Fall 2015.docx - Midterm CSCE 606 Software Engineering Fall...

Midterm
CSCE 606 Software Engineering
Fall 2015
Name_______________________________
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Consultation of books, notes, neighbors, or electronic devices is NOT allowed!
 Time limit: 75 minutes
 There is one correct answer to each question, except as noted. If you think several answers are correct, select the
best answer.
 Total points is 107, will score out of 100, so up to 7 bonus points
 Make sure your selection is clear!
1. (3 pts) One way to understand the Agile and Waterfall lifecycle is to realize that Agile corresponds to just ONE of the
Waterfall phases. Select the single answer that applies.
A. Agile corresponds to the Verification phase, in that testing plays such an important role in the Behavior
Driven Design and Test Driven Development.
B. Agile corresponds to the Prototyping phase, in that you build a working but incomplete prototype.
C. Agile corresponds to the Operations and Maintenance phase, in that you interact with the customer to get
requests for improvements to a working software system, and you must be sure that improvements do not
unintentionally break existing functionality.
D. None of the above: none of the phases of the Waterfall lifecycle corresponds to the full Agile lifecycle.
Explanation: Essentially Agile builds the system via iteration with the customer.
2. (3 pts) Which of the following is NOT a phase of the Waterfall lifecycle? 3. (3 pts) Which of the following scenarios is the least SMART?
4. (3 pts) Other factors being equal, which statements are generally TRUE regarding SaaS scalability?

Listing 1.
5. (3 pts) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding Listing 1, checking if a string reads the same backwards
as forwards?