Software Development 3

A numbered list of instructions giving the main steps is a description of what?
1. Pseudocode
2. Structure Diagram
3. Pseudobabble
4. Structure Dialogue
Analysis, Design, Implementation, X, Documentation, Y, Maintenance. What is X and Y?
1. X = Testing, Y = Evaluation
2. X = Evaluation, Y = Testing
3. X = Trying Out, Y = Elevating
4. X = Everything, Y = Trying Out
In a program taking in the days of the month, which set of data would be classed as exceptional?
1. 0 & 32
2. 15 & 25
3. 2 & 30
4. 1 & 31
Fortran, Cobol and Visual Basic are all examples of what?
1. Computer Languages
2. Operating Systems
3. Application Packages
4. Network Cables
High Level Languages are called readable. What does readable mean in this context?
1. Easy to spot and correct errors
2. Have a good plot
3. Have an exciting ending
4. Comes in both hardback and paperback
In a program taking in the days of the month, which set of data would be classed as normal?
1. 12, 14, 22
2. 12, 14, 44
3. 12, 14, 32
4. 11, 21, 32
In a program taking in the days of the month, which set of data would be classed as extreme?
1. 1 & 31
2. 1 & 32
3. 2 & 32
4. 0 & 31
Name the first stage in the Software Development Process.
1. Analysis
2. Maintenance
3. Testing
4. Documentation
The issue of readablilty of the software is important to whom?
1. Only the user
2. Only the client
3. The user, client and programmer
4. Only the programmer
What are the three types of testing required to fully test a program?
1. Normal, Extreme and Exceptional
2. Normal, Extra and Exceptional
3. Normal, Extreme and Bizzare
4. Normal, Abnormal and Unbelievable
What does the Design stage of the Software Developement Process involve?
1. Turn the specification into a design
2. Produce the specification
3. Ensure the software is tested
4. Fix any faults
Which Guide tells you how to install a program and the minimum requirements of the computer?
1. Technical
2. Topical
3. Tropical
4. Translator
What is a structure diagram?
1. A list of instructions in separate boxes that are read from the top to the bottom
2. A list of instructions in separate boxes that are read from the bottom to the top
3. A list of instructions iin the same box that are read from top to bottom
4. A list of instructions in a single box
What is corrective maintenance?
1. Fixing bugs when the program is in use
2. Adding new features to the software
3. Fixing bugs before the program is in use
4. Adapting the program to work in a new country
What is machine code?
1. Instructions made for processors in binary
2. An operating system
3. Peripheral devices
4. A high-level language
What is maintenamce and when does it occur?
1. It involves fixing any bugs and updating the the program after it is in use
2. It involves ignoring any bugs and updating the the program as it is written
3. It involves ignoring any bugs and updating the the program before it is in use
4. It involves fixing any bugs and updating the the program before it is in use
What is the purpose of the Maintenance stage?
1. Fixing faults, improving the design and adaptation
2. Fixing faults and testing
3. Fixing faults and implementing
4. Improving the design and evaluating
What is the User Guide that comes with the software?
1. It tells you how much RAM and hard disk space is required
2. It tells you how fast a processor you require
3. It tells you which operating system is needed
4. It tells you how to use the product
What three ways do we evaluate software?
1. Fitness for purpose, user interface and readability
2. Fitness for purpose, technical interface and readability
3. Design, user interface and readability
4. Portability, user interface and design
When Windows XP was introduced, many types of programs had to be altered to run on this new operating system. What type of maintenance is this?
1. Adaptive
2. Corrective
3. Prefective
4. Performance
When would the User Guide and Technical manuals be creared?
1. Documentation
2. Implementation
3. Testing
4. Maintenance
When writing code, programmers must ensure that their programs are realable. In this sentence what does readable mean?
1. Using meaningful names and inserting internal documentation
2. Using the same names and inserting internal documentation
3. Using meaningful names and inserting external documentation
4. Using random names and inserting internal documentation
Which of the following are features of machine code?
1. It is hard to spot errors and is compiled in one operation
2. It is hard to spot errors and takes a lot of space
3. It is easy to spot errors and is compiled in one operation
4. It is easy to spot errors and is interpreted line by line
Who must agree the Program Specification?
1. Customer and Developer
2. End user and Customer
3. Customer
4. Developer
A compiler?
1. Translates the whole program in one go
2. It is user friendly
3. Translates and executes high level language line by line
4. Translates pseudocode
A macro is used for?
1. Automating tasks
2. Designing programs
3. Translating programs
4. Writing programs
A nested loop is?
1. A bird's loop
2. A fixed loop
3. A conditional loop
4. A loop inside another loop

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