Exam 7: Software Development

In the context of development of safety critical systems, if an undesirable event has a one percent probability of occurring, a 25 percent chance of going undetected, and a potential cost of $1,000,000, then the risk can be calculated as .

An airline's online ticket­reservation system and an electronic funds transfer system that moves money among banks, are examples of .

When developing safety-critical systems, a key assumption must be that safety will automatically result from following an organization's standard development methodology.

A type of business system is the , which is used to develop accurate forecasts of customer demand, recommend stocks and bonds for an investment portfolio.

User acceptance testing is performed by trained end users to ensure that the system operates as they expect.

Defendants in a(n) action may use several legal defenses, including the doctrine of supervening event, the government contractor defense, and an expired statute of limitations.

treats the software unit as a device that has expected input and output behaviors but whose internal workings are known.

Software product litigation first occurred in 2000.

Microsoft's third major variation of its operating system is .

means that the defendant is held responsible for injuring another person, regardless of negligence or intent.

What are the standards that the warranty of merchantability requires to be met?

In the context of developing safety-critical systems, the safety engineer's role is limited to producing a hazard log.

After successful unit testing, the subsystems are combined to test the entire system as a complete entity using _____.

Poor design between systems and humans can greatly increase risk, sometimes with tragic consequences.

When software is well-designed, programmers make no mistakes in turning design specifications into lines of code.

In one lawsuit in the early , a financial institution became insolvent because defects in a purchased software application caused errors in several of its systems.

If the product fails to meet the terms of its written guarantee, the buyer or lessee can sue for .

Define the five maturity levels of CMMI.

are defined as a set of interrelated components that include hardware, software, databases, networks, people, and procedures that collect data, process it, and disseminate the output.

In the context of the Capability Maturity Model Integration maturity levels, the percentage of organizations at the managed maturity level is .