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Software Development
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Documentation that explains how to operate the software once it has been installed
Normal
Documentation
User Guide
Substrings
2. An evaluation criterion that assesses if the software can be used on a computer other than the one on which it was designed
Acceptance Testing
Portability
High Level Langauge
Iteration
3. A document that is produced at the end of the Analysis stage. It is a legal agreement between the client and developer
Program Specification
Field Testing
Real
Debugging
4. A design methodology which begins with writing procedures and blocks of code
Systems Analyst
Bottom-up Design
Structure Diagram
Project Manager
5. Converts high level code into machine code in a single operation and reports all errors at the end
Array
Translation
Compiler
Readability
6. How well your program operates without stopping due to design faults
Iteration
Pre-defined Function
Reliability
Program Specification
7. Secting part of a string
Comprehensive Testing
Logical Operator
Corrective
Substrings
8. Used to enter and edit high level language code
Text Editor
Graphical Design Notation
Documentation
Fixed Loop
9. Joining strings together
Corrective Maintenance
Concatenation
Comprehensive Testing
Efficiency
10. Pre-defined and tested subprograms which speed up the SDP
Project Manager
Robustness
Module
Pre-defined Function
11. A loop that repeats instructions until - or while - a condition is met eg - Repeat / Until X > 0
Local Variable
Conditional Loop
Array
Readability
12. The movement of data between subprograms and implemented using parameters
Logical Operator
Fixed Loops
Data Flow
Integer
13. Used to find a target value in a full list
Adaptive
Linear Search
Interpreter
Array
14. Allowing users other than the programmers to test the program
Field Testing
Extreme
Stepwise Refinement
Array
15. High Level Code is converted into Machine Code
Field Testing
Perfective
Translation
Text Editor
16. Changing the software in response to changes in the client's hardware
String
Adaptive Maintenance
Array
Adaptive
17. A way of describing the design of a program eg. pseudocode or structure diagram
Array
Design Notation
Pseudocode
Design
18. Documentation designed for technical personnel that explains how to install software
Technical Guide
Maintainability
Design
Acceptance Testing
19. A type of test data that tests a program using expected values within the allowed range
Technical Guide
Logical Operator
Concatenation
Normal
20. How easy it is for your program to be read by anyone else
Readability
Data Types
Macro
Psuedocode
21. A visual representation of the program design such as a Flowchart or Structure Diagram
Corrective Maintenance
User Interface
Nested Loop
Graphical Design Notation
22. In charge of the whole software development process
Project Manager
Debugging
String
Modularity
23. Types of data stored by a program including string and integer and real and single
Input Validation
Efficiency
Data Types
Linear Search
24. A stage of the SDP where a user guide and technical guide are produced
Exceptional
Data Flow
Documentation
Bottom-up Design
25. Translates and runs a high level language one line at a time
Interpreter
Exceptional
Translation
Normal
26. When a program is divided into smallers sections called subprograms
Modularity
Text Editor
Extreme
Machine Code
27. Interviews company personnel and observes current procedures looking for ways to improve the system
Software Specificiation
Analysis
Systems Analyst
Compiler
28. Involves all the possible sets of test data and all of the program pathways
Integer
Readability
Design Notation
Exhaustive Testing
29. A loop that repeats instructions a set number of times eg - Loop 12 times
User Interface
Nested Loop
Fixed Loop
Interpreter
30. A text-based design notation using ordinary language to define a problem
Pseudocode
Documentation
Logical Operator
Exceptional
31. A type of maintenance used to add new features to a program
Perfective
Macro
Exhaustive Testing
Program Specification
32. A data type used to store more than one character
Compiler
Stepwise Refinement
String
Adaptive Maintenance
33. Revisiting or repeating steps in the SDP to improve the solution
Iteration
Normal Test Data
Flow Chart
Nested Loop
34. Fixing bugs or mistakes which were not discovered at the testing stage
Comprehensive Testing
Field Testing
Corrective
Corrective Maintenance
35. Legally binding document defining the problem
Design
Programmer
Software Specificiation
Linear Search
36. Adding new features to a program and the request and cost of the client
Modularity
Bottom-up Design
Software Specificiation
Perfective Maintenance
37. Test data which is on the boundary of what is acceptable by the program
Integer
Extreme Test Data
Variable
Normal Test Data
38. A data type used to store numbers with a decimal point
Real
Debugging
Exceptional
Machine Code
39. The process of finding and correcting errors in a program
High Level Langauge
Bottom-up Design
Module
Debugging
40. An area of memory used to store data in a program
Portability
Variable
Exceptional Test Data
Project Manager
41. The ability of software to cope with errors during execution without crashing
Exceptional Test Data
Robustness
Extreme Test Data
Software Specificiation
42. A design notation using boxes linked by arrows showing data flow
Modularity
Flow Chart
Array
Perfective
43. First stage of the SDP concerned with gathering knowledge and understanding the problem
Reliability
Acceptance Testing
Analysis
Portability
44. NOT/OR?AND
Logical Operator
Translation
Counting Occurrences
Extreme Test Data
45. Translates a high level language program into object code
Structure Diagram
Compiler
Machine Code
Linear Search
46. Converts high level code into machine code one line at a time and reports errors as they are found
Documentation
Fixed Loops
Data Flow
Interpreter
47. Does the program do what it was meant to do? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Fit for Purpose
String
User Interface
Documentation
48. A loop which is carried out a set number of times
Nested Loop
High Level Langauge
Fixed Loops
String
49. A type of maintenance used when a program needs to be updated to run on new hardware or software
Robustness
Readability
Adaptive
Integer
50. Writes code working to a software specification
Adaptive Maintenance
Programmer
Corrective Maintenance
Robustness