SWE 3313: Intro to Software Engineering
Final Exam Study Guide questions and
answers 2025/2026 latest update
1.Planning Phase - answermakes modifications easier to fix in a project
2.Organizing Phase - answerhiring the right people and placing them in the right roles
3.Monitoring Phase - answerproject progress tracking process
4.Adjusting Phase - answerchanging areas of the project that need to be changed
5.Describe a way to simplify a complex problem. - answerwe 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.
6.how do we find the number of communication paths in a group of people of n number - answerthe
sum(n-1)
7.Important nontechnical concerns in large software development are: - answerestimation and planning
8.What must we understand before jumping into implementing the solution? - answerProblem
description and the requirements
9.what is the main areas that need to be coordinates in large software projects? - answerProcess,
product, and people
10.The keys to attacking large and complex problems is to consider some form of simplification through
the following types of activities: - answerDecomposition Modularization Separation Incremental
iterations
, 11.SDLC - answerSoftware Development Life Cycle
12.UML - answerUnified Modeling Language
13.What are statements that constrain the ways in which the software can be designed and
implemented? - answerDesign constraints are affirmations that limit the methods in which the software
can be made and used.
14.functional requirements are: performance, modifiability, and usability.
15.Define the depth versus the breadth issue in software complexity. - answerThe 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.
16.What is software integration? - answerIt is a procedure in which separately tested units are
combined together into a coordinated system.
17.List four factors that should be considered in deciding how many post-release people will be needed.
- answerSome 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.
18.Which questions will contribute to the formulation of the project plan? - answerThese 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?
what are the deliverables of the project?
what are the schedule/time/cost restrictions of the project?
Final Exam Study Guide questions and
answers 2025/2026 latest update
1.Planning Phase - answermakes modifications easier to fix in a project
2.Organizing Phase - answerhiring the right people and placing them in the right roles
3.Monitoring Phase - answerproject progress tracking process
4.Adjusting Phase - answerchanging areas of the project that need to be changed
5.Describe a way to simplify a complex problem. - answerwe 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.
6.how do we find the number of communication paths in a group of people of n number - answerthe
sum(n-1)
7.Important nontechnical concerns in large software development are: - answerestimation and planning
8.What must we understand before jumping into implementing the solution? - answerProblem
description and the requirements
9.what is the main areas that need to be coordinates in large software projects? - answerProcess,
product, and people
10.The keys to attacking large and complex problems is to consider some form of simplification through
the following types of activities: - answerDecomposition Modularization Separation Incremental
iterations
, 11.SDLC - answerSoftware Development Life Cycle
12.UML - answerUnified Modeling Language
13.What are statements that constrain the ways in which the software can be designed and
implemented? - answerDesign constraints are affirmations that limit the methods in which the software
can be made and used.
14.functional requirements are: performance, modifiability, and usability.
15.Define the depth versus the breadth issue in software complexity. - answerThe 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.
16.What is software integration? - answerIt is a procedure in which separately tested units are
combined together into a coordinated system.
17.List four factors that should be considered in deciding how many post-release people will be needed.
- answerSome 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.
18.Which questions will contribute to the formulation of the project plan? - answerThese 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?
what are the deliverables of the project?
what are the schedule/time/cost restrictions of the project?
