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Software Development
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Study First
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. Involves all the possible sets of test data and all of the program pathways
Extreme Test Data
Module
Exhaustive Testing
Adaptive Maintenance
2. Converts high level code into machine code one line at a time and reports errors as they are found
Interpreter
Design Notation
Data Types
Linear Search
3. A document that is produced at the end of the Analysis stage. It is a legal agreement between the client and developer
Fixed Loops
Concatenation
Translation
Program Specification
4. A loop that repeats instructions a set number of times eg - Loop 12 times
Corrective
Local Variable
Logical Operator
Fixed Loop
5. Test data which should be rejected by the program under test conditions
Logical Operator
Counting Occurrences
Exceptional Test Data
Interpreter
6. High Level Code is converted into Machine Code
Psuedocode
Acceptance Testing
Conditional Loop
Translation
7. The ability of software to cope with errors during execution without crashing
Robustness
Psuedocode
User Guide
Fixed Loop
8. A type of maintenance used to fix errors in a program
String
Programmer
Corrective
Maintainability
9. An evaluation criterion that assesses if the software can be used on a computer other than the one on which it was designed
Macro
Portability
Maintainability
Software Specificiation
10. How easy is the program to read? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Readability
Data Types
Design Notation
Conditional Loop
11. How easy it is for your program to be read by anyone else
Readability
Adaptive
Exhaustive Testing
Counting Occurrences
12. Documentation that explains how to operate the software once it has been installed
Substrings
User Guide
Robustness
Fixed Loop
13. Testing programs as thoroughly as possible
Logical Operator
Documentation
Programmer
Comprehensive Testing
14. A loop contained within another loop
Project Manager
Input Validation
Technical Guide
Nested Loop
15. First stage of the SDP concerned with gathering knowledge and understanding the problem
Analysis
Normal
Exceptional
Data Flow
16. Used to enter and edit high level language code
Field Testing
Text Editor
Counting Occurrences
Adaptive Maintenance
17. A data type used to store more than one character
Perfective Maintenance
Iteration
String
Psuedocode
18. Converts high level code into machine code in a single operation and reports all errors at the end
Conditional Loop
Compiler
Corrective
Bottom-up Design
19. Changing the software in response to changes in the client's hardware
Linear Search
Structure Diagram
String
Adaptive Maintenance
20. Pre-defined and tested subprograms which speed up the SDP
Module
Systems Analyst
Array
Modularity
21. A type of test data that tests the limits of the expected range of values
Variable
Comprehensive Testing
Fixed Loops
Extreme
22. A design methodology which begins with writing procedures and blocks of code
Efficiency
Design
Array
Bottom-up Design
23. A type of maintenance used when a program needs to be updated to run on new hardware or software
Comprehensive Testing
Perfective
Adaptive
Fixed Loops
24. Allowing users other than the programmers to test the program
Extreme Test Data
Field Testing
Portability
Stepwise Refinement
25. How easy is the program to use? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Technical Guide
Program Specification
Interpreter
User Interface
26. How well your program operates without stopping due to design faults
Maintainability
Design Notation
Normal Test Data
Reliability
27. A programmung language that uses english like statements. Must be translated into machine code
Pseudocode
Design
Analysis
High Level Langauge
28. A way of describing the design of a program eg. pseudocode or structure diagram
Design Notation
Adaptive
Perfective
Flow Chart
29. A series of actions that you record and then replay to automate tasks.
Modularity
Macro
Normal Test Data
Fit for Purpose
30. Fixing bugs or mistakes which were not discovered at the testing stage
Substrings
Corrective Maintenance
Technical Guide
Pre-defined Function
31. Interviews company personnel and observes current procedures looking for ways to improve the system
Portability
Adaptive Maintenance
Project Manager
Systems Analyst
32. Translates and runs a high level language one line at a time
Software Specificiation
Compiler
Exceptional Test Data
Interpreter
33. The Beta testing stage of the SDP
Corrective
Reliability
Flow Chart
Acceptance Testing
34. Adding new features to a program and the request and cost of the client
Module
Comprehensive Testing
Array
Perfective Maintenance
35. A data type used to store a single character
Data Flow
Adaptive Maintenance
Machine Code
Char
36. Writes code working to a software specification
Efficiency
Linear Search
Programmer
Pre-defined Function
37. Used to find a target value in a full list
Extreme Test Data
User Guide
Linear Search
Logical Operator
38. A data structure used to store a list of information of the same type
Array
Module
Corrective
Interpreter
39. Types of data stored by a program including string and integer and real and single
Data Types
Psuedocode
Corrective Maintenance
Interpreter
40. Used to check that data input is with an acceptable range
Efficiency
Debugging
Exhaustive Testing
Input Validation
41. Does the program do what it was meant to do? This is one way to evaluate a program.
Fit for Purpose
String
Readability
Data Types
42. A text-based design notation using ordinary language to define a problem
Stepwise Refinement
Interpreter
Program Specification
Pseudocode
43. Documentation designed for technical personnel that explains how to install software
Technical Guide
Adaptive Maintenance
Maintainability
Input Validation
44. Revisiting or repeating steps in the SDP to improve the solution
Maintainability
Reliability
Iteration
Extreme
45. A loop that repeats instructions until - or while - a condition is met eg - Repeat / Until X > 0
Structure Diagram
Conditional Loop
Compiler
Counting Occurrences
46. A type of test data that tests a program for values outwith the expected range
Counting Occurrences
Exceptional
User Guide
Psuedocode
47. A data type used to store whole numbers
Integer
Data Flow
Conditional Loop
Substrings
48. Joining strings together
Readability
Acceptance Testing
Concatenation
Programmer
49. When a program is divided into smallers sections called subprograms
Readability
Compiler
Data Flow
Modularity
50. Legally binding document defining the problem
Structure Diagram
Readability
Adaptive
Software Specificiation