Eduqas A-Level Computer Science software engineering and society overview quiz quiz

To compile the source code into an executable program ready to be run on the target machine

To record the history of changes and allow rollback and collaboration

To design the layout and appearance of the user interface that the end user will see on screen

To run the program's test suite automatically and report any failing cases back to the developer

An interview

Observation

A questionnaire

Document analysis

is the technology capable of building the system?

will the system comply with the law?

can it be delivered on time?

do the benefits justify the costs?

field name, data type, length and validation rules

the actual records stored in the table, including every live value currently held in the database

the colours, fonts and layout of the screens on which the data is entered and displayed to the user

the network address of the server on which the live database happens to be hosted and accessed

the colours, fonts and on-screen layout that the interface will present to the end user

the algorithms and logic, often as flowcharts or pseudocode

the marketing plan that sets out how the finished system will be promoted and sold to customers

the staff training schedule covering how end users will be taught to operate the new system

Design, analysis, testing, implementation

Testing, design, analysis, implementation

Analysis, design, implementation, testing

Implementation, testing, analysis, design

the requirements are unclear at the outset and likely to change repeatedly as the project goes on

no documentation is wanted, since the team prefers to keep all design decisions informal and verbal

the project must deliver a working release of the software to the customer at the end of every week

requirements are well understood and stable from the start

changing the system to suit a new environment or a change in the law

fixing faults and errors that are discovered once the system is already in everyday operational use

adding new features and enhancements to improve the system beyond its original specification

writing the original program code during the implementation stage of the development lifecycle

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act

The Computer Misuse Act

The Freedom of Information Act

The Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act and the wider UK GDPR framework governing personal data

Computer Misuse Act, which covers unauthorised access and modification of data

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, which governs lawful surveillance and interception

shared freely with any organisation that requests it, since openness is the overriding principle

stored only on paper rather than electronically, because digital storage is not covered by the Act

deleted every day and re-collected, so that no record is ever kept for longer than a single day

processed fairly, kept accurate and secure, and held no longer than necessary

the gap between those with reliable access to technology and skills and those without

the split between the physical hardware of a computer and the software programs that run on it

the difference between numbers written in binary and the same numbers written in hexadecimal

the logical divide between two related database tables joined together by a shared key field