assist themselves in gathering the initial requirements from end-user

analyze the requirements and determine their feasibility

design the system's general algorithms

all of the above

interactive approach

interpretive approach

integrative approach

none of the above

logic diagram

block diagram

system flowchart

program flowchart

each application needs generation of new programs

purchasing of new equipments requires either modification or rewritting of the existing software

programming is labour intensive and therefore, strongly affected by inflation despite of new techniques

all of the above

problem definition, system design, system analysis, programming and implementation

problem definition, system analysis, programming and implementation

system analysis, system design and system implementation

problem definition, system analysis, system design, programming analysis, program preparation and implementation

technological factors

social and economic factors

operating problems

all of the above

Lex

Yaac

EQN

TeX

Lex

Yaac

TeX

Emacs

lexical analyzer

scanner

parser

code generator

Top-down parsing

Bottom-up parsing

Both 1 and 2

None of the above

specifying the syntax of a language

describing how a program works

shell programming

multi user programming

enhances logical clarity and reduces code size

makes debugging easier

reduces execution time

makes software bug-free

does not permit IF-THEN GOTO statement

may have all the program statements that have a single entry point and a single exit point

both (1) and (2)

neither (1) nor (2)

is a low level language

descibes what processing is to be done without specifying the particular procedures to be used

is frequently used by software designers

all of the above

Loops

GOTO statements

Do-While statements

All of the above

is a feature of all the programming languages

helps make large programs more understandable

both (1) and (2)

neither (1) nor (2)

how user friendly the system should be

how fast the software should run

what the software system is to do

none of the above

l-value

2-value

r-value

m-value

only failures

only errors in code

only errors in logic

all of the above

Accessing a variable that is declared but not initialized

Accessing a storage that is already disposed at the request of the processor

Accessing a storage that is already disposed at the request of the user

All of the above

engineering and design

hardware and software

programs and instructions

software quality and cost

NATO - USA, 1975

NATO - Science Committee Europe, 1960

ASME, Chicago

USIS, New York

produce high quality software at low cost

modify programs

design systems and logic

produce high quality software irrespective of cost

the INTERNIST, a medical diagnosis program

a stock and bond analysis program

a structural analysis program

none of the above

Analysis

Coding

Maintenance

Testing