SOFTWARE DESIGN TOOLS, STANDARDS, AND ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS Q &A

What is a potential risk of not identifying and not complying with relevant current standards?

• Inability to sell completed product

• Improved supplier relations

• Increased interoperability

• Reduced costs

What is the purpose of ISO 6592?

• Software measurement process

• Guidelines for software user documentation

• Guidelines for the documentation of computer-based application systems

• Guidelines for the evaluation and selection of CASE tools

Which of the following is a standard granting organization mentioned in the text?

• ANSI

• ASTM

• IEC

• All of the above

If the QA team finds the quality of a deliverable is going bad, which constraint is likely affected first?

• Cost

• Time

• Quality

• Both cost and time

What is the primary purpose of an entity-relationship model?

• Conceptual design of a database

• Physical design of a database

• Graphical representation of system functions

• Depicting the flow of data in an information system

What is the purpose of a structure chart?

• To represent the flow of control in a program

• To represent the hierarchical structure of modules

• To graphically represent the flow of data in an information system

• To depict the functions performed by the system

Which standard collection includes standards related to software life cycle processes?

• ISO standards

• IEEE standards

• ASTM standards

• Both ISO and IEEE standards

What is the purpose of ISO 25051?

• Software product quality measurement

• Software product evaluation

• Requirements for quality of COTS software products

• Software process assessment

What is the purpose of a domain model?

• To represent the flow of data in the system

• To depict the concepts or objects working inside the system

• To represent scenarios for using the system

• To graphically represent the flow of control in a program

Which standard in the 2000 IEEE Software Engineering Standards Collection deals with software reviews?

• 730

• 828

• 1028

• 1012