a. Vast increases in computer memory and storage capacity.
b. Greater variety of exotic input/output options.
c. Profound changes in computer architectures.
d. All of the above.
2. Which question no longer concerns the modern software engineer?
a. Why does computer hardware cost so much?
b. Why does software take a long time to finish?
c. Why does it cost so much to develop a piece of software?
d. Why can't software errors be removed from products prior to delivery?
3. Today the increased power of the personal computer has brought about an abandonment of the practice of team development of software.
a. True
b. False
4. Software is a product and can be manufactured using the same technologies used for other engineering artifacts.
a. True
b. False
5. Software deteriorates rather than wears out because
a. Software suffers from exposure to hostile environments
b. Defects are more likely to arise after software has been used often
c. Multiple change requests introduce errors in component interactions
d. Software spare parts become harder to order
6. Most software continues to be custom built because
a. Component reuse is common in the software world
b. Reusable components are too expensive to use
c. Software is easier to build without using someone else's components.
d. Off the shelf software components are not commonly available
7. The nature of software applications can be characterized by their information
a. complexity
b. content
c. determinacy
d. choices "b" and "c"
8. Modern software applications are so complex that it is hard to develop mutually exclusive category names.
a. True
b. False
9. The current software crisis was caused by the Y2K problem whose seeds were first sown by careless programmers in the early 1970's.
a. True
b. False
10. Software developers succeed more often than they fail, but software failures receive more press coverage.
a. True
b. False
11. Adding more people to a project that is already behind schedule is a good way to catch up.
a. True
b. False
12. Modern CASE tools are more important than the newest hardware for achieving good software quality and productivity.
a. True
b. False
13. Change cannot be easily accommodated in most software systems, unless a system was designed with change in mind.
a. True
b. False
14. A general statement of objectives is all that is needed to begin developing a piece of software.
a. True
b. False
15. The formal technical review is an inadequate substitute for testing regardless of nature of the software defect.
a. True
b. False
16. Documentation is no longer a necessary part of the software development process because no one reads it.
a. True
b. False
