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Assignment 3
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INF305F/ SWE401I/SED401I /101
Submission date: 5 July 2009
This assignment is used to determine your year mark!
Credits: 100 credits
Notice: Assignment 3 relates to chapters 3–5, 7–10, 13, 14 and 16.
Total: 100
Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions and write the correct number in
your assignment:
1 Process models are described as agile because they ______.
1 eliminate the need for cumbersome documentation
2 emphasise manoeuvrability and adaptability
3 do not waste development time on planning activities
4 make extensive use of prototype creation
2 The rapid application development model is ______.
1 another name for component-based development
2 a useful approach when a customer cannot define requirements clearly
3 a high-speed adaptation of the linear sequential model
4 All of the above.
3 In considering extreme programming as a method for your new registration system at
the university, you will be committed to using ______.
1 the object-oriented approach
2 the waterfall method
3 a life-cycle approach
4 All of the above.
4 A software system exists for one reason: to provide its users with value. What is the
essential question to ask during the specification of a system requirement for the
registration system?
1 Is the requirement feasible?
2 Are there enough resources to implement the requirement?
3 Does this add real value to the system?
4 Will the users use this requirement?
5 None of the above.