Conceptual Questions

Conceptual Questions

1 .
Explain what is wrong with the notion that computer software does not need to evolve over time.
2 .
Explain why nonfunctional requirements are an important part of the requirements for software products.
3 .
Explain why a software engineer needs to have solid knowledge of programming languages.
4 .
What is an iteration in iterative development?
5 .
What is an increment in iterative development?
6 .
What are the key issues addressed by an Agile approach in software engineering?
7 .
What are the drawbacks of the waterfall model?
8 .
What are the benefits of DevOps?
9 .
What is the overall purpose of testing in software engineering?
10 .
What is path coverage?
11 .
What are three ways code coverage can be measured and what does each do?
12 .
What are design patterns? Provide an example of a design pattern.
13 .
What is the benefit of licensing software?
14 .
What type of license could you use if you were okay with sharing your application’s source code and allowing others to use or modify it?
15 .
Can we get to a point in the next twenty years where we will no longer need software engineers or to write code?
16 .
Ethically, what are five things listed in this chapter a software engineer should never do?