Software Engineering Concepts Quiz
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What is the difference between a software engineer and a programmer?

  • Software engineer lacks engineering education or skills, while a programmer emphasizes design and implementation
  • There is no difference, they are synonymous
  • Programmer focuses on software design, while a software engineer focuses on implementation
  • Software engineer emphasizes design and implementation, while a programmer may focus more on software implementation (correct)

    • What does a software engineer do?

  • Only develop computer software
  • Only design computer software
  • Design, develop, test, maintain, and evaluate computer software (correct)
  • Only test computer software

    • What is software configuration management primarily about?

  • Systematically controlling changes to the configuration, and maintaining the integrity and traceability of the configuration and code throughout the system life cycle (correct)
  • Only about software versioning
  • Only maintaining the integrity and traceability of the configuration and code
  • Only controlling changes to the configuration

    • When did software engineering begin to be recognized as its own type of engineering?

    <p>1960s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were some problems encountered during the early development of software engineering?

    <p>Software that was over budget, exceeded deadlines, required extensive debugging and maintenance, and unsuccessfully met the needs of consumers or was never even completed</p> Signup and view all the answers

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