Software Engineering

Question 1

What does IDE stand for

Answer 1

Integrated Development Environment

Question 2

What do IDE’s provide

Answer 2

Features that assist in the coding process

Question 3

What does CASE stand for

Answer 3

Computer Aided Software Engineering

Question 4

What does CASE provide

Answer 4

Functionality to help developers with a number of tasks

Question 5

Give an example of Three features added to IDE’s

Answer 5

• Improved Editors
• Debugging tools
• Runtime environments
• Line numbering
• Colour coding
• Auto complete
• Syntax error highlighting

Question 6

What are the three main points of Upper Case

Answer 6

Planning
Analysis
Design

Question 7

What does upper case provide

Answer 7

Provides business and planning activities

Question 8

What are the three main points of Lower Case

Answer 8

Implementation
Testing
Maintenance

Question 9

What does Lower Case provide

Answer 9

Support for development

Question 10

What is versioning

Answer 10

Each time developers update or edit a program a new version is created and the old one saved, this allows multiple coders to work on the same project

Question 11

What two benefits of versioning

Answer 11

Different people can work on a project at the same time
Automatically tracked version history