Software Engineering Midterm Review

True or False: An iterative software development structure has a low impact on the business whereas a semiannual approach has a high impact due to delayed updates.

• True

• False

What are the four pervasive drivers of software projects?

• Customers, Products, Planning, and Constraints

• Customers, Products, Processes, and Constraints

• Customers, Stake Holders, Products, and Processes

Select three fundamental goals of software engineering.

• Refine user requirements based on skill set.

• Discover user requirements.

• Build quality products and services.

• Manage software complexity.

What are the stages of the Software Development Lifecycle in order?

• 1. Planning

  2. Requirements

  3. Development

  4. Design

  5. Testing

  6. Deployment

  7. Maintenance

• 1. Requirements

  2. Planning

  3. Design

  4. Development

  5. Testing

  6. Deployment

  7. Maintenance

• 1. Design

  2. Requirements

  3. Planning

  4. Development

  5. Testing

  6. Deployment

  7. Maintenance

• 1. Planning

  2. Requirements

  3. Design

  4. Development

  5. Testing

  6. Deployment

  7. Maintenance

Select all deliverables of the Planning stage.

• 1. Project Charter

• 1. Project Plan and Schedule

• 1. Feasibility Report

• 1. Requirements Specification Document

Select all deliverables of the Requirements (Analysis) stage.

• 1. Requirements Specification Document

• 1. System Architecture Document

• 1. Functional and Non-Functional Requirements

• 1. Use Cases

A requirement is a description of a business or user goal, a product behavior, a product attribute, or a product or process constraint.

• False

• True

A ____________ requirement defines a system or its component.

• Functional

• Non-functional

A REST API (Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) is based on a set of rules that allows applications and computer systems to communicate via the internet using the Hypertext Transfer (HTTP) protocol. Select all HTTP methods that are used in a REST API.

• • GET: Retrieve data from the server.

• • POST: Send data to the server to create a new resource.

• • PUT: Update an existing resource.

• DELETE: Remove a resource from the server.

What is AWS Relational Database Service (RDS)?

• provides database (DB) servers that are hosted in the cloud.

• provides security groups to servers that are hosted in the cloud.

• provides a service for hosting operating systems (os) in the cloud.

• None