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What is another name for software?
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Applications
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The most appropriate name for a person who develops software is...?
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Software Engineer
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What are some essential difficulties that programmers face?
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Complexity, Invisibility, Conformity, or Revisions
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What is invisibility in the context of programming?
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You cannot hold or touch software
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Who were some of the first developers of software?
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Mathematicians, Electrical engineers
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How did software engineering emerge?
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Previous techniques did not scale to large systems
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Is iterative development an example of a paradigm shift?
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Yes
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What allows software engineers to respond to change?
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Iterative Development
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What are some of the stages of a software product's lifespan?
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Servicing, phase-out ***
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What is the stage of software where bugs are often fixed?
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What changes are made during software evolution?
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When does code decay happen?
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When a software team loses key personnel
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What happens in the servicing stage of the software lifecycle?
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Is going from the service stage to the evolution stage recommended?
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No
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