Case 2-1 Professor Mackenzie Is Answering Questions from Students in Her Class

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Multiple Choice

Case 2-1
Professor Mackenzie is answering questions from students in her class as she explains the program development life cycle in her introductory Visual Basic course.
-Some of her students have been confusing the order of the various steps and phases and she wants to correct any misunderstandings about it.Which of the following can the professor give as the correct order for the steps in the program development life cycle?

• A) Gather and analyze the program requirements, design the program processing objects, design the user interface, code the program, document the program/system, test the program, and maintain the program/system
• B) Design the user interface, design the program processing objects, gather and analyze the program requirements, code the program, test the program, document the program/system, and maintain the program/system
• C) Gather and analyze the program requirements, design the user interface, design the program processing objects, code the program, test the program, document the program/system, and maintain the program/system
• D) Gather and analyze the program requirements, code the program, design the user interface, design the program processing objects, test the program, document the program/system, and maintain the program/system

Identify the limits of confidentiality and circumstances under which it can be ethically breached.

Recognize the importance of test characteristics such as validity, reliability, practicality, and cross-cultural fairness in test selection.

Understand laws and acts that shape practices around accessibility, privacy, and fairness in testing and assessment within educational and vocational contexts.

Understand factors contributing to the decline in adolescent smoking.

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