Exam 7: Software Development

Even with safety precautions in place, the software associated with safety-critical systems ____.

As a result of the lack of ____________________ in software, many organizations avoid buying the first release of a major software product or prohibit its use in critical systems.

A primary cause of poor software quality is that ____.

Reliability is the probability of a component or system performing without failure over its product life.

Many software customers question whether the decision to cut ____________________ in favor of feature enhancement is ethical.

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

Additional features in a new release of software ____.

____________________ software has long been required to support the fields of air traffic control, nuclear power, automobile safety, health care, military and defense, and space exploration.

The defendant in a negligence case may either answer the charge with a legal justification for the alleged misconduct or demonstrate that the plaintiff's own actions contributed to their injuries. In such a case, the plaintiff's own actions are called _________________________.

Failure mode and effects analysis is an important technique used to develop ISO 9000-compliant systems by both evaluating reliability and determining the effects of system and equipment failures.

Software used to control many industrial processes in an effort to reduce costs, eliminate human error, improve quality, and shorten the time it takes to manufacture products is called a(n) ____.

___________________________________ is an important technique used to develop ISO 9000-compliant quality systems by both evaluating reliability and determining the effects of system and equipment failures.

The first release of any software ____.

____ defines five levels of software development maturity and identifies the issues that are most critical to software quality and process improvement.

Software product liability claims are typically based on strict liability, negligence, breach of warranty, or ____________________-sometimes in combination with one another.

System developers must understand the environment in which their systems will operate and design systems that are as immune to ____________________ as possible.

It is estimated that the Microsoft Vista operating system ____.

_________________________ is independent testing performed by trained end users to ensure that the system operates as expected.

Software manufacturers face economic, ethical, and organizational challenges associated with improving the quality of their software.

Quality assurance refers to methods within the development cycle designed to guarantee reliable operation of the product.