SWE 3313: INTRO TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FINAL
EXAM STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Planning Phase
Answer:
makes modifications easier to fix in a project
Question:
2. Organizing Phase
Answer:
hiring the right people and placing them in the right roles
Question:
3. Monitoring Phase
Answer:
project progress tracking process
Question:
4. Adjusting Phase
Answer:
changing areas of the project that need to be changed
Question:
5. Describe a way to simplify a complex problem.
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.
Question:
6. how do we find the number of communication paths in a group of people of n number
Answer:
the sum(n-1)
Question:
7. Important nontechnical concerns in large software development are:
Answer:
estimation and planning
Question:
8. What must we understand before jumping into implementing the solution?
, Answer:
Problem description and the requirements
Question:
9. what is the main areas that need to be coordinates in large software projects?
Answer:
Process, product, and people
Question:
10. The keys to attacking large and complex problems is to consider some form of simplification through
the following types of activities:
Answer:
Decomposition Modularization Separation Incremental iterations
Question:
11. SDLC
Answer:
Software Development Life Cycle
Question:
12. UML
Answer:
Unified Modeling Language
Question:
13. What are statements that constrain the ways in which the software can be designed and implemented?
Answer:
Design constraints are affirmations that limit the methods in which the software can be made and used.
Question:
14. List three of the typical kinds of non-functional requirements.
Answer:
Some typical kinds of non-functional requirements are: performance, modifiability, and usability.
Question:
15. Define the depth versus the breadth issue in software complexity.
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.
Question:
16. What is software integration?
Answer:
It is a procedure in which separately tested units are combined together into a coordinated system.
EXAM STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Planning Phase
Answer:
makes modifications easier to fix in a project
Question:
2. Organizing Phase
Answer:
hiring the right people and placing them in the right roles
Question:
3. Monitoring Phase
Answer:
project progress tracking process
Question:
4. Adjusting Phase
Answer:
changing areas of the project that need to be changed
Question:
5. Describe a way to simplify a complex problem.
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.
Question:
6. how do we find the number of communication paths in a group of people of n number
Answer:
the sum(n-1)
Question:
7. Important nontechnical concerns in large software development are:
Answer:
estimation and planning
Question:
8. What must we understand before jumping into implementing the solution?
, Answer:
Problem description and the requirements
Question:
9. what is the main areas that need to be coordinates in large software projects?
Answer:
Process, product, and people
Question:
10. The keys to attacking large and complex problems is to consider some form of simplification through
the following types of activities:
Answer:
Decomposition Modularization Separation Incremental iterations
Question:
11. SDLC
Answer:
Software Development Life Cycle
Question:
12. UML
Answer:
Unified Modeling Language
Question:
13. What are statements that constrain the ways in which the software can be designed and implemented?
Answer:
Design constraints are affirmations that limit the methods in which the software can be made and used.
Question:
14. List three of the typical kinds of non-functional requirements.
Answer:
Some typical kinds of non-functional requirements are: performance, modifiability, and usability.
Question:
15. Define the depth versus the breadth issue in software complexity.
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.
Question:
16. What is software integration?
Answer:
It is a procedure in which separately tested units are combined together into a coordinated system.
