DDWC 2743 - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

DDWC 2743 - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

[Chapter 1: Introduction to Software Engineering]

Prepared by: Nurul Iliani Mohamed

IMPORTANT POINTS

• importance of Software Engineering in professional industry

• differentiate between computer science and software engineering

• CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering), Software product (generic vs bespoke)

• relationship of CS, customer and SE

• activities in software process

• attributes of good software

• professional and ethical responsibility

Multiple Choice

1. The following are about software engineer do EXCEPT ______.

• A. using the principles of software engineering process as design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of software

• B. adopt a systematic

  approach to their work and use appropriate tools and techniques to solve the problems

• C. must understand how to work with several common computer languages, including Visual Basic, Python, Java, C, and C++

• D. quick to say 'no' is that once they have something working, they don't want to mess with it

Multiple Choice

2. Involving users / customers in the architectural design process will result in better products

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

3. Software product of ___ designed for a single customer or a specific company.

• A. Generic

• B. Bespoke

Multiple Choice

4. The following list are the issues of professional responsibility EXCEPT:

• A. Intellectual property rights

• B. Team working

• C. Computer misuse

• D. Confidentiality

Multiple Choice

4. Which principle refers to the lifelong learning of a software engineer?

• A. Self

• B. Product

• C. Management

• D. Judgement

Multiple Select

5. Software engineering refers to:

• A. an engineering discipline which is

  concerned with all aspects of software production

• B. engineering

  principles in order to obtain economically software that

  is reliable and works efficiently

• C. specification of what the software should do is owned by

  the customer

• D. process of design , develop and deploy the quality software without any constraints.

Multiple Choice

6. Do you agree with "minimizing code size is measure of quality in software."

• A. Yes

• B. No

Multiple Select

7. What do you understand by software?

• A. Software is a set of instructions, data or programs used to operate computers and execute specific tasks

• B. Software is documentation and configuration of data

• C. Software is set of programs, documentation & configuration of data

• D. Software is set of programs

Multiple Choice

8. CASE system are often used for method support. What is Upper Case tools?

• A. support later activities such as programming,

  debugging and testing

• B. support the early process activities of

  requirements and design