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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. A design notation using boxes linked by arrows showing data flow
Real
Robustness
Flow Chart
Maintainability
2. A programming instruction that returns out a numerical task - e.g. LENGTH or RND or DIV
Exceptional Test Data
Corrective Maintenance
Pre-defined Function
Debugging
3. A data type used to store a single character
Data Types
Char
Compiler
User Guide
4. Pre-defined and tested subprograms which speed up the SDP
Debugging
Normal Test Data
Module
Fit for Purpose
5. A type of maintenance used when a program needs to be updated to run on new hardware or software
Efficiency
Adaptive
Acceptance Testing
User Interface
6. Test data which is on the boundary of what is acceptable by the program
Nested Loop
Adaptive
Extreme Test Data
Efficiency
7. The movement of data between subprograms and implemented using parameters
Project Manager
Data Flow
Program Specification
Input Validation
8. Translates and runs a high level language one line at a time
Data Flow
Documentation
Interpreter
Char
9. Writes code working to a software specification
Interpreter
Data Types
Programmer
Fixed Loops
10. A data structure used to store a list of information of the same type
Fixed Loops
Array
Data Types
Analysis
11. Does the program do what it was meant to do? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Fit for Purpose
Portability
Translation
Exceptional
12. An area of memory used to store data in a program
Real
Variable
Efficiency
Exhaustive Testing
13. A text-based design notation using ordinary language to define a problem
Fixed Loops
Perfective Maintenance
Module
Pseudocode
14. Converts high level code into machine code in a single operation and reports all errors at the end
Compiler
Structure Diagram
Design Notation
Interpreter
15. Converts high level code into machine code one line at a time and reports errors as they are found
Interpreter
Integer
Corrective Maintenance
Translation
16. How easy is the program to use? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Corrective
Pseudocode
Substrings
User Interface
17. NOT/OR?AND
Logical Operator
Array
Text Editor
Concatenation
18. A data type used to store more than one character
Exceptional Test Data
Readability
String
Program Specification
19. A type of maintenance used to add new features to a program
Fit for Purpose
Exhaustive Testing
Robustness
Perfective
20. A visual representation of the program design such as a Flowchart or Structure Diagram
Robustness
Graphical Design Notation
Technical Guide
Field Testing
21. Revisiting or repeating steps in the SDP to improve the solution
Compiler
Iteration
Char
Data Types
22. When a program is divided into smallers sections called subprograms
Design
Efficiency
Modularity
Normal
23. Adding new features to a program and the request and cost of the client
Systems Analyst
Char
Perfective Maintenance
User Guide
24. Used to enter and edit high level language code
Perfective
Text Editor
Fixed Loops
Maintainability
25. Breaks each step down as far as possible until each step can be turned into a line of code
Concatenation
Stepwise Refinement
Design Notation
Data Types
26. A series of actions that you record and then replay to automate tasks.
Text Editor
Nested Loop
Macro
Module
27. Legally binding document defining the problem
Exceptional Test Data
Software Specificiation
Graphical Design Notation
Systems Analyst
28. In charge of the whole software development process
Substrings
Psuedocode
Project Manager
Field Testing
29. A loop that repeats instructions a set number of times eg - Loop 12 times
Nested Loop
Substrings
Fixed Loop
User Guide
30. A stage of SDP that involves the planning of a solution to the problem
Perfective Maintenance
Technical Guide
Design
Exhaustive Testing
31. A programmung language that uses english like statements. Must be translated into machine code
Data Types
Adaptive Maintenance
High Level Langauge
Fit for Purpose
32. Translates a high level language program into object code
Portability
Software Specificiation
String
Compiler
33. A type of maintenance used to fix errors in a program
Integer
Corrective
Module
Fixed Loop
34. A design methodology which begins with writing procedures and blocks of code
Normal Test Data
Fixed Loops
Bottom-up Design
Translation
35. Test data which should be rejected by the program under test conditions
Perfective
Pseudocode
Logical Operator
Exceptional Test Data
36. The ability of software to cope with errors during execution without crashing
Robustness
Modularity
Data Types
User Guide
37. A data type used to store whole numbers
Integer
Debugging
Translation
Structure Diagram
38. A loop that repeats instructions until - or while - a condition is met eg - Repeat / Until X > 0
Flow Chart
Exceptional
Conditional Loop
Macro
39. Variables defined only for use in one subprogram
Local Variable
String
Readability
User Interface
40. Used to check that data input is with an acceptable range
Char
Input Validation
Modularity
Compiler
41. Test data which is within a range that the program should accept
Pseudocode
Normal Test Data
Reliability
Counting Occurrences
42. Interviews company personnel and observes current procedures looking for ways to improve the system
User Guide
Acceptance Testing
Corrective
Systems Analyst
43. A data structure in which data items of the same type are grouped together
Acceptance Testing
Logical Operator
Text Editor
Array
44. How easy is the program to read? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Perfective
Readability
Adaptive Maintenance
Acceptance Testing
45. A design notation using different shaped boxes and showing hierarchy
Structure Diagram
Real
Graphical Design Notation
Extreme Test Data
46. Testing programs as thoroughly as possible
Array
Comprehensive Testing
Char
Perfective Maintenance
47. The process of finding and correcting errors in a program
Robustness
Analysis
Debugging
Translation
48. How well your program operates without stopping due to design faults
Programmer
Robustness
Reliability
Substrings
49. A type of test data that tests the limits of the expected range of values
Array
Interpreter
Debugging
Extreme
50. A data type used to store numbers with a decimal point
Extreme Test Data
Real
Integer
Modularity