Software Engineering Questions Answered Correctly (Qs) 2026 update

Software Engineering
Questions Answered Correctly (Qs)
2026 update
Define Software Engineering - IEEE - CORRECT ANSWERS Software Engineering is the
application of a Systematic, Disciplined, Quantifiable approach to the Development, Operation, and
Maintenance of software; that is, the application of engineering to software



State the 5-steps of the Simple Life Cycle Model - CORRECT ANSWERS 1: Requirements
engineering

2: Design

3: Implementation

4: Testing

5: Maintenance



State the outcome of Requirements Engineering stage - CORRECT ANSWERS yields a
description of the desired system:

-which functions

-possible extensions

-required documentation

-performance requirements



..includes a feasibility study



..resulting document: requirements specification

, State the outcome of the Design stage - CORRECT ANSWERS -earliest design decisions
captured in software architecture



-decomposition into parts/components; what are the functions of, and interfaces between, those
components?



-emphasis on what rather than how



-resulting document: specification



State the outcome of the Implementation stage - CORRECT ANSWERS focus on individual
components



-goal: a working, flexible, robust, ... piece of software



-not a bag of tricks



-present-day languages have a module and/or class concept



State the outcome of the Testing stage - CORRECT ANSWERS -does the software do what it is
supposed to do?



-are we building the right system? (validation)



-are we building the system right? (verification)



-start testing activities in phase 1, on day 1