SENG 438 FINAL EXAM REVIEW (FINAL EXAM REVIEW FOR SENG 438 AT UOFC
IN WINTER 2026) | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | RATED 100% CORRECT
What affects software quality? Answer - Quality, Cost, Time
Time Answer - Meeting project deadline and reaching the market at the right
time
Cost Answer - Meeting the anticipated project costs
Quality (reliability) Answer - Working fine for the designated period on the
designated system
Service Answer - A system's behaviour as it is perceived by its users.
Correct service is delivered when the service implements the system function.
Delivery of incorrect service is a system outage.
Error Answer - Human action that results in software containing a fault.
Fault (bug) Answer - Cause for either a failure of the program or an internal
error. It must be detected and removed.
Failure Answer - The only one of the 3 factors that is observable.
, An event that occurs when the delivered service deviates from correct service.
Failure Mode Answer - The manner n which a fault occurs
Failure Effect Answer - The consequence(s) of a failure mode on an operation,
function, status of a system/process/activity/environment. The undesirable
outcome of a fault of a system element in a particular mode.
Error Answer - A discrepancy between a computed, observed, or measured
value or condition and the true, specified, or theoretically correct value or
condition.
A human action that results in software containing a fault
Availability Answer - Readiness for correct service
Reliability Answer - Continuity of correct service
Safety Answer - Absence of catastrophic consequences on the users and the
environment.
Confidentiality Answer - Absence of unauthorized disclosure of information
Integrity Answer - Absence of improper system state alterations
Maintainability Answer - Ability to undergo repairs and modifications
Validation Answer - Checking whether they system meets the customer's
actual needs.
IN WINTER 2026) | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | RATED 100% CORRECT
What affects software quality? Answer - Quality, Cost, Time
Time Answer - Meeting project deadline and reaching the market at the right
time
Cost Answer - Meeting the anticipated project costs
Quality (reliability) Answer - Working fine for the designated period on the
designated system
Service Answer - A system's behaviour as it is perceived by its users.
Correct service is delivered when the service implements the system function.
Delivery of incorrect service is a system outage.
Error Answer - Human action that results in software containing a fault.
Fault (bug) Answer - Cause for either a failure of the program or an internal
error. It must be detected and removed.
Failure Answer - The only one of the 3 factors that is observable.
, An event that occurs when the delivered service deviates from correct service.
Failure Mode Answer - The manner n which a fault occurs
Failure Effect Answer - The consequence(s) of a failure mode on an operation,
function, status of a system/process/activity/environment. The undesirable
outcome of a fault of a system element in a particular mode.
Error Answer - A discrepancy between a computed, observed, or measured
value or condition and the true, specified, or theoretically correct value or
condition.
A human action that results in software containing a fault
Availability Answer - Readiness for correct service
Reliability Answer - Continuity of correct service
Safety Answer - Absence of catastrophic consequences on the users and the
environment.
Confidentiality Answer - Absence of unauthorized disclosure of information
Integrity Answer - Absence of improper system state alterations
Maintainability Answer - Ability to undergo repairs and modifications
Validation Answer - Checking whether they system meets the customer's
actual needs.
