Prelim-Ch3

Unstructured, informal development with no documentation is often the hallmark of which approach?

• The structured approach
• The end user approach
• The RAD approach
• The agile approach

Which approach produces a series of operational versions of the product:

• RAD approach.
• structured approach.
• agile approach.
• prototyping approach.

Keeping accurate documentation with regards to the development of a software project is the especially important in the case of which approach(s)?

• The structured approach.
• The prototyping approach.
• Both the structured the prototyping approach.
• No documentation is required.

Hilda and Jack are employed by a software company that has gained the contract to develop a highly-complex, large-budget software development project. Their particular tasks are to compile a list of outputs, examine these and then create various models detailing the flow of data through the proposed system. Hilda and Jack could be described as:

• system programmers.
• system analysts.
• end users.
• system testers.

Max is a programmer working for a software development company. He is given the task of developing a software solution for a client. The client has a limited budget and wishes to have the product operational in the shortest possible time frame. Which approach would Max most likely consider?

• The RAD approach.
• The end user approach.
• The structured approach.
• The prototyping approach.

A software solution that is high in complexity, requiring absolute reliability coupled with extensive development timeframes would most likely be developed using which approach?

• The structured approach.
• The prototyping approach.
• The RAD approach.
• The end user approach.

A software solution that is high in complexity, requiring absolute reliability coupled with extensive development time frames would most likely be developed using which approach?

• The structured approach.
• The prototyping approach.
• The RAD approach.
• The end user approach.

Implementing the solution is the stage where

• testing of the solution takes place
• determining the requirements takes place
• coding in a programming language takes place.
• modification of the solution takes place.

For the prototyping approach to be successful, which element may be considered to be the most important?

• Precisely known requirements prior to commencement of the project
• expert programming skills
• strong communication between the developers and the users
• a detailed system analysis prior to commencement of the project

The approach that encourages the use of existing code and already developed modules is the:

• RAD approach.
• Structured approach.
• Prototyping approach.
• Agile approach.