se2 quiz 1.2

What is software engineering?

• It is concerned with theories, methods and tools for professional software development.

• It is an engineering discipline that is concerned with all aspects of software production.

• It is a coherent set of activities for specifying, designing, implementing and testing software systems.

• It is concerned with all aspects of computer-based systems development including hardware, software and process engineering.

Extreme programming has a technical focus and is not easy to integrate with management practice in most organizations.

• True

• False

In the waterfall model, the individual program units or programs are integrated and tested as a complete system to ensure that the software requirements have been met.

• True

• False

Agile development approach to software engineering is based around separate development stages with the outputs to be produced at each of these stages planned in advance.

• True

• False

During this stage, the software design is realized as a set of programs or program units.

• System and software design

• Requirements analysis and definition

• Operation and maintenance

• Implementation and unit testing

The role of the customer in the testing process is to help develop acceptance tests for the stories that are to be implemented in the next release of the system.

• True

• False

Which software process activity is where the software is designed and programmed?

• Software evolution

• Software specification

• Software development

• Software validation

Sprints are fixed length, normally 8-10 weeks.

• True

• False

In Waterfall model, the system is developed as a series of versions, with each version adding functionality to the previous version.

• True

• False

S1. Computer science focuses on theory and fundamentals.

S2. Software engineering is concerned with the practicalities of developing and delivering useful software.

• S1 is false, S2 is true.

• S1 and S2 are both true.

• S1 and S2 are both false.

• S1 is true, S2 is false.