SWE 3313 INTRO TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Planning Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅makes modifications easier to fix in a project
Organizing Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hiring the right people and placing them in the right roles
Monitoring Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅project progress tracking process
Adjusting Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅changing areas of the project that need to be changed
Describe a way to simplify a complex problem. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅we divide the problem into
smaller segments by following the certain type of activities: The problem would have to be broken down
into small, doable sections. Then, the next thing to do would be to determine whether the software
system solution should be made and broken down along the lines of the small sections. This would be
decomposition.
how do we find the number of communication paths in a group of people of n number - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the sum(n-1)
Important nontechnical concerns in large software development are: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅estimation and planning
What must we understand before jumping into implementing the solution? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Problem description and the requirements
what is the main areas that need to be coordinates in large software projects? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Process, product, and people
The keys to attacking large and complex problems is to consider some form of simplification through the
following types of activities: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Decomposition Modularization Separation
Incremental iterations
, SDLC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Software Development Life Cycle
UML - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unified Modeling Language
What are statements that constrain the ways in which the software can be designed and implemented?
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Design constraints are affirmations that limit the methods in which the
software can be made and used.
List three of the typical kinds of non-functional requirements. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Some typical
kinds of non-functional requirements are: performance, modifiability, and usability.
Define the depth versus the breadth issue in software complexity. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The depth
issue deals with the connections and associations among items. Those connections may be through the
sharing of data, or through the transfer of control, or both. Breadth issue, however, addresses things
like: interfaces with other systems, major functions, features within each functional area, types of data
and/or data structures, and simultaneous users.
What is software integration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is a procedure in which separately tested units
are combined together into a coordinated system.
List four factors that should be considered in deciding how many post-release people will be needed. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Some of those factors are: the number of anticipated users and customers, the
size of user training, the size of support personnel training, and the number of development people
committed to supporting the system.
Which questions will contribute to the formulation of the project plan? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅These
questions are the ones that contribute to the formulation of a project plan: who are the users of the
project?
what is the condition of the software project?
who all is funding the project?
what does the project need to look like?
what does one want the project to look like?
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Planning Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅makes modifications easier to fix in a project
Organizing Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hiring the right people and placing them in the right roles
Monitoring Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅project progress tracking process
Adjusting Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅changing areas of the project that need to be changed
Describe a way to simplify a complex problem. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅we divide the problem into
smaller segments by following the certain type of activities: The problem would have to be broken down
into small, doable sections. Then, the next thing to do would be to determine whether the software
system solution should be made and broken down along the lines of the small sections. This would be
decomposition.
how do we find the number of communication paths in a group of people of n number - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the sum(n-1)
Important nontechnical concerns in large software development are: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅estimation and planning
What must we understand before jumping into implementing the solution? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Problem description and the requirements
what is the main areas that need to be coordinates in large software projects? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Process, product, and people
The keys to attacking large and complex problems is to consider some form of simplification through the
following types of activities: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Decomposition Modularization Separation
Incremental iterations
, SDLC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Software Development Life Cycle
UML - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unified Modeling Language
What are statements that constrain the ways in which the software can be designed and implemented?
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Design constraints are affirmations that limit the methods in which the
software can be made and used.
List three of the typical kinds of non-functional requirements. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Some typical
kinds of non-functional requirements are: performance, modifiability, and usability.
Define the depth versus the breadth issue in software complexity. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The depth
issue deals with the connections and associations among items. Those connections may be through the
sharing of data, or through the transfer of control, or both. Breadth issue, however, addresses things
like: interfaces with other systems, major functions, features within each functional area, types of data
and/or data structures, and simultaneous users.
What is software integration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is a procedure in which separately tested units
are combined together into a coordinated system.
List four factors that should be considered in deciding how many post-release people will be needed. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Some of those factors are: the number of anticipated users and customers, the
size of user training, the size of support personnel training, and the number of development people
committed to supporting the system.
Which questions will contribute to the formulation of the project plan? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅These
questions are the ones that contribute to the formulation of a project plan: who are the users of the
project?
what is the condition of the software project?
who all is funding the project?
what does the project need to look like?
what does one want the project to look like?
