Question 1

Software suppliers attempt to limit their liability by specifying that although software is warranted to run on a given machine configuration, no assurance is given as to what that software will do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

A successful defense against a product liability case is typically expensive in terms of legal fees.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Software defects are commonly lethal and many personal injuries are related to software failures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Under the doctrine of supervening event, the original seller is not liable if the software was materially altered after it left the seller's possession and the alteration caused the injury.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Software product liability claims are typically based on strict liability, negligence, breach of warranty, or misrepresentation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is an approach to minimizing the impact of software errors by independently implementing the same set of user requirements N times, where N could be 2, 3, 4, or more?

Accepted Answer

A) Acceptance programming 
B) Risk management programming 
C) N-version programming 
D) Avoidance programming

Question 7

An airline's online ticket-reservation system and an electronic funds transfer system that moves money among banks, are examples of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) order-processing systems 
B) decision support systems 
C) software development systems 
D) quality assurance systems

Question 8

From 2007 to June 2016, the percentage of organizations determined to be at a high-maturity level is 50.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following terms is defined as the potential of gaining or losing something of value?

Accepted Answer

A) Risk 
B) Redundancy 
C) Liability 
D) Certainty

Question 11

A failure mode describes how a product or process could fail to perform the desired functions described by the customer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

After an organization decides to adopt which of the following, it must conduct an assessment of its software development practices to determine where they fit in the capability model?

Accepted Answer

A) QA 
B) software development methodology 
C) software quality management 
D) CMMI-DEV

Question 13

Risk is the potential of gaining or losing something of value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is true of strategies for engineering quality software?

Accepted Answer

A) High-quality software systems are tough to learn and use because they perform slowly. 
B) Software defects never lead to injury. 
C) Developers develop high-quality software instantaneously without a set of principles. 
D) The first release of any software rarely meets all its users' expectations.

Question 15

A primary cause of poor software quality is that developers do not know how to design quality into software from the very start, or do not take the time to do so.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Process-control computers enable the process to be monitored for variations from operating standards and to eliminate product defects before they affect which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) quality 
B) delivery 
C) testing 
D) development

Question 17

Software quality is the degree to which a software product meets the needs of its users.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The safety engineer uses a logging and monitoring system to track which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) standards 
B) objectives 
C) hazards 
D) deliverables

Question 19

Which of the following is true of the International Organization for Standardization?

Accepted Answer

A) It is an American organization founded in 2001. 
B) The ISO 9000:2007 provides a set of standardized requirements for a quality management system. 
C) It issued the 9000 series of business standards in 1987. 
D) It is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from 161 countries.

Question 20

When sued for which of the following, a software supplier is not held responsible for every product defect that causes customer or third-party loss?

Accepted Answer

A) breach of warranty 
B) misrepresentation 
C) strict liability 
D) negligence

Exam 7: Ethical Decisions in Software Development

Software suppliers attempt to limit their liability by specifying that although software is warranted to run on a given machine configuration, no assurance is given as to what that software will do.

A successful defense against a product liability case is typically expensive in terms of legal fees.

Software defects are commonly lethal and many personal injuries are related to software failures.

Under the doctrine of supervening event, the original seller is not liable if the software was materially altered after it left the seller's possession and the alteration caused the injury.

Software product liability claims are typically based on strict liability, negligence, breach of warranty, or misrepresentation.

Which of the following is an approach to minimizing the impact of software errors by independently implementing the same set of user requirements N times, where N could be 2, 3, 4, or more?

An airline's online ticket-reservation system and an electronic funds transfer system that moves money among banks, are examples of which of the following?

From 2007 to June 2016, the percentage of organizations determined to be at a high-maturity level is 50.

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

Which of the following terms is defined as the potential of gaining or losing something of value?

A failure mode describes how a product or process could fail to perform the desired functions described by the customer.

After an organization decides to adopt which of the following, it must conduct an assessment of its software development practices to determine where they fit in the capability model?

Risk is the potential of gaining or losing something of value.

Which of the following is true of strategies for engineering quality software?

A primary cause of poor software quality is that developers do not know how to design quality into software from the very start, or do not take the time to do so.

Process-control computers enable the process to be monitored for variations from operating standards and to eliminate product defects before they affect which of the following?

Software quality is the degree to which a software product meets the needs of its users.

The safety engineer uses a logging and monitoring system to track which of the following?

Which of the following is true of the International Organization for Standardization?

When sued for which of the following, a software supplier is not held responsible for every product defect that causes customer or third-party loss?