Software Engineering Answers

a) The colour one wears may be associated to a particular culture or country, more importantly colour plays an important role in determining the identity and shape of an object. Without mincing words, explain the three components that forms colour.

b) To help in designing a usable computer system, we need to understand the human aspects from the cognitive psychology, social knowledge and organizational knowledge perspectives. Convince your peers on the difference between these three (cognitive, social, and organisational) perspectives. 

c) Explain the advantages of using the direct manipulation approach

b.

Experts recommend the careful arrangement of information on the interface’s display to avoid frequent movement of eyes by users while searching for information. This is to minimise frequent movement of the eyes that easily gets it tired. Elaborate on what your best five (5) considerations would be in designing a system interface

c.

Examples of sounds are voices in conversation and music. Too much sound would only serve as a disturbance to users. Explain briefly five (5) applications that are suited to use sounds as a form of reactive response

what are the importance of network cable? (Two to three sentences) Thank you!

While in class you were introduced to the varieties through which software is made available either for free or

for a fee. You are required to outline and briefly explain any five (5) of these forms with examples.

1. Design a lesson of your choice for a Gr. 11 Information Technology class dealing with any applicable theoretical subject. It should be clear from your lesson planning which teaching strategy you will be using to achieve the lesson objectives. In your lesson plan, give at least two internet websites to which you can refer learners to obtain more information on the topic that will be complementary to their textbooks.

2. With regard to the topic that you chose in 1, give an example of an assignment that could be used to determine whether the learners have reached the objectives. Discuss in full how you would assess the assignment, and in your discussion, give the marking scheme, rubric, memorandum, etc. that you would use.

From your point of view, describe the strengths and weaknesses of users during the requirements elicitation activity. Describe also the strengths and weaknesses of developers during the requirements elicitation activity.

Two way synchronization can be done with wait blocks or message passing. Which one would you choose and Why?

1. Discuss the relative advantages of point-to-point interconnection compared to bus interconnection.

What is the difference between “image mapping” and “image slicing”? 

1. Describe the basic elements of an instruction cycle and the role of interrupts.
2. Describe the concept of interconnection within a computer system.
3. Discuss the relative advantages of point-to-point interconnection compared to bus interconnection.
4. Present an overview of QPI.
5. Present an overview of PCIe.