The purpose of this question is to help you retain several principles that have become an inextricable part of software engineering. Please “match the word with the face” and associate each author with his famous principle.

Suppose you are a Quality Assurance Engineer chartered with adoption of software audits. From the list below select any item that is not a good fit for an audit plan.

Being “directionally correct” is an important skill for a software manager. Such a skill enables one to have a global view of a process without going into details. In fact, if your global view is wrong, it does not matter what the details are telling you. Consider the following four curve types. Select a type of a curve that fits into a given scenario. Select all that accurately reflect the scenario.

As we are approaching the end of the class, please rank the Learning Methods on a scale from 1 (least effective) to 5 (most effective). It is assumed that the survey reflects your individual preferences. What methods for acquiring skills and knowledge are most effective for you? The results of the survey will be downloaded into a spreadsheet, and the summary chart will be emailed to you. Listening to the lectures Re-review previous material and recordings Completing assignments Taking quizzes Preparing for and completing the final exam Providing/receiving comments to/from peers Collaborating during the term project

The goal of this question is to focus on small software changes that commonly result in uncontrolled ramifications. Consider the following quote from a newspaper describing the crash of the New York Stock Exchange. “…On Tuesday evening, the NYSE began the rollout of a software release in preparation for the July 11 industry test of the upcoming SIP timestamp requirement. As is standard NYSE practice, the initial release was deployed on one trading unit. As customers began connecting after 7am on Wednesday morning, there were communication issues between customer gateways and the trading unit with the new release. It was determined that the NYSE and NYSE MKT customer gateways were not loaded with the proper configuration compatible with the new release…”  Select the best answer from the following list. The root cause of this problem was due to:

Which of the following are true regarding TDD (Test Driven Development)?

Consider the following activities/goals of code changes. Which of these goals fit under the umbrella of “refactoring”?

Consider three options for assigning vendors to categories of tools. Select those options as True, that assign vendors incorrectly. metcs633_Q4_P28_o1.png  metcs633_Q4_P28_o2.png  metcs633_Q4_P28_o3.png 

As a project manager, you are considering your methodology for allocating buffers to estimates prior to their commitment. Which of these four options follow the strategy of providing a larger buffer to larger activities and a smaller buffer to smaller activities?

Consider two teams “A” and “B” using various test types. Team A has few manual tests and an abundance of unit tests. This is opposite of Team B, which has many manual tests and few unit tests.  From the given options, select all that are true.  Quiz5_Question43_Image.png