Detail, using illustrative examples, how you would go about examining the software's architecture.

Identify the pros and cons associated with both buying and building software.

Assume that you must take a computer-programming language course next semester. How would you decide which language would be best for you to study? Do you think that a professional programmer needs to know more than one programming language? Why or why not?

Distinguish between proprietary software and off-the-shelf software.

Operating systems are a widely recognized example of system software.

Software companies are continually improving programming languages. Would learning a programming language in grade school provide you with skills that you would need more than a decade later when you enter the workforce? Why or why not?

Software ______ are an important source of increased revenue for software manufacturers and can provide useful new functionality and improved quality for software users. a. bugs b. upgrades c. open source licenses d. third-party distributors

A(n) ______ is a collection of software packages and tools used to develop expert systems that can be implemented on most popular PC platforms to reduce the time and costs required to develop an expert system.

(Data processing) a. A national medical testing laboratory wants a new computer system to analyze its test results. The system must be capable of processing each day’s results as well as retrieving and outputting a printed report of all results meeting certain criteria, such as all results for a particular doctor or for hospitals in a certain state. Determine three or four major program units into which this system could be separated. (Hint: One possible program unit is “Prepare Daily Results” to create each day’s reports.) b. Suppose someone enters incorrect data for a test result, and the error is discovered after the system has entered and stored the data. What program unit is needed to correct this problem? Discuss why such a program unit might or might not be required by most systems. c. A program unit has been developed that allows users to change data that has been entered and stored incorrectly. Discuss the need for including an “audit trail” that would allow reconstructing the changes later as well as when they were made and who made them.

List five reasons why organizations outsource. When should an organization choose not to outsource? Why are some organizations moving their software development work back in-house? Why are some organizations beginning to use onshoring?