are the essential attributes of good software? - Answer Deliver the required functionality and performance to the user, and be maintainable, dependable and usable. What are the two fundamental types of software product? - Answer Generic products Customized Software (bespoke) What is software engineering? - Answer An engineering discipline that deals with all aspects of software production from the early stages of system specification through to maintaining the system after is has gon...

Software Engineering - Answer An engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of software production System Requirements - Answer Requirements written technical terms of the issues and implementation solutions of the user requirements. These are how the user requirements will be executed Intended to be a precise specification of the system that may be part of a system contract. Used in situations where development is outsourced and the development team need a complete specification of...

What costs more? maintaining software or developing software - Answer maintaining software What are the key challenged facing software engineering? - Answer coping with increasing diversity, demands for reduced delivery times and developing trustworthy software What is the cost ratio between development and testing? - Answer 60% development 40% testing Heterogeneity - Answer how well software performs across diverse networks with different types of computers and mobile devices Mainta...

Why is Software Evolution important? - Answer Companies and organizations rely on their software systems. These software systems become a critical asset, so evolution keeps this asset in line with the needs of the organization What are the stages in the system evolution process? - Answer 1. Impact analysis 2. Release planning 3. Change implementation 4. System release What triggers the system evolution process to begin? - Answer Change requests Why might it sometimes be necessary to ...

What are the essential attributes of good software - Answer Software must be: 1. Acceptable to the type of users for which it is designed 2. Dependable and secure so that it cannot cause damage in the event of a failure or used to maliciously damage a system What are the two fundamental types of software product? - Answer Generic and customized products What is the distinction between computer science and software engineering - Answer Computer science is concerned with the theories and m...

A _____ translates a high-level language program into a machine language program - Answer Compiler The rules that must be followed when writing a programs are called ______ - Answer Syntax The words that make up a high-level programming language are called _____ words - Answer Key Numeric values are written in a sequence of 1's and 0's in the _______ numbering system - Answer Binary In Python, the _______ function allows you to prompt the user to enter a value - Answer Input A s...

The system is assembled from existing configurable components. - Answer Which of the following statements is/are true about the integration and configuration software process model? Specification > Development > Validation > Evolution - Answer Select the correct order for software process activities. Organize tasks sequentially to make optimal use of workforce. - Answer Which of the following project scheduling activities is not true? False - Answer During the planning phase, p...