Deck 17: Implementation

Question 1

Implementation requires a range of activities including ________.

A) testing
B) deployment
C) maintenance
D) all the above

Answer 1

all the above

Question 2

The process of development starts with gathering requirements and concludes with ________.

A) implementation
B) analysis
C) design
D) programming

Answer 2

implementation

Question 3

________ is a set of activities that transform the abstract concepts of analysis and the detailed specification of design into an actual product that people use.

A) Analysis
B) Design
C) Implementation
D) Programming

Answer 3

Implementation

Question 4

There was a time when software development was coding and nothing but coding, but as software and expectations from software grew more complex ________.

A) the cost of development increased
B) this narrow approach started to result in unreliable products
C) the cost of development decreased
D) more people became interested in software development

Question 5

High-quality software cannot result from low-quality code because code is ________/

A) the brick and the mortar of a software product
B) too easy
C) too difficult
D) irrelevant

Question 6

Coding follows and depends on physical design; however, coding might force the physical design to change if ________.

A) the analysis is flawed
B) certain design concepts are defective or missing
C) the requirements are not complete
D) the technology is too expensive

Question 7

Design defines the services that an object must provide and, as a result, ________.

A) creates coding automatically
B) creates a precise scope for coding
C) complements analysis
D) we don't really need coding

Question 8

The choice of the programming language depends on many factors, including ________.

A) technology
B) personnel
C) computers
D) routers

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors in choosing the programming language?

A) proprietary languages needed for certain products
B) legacy systems
C) organizational environment
D) methodology

Question 10

By defining programming as coding that is a system of symbols and rules used to represent instructions to a computer, we are ignoring a host of other activities such as ________.

A) an object-oriented approach
B) design activities
C) compilers and interpreters
D) the programmers' skill set

Question 11

A source code editor is a text editor designed specifically for ________.

A) providing a quick way to run a compiler, interpreter
B) creating and editing code by programmers
C) providing a quick way to run a debugger
D) all of the above

Question 12

Assemblers expect the code to have a ________ relationship to the machine language.

A) one-to-one
B) one-to-many
C) many-to-one
D) many-to-many

Question 13

Compilers translate the human-readable code in high-level languages into machine languages without ________.

A) knowing the language
B) knowing the technology
C) knowing the name of the programmer
D) requiring the programmer to know how the computer works

Question 14

Interpreters execute the instructions each and every time the program is run without ________.

A) storing the instructions
B) running the program
C) storing the translation as an executable
D) saving the program

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an interpreted language?

A) UML
B) Visual Basic
C) all scripting languages
D) JavaScript

Question 16

The idea behind virtual machines is ________, since the applications can run on any platform that supports the virtual machine.

A) platform dependence
B) platform independence
C) machine independence
D) machine dependence

Question 17

Syntax errors are detected by ________.

A) virtual machines
B) interpreters
C) code editors
D) compliers

Question 18

Builders ________ required binary modules, and linkers ________ them.

A) create, connect
B) acquire, separate
C) create, separate
D) acquire, connect

Question 19

Resource editors are responsible for managing ________, including alternate texts for multilingual applications.

A) applications
B) operating systems
C) non-code building blocks of the software
D) databases

Question 20

A(n) ________ is an application that gathers the necessary modules into a package for installation on a target machine and allows the user to customize the installation.

A) builder
B) virtual machine
C) code editor
D) installer

Question 21

Revision control software ________.

A) is used to maintain documentation and configuration files
B) is used to maintain documentation source code
C) can be applied to any type of stored information or data
D) all of the above

Question 22

Coding standards are most essential when ________.

A) a team is involved in coding, debugging, and maintenance
B) individual programmers work on unique programs
C) analyst and designer don't get along
D) designers don't appreciate programmers

Question 23

Good coding standards can make it less likely that bugs ________.

A) are reduced
B) are completely eliminated
C) will creep into the code
D) will produce more bugs

Question 24

Code review is an important activity in software development, but it is often ________.

A) expensive
B) neglected
C) guided by user requirements
D) not productive

Question 25

Walkthrough and inspection are two types of ________.

A) code review
B) coding standards
C) debuggers
D) installers

Question 26

If you have flawed analysis and defective design, you should ________.

A) write multiple codes
B) start all over again
C) avoid coding completely
D) stop reviewing your code

Question 27

Testing is a part of ________.

A) software measurement
B) software qualify assurance
C) software development
D) both B & C

Question 28

Finding ________ is part of everyone's expectations from testing.

A) bugs
B) answers
C) solutions
D) debuggers

Question 29

Software testing must provide answers to ________.

A) verification
B) validation
C) both A & B
D) neither A or B

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT a phase of software testing?

A) alpha
B) unit
C) integration
D) acceptance

Question 31

Component testing is contingent upon a ________.

A) monolithic application
B) one-component application
C) component-based architecture
D) none of the above

Question 32

System testing is ________.

A) conducted when all components of a system or subsystem are in place
B) a kind of "dress rehearsal" before it is shown to the paying clients
C) both A & B
D) neither A or B

Question 33

A product passes acceptance testing when ________.

A) the people who have paid for its development accept it
B) the product is accepted without testing
C) the machine is acceptable to the user
D) the process is acceptable to the client

Question 34

The object-oriented technology can reduce defects that result from exposing variables to free-for-all access through ________.

A) encapsulation
B) polymorphism
C) inheritance
D) modularity

Question 35

Encapsulation is both a blessing and a curse because, although it hides complexity, ________.

A) it also reduces the value of software
B) it is very difficult to work with
C) complexity can hide errors
D) it makes errors disappear before being fixed

Question 36

Which of the following best describes characteristic of a "release"?

A) must determine the resources required to operate at the customer site
B) must collect information for carrying out the subsequent activities of the deployment process.
C) includes all the operations to prepare a system for assembly and transfer to the customer site
D) all of the above

Question 37

A deployment diagram is used ________.

A) to visualize the static aspect of the physical nodes and their relationships
B) to specify they physical nodes' details for construction
C) both A & B
D) neither A or B

Question 38

The exact nature of training depends on ________.

A) the nature of application
B) who is using the system
C) whether the application is developed in-house or for the mass market
D) all of the above

Question 39

To overcome the frequent incompatibilities between the "ease-of-use" and "ease-of-learning," most popular applications ________.

A) allow the user interface to be customized
B) are unique
C) use GUI
D) are mass customized

Question 40

A wizard ________.

A) is a special kind of user interface
B) guides you through a task step-by-step
C) allows you to go back and forth in the flow, but does not let you to skip a required step
D) all of the above

Question 41

Implementation covers a range of activities including analysis, design, and maintenance.

Question 42

Implementation transforms the abstract concepts of analysis and the detailed specifications of design into an actual product that people use.

Question 43

Maintenance consists of installation, configuration, and user training.

Question 44

Maintenance may require a full cycle of development, including analysis and design.

Question 45

A deployment diagram models the relationships between software components and computing "nodes" such as servers, workstations, and networks.

Question 46

In the beginning, software development was all about coding, but today coding is a very small and insignificant part of software development.

Question 47

Coding depends on user requirements and is completely independent of design.

Question 48

Physical design modeling defines the services that an object must provide, hence, creating a precise scope for coding.

Question 49

Although erroneous code is often more localized than defective design, errors in coding are more costly to correct than errors in design.

Question 50

The syntax of programming languages are strict and demanding and they handle some abstract concepts.

Question 51

The choice of the programming language is a task for the analyst who must work with the architects and the designers to create the physical design.

Question 52

Certain products with which you must work can be programmed only (or mostly) in a proprietary languages.

Question 53

Architecture and logical modeling are technology-independent and the programming backgrounds of architects and designers don't affect the choice of language and technological paradigms for software development.

Question 54

The language must support the concepts that lie at the foundation of the development methodologies.

Question 55

Programming requires a single tool to achieve its goals.

Question 56

Syntax highlighting, auto-competition, and context-sensitive help are features of compilers and interpreters.

Question 57

Source code editors have features specifically designed to simplify and speed up the input of source code.

Question 58

Assembly languages are the oldest group of programming languages and are no longer in use.

Question 59

Compilers translate the human-readable code in high-level languages into machine languages without requiring the programmer to know how the computer works.

Question 60

Interpreters and compilers both translate the human-readable code in high-level languages into machine languages in the same manner.

Question 61

A debugger allows you to examine the program from outside; testers, on the hand, examine the application from inside.

Question 62

Pictures, sound, and even animation and video are not code, but the traditional source code editors can manage them.

Question 63

Some of the more advanced revision control tools offer many additional facilities and allow deeper integration with other tools and software engineering processes.

Question 64

Microsoft's Visual Studio, Sun Microsystems' Java Studio Creator, and Oracle's JDeveloper are some of the popular integrated development environments.

Question 65

The primary reason for adopting a set of coding standards is to make it easier for developers to copy each other's code.

Question 66

Ignoring code review can cost more money and can cause more embarrassment down the road.

Question 67

Walkthrough and inspection are two forms of testing.

Question 68

Software testing is running the software to verify that it functions correctly.

Question 69

Code review is often mistaken for either "defect detection" or "reliability estimation."

Question 70

Validation answers the question "are we building the right product"?

Question 71

Verification answers the question "are we building the product right"?

Question 72

Unit testing sometimesmeans that we can test a class (or a function) in isolation from others.

Question 73

Component testing is not a replacement for unit testing, but follows a similar tactic and should start when unit testing stops.

Question 74

In component testing the focus is on individual components, while in integration testing every component has to be tested again once a new component is integrated into the whole.

Question 75

System testing is the same as acceptance testing.

Question 76

Through encapsulation and information hiding, the object-oriented technology can reduce defects that result from exposing variables to free-for-all access.

Question 77

Release determines the resources required to operate at the development site and collect information for carrying out the subsequent activities of the development process.

Question 78

Updating is the process of maintaining an old version of the hardware.

Question 79

The deployment diagram is about how the software is configured in relation to hardware.

Question 80

A deployment diagram is very similar to class and component diagrams, except that it depicts the relationship between nodes.