Questions from Software Engineering

Q: Visit the IT department at your school or at a local company

Visit the IT department at your school or at a local company and find out whether performance measurements are used. Write a brief report describing your findings.

Q: Security breaches are in the news all the time. Document a

Security breaches are in the news all the time. Document a recent hack involving the theft of employee information or customer data. Suggest ways the attack could have been avoided.

Q: Using the Internet, locate a software package designed to automate version

Using the Internet, locate a software package designed to automate version control. List the key features and describe your findings in a brief memo.

Q: How do you decide if a car should be repaired or replaced

How do you decide if a car should be repaired or replaced? Develop an assessment framework to aid this decision process. Is the framework also applicable to software systems?

Q: Attend a presentation by a colleague at work, or watch a

Attend a presentation by a colleague at work, or watch a presentation online, and attempt to answer the five communication questions about the presentation: why, who, what, when, and how.

Q: The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E

The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White is a popular reference manual for proper English usage. The book identifies many words and phrases that are commonly misused, including bet...

Q: A group meeting sometimes is suggested as a useful compromise between interviews

A group meeting sometimes is suggested as a useful compromise between interviews and questionnaires. In a group meeting, a systems analyst meets with a number of users at one time. Discuss the advanta...

Q: Using Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, or another program, prepare

Using Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, or another program, prepare a presentation on “How to Prepare an Effective Slide Presentation.” Assume that your audience is familiar with presentation soft-...

Q: As a training manual writer, choose a simple hardware or software

As a training manual writer, choose a simple hardware or software task and write a two- or three-paragraph description of how to perform the task. Then use your word processing software to check the r...

Q: View at least three examples of public speaking. You can investigate

View at least three examples of public speaking. You can investigate TV network news broadcasts, C-SPAN, or any other source. Describe each speaker’s gestures, expressions, voice levels, inflections,...