Chapter 16 Definitions

Question 1

What is corrective maintenace?

Answer 1

It is fixing residual faults anywhere, such as the code or documentation

Question 2

What is perfective maintenance?

Answer 2

It is maintenance for changes requested by the client to improve product effectiveness

Question 3

What is adaptive maintenance?

Answer 3

It is a response to changes in the environment in which the product operates

Question 4

What skills are required to be superb at for corrective maintenance?

Answer 4

-Diagnostic skills
-Testing skills
-Documentation skills

Question 5

How does OOP apparently promote maintenance?

Answer 5

– The product consists of independent units
– Encapsulation (conceptual independence)
– Information hiding (physical independence)
– Message-passing is the sole communication

Question 6

What are some obstacles OOP has on maintenance?

Answer 6

– The complete inheritance hierarchy can be large
– The consequences of polymorphism and dynamic binding
– The consequences of inheritance

Question 7

What are the steps for reverse engineering?

Answer 7

– Start with the code
– Recreate the design
– Recreate the specifications (extremely hard)
– CASE tools can help (flowcharters, other visual aids)

Question 8

What is postdelivery maintenance?

Answer 8

Any change to any component of the product (including documentation) after it has passed the acceptance tes