Chapter 1

What is a software engineering code of ethics?

A set of principles that set out in a general way standards of expected behaviour for professionals software engineers.

What is software engineering?

An engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of software production from specification to system maintenance.

What is the distinction between computer science and software engineering?

Computer sciences concerned with theories and methods of computers and software systems. Software engineering is concerned with the practice of the software production.

What are the two fundamental types of software product?

Generic and customized

List 5 different types of software application.

Interactive transaction-based systems, embedded control systems, batch processing, entertainment systems, systems for modelling and simulation, data collections, and systems of systems

What software engineering fundamentals apply to all types of software systems?

Managed and understood development, dependability, managing software requirements, effective use of resources.

What are three key characteristics of the engineering of web-based software engineering?

Software reuse is a principle approach, requirements for those systems can not be completely defined in advance, user interfaces are constrained by capabilities of browsers.

What are the four fundamental activities in software processes?

Software specification, software development, software validation, software evolution.

What are the 3 general issues that affect many different types of software?

a. Heterogeneity, software may have to execute on several different types of system b. business and social change, drives requirements for software change c. security and trust our software have to be secure against external threats

What are the essential attributes of good software?

maintainability, Dependable and secure, Efficiency, Acceptable.