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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Does the program do what it was meant to do? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Linear Search
Real
Perfective
Fit for Purpose
2. Instructions that can be understood by the computer without the need for translation
Normal Test Data
Machine Code
Analysis
Robustness
3. An evaluation criterion that assesses if the software can be used on a computer other than the one on which it was designed
High Level Langauge
Systems Analyst
Linear Search
Portability
4. The movement of data between subprograms and implemented using parameters
Char
Substrings
Modularity
Data Flow
5. A type of maintenance used to add new features to a program
Substrings
Perfective
Array
Programmer
6. A type of test data that tests a program using expected values within the allowed range
Fixed Loop
Normal
Exhaustive Testing
User Interface
7. How easy is the program to read? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Acceptance Testing
Module
Design Notation
Readability
8. Variables defined only for use in one subprogram
Fixed Loop
Local Variable
Fixed Loops
Systems Analyst
9. Used to enter and edit high level language code
Fit for Purpose
Text Editor
Stepwise Refinement
Perfective
10. A loop that repeats instructions until - or while - a condition is met eg - Repeat / Until X > 0
Char
Conditional Loop
Macro
Integer
11. A text-based design notation using ordinary language to define a problem
Pseudocode
Module
Structure Diagram
Compiler
12. Documentation that explains how to operate the software once it has been installed
Debugging
User Guide
Integer
Pre-defined Function
13. A type of maintenance used when a program needs to be updated to run on new hardware or software
Substrings
Adaptive
Psuedocode
Exceptional Test Data
14. Converts high level code into machine code one line at a time and reports errors as they are found
Design Notation
Comprehensive Testing
Array
Interpreter
15. A programming instruction that returns out a numerical task - e.g. LENGTH or RND or DIV
Acceptance Testing
Debugging
Structure Diagram
Pre-defined Function
16. Interviews company personnel and observes current procedures looking for ways to improve the system
Conditional Loop
Array
Systems Analyst
Char
17. A way of describing the design of a program eg. pseudocode or structure diagram
Program Specification
Design Notation
Extreme Test Data
Software Specificiation
18. Documentation designed for technical personnel that explains how to install software
Text Editor
Technical Guide
Pseudocode
Readability
19. A data type used to store more than one character
String
Extreme Test Data
Program Specification
Data Flow
20. A design notation using different shaped boxes and showing hierarchy
Text Editor
Program Specification
Reliability
Structure Diagram
21. Used to count how many times a value appears in a list
Maintainability
Counting Occurrences
Flow Chart
Linear Search
22. A type of test data that tests a program for values outwith the expected range
Graphical Design Notation
Comprehensive Testing
Concatenation
Exceptional
23. A data structure in which data items of the same type are grouped together
Array
Logical Operator
Translation
Portability
24. A stage of SDP that involves the planning of a solution to the problem
Counting Occurrences
Reliability
Program Specification
Design
25. Legally binding document defining the problem
Debugging
Software Specificiation
Fixed Loops
Normal
26. Pre-defined and tested subprograms which speed up the SDP
User Interface
Debugging
Module
Macro
27. A series of actions that you record and then replay to automate tasks.
Exceptional Test Data
Efficiency
Macro
Normal
28. A type of test data that tests the limits of the expected range of values
Translation
Structure Diagram
Extreme
Project Manager
29. A design methodology which begins with writing procedures and blocks of code
Bottom-up Design
Adaptive Maintenance
Interpreter
Corrective
30. A data type used to store a single character
Field Testing
Char
Perfective Maintenance
Documentation
31. A document that is produced at the end of the Analysis stage. It is a legal agreement between the client and developer
Program Specification
Machine Code
Bottom-up Design
User Interface
32. How easy is the program to use? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Text Editor
Software Specificiation
User Interface
Fit for Purpose
33. Test data which is within a range that the program should accept
Documentation
Systems Analyst
Normal Test Data
Substrings
34. A loop which is carried out a set number of times
Flow Chart
Fixed Loops
Adaptive Maintenance
Pseudocode
35. A data structure used to store a list of information of the same type
Conditional Loop
Fixed Loop
Exceptional
Array
36. The process of finding and correcting errors in a program
Debugging
String
Normal
Pre-defined Function
37. A design notation using boxes linked by arrows showing data flow
Documentation
Flow Chart
Compiler
Compiler
38. When a program is divided into smallers sections called subprograms
Reliability
Documentation
Translation
Modularity
39. Breaks each step down as far as possible until each step can be turned into a line of code
Efficiency
Stepwise Refinement
User Guide
Array
40. A type of maintenance used to fix errors in a program
Logical Operator
Design Notation
Corrective
Systems Analyst
41. How easy it is for your program to be read by anyone else
Substrings
Readability
Normal Test Data
Program Specification
42. Allowing users other than the programmers to test the program
Field Testing
Fixed Loop
Array
Translation
43. Involves all the possible sets of test data and all of the program pathways
Interpreter
Portability
Exhaustive Testing
Macro
44. Secting part of a string
Counting Occurrences
Substrings
Normal
Extreme
45. An evaluation criterion that determines how easy it is to maintain a program
Maintainability
Extreme
Variable
Efficiency
46. An area of memory used to store data in a program
Analysis
Extreme
Readability
Variable
47. Fixing bugs or mistakes which were not discovered at the testing stage
Corrective Maintenance
Exhaustive Testing
Input Validation
Normal Test Data
48. Changing the software in response to changes in the client's hardware
Adaptive Maintenance
Normal
Real
String
49. Translates a high level language program into object code
Acceptance Testing
String
Compiler
Array
50. A data type used to store whole numbers
Module
Extreme Test Data
User Interface
Integer