SWD2

What is a software life cycle?

• (a) The life of the software

• (b) A cyclic approach to developing software

• (c) A phased approach to developing software

• (d) The life of software developed incycles

What is the waterfall life cycle model?

• (a) Software developed under a waterfall

• (b) A process model in which each phase is completed before the next phase is started

• (c) A process model in which phases are overlapped

• (d) A process model in which phases are cyclic

Which of the following is a limitation of the waterfall life cycle model?

• (a) Software is developed in phases.

• (b) Each phase is completed before thenext phase is started.

• (c) Software development is cyclic.

• (d) Software requirements are not properly tested until a working system is available.

Which of the following approaches can overcome the limitation in the previous question?

• (a) Phased software development

• (b) Throwaway prototyping

• (c) Evolutionary prototyping

• (d) Incremental development

What is evolutionary prototyping?

• (a) Phased software development

• (b) Throwaway prototyping

• (c) Risk-driven development

• (d) Incremental development

What approach does the spiral modelemphasize?

• (a) Phased software development

• (b) Throwaway prototyping

• (c) Risk-driven development

• (d) Incremental development

What is the goal of software validation?

• (a) Building the system

• (b) Building the right system

• (c) Building the system right

• (d) Testing the system

What is the goal of software verification?

• (a) Building the system

• (b) Building the right system

• (c) Building the system right

• (d) Testing the system

What is "white box" testing?

• (a) Unit testing

• (b) Integration testing

• (c) Testing with knowledge of the system internals

• (d) Testing without knowledge of thesoftware internals

What is "black box" testing?

• (a) System testing

• (b) Integration testing

• (c) Testing with knowledge of the system internals

• (d) Testing without knowledge of the software internals