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Software Development and Management: Characteristics of Software

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What is one of the key characteristics of software compared to hardware?

Software maintenance costs are lower than hardware maintenance costs

Software requires fewer well-defined requirements than hardware

Software development progress is more visible than hardware development progress

Hardware is easier to modify than software (correct)

How does software's reusability characteristic contribute to cost competitiveness?

The high interest in open source software has led to increased reusability

Software can be copied infinitely without consuming additional resources, allowing existing code to be reused (correct)

The quality of manpower is more important than the quantity invested in software development

Software runs on hardware with low specifications, lowering product costs

Which of the following is a key difference between software and hardware in terms of maintenance costs?

Maintenance costs are the same for software and hardware

Maintenance costs are not a significant factor for software development

Maintenance costs are required to be higher for software than for hardware (correct)

Maintenance costs are easier to estimate for software than for hardware

What is the relationship between the manpower invested and the results in software development, according to the text?

The results are not proportional to the manpower invested, and the quality of manpower is important Signup and view all the answers

What is a key difference between software and hardware in terms of defining requirements?

Software requirements require hundreds of times more well-defined requirements than hardware requirements Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of software that makes it more difficult to track development progress compared to hardware?

It is difficult to know the development progress of software than hardware Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of software engineering?

To systematically organize and treat software development as a predictable subject Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 components of software engineering?

Policies Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of establishing project cost estimation in software engineering?

To understand the time, money, and effort required for development Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to select the software life cycle in a company's project development process?

To systematically control project development based on risks and uncertainties Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of defining milestones in software development?

To evaluate the success of intermediate development goals Signup and view all the answers

Why are people considered a crucial component in software engineering?

Because diverse issues in software engineering can't be organized without them Signup and view all the answers