When describing a system, explain why you may have to design the system architecture before the requirements specification is complete.

What will be an ideal response?

The architecture may have to be designed before specifications are written to

provide a means of structuring the specification and developing different sub-
system specifications concurrently, to allow manufacture of hardware by sub-
contractors and to provide a model for system costing.

Computer Science & Information Technology

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All of the hardware, software, databases, networks, people, and procedures that are configured to collect, manipulate, store, and process data into information is referred to as an organization's _____.?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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(Calculating Total Sales) A mail order house sells five different products whose retail prices are: product 1 — $2.98, product 2—$4.50, product 3—$9.98, product 4—$4.49 and product 5— $6.87. Write a program that reads a series of pairs of numbers as follows: a) product number b) quantity sold Your program should use a switch statement to determine the retail price for each product. Your program should calculate and display the total retail value of all products sold. Use a sentinel-con- trolled loop to determine when the program should stop looping and display the final results.

What will be an ideal response?

Computer Science & Information Technology