CEN 4010 exam 1 questions and answers with solutions 2025

Who invented the first computer? - ANSWER Charles Babbage Who is thought to be the first programmer? - ANSWER Ada Lovelace What was the first electronic digital computer, Colossus, used for? - ANSWER breaking German cipher machine codes. When did the term "Software Engineering" first appear? - ANSWER in the late 1950s and early 1960s Describe the waterfall model for software development. - ANSWER Design , requirements, implemenation, verificaiton maintenance After each step is finished, the process proceeds to the next step. What is Software Engineering? - ANSWER a discipline that applies sound engineering principles to the development of software -development requires analysis and synthesis Analysis - ANSWER decompose a large problem into smaller, understandable pieces synthesis - ANSWER build (compose) software from smaller building blocks How Successful Have We Been? - ANSWER Very successful considering the major advances in software, however faults and failures have caused problems. What is a fault? - ANSWER when a human makes a mistake in performing some software activities failure - ANSWER a departure form the system's required behavior