Question | Answer |
#3 The first step in system development is to create a source program. | false |
#5 Blackbox testing gets its name from the concept that the program is being tested without knowing how it works. | true |
#9 The computer language that most closely resembles machine language is: | assembly/symbolic |
#10 The tool used by a programmer to convert a source program to a machine language object module is a: | compiler |
#12 The series of interrelated phases that is used to develop computer software is known as: | system development life cycle (SDLC) |
#14 The test that validates a program by ensuring that all of its statements have been executed - that is, by knowing exactly how the program is written - is: | whitebox testing |
#19 What is the purpose of an operating system? | interacting with the hardware |
#22 List the levels of computer languages discussed in the text: | machine, assembly, high-level C |
#25 Describe the basic steps in the system development life cycle (SDLC): | waterfall model - requirement, analysis, design, code, test & maintain |
#29 What is meant by the old programming proverb, "Resist the temptation to code"? | understand what yu are doing before you start to code |
#30 What is the difference between blackbox and whitebox testing? | blackbox - you don't know what's inside. whitebox - you know the code already |