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- Number each answer.
- Questions may be answered out of order.
Be brief. Write enough to answer the question, but no more.
1. What value does Version Control provide to software developers?
a. Describe each of the following terms as they relate to version control.
i. Trunk
ii. Branch
iii. Merge
iv. Tag
2. Describe four things that a development team may still need to do at the end of an iteration.
3. Testing can be categorized into three types: white box, grey box and black box.
a. What is the difference between these three types of tests?
b. Give two examples of what can be tested by each of the tests above.
4. Assume you are part of a development team that has identified some bugs in their code.
a. Explain three things you would do after discovering these bugs.
b. What steps would you take to do a Spike test?
c. What would the results of the Spike test tell you?
5. Agile software development approaches encourage early and regular testing. Describe four reasons why it would not be favorable to wait until the end of the development process to test software.
6. Define Test Driven Development.
a. List three principles of Test Driven Development.
b. Why is it difficult to test 100% of the code being developed?
7. What is Rapid Application Development?
a. Reflecting on your experience with the QuickBase application what are the most important things a developer should do or not do during Rapid Application development.