Functionality is a characteristic associated with evaluating
the quality of software products throughout their lifecycle,
and is BEST described as the set of attributes that bear on the:
A. existence of a set of functions and their specified
properties.
B. ability of the software to be transferred from one
environment to another.
C. capability of software to maintain its level of
performance under stated conditions.
D. relationship between the performance of the software and
the amount of resources used.
Answer / guest
Answer: A
Functionality is the set of attributes that bears on the
existence of a set of functions and their specified
properties. The functions are those that satisfy stated or
implied needs. Choice B refers to portability, choice C
refers to reliability and choice D refers to efficiency.
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