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Software Engineering Vocab

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The rigorousness of the tests that are able to be placed on the code






2. 'single dot rule'






3. 2nd step of requirements gathering






4. (smell) One class delegates all of its requests to another class






5. A few sentences summarizing a use case






6. Testing designed to uncover regressions (where stuff that used to work doesn't work anymore)






7. Protecting the embodiment of an idea






8. Formal testing against end user specifications






9. A movement that promotes common formats for data.






10. Approach to team management that splits management up into two people with separate tasks






11. JQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML.






12. The rights governing the ownership and disposition of technology






13. Formal document outlining a task that needs to be performed on a system






14. Testing can show the presence but not absence of errors

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15. A powerful motivator for change






16. Testing where modules are combined and tested as a group






17. Improve the internal design and implementation of code without affecting external behavior






18. A method that initializes a newly instantiated object






19. Testing can show the presence but not absence of errors

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20. Part of compiler reads the sequence of characters and outputs a sequence of lexemes.






21. Lack of errors in code - readability etc






22. A set of rules that define the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured in a specific programming language. Example: In many programming languages - statements are terminated by a semicolon.






23. A design pattern that allows behaviour to be added to an existing object dynamically.






24. Reusable - abstract 'blocks' of design






25. Representational State Transfer.






26. An effective method expressed as a finite list of well- defined instructions for solving a problem.






27. Small - behaviour- preserving - source- to- source transformation






28. AKA: Lexical Closure or Function Closure - A function together with a referencing environment for the non - local variables of that function. The key aspect of a ______ is variables from outside the function retain there value from the time the closu






29. People who care about the outcome






30. One or two paragraphs of text outlining a use case






31. The degree to which code is free of defects






32. Testing tactic that looks at all ways that data can flow through the code






33. Test whether or not tasks can be accomplished efficiently by all levels of users






34. Ways to express the system's subsystems and their relationship






35. 4th step of requirements gathering






36. Techniques for composing objects to form larger structures






37. Force software to fail in order to see how it recovers






38. Delaying the creation of an object - calculation of a value or another expensive process until first needed.






39. (smell) many parameters are being passed into a method






40. (smell)class with too many instance variables or too much code






41. 3rd step of requirements gathering






42. Each possible path through the code is covered






43. Contract between inventor - assignee and state giving a time and geographically limited monopoly






44. Comprehensive description of software's intended purpose






45. The process of eliminating data redundancy by ensuring that tables in a database pertain to a single topic






46. An operator used to denote anonymous functions or closures.






47. 1st step of requirements gathering






48. Iterative - incremental framework for project management.






49. Recognizable indicator that something may be wrong with code






50. Derived methods should not assume more or deliver less