Software Development - Chapter 15

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What is the purpose of the development cycle?

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To guide the process of software development through various stages such as analysis, design, coding, and testing.

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What are the stages of the development cycle?

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Analysis, Design, Coding, Testing.

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What is a structured chart?

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A graphical representation of a modular structure of a solution. It shows the smallest of a system to its lowest manageable levels.

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What is the Y2K bug?

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A computer flaw that may have caused problems when dealing with dates beyond December 31, 1999, due to the way years were stored.

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What is the Waterfall Model?

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A linear and sequential approach to software development where each phase must be completed before the next begins.

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What is the Iterative Model?

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A model that allows for repeated cycles of development, where feedback is used to improve the product.

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Define what is concatenation. How do you concatenate in pseudocode? How about in Python?

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Concatenation means joining strings together. Use "&" in pseudocode, and use "+" in Python

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What is a finite state machine (FSM)?

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A computational model that represents a machine in a fixed state, with transitions based on inputs.

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What is a Mealy Machine?

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An FSM that produces outputs based on the current state and the input.

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What is the significance of state transition diagrams?

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They visually represent all the states a system can have and the transitions between those states based on events.